The next day, Ji Qingchen, who was early in the morning, received an invitation from the Wei Mansion, which asked him to go to the mansion for a banquet in the afternoon. He had already agreed to Wei Ran's invitation yesterday, and because of the battle with the forward battalion yesterday, the Xiaocai battalion needed to rest today, and he himself was idle, so he asked Zhang Rang to reply that he would go to the banquet on time in the afternoon.

In the afternoon, he changed into a set of white python robes and came to the Wei Mansion with Zhang Rang in a car.

Among the seven great families of King's Landing, only the Shangzhou Wei clan did not settle their home in King's Landing, but only built a temporary mansion in King's Landing City for the Wei children who lived in King's Landing. So when Ji Qingchen's carriage arrived at the gate of the Wei Mansion, the person who went out of the mansion to greet him was Wei Huang, the highest-ranking Wei Huang in the King's Landing Wei Mansion, the third uncle of Wei Ran, and the third son of the head of the Wei family in Shangzhou.

Wei Huang respectfully waited for Ji Qingchen to get out of the carriage, and then stepped forward and said, "Wei Huang sees His Royal Highness the Nine, and His Royal Highness the Nine can come to the Humble House today, which really makes the Wei Mansion shine!" Your Highness please! ”

Wei Huang is tall and handsome, and he is over forty years old, but he still has not diminished his grace back then.

Ji Qingchen looked at the other party lightly for a moment, then withdrew his gaze, and said with a smile, "Brother Wei is polite, who doesn't know that the wealth of the Great Yan Wei clan is compared to the treasury, and the gold and silver at home can be spread all over Suzaku Street!" ”

The smile on Wei Huang's face froze suddenly, he had already learned from Wei Ran's mouth about the process of his niece's acquaintance with Ji Qingchen, and naturally knew that "gold and silver can be spread all over Suzaku Street" This is what Xiaobi said when she sarcastically mocked Ji Qingchen. Now that Ji Qingchen said it half-jokingly, Wei Huang didn't feel joy, but faintly felt a sense of crisis.

Seeing that Ji Qingchen was looking at him with a smile, a sincere smile appeared on his face again, "Wei Huang often heard the people of King's Landing say that His Royal Highness the Ninth is quick in thinking, and he studied under Li Qingyi, the god of the army who left the country, and he was deeply surprised by the art of war. ”

"Ha Lu Ha! Let Brother Wei see and laugh! Thinking of the step Wei Huang had found for himself, Ji Qingchen smiled loudly, as if he hadn't said anything just now, and walked straight into the Wei Mansion.

The banquet in the Wei Mansion did show the wealth of the Great Yan Wei clan. Not to mention the exquisite and exquisite tableware, just he and Wei Huang have 36 dishes of hot and cold meat alone, not to mention other desserts. Judging from the atmosphere at the banquet, Wei Huang set up this banquet, which seems to have another deep meaning, unlike what Wei Ran said that it was as simple as apologizing to Xiaobi for offending him. Because Ji Qingchen knew that no matter how rich Wei was, he entertained him in such a way that was almost naked and show-off, which did not seem to be in line with Wei's style, Wei, as one of the seven great families of Dayan, has been around for hundreds of years, and there is no need for this kind of exaggerated performance.

And at today's banquet, Wei showed their rich side in this way.

Ji Qingchen, who thought about it slightly, got the only explanation, that is, the Wei family was proving the strength of their family through this banquet, proving their position in the Seven Great Families of Great Yan.

But this conclusion surprised Ji Qingchen a lot.

Because with the Wei family's hundreds of years of heritage, their roots in Dayan are deep-rooted, why bother to show the powerful side of their family to a prince like him who has no real power and no king? Say it's a demonstration. Ji Qingchen thought it was a bit funny, Wei was not stupid enough to demonstrate to a prince with wealth. Then there is only one possibility, Wei is in trouble, and it is very big trouble, they are asking for themselves, but they don't want to treat themselves as subordinates, and they want to cooperate with themselves on an equal footing, so they will show their strong side to themselves.

