The imperial palace in Tang Lang's impression is still from the magnificent Forbidden City in the previous life, which is resplendent and solemn, but the Tianqing Palace in front of him is more like a European-style castle, with military use than beauty, and there is a sense of déjà vu, and I always feel that I have seen it somewhere.

Cang Lei and his party followed behind the black-clothed guards, passed the suspension bridge over the moat, passed through the strong and deep city gate, and finally entered the interior of the palace.

The black-clothed guard led everyone through the labyrinthine passage to the small square in front of the main hall of the palace's most core building, then stopped, turned around and said, "You guys wait here for a while, the other academies should not have arrived yet, and when they gather, someone else will lead you to the banquet." As a reminder, this is a royal land, and there are many mechanisms, so don't move around at will, so as not to cause unnecessary misunderstandings. ”

The guards left in a hurry, leaving Canglei and everyone standing in place with wide eyes.

"Mentor Ji, you are the most well-informed among us, if you have any precautions, hurry up and tell you, so as to save yourself from making jokes for a while. Bei Siqi was a little apprehensive and quietly asked Ji Fengyu.

Ji Fengyu's eyes rolled, and the old god replied: "You can be regarded as asking the right person! This royal etiquette is very particular! First of all, you can't look directly at the emperor, and secondly, if the emperor doesn't ask, you can't take the initiative to speak, and you can't talk during dinner......

Ji Fengyu talked about more than a dozen precautions, which sounded like that, but Tang Lang, who was familiar with him, sensed from his flickering eyes that this old boy was probably making up nonsense again.

After a while, the members of the other three academies also came to the small square under the guidance of the guards, Tang Lang looked around, the prince Zhao Huahan was not listed, it was estimated that he was the same as Zhao Feiyu, he was called by the emperor to follow him, and he could only see him after entering.

A burst of desolate music began to sound, this is the national song of the Tianqing Kingdom, set by the founding emperor Zhao Zhengye, the music is sad and majestic, and when you listen to it, it will remind people of the battleground and the eventful years of the horse leather shroud.

Then a rugged male voice announced: "The royal dinner has begun, and His Royal Highness the Great Prince Jiayun is invited!"

The heavy stone door of the main hall was slowly pushed open, and two rows of honor guards held all kinds of umbrellas, fans, and flags from the hall, and the graceful and elegant prince Zhao Jiayun walked out after him, and when he saw everyone, he immediately bowed his head and signaled: "Pillars of the country, in the name of my father and emperor, I am here to welcome you to the dinner party, please!"

Everyone hurriedly returned the salute, Tang Lang and the others also bowed in the same way, and the prince of Jiayun was full of spring breeze: "You don't need to be polite, please come with me!"

Prince Jiayun led everyone to enter the hall in a neat line, because of Ji Fengyu's preaching just now, everyone in Canglei lowered their heads one by one, and honestly stared at their insteps and marched forward, only Tang Lang secretly raised his head and looked around, and muttered in a low voice: "This hall looks very old, no one has to take care of it, it is not that the treasury is empty, and even the use of the palace is a little tight." ”

The walls and floors around the passage of the main hall are paved with bluestone, and the slight sound can be heard far away, and the prince of jiayun was slightly stunned, bright

Obviously, he heard Tang Lang's complaints, but he didn't mean to blame, but replied while walking: "Since the founding of the Tianqing Kingdom, the emperors of all dynasties have governed the country with diligence and thrift, and the palace is even more important.

Ji Fengyu turned his head and glared at him fiercely, Tang Lang was so frightened that he quickly shut up and stopped talking, but he was still thinking in his heart: "The children of Emperor Tianze are really different: Zhao Feiyu has no heart and lungs all day long, greedy and sleepy, and that Huahan prince has eyes above the top all day long, and everyone looks down on him; this big prince is tolerant and generous, and he has a bit of an emperor's ......."

He was a little engrossed, and suddenly hit Jiang Dali's back, only to realize that the passage had come to an end, and in front of him was an empty hall, four rows of long tables were already filled with all kinds of food and wine, and a long table was placed horizontally on the other side of the hall, with a total of four seats, Zhao Huahan and Zhao Feiyu were on the left and right, and there were two empty seats in the middle, which was the position reserved for Prince Jiayun and Emperor Tianze.

Tang Lang saw that Zhao Feiyu had reverted to women's clothing, wearing a pea-green dark flower long skirt and mopping the floor, her cloud-like hair was pulled into a bun with a complex style, and a red coral Ruyi golden hairpin was inserted, and the whole person looked graceful and luxurious.

Zhao Feiyu also found Tang Lang staring at herself from the crowd, shook her head slightly, the corners of her lips turned down, and looked reluctant, Tang Lang stretched out her finger and shook it twice, suggesting that she should settle down a little and wait until the banquet was over.

Prince Jiayun walked past everyone, walked to the middle of the hall, and said loudly: "Father, please emperor!"

Zhao Tianze came from the shadows in the depths of the hall, Tang Lang looked up and glanced secretly, feeling that in just a few days, this Tianqing Emperor seemed to be very tired, and he couldn't hide the sleepiness between his eyebrows.

