Everyone followed Gonggong Zhang to the Linde Palace, speaking of this Linde Palace, and Shuai had seen it from ancient books: it was the place where the emperor of the Tang Dynasty held banquets, watched music and dances, and invited foreign envoys.

Before entering the hall, Gonggong Zhang specially instructed: "When you go in for a while, don't move around at will without the call of the saint, and don't talk nonsense, otherwise it will be a crime of bullying the king, and you will lose your head!" ”

Seeing that several people nodded, Gonggong Zhang slowly came to the door of the Linde Palace, knelt down and shouted: "Back to Your Majesty, the top ten contestants of the martial arts conference are already waiting outside the Linde Palace, please call Your Majesty." ”

A little eunuch came out of the hall with broken steps, and said with a smile: "Holy Command, I invite all your adults to enter the temple to face the saint." ”

"Long live Emperor Xie Wu!" Grandpa Zhang shouted again before getting up from the ground, he thought that the ten behind him would be able to follow suit.

As a result, no one did it, and Grandpa Zhang sweated a lot in his heart, saying that this time he was dead.

Coming to the interior of the Linde Palace, several golden silk nanmu carved dragon pillars go straight to the roof, revealing a royal domineering. The old emperor sat on the dragon chair, and there was also Yang Shaolong, the chief eunuch standing beside him, and the two palace maids were holding huge peacock feather fans and kept fanning.

Dozens of Ouchi guards stood on both sides of the red carpet with golden swords in their hands, and from the armor on their bodies, it seemed that their level was not low, and they should be guards with swords in front of the palace.

When Gonggong Zhang came to the imperial frame, he knelt on the ground and bowed his head and shouted: "Back to Your Majesty, the ten contestants have been brought." The slave came to His Majesty to return to his life, wishing my emperor a long life and a long life! ”

I don't know if it was infected by the atmosphere of the scene, or for other reasons, all of the ten people except for Heshuai knelt down on one knee and shouted: "I wish my emperor a long life, longevity and heaven!" ”

He Shuai stood in place and bowed his head and hugged his fists, and finally shouted: "I wish my emperor a long life, longevity and heaven!" "It's a bit out of place with other people.

The old emperor nodded and just wanted to shout 'Pingshen', but Yang Shaolong on the side shouted: "When you see Your Majesty my lord, why don't you kneel!" "He's really pervasive, always thinking about getting rid of this thorn in his eye.

The old emperor waved his hand and said with a smile: "That's it, that's it, all Aiqing is flat!" ”

Although the old emperor said this, no one dared to get up at this time, and they all looked back at He Shuai. The latter looked at Yang Shaolong with a smile, wanting to see what kind of crimes he was waiting for.

"Your Majesty!" Yang Shaolong hugged his fist at the old emperor, looked at He Shuai and said with a wicked smile, "Since ancient times, when a courtier sees today's saint, how can he not bow down!?" According to the law of the dynasty, he should be dragged out of the noon gate to ask for beheading, and please ask Your Majesty to severely punish him! ”

As soon as Yang Shaolong said this, all the guards with knives in the hall pulled out their golden knives one after another and glared at He Shuai.

Cheng Tian showed a smug smile at this time, and said in his heart to see what you should do this time.

The reason why He Shuai dared to do this was because he was sure that the old emperor would not be angry with him, and he couldn't say why he always felt a kind of intimacy with the old emperor.

Sure enough, the old emperor slapped the dragon case violently and shouted angrily: "Presumptuous! It's not your turn to point fingers here. ”

Yang Shaolong and dozens of guards with knives in front of the emperor hurriedly knelt on the ground and shouted: "Please forgive your majesty, the slave deserves to die." ”

The old emperor pointed at He Shuai and said, "This is my loyal general of the Tang Dynasty!" From now on, I allowed him to enter and leave the palace freely, and when all officials saw it, the civil officials dismounted from the sedan chair and the military attache dismounted to show respect. ”

He Shuai knew that this was the old emperor who gave him a big face, and there were few people in history who had such blessings, thinking of this, he actually knelt down on one knee and clasped his fists and shouted: "Weichen first entered the palace, I don't know the etiquette, I wish my emperor happiness like the East China Sea, long life without borders, long live!" This was also the only gift he gave to the old emperor.

"Zhong Aiqing is flat!" The old emperor shouted with satisfaction, and said to Yang Shaolong, who was kneeling on the side, "You also get up, I forgive you for your innocence!" ”

Only then did everyone dare to stand up, and the old emperor was approachable: "Pass the order and set up a banquet to entertain all Aiqing!" I, today I also specially found the city lords of Phoenix City and Chiba City to accompany me, the children are tired of the competition these days, so have a good meal tonight.

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Yang Shaolong whispered a few words to a little eunuch beside him, and after a while, the eunuch maid carried more than a dozen jade tables and jade chairs in the main hall and placed them on both sides of the red carpet.

Zhou Yongjian and Chen Lu also entered the main hall through the side door of the inner hall, and both of them took their seats under the guidance of the palace maid after greeting the old emperor.

Everyone also sat down under the guidance of Gonggong Zhang, and one person prepared to eat.

He Shuai was depressed at this time, no one greeted him at all, where should he sit? It stands to reason that he should sit with Chen Lu and Zhou Yongjian, both of whom are reasonable for the four city lords. However, it seems that there is no seat arranged at all, Chen Lu and Zhou Yongjian are one by one, so they can't go and squeeze together with Sister Xiao Chen, right?

In fact, all this was arranged by Yang Shaolong, just to embarrass him.

The old emperor, who had already seen through everything, greeted and said warmly: "Lord He, as the first place in the martial arts conference, come and sit with me!" I'd love to hear how you managed Maple City and Snow City! As he spoke, he moved his ass to the side, leaving a large empty seat in the dragon chair.

"I'll go!" Everyone had their heads directly on the jade table, thinking in their hearts that this could be the halo of the legendary protagonist?

He Shuai was not polite, and walked up a few steps and sat down beside the old emperor with peace of mind.

Yang Shaolong's hateful teeth itched, and he didn't take advantage of several encounters, not to mention that he was almost eliminated by the old emperor, he gritted his teeth and said: "Please Your Majesty's permission, the slave will go to the imperial dining room to urge the dinner." ”

"Go ahead! Take all of these guards with you. The old emperor waved his hand in disgust.

Yang Shaolong's face changed, and he said in surprise: "Your Majesty, this move must not be done, the guards must stay to protect your safety, if there is an assassin, ......"

"Hehe, the most elite warriors in the entire Tang Dynasty are dining with me below!" The old emperor pointed his finger at the audience and said, "Which assassin dares to assassinate me so without long eyes?" Go down.

After speaking, he turned his head and chatted with He Shuai, and never bothered with Yang Shaolong again.

Yang Shao said helplessly: "The slave retreats." Then he led the guards out of the Lin De Palace.

When the dishes are ready, and Shuai really regrets sitting with the old emperor to eat, there is wine and food at a table below, how to eat and how to eat, sitting with the old emperor, you can only watch him eat his own saliva, you can't see the chicken leg you like, you grab it from under the emperor's chopsticks......

After a round of drinking, the old emperor asked, "Lord He, why don't you move your chopsticks, isn't it unappetizing?" ”

"Eat, eat!" He Shuai was no longer subtle, first picked up the wine glass and poured it violently, and then picked up the chopsticks and slammed the vegetables into his bowl. The old emperor looked at him with a smile, and even the two little palace maids shaking fans behind him couldn't help but cover their mouths and smile.

Who would have thought that the old emperor would tell a big secret in his heart during this meal......