The Datong Hall was originally the emperor's dining place, and at this time it was used as a banquet hall to entertain the envoys of the feudal town.

Mutton and wine were frequently served on the table, and the queen mother had a big birthday, and the feudal towns sent people.

Some even came in person, such as Zhao Kuangning, the king of Chu, who actually brought people to celebrate his birthday.

Like Li Keyong, the king of Jin, and Wang Jian, the king of Xichuan Shu, these big vassal kings, they will definitely not come in person. If it comes and gets detained, it's over.

Li Keyong sent two sons, Li Cunqiao and Li Cunxian. Wang Jian sent his second son Wang Zongyan, Li Maozhen, the king of Qi, sent his nephew Li Jichong, and Ma Yin, Yang Xingmi, Zhong Chuan and other vassal kings also sent people to congratulate him on his birthday.

Seeing that the time for the Son of Heaven to receive him had arrived, the emperor did not appear for a long time, and everyone became anxious. Most of these people had never seen Li Ji, and they all wanted to see where the little emperor who destroyed Zhu Wen in a snap of his fingers was sacred.

But Li Ji just didn't appear, which made many envoys of the feudal towns unhappy.

Hanyuan Palace, Li Ji saw that the time was almost up: "Promising, go to Jishan Palace." Ladies and gentlemen, you should go to the Datong Hall and wait first. ”

After the ministers dispersed, they went to the Datong Hall together, and the envoys of the feudal town were all anxious. They call for wind and rain in their respective territories on weekdays, and this time they came to the capital and were neglected by the emperor, although they were the Son of Heaven, but everyone was secretly angry in their hearts.

Li Keyong's son, Li Cunqiao, stood up and was furious: "I'm waiting for such a sullen thing, when will Your Majesty come?"

"That's it, I've been waiting for this for a long time, the Queen Mother's birthday, why are you so procrastinating!" Someone chimed in.

"Humph! The visitor is a guest, we have come all the way, and we can't even see the face of the Son of Heaven. What does that mean? ”

These feudal towns don't take the emperor seriously at all, and this time they can come completely because the emperor destroys Zhu Wen and the power of the imperial court rises sharply.

During the reign of Emperor Zhaozong, the emperor became the target of wanton humiliation in the feudal towns. Many vassal kings wrote to the Son of Heaven to speak disrespectfully, especially Li Maozhen, the king of Qi, who humiliated Zhaozong several times, so that Zhaozong hastily sent troops to war, and the result was a complete defeat.

Kong Lin and Dugu are the leaders of the ministers, and the two are in the forefront. When he walked to Li Cunqiao's side, Kong Lin stopped.

Li Cunmiao saw that the other party was looking at him directly, without any politeness, and couldn't help but be furious: "You old man, what are you looking at!"

The feudal towns are all soil emperors on their own territory, and Li Cunqiao, as Li Keyong's biological son, is even more arrogant.

Kong Lin said coldly: "Yellow-mouthed boy, Hugh is rampant!" This is the capital of the Son of Heaven, how can you be presumptuous! ”

Li Cunmiao was shocked in his heart, and remembered what his father had said when he was leaving: When he went to the capital, he must have a good relationship with the courtiers, and hide his edge from revealing it, so that the Son of Heaven can relax his vigilance.

Dugu next to him also followed: "The Son of Heaven is mighty, when will Your Majesty come and when will not, will you have the final say?" You are so bold, do you still have Your Majesty in your eyes! ”

Li Cunxian, the brother of Li Cunqiao next to him, was so frightened that he dragged him, and the two hurriedly gave up their hands, Li Cunxian said: "My lord Haihan, my brother is drunk, so that he has no words, please forgive me."

Li Cunmiao, who was arrogant and domineering just now, remembered his father's entrustment, and also followed: "Yes, yes, the kid has no form, please don't be surprised."

"Humph!" Dugu flicked his sleeves and walked to the front to sit down by himself, and Kong Lin also glared at him.

