The ceremony of offering prisoners lasted for more than an hour. After the ceremony of offering prisoners, there was a banquet. After the prisoners were offered, the civil and military officials moved to Linde Hall one after another.

At this time, the wine and delicacies in Linde Hall were prepared, with hundreds of tables on both sides of the hall. In the middle of the banquet, two seats were placed for the first time, one belonged to Emperor Li Shimin, and the other belonged to the Supreme Emperor Li Yuan, who had not appeared in the eyes of everyone for a long time.

Since the Xuanwu Gate Rebellion and Li Shimin ascended the throne, except for Pei Ji and other old ministers, the Supreme Emperor Li Yuan rarely appeared in the sight of court officials. This was the first time since the first year of Zhenguan.

This is not just what the Emperor himself means, but also the first time Li Shimin has the confidence to be on par with the Emperor without any fear.

From the beginning of the Tianmen to the Linde Hall, the banquet began as the king and his ministers settled.

"The banquet begins, play music!" Chang Tu, who was standing beside Li Shimin, clapped his hands and ordered Gong Ling in the store.

Just like a grand banquet in the court, for any grand event, the previous song of Qin King's music to break the formation is necessary before the grand banquet. This is a prescribed rule.

After the song is played, the banquet will be truly begun and everyone can hold the cup.

Li Shimin, who was sitting in the head, raised his glass and said, "Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the Turks have caused trouble to our northern border. After thirteen years, the Turks have finally settled today. Many of them depend on the merits of all the ministers. I respect them."

Li Shimin said, picking up the wine glass.

Seeing Li Shimin raise his glass, everyone also raised his glass and said, "Today's merit is what Your Majesty plans day and night. How dare you be greedy for the achievements of heaven?"

Seeing this, Li Shimin smiled and said, "If there were no efforts from all the ministers, no matter how many plans I plan, I would be alone. Come and let us drink this cup together."

After Li Shimin finished speaking, he drank it all, and the ministers sitting down were the same.

After the scene was finished, it was the time to enjoy the banquet. Although Li Ke had enough breakfast in the morning, Li Ke stood for a while in the morning, and his stomach was already empty. Seeing the delicious food on the table, he started to eat.

Li Ke was in the Turkic period for four years and his body was stronger than that of ordinary young men. In addition, he was young and at the age of eating strong food, so he ate sweet food, which was a bit different from the civil servants who were well-mannered and chewed slowly.

In the eyes of Changsun Wuji and others, Changsun Wuji and others could not help but despise themselves in their hearts: "A child has been in foreign countries for a long time, but his words and deeds have disappeared from my country of heaven. The appearance of a country of etiquette is almost the same as that of a barbarian."

Li Ke's actions were seen by Changsun Wuji, and he was also seen by others in the palace. One of them was Zhang Xingcheng, the censor in the palace.

The so-called censor in the palace was in charge of court rituals and specializing in impeaching all officials for their mistakes in losing their etiquette. Although Li Ke was a prince and was not among all officials, he was in the palace and was his duty.

Zhang Xingcheng was from the Zhang family of Zhongshan, Hebei, and was not a clerk in Changsun Wuji, but he was upright and was known for his courage to speak out directly. How could he care about Li Ke's identity?

Zhang Xingcheng cleared his throat and said to Li Ke, "This is a state banquet. Please pay attention to the manners of the King of Chu in the main hall."

Li Ke was eating very hard, but after Zhang Xingcheng said this, he almost choked.

Li Ke knew that the Zhenguan period was clear and the most important thing was to persuade ministers. Wei Zheng and Kong Yingda were more famous, and the less famous ones were power and the like. However, Li Ke did not expect that he would be impeached today.

Li Ke was impeached, but before he could say anything, Li Shimin spoke up to protect his shortcomings first. Li Shimin said, "The young King of Chu is a teenager and acts straightforwardly. Zhang Qing doesn't have to blame him too much."

If the other ministers had already spoken to protect them, they would naturally not quit the matter. What's more, Li Ke's loss of manners was not a big deal, but Zhang Xingcheng was a stubborn temper. His responsibilities were to insist on even Li Shimin's words.

Zhang Xingchengdao: "Although your highness is young, I am a minister of the Tang Dynasty in this hall. What should I do if my nobles do with such a demeanor? I think your nobles need to be disciplined by their ministers."

Li Ke has always kept a distance from these censors. Li Ke is lazy to disturb them no matter what right or wrong, so as not to get deeper and deeper.

Li Ke immediately said seriously, "What Censor Zhang said is very true. Xiao Wang has been in the Turks for a long time and is used to acting casually. He has done a little badly recently. Fortunately, Zhang Jingshi is correct."

After Li Ke finished speaking, he tidied up his clothes and sat upright.

Zhang Xingcheng was not a clan of Changsun Wuji and had nothing to do with Li Ke. Since Li Ke had said that, he would not hold on to him. As soon as Li Ke's words fell, Zhang Xingcheng lowered his hand and stepped aside.

Li Shimin looked at Li Ke's sudden serious look and was worried that Li Ke would be embarrassed, so he smiled at Li Ke and said, "I have heard that Ke'er was a huge amount when he was in the Turks. Now that he has returned to Chang'an, why don't he drink a drink?"

Li Ke knew that Li Shimin was trying to smooth things over for him. Li Ke immediately raised his glass and said, "With me, the generals of the Tang Dynasty, how dare I say a lot of words? However, although my son is not very good at drinking, he can still enjoy his father and emperor. I would like to wish me a thousand victories in the Tang Dynasty and congratulate my father and emperor on this cup."

Li Ke picked up the wine glass and drank it all in one go.

After drinking, Li Ke's face remained unchanged and his breath was normal. Obviously, his foundation was still good.

There are many generals in this hall, and few of them do not drink alcohol, so there are many old alcoholics. They can see whether Li Ke’s real alcohol or fake alcohol.

Although Cheng Yaojin, Yuchi Jingde and other generals did not say anything, they already had a little more recognition of Li Ke. At least with other princes, Li Ke was not particular about the details and had a great alcohol tolerance, which was very consistent with their appetite.

But when Li Shimin mentioned Li Ke's incident in the Turkic period, Yan Xiangshi, who was entrusted by Changsun Wuji, seized the opportunity.

Yan Xiangshi suddenly stepped out and said, "Report to Your Majesty, I will report to the faults of His Highness the King of Chu."

As soon as Yan Xiangshi said, everyone in the hall looked at him, his eyes full of confusion. Could it be that Yan Xiangshi still had to hold on to Li Ke’s misconduct?

When Li Shimin heard this, he pointed at Yan Xiangshi and said angrily: "The King of Chu has lost his etiquette, should you keep an eye on this matter even if you are just a trivial matter?"

Just now, Zhang Xingcheng made a statement, and Li Ke had already accepted it. Li Shimin only thought Yan Xiang and still kept holding on to Li Ke's affairs, causing great excitement.

However, Yan Xiangshi stood in the hall, looked up at Li Ke, and looked at Li Shimin and said, "I am not impeaching the King of Chu for his fault."

Li Shimin had lost patience with Yan Xiangshi and said unhappily: "Then why do you want to impeach the King of Chu? If you can't get any evidence, I will never forgive you today."

Although Li Ke was young, the more he was the prince of the Tang Dynasty, the only one who was the crown prince Li Chengqian was. In fact, they could criticize him at will.

Yan Xiangshi raised his mouth and stared at Li Ke tightly and said, "I impeached the King of Chu to have an affair with the Turks, and it is a major mistake for private crimes."
Chapter completed!