Princes in the royal family cannot continue to live in the palace when they reach age. Generally, they will leave the palace and open a mansion when they are fifteen or sixteen years old. If they are not from a very low-class mother, they will generally be granted the title of prince directly.

The seventh prince, Ji Wen, was named King of Wei.

Although they will leave the palace and open the palace, the levels among the princes are different. Some princes will be enfeoffed to the local area to serve the vassals, and some will stay in the capital and serve in front of the imperial court.

Those who leave the capital mean that they have lost the qualification to compete for the throne.

The current emperor Chengde has a prosperous descendant and has eleven sons. The youngest two princes have not yet reached the sixteenth, and they have never left the palace. The remaining nine princes have died one second, and the four princes have left the capital and become a vassal. Only the eldest, the third, the fourth, and the seventh, and four princes have stayed in the capital.

Cui Jiuniang told Li Xin that the power of the seventh prince can rank among the top three among the princes. This is a true saying that it is really impossible to tell the truth, because there are only four princes in the entire capital.

However, this King of Wei is quite powerful in the capital, which can be seen from his ability to control the Tianmujian in the palace.

The seventh prince was able to remain in the capital after being crowned king, which means that he is one of the candidates for the throne in Emperor Chengde's heart. Therefore, there are naturally many fans around him. Take this banquet at the Prince of Wei's Mansion for example. There were about ten invitations, all of which were young people at the banquet. The host of each invitation was a well-known figure among the younger generation in the capital.

Usually on the day of the New Year, we have to worship the Kitchen God at home, so the banquet at the Prince of Wei’s Mansion is set at noon, so these people will not delay going home to worship the gods at night.

At the right time in the morning, Li Xin slowly walked into Yonglefang, the closest to the imperial palace. This Yonglefang is the largest and most precious one in the capital. It is located near the imperial city, and is only a moat between the imperial city.

The entire capital city has at least 80% of its power concentrated in this Yonglefang.

The Pingnan Marquis Mansion is also in this Yonglefang.

It is not as lively as other neighbors. Yonglefang is quite quiet, and the shops on the street are all filled with antiques, jade, or porcelain. There are only some servants and maids on the street. Occasionally, some sedan chairs and tall horses are walking.

Li Xin walked on the street of Yonglefang and looked at the southwest of Yonglefang.

There is the location of the Pingnan Marquis Mansion. When another Li Xin and his uncle came to recognize their relatives, they were driven out by the family of the Marquis Mansion. The families not only drove them out of the Pingnan Marquis Mansion, but also drove them all the way out of Yonglefang.

This memory is the deepest memory of the "Li Xin". Until now, at midnight, Li Xin's memory of this unlucky child will be "played" in his mind over and over again.

Li Xin took a long breath, carried his hands on his back and walked towards the southeast of Yonglefang.

Because it was not near noon, Li Xin was not very anxious to leave. He arrived at the gate of the Wei Prince's Mansion in Yonglefang at about noon. The door of the Wei Prince's Mansion was regulated by a serious prince. Two huge stone lions were on the left and right, and a red-lacquered gate seemed extremely thick.

On the plaque, there are three golden lacquer characters from the Wei Palace given by Emperor Chengde.

Li Xin was wearing an ordinary cotton dress, with his hands in his sleeves, and walked towards the gate of the royal palace.

The two Wei Wang Mansion generals who were guarding the door reached out to stop Li Xin. Li Xin took out the purple wooden invitation from his sleeve and whispered: "Li Xin was invited by His Highness the King of Wei and came to the banquet."

These two generals were obviously notified in advance. After seeing this invitation, they immediately looked much more respectful. One of them took Li Xin to the side door of the palace, opened the side door and took Li Xin in.

The gate of a house, that is, the middle gate, will not be opened easily at any time. Generally, it will only open the side door to welcome guests. With the status of King Ji Wen of Wei, unless Emperor Chengde or the elders of the royal family arrive, he does not need to open the middle gate to welcome people. Even if the Marquis of Pingnan Li Shen returns to Beijing, the middle gate of the King of Wei’s Mansion may not be opened.

Li Xin still understood these things. He put his sleeves in his hands and followed the Wei Wangfu family general. The general led him around the house for many turns and through many doors. Finally, he stopped at the entrance of a yard. The general bent towards Li Xin and said, "Mr. Li, this is the warm room for my prince to entertain guests. Today's banquet is here. Most of the others have arrived. You can go in quickly."

Although the banquet was written for lunch, His Highness the King of Wei personally sent a post. None of these invited people was afraid. Some of them were waiting in this warm pavilion just after Chen. Even some of them were self-reliant, they were all here before Si Shizheng. Therefore, Li Xin, who was not busy, was the last one to arrive.

Li Xin nodded to the general and said softly: "Thank you."

The general of the family dared not dare to retreat.

Li Xin still put his hands in his sleeves and walked into the yard. After walking through the main hall, there was a two-story building. Under the guidance of the maid of the Prince of Wei's Mansion, Li Xin took the wooden stairs to the second floor and walked into the warm pavilion on the second floor.

The maid took him in and then closed the door.

In the warm cabinet, twelve red copper stoves burned the room as warm as spring. Li Xin glanced in the room and found that there were more than a dozen low tables in the warm cabinet, and eight or nine young people each knelt in front of a low table, and some exquisite snacks, pastries and other things were placed on the low table.

The luncheon had not officially begun at this time, and His Highness, the King of Wei, was not present. The young people invited gathered together in groups of three or three to chat with each other.

They are all nobles in the capital. Most of them know each other, and occasionally they don’t know each other. The people next to them introduce their elders. Everyone talks and laughs for a few words and then they all know each other. Only Li Xin, who does not recognize others, nor does others recognize him, will naturally have no chance. Li Xin is happy to be leisurely, so he simply finds the most inconspicuous position and sits down on his own.

As soon as Li Xin sat down, several people's eyes fell on him. These eyes looked at Li Xin unscrupulously, thinking about what the origin of this young man wearing a cotton coat and looking ordinary.

After pinching a few pieces of pastries on the table, a beautiful maid walked out slowly and smiled at the young people in the warm room and said, "Young masters, my prince recently got a unique barbecue method. The roasted meat is tender and refreshing. Today I specially invite you to come and taste it."

After saying that, the maid patted her hands gently, and maids walked in from the door of the warm-up hall. The maids were holding a carbon pot in their hands, which was burning red bamboo charcoal.

More than a dozen carbon pots were placed on more than a dozen low tables.

After putting down the carbon basin, more than ten maids came in and placed plates of meat skewers in front of everyone.

The maid who played the role of "host" smiled and said, "This is the method my prince has recently obtained. The mutton skewers are made into a skewer and roasted on bamboo charcoal. It has a unique flavor. You guys might as well give it a try."

Li Xin was speechless.

This seventh prince really had some ideas and actually asked them to form a group of skewers.

He shook his head, and was about to bake two skewers for himself to taste the taste, then turned around and found that the maid who brought the skewers for him did not leave, but sat directly beside him and smiled sweetly at him.
Chapter completed!