Li Cunqiao was secretly angry in his heart: "What's the spirit, you old ministers, you used to be inferior to ants. Now that the court is strong, no one has begun to rise up in their eyes. When he arrives, Lao Tzu will lead his troops into the capital, and ask you one by one. ’

In fact, Li Keyong has always been vacillating in his attitude towards the imperial court, on the one hand, he wants to dominate, and on the other hand, he is afraid of the imperial court.

His son Li Cunmiao is different, he is extremely ambitious and wants to be the emperor. In fact, not long after Li Keyong's death, Li Cunqiao proclaimed himself emperor and established the Later Tang Dynasty.

Although it was forced by the situation at that time, Zhu Wen established the Later Liang, and Li Cunqiao, who was not to be outdone, built the Later Tang Dynasty. At that time, Zhang Chengye tried hard to persuade him, but Li Cunqiao ignored it and still ascended the throne.

In fact, all the envoys who came were equally ambitious, although the emperor destroyed Zhu Wen, and the forbidden army and the Shenwu army fought and were rumored to be godlike. But after all, they didn't see it with their own eyes, and the biggest purpose of their birthday celebration was to spy on the reality of the court.

"The Queen Mother has arrived! Your Majesty has arrived! With a shout from Youwei, the Son of Heaven finally arrived in the Datong Palace.

As soon as they heard that the Son of Heaven was coming, the envoys of the feudal towns below immediately buzzed, and some even stood up directly to see what this emperor looked like earlier.

The Datong Hall occupies a huge area and can accommodate hundreds of people. The guards selected by the forbidden army in front opened the way, followed by two rows of palace maids surrounding Empress Dowager He and Li Ji, Li Ji was surrounded by the bad handsome Fan Yao and Jin Wuwei general Xiao Nuoyan, and the left and right Dragon and Tiger Army Kong Jie, Zhan Yunpeng and others followed.

Li Ji was dressed in a dragon robe, and his face was majestic without smiling, and so was Empress Dowager He.

When the ministers saw that although the little emperor was young, he was heroic and had the demeanor of a saint, and he couldn't help but be secretly frightened.

In fact, Li Ji didn't like this kind of pretending to be a calf, but in order to make a good impression on the town. Showing the majesty of the emperor, he can only pretend not to be angry and arrogant.

Thanks to those facial paralysis actors, isn't the so-called not angry, self-intimidating, and not smiling this kind of acting? Li Ji was thinking in his heart, I'm not targeting anyone, I'm saying everyone here, you all owe Lao Tzu money.

As long as you pretend to be virtuous that you all owe money to Lao Tzu, the majesty of the emperor who is not angry and arrogant will come out.

Sure enough, the envoys of the feudal towns below were secretly frightened, this son of heaven was really the appearance of a real dragon, and the ministers who were originally buzzing and noisy immediately quieted down.

The ancients were rich in imagination and creativity, and there was no shortage of wise men with some high intelligence, but sometimes they would do some unthinkable things.

For example, the ancients were very interested in physiognomy, and if you want to see if this person is promising, you often look at you from physiognomy first.

For example, when Tang Zhaozong was proclaimed emperor by the eunuch Yang Fugong. first placed him in Shaoyang Courtyard, and the prime ministers Kong Wei and Du Rangneng took people to observe. The ministers saw that he was in good health and appearance, with the heroism of the emperor, so they agreed to establish Zhaozong as the emperor.

In terms of showing the majesty of the emperor, Empress Dowager He was well versed in this, and Li Ji remembered what she said to herself in Jishan Palace.

"Ji'er, you are the emperor. If you want to keep your majesty and your courtiers afraid, you look at them coldly. You are the Son of Heaven, they dare not look directly at you, and you must not show cowardice when you will feast the ministers. You are the Son of the Tang Dynasty, and the whole world is yours. You can tread on this day, you can tread this land, you can remember. ”

A heroic mantra made Li Ji's blood boil, isn't it just staring, glaring at him if he doesn't like Lao Tzu, and staring at whoever is pregnant.

