Early the next morning, the palace sent personnel to guard of honor and came to the pavilion to welcome the envoys of the Chu, Wei and Yan dynasties into the palace. The envoys and accompanying personnel of the plateau and other countries also changed into official uniforms, and took the main personnel accompanying them, rode in a carriage, and rushed to the palace of Qi with the palace personnel.

After a while, the group arrived in front of the palace of Qi State. At this time, the square in front of the palace was already full of carriages and retinues. In front of the gate of the palace, many officials, clans and wealthy businessmen of the Qi Kingdom gathered. Some people waited here, looked around, and some entered the palace in groups.

Of course, the envoys of the Chu Wei Yan Dynasty went together, and after getting off the car, they walked through the palace gate together, and under the guidance of the inner servants, they walked to the main hall where the banquet was held. Along the way, I met many acquaintances from the plateau, such as Canghaijun, Tian Chengsi and others, so they also greeted them constantly along the way. However, Takahara was always on the road with the other envoys, and did not join the other people's groups.

The envoys of various countries have different expressions, and Wei Sheng, the envoy of Wei, frowned, and looked worried and hurried, but Wei Zeng's appearance is also understandable, because now Wei is concerned about the existential crisis, and this trip to Qi can be said to be the only chance for Wei to redeem it, but it seems that it is the birthday of Qi Wangjian, but he doesn't even have a clue about the matter of resisting Qin, and Wei Zeng is now in the mood to participate in any banquet. And Jing Ke, the envoy of the Yan State, was not good, as if he had something on his mind; Only Jing Tai, the envoy of the State of Chu, is full of spring breeze and smiles, no matter whether he is familiar with people or not, he will say hello. And his deputy envoy Xiang Dong was looking straight ahead, ignoring Jingtai's actions.

Since the last time he met in Shanggemen, the envoys of various countries have not gathered together to discuss the matter of joining forces to resist Qin, because Gao Yuan did not have much confidence in joining forces to resist Qin, and he himself had a lot of affairs, and he went out early and returned late almost every day, so naturally he had no time to talk with envoys from other countries. And after the last time he confronted Yao Jia, the envoy of the Qin State, Gao Yuan also invisibly became the core of the envoys, and if he didn't come forward to recruit everyone, he naturally couldn't form a party again.

And Jing Ke, the envoy of the Yan Kingdom, is also similar to Gao Yuan, of course, he is busy looking for the dog butcher, hoping to be able to say that the dog butcher will be his deputy and jointly complete the plan to assassinate Qin. But since that gathering, the dog butcher has disappeared out of thin air, and Jing Ke and Gao have been looking for it a few times, but they are nowhere to be found, so Jing Ke's mood is naturally not better, and he will not care about the matter of joining forces against Qin.

Jingtai is completely this trip to Qi as a publicly-funded tour, in this period of Qi country, almost lived in the female lu, for a few days even did not return to the pavilion, almost just happy. Although Xiang Dong had the intention to promote the alliance, he was only a deputy envoy, and the king of Chu also strictly forbade them to explicitly express their stance to join the alliance, so Xiang Dong did not talk to Wei Zeng.

Now participating in the birthday banquet of Qi Wangjian, it is the envoys of the Chu, Wei and Yan dynasties who gather together again.

After Gao Yuan greeted an acquaintance, Wei Zheng grabbed a few steps, came to Gao Yuan's side, and said, "Lord Shangqing, now that we have arrived at the birthday banquet of King Qi, how have you considered our cooperation?" ”

Gao Yuan glanced at Wei Zeng and said, "Don't worry, Anchengjun, I have already thought of a plan, and after the birthday banquet is over, everyone will come to the Daijun Pavilion tonight, and we will negotiate a decision." ”

When Wei Zheng heard this, he was also a little relieved, and his face became much softener, and he said, "So that's the case, I'm relieved in the future." ”

At this time, everyone had come to the main hall of the palace, and under the guidance of the chamberlain, they came to the seats of the envoys of various countries and took their seats, only the seats of the envoys of the Qin State were still empty. At this time, the banquet had not officially begun, and there were fruits and snacks on the table, and the palace maids were serving on the side. And Gao Yuan also took advantage of this opportunity to greet Jing Ke and Xiang Dong again, and asked them to come to their pavilion at night to discuss the matter together, and the two of them naturally agreed, and several people also talked and laughed, and for a while Jingtai was left out in the cold. Jingtai didn't care too much, and he seemed leisurely when he sat alone.

However, at this moment, accompanied by Hou Sheng and Tian Kezang, Yao Jia, the envoy of Qin, also came to the envoy's seat. Judging from the attitudes of the three people, they seem to be very enthusiastic. But between Hou Sheng and Tian Kezang, there is obviously an attitude of ignoring each other, showing that the momentum is like fire and water.

And when Wei Zheng saw it, his face was not very comfortable. Because Tian Kezhang has always advocated joining forces to resist Qin in the Qi State, he was also placed on great expectations by the Wei State, but after Tian Kezhang became the Great Sima, he changed his position and tried his best to show favor to Yao Jia, saying that he would never build the Qi State and join the joint defense against Qin. Therefore, this reality obviously disappointed Wei's expectations.

