The banquet is joyful, and the spring light is beautiful in the calyx tower.

The saint was in high spirits and made a joke.

Xue Bai quickly considered whether he should serve stir-fried dishes to the emperor. He had already told Du Wulang that Fengweilou should be fully prepared tonight and be able to serve dishes at any time.

But no need.

Li Longji had already eaten stir-fried vegetables, and it was Deng Lian's craftsmanship. The credit for the treasure presentation had long ago gone to Yang Yuyao. That's why the Yang sisters took the trouble to arrange his life experience, and Yang Yuhuan personally asked for help.

Xue Bai didn't need to compete with them for credit. As a white man, he couldn't always think about bypassing the people above him and directly flatter the emperor.

At the same time, he also heard that Li Longji was not easy to deceive, and he knew many things clearly, but he just induced them but did not reveal them.

But when they faced this king, they were committing the crime of deceiving him.

Yang Shenjin stood in front of Xue Bai as if he had lost his soul.

Xue Huize continued to deceive the emperor.

"Since January, Fengwei Tower has been in the limelight. This is true. However, this is not why my brother came to recognize his relatives. His wife and I are outside the Huae Tower. I asked the saint to inquire and see what else Yang Zhongcheng has to say?!"

After all, he was a famous general. Although Xue Hui didn't mean to ask questions, his words sounded thunderous at the end.

After hearing this, Xue Bai felt wary, knowing that Xue Ling's gambling and boastful character was not reliable. It would be too risky to let such a person confront him in front of the emperor.

Soon, a chamberlain hurriedly left the calyx building and summoned Xue Ling and Liu to the banquet.

"The saint Shangyuan Ankang."

Xue Ling was a little drunk, but not timid. He gambled with the dignitaries of Chang'an every night. He had heard a lot about the saints, and he felt that he was also a dignitary, but he was unsuccessful.

Liu Xiangjun behaved very well, but his face was haggard and his clothes were simple. Many people in the palace shook their heads secretly when they saw him.

Even Yang Yuyao frowned and bit her lips, consciously finding such a shabby door for Xue Bai and losing a lot of face.

"Xue Ling, but you lost your son?"

"Returning to the words of the saint, it is true, this is my son. When he was lost, he only had the nickname 'Sickness'."

"What's the proof?"

"There is a family record here. Liulang was born in the 19th year of Kaiyuan. In the 24th year of Kaiyuan, he was kidnapped from Weinan official road and sold to Luoyang Nanshi. The students spent all their wealth and searched hard, and collected many clues over the years...

"

Xue Ling gave a very logical answer and took out many documents.

Li Longji was too lazy to look. He casually leaned over and said to Gao Lishi: "General, let's take another look. Does it look like it?"

Gao Lishi stepped forward again and looked at him.

If we only talk about body and appearance, Xue Ling is also tall and handsome, but he eats, drinks, and gambles excessively, and is far from the elegant and noble spirit of Yang Shenjin.

"When I look at it, I see some similarities and some dissimilarities. What do you think, my consort?"

Yang Hui was in a daze again. He didn't come to his senses and replied directly: "It doesn't look like that. This man looks too down and out."

"abjection?"

Xue Ling would never allow others to slander his life experience, so he immediately retorted and raised his hand to point at Yang Shenjin.

"Am I down and out? In terms of my distinguished background, my ancestors have been ministers to the imperial family for generations. When Yang Zhong, Taizu Taizu of the Sui Dynasty, was still working as a servant, my Xue family has been ringing for a hundred years, a hundred years!"

The branch of the southern ancestral family of the Xue family in Hedong was known as the "strong force clan" at that time. Although Xue Rengui's family fell into decline due to the early death of his father, in fact, his ancestors were all high-ranking officials and could be traced back to the Southern and Northern Dynasties. They were indeed ministers for generations.

Of course, a wealthy family is like a big tree, with a trunk, branches and leaves.

Yang Hui was stunned for a moment, disdainful to argue with a branch like Xue Ling.

This man spoke out of his mind and brought out Yang Zhong. If he brought up Yang Jian and Yang Guang again, it would ruin the saint's mood for watching the lantern.

"Yang Shenjin, why are you trying to steal my son?"

, among all the princes in this palace, which one is not magnificent in appearance?"

Li Longji laughed loudly when he heard this.

He was very amused by Xue Ling's words, but he did not forget to appease his ministers.

