This time, the meritorious banquet was still held in the "Jiying Hall", but due to the large number of meritorious people attending the banquet today, the etiquette department and the internal chamberlain in charge of hosting the banquet were worried that there were not enough seats, so they did not adopt the "separate banquet" method in the past.

, but placed long tables and benches in the hall.

After all, there were so many guests invited here today, and they really fulfilled the metaphorical meaning of this palace as "a gathering of heroes."

As early as around Shenshi, Yongwang Hongyu came to Jiying Hall to inspect the preparations for the banquet. As the real and unnamed prince, he was also the host of the banquet and was responsible for coordinating the arrangements for the banquet.

Nearing the You hour, hundreds of officials from the court arrived at Jiying Hall one after another. After entering the hall, they all saluted and greeted King Yong Hongyu.

Shortly afterwards, Zhao Hongli, the former crown prince of the Eastern Palace, also arrived early with his close aides, which surprised Yong Wang Hongyu slightly.

After greeting each other, Yong Wang Hongyu said to Zhao Hongli with some surprise: "I thought Brother Changhuang would attend the banquet with Xiaojiu later."

Zhao Hongli smiled indifferently, shook his head and said, "Brother Yu has told the public many times that the leader of the First Army of the North is Xiao Jiu and has nothing to do with me."

Yong Wang Hongyu glanced at Zhao Hongli and smiled casually on the surface, but in his heart, he did not believe Zhao Hongli's words: The First Army of the North was now led by their youngest brother Huan Wang Zhao Hongxuan, and Zhao Hongli never interfered again.

Although these are true, everyone knows that Xiaojiu is a supporter of the deposed prince Zhao Hongli - although the former prince Zhao Hongli seems to be in decline, in fact he is just hiding his power and biding his time, waiting for the opportunity.

At least, Yong Wang Hongyu couldn't tell from Zhao Hongli's eyes that the other party had given up on fighting for the throne.

This is also the enemy!

But for the time being, they are a political alliance.

"There is only one enemy today."

Zhao Hongli and Yong Wang Hongyu looked at each other in unison, and smiled in tacit understanding.

By the time around the time of Youshi, all the officials in the court were already sitting at the long table on the west side of the palace. The long table on the east side of the palace was today's honorary seat, that is, only the meritorious men who had made meritorious deeds in this battle were seated.

Only those who can take the "meritorious seat" can sit.

I don’t know how long it took, but there was an announcement from outside the palace: “His Royal Highness King Qing has arrived!”

"Coming!"

Yong Wang Hongyu and Zhao Hongli secretly took a breath, and together with all the officials in the hall, they all looked towards the entrance of the hall.

Immediately, the visitors outside the hall quickly announced the guest who had come hand in hand with almost no pause.

"The King of Nanliang has arrived!"

"His Royal Highness Prince Xiang is here!"

"General Jiang Bi is here!"

"Wei Feng is here!"

"Huchou Hou is here!"

"Marquis Yuanling has arrived!"

"Marquis Bandung has arrived!"

"Marquis Gao Yang has arrived!"

"Marquis Pingcheng is here!"

"Marquis Quliang has arrived!"

"Marquis Kuangcheng has arrived!"

Following the almost non-stop announcements from the visitors outside the hall, a large number of people appeared outside Jiying Hall and walked into the hall together.

"It seems that I am the first."

Glancing at the seating arrangements in the hall, Qing Wang Hongxin said with a smile.

All the officials in the palace laughed in agreement, and then stared intently at the people behind Qing Wang Hongxin - the Qing Wang Party!

Looking at the Qingwang Party members who deliberately stopped at the entrance of the hall from a distance, the hall was completely silent. Even Yongwang Hongyu felt the pressure increase sharply.

It cannot be denied that King Qing Hongxin’s current power is very large. He has the support of officials from the DPRK and China, military commanders, and support from domestic aristocratic circles. It is even more powerful than the "Donggong Party" in its heyday. If it were not currently dominated by Yong

Wang Hongyu supervises the country, otherwise, even the Yongwang Party will be unable to withstand the persecution from the Qingwang Party.

Especially this time, the victory of the Southern Liang King Zhao Yuanzuo and General Jiang Bi made the Qingwang Party more powerful than before, so much so that just those people standing at the door of the hall made all the officials in the hall feel nervous and secretly.

Swallow saliva.

In fact, all the officials in the palace are well aware that this banquet, in addition to honoring meritorious officials, is actually the best opportunity for the princes to show their power - of course, the more important ones are King Yong Hongyu and King Qing

Hongxin’s confrontation.

Seeing everyone in the hall glance at him intentionally or unintentionally, Yongwang Hongyu did not flinch. He stood up and greeted him with a smile: "Third uncle, fifth brother, and everyone else, please hurry up and take your seats."

As soon as he finished speaking, an eunuch walked quickly from the side of the palace, seemingly ready to show King Qing Hongxin and others their seats, but King Yong Hongyu waved his hand and dismissed the eunuch, looking at King Qing Hongxin and others with a smile.

That expression seemed to say: Sit wherever you want, sit wherever you want.

But the question is, can I sit wherever I want?

You must know that some of the people sitting in the seats on the west side today are not very good-tempered. Even Qing Wang Hongxin does not want to offend.

At this time, Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang, also saw that Yong Wang Hongyu was deliberately making things difficult, so he said: "Jiang Bi, follow me. The rest of the people should follow Wei Feng."

After that, he led Jiang Bi to the first long table and sat down in the row of seats to the west. The other nobles of the Qing Wang Party who participated in the battle, under the leadership of Wei Feng, randomly selected

Several long tables were sat down.

