Chapter 94 Arrival at the Royal Palace

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As Yàn Li said, although this banquet was celebrated by the palace, the palaces entered different identities.

Of course, Yàn Ling's status is not low, but because he does not have any official position, even though he is from a wealthy family, he can only enter a few palaces in the front court.

The former court was the place where the King of Chu handled government affairs on a daily basis and held court meetings. Only the princes, nobles and their families in the Chu State could appear here. Those with a slightly lower status could only stay in the outer hall, and even the qualification to access was owed.

As for the inner hall of the Houting Court, only the invited people with extremely high status can be accessed. The huge Jiang family only has the three brothers and sisters Jiang Qingyue, who are the masters, and the young master of the Yishang, who also comes from a noble family, have this qualification and can count them with one hand.

But the current situation is that Yàn Ling is not only invited by himself, but also ranked before Qi Qing and his eldest uncle Jiang Li, closely behind Jiang Qingyue, and can also bring his wife and family to the palace at will. The situation is very intriguing.

The one who made this arrangement would not be the King of Chu whose serious illness had not yet been cured. Even if the latter's illness improved greatly, he would never have such leisure.

There was someone else behind the scenes, and the other party should be very aware of what happened inside Jiang and deliberately made such an arrangement.

If the King of Chu who could pass through a monarch of a country made such arrangements, the other party's identity must be extremely special. Who is it, it is about to emerge.

Yànling said in a deep voice, it is Xiangjun!

Apart from her, there will be no other person who can replace the king and make such specific arrangements for the guests invited to the inner hall.

But he didn't say anything clearly, that is, there would be no other person in Chu who could know more about the disaster that happened to Jiang than Qi Xiangjun, as well as his true strength and his strong thought of being furious and eager to avenge his relatives.

When someone is dozing off, someone takes the initiative to hand over the porcelain pillow. There is no such coincidence in the world.

Yàn Li's view is consistent with Ai'er, but his thoughts go further with Yàn Ling. He said in a deep voice, "If this is the best, what I worry about for my father is that things are most likely to be worse than what we think."

Yànling was stunned at first, then quickly reacted, understood the meaning behind his father's words, and his face immediately sank.

Yes, the palace held such a grand dinner this time, and all the prominent princes and nobles of the entire Chu State attended the banquet, ostensibly to celebrate the recovery of the Chu King's illness.

But in fact, since Qi Xiangjun arrived at Chudu thousands of miles away, he personally presided over the sacrificial ceremony, allowing the sky to bring rain to the sky, pulling the King of Chu, who was hanging on a thread, back from the gate of ghosts, saving the King of Chu's life, and successfully using this to stabilize the originally turbulent situation in Chudu.

From then on, the palace has been secretly kept secret and had no way of knowing what the physical condition of the King of Chu was.

With the powerful power and connections of the Jiang family, it is still difficult to penetrate into the palace and it is impossible to find out the specific situation of the King of Chu.

How much has the King of Chu been cured and how much has he recovered, and no one knows whether he can participate in state affairs.

Currently, the only ones that can get close to the King of Chu in the entire Chu State are Pingling Jun, Chi Chengjun and Shen Yaojun, the three highest-ranking Wang Si, and even Kang Li, who is trusted by Ling Shaojun, have reported that even Ling Shaojun has not been allowed to obtain permission so far. After entering the palace, he will visit the King of Chu even if he meets the King of Chu.

It can be seen that the power close to King Chu fell firmly in the hands of Chi Chengjun and others.Without their permission, the outside world could not know the specific situation of the King of Chu.

This time, the palace sent an invitation and took the initiative to list Yànling as a guest of honor, making Yànling recall what the witch said to him last night when she saw him.

If he cannot kill Guan Nan and Nian Zhong, not only will Shen Yaojun be doomed, but the Jiang clan will also face a disaster!

At this point, Yànling finally had a deeper understanding of what the witch said.

I'm afraid that Pingling Jun, or the power of Che Shaojun behind him, had already quietly grasped all the power of internal affairs of the palace!

Under Qi Xiangjun's transcendent influence and her constant lobbying role behind her, Shen Yaojun, who was originally fighting with Che Shaojun, was already deeply trapped in the quagmire of defeat without realizing it, and still didn't know it.

Moreover, according to the current perspective, Che Shaojun's fear of Jiang, or his Yàn Ling is far more than Shen Yaojun, otherwise the other party would not have to attack their Jiang clan so impatiently when the banquet was about to be held.

Their ultimate goal is actually very simple, which is to force themselves to take action and put themselves in a situation where they cannot retreat!

Many times, Yàn Ling really doesn't want to think deeply about it. Now he is deeply trapped in such a situation. Is Qi Xiangjun deliberately creating it...

Looking at the father's expression in front of him, Yànling sighed in his heart.