Thinking of this, Ji Qingchen, who knew the purpose of the banquet set by the Wei family, showed his usual calm bearing, and Wei Huang at the banquet hinted that Ji Qingchen Wei wanted to cooperate with him in his words several times, even if he was ecstatic in his heart, he also suppressed the joy and the urge to agree, as if he pretended not to understand, Ha Luha laughed.

This made Wei Huang, who had always been conceited in the family, alert and smart, discouraged, so he could only give up!

During the banquet, Wei Ran also came out to ask Ji Qingchen for greetings, and the two just said a few words, and Wei Ran withdrew from the hall.

When the banquet was over, Ji Qingchen left very comfortably in Wei Huang's laughter, and Wei Huang's face was gloomy, and then it turned into a faint regret.

It was his idea to set up a banquet to entertain Ji Qingchen this time, because he heard Ji Qingchen reprimand Xiaobi: "But believe it or not, as long as I say a word, your family's money will be reduced by half, and your family's title will be two levels lower?" Because of this sentence, he thought of his family's current embarrassing situation, the major families are secretly supporting several princes, and they are staying out of the way, which is a dangerous signal, because regardless of whether the princes supported by the major families can ascend to the throne in the future, this shows their family identity, their political tendencies, and they are still loyal to the royal family of the Great Yan Ji clan. But what about Webster now? The current situation of Wei's ignorance is just a sign that Wei's has faintly withdrawn from the list of the seven great families.

For a family that has existed for hundreds of years, this sign is very frightening.

Because Wei Huang knew that this would shake the prestige of the Wei clan in the Great Yan Dynasty and weaken the status and voice of the Wei clan in the Seven Great Families. So he thought of inviting Ji Qingchen to the mansion for a banquet, in addition to wanting to see what the young man who could say such a domineering sentence that even Emperor Yan didn't dare to say easily, what kind of ability he had, and how capable he was, but also to see if Ji Qingchen was talented, and wanted to see if this young prince who was weak in King's Landing City was worthy of his family's support.

But I didn't expect him to be such a result at the banquet!

"Nine Emperor Princes! Nine Emperor Princes! This young man is really not simple! Wei Huang sighed slightly, and said to himself secretly, "This time Zhao'er has a strong imperial uncle as an opponent, it seems that my father expected it well, and his majesty's affection for the prince has been slowly forgotten over the years!" ”

As soon as Ji Qingchen returned to the mansion, he saw Wei Zhongxian, the chamberlain who had served Emperor Yan all the year round, anxiously waiting for him in the living room. Seeing him, Wei Zhongxian immediately stepped forward, and without caring about the salute, he said to him, "Your Majesty summoned him, let His Highness immediately go to the imperial study to meet him, the old slave has been waiting for His Highness for half an hour, please follow the old slave into the palace quickly!" ”

Hearing Wei Zhongxian's words, Ji Qingchen was shocked, his father urgently summoned him, this was the first time, and when he saw Wei Zhongxian's performance, he immediately asked, "I don't know if Gonggong Wei knows why Father Dao is so anxious to summon me?" ”

"This old slave doesn't know the way, I'm afraid it has a lot to do with the Lingnan envoy, this afternoon Lingnan's letter of state has been sent to King's Landing through six hundred miles of expedited, Your Majesty was furious after reading the letter of state, Your Highness Nine should be cautious when you arrive at the imperial study, you can't annoy Your Majesty anymore!" Wei Zhongxian said in a low voice.

Because of the relationship between Wei Zhongxian and Zhang Rang, the relationship between Zhang Rang and Ji Qingchen. Wei Zhongxian's relationship with Ji Qingchen is much closer than before, and he no longer respects and stays away as before, looking cold.

"Thank you Gonggong Wei for reminding me, I'm going to attack with you to meet my father!" Ji Qingchen immediately replied, and followed Wei Zhongxian and hurriedly walked towards the palace.