After thinking for nearly a quarter of an hour, during which no one opened his mouth to interrupt the silence in the tent, Mao Hao sat and stared at Lin Feng with a straight stare in his eyes, his eyes did not blink, but from time to time there was a look of trust in his eyes, maybe no matter what kind of answer Lin Feng made, he would agree with it.

And Tang Xizong, whose face was red and shiny, kept turning the cup in his hand, and the corners of his mouth also showed a hint of a treacherous smile from time to time, but every time it was a flash. If you just look at it from the surface, Tang Xizong's expression is very indifferent, and it seems that no matter how Lin Feng answers, he will not object.

Yang Lianting kept looking at this and that, his eyes kept turning, especially when he looked at Tian Lingzi, there was always an imperceptible schadenfreude between the flow of his eyes.

The most nervous person in the tent, and the one who felt the most pressure was the eunuch Tian Lingzi who stood behind Tang Xizong and hung his head deeply. In less than a quarter of an hour, he had raised his arm five or six times to wipe the beads of sweat on his forehead and sideburns, even so, he was still oozing sweat, as if he had drunk too much tea before and needed to evaporate from his body surface at this time.

Finally, Lin Feng slowly raised his head, stretched out his hand and raised the cup in front of him towards Tang Xizong, and after a gesture, he smiled and said, "Brother Huang! As the old saying goes, the king wants the minister to die, and the minister has to die! Since the imperial brother still thinks that his subordinates can survive in the world, why can't he agree? Although Lin Feng said these words in a loud voice, it was sonorous and powerful, and every word was embedded in the hearts of several people in the tent. Lin Feng's eyes kept staring at Tang Xizong when he spoke, and his expression that seemed to be smiling made Tang Xizong very embarrassed, but Lin Feng changed his words and said with an indifferent smile: "What's more, the imperial brother just made such a small request, how can the brother-in-law be unreasonable?" I salute the royal brother for this glass of wine! ”

After speaking, tilt your neck and dry the wine.

"Haha, that's good, that's good! Toast you for my brother! Come, third brother, together! Tang Xizong couldn't answer, so he had to laugh dryly to hide the embarrassing scene, but he finally put the hanging heart back in his stomach.

In fact, tonight's banquet was brought by Tang Xizong with a hard head and cheekiness, which was also the result of Tian Lingzi begging him for a few days, and even kneeling at his feet every time with a handful of snot and tears. If Lin Feng didn't agree, it would not only be Lin Feng and Tian Lingzi who broke up, but it was more likely that his throne would not be guaranteed.

But after all, Tang Xizong was led by Tian Lingzi to support the throne, although the two of them are still divided into monarchs and ministers, and even one of them is still a eunuch. But the two of them have long been more than simply 'love' with father and son, even Tang Xizong's usual title to Tian Lingzi is father, and Tian Lingzi has long been regarded as a person who is closer than his father.

In fact, Tang Xizong was gambling, he was betting on whether Lin Feng would have a rebellious heart because of this, and he was betting on whether Lin Feng would ignore his face because of personal grievances. In the end, Tang Xizong won, he won the bet, and Lin Feng agreed to him. Although he didn't answer directly, what he said just now was very clear, although it sounded a little embarrassing, but in the end it was the ending that Tang Xizong hoped for.

After drinking all the wine in the cup together, Tian Lingzi behind Tang Xizong immediately took a few steps forward, bypassed the table in front of Tang Xizong, and fell to the ground with a pop, his forehead slammed on the ground, and his mouth kept choking and sobbing: "Thank you, Your Majesty!" Thank you, Chungmuhou! The old minister deserves death! Thank you Chungwu Hou for a lot! ”

Tang Xizong didn't stop Tian Lingzi's movements in front of him at all as if he hadn't seen or heard, he just used chopsticks to hold the dishes in front of him, and glanced at the place where Lin Feng was sitting from time to time.

Lin Feng's brows furrowed fiercely, he was already fine, but Tian Lingzi suddenly ran out again, although Lin Feng understood that this was also human nature, after all, he was going to come out to thank him, but Lin Feng didn't want to accept this thanks at all. So Lin Feng also pretended to be stupid, anyway, Tang Xizong is still there, where can he speak in his turn.

Finally, Tang Xizong couldn't stand it anymore, slapped the chopsticks in his hand on the table hard, and snorted coldly and shouted: "What are you Xie Zhen doing!" It's Lord Zhongwuhou who doesn't bother with you anymore! Hum! ”

Hearing this, Tian Lingzi immediately understood what Tang Xizong meant, knelt on the ground and turned his head, and began to kowtow vigorously to Lin Feng's side again, still with the monotonous words of thanks just now.

"That's it! What are you doing like this! If outsiders see it, wouldn't it be a shame for me to lose face! Lin Feng stopped Tian Lingzi's kowtow with a gloomy face and whispered, and then he didn't want to entangle with it too much, and hurriedly led the topic to the third point that Tang Xizong just said, and asked with a smile on his face: "Didn't the imperial brother just say that there is a third thing?" Now that we've talked about the second one, let's talk about the third one first! ”

"Well, let's talk about the third thing!" Tang Xizong seemed to be in a hurry to turn over this article, nodded heavily, and then turned his head to Tian Lingzi, who was still kneeling on the ground, and shouted: "What are you still doing here!" Is it an eyesore? Get lost! ”

"Yes, yes!" Tian Lingzi nodded in agreement, got up and withdrew, during which he didn't even dare to stand up completely, and almost half-knelt and half-walked out of the big tent.

"Brother-in-law! I think that since the beginning of the founding of Gaozu, the Tang Dynasty has shown a prosperous trend under the successive efforts of Taizong, and the later Zhenguan rule and the prosperity of the Kaiyuan Dynasty have made my Tang Dynasty strong, whether it is from the inside or outside, whether it is agriculture or military force, all of which make the surrounding feudal states yearn for submission. Speaking of the exploits of the ancestors, Tang Xizong suddenly felt a little sad, shook his head and sighed: "But now that it is time for my brother to govern, why is the world so chaotic?" There are yellow thieves who have raised troops to establish the Great Qi Kingdom, and there are already many vassal states around us that have begun to eyeing our Tang Dynasty, including many barbarians such as Liaodong in the Western Regions have also begun to peep at my Tang Dynasty, and what's more, Dongying, who is across the sea, has repeatedly violated my border. At such a time of internal and external troubles, how should I be a brother? ”

Since the late Tang Xuanzong, the founder of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, the Tang Empire has been in turmoil. The reason why it has been able to maintain until now is completely dependent on the solid foundation built by the hard work of the Ming monarch in the early stage, and of course, there are promising monarchs like Tang Xianzong in the later period to make up for it.

However, since the Anshi Rebellion in the late Tang Dynasty, the power of centralized power has been seriously weakened, and the transfer of eunuchs in the court to power has disrupted the dynasty, which has seriously undermined the normal rule of the country. The struggle between the parties within the imperial court gradually disintegrated and eventually damaged the central institutions of the Tang Dynasty, almost completely subverting the class basis of the imperial rule.

It is precisely these comprehensive factors such as the division of feudal towns, the dictatorship of eunuchs, and the struggle between friends that will lead to the current situation in the Tang Dynasty.