Emperor Yan said to give an order to the Ministry of War, and asked the Ministry of War to allocate a battalion of soldiers and horses to Ji Qingchen. But Ji Qingchen stayed in the mansion for three days and didn't see anyone from the military department, came to his mansion and told him that the soldiers and horses had been allocated. On the fourth day, he couldn't wait any longer, so he asked Zhang Rang to go to the military department to ask if his battalion of soldiers and horses had been properly allocated, and when would the soldier seal letter be issued? The reply was that he would have to wait ten days according to the rules of the Ministry of War. Ji Qingchen naturally wouldn't believe these nonsense words from the Ministry of War, he knew that there must be someone making trouble here, otherwise he only needed to allocate a battalion of soldiers and horses for himself for ten days? It's just that the Ministry of War said that this is a regulation, even Ji Qingchen himself has no choice, who called Liu Pingyuan of the Ministry of War instead of Ye Qingchen? I can only wait patiently.

Since there are no soldiers and horses for him to train, he has been hanging out in King's Landing City every day for the past few days, the main purpose is for Baixiang City, he has to go to the tavern where Baixiang City drinks every day, but since that day he was summoned by Emperor Yan to the imperial study to meet him and missed the time, he has not seen him in the previous places where the capital of Baixiang City was haunted in the past few days.

And so on the seventh day, he sent someone to keep an eye on the tavern, and he himself stopped going. After all, he is a prince, wandering around the streets every day, idle, which does not seem to fit his identity, he can only lock himself in the study to practice calligraphy.

At noon that day, Lu Wangfu sent someone to send him an invitation, it turned out that the fourth prince Ji Wen wanted to invite him to the mansion to attend a banquet in the evening. The person sent by the second prince Ji Wenfu was the deputy head of the palace named Liu Quan, and he told Ji Qingchen that in addition to inviting him, His Royal Highness King Lu also participated in the participation of the seventh prince Ji Man, as well as the proton Xu Zhen of Xishu and the proton Bailijing of the Eastern Wilderness.

For the two Wang Shizi of Xishu and the young master of the Eastern Wilderness who went to Dayan as a hostage, Ji Qingchen, who had just returned to King's Landing, had already heard of it, and on the day he returned to King's Landing, everyone went outside the city to greet him, and he had also seen the two meet once, but at that time, the second prince Ji Ping did not introduce the two to him, and the two took the initiative to come forward to salute him, he just hurriedly returned the salute without saying a few words, because he was not deeply impressed by the two. However, all kinds of rumors about the two of them in King's Landing City are well-known in King's Landing City, such as the Eastern Wilderness Baili Jing is knowledgeable, outstanding in writing, to Dayan to participate in the imperial examination during the period of protonization, the township examination and the general examination are the top of high school, if he can get the top prize in the academy examination presided over by the Ministry of Rites this year, then he is the champion of Dayan in the third yuan, such an honor is not rare in Dayan.

As for Xu Zhen, his spear skills are superb. In particular, the famous general Chen Qingzhi of Dayan was born in Xishu, which makes Xishu very respectful of gunmanship, and there is a saying that "Xishu's spear, Dayan's lance", which means that Xishu is a place where famous gunners are born, and everyone in Xishu learns guns and uses guns. Guns are a kind of pride of the Xishu people. Therefore, because of Xu Zhen's marksmanship, some people have long said that his marksmanship is no longer inferior to the three-hundred-year-old white horse gun Chen Qingzhi.

Because these two people are already famous in Dayan, and now when they heard that there were these two people attending the banquet, Ji Qingchen wanted to meet them, he wanted to know what was so special about the two of them, why they were also protons, and they were not very happy in Shangjing, but these two people were able to get such praise from the people of Dayan in King's Landing, so he agreed to Ji Wen's invitation.

At the same time, he had other thoughts in his heart, since he arrived in King's Landing, he had not participated in another banquet, he figured out Ji Wen's banquet to see what the banquet of everyone in King's Landing was like, he believed that the vice president of King Lu's Mansion said that there were few people, but he didn't think so, he felt that with the identity and ability of the fourth prince Ji Wen, there might not be too many people invited, but the people in the Fourth Prince Ji Wen's mansion must have participated in a lot and too few, because he knew that Ji Wen now has eight hundred guests, and more than a dozen of them have very special identities, But if Ji Wen held a banquet in the mansion, he couldn't prevent them from participating.

