Tiantang

Chapter 80 Murder!crisis!
Chapter 088 Killing!crisis!
The East Palace is celebrating, and the Xingqing Palace has issued an imperial edict requesting Prince Li Heng to go to the Linde Hall of the Xingqing Palace to participate in the banquet hosted by the emperor himself to welcome the ten feudal towns to Beijing to report on their duties.

At this moment, there are ten feudal towns in the Tang Dynasty—Fanyang, Pinglu, Hedong, Shuofang, Hexi, Anxi, Beiting, Longyou, Jiannan, and Lingnan. Among them, An Lushan is the governor of the three towns of Fanyang, Pinglu, and Hedong. Shuofang Jiedu envoy is An Sishun and An Lushan's elder brother, Hexi Jiedu envoy is Ge Shuhan, Anxi Jiedu envoy is Gao Xianzhi, Beiting Jiedu envoy is Cheng Qianli, and Longyou Jiedu envoy is proud Wang Liwan was in charge, the Jiannan Jiedu envoy was in charge of Prince Li Hengyao, and the envoy of the five Lingnan provinces was Pei Dunfu from Hedong.

Among the ten envoys, apart from Li Hengxin, Anlushan was the most powerful and formed its own faction, and An Sishun could naturally be classified as an Anlushan faction.Ge Shuhan is upright and never forms a party for personal gain. Cheng Qianli is cautious and rarely participates in party disputes.Only Gao Xianzhi is Li Wan's confidant, and the two have been in secret contact for several years.

In other words, as Zhang Xuan said, the external assistance that Li Heng can obtain at present is Ge Shuhan and Cheng Qianli. Forming an effective check and balance, it was temporarily ignored by Zhang Xuan.

Linde Hall, although it was daytime, was brightly lit.

Li Longji sat upright in the middle, his spirits high and his awe-inspiring.Facing the Jiedu envoys who are in charge of the military power of the feudal town under his hands, Li Longji has to put on some momentum even if he is pretending, at least to form a deterrent to these military power holders in terms of momentum.And Yang Yuhuan was dressed up to attend, with a gorgeous palace dress, beautiful face, and noble temperament. She sat beside Li Longji, talking and laughing, attracting the attention of all the feudal towns present.

And An Lushan's eyes were obviously full of covetousness.Only Rong Wang Li Wan and Gao Xianzhi looked calm, chatting and laughing endlessly.But Ge Shuhan looked at An Lushan coldly, and occasionally met Yang Guozhong's eyes, then calmly passed by.

On Li Longji's right is Yang Guozhong, while on the left there is an empty desk, obviously reserved for Li Heng.There is also a small desk next to Li Heng, which should be reserved for Zhang Xuan.In Li Longji's oral order, Zhang Xuan was also ordered to come to accompany the banquet.

Li Heng and Zhang Xuan came late, no wonder they were there, mainly because the emperor's oral order came too late.When the two rushed over, the banquet had already begun.

The melodious sound of dancing and music in Linde Hall reverberated, Li Heng stood on the steps at the entrance of Linde Hall, and suddenly stopped, with a slightly cautious expression on his face.

Zhang Xuan frowned, and suddenly leaned forward and lowered his voice, "Your Highness is the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty. Under Your Majesty, no one dares to be disrespectful. Why should Your Highness look forward and back, and shrink back?"

Li Heng smiled wryly, looked back at Zhang Xuan and said softly, "This palace... just, as you said, this palace is the prince of the Tang Dynasty, so naturally it must have the bearing of the prince of the Tang Dynasty—Zizhan, follow me Enter the palace and have a banquet!"

"His Royal Highness is here—" a young eunuch's clear and high-pitched voice suddenly sounded, and everyone was startled, and then turned their heads to look at the entrance of the palace.

I saw Prince Li Heng coming slowly, well dressed and smiling.And behind him followed closely a handsome young man dressed in a green official robe with a calm demeanor.

An Lushan and An Sishun secretly exchanged glances.Rong Wang Li Wan looked at Gao Xianzhi and sneered, Yang Guozhong looked at his nose and nose and pretended to be nonchalant, only Ge Shuhan and Cheng Qianli looked curiously at Li Heng and Zhang Xuan behind Li Heng.

