The envoys of Lingnan, Xishu and Donghuang followed Ji Qingchen and Chen Yan and others into King's Landing, first went to the Liangyi Hall to see Emperor Yan, handed over the letter of state, and presented the tribute list, and then returned to the annex prepared for them by Honglu Temple, waiting for the banquet held by Emperor Yan for them in the palace Qionglin Garden in the evening.

And to send the Three Kingdoms delegation to the Liangyi Hall to face the saint, the task belonging to Ji Qingchen has been completed, and the rest should be the work of Honglu Temple and the Ministry of Rites, so he left the palace and returned to the mansion, quietly waiting to participate in the evening banquet.

In the evening, Ji Qingchen put on a moon-white python robe dress under the service of the maidservant, rode a horse and straddled the sword, and led Zhang Rang and several guards to Qionglin Garden, because the palace was heavily guarded, and there were only two people in the imperial city, he and Zhang Rang, and when he arrived at Qionglin Garden, he could not wear a knife, so he could only hand over the wolf blade to Zhang Rang, let him wait in the side hall, and strode towards Qionglin Garden.

At this time, the officials above the fourth rank in the Beijing Dynasty in Qionglin Yuan were already seated, such as the six Shangshu, the imperial history of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the chief and deputy privy envoys of the Privy Council, as well as the Prime Minister Pei Wenju and others, who were already sitting in their positions and began to talk to each other, looking very interested. Among the princes, except for the tenth prince Ji Yan, the rest of the princes have been quietly sitting in the area specially set up for the children of the royal family, or closing their eyes to recuperate, or chatting with each other, even the late prince Ji Chengqian's son, Wang Ji Zhao of Huaide County, also sat in the crowd and bowed his head in contemplation.

As for the representatives of the missions in Lingnan, Xishu and Donghuang, they were arranged in the position of the banquet far away from Emperor Yan, and they seemed very isolated, so they could only sit quietly and neither talked to each other, nor did they laugh loudly and presumptuously, but waited silently and quietly for His Majesty the Great Yan Emperor.

When Ji Qingchen strode into the banquet hall, in the hall that was still very noisy, everyone was silent the moment they saw him, and they all moved their eyes to him.

Suddenly, the lively Qionglin Garden suddenly became silent!

Facing the good-natured, resentful, surprised, disdainful and disgusted eyes of everyone in the banquet hall, Ji Qingchen, dressed in a moon-white python robe, handsome and handsome, strode to his place as if no one was around, bowed slightly to his brothers, sat down and closed his eyes and began to close his eyes.

He knew why these people would look at him like this, because his performance outside King's Landing today surprised them, because the growth of the Riding Camp made them incredible and couldn't help but believe it.

All this makes them angry, they are afraid, they are blind!

That's why they look at themselves like this, because they want to see their true selves.

Especially when he saw the eyes of Pei Wenju, who was the prime minister of the current dynasty, there was a faint confusion in his blazing eyes, and he knew that the prime minister of the current dynasty, who was above 10,000 people under one person, must be thinking in his heart that a prince who left the country as a hostage would have such a strong, mighty and domineering side like an emperor.

and seeing the look of surprise in the eyes of Wang You's father and son, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and the faint disdain in the eyes of Cui Jingsheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, he knew that no matter what he did, like the two of them, like the Wang family of King's Landing and the Cui family of Qingzhou, the relationship with him would not be harmonious, and it would only be an absolute dire situation.

"Ji Zhao has seen Uncle Jiu! How is Uncle Nine doing? Just as Ji Qingchen closed his eyes and recalled the expressions of everyone when they saw him just now, Ji Zhao behind him stepped forward lightly and saluted him in a low voice.

"It's okay, it's just a little busy!" Ji Qingchen said lightly, he didn't hate his nephew, who was only eleven years old, but he didn't like it.

"Uncle Nine, you have to take care of your body!" Ji Zhao said with concern.

"Yes!" Ji Qingchen nodded slightly.

He didn't talk much, but he showed his attitude, he didn't want to speak.

"Nephew retires!" Ji Zhao naturally understood what he meant, so he said softly and bowed down.

At this time, everyone had already withdrawn their gaze from Ji Qingchen's body.

Because Wei Zhongxian's full and somewhat shrill voice came from outside Qionglin Garden, "Your Majesty, the queen's mother, and the concubine's mother have arrived!" ”

As soon as the words fell, I saw twenty guards dressed in white and wearing long swords at their waists striding steadily into the main hall, and then dozens of handmaidens with their hands and leaning on them walked into the main hall one after another, followed by Emperor Yan and the Empress, as well as the four concubines, nine concubines, Jieyu and beauties.

"See Your Majesty, Queen Mother, Concubine Mother!"

The people in the main hall immediately stood up and knelt on the ground and shouted. Ji Qingchen also bowed to Emperor Yan with everyone.

Emperor Yan strode up to the high position on the jade platform in the main hall under the support of the queen and the four concubines, and then turned around and said to everyone, "Everyone, Aiqing, is flat!" Then he sat down with the queen and the four concubines, the nine concubines, Jieyu and the beauties.

"Today, the three kingdoms of Lingnan, Xishu and the Eastern Wilderness can join forces to meet each other, which is a rare move since the founding of Dayan, which will indicate that my Dayan will be prosperous in the future and reach the atmosphere of all countries coming to the court, so I hereby set up a banquet in Qionglin Garden, I want to celebrate with the envoys of the Three Kingdoms and all the ministers......" Emperor Yan talked endlessly for a long time before he said two words that made everyone wait for a long time, "Feast!" ”

"Let's have a feast!" Wei Zhongxian preached loudly.