"Don't be restrained, the emperor temporarily invited the top four of this competition to the banquet today, hoping not to bring too much trouble to everyone. You should be in your own academy, you don't have to be rigid and speak freely at the same time, anything that is beneficial to the academy and the development of the kingdom can be brought up on the spot!"

Zhao Tianze walked to the middle of the long table and sat down, and the prince of Jiayun also walked to his left hand side and sat down, and the royal dinner began.

Zhao Tianze raised the golden cup full of wine in his hand, and got up to toast: "You are all the pillars of the future Tianqing, and I hope that you can take national affairs as the most important thing and take the maintenance of Tianqing as your own responsibility......

While listening to this, Tang Lang secretly complained to himself: "Why do you say so many things that are not nutritious! It is better to tell everyone directly, I am your eldest brother, I follow me, I have wine, meat, food and money to earn; if I don't follow me, or even have different intentions for me, I will let him go in with a white knife and come out with a red knife." That's the way to get momentum!"

Zhao Tianze finally finished the toast, and everyone drank the wine in the cup, and was about to enjoy the food, but they didn't expect the emperor to stand up again: "Everyone, it is a few princes and ......princesses who are sitting with the emperor."

The emperor introduced several princes and Zhao Feiyu in turn, each introduction, everyone had to salute respectfully, after a few rounds Tang Lang felt a little back pain, but when Zhao Tianze mentioned the prince of Huahan, Tang Lang always felt that the emperor's brows twitched slightly, and he didn't know if it was his own illusion.

After that, the four colleges were led by team leaders

The first toast to the emperor, Zhao Tianze saluted again and again, a set of red tape walked down, Tang Lang was already so hungry that his heart was close to his back, and he could finally start eating, but everyone pretended to be extremely elegant, swallowing in small bites, even the big stomach Wang Jiang was very gentle, at this rate, before he could fill his stomach, the banquet was about to end.

Sure enough, he didn't wait long, Zhao Tianze put down the knife and fork in his hand, wiped the corners of his lips with a white napkin, got up and said with a smile: "This emperor wants to come here, you can't let go of your hands and feet, it's better for this emperor to leave first, leaving Prince Jiayun to accompany everyone! Jiayun, you have to seize this opportunity and get close to all of you!"

"Obey the will of the emperor (father)!" everyone hurriedly stood up and saluted together, preparing to see Zhao Tianze leave.

"Father!" Two voices sounded at the same time, one was Zhao Feiyu, and the other was Zhao Huahan.

Zhao Tianze stopped and waited for the two to continue, Zhao Feiyu preemptively said: "Father, my classmates in Canglei are still in the hall, I want to chat with them for a while, okay...... Is it?"

Zhao Feiyu pulled out a long tail sound, obviously coquettish to the emperor, Zhao Tianze smiled: "Go, go, don't play too late!"

Zhao Huahan said at this time: "Father, I have the same idea, and I ask for my father's permission!"

"Hmm!" Zhao Tianze hesitated slightly, and replied: "Hua Han, I still want to discuss other things with you, you come with me!"

A trace of anger flashed on Zhao Huahan's face, but he was quickly covered up, gritted his teeth and replied: "The child obeys the order!"

At this moment, a hearty laugh came from outside the hall: "The emperor has invited guests, but he didn't send anyone to inform me! The old man came uninvited, the emperor won't blame him!"

Zhao Tianze turned around and returned with the same smile: "Dean Dongfang's affairs are complicated, and the emperor didn't want you to work too hard, but since Dean Dongfang took the initiative to come, he is naturally welcome!"

The person who came was Dongfang Shun, who strode to the top of the Royal Academy's seats, pretending to be unaware and asked: "Prince Huahan, today is the Emperor's banquet for the top four members of this year's team, it stands to reason that you should participate as the captain of the Royal Academy." The old man implored the emperor to let Prince Huahan join the banquet as a royal cadet, and get closer to the Tianjiao of the other three academies, it will be their young people's world in the future, and it is very important to have a good relationship in advance!"

Zhao Tianze Zhengse said: "Dean Dongfang, this emperor also has this intention! Jiayun has been arranged to contact Zhongtianjiao, Huahan I have other arrangements!"

"No, no, no! The emperor's words are wrong!" Dongfang Shun actually rebuked the Tianqing Emperor in public: "The prince of Jiayun is kind-hearted, proficient in internal affairs, and has won the emperor's trust. But the protagonist of today's banquet is the leader in the cultivation of the major academies, the prince of Jiayun has ordinary qualifications, I am afraid that there is not much resonance with everyone, but the prince of Huahan is talented, and it is rare to meet in a hundred years, so it is more suitable to stay and gather together on behalf of the royal family and Tianjiao. ”

"Oh, how can Dean Dongfang also have an opinion on the internal affairs of the royal family?" Zhao Tianze's face had become frosty.

Dongfang Shun still goes his own way: "The old man is loyal to his ears, and he has no intention of disobedience, purely for the sake of Tianqing Sheji." At present, the situation is turbulent, the Dark Flame Empire is eyeing me, and a powerful king is even more needed to control the overall situation, the old man is dedicated to his duties, and the sky can be seen!"