Chapter 108: The Emperor's Feast
Lu Xi was aching, groggy, hungry, and in a bad mood, rode through the towering bronze gate of Yongchen Palace in a carriage.
When the embassy personnel came to inform Lu Xi to attend tonight's official emperor's birthday banquet as a member of the federal mission, he had just woken up from a twenty-hour sleep, yawned and went downstairs in his pajamas, and was about to have a good meal, when he was blocked by the embassy's assistant Fils.
"Your Excellency, you're awake at last. Please take a bath and change into a dress, and follow the lower officials into the palace for a banquet. Phils had actually been waiting for Lu Xi in the official residence for an afternoon, and he was already as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, but as a good diplomat, elegance and demeanor had almost become his instinct, and he would not let others see his anxiety.
"Go to the banquet, what kind of banquet are you going to?" Lu Xi said angrily, "The emperor's birthday banquet? ”
"So you already know, so I don't have to bother to explain." Fils smiled: "The dress has been delivered, if it's convenient, please go and try it out." ”
“…… Of course, it's not convenient at all. Lu Xi was only entangled for less than a second, and then said without hesitation: "Today is the emperor's party, and all the people present are big names from all over the world. Why do you want to include me, a petty civil servant who eats and waits to die to get paid? It must have been a prank somewhere, right? ”
"Hehe, my lord is too modest, if even a promising young hero like you is eating and waiting to die, wouldn't the lower official be a walking corpse?" Fils still had a graceful smile on his face, "Besides, this morning, the embassy received an extra invitation, clearly indicating your full name and title. The Imperial Household Hall of the Auckland Empire won't be joking with you, right? ”
"That's really not accurate, the cheating daddy will always be cheating daddy, and those who don't cheating will occasionally cheating dad, when I think you are cheating daddy, even if you don't cheat daddy, you are actually cheating daddy, this is called heart reason. Well, you understand what I'm talking about, do you understand? ”
"This, the adults are far-sighted, and the lower officials are dull and incomprehensible." Fils smiled unchanged and said, "Well, there are still two hours before the party, please hurry up, I'll wait for you downstairs." ”
Did you know that just the day before yesterday, I had just killed more than 30 demons and protected world peace.
Did you know that just yesterday, I was questioned all night and was called in by the ambassador for an afternoon of training for the so-called "poaching protest statement" in Oakland?
However, in the face of such an excellent embassy official who has been through a hundred battles, what can Lu Xi do? And even if he protests, how can the invitation sent by the Auckland Palace House Office be pushed down?
So, he could only cry alone and get into the carriage into the palace...... Well, I didn't cry or cry.
The federal envoy led by Speaker Chai He had already set off, and Orucello had also entered the palace with them, not with Lu Xi.
Lu Xi, who was exhausted, just dressed in a gorgeous dress, with a stomach full of complaints and depression, stepped into the center of imperial power in the most powerful country in the world. He exuded a low-pressure aura that was incompatible with the surroundings, and even had a dark aura visible to the naked eye, causing several rich and handsome people who saw the "beauty" and were ready to come over to talk to him.
It is said to be a dinner party, but in fact, it is a large cold food party duì plus dance, but the participants are more dignified. At this banquet, it is said that nearly 3,000 people received invitations from the royal family, all of whom were successful people who could decide the fate of countless people at will on their own one-third of an acre. As well as the sons and of these successful people.
Of course, even carnivores have to be divided into upper and lower levels of the food chain, and Gao Shuai and Fu naturally have ranks. There will never be more than thirty people who can actually sit in the Diana Room (named after the moon god, the emperor's private banquet hall in the Yongchen Palace) and dine with the Sun King. Those are the real rulers of the world, or the representatives of the rulers. …,
Even so, it was a great honor for many people to be able to sneak into the ball held in the harvest hall in the west wing of the Eichen Palace.
The center of Auckland's reign is the Emperor's Reception Hall, also known as the Brilliant Hall, located in the middle of the central axis of Yongchen Palace; But the most famous, and the largest, is the Harvest Hall in the West Wing. Its side facing the Sky Garden is made up of 50 large transparent crystal floor-to-ceiling windows, so the Harvest Hall is also called the "Crystal Hall". Some of the most precious paintings of the Auckland royal dynasty hang on the other side of the crystal wall, as if they were living art history of the Empire. The vaulted ceiling is adorned by a huge mural called "Light Bless Auckland", painted three centuries ago by Auckland's greatest painter, Calfinci. Ninety-six ornate Arcane chandeliers from Nadia hang from the ceiling, illuminating every corner of the hall as if it were day, even at night. Fifty years ago, the Natya Federation celebrated the friendship between the two countries and gave it a gift to the royal family of the Holy Spring.
With a length of 248 meters, a width of 124 meters, and a height of 15 meters, the Harvest Hall is large enough to host a super ball with more than 3,000 people, and can even be compared to the schoolyard of the military.
The Sun King and his wife were disgusted by this extravagant hall, which had been used very few times since the accession of Gaius the Great. This was also the first time since the death of Empress Esteel, and of course, many people had already vaguely guessed that this might be the last.
According to the future blonde universe overlord of a parallel world, the Noble Ball is actually a gathering of the "three major items of hypocrisy, emptiness, and waste", and for Lu Xi, the Noble Ball is actually an empty gathering full of sanctimoniousness, open guns and hidden arrows, egg pain, emptiness, and hormonal burning.