"The sons and ministers pay homage to the father, the imperial concubine and the empress." Li Heng paid his respects.

Zhang Xuan followed closely and bowed down, "Minister Zhang Xuan, I greet your majesty and empress."

Li Longji smiled faintly, "Let me sit down. Zhang Xuan, I will sit down too."

"Thank you, Father (Your Majesty)." Li Heng and Zhang Xuan thanked each other for sitting, and the moment Zhang Xuan got up and raised his head, he had an instant meeting with Yang Yuhuan, whose eyes were shining brightly. With a hint of playfulness, Yang Yuhuan's pretty face and Feixia felt hatred in her heart, she gave Zhang Xuan a sneaky look, and immediately covered her gaffe by talking to Li Longji.

Ge Shuhan got up first and saluted Li Heng.Then came Cheng Qianli and Pei Dunfu, An Lushan and An Sishun also smiled and bowed to say hello, "Chen An Lushan (An Sishun) has met His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Gao Xianzhi hesitated for a moment, but had no choice but to stand up and say hello, "Chen Gao Xianzhi has met His Highness."

Rong Wang Li Wan finally got up and bowed his hands to Li Heng, "My brother has seen the prince's brother."

Li Heng smiled frankly, "Excuse me, all feudal towns—I haven't seen you for a few days, but Wandi has become thinner. It must be due to working on state affairs. It's better to take care of your health."

Li Wan forced a smile, "Don't dare, the elder brother of the crown prince is too famous, and the younger brother is in his position to seek his own government, so he should share his father's worries."

Yang Guozhong smiled and said, "The two Highnesses are competing to share His Majesty's worries, which is really a blessing of the Tang Dynasty."

"Exactly, exactly."

"Of course."

An Lushan and others echoed from the sidelines, everyone laughed, and the atmosphere at the banquet seemed very harmonious and friendly.

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This song, dance and banquet was grand and grand, and the time span was also long, taking a full hour and a half.

After the banquet, it was already dusk and sunset.In the bitter cold wind, Zhang Xuan went back to the mansion in a carriage. He was busy with the affairs of the Eastern Palace for many days and never returned to the mansion. He was concerned about the situation at home, so he wanted to go home and have a look.

Before his carriage reached the gate of the mansion, a fast horse caught up behind him, and shouted loudly from a long distance: "In front is Mr. Zhang Xuanzhang, Secretary of the Eastern Palace, please stay!"

The coachman stopped the carriage, Zhang Xuan poked his head out of the carriage, looked at a middle-aged man dressed as a guard who was galloping towards him, and said in a deep voice, "Who are you, why are you calling me?"

"Master Zhang, the younger one is the guard of the Rong Palace. By the order of my Highness, please tell me about the Rong Palace." The guard got off his horse and bowed.

"His Royal Highness King Rong?" Zhang Xuan pondered for a moment, then suddenly waved his hands and said, "Okay, you go back and tell His Royal Highness Rong that I will go later."

Looking at the back of the guards of Prince Rong's mansion who came to deliver the message galloping away, Zhang Xuan frowned: Why did King Rong and Li Wan come to find him at such an extremely sensitive moment?
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At this time, on the official road leading from Zhengde Gate to Zhuque Street, a mighty court guard of honor marched forward slowly. Looking at the rank and dress flag, it seemed to be Zhang Liangdi, the current wife of Prince Li Heng of the Eastern Palace.It's just that the phoenix chariot in the middle seems a bit out of order, and it has already reached the level of the emperor's noble concubine.

Gao Lishi was going back to the palace in a soft sedan chair, when he suddenly saw the guard of honor, he was a little surprised, so he asked the left and right, "Who's here—is the imperial concubine and empress going out of the palace with a guard of honor?"

The attendant hurriedly reported back, "Back to the general, it's not the imperial concubine, but the crown prince Zhang Liangdi."

Gao Lishi immediately frowned and said in a deep voice, "Zhang Liangdi? This kind of ceremonial guard has already exceeded the norm... If it is passed on to His Majesty, I am afraid that the Crown Prince will be involved again..."

"Let's go back to the mansion!" Gao Lishi resolutely reprimanded.

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The second is delivered.Thanks to Brother Fning for his generous reward, this is the first leader of this book, thanks.

(End of this chapter)