Li Dan gladly accepted the invitation of the coalition forces and officially moved into the palace of the kingdom of Zhen*
Although the Royal Palace of the state of Zhen has experienced the looting of the wind army, the wind army is still polite and did not carry out wanton destruction. The inside and outside of the Royal Palace of the state of Zhen are basically the same, but a lot of ornaments are lost.
Li Dan can accept the massive loss of gold, silver and jewelry in the palace. In his opinion, this is also one of the punishments for the losers. Now he doesn't have much requirements. He just hopes that the coalition forces can retain Zhenguo and withdraw from Zhenguo as soon as possible.
On the second day of Li Dan's stay in the palace, the monarchs of Feng, Yu, an and Huan sent messengers to let Li Dan give a banquet in the palace and invite the kings to gather together to discuss Li Dan's succession to the throne of King Zhen.
Of course, Li Dan will not refuse, and he has no qualification and ability to refuse. Now he is like eating fish and meat. He has to accept how the kings of Tang Yin arrange it.
There was nothing to say during the day. That night, a large banquet was arranged in the main hall of the king's palace of the state of Zhen.
This is the Royal Palace of Zhenguo, but most of the bodyguards from the inside to the outside are coalition soldiers. It can be said that the control of the Royal Palace is still in the hands of the coalition forces.
At the appointed time, Tang Yin, lingshuang, Yueze and Lixin arrived one after another.
At the gate of the palace, the four kings met. Li Xin looked around and whispered, "it's all our people inside and outside the palace. Even if Li Dan has great skills, it's hard to fly this time."
Tang Yin did not participate in the specific details of eradicating Li Dan. He casually asked, "where are the soldiers under Li Dan now?"
"They are all in the barracks in the east of the city." Li Xin replied.
"Did someone send our men to the east of the city?"
Yue Ze smiled and said confidently, "sister Wang and I have sent five regiments to ambush near the barracks in the east of the city. As soon as the action in the palace begins, my Anyu and Yu armies will encircle the barracks and destroy all the Zhen troops inside!"
Tang Yin nodded and felt that their arrangement was fairly safe. Without further questioning, he walked into the palace side by side with lingshuang, Yueze and Lixin.
The imperial palace is heavily guarded, with three steps and one post and five steps and one sentry. Groups of patrol soldiers can be seen everywhere. The only thing that makes people feel uncomfortable is that so many bodyguards have very messy military uniforms, including an army with exquisite armor and excellent weapons, and Huan army with relatively rough equipment, including regular jade army and brave wind army. Among the bodyguards, one or two Zhen soldiers can be seen from time to time.
Now the guards of the Royal Palace of the state of Zhen are a hodgepodge, including Zhen people, feng people, Yu people, an people and Huan people.
When the four kings came outside the main hall of the palace, before they had gone up the steps, Li Dan had come forward with a group of literary ministers and military generals of the state of ganzhen. They all bowed their hands to the four people and said, "I have seen the four Highnesses of King Feng, king an, King Huan and King Yu!"
Among the four kings, Yueze was the oldest. He took the lead in opening his mouth and said, "you don't have to be polite, flat!" As he spoke, he stepped forward two steps, came to Li Dan, pretended to be close and asked, "is your son still used to living in the palace?"
Li Dan hurriedly replied, "since I became the crown prince, I moved out of the palace. After calculation, I haven't stayed in the palace for more than ten years. I just lived in, but there are still many places I can't adapt to."
"Ha ha -" Yue Ze smiled up, patted Li Dan on the shoulder and said, "my good nephew will be king Zhen in the future, and the palace is his own home. I'd better get used to it as soon as possible!"
"Yes, yes, yes! What his highness king an said is very true." Li Dan nodded in flattery, looking very educated.
The ministers of the state of Zhen looked at each other, and their faces all showed joy. But king an Yueze himself said that he would let the crown prince ascend the throne. It seems that the disaster of the state of Zhen is finally over.
"This is not a place to speak. Your Highnesses, please take your seats!"
Li Dan turned sideways and led the way. The four kings Tang Yin, lingshuang, Yueze and Lixin walked slowly up the steps. Behind them were the ministers and generals of the five countries of Feng, Yu, an, Huan and Zhen.
After entering the main hall, the guests and guests took their seats. Because there is no monarch in the state of Zhen for the time being, the main seat in the middle of the main hall is empty. Tang Yin and other four kings sit on both sides, and then there are Li Dan and ministers and generals of other countries.
The main hall of the Royal Palace has a large area, but there are too many people participating in the banquet. There are no fewer than 100 generals in the four countries of Feng, Yu, an and Huan alone. For a time, the main hall is crowded, lively, with continuous laughter and laughter, and the atmosphere is harmonious, just like a celebration.
After a short time, a large number of palace maids entered the hall and brought up the wine and vegetables one by one. At this time, the atmosphere in the hall was more heated. On the side of the coalition forces, some of their generals toasted each other, and some toasted to the generals of other countries. Deafening laughter waves after waves. On the contrary, the ministers and generals of Zhenguo appear very quiet. The coalition forces can take this banquet as their celebration banquet, but Zhenguo cannot. Moreover, the Grand Palace of a country and the highest palace of the country let the generals of other countries speak and laugh recklessly. How can all Zhenren not feel blushed in the face of this situation?
