Because everyone sat according to their preferences, the table compositions were different. Some tables had two women and one man; others had two men and one woman or even three of the same gender.
Some people like the emperor was sitting alone. However, those arranged tables were still empty because the guest of honor had yet to arrive.
As the farewell dinner was specially organized for Gu Xijiu, so she had naturally become the focal point.
Correspondingly, Gu Xijiu's father, Gu Xietian, had also become the focal point. Gu Xietian was severely battered and troubled these two days too. Two days ago, he angrily killed Leng Xiangyu with his sword. Though he felt good at that moment, he was distraught.
Firstly, he had to settle the issue of Leng Xiangyu by publicly announcing that she died because of her sudden illness, embalmed and buried her in a simple coffin. She could not be buried in the graveyard of the Gu family but somewhere in the wild.
