Li Bai learned that Yang Yun was going to enter the Luoyang Palace to participate in the palace banquet in the evening, he was both envious and emotional, and then his pride subsided, and the two simply said goodbye after drinking and went back to their homes.

Yang Yun saw two people in the world in one day, one is recognized as the first dancer, and the other is a poet who has been passed down through the ages, his heart was agitated, and he didn't come back to his senses for a long time.

Back at the residence, Yang Yun was still reminiscing about the scene of the previous meeting, Wu Yuan walked over and asked with a puzzled expression, "Master, who is this going to see?" ”

Yang Yun shook his head with a smile and asked rhetorically, "What you have arranged for you to do, do you have eyebrows?" ”

"That's it." Wu Yuandao.

"That's good."

Yang Yun nodded with satisfaction, facing Wu Yuan's still curious gaze, he said indifferently, "I am about to enter the Luoyang Palace, since I am invited to go, I can't go too late, and the family will be handed over to you." ”

Wu Yuan frowned and asked suspiciously, "The master has gone to such great lengths to let his disciples do things, why don't you go out in person?" Not afraid of backfire? ”

Yang Yun smiled: "You do things, what am I worried about?" ”

After speaking, he gave Wu Yuan a positive look, and then went into the bath to wash off the smell of alcohol, and when he entered the palace, he had to change into a clean shirt, since he was invited to enter the palace as a Taoist priest, he could only change into a Taoist robe, showing the appearance of a fairy wind and bones, as for how to deal with himself after entering the palace, he didn't care at all.

Yang Yun has a clear positioning for himself in his heart.

"I'm a Taoist priest, not a national uncle, how to put me in my position, that's what the emperor needs to consider, I just need to play the role of a good Taoist priest."

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All went well in the palace.

At the beginning of the lanterns, in front of the Jixian Palace, the palace banquet was set early, and the guests invited to the banquet came in one after another under the guidance of the inner attendants, each of whom was a separate seat, and Yang Yun's seat was relatively backward, and he sat at the opposite table with Zhang Gao, unable to communicate privately.

With the arrival of the guests, Yang Yun found that he was not actually on the side of the Taoist seat, because the invited Dimin and Changchun Zhenren were sitting opposite, and he was basically a prince and noble.

Li Linfu arrived early and was arranging the palace banquet, and the affairs that Honglu Temple was in charge of were taken over by him, the waiter of the Yellow Gate.

Yang Yun had been expecting some heavyweights to appear, but he waited until the seats were almost full, and he didn't see Zhang Jiuling and other important ministers.

The envoys of the Turkic, Tibetan and Hui states have arrived, and Ben Po Taibao is also impressively listed, but Ben Po Taibao's seat is further back, and it is also arranged on the side of the Taoist priest, and Ben Po Taibao is only the Hui envoy behind Ben Po Taibao.

Now the steppe is still the world of the Turks, and the Hui are still nominally dependent on the Turks, and the seats of the Turkic envoys are relatively far ahead, and Yang Yun doesn't care much about this.

"The princess is here."

A military general about forty years old next to him said.

This military general looks quite low-key, with a beard, and he is very nervous after coming to the seat, probably not often attending palace banquets, and when he looks at Princess Xianyi with his head tilted, his eyes are shining.

Yang Yun thought to himself: "Who is this guy?" Why did you react so much when you saw the princess? ”

When Princess Xianyi arrived, she first went to greet Li Linfu and asked for a seat.

Yang Yun speculated that Princess Xianyi had not been assigned a seat before, so she had to be temporarily placed, but because the venue was very large, it was not difficult to increase the seat.

Then Princess Xianyi looked around, as if she was looking for someone, whether it was the princes and nobles or the military generals, they were all surprised by the princess's actions, and when Princess Xianyi found Yang Yun, her eyes no longer moved, and then she pointed to Yang Yun with a smile, and Li Linfu looked at it in surprise.

After a short time, the chamberlain came over, came to Yang Yun's side, and whispered: "Yang Tianshi, princess, please come to the front and take a seat next to the princess." ”

It was probably Princess Xianyi who thought of using Yang Yun to show off at night, and was afraid that Yang Yun would be far away and unable to communicate and cooperate, so she changed Yang Yun's seat to a position close to the emperor.

This time, even more than many princes' seats are closer to the emperor, if it is replaced by an era of strict etiquette, it must be a transgression, but the Tang Dynasty is open, and like today's banquet is very casual, there is no barrier between the monarch and the minister, let alone a seat?

Yang Yun got up and walked to the princess under the guidance of the chamberlain, and there happened to be an empty seat over there.

And the military general who reminded "the princess is coming" before muttered quietly: "Who is this?" Such a big panache? ”

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Yang Yun sat down in the seat next to Princess Xianyi.

Princess Xianyi smiled at Yang Yun and asked, "What, don't you want to get too close to me?" ”

On the left was Princess Xianyi, Yang Yun subconsciously turned his head to look to the right, a pair of hateful eyes were staring at him...... Hey, isn't this Yang Xun, the husband of Princess Xianyi in history?

Because Concubine Wu Hui intended to recruit Yang Hui as a concubine before, she intended to arrange the seats of Princess Xianyi and Yang Hui together, but Princess Xianyi took the initiative to change the seat, so that there was an empty seat between her and Yang Hui, just for Yang Yun to sit down, which made Yang Wei angry.

"Brother Yang, it's been a long time."

Yang Yun said hello to Yang Wei.

Yang Wei said with a straight face: "Although you and I are both from the Hongnong Yang family, but you and I have very different identities, don't think you can be on an equal footing with me." ”

These words clearly fell into the ears of Princess Xianyi.

