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Chapter two hundred and ninety-nine Li Yuan holds a banquet

After Li Yuan ascended the throne, he immediately enfeoffed the ministers in the court, especially his sons, and they all took many positions one by one. It is natural that Li Jiancheng was the crown prince. He was the legal heir of the country, and Li Jiancheng has now changed into a prince costume. Qin King Li Shimin was named Shangshu Ling, Right Guard General, Han King Li Bing was named Zhongshu Ling and Yongzhou Governor, and was also awarded the position of General of Cavalry. This is the highest position for military general at present, because Li Bing made the greatest military achievements in the establishment of the entire Tang Dynasty, which cannot be denied by anyone.

Moreover, before that, Li Bing was already the second-rank general of the auxiliary state, and now he was only promoted to another level. However, as soon as Li Bing's reward was released, the ministers were in an uproar. Now everyone knows how favorable Li Yuan has for his son. It can be seen from his official positions that in addition to the Zhongshu Ling, one of the three provinces, the governor of Yongzhou is also a very important official position. You must know that the capital is also within the scope of Yongzhou, so everyone began to have their own plans in their hearts. Even Li Jiancheng, who had become the crown prince, looked jealous when he looked at Li Bing.

The remaining two people, Li Yuanba, also made great contributions to the Li family's struggles and the Li Yuan would naturally not forget that he was given the rank of general of the army and allowed him to serve as the governor of Jizhou. However, at this time, most of Jizhou was still controlled by forces such as Luo Cheng. Therefore, Li Yuanba's Jizhou governor was basically just a false position, but it also showed Li Yuan's affirmation of him. Although it was just like this, it also made Li Yuanji envious. Li Yuan also gave him a false position of Yanzhou governor, and did not also give him a general as he thought. So this made Li Yuanji very dissatisfied and pouted. It is said that he had rubbed Dou's family for an afternoon for this matter, but Li Yuan did not know what he was thinking. He did not agree to his request.

In addition to Li Bing and other sons of Li Yuan, his subordinates were also promoted by Li Yuan, so it was basically a happy scene. That night, Li Yuan held a banquet in Daxing Hall to entertain the ministers. Moreover, since it was to celebrate the new emperor's ascension to the throne, Li Yuan also allowed the foreign women to come to the palace to attend the banquet, but the banquet they attended was set up in the inner hall, and the new queen Dou led them to the banquet.

At the hour of You, luxurious carriages were parked in front of the palace gate. At this time, special guards were responsible for guiding the carriages in designated places. Neatly dressed officials and the women who came in dressed up walked into the palace gate with laughter. Just as people were talking and laughing, a luxurious carriage slowly drove over from a distance and walked straight to the palace to stop. A soldier rushed over quickly, trying to make them speed up, but when he walked in, he jumped. The carriage was better than the one in front.

Some carriages were much more spacious and expensive. When he was shocked, he saw the door of the carriage open. A young man in purple clothes came in. He wore a three-barrel roaming crown on his head, a black robe or decoration, a big gold hook belt on his body, a gold treasure decorative sword and a jade dart head on his waist. He was 18 feet long, nine inches wide, and two hundred and forty poems. He looked like a standard prince outfit. With the signature smile on his face, the soldier recognized at first glance that he was not the new King of Han, and that.

"Keep the Lord of Han!" The soldier quickly knelt down on one knee in panic and said, "Li Bing glanced at the soldier. He let him get up calmly, then continued to stretch out his hand and helped the beauty in the carriage one by one. After the soldier got up, he did not dare to go away, so he lowered his head and stood aside. He saw a beautiful woman in full dress coming out of the carriage. The soldier who had seen countless beauties at the door today was also shocked. Looking at the beauty in front of him, the women who were previously considered beautiful women in his heart all turned into Dongshi. But he soon realized the identity of the woman in front of him. Those who could come in the same carriage as the King of Han could also guess her identity. He quickly knelt down again and said, "Keep the Princess of Han!"

"Get up, thank you for your hard work!" Xiao Shiyun seemed to have no airs at all, and said kindly to the soldier. After he stood up, he smiled at him. This smile made the soldier almost stunned, but he quickly woke up and quickly lowered his head to serve him. As a result, what surprised him was that the princess of Han had just got out of the carriage. His Highness, His Highness, helped out a beauty from the carriage. Looking at her outfit, he guessed that the woman was the concubine of the King of Han. The soldier quickly stepped forward to greet him. Changsun Wugui also gently asked him to get up. When the soldier was envious of Li Bing for being blessed, Li Bing helped a woman off the carriage. The soldier had no choice but to greet him again. What made the soldier collapse was that one woman after another came down from the carriage, and in the end the soldier was kneeling down and numb.

