章節 207: A Magnificent Banquet (4)

Ji Fengyan did not express any dissatisfaction with her location. In fact, sitting in such a remote corner suited her just fine - even if she were to hide her hands under the table to cultivate, no one would notice anything strange.

Most of the people sitting at the same table as Ji Fengyan were nobles who had fallen from grace. Their family clans had previously enjoyed special privileges within the Kingdom of the Sacred Dragon—but then had their aristocratic status revoked by the Emperor because of some wrongdoing. They had been invited to this banquet just to drive in the point of how costly their mistake was—rubbing in their faces the kind of life they were missing out and to let their former peers witness their desolate state.

Everybody at that table was well aware of their situation and not one could summon up any spirit—all fearful that they would inadvertently commit another faux pas.