My father must have thought of this a long time ago, so he came here today to remind him not to have any expectations for Qi Xiangjun in his heart.

Yànling felt bitter in his heart.

He actually didn't know?

Prince Jingchuan committed such an outrageous atrocity, killing his three closest relatives one after another, greatly damaging the foundation of their Jiang clan.

If you say that you did not get Qi Xiangjun's approval behind this, and only Che Shaojun gave the order, Yàn Ling would never believe it.

But he really didn't want to believe in his heart that his fiancée, who had grown up with him since childhood, would one day take such a sharp turn for the worse, and even really develop into an enemy that never ends with him.

When did the two of them get to this point?

Yànling's heart was extremely bitter.

After a moment of silence, he took a deep breath and said in a deep voice as if he had made up his mind, "Don't worry, father, since she has decided to stand on Che Shaojun's side and give advice to his lover, the child will never deceive himself again."

From the moment they killed their two brothers and second uncle, the child and Che Shaojun became enemies who remained undying.At tomorrow's banquet, even if they don't take the initiative to provoke children, they will never let them go!

Yànli was slightly stunned.

From Ai'er's first firm tone that made him look deeply at him for a while, he stretched out his broad palm and patted Ai'er's shoulder, saying with relief.

OK, Ling'er is going to fight tomorrow, so today we will be able to regain our energy.The matters in the clan are handled by your mother, and Ling'er doesn't need to pay attention to these things.

Yàn Ling knew that his father wanted to prepare for tomorrow's competition without distraction, so he nodded.

For the next whole day, Yàn Ling rarely had a leisurely time with his ladies.

Of course, all the girls have heard of the changes in the mansion, but in order not to worry them too much, especially Gongsun Qinghua, who is pregnant, Yànling did not let everyone know the complicated inside story.

The only one who knows everything among the girls is Xiuli. Xiuli is the best in all girls in terms of wisdom, strategy and martial arts. She is also the one who knows the complex crisis Jiang is facing the most.

Due to this sudden change, the original plan was deviated and Yànling had to make changes.

Tomorrow, Yànling will use all means to challenge Guannan, and the remaining Nianzhong may be dealt with by Xiuli alone.

The latter will do his best without hesitation. Even if he cannot kill Nian Zhong, his power will hurt him!

Therefore, while Yànling accompanied all the confidants, Xiuli had already disappeared into the quiet room and meditated quietly.

Coral was not very interested, and Yàn Ling accidentally found that she seemed to be a little confused all day long.

At the same time, what made him feel a little strange was that in the past, when Xin Qi was there, no matter whether there were people or not, as long as he carefully observed, he could always find some of the hidden intimate behaviors between Coral and him.

But today, Yàn Ling found that when Xin Qi came back from work, the latter was rarely as funny as usual, and he was wrapped around Coral with a thick face and asked questions.

Instead, Sinqi seemed to be hiding from the coral.

When Coral occasionally glanced at him with beautiful eyes, a hint of resentment appeared on his youthful and lively face.

The two didn't look like ordinary couples were having small conflicts.

Xin Qi must have noticed the trace of worry and resentment that appeared on the coral surface, but he turned a deaf ear to it. Instead, he pretended not to see it and continued to practice sword moves with Qianhui, which made people feel that what happened between the two seemed not that simple.

Yànling was quite surprised about this.

Because he once witnessed the scene of the two naked lying on the couch having sex with passionately in the late night when there was no one around.

From the time when Coral was naked and beautiful, she was pressed under her body and fucked hard by Xin Qi, she was so charming that she moaned.

Xin Qi fucked her so hard at that time, but Coral Hu enjoyed being harshly cut by the former's big stick. It was obvious that the two were in a passionate love period where all conflicts could be easily forgotten. Even if there were any sharp conflicts, they could quickly forget them with just a few sweet words. They shouldn't have reacted strangely like they are now.

Although I wanted to explore, there was something more important now, so Yàn Ling didn't have the energy to explore what happened to the two of them for the time being.

He himself has received an invitation. He can bring his female family to the banquet tomorrow, but the only thing he has a special identity and his beautiful beauty is rare in the world.

More importantly, the Yàn Mausoleum has not forgotten that the people from the Wu Temple have mobilized all night to search for the coral figures.

If the witch had not been stumbled, the coral would have already fallen into the hands of the Witch Temple, and the consequences would be unpredictable.

If Coral Hu attends the banquet together, her identity will be made public. For Coral Hu, this is an extremely dangerous thing.

Therefore, the other girls could go with Yànling, but Shanhu could not attend the banquet with him and had to stay in Jiang's family.

The Jiang family has enough guarding power, but if Coral stays on its own, it naturally needs to have trustworthy confidants to protect it.

The best candidate is Xin Qi, so they are left alone here. Even if there are any conflicts, it should be resolved. Yàn Ling didn't take this matter too much.

