The Lu Mansion buzzed with life from the early hours of the morning.
Servants moved swiftly like bees in a hive, draping lavish red and gold fabrics across the grand halls, hanging shimmering lanterns, and setting up towering floral arrangements that smelled faintly of jasmine and rose.
The mansion, under the setting sun, looked almost like it was preparing for a wedding.
But tonight was no wedding.
It was a grand, long-awaited birthday banquet in honor of Lu Jinchen's mother, Fei Ruyan. What made the event even more significant was that this would be the first grand banquet ever held in the Lu Mansion since the family feud became public years ago.
Excitement crackled in the air like electricity. As the sun began to set, the lights in the mansion started to shine. Thousands of fairy lights twinkled across the rooftops and trees. Lanterns lit the pathway to the front steps where a long, red carpet awaited its many high-profile guests.