"Your Majesty!" Everyone in the main hall immediately stood up and thanked Emperor Yan.

Finished!

Outside Qionglin Garden, the maids in the palace who heard Wei Zhongxian's order served sumptuous dishes and wine one after another.

The ministers of the Great Yan in the main hall naturally wanted to toast to Emperor Yan first, and Emperor Yan drank it all with a smile, and he was proud and dry, showing the majesty of the emperor. The ministers of the Great Yan in the main hall raised their wine glasses and drank with each other, talking loudly, and the monarchs and ministers were harmonious.

Just when the wine has passed three rounds and the food has passed the five flavors.

Suddenly, the envoy of the Lingnan Mission in the main hall, Bai Zhiquan, who had been humiliated by Ji Qingchen outside the King's Landing City, suddenly got up and said to Emperor Yan, "Your Majesty, there is a banquet in Qionglin Garden today, there is wine and meat, this is a favor to the ministers." But the subordinates felt that such a feast was missing one thing, that is, the pleasure of wine. It just so happens that the dog is in the palace today, he knows a little about poetry and books, and is good at dancing swords, and he also asks His Majesty to allow it, so that the dog can sing poems and dance swords for His Majesty and the ladies to help the wine. ”

Bai Zhiquan's words were very modest and easy-going, but everyone in the hall heard the faint provocation in his words. Saying that his son is an all-round man in civil and military affairs is not a satire that the princes of Dayan are either reckless men who only know military strategy, or cowards who can only write poems and songs?

However, Emperor Yan didn't seem to hear the meaning of Bai Zhiquan's words, and said, "King Nanling, since your father and son have this intention, how can I live up to your respect?" That's it! ”

Bai Zhiquan is the younger brother of Bai Zhixing, the leader of the Lingnan Eight Clans Alliance and the king of the Lingnan Yi Clan, and was named the King of Nanling by Bai Zhixing.

"Bai Shangwu, thank you Your Majesty!" Bai Zhiquan hadn't spoken yet, and the young man beside him, who was tall and mighty, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, walked to the center of the hall and said to Emperor Yan.

Emperor Yan quietly looked at Bai Shangwu, the prince of Nanling in the center of the main hall, and did not speak, but nodded. At this time, an attendant had already handed a long sword to the prince of Nanling. Bai Shangwu did not take the sword, but continued to plead with Emperor Yan, "Your Majesty! Xiao Chen sings poems and dances swords alone, I'm afraid it will be difficult for everyone to have fun, so I want to invite His Royal Highness the Prince to perform martial arts with Xiao Chen, and I also ask Your Majesty to give permission——"

Boom!

Suddenly, I heard the sound of a wine glass falling to the ground!

Quiet!

The hall suddenly became smelly of falling pins!

I was shocked by Bai Shangwu's words! Because if just now King Nanling asked Emperor Yan for instructions to let his son chant poems and dance swords to cheer up, and wanted to show off his son's all-round talent in civil and military affairs, and satirize several princes of Dayan, then now Bai Shangwu's request is simply a naked provocation, declaring war on the princes of Dayan!

"Presumptuous!" The third prince, Ji Hongchang, stood up and roared angrily! But as soon as his words fell, he heard Emperor Yan's ethereal voice resounding in the main hall, "Accurate!" ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Bai Shangwu bowed and said, moved his gaze to the princes, and then swept over the angry faces of the princes one by one, and finally fixed his gaze on Ji Qingchen, who was bowing his head and drinking.

"Xiao Chen heard that His Royal Highness the Ninth studied under Li Qingyi, the god of the army of the country, and was proficient in poetry and songs. This famous sentence, the minister wants to ask His Royal Highness the Nine for poetry, and wants to understand His Highness's 'Ten Styles of Breaking Blood', I wonder if His Royal Highness Lu Dao can accept it? Bai Shangwu said humbly. Although he was asking for Ji Qingchen's opinion, Emperor Yan had already granted his request just now, so asking Ji Qingchen for advice was actually equivalent to inviting Ji Qingchen to fight.

Glancing at Bai Shangwu with a determined face in the center of the main hall, and then at Bai Zhiquan, who was squinting at him, Ji Qingchen knew that this must be because he had bullied Bai Zhiquan outside King's Landing City today, which would make his son Bai Shangwu indignant, wanting to take revenge on himself at the banquet, and wanting to insult himself in the same way. However, when Bai Shangwu opened his mouth to talk to you, he clearly felt the battle-hardened aura on Bai Shangwu's body, and he was sure that the strength of the challenger in front of him must be extraordinary, so he didn't open his mouth to answer.

"His Royal Highness the Nine-" Bai Shangwu saw that Ji Qingchen didn't answer, so he was even more humble and said grovelly, "Please let His Highness the Ninth be able to appreciate his face!" ”

In the eyes of everyone, his current humility and groveling is his respect for Ji Qingchen.

But Ji Qingchen is the only one who knows that the prince of Nanling, who is different from the inside and the outside, actually hates himself to death in his heart, and he has long wanted to break his body into thousands of pieces now.

Therefore, just in front of everyone's eyes and everyone's ardent expectations, Ji Qingchen said something that surprised everyone. He said, "Bai Shizi, I know that you are an all-round talent in civil and military affairs, the first in the world in martial arts, and rare in the world. I'm not as good as you, I can't compare to you, I'll admit defeat to you now, can you ask the son of the world not to force me and let me go? ”