Chapter 23: The Feast
Li Tianmin prepared very well for this banquet, and as soon as he entered, he saw all kinds of delicacies and delicacies.
Li Tianmin deliberately let Jiang Ming enter the first seat on his right, Xie Ren, Gu Tianfang and others had a trace of doubt on their faces, and secretly thought in their hearts: Could it be that Li Tianmin was aware of Jiang Ming's identity, but he was embarrassed to break it.
At the banquet, the singing and dancing were leveled, the silk and bamboo were pleasant, and after a while, the inner mansion was staggered, and the smell of wine was bursting, Jiang Ming stared at Mu Qing on the side, kicked him lightly with his foot, and said: "They are all cultivators, give me some restraint, not just a few dancing girls, look at your eyes are about to kick out." ”
Mu glanced at Jiang Ming innocently, and said softly: "Master, you look at your chin yourself, and you are embarrassed to say me, wipe your saliva." ”
Jiang Ming wiped the saliva from the corner of his mouth embarrassedly, and knocked Mu Qing's head a few times in succession: "I'm too sour for this dish, how can I be disturbed by this mortal thing." ”
"Then don't look at your eyes, no, this is called the upper beam is not right and the lower beam is crooked."
"Dead boy, he's getting more and more arrogant now."
After three rounds of wine, five flavors of food, everyone talked about wine, and even Jiang Ming, who had always been conceited and had a good amount of alcohol, gradually felt a slight sense of dizziness.
By chance, Jiang Ming saw Li Tianmin looking at him, pointing his finger to the back, and then left the table and walked to the backyard.
Jiang Ming comprehended, and walked in the direction of Li Tianmin's departure under the pretext of being in a hurry. Originally, the purpose of this trip was not just to go to the banquet, and both parties knew it, but they lacked an opportunity to introduce the topic.
Jiang Ming entered the backyard and was greeted by a picturesque garden, the gorgeous pavilion was surrounded by pond water, duckweed was all over the ground, green and clear.
At this time, Li Tianmin was standing on the pavilion in the middle of the pond, quietly looking at a few carp in the pond, and when he saw Jiang Ming walking to his side, he sighed: "Sometimes I feel that it is more fun to be a carp in the pond, carefree, and have no worries." ”
Jiang Ming glanced at Li Tianmin and scolded secretly in his heart: I have nothing to do when I am full, do you want to be a prince for me, I drink a little wine every day, and the concubine is hugged, and I still say that I am not happy this day, but I eat too much salt, salty!
Of course, Jiang Ming couldn't say this because of his current personality, so he could only cooperate with the third prince to pretend to be strong, and said: "I only heard that the carp jumped the dragon gate, but I didn't hear that this dragon would envy the carp, His Royal Highness is in a high position, how many people are jealous!" ”
Li Tianmin leaned on the wooden chair next to the pavilion, beckoned Jiang Ming to sit down, and said: "The most ruthless emperor's family, I grew up in the palace since I was a child, and a few people know about the sufferings during this period. ”
Jiang Ming looked at Li Tianmin's pale face, knew that what he said was true, and asked: "His Royal Highness is the emperor's favorite prince, he was named a prince at a young age, and he was even proposed by His Majesty the Emperor many times to make His Royal Highness the new prince, how could this be?" ”
When Li Tianmin heard Jiang Ming's question, he suddenly became excited, and said: "The most favored prince, hahaha, when I was born, my mother died of dystocia, and the people around me told me that I was the most favored prince, and I also thought when I was a child, until one day when I was seven years old, I accidentally broke my father's favorite Nine Dragon Cup, and was slapped by my father, hitting the corner of the table and chair, and leaving this scar in the corner of my eye." ”
"And then?"
"Later, my father didn't come to see me for a long time, hahahaha, the most favored prince is actually not as good as a Kowloon Cup in my father's heart."
"Actually, I know that in my father's heart, I am just a pawn in this life, and the meaning of my existence is just a tool to balance the power of my eldest brother and second brother. To tell you the truth, I never wanted to covet the throne, I just wanted to be an idle prince, but my father stubbornly treated me as a victim of the court battle. said that he would make me the prince, but he didn't give me any power, and even this peerless city took away the military, political, and financial powers in the city. The eldest brother's mother's family holds the military power of the Wuyang Kingdom, his uncle is the general who collects my military power, and the second brother holds the financial power of the Wuyang Kingdom, plus the intersection of many forces such as the Demon Dust Sect, and I am only one person. ”
Jiang Ming only then understood Li Tianmin's difficulty, sometimes when you stand too high, you can't decide a lot of things, no matter whether Li Tianmin has the intention of seizing the throne or not, the current situation forces him to fight, because even if he doesn't fight, whether it is the eldest prince or the second prince one day, he, the most favored prince, will end up with only one road, Huangquan Road.
"I established Tianxiang Pavilion to secretly cultivate power, I am an empty shell prince so I must have my own foundation, even if I know that I can't do it, I have to try, because I don't want to die!" Li Tianmin said helplessly.
Jiang Ming's heart was quite touched, yes, he didn't want to die, the main quest of the Six Monsters of Southern Xinjiang and the sudden task of helping the three princes fight for the prince were not a sword pressed on his heart.
Jiang Ming patted Li Tianmin's shoulder, put away the cynicism, and said, "Your Royal Highness the Third Prince, I want to make a deal with you!"
"What deal?"
"The Divine Sword Gate will serve as the backing of His Royal Highness the Three Princes, and fully support the Three Princes to become the princes, and even ascend to the throne. I believe that the third prince invited us here to win over the Divine Sword Gate, we directly opened the skylight and said bright words, the Divine Sword Gate will support you unreservedly, but there is only one request. ”
"What a request!"
"When you ascend to the throne, when my Divine Sword Gate is in trouble, I need to rely on the strength of Wuyang Kingdom to fight against strong enemies. I don't want to deceive you, ten years later, my Divine Sword Gate will definitely fight with the Six Monsters of Southern Xinjiang, and my Divine Sword Sect alone will definitely be difficult to defeat, so I need the support of the army of Wuyang Kingdom. ”
Jiang Ming told Li Tianmin directly, because he also wanted to live, whether it was a sudden task or a main task, he needed Li Tianmin's help, and he also believed that Li Tianmin would not refuse, after all, he was also a person who worked hard to live, and the support of the Divine Sword Gate meant that Li Tianmin would have the confidence to fight against the eldest prince and the second prince.
But to Jiang Ming's surprise, Li Tianmin actually did not hesitate at all, and directly agreed, maybe there is no room for a moment of entanglement in this kind of emperor's house.
"Okay, I agree, Tianxiang Pavilion will be integrated with the Divine Sword Gate from now on, sharing honor and disgrace, from today onwards, all the resources of Tianxiang Pavilion will be assigned to Brother Jiang, oh no, Senior Xiao will be dispatched, if I ascend the throne one day, the army of Wuyang Kingdom will definitely rush to the front line for Senior Xiao."
Jiang Ming heard Li Tianmin call himself Senior Xiao is eyes were about to fall to the ground, no wonder he sat in the first seat, it turned out that he already knew his identity.
"When did you know that?" Li Tianmin laughed and said: "Yuan Xing is not only the big shopkeeper of my Tianxiang Pavilion, but also the most first-class painter in Wuyang Kingdom, although he has only seen one time, it is very simple to draw the appearance of his predecessors, Xiao Xing's predecessors are famous all over the world, and things after that are even simpler." ”
"There is no Xiao Daoxuan here, only Jiang Ming! I also hope that His Highness will call me Brother Jiang in the future. ”