Stepping into the imperial city, Su Qi'an can feel the enormity of the imperial city.

In front of him is a passage with no end in sight, and on both sides of the passage are towering city walls, which are at least forty or fifty meters high at a glance.

The city wall is like two giants, wrapping this passage, and there is a feeling of oppression while walking.

The carriage walked for about ten minutes before it walked out of the thick and tall city wall passage.

At the end of the passage, under the greeting of the forbidden army, Su Qi'an got out of the carriage, and in front of him, there was a huge open square.

This square is so large that it is not a problem to accommodate tens of thousands of people, and around the square, every five meters, there is a forbidden army handle.

The steps of the square, every 100 meters, are one level higher, and as far as the eye can see, there are about four or five steps, and each step is ninety-five.

In the middle of the steps, nine stone dragons are engraved, which contains the meaning of the ninety-five supreme.

At the end of the line of sight, there is a huge palace that looks very magnificent.

This is the place where His Majesty entertains ministers and holds banquets today.

This is just a palace, it is so huge, in the imperial city, there are at least a dozen palaces like this.

The scale of each one is so majestic, and it is enough to see the enormity of the imperial city.

Under the leadership of the forbidden army, Su Qi'an slowly walked towards the palace at the end of his sight.

Looking not far away, I really walked to the gate of the palace, and it took me one hundred and twenty minutes to walk.

The forbidden army stood at the door and did not go in, but waited for a briefing.

After a while, an attendant walked out, and after communicating with the forbidden army, he came to Su Qi'an and said respectfully.

"Uncle Dongshan, Your Majesty, they have been waiting for you for a long time, so come and sit down with our family.

Su Qi'an nodded, and Su Yong behind him followed quickly, a banquet like this is allowed to bring an entourage.

However, there is a strict limit on the number of people, only one person, and the retinue will be re-searched quite strictly before entering the palace.

Only when it is safe will it be allowed to enter, and even if it enters the palace, the entourage cannot move around at will.

You can only stand behind your own master, and you can't make any rash moves, and once you find that there is a place to cross, the forbidden army responsible for protecting the safety of the palace will directly shoot you.

The palace is very large, in front of it, is a high platform, in the middle of the high platform, is a dragon chair, on the dragon chair sits a middle-aged man of about fifty.

This person did not wear a black dragon robe, but a white robe, but the fabric of this white robe was quite luxurious.

The whole body is made of silk, and the cuffs and chest of the robe are all five-clawed golden dragons made of gold wire.

Every move, quite extraordinary, this person is the Emperor of Da Liang, the current His Majesty Su Xuanyong.

Su Qi'an walked to the middle of the palace, saluted respectfully to Su Xuanyong, and said loudly.

"Su Qi'an greets Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty, long live, long live."

Su Xuanyong, who was sitting on the dragon chair on the high platform, nodded slightly and signaled to be flat.

"Uncle Dongshan doesn't need to be polite, take a seat quickly."

Su Qi'an got up, and then sat down on the left side, behind the second long table.

looked around, and realized that he was not the only one at this banquet.

Roughly speaking, on the left and right sides of the palace, there are at least twenty long tables, and the person who came, the smallest of the titles, was only Su Qi'an, the earl.

The rest of the people, most of them are marquises, or princes.

glanced at it, there were many people coming to this banquet, and there were some acquaintances.

At the auction a few days ago, people like Wang Zhenshan, Chu Guogong, and Wen Xuan were among them.

At the beginning of the Northern Battlefield, some young marquis such as Zheng Liang and Chen Zhi were present, but they did not sit alone, but sat with their elders.

Looking at the age of the elders, Su Qi'an probably had some guesses in his heart, it was the Duke of the Kingdom.

Among these people, Zhao Guogong, who has a grudge against Su Qi'an, is among them.

For Zhao

The sharp gaze from the national referendum, Su Qi'an directly ignored it.

On this occasion, this Zhao Guogong would not be stupid enough to make a move on him.

What caught Su Qi'an's attention the most was that on both sides of Su Xuanyong, the second prince and the fourth prince also came.

Being able to let the prince participate in the banquet is, in a way, this banquet very important.

Not long after Su Qi'an took his seat, suddenly Su Xuanyong's voice suddenly sounded.

He said to Su Qi'an, "Uncle Dongshan, your six poems can be regarded as famous in Kyoto, and even the widows are attracted."

"The widow took a look, your sixth poem, it seems that you have only done half of it, the widow has a reluctant request, can you have time to make up the first part?"

Su Qi'an arched his hand and hurriedly said, "Your Majesty is polite when you say this, it is an honor to be appreciated by Your Majesty, and when the banquet is over, the words in the first part will definitely be sent to Your Majesty."

"Hehe, that's good, thank you here."

As he spoke, Su Xuanyong raised his glass and gestured to Su Qi'an, and when the princes and marquis below saw this, they got up one after another and toasted to Su Qi'an.

Su Qi'an's face was calm and accepted them one by one, but his heart was not so calm.

"It's not a good thing to be noticed by this majesty from the beginning." Su Qi'an said secretly in his heart.

