*Murmur*
*Murmur*
''I can't believe the mistress hosted a baby shower in the duchess presence.''
''She has the duke's favor. The duchess is no one when the duke is involved.''
''Childless and her husband was stolen by a commoner. The only thing she has is the Grand duke's influence. Who knows if she truly she has that..''
''The mistress is not innocent. How could she seduce the duke?!"
''She even bears his first child and that could the future heir.''
Different nobles, males in neat aristocratic suits, hats, gloves and walking sticks, and females in expensive looking ball gowns with hand fans covering half of their faces. Some even wore fashion fascinators and gloves to complement their luxurious gowns.
The nobles mingled in the banquet hall that pales in comparison to the banquet hall in the imperial palace, but it was more benefitting of the only duke in the Asterian empire.