There are still six days until the New Year, and at this time every family's mansion is busy without a moment's rest, each household sending New Year's goods and preparing to clean for the New Year!
It's generally unusual for anyone to host a banquet at this juncture; even if someone decides to do so, inviting people to dine, families without social standing typically send gifts rather than attend, or dispatch a trusted nanny or steward to visit and offer apologies.
However, the Ji Family Matron's plum blossom banquet is different. The reason is that the Ji Family withdrew from public life for many years, leaving only two young sons in the capital to grow up near the Emperor. Later, they returned to the capital, and the family produced a civilian Princess, although the reputation of this Princess...
Yet despite this, there are still many who wish to associate with the Ji Family and cling to this mighty tree!
