On one side Liu was lost in thought, while on the other, at the Autumn Sword Feast, amidst the clinking of glasses, both the King and the Pope wore smiles of satisfied achievement. Seeing so many young talents springing up like bamboo shoots after rain, both leaders felt that the days to revive Beamon's glory might not be too far off.
When he came to his senses, Liu realized he had been ostracized.
At the Autumn Sword Feast, every Beamon noble and priest deliberately kept a distance from the Piegel people, except for the two Pier priests, everyone from Beamon stayed far away from the Piegel's entourage, as if approaching them would transmit some plague. At this point, no noble brought up the demand to prove that Qian Qian's "Jane's Love War Song" was not a "common war song," nor did any prestigious family come forward to woo Helen and Moer anymore.