Speaking of doormen, this is a tradition that has been handed down since the beginning of Dayan's founding, which used to be called Yangshi, and now everyone likes to call it Menke.

The whole world is not the royal land, that is, the whole world belongs to the Ji royal family, and the Dayan royal family will naturally not raise any more soldiers. So now there are only a few princes who can raise scholars in addition to the seven great families.

And this is also one of the reasons why the Seven Great Families are called the Family for Lang, because they are qualified to raise scholars, and they have been recognized by the Great Yan Ji Clan, so that they can be openly raised as monks. In addition, if other families wanted to raise scholars, in addition to not being able to raise them, the Great Yan Ji clan would not agree.

Gradually, this became a symbol of the Seven Families' own unique characteristics and authority, and even an honor.

However, the Great Yan Ji clan allowed the Seven Great Families to raise scholars, but it also clearly stipulated that the number of monks could not exceed 1,000.

However, the Great Yan Ji clan has limited the number of monks, and the seven great families may not follow it seriously, but the seven great families are fighting fiercely with each other, and they hinder each other in order to maintain the balance of power between the major families, so that they are always only the seven great families and not the royal family that can create a country.

Besides, the Ji family has established the Dayan Dynasty for more than 800 years, the Ji family is the orthodox imperial power, the imperial power of the Ji family has become the divine right of the monarchy, and the idea of replacing the Ji family has long been useless, and the Dayan court will allow them to have certain privileges in raising scholars. Also because of the loyalty and support of the Seven Great Families to the Great Yan Ji Clan, Great Yan has experienced several changes in more than 800 years, but it has still not been destroyed.

In addition to the seven great families, the princes who were able to raise the Great Yan Emperor were left.

Therefore, the title of Prince Dayan is very valuable, and the Ji royal family also stipulates that the prince can only be knighted for one generation, and if he does not have a particularly great meritorious service in the second generation, he will be demoted to the king of the county, and in the third generation, he can only be a national prince. Therefore, in addition to competing for the position of the crown prince, many princes in the Dayan royal family sometimes know that they can't do it, and they fight endlessly, mainly because they want to fight for a hereditary prince title for their son, and when the time comes, half of their family property will be passed on to their sons.

In the evening, Ji Qingchen changed into the robe for the banquet and drove to King Lu's mansion. He already knew that Zhang Rang's martial arts skills were no worse than Guo Lun's, and when he went out these days, there were only six or seven guards around him, and this time when he went to Ji Wen's mansion, there were only six guards around him except Zhang Rang.

The Fourth Prince Ji Wen's Luwang Mansion and Ji Qingchen's Mansion are separated by three streets, and it didn't take long for Ji Qingchen to arrive at Luwang's Mansion.

The fourth prince Ji Wen heard that Ji Qingchen had arrived at the gate of the mansion, so he hurried out of the mansion with the seventh prince Ji Man to greet him.

Ji Qingchen, who had just gotten out of the car, was slightly surprised when he saw the two of them, he felt that the fourth prince Ji Wen must have another purpose for treating him with such courtesy today, which made him a little vigilant.

"Ninth brother, you're here, please come inside, you made the fourth brother wait so hard today!" When Ji Wen saw Ji Qingchen, he stepped forward and took his hand and said with a smile.

"Yes, Ninth Brother, we have been looking forward to you for a long time, and it is impossible for you to hide it privately tonight, Ninth Brother!" The Seventh Prince, Ji Man, also smiled and agreed.

"Uh-" Hearing the words of the two, Ji Qingchen was a little inexplicable, he felt that Ji Wen might be making fun of himself when he said this, but what did the words of the Seventh Prince Ji Man mean? He was a little puzzled, and could only look at the Seventh Prince Ji with a puzzled face.

