Rule the Roost in the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 803: The prince's banquet

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For today's banquet prepared by His Royal Highness, Xinuluo finally made a prudent decision not to bring Sheng Luoyan to the banquet after discussing it with Shelong.

Sheng Luoyan is young, energetic, arrogant and arrogant. If there is any displeasure with His Royal Highness at today's banquet, it will probably make things more complicated.

And when their decision was informed to Sheng Luoyan, to their expectation, Sheng Luoyan surprisingly had no objection. Instead, he agreed to their request and vowed that he would stay in the house honestly. Not going anywhere.

Faced with Sheng Luoyan's abnormal behavior, Lao Shelong and Xinuluo had to cheer up, and finally sent their close men to monitor Sheng Luoyan's every move at home, ordering that no matter what happened, they must not be allowed to Sheng Luoyan took a step out of the mansion.

Lao Shelong, Xi Nuluo, Shi Langzhao, Yue Xizhao, Lang Qiongzhao and Yang Sijian sat in two rows, with Prince Li Hong naturally sitting at the top.

And half a quarter of an hour passed, but there was no movement from the other two imperial edicts. No one knew where the other two imperial edicts had gone and why they had not come to attend the banquet of His Highness the Crown Prince.

"It doesn't matter. Since you're not coming, you don't have to wait, right?" Li Hong raised his glass and motioned for others to start raising their glasses too.

The expression on Xinuluo's face has become gloomy since he came in and looked at it for a while, and with his brows furrowed, he felt more and more uneasy.

"Meng Jongzhao and Xunzhao have always been on good terms with you, Meng Shezhao. Xinuluo, do you know why they didn't come?" Li Hong put down his wine glass and asked, looking at the worried Xinuluo.

"It's your Highness. Meng Jiaozhao and Yinzhao are friends with me, Meng Shezhao, but... I really don't know the reason why I can come to your Highness's banquet today, and I haven't seen them today." Xinu Luo raised his head and said with sincere eyes.

"Where's Lao Shelong? You don't know either?"

"I don't know, veteran."

"Xinuluo, I'm afraid there is something going on between you that you are deliberately hiding from His Highness? I have heard that last night someone wounded His Highness the soldiers of the Buddha Camp and kidnapped the three princes of Zhenla. The purpose was to Let His Highness Kun have no evidence to accuse King Zhenla. Could it be that the three of you sent someone to do it secretly? After all, Taihe City is your own territory, and Yongzhao and Meng Jiaozhao have always done it. It's all because you, the King of Yunnan, obey orders." When Lang Qiongzhao saw his love rival Xinuluo, he was as angry as a bull seeing a piece of red cloth.

So what he said was naturally heart-breaking, and he told the news without any concealment even Li Hong had not revealed.

After all, no matter who kidnapped the three princes of Zhenla, no matter how many casualties it caused, even if there were no casualties, they rushed to the barracks of the Tang Prince, in his royal city of Xinuluo Taihe City was attacked, and he was guilty of dereliction of duty and had an inescapable relationship with it.

In addition, Lang Qiongzhao has never dealt with him, and his wife was snatched away by Xinuluo. This is the biggest shame in his life, and it also makes him never let go when talking about women with several other Zhao kings. The root of the hands and feet.

Even sometimes, when several other Zhao Wangs talked about a woman after drinking, Lang Qiong Zhao could not help but think of his wife who was snatched away by Xi Nuluo, and thus felt that everyone was mocking his incompetence.

Xinuluo glanced at the prince who smiled and said nothing, and did not blame Lang Qiongzhao for interjecting privately. Then he slowly turned his head, glanced at Lang Qiongzhao with a cold face, and said lightly: "One thing is missing, but You have the ability to speak freely, Lang Qiongzhao, you know the grudge between you and me very clearly in your heart, why do you always pretend to be innocent and pitiful in front of others? "

"If it weren't for you, would I be like this? Isn't all this thanks to you!" Lang Qiongzhao's eyes were red, and he ignored Li Hong sitting there and slapped his hand on the table, looking at Xi Nuluo's forehead. The bruised man said sharply.

"What does this have to do with me? People will die in wars. It's a blessing that you can save a life. Don't forget, I saved your life." Xinuluo ignored the dry cough of Lao Shelong next to him and stopped him. He said without giving in.

"That incident was not initiated by you?"

"But I'm not the one who revealed that you were missing something!" Xinu Luo looked back at Lang Qiongzhao in a deep voice, not losing the slightest bit of momentum.

"Hmph, who else could it be but you! If not, how would she know and how could she run away with you? You go to Tonghai to pick her up secretly, and you still have that beast Sheng Luoyan with her..."

Li Hong watched the two people arguing in front of him silently. In fact, he didn't need them to explain it so clearly, and he didn't need Lin Shiling to tell him, he had already noticed something strange about Lang Qiongzhao.