Princess Xianyi wrinkled her lovely Yao nose and said, "They are all Hongnong Yang clans, and they are both people of the Tang Dynasty, so why can't they sit on an equal footing when they attend the banquet?" Someone is setting themselves too high, right? ”

Yang Xun heard the sarcasm in the princess's words, and quickly explained: "Princess, I'm just teaching this kid a lesson. ”

"Don't be a kid, this little Taoist is Yang Tianshi recognized by my father, and his status is far above you...... If you say that you can't be taught by your peers, you should say that you are below him. ”

Princess Xianyi lectured in a stern tone.

Yang Yun heard it very wrong in the middle, and Princess Xianyi called me here, using me as a shield?

Yang Xun, this kid is a sinister and cunning person at first glance, in history, he cooperated with Concubine Wu Hui to overthrow the crown prince Li Ying, and later died because of being involved in rebellion, but it is not a fuel-efficient lamp.

Don't be a princess deliberately making trouble for me, give me an opponent, right?

Yang Yun felt that the atmosphere was very tense, and was about to speak out to explain, but at this moment, Li Longji and Concubine Wu Hui entered the venue, and suddenly everyone's expressions were solemn, and the hall suddenly became quiet, and everyone got up to greet each other.

Gao Lishi walked in front and helped Li Longji to the main seat in the center.

Li Longji seemed normal, but Yang Yun felt that the Tang Emperor was walking unsteadily, his steps were very floating, and his body seemed to be a little weak, as for why this was so, it was unknown for the time being.

"Your Majesty, can you have a banquet?"

Li Linfu stepped forward to ask for instructions.

This time, Yang Yun was very close to the emperor, so that he could hear what Li Linfu said clearly.

Li Longji waved his hand to signal everyone present to sit down, and then asked Li Linfu: "Have all the people arrived?" ”

"Several princes have not yet arrived, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince...... He was also absent. Li Linfu said.

Li Longji's face was a little ugly, and he flicked his sleeves and said, "Don't wait, let's start the banquet." ”

"Yes."

After Li Linfu got the order, he was about to turn around and announce the start of the banquet, when he saw a group of people coming from the Guangyun Gate in the south, it was the crown prince Li Ying and the king of light Li Ju and others, these people were not wearing regular clothes, but were wearing armor and swords at their waists, as if they were going into battle to kill the enemy.

If you don't know, you think the prince is going to rebel.

However, there were not many people coming, and there were no soldiers behind him, so Li Linfu hurriedly asked Qianniuwei to stop Li Ying and the others in shock.

"Ridiculous, ridiculous, what's this?"

Li Longji frowned and scolded.

Li Linfu greeted Li Ying, Li Linfu, who has always been scheming, was respectful in front of Li Ying, but the more he was like this, the more Li Ying had no good temper, and scolded Li Linfu as soon as he saw it, and his voice was so loud that it could be heard clearly in the hall.

Then Li Linfu came back quickly, and said in front of Li Longji: "Your Majesty, the prince learned that there is an envoy from Fanbang today, and the Tubo national teacher may be unfavorable to you, so like other princes, he came to escort him in armor. ”

Li Longji looked annoyed: "I need him to escort me?" What are so many guards for? Let him take off his armor and remove his sword, and then he will be allowed to enter the table. ”

Probably Li Longji made a compromise, thinking of his son's filial piety, and with the presence of the envoys of Fanbang, he didn't have a seizure, but just compromised and let Li Ying and others unload their armor.

But this kind of thing, in the end, is insulting to the national body, after all, there are foreign envoys present, and it will definitely spread out when it is seen by others, and it will be a laughing stock.

Li Linfu went back to convey the emperor's intentions.

Li Ying was very angry, probably thinking that Li Linfu was pretending to convey his will, so he pushed Li Linfu away, regardless of the surrounding Qianniu guards, and walked towards the hall step by step with a sword.

All of a sudden, the atmosphere of the banquet became delicate, and many princes and nobles stood up and looked at the scene in front of them in amazement...... Li Ying: Is this going to be a blatant rebellion?

However, in the end, there are many guards around the emperor, especially around the main hall There are many Qianniu guards in case of accidents, Li Ying raised his sword into the palace, and before he reached Li Longji's seat, he was stopped by the sudden appearance of Qianniuwei, if Li Ying still wanted to get close, he could only kill the dozens of thousands of Niu Guards officers and soldiers in front of him on the spot.

"Get out of the way." Li Ying shouted angrily.

Qianniuwei didn't care about anything else, they were only responsible for the emperor's safety, and there were even foreign envoys in front of them at this time, and they didn't have any intention of backing down.

Li Longji got up and scolded: "Prince, why did you make a mistake?" ”

Li Ying shouted: "Father, the sons are here to escort them, these people don't know what to do, block the hearts of the sons, and hope that the father and the emperor will retreat these soldiers who are not long-eyed." ”

Li Longji said angrily, "If you want to come, unless you pierce my throat with your sword." ”

These words caused a great uproar among the guests.

If it was only the crown prince who made the second time before, then now the emperor is obviously really angry, and he does not show mercy to the prince at all.

When the princes heard the emperor's words, they all hurriedly put down the blades in their hands, and even the armor on their bodies was also removed.

But Li Ying was indomitable, and said loudly: "Since my father refuses to accept the wishes of his son, then the minister will not participate in this banquet!" ”

After saying that, he turned around, wore armor and carried a sword, and went straight to Guangyun Gate, walking extremely resolutely, to the point that there was no one in his eyes.