Chapter 368: You can't feed the Emperor pre-made food! (Seeking subscription

The Wei family mansion was decorated with lanterns and colored streamers today, even more grand than the New Year.

From the main gate to the main hall, a red carpet embroidered with gold thread was laid out straight, with uniformly dressed maids and retainers standing on both sides, even their hair combed meticulously.

The manager of the mansion had repeatedly warned: "Whoever dares to say an extra word in front of His Majesty, I will send you to mine in the Northern Frontier!"

The courtyard was cleaned until it was spotless, and even the koi in the pond were temporarily replaced with a new batch.

In the shadows, the palace's shadow guards had already lurked in place; on the eaves, behind the rockery, and even in the underground formations, powerful experts were hidden.

The Wei family members waited uneasily.

Pan Chengwu stood in the corner, coldly watching Wei Mingde pretending to be calm as he tidied his clothes.

This puppet family head finally straightened his back today, but unfortunately, his fingertips had been trembling in his sleeves.

"His Majesty is here!"

The butler announced in a low voice.

At noon, Li Chen stepped into the mansion gate in a black casual outfit, with only a white jade pendant hanging from his waist, yet it was more suffocating than any dragon robe.

Following by his side was Wei Lianhan. The woman wore a moon-white dress, cold as frost, and appearing at the Wei Fu gate at the same time as His Majesty, there was actually a strange sense of compatibility.

Of course, the compatibility mentioned here was only that Wei Lianhan barely matched Li Chen.

Wei Lianhan's appearance also made many women nearby envious, jealous, and hateful.

Especially Wei Lu, Han Fengxian, and others, who wished they could replace her.

If it weren't for the fact that they had husbands, how could it be your turn to be by Li Chen's side!

"Respectfully welcome His Majesty's holy carriage!"

Led by Wei Mingde, all the men of the Wei family knelt down and kowtowed in unison, their foreheads pressed tightly against the ground.

Seeing Li Chen, these remnants of the previous dynasty felt their teeth itching with hatred, especially those Wei family men who contributed people from their side to Li Chen, who wished they could slice Li Chen into a thousand pieces.

But even on their own Wei family's territory, no one dared to look up, and no one dared to reveal a trace of abnormality.

This was Li Chen's deterrent power.

"Rise."

Li Chen waved his hand casually, his gaze sweeping over the crowd as if he were just looking at a group of insignificant ants.

If it weren't for the fact that these female relatives of the Wei family had been serving him carefully recently, he wouldn't have bothered to come to this place.

In his mind, he was still thinking that Wei Lu's outdoor interaction proposal was not bad; after eating, he would go to a few more places to try.

In the past, only Wu Nanzhi accompanied Li Chen to be this crazy; many imperial consorts were very conservative types.

This time, it was rare to have a few who were willing to find fun together, so Li Chen had to enjoy it well.

To tell the truth, if these few were originally flirtatious people, Li Chen definitely wouldn't be very interested.

But the problem was, they were actually very subtle, and a few were still the virtuous wife and mother type; this feeling just came.

Wei Mingde squeezed out a fawning smile: "His Majesty is willing to grace us with his presence; it is truly the ancestral grave of the Wei family emitting green smoke!"

He walked with a bowed back, looking just like a restaurant waiter.

Wei Mingde's nature was very cowardly, while other Wei family members wanted to kill Li Chen inwardly, but were respectful to Li Chen on the surface.

Wei Mingde was different; when he saw Li Chen, he didn't have the thought of daring to act; he was afraid inwardly, and even more afraid on the surface.

"Thanks to His Majesty's grace, otherwise our Wei family wouldn't have today."

Wei Lianhan also immediately added a standard compliment, and other Wei family disciples also began to sing praises of Li Chen, marveling at Li Chen's majestic power, saying that with His Majesty here, the four seas were peaceful.

Li Chen didn't stop them from flattering, because he felt that what this group of people said was also correct.

What is there to be hypocritical about? You are willing to say, and I am willing to listen; isn't that also quite good?

As the old saying goes, the more guilty a person feels, the more afraid they are.

