"Uncle, rest assured, King Qin is trustworthy."

The King of Jiujiang smiled, turned around and told the official beside him to go and make arrangements.

At present, he has the same interests as the King of Qin, and I believe that the King of Qin will not dare to secretly do evil, not to mention such a banquet, if he dares to have bad intentions, he will be unable to escape the blame.

"Zhao Guogong, I haven't seen you for a long time, come early, don't you worry about the eldest brother?" Outside the door of the mansion, a loud voice came, and there was a bit of chill in the tone.

The king of Lingnan, the king of Nanyue, the king of Xihe, the king of Hailing, and the prince Xu Chaoen, led the female dependents into the mansion, and the person who spoke was the king of Lingnan.

On behalf of the royal family, they assisted the King of Jiujiang in entertaining the kings of the Quartet.

"The three princes are procrastinating and delaying their coming, how can the ministers disobey the emperor's orders and feast the kings on behalf of the majesty of the royal family, how dare the ministers not do their best." Liang Xuansheng, the Duke of Zhao, bowed to the princes and princesses, and deliberately confronted each other.

"You..."

The king of Lingnan was speechless.

Their brothers are fighting in secret, but the interests of the big cadres can be touched, and no one dares to take it lightly.

Especially the things arranged by my father, I dare not be careless.

Whoever dares to lose the face of the royal family in front of outsiders will not be able to eat and walk around.

On the contrary, if you help the royal family win benefits, you will inevitably get a lot of rewards.

At this time, it is their chance to perform.

The king of Lingnan touched the nail in front of Liang Xuansheng, and turned to the king of Jiujiang and said: "Is the imperial brother ready, today's banquet represents the royal family, if there is any tricky place, the younger brother is willing to deal with it on behalf of the imperial brother." ”

In his words, there is the meaning of replacing the king of Jiujiang and taking charge of the banquet.

"The father and the emperor have entrusted such an important matter to the eldest brother to take full responsibility, and the younger brother believes that the eldest brother must have arranged it properly." King Hailing echoed on the side, as if he was speaking for the King of Jiujiang.

Hearing this, the king of Jiujiang showed a slight smile on his unsmiling face, and said lightly: "My brother has already been properly deployed, and a large number of elites have been arranged in the palace.

However, there is a shortage of manpower in the palace, and in many places outside the palace where disasters occur frequently, there is still a lack of capable guards to ensure the safety of the kings.

The third brother leads the troops all the year round, is brave and good at fighting, and if he doesn't mind, he will take the guards to patrol. ”

The king of Jiujiang did not name him, the meaning was already obvious, and he had the intention of warning the princes, and at the same time deliberately gave the king of Lingnan a horse, sent him outside the mansion, and did some subordinate things.

Patrol?

Next to him, Liang Xuansheng snickered when he heard this, Xu Chaoen, the king of Nanyue, and the king of Xihe were full of astonishment.

The king of Lingnan was even more angry, he was dignified and ordered him to go on patrol, obviously deliberately insulting him.

Without waiting for him to refute, King Hailing said with a smile hidden in his sword: "Brother the eldest emperor is in charge, who dares not to give him face, third brother, do you say?" Saying that, he turned sideways and looked at Lingnan, to Nanyue, the king of Xihe, as if he was referring to something.

"This king..."

was miserably targeted, Lingnan Wang's face turned red, if he refused, not to mention offending the king of Jiujiang, he was also charged with disobeying the emperor's orders.

"Brother Emperor, the third brother brought guards, far less fierce than the younger brother, and the younger brother took the third brother to patrol." When the embarrassment was extremely embarrassing, the king of Nanyue stepped forward, asked Ying to go on patrol, grabbed his sword and strode away.

The King of Lingnan exhaled secretly and muttered in his heart, the King of Jiujiang was aggressive, and the King of Hailing did not know what to do.

Previously, he ordered the captain to deliberately win over the other party, but he openly refused.