At this time, the second prince and the fourth prince sitting next to Su Xuanyong spoke complimentarily, almost one after the other.

"Hehe, father, Dongshan Bo is not just a simple talent, but a civil and military all-rounder, such a talent, the child feels that it has to be reused."

"The second brother is right, the child thinks the same way, I heard that Dongshanbo is in Xizhou, and the local bandits are suppressed and dare not resist, and the local people are quite grateful to Dongshanbo."

"Well, the widow knows about this, for this matter, the Xizhou pastor recommended the widow to be promoted to the rank of Earl of Dongshan, and the widow also agreed, don't you think it's enough?" Su Xuanyong asked softly.

"That's right, the child is here, begging his father to promote Dongshan Bo to another level and promote him to the rank of Marquis."

"I also agree with the fourth brother's opinion, with the ability that Dongshan Bo is showing now, he should be made a marquis." The second prince continued to add on the side.

As soon as these words came out, the faces of all the princes and marquis below changed slightly.

Obviously disagree, although the earl and the marquis are only one word apart, but the rights they have are very different.

If nothing else, the biggest difference is that once a marquis is made, he has the right to form an army.

That is, military power, an earl like Su Qi'an, usually around, also has protection such as guards.

But a guard is a guard after all, and there is a strict limit on the number of guards, which cannot exceed a hundred.

And the marquis is different, the army formed can reach up to 5,000 people, although there is no war in peacetime, the army formed will naturally be governed and monitored.

But once you have an army and the feeling of having military power in your hands, it can make others jealous.

If this Su Qi'an was just an ordinary literati, he would be a marquis, but his earl was all on the battlefield, little by little.

At that time, he relied on the lone army of thousands of people to turn the rear of Darong upside down.

Now once he is made a marquis and a real army is formed, I am afraid that the combat power is unimaginable.

Zheng Guogong, Zhao Guogong, and Chen Guogong glanced at each other, leaning on Su Xuanyong on the stage, and seemed to have a strange look.

The next moment, Zhao Guogong's voice suddenly sounded.

"Your Majesty, the old minister thinks it's inappropriate to be a marquis."

As soon as these words came out, everyone's eyes fell on Zhao Guogong, and Su Xuanyong on the stage raised his eyebrows and said softly.

"Oh, why is Zhao Qing opposed."

"Back to Your Majesty, the old minister opposes the Marquis of Dongshan Bofeng for three reasons."

"One, the matter of the feudal marquis is based on military exploits, the performance of Dongshan Bo in the northern battlefield, Your Majesty Feng Bo, is already a right recognition, and now the feudal marquis, the feudal marquis only relies on literary talents, which is bound to cause controversy."

"Two, Dongshan Bo was promoted from the second class to the first class, and the time is not too long

Months, just a few months, once again as a marquis, our dynasty has never had such a precedent."

"Third, according to the old minister's understanding, Dongshan Bo has set up a so-called village protection team mainly composed of villagers in Xizhou, with at least more than 1,000 people.

"Please also ask Your Majesty to think twice."

Zhao Guogong's words are not serious, especially the third article, which completely refers to Su Qi'an's misdeeds.

If it is confirmed, and there is another charge of attempting rebellion, this banquet is afraid that it will become Su Qi'an's head.

Su Qi'an's face was calm, and he just wanted to open his mouth to refute, but it was the second prince Su Zhe who spoke first.

"Zhao Guogong, this king thinks that your words are a bit serious, according to this king's understanding, Guogong seems to have a deep contradiction with Dongshan Bo."

"It's hard not to take personal revenge for what you said."

"Zhao Guogong, what you say, this king doesn't agree with either, as early as the last time about the question of Dongshan Bo, Feng Bo or Feng Hou, this king felt that something was wrong."

"We all know that with Dongshanbo's last military exploits, the marquis is more than enough, and now Dongshanbo has once again proved his talent, I Da Liang is already thirsty for virtuous men, Zhao Guogong is really a little narrow-minded when you do this today."

The one who spoke was the fourth prince Zhao Tai.

In this scene, not only Zhao Guogong did not expect it, but many powerful people present all looked solemn.

The discord between the second prince and the fourth prince, as a powerful minister, how could he not know, but now, the two princes are speaking for one person, and what is contained in this is self-evident.

At this point, Zhao Guogong's eyes flashed, and he still gritted his teeth and insisted.

"Two highnesses, the old minister has absolutely no selfishness."

"Your Majesty, what the old minister said, every sentence is from the bottom of my heart, the marquis is a big deal, even if the old minister and Dongshan Bo have grievances, but in the face of the big right and wrong, the old minister can still distinguish clearly."

"Your Majesty think twice! Don't let the second Laiyang Marquis appear!"

Zhao Guogong's last sentence directly made the atmosphere in the palace instantly much lower.

Even the two princes were speechless by Zhao Guogong's words.

Everyone's eyes were looking at Su Xuanyong on the stage as if they were nothing.

That kind of low coercion makes people feel uncomfortable.

Because the Marquis of Laiyang is the name of the palace that everyone in the palace is secret.