Growing up in the palace, he saw a lot of eunuchs, not to mention the four eunuchs Hua Meng, Jingzhe, Cheetah and Mangzhong in front of him, so he also had a keen sense for people who lacked something unique to men.

He discovered the secret of Lang Qiong Zhao from the bonfire dinner last night, and when Lin Shiling told him today that Xinuluo had snatched Lang Qiong Zhao's wife, it had been confirmed that Li Hong was right. .

As for the topic that Xi Nuluo and Lang Qiongzhao are currently arguing about, who revealed the secret that he lost his manly nature, Li Hong knows with his toes that this is probably the rumor that Lin Shiling secretly let out. Nuluo probably has nothing to do with it at all.

In the pitch-black night, subtle calls for help and brief screams came from the mansion in Taihe City, Taihe City. After a while, the door of the mansion was opened. , rows of bright torches instantly illuminated the doorway as bright as day.

As the sound of swords, guns and armor rang out, Sheng Luoyan slowly walked out of the door with a hint of a sinister smile on his face, surrounded by several armored soldiers.

"My father is old, but compared to my grandfather, he is quite courageous, but they are all too cautious. A prince of the Tang Dynasty, and it is not the emperor who comes in person, scares them into confusion, and they are ready to go all out Throwing away power and surrendering is not the character of our Cuan people." Sheng Luoyan raised the bright horizontal knife in his hand, then turned to the people around him and said: "Hold the city gate, no one is allowed to let out. "

"Yes, King Zhao." The armored soldier behind him glanced at the corpse inside the door. The Yunnan King's confidants could not believe until their death that they had died under Sheng Luoyan's sword.

"Should we kill him now?" Another armored soldier asked, looking at Sheng Luoyan who was holding the horizontal sword in his hand and waving it in the air.

"Don't worry. In order to show sincerity to the prince, my father mobilized all the troops in Taihe City today. It is easy for us just to break into the palace, but it is not so easy to capture the prince alive. Let's go first Let's meet up with our helpers, and let them enjoy the last delicious meal of their lives in the palace." After Sheng Luoyan finished speaking, he stepped forward, and rows of activities on both sides immediately followed him into the distance. OK.

Just when the light of the torch was about to disappear completely, Lin Shiling and Quan Yi slowly walked out of the darkness.

Quan Yi stroked the stubble on his chin, touched Lin Shiling with his shoulder, and then said: "It seems that you guessed well. You were able to guess that Sheng Luoyan would rebel, not Xinuluo. This time, His Highness seems to have I will reward you well.”

"Come on less, do you think His Highness didn't notice it? I only told His Highness to beware of Sheng Luoyan, but His Highness's banquet in the palace today was the decision made by His Highness at the bonfire dinner last night, so, explain Your Highness has already known who to be wary of. And there is no need for me to tell His Highness today. With His Highness’s eyes, he has probably already seen that Lang Qiong Zhao is not a complete man.” Lin Shiling held his hands and lowered his head. Said in a relaxed voice.

"Then what should we do now? Go in and search? Is there a mantis stalking the cicada or the oriole behind?" Quan Yi waved his hand behind him, and dozens of soldiers ran out of the narrow alley in an instant, quickly killing Sheng Luoyan just now. The entrance to the station was tightly surrounded.

"You go in through the front door. I'll take a look at the back door. Remember to be careful. Although Yuan Shuji and Guo Shifeng have secretly surrounded the palace to prevent Sheng Luoyan's sneak attack, if we want to steal Sheng Luoyan's escape route, we must We must keep our eyes peeled to see if Meng Jongzhao and Zhao Yinzhao are still on the same page as Sheng Luoyan at this time, so as not to let Meng Jongzhao or Zhao Yinzhao steal our path." Lin Shiling. He stretched out his hand in front of Quan Yi and said seriously.

"I have more experience in fighting than you. I have been fighting in Anxi with the prince for several years. You think it's fake. Take it. This military talisman can only mobilize so many people." Quan Yi handed a military talisman to Lin Shiling, then hesitated. He still said curiously: "I'm just wondering, today you could have brought more people, why did you choose a hundred people within your scope of authority? Today is no better than usual. Even if we violated the rules, His Highness Won't care."

"That won't work. I am a civil servant and you are a military commander. According to the military system of the Tang Dynasty, I, a civil servant, can only lead a hundred soldiers when necessary. Unless you die, I can lead the army with your military talisman. But now you have won the war. of… ."

"Roll, get, get... get as far as you want, crow's mouth, even if you die, I won't die." Quan Yi interrupted Lin Shiling impatiently, and then rushed into the house from the main entrance with other soldiers.

Lin Shiling looked at Quan Yi's back with gloomy eyes, smiled, and shouted in a low voice: "You'd better be more careful."

After finishing speaking, looking at Quan Yi who ignored his back, he led a hundred other soldiers and began to walk around the alley behind him that was almost covered by the towering trees and towards the back door of Xinuluo Mansion.

(End of chapter)