In addition to the priceless sword, the Sultan's family spent a lot of money in front of Saleh this time, blatantly trying to win over the Crown Prince of Tang Dynasty and join forces with them to overthrow Saleh's father. .
So in addition to the two boxes of rare jewelry with Dashi's characteristics, even Dashi's best cooks, servants, maids, etc., a team of nearly a hundred people in total, were brought to the tenement building.
Among these maids, there are ten maids with extremely exquisite clothing. Although they are all covered with black veils, from the white shirts and skirts they wear, you can see that these ten slender and graceful women are naturally beautiful. She won't be an ordinary maid.
"Now that you have arrived at my Dashi, as the host, I naturally have to show my kindness to the landlord. The food in the Tang Dynasty is naturally delicious, and the Tanglou will definitely be able to provide you with rich Tang delicacies. But when you come to the Tang Dynasty, After the meal, wouldn’t it be a pity if His Royal Highness did not enjoy the delicacies of my feast? These are all chefs who serve me as well as those in the palace, including these servants, who are all carefully selected. How about just letting them stay in the tenement building and serve His Highness the Crown Prince?" The Sultan didn't care about Saleh next to him. In the splendid hall, the Sultan looked at the ten tall women who came to the finale and walked slowly to the third floor. In front of others, and then said in a tone that only men can understand: "As the saying goes, some good things have to be shared. These ten maids are the top choices of our Hashem family. They all have the ability to be elected as the princess." A beautiful woman, I hope you will accept her."
"Did you learn this from my officials in the Tang Dynasty, or do you mean that your family is also doing this? You haven't missed any of the gold, jade, delicacies, and swordsmen." Li Hong waved his hand to the ten people with a smile. A beautiful woman went down and said to the Sultan.
Sultan looked at Li Hong's actions and understood that this meant that Li Hong had accepted him. Naturally, he was relieved. He was not afraid of Li Hong's acceptance. He was not even afraid that he would reach out to him for more gold and silver beauties. He was just afraid that he would After seeing these, I will reject them all.
I don’t know if the luxurious life of the wealthy people in the Middle East in the previous life started their tradition of showing off their wealth from this time. In short, during the banquet for three people, Saleh, as the host, chose to eat big like he was competing with the Sudan for wealth. The most famous restaurant in the capital.
Moreover, this restaurant obviously has a close connection with the royal palace or the twelve nobles. In short, the only people who can enter and exit here are some royal nobles and dignitaries, while the common people who eat a lot of food can be found within a few miles. No one could be seen inside.
Today, it is clear that Saleh also felt threatened and pressured by the gift given to Li Hong by the Sudan, so at the three-person banquet headed by him, Saleh also wanted to show that the royal family valued Li Hong. Today I chose the most noble way of hospitality.
After knowing all the royal nobles in the restaurant, the entire Nuo Da restaurant only served the three of them.
This move surprised the Sultan. With Saleh's ability, it was impossible for him to achieve such an extreme level. After all, although the twelve nobles respected the royal family, they were not so humble to him as a prince.
However, after chatting with some nobles who were invited out, the Sultan understood the reason.
Of course, there was Saleh's determination, but there was also the instigation of the Great Eating King Aviye behind the scenes. More importantly, the other nobles who were invited out tonight learned that it was because they were hosting a banquet for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty. , actually chose to voluntarily give up this restaurant for Li Hong to enjoy exclusively.
The meaning is self-evident, that is, every noble hopes to get some benefits for his family from His Royal Highness Li Hong, the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty, especially the Tang Empire behind him.
Therefore, compared with the interests of the family, giving up a restaurant for dining is nothing to them.
The Sultan whispered to Li Hong: "Tomorrow our monarch will entertain you at the palace, but you have to be ready. The other nobles, like me, also know that you have arrived for our feast, so they will also There are other nobles who come to entertain you, but... some people are very critical of you coming to my feast, and they are even full of hostility towards you, such as that... "
"How about this, how about I leave it to you to take care of things for me? It's up to you to decide!" Li Hong held a somewhat prickly gold wine glass studded with gems, clinked a drink with Sultan and said.
"That's very good. Let me take care of it. You will definitely feel that you are as noble in our great food capital as you are in your great Tang Dynasty. By the way, since we are talking about this, in order to prevent others from secretly causing harm, why don't I send some more How about keeping you safe in my house in the future? After all, the tenement building is too big, and it will be difficult for your mere 200 people to take care of it, and other people cannot enter the capital... "
"If you can't come in now, it doesn't mean you won't be able to come in tomorrow, right? I appreciate your kindness." Li Hong felt Saleh next to him touch his arm, then smiled at Sudan, and then turned to look Saleh.