As soon as Li Ji and Empress Dowager He sat down, Li Ji glared at them.

He couldn't take his eyes off the five big and three thick guys below, this person was Wang Zongyan, the second son of Xichuan Wang Jian.

This Wang Zongyan is tall and has a fierce face. As soon as Li Ji came in, he didn't like him, so he glared at him coldly.

Sure enough, this Wang Zongyan was looked at by the emperor's cold eyes, and his back was straight, and he sat there like a man on his back.

When Wang Zongyan stood up, he was so nervous that he almost stepped on his stool: "Minister, Wang Zongyan greets Your Majesty and the Queen Mother." I wish the Queen Mother a long and healthy phoenix! ”

Li Ji was secretly happy in his heart, he was sad, but his face was silent, and he swept coldly on the faces of the ministers: "Ladies and gentlemen, you are all pillars of the Tang Dynasty, today's Queen Mother's birthday, I thank you!"

The ministers stood up one after another: "I wish the Queen Mother a long and healthy life!"

The banquet dishes were extremely rich, and everyone was suddenly attracted by a strange fragrance.

I saw the palace maids carrying plates of yellow, orange and orange things on everyone's table, and the fragrance emanated from here.

"This is a mysterious seed that I got from the Immortal Mountains overseas, and this thing is called corn. Food can prolong life, you can taste it. ”

Corn, what a fitting name. The crowd had never seen such a beautiful thing, and the freshly cooked corn was yellow like rows of gold grains. Someone couldn't help but be curious and picked up one and took a bite, leaving a fragrant mouth.

"Well, it's delicious, it's fragrant!"

Then the ministers began to snatch it away, and the queen mother's birthday banquet, only this boiled corn became the rarest dish.

After three rounds of drinking, Li Maozhen's nephew Li Jichong stood up, he pretended to be drunk with a wine glass: "Your Majesty, I heard that there are many masters of the forbidden army in Beijing. The minister wants to learn about it and cheer for the queen mother's birthday! ”

Li Jichong's swordsmanship is unparalleled, and he has the reputation of being known as the first sword in Shaanxi. He was nominally dancing with a sword to cheer up, but in fact he wanted to embarrass the court.

Li Jichong was quite conceited about his swordsmanship, and he expected that no one in Beijing could be defeated. The envoys of the other feudal towns also coaxed, and as soon as the Son of Heaven appeared just now, they were suppressed, and the feudal towns had already lost a game in momentum, and they wanted to move back in this sword competition.

The feudal towns were crowded, and everyone expected that the emperor was young, and they couldn't help but be nervous in the face of such a large array. Who knew that as soon as the Son of Heaven appeared on the stage, he had a royal spirit, as if everyone owed him 200 hanging money, and the towns of the clan had already lost.

Li Ji was slightly surprised, most of the forbidden army were new moves. If he is good at martial arts and swordsmanship, he really doesn't know who is stronger in kung fu. This person dares to come out and challenge, and he is not general. Don't send someone to fight at that time, if you lose the battle again, you won't be able to get over your face.

Although the sword competition is said to be a cheer, in case the imperial court is defeated, it will inevitably increase the ambition of the feudal towns. Li Ji skipped some candidates in his heart, such as Kong Jie, Zhan Yunpeng and others, but I am afraid that none of them are sure of winning.

Suddenly, Fan Yao beside Li Ji arched his hand: "Your Majesty, the minister wants to have a discussion with General Li."

Li Ji was happy in his heart, Fan Yao was a bad handsome, and he really didn't know how his kung fu was. He can stand up today, just in time to see.

Li Ji was just about to agree, but Li Jichong suddenly said: "Your Majesty, Fan Shuai's swordsmanship is unparalleled, and the minister admires it." Kechen is a junior, how dare he fight with Fan Shuai, I don't know if there are young soldiers in Beijing to fight with the minister? ”