This matter is temporarily in a deadlock, so Li Ling can only let him go aside first.

Fortunately, I had some clues, and Li Ling was not in a hurry to seek revenge from Na Fei. After all, I have been waiting for so many years, so I don’t care about waiting for a while.

For them now, the most important thing is whether Sun Bi's status can be stable and whether he can quickly pull up a group of people in the court as he is awarded the title of Prince.

Sun Bi is different from other princes. Others have cultivated their own trusted people from childhood, such as teachers and classmates who have taught him can all be a helper in the future. However, he is completely different from ordinary princes in the growth route. He has almost no connections in the court, so he can only use simple and crude means to win over a group of court officials with the wind of being the king this time.

So when Li Ling and the others thought that the number and quality of officials who could take the initiative to surrender this time would not be too high, and even those non-party officials who have not yet surrendered will make a decision after waiting and watching. So in order to support Sun Bi, he, Wei Liang, and Xiao Chengzhi rushed to his newly moved into the Ying Prince's Mansion early, because the three of them were the highest-ranking among all.

It was still dawn, and Li Ling's carriage had already stopped in the open square in front of the Ying Prince's Mansion. When he got down, he happened to see someone riding his horse. It was Xiao Chengzhi. When the two of them smiled and said hello, Wei Liang's carriage also slowly came from the intersection in front of the street. This was the time that the three of them had agreed, and they had to enter the door before the other guests arrived.

Moreover, in order to reveal their identity, the three of them made some arrangements on their clothes and ornaments. Because they could not wear all the official robes in such occasions, the three of them only wore gorgeous clothes, which looked particularly bright and beautiful. Li Ling even wore a goldfish bag given by the emperor before on his waist - this was the only reward Li Ling received for more than half a year last year, and other promotions had nothing to do with him.

However, this goldfish bag is still eye-catching enough. It is a symbol of a minister who has gained great trust from the emperor or has made great contributions. Now there are only a dozen people in the court who have received the gift, which is really full of strength.

As for Xiao Chengzhi and Wei Liang, one of them wore a long sword decorated with luxurious decoration. It is said that this was given by the emperor before, while Wei Liang was a valuable jade pendant. Even if it could not reflect the noble status, it could at least show that his family background was extraordinary.

When the three of them entered the palace together, the housekeeper of the palace who had already received the news came forward enthusiastically and humbly to welcome him: "I have seen three adults, and the prince has been waiting in the atrium." As a few confidants around Sun Bi, he naturally knew the friendship between these princes and how much they had for the prince. So he was very attentive and led the people all the way to the atrium until he saw the prince coming out, and then he stepped back to welcome the other guests.

Today, Sun Bi was also very energetic and full of confidence in his every move. Seeing that the three of them stopped walking, he quickly ran a few steps and stopped him and said, "Chengzhi, Wen Zhong, and Lord Wei, if we can avoid these common rituals in our own world, it would be too distant. In the future, except in the court, we will still be friends elsewhere. We can't even lose you friends and brothers just because I was named a prince, right?"

Li Ling just smiled when he heard this, but his reaction was expected. But Xiao Chengzhi said with the opportunity: "That's good, I'm really afraid that you will lose your brother in the future."

"How can you do it? You will be my good brother to Sun Bi for the rest of your life!" As he said that, he reached out and pulled Li Ling and Xiao Chengzhi's hands intimately, and invited them into the hall, without neglecting Wei Liang. "Mr. Wei, please."

Although it was a bit awkward, Li Ling didn't pull his hand back and just followed Sun Bi into the living room in front.

The hall of the royal palace is naturally much more grand than that of the one in his house. It only covers twice as much land as it can accommodate one or two hundred tables for banquets. The entire building is even more carved and painted, and it is extremely luxurious. Especially when dozens of huge candles inside shine, it is even more magnificent, making people almost confused when they are in it.

At this time, fifty or sixty tables of tables had been placed in the hall. Before the hot dishes were served, seven or eight plates of cold dishes were placed on the table, and the silver wine pot next to it was fully raised.

In Li Ling's opinion, the banquet scenes in this hall were not inferior to the banquet in the Yongwang Mansion he attended, which made him secretly amazed. Sun Bi just gave a letter to the king, so he made such a big deal?

As if he saw what he was thinking, Sun Bi smiled and pointed at the many objects in the hall and said, "Since I am my brother, I won't hide it from you. These objects are prepared in this mansion. I only knew about so many good things after I moved into the mansion a few days ago. Since today is my first banquet since I was the king, I naturally have to take out all the good things to show off."