Seeing this, all the officials in the court nodded secretly: This kind of seating arrangement will not anger a certain Prince Su who has a bad temper.

Seeing that Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Southern Liang, came forward to resolve the difficulties caused by Yong Wang Hongyu, Qing Wang Hongxin secretly breathed a sigh of relief. After glancing at Yong Wang Hongyu mockingly, he and Xiang Wang Hongjing took their seats at the first long table on the west side.

——Neither he nor King Xiang Hongjing had personally participated in this war, so they were actually here as accompanying guests.

It must be said that the tense scene at the beginning made the atmosphere in the hall even more awkward. At this time, the hall was completely silent, and no one dared to break the silence.

Not long after, Zongzheng Zhao Yuanyan of the Zongfu came to Jiying Hall with Zhao Sheng, the king of Yao who had now succeeded the late King Zhao Yuanzuo of Yi as the Zongfu Zongling. At this time, the atmosphere in the hall relaxed slightly.

This can be attributed to Zhao Sheng, the king of Yao. This king was good at observing people's words, good at speaking, and was a good communicator. When he saw that the atmosphere in the palace was not right, he made a few small jokes without leaving any trace, and gradually made the atmosphere in the palace gradually change.

Pick up.

After a while, following the announcement from the visitors outside the hall, King Huan Zhao Hongxuan and his party also arrived at Jiying Hall.

What surprised everyone in the palace was that King Yu Zhao Yuanke and his four generals Shao Hu, Long Ji, Yi Gu, and Zhao Bao actually came together with King Huan Zhao Hongxuan.

"What does this mean?"

All the officials in the palace couldn't help but wonder about this.

You must know that, like his brother Su Wang Zhao Hongrun, Huan Wang Zhao Hongxuan has also never expressed his desire to fight for the throne. Compared with the throne, His Royal Highness King Huan seems to be more obsessed with commanding an army to fight in the north and south like his brother.

, and achieved victory in each foreign war.

However, Yu Wang Zhao Yuanke and his four generals Shao Hu, Long Ji, Yi Gu and Zhao Bao appeared together with Huan Wang Zhao Hongrun. Is there any special reason for this?

Perhaps noticing the suspicious glances of everyone in the palace, King Yu Zhao Yuandai leaned on his crutch and said with a smile: "What? I came to the banquet with Hongxuan, does it bother you? My uncle and nephew are on par with each other in Yongqiu.

Fighting!"

After hearing this, everyone in the hall suddenly realized: That's right!

Compared to those who had just treated Qing Wang Hongxin, Yong Wang Hongyu's attitude at this time was much more enthusiastic. He took the initiative to come forward and salute and greet: "Uncle Wu Wang, Hongxuan, let me take you to the table."

To be fair, King Huan Zhao Hongxuan had a very bad impression of King Yong Hongyu, but considering that his eldest brother Zhao Hongli was currently in a political alliance with the latter, he still reluctantly said hello.

"Don't bother." King Yu Zhao Yuan'ai saw Zhao Yuanzuo, King of Nanliang, sitting at the first table on the east side from a distance, and said with a smile: "Hongxuan and I can go alone."

After saying that, he leaned on crutches and slowly walked to the first table on the east side and sat down opposite Zhao Yuanzuo, King of Nanliang.

To be honest, Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang, didn't take it to heart at all about Yong Wang Hongyu making things difficult for Qing Wang Hongxin, because in his opinion, this kind of thing was just a child's trick. But now that Yu Wang Zhao Yuanke came to the scene, his mood suddenly changed.

Become excited.

"I beat you, Yuan Ke."

After King Yu Zhao Yuanqi took his seat, King Zhao Yuanzuo of Nanliang spoke first.

"Haha." King Yu Zhao Yuanqi laughed twice, and calmly stopped Zhao Hongxuan, King Huan, who wanted to refute or even sarcastically, and looked directly at Zhao Yuanzuo, King of Nanliang.

"Why are you laughing?" Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang, asked with a frown. His behavior made the general Jiang Bi sitting next to him feel a little surprised.

In Jiang Bi's opinion, Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang, could definitely be regarded as a tycoon, but for some reason, this tycoon often lost his usual calmness when facing the king of Yu, Zhao Yuanzuo.

Just like right now, although Yu Wang Zhao Yuan'ai just laughed twice casually, Nan Liang Wang Zhao Yuanzuo seemed to feel a strong sense of ridicule.

However, Jiang Bi did not interfere. After all, he had heard about the dispute between Zhao Yuanzuo and Zhao Yuanji.

"Did you really win?" Faced with the question of Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang, Yu Wang Zhao Yuan'ai said calmly: "In one battle, we wiped out the millions of troops of Chu without leaving any future troubles, and what about you?"

After hearing this, Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Southern Liang, snorted coldly: "If Daliang hadn't made peace with South Korea, do you think I would have easily withdrawn my troops from South Korea?"

"I'm not referring to this, I'm referring to Weiguo." Yu Wang Zhao Yuanke shook his head and interrupted.

"Weiguo?" Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang, frowned.

Seeing this, King Yu Zhao Yuande said: "You really don't understand why the Han army asked Sima Shang to attack Wei before the Han army withdrew?...Why didn't you save? If Wei and Wei are at odds, there will be endless troubles."

"..."

Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang, frowned. With his intelligence and strategy, he could certainly understand the pros and cons, but he didn't take it seriously - even though Wei Guo guessed that he was "directing trouble to the east".
To be continued...