Chapter 391: The Banquet Honouring Zhu Rong
The next day, Prince Kang and his private personal "accidentally" rescued the Envoys from the Wind Kingdom from a group of bandits and they were given temporary residence in Prince Kang’s villa inside the capital city. At least according to the official report.
Xing and Chenglei stayed in the villa for a couple of days and Prince Kang specifically asked them to stay inside and Xing had no other way than to comply. Chenglei was keeping himself busy with some official business and he kept everything under secrecy while Xing was reading the novels from the Fire Kingdom and both of them met each other for meals and stayed in separate rooms.
On the third day, they received an invite for an Imperial Banquet for the yearly Festival honouring god of Fire, the patron god of their kingdom.
Apparently that banquet will go on for the entire night and all the guests will be given accommodation inside the Imperial Palace.
"This feels....!", Chenglei mumbled as he read the invite. He still remembered how the god of fire tried to attack Xing back in the Jin Manor and he didn’t want to be somewhere that god would be honoured.
But he knows they have to attend the Banquet if they want to finish the issue in their hand quickly and return back.
His brother asked him to finish everything without getting out of hand and possibly peacefully especially since she’d be hot-headed and won’t care about anything .
"If not, " the Emperor said, "There will be war between the three kingdoms and the Fire Kingdom and we will win if she stands in the front lines without much loss on our side. But still.... Keep her away from war."
Junjie seemed to really care for her and he agreed with him. He also don’t want a war right now.... He wanted to get married during peace times.
Xing was getting ready wearing purple palace attires and that dress had many layers to it. The lower part of the skirt had peony embroidered in crimson and gold and her shirt and the collars were embroidered in gold with pearls fixed on them. The gold was subtle as it was embossed and only glimmered when light reflected on it. The dress came with a silk shawl as well.