Li Hong is very happy to see the current situation among the big food aristocrats. This is in line with the effect he wants.
Since the Sultan could see that after entering the capital city, he could not fully protect the tenement building with the help of 200 guards, then Saleh, or yes his father, could naturally also see it.
Now that he has refused the Sultan's request to send someone to protect him, he just wants Saleh to see that other nobles still have other opportunities to make friends with and please him.
Therefore, if we do not want to give too many opportunities to other nobles, we must allow the Three Thousand Pagoda Camp stationed outside the city to enter the Great Food Capital City.
However, this matter is obviously not going to happen tonight. If you want to let Lawless and the others in, they will probably have to wait until tomorrow after attending the Lord of Food's dinner and get Aviye's approval before Lawless can come in.
Saleh naturally heard clearly the conversation he had with Sudan just now. He looked at Li Hong and smiled, and after whispering a few words, the three of them ended their nearly-long conversation under the starry night sky. Two hours of dinner.
During the entire dinner, all the dancers who had been glanced at by Li Hongduo were all kept by the Sultan and even taken out of the restaurant, ready to be loaded into the car and taken to the tenement building together.
"You did it on purpose, didn't you?" Li Hong watched Saleh walk into his carriage, grabbed Sultan's chest, and said looking at that extremely innocent face.
A flash of panic flashed in the Sultan's eyes. Before the servants behind him were about to rush forward, he hurriedly stretched out his hand to stop them. At this time, he did not want to offend Li Hong. Although this evil star had just arrived in Dashi Capital today, even if he did not Considering the interests of the family, he did not want to openly fall out with Li Hong.
"Let go, be a gentleman, my Highness the Tang Dynasty." He looked back and looked around. Seeing that no other nobles had noticed, he smoothed the clothes on his chest and continued innocently: "What? Do you not like it or do you think it's too little?"
"If these women are all brought into the tenement building, I'm afraid that early tomorrow morning, Ye Yue in the palace will be the first to get the news, right? I took in your ten beauties today, not because of me, Li Hong I give you face because of the Hashemite family behind you, but if you rely on this as your big food, you can do things that are not good for me, Li Hong and Datang, behind my back, then you can Wrong calculation! When the time comes, I don’t mind having more contact with other nobles of your Dashi. At that time, even if your Hashem family moves a golden mountain and puts it in front of me, I believe that other families will be able to move there immediately. Two golden mountains are placed in front of me." Li Hong said coldly, staring at Sudan's gurgling eyes.
"You...you know everything? What else do you know?" Sudan was shocked. He did not believe that Saleh would humbly tell Li Hong all about his situation and the situation in Dashi.
But since Li Hong said this to himself, he obviously had a preliminary understanding of the competition and internal strife among the twelve nobles. He also obviously knew that in addition to the Hashim family coveting the position of the monarch of the Great Food Kingdom, there were other The family is also secretly peeping at the throne.
"I should be the one asking you, you all know it, right?" There was a sinister smile on Li Hong's lips, his white teeth exposed, but it gave Sudan a feeling of fear.
"We will seek to unite with the Tang Empire and your Highness the Crown Prince with the most sincere attitude. All this today is just a part of the sincerity of the Hashem family. As long as you are willing to unite with us, we are willing to make greater efforts. Sincerity, even... If you can help us contain some Umayyad family troops, we will show greater sincerity, such as the land and the people. They can become the people and land of the Tang Dynasty, as long as you are willing. "Sultan said with a serious expression.
In front of the two of them, Saleh's carriage had been parked quietly. The curtains had not been opened, and no sound was heard, leaving an absolute space for the two of them to talk secretly.
"So Yeyue is also used as a bargaining chip by you, intentionally or unintentionally. If I cooperate with you, you will give up your pursuit of Yeyue and let me accept your favor. If I don't cooperate with your Hashem family , then you will definitely stalk Yeyue, and at the same time, your family will continue to put pressure on Aviye, forcing him to marry Yeyue, right? "
"No, neither I nor my family have given up on marrying Aviye, and I have also given up on pursuing Yeyue." Sultan looked at Li Hong solemnly and said in a deep voice.
This was not a choice he was willing to make, but due to his family's decision, he had to give up his pursuit of Yeyue.
(End of chapter)