"Yang Qing, don't worry, Xue Ling speaks too straightforwardly."

Yang Shenjin hurriedly said: "I don't dare."

"Of course, my beloved ladies are indeed magnificent in appearance, handsome and magnificent in appearance!"

"I would like to thank Your Majesty for your generous compliment!"

"God has blessed the Tang Dynasty to prosper. All the sages will gather together, the civil and military will stand tall, and there will be no sages in the wild. I will have a drink with all the ministers to congratulate it."

As soon as Li Longji was happy, he immediately picked up a glass.

Suddenly, all the senior officials in the palace stood up and raised their glasses to toast. Regardless of the color of their official robes, hundreds of people were all tall, burly, and well-groomed.

"The Tang Dynasty is prosperous!"

"The great Tang Dynasty..."

The sound spread, and the calyx building was filled with joy, just because the saint toasted a glass of wine.

But as soon as Li Longji put down his glass, he asked another question, which was very meaningful.

"Xue Ling, it turns out that you have also heard of Yang Qing's heroic words of 'seeing the face of the present'?"

…

Li Niang just sat down and stood up suddenly.

The saint really saw it.

Yang Shenjin's arrogant words, "My three brothers have such appearance, such talent, and look contemporary" were just mentioned by Gao Lishi. This was a reminder to others that the saint no longer liked Yang Shenjin.

Therefore, there was someone behind the scenes who heard this meaning and taught Xue Ling to say this.

But the saint knows full well that no one can deceive the king in this hall.

Let's all die!

Li Niang was thinking about how to cleverly expose Xue Bai's conspiracy to deceive the emperor. Suddenly, someone took the lead.

"Sage, Xue Ling is not trustworthy. Eight out of ten words he says are false!"

Li Niang looked back and saw that the person speaking was Zhang Si, the eldest daughter of Zhang Quyi's family.

Zhang Si was a little drunk, raised his hand and said again: "Xue Ling, do you think I don't know you? You ruined your family with gambling, but you dare to tell the saint that you spent all your wealth to look for your son, are you deceiving the emperor?!"

When Xue Bai heard this voice, he also recalled... This was the arrogant woman who escaped from the dark gambling house on the night she killed Jixiang, and claimed to be the daughter of Shangzhu Kingdom.

Xue Ling was a little panicked, and then realized that there was still his gambling friend at the banquet.

Zhangchou Jianqiong, the Minister of Household Affairs, took a closer look at him and recognized him, and immediately shouted: "Xue Ling, you owe debts everywhere, and you have set your sights on Xue Bai's Fengwei Tower. How dare you go to the imperial court?!"

Xue Lingdeng immediately fell to his knees and trembled.

Li Niang's blood boiled when she heard this, thinking that these thieves were going to die soon.

But I heard Xue Ling say in a trembling voice: "Back to the saint, I really didn't cook for Fengweilou... I had eaten fried vegetables in the army when I was in Fanyang. They were dry and burnt, and there was nothing delicious at all."

"In the military? Stir-fried in a wok?" Xue Bai suddenly reacted, "I seem to remember a little bit..."

Although he knew that Xue Ling was unreliable, he still decided to bet on the Yang sisters.

"Mukuro, you finally remembered?"

Xue Ling was overjoyed.

He told all kinds of nonsense in order to defraud money from his relatives and immediately cooperated.

"Remember? That year I took you to visit your fifth uncle. In Fan Yang's army, I fed you fried vegetables with my own hands. That day you said, 'Grandpa, when I grow up, I want to fight for my grandpa'. You finally thought

Get up."

"Woo!"

When Mrs. Liu heard this, she couldn't hold it back and cried loudly, covering her mouth with her hands.

Xue Bai turned around and looked at the couple, stunned.

Li Niang couldn't help but sneer when she saw it.

The saint has already beaten Xue Ling, but this kid still dares to continue to deceive the emperor and bring about his own death.

"Xue Bai." Li Longji asked, "Is this your grandfather?"

"Back to Saint, I don't remember much, but I seem to have an impression."

"Xue Ling, I have one last question for you, are you sure this is your son?"

Although Xue Ling was bold, he was inexplicably frightened and subconsciously looked up at the red-robed official.

"I ask you, what do you think other people are doing?" Li Longji shouted: "Is it possible that someone else found a son for you?"

Intentionally or unintentionally, he actually glanced at Li Heng.

Everyone was immediately frightened.
To be continued...