Compared with the peaceful atmosphere of the small courtyard where the Yàn Mausoleum is located, the entire Jiang family mansion was shrouded in a sad atmosphere during the day.

The news of the deaths of Yànling's second uncle and two brothers have long been spread throughout Chu. During the day, many nobles and nobles with the Jiang family were on weekdays. Jiang Qingyue was willing to arrange for people to receive them one by one.

Fortunately, these tedious things did not disturb the slightest.

He spent a whole day rarely in an extremely peaceful state of mind.

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The next evening.

Several gorgeous chariots, escorted by nearly a hundred Jiang guards, slowly drove towards the direction of the palace along the road paved with blue bricks.

The Chu Palace was built in a dangerous position surrounded by mountains, surrounded by mountains on three sides, and to the south is a continuous hinterland of plains, which is also the only entrance and exit of the palace.

The Chu Palace is surrounded by strong city walls that are more than ten feet high, but also with open and extremely deep moats surrounding it, which are easy to defend but difficult to attack, just like a city in the city.

Jiang's carriage passed through the large square outside the palace, forbidden to enter the huge palace gate, and crossed the front hall. Then the hundred Jiang's guards who were guarding along the way stopped at the large square inside the front hall.

The car then continued to slowly enter the palace back court.

Soon, everyone got out of the car at the square in front of Jingxin Hall, where the main venue of the banquet tonight.

The only ones who can come here by car are the highest status princes and nobles. Others with slightly inferior status cannot even drive into the palace gate of the front hall, so they need to get off the car and walk.

Yànling held the jade hand of his wife Gongsun Qinghua and slowly helped him off the carriage. Jiang Qingyue shared the same carriage with Xiuli, and Qianhui stayed in the mansion temporarily and did not accompany him.

The last car was Qi Qing, the son of Yishang, and Yàn Li, who was named Xu Qiao, who held an invitation from Jiang Li, and replaced the host to the banquet as a guest minister.

Tonight's banquet is not like before. You can bring your family to attend at will. On the contrary, there are quotas for those entering. Strictly speaking, if others do this, they will be rejected.

However, as one of the three major clans of the Chu State, the Jiang clan still has privileges in this regard. No one is too stupid to offend the Jiang clan for this little thing.

After everyone got off the car, they saw an old man with a half-white hair and a white dress, surrounded by a group of home generals who were huddling and behind, walking straight towards them.

The old man had a broad forehead and a pair of narrow eyes that were extremely inconsistent with his appearance, giving people a very smart feeling.

After approaching.

The other party came out and smiled with a red face. Haha, I was still thinking about it in the car just now. At this grand event tonight, if I could not see Yue Ji's bright and charming shadow at the banquet, I wonder how many participants would be disappointed in my heart. Fortunately, Yue Ji's arrival here makes the grand event even more brilliant.

How dare I take Liao Zan from the Prime Minister?Jiang Qingyue said with a little blessedness.

Tonight, Jiang Qingyue was wearing a silk white palace dress, plain white embroidered shoes, lightly decorated with pink on her pretty face, crystal-clear ear beads were wearing light green jade pendants, and a golden hairpin was inserted in a black and high-rolled bun. Just in her pretty steps, her beautiful skirt, her seductive and plump body, and the noble and mature style that exudes, made all the men present unable to take their eyes away.

The old man who was called the prime minister was no exception.

I saw his old eyes flashing with brilliance shot a few times on Jiang Qingyue's delicate and erect body, and a hint of heat flashed through his eyes.

Compared to those young and beautiful girls in their prime, Jiang Qingyue in front of her is at the most beautiful age of a woman, and she is extremely charming!

For a man of his age, Jiang Qingyue's charm and mature charm that was irresistible to resist!

The heat in the other person's eyes flashed, and then he changed into a regretful tone and sighed.

The original minister already knows about the second master of Jiang and the two young masters. As a minister of the court, Jiang Erzheng has been working with the original minister for many years. He knows how good he is. The thief actually committed such a violent atrocities that both humans and gods are indignant.

Yue Ji must be mourning and cheering up, and must not be sad because of this.If there is anything that can be helped by Yue Ji, she will never refuse.

When Jiang Qingyue heard this, she immediately said gratefully, thank you Prime Minister.

The old man named Prime Minister nodded and wanted to say something else. Then he saw that Che Shaojun and his group were coming from the carriage not far away, and were also walking towards this side. He smiled and said to everyone that it seemed that there were still many people who were coming to say hello to Yue Ji, so the prime minister would come to the hall first.

Jiang Qingyue hurriedly said: Prime Minister, please give in.

The old man smiled slightly, and before turning to the hall, his eyes seemed to fall randomly on the face of Yànling beside him, showing a deep smile.

Right Prime Minister Sima Dao, the most famous old fox in Chu State.

Yànling, Jiang Qingyue and others were all shocked in their hearts.