Chapter 291 The Banquet Begins

Ice Blue Palace

"Reporting to your majesty, I have already found out that it is the first chamber of commerce in the empire. The Lin Mansion is holding a banquet. A distinguished guest has come to the Lin Mansion. According to my subordinates' inquiries, this guest is likely to become President Lin's son-in-law."

"I see, but why did the old guy Lin Feng invite all the dignitaries of the imperial capital, or key people from various departments of the empire? Could it be that this old guy is dissatisfied with the decline of the imperial capital after its prosperity? Lin Feng, I hope you don't disappoint me, otherwise I will not be so easy to deal with even with the help of the dragon clan, hum"

No matter how the rulers of various forces speculated, the Lin's banquet officially began. Some dignitaries of the imperial capital came to the banquet with gifts. They didn't want to attend some meaningless banquets, but this time, President Lin personally posted the invitation, and they dared not not come. After all, that dignitary has a connection with the Lin's Chamber of Commerce.

"The first-class general of the imperial capital, Long Yuntian, has come to the banquet"

"The second-class marquis of the imperial capital, Zhao Ritian, has come to the banquet"

"The first-class general of the imperial capital, Sun Ba, has come to the banquet"

"The first-class marquis of the imperial capital, Wang Kun, has come to the banquet"

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As Xiao Si revealed the names and titles of those who came to the banquet one by one, Wang Ren had to admire the Lin Chamber of Commerce for getting to know so many dignitaries. Except for some people from important departments of the imperial capital who did not come, the officials who came here almost occupied half of the imperial capital. It seems that this old guy has had this idea for a long time.

There were not many people at the banquet, only more than ten people, so it was called a banquet, but it was actually a small family banquet, with a huge table that was enough to seat everyone.

"Everyone, thank you for taking the time to come to the banquet. I am very touched. There are only two things for this banquet. The first is that I finally found a suitable son-in-law. Come on, please invite Prince Wang."

As Wang Ren appeared in front of everyone, all the guests were shocked. It turned out that the so-called Prince Wang was clearly the Dragon Prince who appeared in the palace a few days ago. Why would the Dragon Prince win a merchant's daughter? It's too weird.

As everyone stood up respectfully to respond, Wang Ren sat in the chairman's seat with a smile on his face, and then everyone sat down slowly.

"Everyone, don't be restrained. I believe everyone knows me. After all, we just met not long ago. This time I don't want to talk nonsense. Let's open the sky and speak frankly. I wonder what you think of the current situation of the Ice Blue Super Empire and the future of the empire?"

Wang Ren went straight to the center of the topic. Everyone present thought seriously. When they thought about the current and future of the imperial capital, they all showed a unified sense of loss and anger.

The dignitaries who could attend the banquet also had one characteristic. They were officials who had been suppressed by the royal family or were about to be suppressed by the royal family. For no reason, they offended several extremely sinister villains who were a scourge to the imperial capital just because of their integrity. They were the emperor's favorites.

These villains were in important positions and had little ability, but they were the immediate superiors of these upright people. However, these people were extremely greedy. Whether it was disaster relief grain money, or the imperial capital's military expenses, or other expenses, once they passed through these people's hands, they would definitely be reduced by half.

Once, the empire went to war, and the mighty super empire was defeated miserably. It was not because of insufficient strength, but because the food and military pay were deducted too much, resulting in a shortage. The soldiers had no food to eat and no money to pay. They caused a mutiny, which led to the defeat of the enemy country in one fell swoop and suffered heavy losses. After the generals who led the army returned to the division, they were not comforted, but were reported by these villains, causing the emperor's anger, and directly beheaded several defeated generals.

This incident shocked most of the upright generals and civil officials. They gradually began to become disorganized and lazy. No matter how the emperor asked, they didn't know anything, because they knew that no matter how loyal they were, once these villains intervened, they would die miserably afterwards.

The imperial capital was becoming more and more chaotic, and the fight between several princes for the right to inherit the throne made them completely give up. If they hadn't been loyal to the previous emperor, they would have done it a long time ago. Why should they stay here and let others manipulate them?

"Prince Wang, to be honest, we are all people with the same fate. It's just that we met the wrong people and the emperor was even more incompetent. We have no chance to contribute, so we have been idle at home, spending our days in a daze, being cowardly, and the future of the imperial capital. Let's not talk about it. Anyway, I can't see any future." A first-class marquis drank a glass of strong liquor and expressed his thoughts unhappily.

"Yes, let me say something serious. We all know who Prince Wang is. I still advise Prince Wang to reconsider and not cooperate with the Empire. As far as I know, that traitor in the Empire has already started to arrange operations and intends to blackmail you during your cooperation with the Empire for profit." Another general said with a withered face.

After hearing what the two said, everyone present felt the same way. They saw that Wang Ren had a tall figure, regular features, and extraordinary conversation. He was definitely not comparable to those traitors, so everyone persuaded Wang Ren from the bottom of their hearts not to cooperate with the Empire to avoid heavy losses.

"What you said coincides with mine, but I think that since Prince Wang has brought us together, he must have other ideas. Please tell me," said the first-class general, Long Yuntian slowly.

After hearing Long Yuntian's words, everyone came to their senses. Yes, they were too worried and ignored some key points. For example, how could a dragon prince who was about to marry the daughter of the Chamber of Commerce ask such a sensitive topic on this occasion? Was he trying to find out their thoughts and whether to cooperate with the empire?

"Haha, you are worthy of being General Long. I have heard President Lin praise you many times, but I still don't believe it. Now everyone is intoxicated and only you are awake. It is said that General Long accidentally found a dragon egg when he was young and successfully hatched it. Why not show it for everyone to appreciate."

As soon as Wang Ren finished speaking, Long Yuntian suddenly felt warm in his heart, and a golden light pierced his heart. A young dragon with a body length of more than ten meters appeared in front of everyone. Everyone was shocked. They didn't expect Long Yuntian to have such a good fate.

At first, they didn't understand why the young dragon was not under his control. Later, they thought about it and felt relieved. He is the dragon prince. All members of the dragon clan or sub-dragons dare not come out to see the true Lord.

"The young dragon of the Fire Dragon Clan, Xu Xiaoxiao, greets His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. May His Royal Highness be safe and sound." This young dragon, which is more than ten meters long, cannot transform into a human form yet, so it can only lean forward and nod to show respect to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

"Well, I see that General Long is upright and powerful. You must assist him well, and do not act rashly or harm civilians. Otherwise, you will not escape the punishment of this Crown Prince no matter where you are. Do you understand?"

"I will obey the order of the Crown Prince." After saying this, the young dragon transformed into a silver light and returned to Long Yuntian's body to practice.

"Thank you, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for your help." Long Yuntian was excited. Originally, he had received this young dragon, but it ignored him. Now that he has the order of the Dragon Clan Crown Prince, he can live in harmony with this young dragon in the future.

"Congratulations, General Long." Everyone present stood up and clasped their fists to congratulate Long Yuntian.