Precisely because the Wei family were remnants of the previous dynasty, their posture in front of Li Chen was even lower than other normal families.

In the Wei family's hall, Li Chen sat directly in the main seat.

This was not a problem at all; asking meant he was the Emperor of the May Tian Ce Dynasty, and he had to sit in the core position wherever he went.

Since he was here, Li Chen also symbolically inspected the Wei family.

"How has the Wei family been developing recently? How many clansmen and cultivators are there?" Li Chen asked casually, but his gaze fell on a bronze tripod in the corner of the hall. The tripod's patterns were ancient and simple, giving him a familiar feeling.

This made him feel somewhat strange; why did he feel like he had returned home when he came to the Wei family?

Actually, what Li Chen didn't know was that this was the reason he cultivated the "Imperial Dragon Sacred Scripture."

However, the fact that he cultivated the Imperial Dragon Sacred Scripture was currently known only to three people; besides Wu Nanzhi and Chu Ruoyan, only Li Ran, who contributed this secret technique, knew.

As long as one cultivated this secret technique, those unknown means of the previous dynasty were actually not only useless to Li Chen, but could even be said to be Li Chen's supplies.

This was also the reason why Li Chen had been getting more and more energetic during this period.

Hearing Li Chen's words, Wei Mingde immediately bowed and answered: "Returning to Your Majesty, the Wei family currently has more than two hundred clansmen, distributed throughout the dynasty, with twenty-five cultivators, mostly in the Void Realm."

He wiped the non-existent sweat from his forehead, took a breath, and continued: "Thanks to His Majesty's grace, allowing the Wei family to participate in the Ministry of Works' rail train project, only then did we have a turn for the better. Now, being able to cooperate with Imperial Consort Jiang again, it is truly..."

When he spoke to the point of emotion, his eye sockets actually turned somewhat red. The appearance of being grateful made Pan Chengwu, who was standing on the side, twitch his eye corners; this old thing was acting too much!

You are remnants of the previous dynasty, how did you end up like the loyal servants of the Li family for generations?

Li Chen nodded with a smile that wasn't a smile: "Since this is the case, what insights does the Wei family have regarding trade with the southern countries?"

As an Emperor, since he was here, he also wanted to see his own policies and what these merchant families thought.

"Your Majesty, rest assured!"

Wei Mingde suddenly straightened his back, his voice so loud that everyone was startled.

"The commoner has already heard Imperial Consort Jiang mention this matter at the Chamber of Commerce. The Wei family will definitely fully support the imperial court's policy! If people are needed, we will provide people; if money is needed, we will provide money!"

Pan Chengwu on the side almost bit his back teeth to pieces.

This old fellow was showing loyalty too naturally!

If one didn't know better, they would think the Wei family's ancestors followed the Li family to conquer the world!

Actually, he knew that Wei Mingde was simply cowardly, but precisely because of this, he performed the face of a merchant family to the fullest, which also made others look down on him.

In a sense, he really didn't reveal his true colors.

Lunch was about to begin. Li Chen was the Emperor; if he came to eat, the ingredients and such must be fresh.

You can't feed the Emperor pre-made food, right?

So it was all stir-fried in the back kitchen after Li Chen arrived, so they had to wait for a little while.

At the banquet, the maids were trembling as they served the dishes, and the others of the Wei family were not idle either.

Female relatives like Wei Lu and Han Fengxian finally found an opportunity to come to Li Chen's side and began to massage Li Chen's shoulders and legs; it was so natural.

It was as if they had gone through thousands of trials and tribulations; Li Chen didn't even need to speak, just move his shoulders or shake his legs, and they knew where to massage.

This scene made the Wei Fu men like Pan Chengwu and Wei Yu turn somewhat green in the face.

Those were the wives they loved the most, but now they were going to please another man.

Usually, they didn't have this kind of treatment; they all held their wives in the palms of their hands and listened to their wives in everything.

In the past, they only fantasized, at least it wasn't that painful.

Now that they saw it with their own eyes, it was indeed painful enough to drive them crazy.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 369 =====