Liaoyuan Prefecture, Sea Flavor Restaurant.
"Sea Flavor Restaurant" was a thousand-year-old establishment, as well as the most luxurious and upscale restaurant in Liaoyuan Prefecture. Its specialty was all manner of seafood delicacies.
Its history could practically be traced back to when Liaoyuan Prefecture had first been opened up.
The reason it had stood firm for so many years was that the owner behind it was the Liaoyuan Cao Clan, a fifth-rank Purple Mansion Aristocratic Clan.
That day.
In the finest-viewed and most lavishly decorated private room on the top floor of Sea Flavor Restaurant, two distinguished guests arrived.
One was a middle-aged man dressed in splendid brocade robes, with an elegant and refined bearing. He was the owner of Sea Flavor Restaurant, the head of the Liaoyuan Cao Clan, Cao Bangning.
The other had a pointed mouth and monkey-like cheeks, a shrewd air, and a small tuft of beard beneath his chin. He was Liu Tianming, head of the Liu Clan, a sixth-rank aristocratic clan of Qing'an Prefecture.
The two took their seats at the table one after another.
The manager of Sea Flavor Restaurant led the waiters in serving all the dishes, carefully poured the wine, paid his respects, and then withdrew with utmost deference. At the same time, he instructed the server outside to guard the entrance well and forbid anyone from approaching the private room.
The server naturally did not dare be negligent, repeatedly assuring him that he would handle it.
Meanwhile, inside the private room, Cao Bangning, head of the Liaoyuan Cao Clan, began enthusiastically pouring wine for Liu Tianming, serving him more food, and warmly urging him to eat and drink.
"Come, come, come~ Clan Head Tianming, you only come here once or twice a year. It's rare for us to gather. Today, this brother