Chen Yuan hosted a private banquet for the Minister of the Ministry of Rites, and it could be said that "both guest and host were delighted."
Chen Yuan was smiling.
Jiang Yi was also smiling.
The atmosphere was very harmonious.
After roughly an hour, Chen Yuan mentioned he had some official duties, and Jiang Yi took his leave, thus departing the Ninth Mountain.
Once he left the boundaries of the Ninth Mountain, the smile at the corner of the Minister of the Ministry of Rites' mouth gradually disappeared. He rubbed his stiff eyebrows and let out a long sigh of relief.
In the conversation earlier, Marquis Chen altered his previous attitude, appearing approachable, but he naturally wouldn't naively believe that Marquis Chen, whom even His Majesty feared, was truly like this.