Looking at the forgetful coalition generals, they regarded the main hall of the palace as a tavern. Without rules, Li Dan's face was also very ugly. Finally, he couldn't hold his breath. He coughed in a deep voice, then picked up his wine glass and said to the four kings such as Tang Yin: "the four Highnesses are kind-hearted. Although they led the army to invade Zhenguo, they didn't hurt the innocent people. Zhenren is very grateful. I'll drink to the four Highnesses for all Zhenren!"
He toasted Tang Yin, lingshuang, Yueze and Lixin. If the soldiers of the coalition army talked and laughed again, it would be disrespectful to their own monarch.
Li Dan's move really worked. For a moment, the coalition generals stopped talking and returned to their mattresses. They sat upright and did not dare to show the slightest randomness and neglect.
Seeing this, Tang Yin nodded secretly. Li Dan is still a little smart, but that's all. He can't be an atmosphere.
The four kings picked up the cups one after another, and Yueze smiled and said, "you're welcome, my good nephew. It's also a great contribution to the end of this war so quickly. Therefore, I waited for a dry Duke to decide to help you ascend the throne of Zhenguo!"
Li Dan shook his body, quickly put down his glass, stood up, saluted the four kings respectfully and said, "Li Dan, thank you for your love."
Yueze waved his hand and said with a smile, "I hope my virtuous nephew can lead Zhenguo to the right path in the future. I can't go any further. It's my father's footsteps!"
"Yes! Li Dan will take this as a warning!" With these words, he sat back on the mat and drank with each of the four kings. Li Dan seemed to suddenly think of something again and said, "one more thing, I hope your Highnesses will agree."
"If you have something to say, please speak!"
"Now, the four armies of Feng, an, Huan and Yu have no less than 20000 troops stationed in the palace. There are many women's dependents and many concubines stationed in the palace... It's really inconvenient for the troops of other countries!"
Li Dan now hopes that the coalition forces can withdraw from the palace immediately. Otherwise, even if he lives in the palace, he has no sense of security at all. Moreover, the stationing of troops from other countries in his own palace is a great humiliation in itself.
well! This Li Dan is quite demanding. Doesn't he know who is the master of Zhenguo? Yueze didn't answer immediately and turned to Tang Yin and others.
Li Xin tilted her mouth and looked disapproving. Tang Yin nodded slightly, suggesting that Yueze could agree to Li Dan's request. Anyway, Li Dan's party will die tonight. It doesn't matter what he promised him.
Yueze is also a crafty old fox. How can he not understand Tang Yin's meaning. He smiled at Li Dan and said, "if the wise nephew doesn't mention it, the king will soon forget it. The wise nephew is right. It's really inconvenient and easy to cause trouble for the coalition forces to be stationed in the palace. Let's be honest. In this way, what do the wise nephew think of all the coalition forces stationed in the Palace tomorrow?"
Li Dan thought he would spend a lot of time on this matter. Unexpectedly, Yueze promised so happily, which surprised him.
After being stunned for a while, he came back and said, "thank you, your highness king an!" After a pause, he immediately added, "thank you, your Highness the wind king, your Highness the Huan king and your Highness the Jade King!"
After talking about the garrison of the Royal Palace, Li Dan took the initiative to lead the topic to Li Hong. He toasted the four kings again. After a drink, he asked, "I don't know... How is my father in the coalition camp now? My father is old and has been in poor health recently. Can I put my father under house arrest in the Royal Palace and I can take care of him nearby?"
"No!" Before Yueze could speak, Li Xin said, "soon, our army will escort Li Hong to Yancheng to meet the son of heaven."
Li Dan took a breath, frowned and said, "now my father is not the Zhen king, and I will inherit the throne. I would like to apologize to the son of heaven on behalf of my father."
Li Xin sneered and said coldly, "support the soldiers, respect themselves, openly revolt and stand up as emperor. What can you replace such crimes of treachery if you want to? There is no need to say more about this matter. The matter of escorting Li Hong to the son of heaven will never be changed."
Listening to his tough tone, Li Dan subconsciously looked at Tang Yin, hoping that he could speak for himself, but the latter was eating the food with his head down and didn't look at him at all.
Li Dan was helpless and wanted to talk. At this time, Yueze opened his mouth and said with a smile, "today's banquet is only for fun, not for government affairs! My good nephew, I heard that general lin ning of Zhen country has outstanding archery skills and is known for chasing the wind and setting the sun. General Jiang Fanye of Feng country is also good at archery. It's rare for everyone to get together today. Why don't you let him have a try and see who has more exquisite archery?"
Li Dan was stunned and didn't answer immediately. Tang Yin, who had been eating all the time, raised his head, wiped the corners of his mouth slowly, smiled and said, "it's just archery, not desperately. Why not?" As he spoke, he looked down at Jiang Fan at hand and asked, "Jiang Fan, would you like to?"