Now King Hailing sang and harmonized with King Jiujiang in front of all the princes, ministers and concubines, deliberately embarrassing him.

Although he did not choose to be loyal to the King of Jiujiang, his words and deeds were helping the King of Jiujiang to fight him.

King Hailing's mother, Concubine Li Xian, was born poor, and had no family support in the palace, nor did she have the support of generals in the army, and the emperor stood behind her.

At this time, he was-for-tat, and Concubine Xian Niangniang was in the palace, and she also intended to target his mother.

Even if King Hailing does not fight for the position of prince in the future, he will definitely not support him. may take refuge in the king of Jiujiang and fully support the other party's struggle for the throne.

If this is the case, it is necessary to weaken the power of King Hailing as soon as possible, so as not to cause him serious obstacles in the future.

At this time, the king of Jiujiang suddenly said: "Princes, kings, and marquis, are about to come, and all the female dependents will go to the inner courtyard to receive the concubines of various countries. Everyone went to the gate of the mansion to greet them, and for the first time, Daqian received the princes and concubines, and there was no disclosure. ”

This time, the king of Lingnan, the king of Hailing, and the king of Xihe did not refute, but went to tell the concubine.

The brothers walked out of the mansion, and Li Maoyuan, the monarch of the Southern Tang Dynasty, brought gifts and led his female dependents to come.

When he saw a few people, he bowed and humbly said, "Minister, meet the king of Jiujiang, the king of Lingnan, the king of Hailing, and the king of Xihe." ”

Several princes saw Li Maoyuan coming, some were happy and some were displeased.

However, they feasted the kings on behalf of the royal family, and even if they had a grudge against Li Maoyuan to kill their father, they would not show it at this time.

The king of Jiujiang rushed up, picked up Li Maoyuan, hugged his fists and saluted back, saying: "The king of Tang is coming, so that the cold house is full of brilliance, and this king welcomes it." As he spoke, his face remained cold.

Li Maoyuan is like a chameleon who is good at camouflage.

If it weren't for the fact that he had sent people to collect evidence of the crimes of the King of Nanyue in recent days, it would have been difficult to discover that Li Maoyuan had many unknown acts with the King of Nanyue, which had seriously affected the interests of the great cadres.

Therefore, he sent people to the south to learn about Li Maoyuan's moves, and the news he brought back shocked him even more.

Li Maoyuan was secretly accumulating money and food to train the army.

He has already become the biggest hegemon in the south, and if his military strength suddenly breaks out, he will sweep through all countries in a short period of time, easily unify the south, and become the biggest enemy of the great cadres in the south.

All this, because the king of Nanyue and the king of Lingnan covered for him, and the concubine Liyu in the harem often interceded with him, and few people in the entire Longcheng court noticed Li Maoyuan's actions in the south, let alone knew that he had accumulated a very powerful force.

Due to the deliberate concealment of the Lingnan king's faction, the court still regarded the Qin state as the greatest enemy of the Great Qian, and never realized that a powerful empire was about to rise in the south.

The most important thing is that Li Maoyuan left his wife and children in Longcheng as hostages, came to visit on time every year, and lived in Longcheng by the way.

But in the news brought back by the secret agent, Li Maoyuan actually hid many family heirs in the Southern Tang Dynasty.

If his guess was correct, if the war broke out, Li Maoyuan would even sacrifice his wife and children in Dragon City, so as to break free from the shackles of the great cadres.

At this time, he only hoped that the emperor would notice Li Maoyuan's actions, and the imperial court was secretly deploying to try to eradicate Li Maoyuan.

Otherwise, with Li Maoyuan's infiltration of the great cadres and the many courtiers in the imperial court who were willing to be Li Maoyuan's lackeys, if the imperial court took measures to deal with Li Maoyuan, it would be easy to startle the snake.

Li Maoyuan's mobilization of troops in the south was no less than facing a natural disaster for the great cadres.

(End of chapter)