Although he was once confronted by the plateau, Yao Jia greeted the plateau first as if nothing had happened. Of course, this kind of thing will be played on the spot, and of course it will also be returned, and those who don't know will have a good relationship with them in the future.

Later, Yao Jia also greeted the envoys of other countries one by one, and even Wei Zeng did not ignore it. The other envoys also returned the salute one by one, and they were cold and polite, and even Wei Zeng got up and bowed his hand. After all, this is Qi Wangjian's birthday banquet, and he must be passable on the big side, and he can't stop the owner's interest. And Jingtai seemed to be very attentive, not only got up to salute, but also walked out of the seat, and after the salute, he also sat with Yao Jia, talking and laughing, looking very intimate.

Then Hou Sheng and Tian Kezhang greeted the envoys one by one, and expressed their gratitude to the envoys of various countries on behalf of Qi Wangjian. Now the two of them are the most powerful ministers of Qi State, and of course they are qualified to greet the envoys of various countries on behalf of Qi Wangjian.

Since Gao Yuan and Tian Kezang reached an agreement, the two have not officially met, judging from the current situation, Tian Kezhang is obviously in accordance with the construction of Gao Yuan, ostensibly gave up participating in the joint column, and Yao Jia has become a lot closer, and has basically gained a firm foothold in the Qi dynasty. This is also one of the gains of Gao Yuan's trip to Qi country. Therefore, when Tian Kezhang and Gao Yuan greeted each other, although they didn't say much, they exchanged a look that was all in their words. Obviously very happy with this situation.

After a polite gesture, Hou Sheng and Tian Kezang left the envoy's seat, and at this time, the envoy's seat was also divided into two distinct parts, Yao Jia and Jingtai talked and laughed, and Gao Yuan, Wei Zeng, Jing Ke, and Xiang Dong formed another group. In particular, the Chu State Mission is clearly divided into two factions, and this situation is also very wonderful, and it fully reflects the current situation in various countries.

In the main hall of the Qi Palace, a total of nearly 100 seats were placed, all of them were the ministers of the Qi State, the clans, and the great families with status, and in the two side halls on both sides of the main hall, they were also full of middle and lower-level officials of the Qi State. In total, the number of people accommodating it is more than 1,000. It can also be seen from this banquet that the wealth of the Qi State.

At this time, all the people in the main hall had already arrived, and only the sound of drums was heard, and everyone immediately stopped talking, and each returned to his seat and sat down, only to hear a scream from the attendant: "The king has arrived." ”

In a team of palace maids wearing palace costumes and colorful clothes, holding high palace lights, feather fans, canopies and other ceremonial utensils, the leader of Qi Wangjian dressed in royal robes, wearing crowns and crowns, walked into the main hall. Behind Qi Wangjian was his queen, several princesses, and several favored concubines with status.

After Qi Wangjian and his party took their seats in the middle, everyone immediately left the table together, came to the vacant seat in the middle, and bowed to Qi Wang Jianxing.

King Qi took his seat on the throne in the middle and said, "All the kings, please take a seat." Then they got up and took their seats.

Then the vocal music started again, and I saw the inner waiter and the palace maid rushing in, bringing up all kinds of delicacies from the mountains and seas, wine and delicacies, Dingjue dishes, etc., and placing them on everyone's table. In addition, a palace maid came and poured wine for everyone.

Takahara doesn't care about sake, but he's interested in the utensils that serve sake. The utensils used in the banquet are mainly bronze, many of which are gold, silver and jade, spoons are made of silver, chopsticks are inlaid with sandalwood and jade, and the low-end pottery is not at all, showing the style of luxury.

Gao Yuan also participated in such a state banquet in Zhao State, but only half of the state banquets used in Zhao State were bronze ware, the other half were pottery, and gold, silver and jade were only available in the seats of King Zhao and a few heavyweight ministers. Therefore, the banquet of Qi State seems to have the style of local tyrants.

At this time, Qi Wangjian raised the wine lord, stood up, and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, today is the birthday of the widow, and now I am the country of Qi and the people, peaceful and prosperous, all the secretaries are diligent and dedicated, and there is a lot of hard work. ”

Everyone also raised their arms together and said in unison, "Congratulations to the king." Then they drank the wine.

Then the palace maid poured wine for each table, and Gao Yuan looked at the throne, only to see today's Qi Wangjian full of red light, his expression was bright, and he swept away the decadent atmosphere when he first saw him, and he seemed quite spiritual, probably a happy event. However, the plateau feels more like a return to the light. Behind Qi Wangjian, there were six or seven sons, the oldest was around forty, with a lot of beard, and the younger one was only ten years old and full of childishness. But it doesn't look like he's smart. It seems that even if King Qi dies and is replaced by a King of Qi, the situation in Qi will not be any better.

At this time, the music started again, and I saw a team of palace maids wearing colorful clothes and long skirts floating in from outside the hall, dancing with the music in the main hall, which also gradually pushed the atmosphere of the banquet to a climax.