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Chapter 1323 The Prince's Treat
Upon hearing this, Feng Wanli said with a grin, "Your Highness, since you wish to treat us, I would be more than happy to oblige!"
The prince nodded: "How about this, I invite everyone back to the prince's residence, where I will host a banquet for you all. The top one hundred from this talent competition will also be invited!"
The geniuses who made it into the top 100 cheered excitedly when they heard that they had also been invited.
They are all people with connections, so being invited by the prince is nothing special and not worth getting so excited about. The key point is that since the prince specially invited them, it can't really be just for one meal, right?
Given the prince's stature, surely he wouldn't even send a small gift?
The other geniuses all looked on with envy.
"Okay, let's go." Ye Chen nodded.
The group left together, followed closely by a hundred geniuses, forming a large contingent that marched out of the Wind and Rain Tower in a grand procession.
The people behind could only look on with envy.
The ministers who were kneeling on the ground did not stand up shakily until Ye Chen disappeared from their sight.
Looking in the direction Ye Chen and his group left, the ministers felt a wave of fear wash over them.
Li Zhaofeng was still shaken. Recalling everything that had just happened, he was still filled with fear.
While feeling lingering fear, he also became increasingly puzzled about the identity of that person, which made His Majesty the Holy Emperor take such a serious matter.
This is no longer just an ordinary distinguished guest; it is someone who sits on equal footing with His Majesty the Holy Emperor!
"This person is too terrifying! We'd better not inquire about his identity casually, lest we get ourselves into trouble again!"
When Li Zhaofeng said this, his teeth seemed to be chattering uncontrollably.
He never wanted to experience what had just happened again.
The other ministers nodded in agreement.
At this moment, one of the ministers suddenly said thoughtfully, "You know that the Shangguan family was wiped out some time ago?"
"How could we not know? Those old guys from the Shangguan family just suddenly disappeared. We don't know what happened."
"Such a large family couldn't just disappear like that. And don't you find it strange that His Majesty the Emperor didn't react at all to the disappearance of a family that produced officials?"
"I suspected there was a problem long ago. The Shangguan family is protected by the dynasty's fortune; ordinary people can't touch them at all!"
"You mean, the downfall of the Shangguan family is very likely related to that person?"
At this moment, Li Zhaofeng listened to everyone's discussion and suddenly thought of this possibility.
His expression darkened further.
The official who had first mentioned the Shangguan family nodded with a very solemn expression: "That's right, only if this person takes action could His Majesty the Holy Emperor possibly ignore him!"
The more they talked, the uglier their expressions became.
The annihilation of the Shangguan family is no small matter.
Among the officials present, many came from families with less influence than the Shangguan family.
Of course, there were also officials similar to the Shangguan family.
This means that if the other side could wipe out the Shangguan family, could they also wipe them out?
If the Shangguan family was indeed wiped out by the other side, then the other side truly has the strength to wipe them out as well!
As for His Majesty the Holy Emperor's reaction, how could they dare to gamble?
The Emperor made no reaction to the annihilation of the Shangguan family, nor did he mention severely punishing the perpetrators.
When it's their turn to be wiped out, will His Majesty react the same way he does now, showing no concern whatsoever for their lives?
Of course, that possibility is not that great.
Because the formation of an empire cannot be done by the emperor alone; it also requires the combination of ministers.
If many of these ministers were to be eliminated by the enemy, it would shake the very foundation of the dynasty.
If it really comes to that, His Majesty will definitely take action.
But who is willing to be the one to stick their neck out?
The people present were not stupid, especially after experiencing the series of events just now. They realized even more deeply that Ye Chen was definitely not someone they could mess with!
"No matter who he is, we're lucky to have escaped with our lives today. Let's hurry up and leave. Haven't we lost enough face today?"
Amidst the murmurs of the crowd, one of the ministers spoke with a grim expression.
With so many of them causing such a commotion, the whole of God knows about it now.
Moreover, after arriving at the Wind and Rain Tower, they even knelt down to others in front of countless geniuses!
Many of these young talents are their own descendants!
This is equivalent to not only losing face for the family in front of outsiders, but also losing face in front of one's own descendants!
Who can bear this kind of shame?
Only when this was mentioned did they gradually come to their senses; there were still countless eyes staring at them with strange looks.
If we don't leave now, are we going to stay here and be watched like monkeys?
"Let's go!"
"This time we really suffered a huge setback!"
"There's nothing to say, just remember this next time!"
The ministers, their faces dark with anger, quickly left, leaving behind countless bewildered and strange-looking prodigies.
After watching the ministers leave until they were completely out of sight, the Tianjiao Sect inside the Fengyu Tower erupted in an unprecedented uproar!
"Who can tell me what happened?"
"I really saw my ancestor and the other ancestors kneel down just now!"
"Not only your ancestor, but I also saw my own ancestor!"
"So what exactly happened? So many renowned ancestors are kneeling before that senior?"
Has the world gone mad?
These young prodigies were all on the verge of their brains exploding.
Some people stared wide-eyed, unable to believe what had just happened.
Some people grabbed their hair so much it became a mess, but still couldn't figure out what had happened.
The entire Baiyu Square of Fengyu Tower became noisier and more chaotic than ever before, and these young prodigies began to question their existence.
In their hearts, their ancestor was undoubtedly the person with the highest status.
But they witnessed firsthand how the highest-ranking people had to kneel down to others.
Is this really not just an illusion?
After the group of elders knelt down, the other party simply ignored them, as if their kneeling and pleas for mercy were of no concern to him at all.
This is even more appalling!
They had never seen their ancestor suffer such a humiliation before!
"What exactly is the identity of Xie Purou and You Ruo's master?"