IN THE MORTIS Guild.
A man, with only one eye opened, was sitting comfortably on his 'throne' when one of his men rushed to him and gave him a paper with a jade inside it. He casually took it, read its content, and hid the jade.
"Men," he called out coldly. "We have a job to do."
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The day for the banquet came. Lily received a report that the Yen Family arrived. Hence, she quickly told the guards to lead them to the front door, directly to the receiving hall in the estate. As for the others, an entrance was made for them. The Pei Family didn't have any friendship with the ministers. There was no need to be overly polite to them.
Politics was complicated. If the monarch noticed a minister getting close to the Pei Family, the monarch would get suspicious.