"In the afternoon, Xu Zhen, the prince of Xishu, and Bailijing, the young lord of the Eastern Wilderness, were in the fourth brother's mansion, and the seventh brother was already discussing calligraphy with me at noon, so this banquet was temporarily arranged, so Liu Quan would invite you to the mansion, and we would wait for you when we got the news of your banquet." The fourth prince, Ji Wen, explained, "As for what the seventh brother said, it is naturally the ninth brother and your piano skills, but we have already heard that the ninth brother, your guzheng skills in Ningzhou Taishou Mansion shocked the four people!" And the seventh brother is proficient in the piano and calligraphy and painting, but his favorite is music, he heard that you can play the guzheng, and the piano skills are superb, how can he let you go tonight? ”

The fourth prince Ji Wen explained to Ji Qingchen, and the seventh prince next to him, Ji Man, smiled and said nothing.

After listening to the explanation of the fourth prince Ji Wen, Ji Qingchen realized that the two of them said this just now, and hurriedly apologized to Ji Wen and said that he didn't know that it would be a little late, but let everyone wait for a long time, and said a few words to the seventh prince Ji Man, saying that his piano skills were average, and he would have to ask the seventh brother for advice later, so he followed the fourth prince Ji Wen and the seventh prince Ji Man into the Luwang Mansion after a few polite words.

For the seventh prince Ji Man's obsession with qin, chess, calligraphy and painting and not participating in the battle for the throne, just want to be an idle prince, Ji Qingchen can even understand, because his mother is the princess of Xishu, and his uncle is the king of Shu, as long as Xishu is not destroyed, even if any prince succeeds to the throne as the monarch, as long as he still wants to maintain the stability of Dayan's frontier, he can't offend Xishu, and naturally he won't embarrass the nephew of the king of Shu, Ji Man, and therefore the seventh prince Ji Man also feels that there is no need to take risks for a prince who can't get it, he doesn't think it's worth it.

This is the so-called struggle, that is, the truth of indisputability!

However, Ji Qingchen knows very well in his heart that like his brothers, like the third prince Ji Hongchang and the fourth prince Ji Wen, etc., including himself, half of the reason why he wants to compete for the position of prince is not forced except for ambition.

Just like what he really understands now, sometimes the path you are born on is not your own choice, no matter how hard you try, you are just one person, but other people, many people, they push you to the road you don't want to take. Even if you want to escape, it's useless.

As a bystander, Ji Qingchen sometimes thinks that this may be one of the reasons for the current situation of the eight kings of King's Landing City!

The three of them talked and laughed, and within a few steps they arrived at the living room of King Lu's Mansion in the back garden.

To be honest, when Ji Qingchen first moved into his mansion, he thought that his mansion was big enough, with a large back garden, a small horse farm, a school field that can accommodate 1,000 people, a polo field, and a room that can accommodate 3,000 people. But when he arrived at Ji Wen's Luwang Mansion, he realized that his mansion was the same size as Ji Wen's Luwang Mansion. He knew that the title of Dao Jiwen was the prince, and his mansion was a prescribed prince's mansion, but now his mansion was the same scale as the Lu Wang's mansion...... This kind of speculation suddenly surprised Ji Qingchen, and he was a little happy, because it showed that no matter whether he had meritorious deeds in the future, as long as Emperor Yan was still alive, he would at least be a prince when he was crowned king, because his mansion was built in accordance with the regulations of the prince's mansion! This must be Emperor Yan's approval, otherwise who would dare to transgress the etiquette system?

The fourth prince Ji Wen and the seventh prince Ji Man reacted to Ji Qingchen by just smiling at each other and did not speak again.

When the three of them arrived in the living room, Ji Qingchen found that the scale of the banquet of the fourth prince Ji Wen was not small, and there were only about ten guests on the seats, but there were dozens of singers and dancers, and there were nearly a hundred people in the entire living room.

Seeing the large-scale scene in front of me, what kind of small banquet is this, if it is placed in the country, it is a big banquet! It is no wonder that the Seven Great Families of Dayan look down on any powerful people who have left the country except for the royal family, and it is true that the powerful people who have left the country are nothing compared to the Seven Great Families. It is not comparable to the seven great families of Dayan that have more than 700 years, the gap of more than 400 years, the gap between the two is not only a matter of money but also heritage.

However, when Ji Qingchen moved his gaze to the dancing girl in the living room, his body shook suddenly, because he found a familiar person among the many dancing girls, Jiang Rou.