Looking at the seven beautiful women in front of him, it felt like they were dreaming. Then Li Bing led the long team of women into the palace in the dull gaze of the soldier. Except for Xiao Shiyun and Changsun Wugui, because he had seen Dou come a few times, and Chen Dierui lived here, the women almost all entered the palace for the first time. They couldn't help but look around with curiousness. In their eyes, everything was so novel. Li Bing looked at his curious wives with some amusement and said with a smile: "Okay, if you have land in the future, you will have the opportunity to see it. When you have nothing to do, you will see it. Now it's getting late, so let's go in!" Zhang Qinyao and other girls thought that Li Bing's words were still very reasonable, so they had to follow Li Bing to Daxing Palace reluctantly.

After entering the Daxing Hall, Li Bing's team immediately attracted everyone's attention. You should know that there were too many wives and princes of Li Shimin and others, only three or four wives and concubines. However, seven people came to Li Bing's family, which made the officials' eyes wide open. Moreover, each of them could be said to be a charming figure.

Li Bing grabbed Xiao Shiyun and Changsun Wugui's hands. The ministers naturally recognized the two newly promoted Han princess and concubines, and came to see each other. Xiao Shiyun and Changsun Wugui were born in the royal family and the other came from a great family. They naturally had a noble temperament and responded to those people with a smile. Then Li Bing waved to a female official and handed her his wives and concubines to her to the harem to attend a banquet set up by Dou.

Li Bing was joking and greeting the ministers while walking to his position. His position was in the second seat of the left head, and his upper head was Li Shimin's seat. However, Li Shimin had always been late. At this time, he might be busy changing clothes in his house. Li Bing sat down quietly in his position. After Li Bing sat down, the confidants around Li Bing slowly gathered at Li Bing. Changsun Wuji first smiled and greeted Li Bing, then lowered his head and said something to Li Bing. Li Bing first looked at Changsun Wuji in surprise. After getting Changsun Wuji's affirmative look, Li Bing

He began to bow his head and ponder. At this time, another official came to say hello to him. Today, everyone can see how popular Li Bing is in the court. Many ministers have been in the officialdom for decades, so they rushed to come and curry favor with Li Bing. Li Bing raised his head, with a faint smile on his face. After a few words of politeness to him, the man seemed to see what Li Bing was thinking about now, so he said a few words tactfully before saying goodbye, while Li Bing continued to think there. The thing Changsun Wuji told him just now made him be careful, because it was definitely an explosive message--the prince had an affair with the empress dowager of the previous dynasty.

Because Li Bing had kept a low profile before, most of Li Bing's intelligence center was placed in the capital, which was a little weaker in the palace. This was why Li Bing received such news a year later. This made Li Bing start to think carefully in his heart. He could keenly feel that behind Li Jiancheng's actions over the past year, the shadow of the empress dowager was behind Li Jiancheng's actions. Thinking of the mutiny of the Imperial Guards' surrender and the conflict between the Dingbei Army and the Taiyuan Army, Li Bing suddenly felt that the empress dowager seemed to be a not-so-simple person. It seemed that she was planning something secretly, and she might have made a secret agreement with Li Jiancheng. Thinking of this, Li Bing's eyes narrowed slightly, and then instructed Changsun Wuji to strengthen the surveillance of the palace. He wanted to see what the two people were doing.

Just when the banquet was about to begin, Li Shimin hurried in with Dou Feng and his two concubines. First, he gave everyone an apology look. Then a female official came over and brought Dou Feng and Li Shimin's other two concubines into the harem. After Li Shimin said hello to everyone, he hurriedly got to his own position. As soon as Li Shimin sat down, he heard a eunuch coming in and shouting loudly: "The emperor has arrived, the ministers kneel down to welcome him, and then the ministers walked out from behind the table, knelt down at the center of the hall, shouting long live the mountain. After everyone finished shouting, Li Yuan walked in from the side, and half a step behind him followed Li Jiancheng in dressed in high spirits.

After Li Yuan sat down on the dragon chaise, he said calmly: "Everyone is flat!" The ministers then stood up and returned to his table to sit down. Li Jiancheng sat at the head of Li Yuan, where there was also a table, which was the seat of the prince.

After Li Yuan glanced at the ministers, he said in a deep voice: "The banquet starts!" As soon as Li Yuan finished speaking, the eunuchs shouted one after another, and then female officials came in from outside the hall. Each of them held an exquisite silver plate in their hands and came to the table of the ministers, putting the silver plate on the table...
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