So that's it, Li Ling smiled relievedly. He was really afraid that Sun Bi would be so proud that he would start to enjoy it and start to greed for enjoyment. In that way, his efforts would be wasted.

Judging from the current furnishings and style in the hall, coupled with the momentum that Sun Bi showed, in fact, even if he had not come to help, he would be enough to hold on to the scene.

Just as a few people sat behind the table in front and wanted to talk about some gossip, a long report sounded from the outside: "Mr. Fan, the Ministry of War, arrived--" The first guest who actually came to the door finally arrived.

After hearing the official position of the visitor, Li Ling looked at Xiao Chengzhi thoughtfully. It seemed that this person should have been won over by him. Sure enough, Xiao Chengzhi raised his eyebrows at him: "Old Fan and I have a good relationship, and I am also a straightforward person. I will drink two more drinks at that time."

Li Ling nodded while looking at Sun Bi's reaction, but saw that he had just straightened his body slightly and had no intention of getting up to greet him. It was far from the performance of his two people who had just left the hall to greet him. He agreed with this performance. He still had to control his posture when he should behave. He had to wait until he reached a certain level before he could use it, otherwise he would only be looked down upon by others.

A middle-aged man in gorgeous clothes came into the hall. When he saw Sun Bi sitting high above, he hurriedly held his fists and saluted: "Sir Fan Da, I'm here to congratulate the prince on his reign to be promoted to the house."

"Haha, Lord Fan is so polite. If you can come, I am very happy. Please sit down quickly." Sun Bi said in a stance, and then a servant next to him took the person to the seat, but this person's position was slightly behind, which was a little far from Li Ling and the others.

Then before Fan Da could greet him again, another report came in: "Master Gao of the Censorate, Lord Yan is here--"

The two young censors came in together and greeted him again, but Li Ling could not guess who they were invited by. As the guests continued to arrive, the atmosphere in the hall became more and more warm. Some greeted each other, some visited His Highness the King of Ying, and some came to talk to Li Ling intently.

Li Ling has been in the officialdom for many years, so these social engagements are naturally easy to get. With a smile, everyone who talks with him feels like spring breeze and can't find any mistakes. On the other side, Wei Liang and Xiao Chengzhi took the initiative to take on the role of half of the master, chatting and laughing with others, and making the atmosphere in the entire hall warm.

However, while talking to others like this, Li Ling's doubts continued to grow, because there were much more guests here than he thought. Now there are still half an hour before the official seats, but there are about forty people in the hall, and there are all yamen. Although the official position is not high, they are all holding real power, which is too unexpected.

Before this, Sun Bi was obviously just a down-and-out prince who had no power or name. His title of king was just yesterday. Even if the emperor had such an intention, it would be a few months. How did he make friends with so many people?

"Mr. Yang, the doctor of the Ministry of Personnel, arrived - Lord Sun, the Privy Council, arrived -" These two reports made Li Ling even more stunned. He quickly walked out of his thoughts, looked at Sun Bi who had finally gotten up and came to the door of the hall to greet him with a puzzled look. Both of them were already comparable to him, and they were both fourth-rank officials. How did he make friends with him?

Before Li Ling could come back to his senses, when he entered the door, he met with Sun Bi for a chat, Master Sun, who took out a brocade box from his sleeve and gave it to the former: "Your Highness, King Ying, this is a little bit of the intention that Lord Shen asked the lower officials to give to him. I hope Your Highness should not be disgusted. Lord Shen cannot come today because he has something at home, so he can only apologize with this courtesy."

"Haha, Lord Shen is so disgusting. He had mentioned to me before that something happened to me today. How could I be surprised?" Sun Bi took the gift and talked to him with a smile on his face, and then came to an end with the arrival of the next wave of guests.

The guests who arrived later were indeed a little higher than those at the beginning. They were all third and fourth rank officials, and most of them had a certain military background, especially those from the Imperial Army, Privy Council and the Ministry of War. They all were quite enthusiastic about Sun Bi, as if they had a good relationship with him, which shocked Li Ling and the others.

It was not until this time that Li Ling was convinced that he knew Sun Bi far too much. He thought he was isolated and helpless in the capital, and even if he was named the king, it was just a name. It turned out that these ideas were wrong. The people in the capital hoped that the power was much stronger than him.

At this time, seeing that the time was almost the same and the guests had arrived, Sun Bi returned to his main seat and then calmly waved his hand: "Let's start the meal!"

With this order, teams of maids brought trays into the hall and put many delicious dishes on the table of each guest. At the same time, two bands of musicians entered the hall and saluted everyone. After chanting percussion instruments, they began to sing softly.
Chapter completed!