If he had to choose, Lu Xi would rather go to a popular nightclub for all night, although the nightclub conflicts with his otaku attributes, but at least there is nothing but hormones, but it is simple.
Dressed in the courtesy of a federal magician, Lucy Berenkast sat on a chair in the far corner with an elaborate ceramic plate, and yawned heavily as he glanced at the beautiful crystal hall and its colorful successful people, their sons and ladies.
In this drunken and dreamy of superior people's power and social games, Lu Xi even had such an illusion. The High Demons I encountered three days ago may have been nothing more than a hallucination. Maybe in a few days, the waves caused by the appearance of the High Demon will be ignored by the world again.
The only difference is that in this Yongchen Palace and the Crystal Hall, there are many armed priests and paladins disguised as attendants or guests. If a cultist or even a demon really appeared, it might turn into twisted powder in a minute, and it wouldn't even be as long as the nobles had to drink a glass of wine.
The elite will only use the dinner party as an occasion to expand their network and circle of interests. I don't know how many conspiracies and decisions have been produced in it that make the silk fart people want to die, and I don't know how many vested interests hit it off, and by the way, they make friends and marry concubines and wolves, and then unite to make more silk more immortal and immortal.
In short, under the sleepless illumination of the ninety-six arcane palace lamps, the ladies and gentlemen in the entire crystal hall and their rich and handsome and white rich and beautiful people have been blurred into hypocritical and wonderful symbols of interest, probably no one can eat and drink happily on such an occasion, right?
Of course, except for Lu Xi, who took a whole plate of palace delicacies, hid in the corner to prepare a full meal, looked around, but found that he didn't know anyone.
Orucello is said to be an old friend of the Emperor, and he should have gone to a private banquet in the Moon God Hall. The Federation ambassador and the mature female counselor should also be among the participants of the ball, but Lu Xi is not prepared to find them out of the three thousand. …,
Lu Xi yawned again, took a big sip of apple juice, and cut off a piece of meat steak vigorously, bringing the juicy beef that exuded a rich and milky aroma to his mouth.
Two men dressed in southern style, with beautiful mustaches and turbans, passed by and glanced at Lu Xi with strange eyes. One of them's eyes lit up, as if this munching "black-haired magician beauty" had a personality that matched his taste, and his face was full of elegant smiles and was ready to lean over.
While chewing on the milky beef, Lu Xi stared at this hormone-burning bearded man with a murderous aura that could almost be seen with the naked eye, and the latter was suddenly frightened and quickly pulled his companion away.
Judging by their outfits, they should be the Sothnesians from the south, right? I don't know which city-state it is the prince or the young proprietor of the big chamber of commerce. Lu Xi thought for a moment, and then began to eat the fruit.
Wearing an evening dress, the drow elf Hei Fumei held a Fanya elf Gao Fu Handsome, and danced a gorgeous dance step that humans absolutely could not do under the accompaniment of waltzes that resounded throughout the crystal hall, and became the focus of the audience in a short time.
In addition to humans of various races, Lu Xi also saw a lot of elves in the crystal hall, and the dwarves even had a few orcs who were more than two meters tall, which was really worthy of the Sun King's birthday banquet. But then again, is it really okay for the dark elves and sun elves to dance together? Aren't they mortal enemies?
It's so boring, what should I do now? The cultists will get some more demons out and let me have fun.
Lu Xi took a sip of the red wine in the crystal glass and touched his stomach that was finally full. He still didn't know why he had been invited, and no one had come to greet him, so he decided to find a way to get away after drinking. Anyway, he is a federal personnel stationed abroad, and he will not be crowned with a "great disrespect" hat just because he slipped away in advance at the banquet set up by the emperor.
Lu Xi, who had made up his mind, drank all the red wine, put the plate and crystal cup on the table next to him, clapped his palms and stood up.
The familiar amber pupils made Lu Xi dazed for a while, and he couldn't help but think of the eldest lady of the Qiao family who had a very strong aura. However, he soon discovered that the owner of the amber pupils in front of him, although Karin had blonde hair as bright as the sun, his appearance and temperament and even gender were completely different.
If Karin is the energetic lioness king, the one in front of her is a flimpy kitten; If Karin is the glorious sun, the one in front of her is an asteroid at best; If Karin is a murderous overlord flower, the one in front of her may be a dog's tail grass......
These words are too hurtful, and Lu Xi doesn't know each other, but his aura just gives people this feeling.
This is a big boy about seventeen or eighteen years old, if you look closely, your facial features are also very exquisite, and your figure is also tall and slender. For the average girl, this is a typical Prince Charming blueprint. However, for Lu Xi, a "veteran-weathered" 19+22 appearance Hideyoshi, a traverser of Uncle Essence, he knows that this is just a typical stupid young master from a big family.
Not to mention the skin that is fairer than ordinary girls, as well as the flickering eyes, as well as the slightly trembling legs and hands, and the frowning brows, that is, the sweat stains on the forehead that shine in the light, you know that this year has been extremely nervous.
Well, looking at it this way, this kid's forehead is really wide.
Lu Xi commented on the other party's appearance, and then picked up the last dessert, a small cake, with a boring expression. The big blond-haired boy suddenly said with a slight tremble: "That...... I...... You, uh, excuse me, do you like to eat cake...... Oh, no...... Do you like Henier's poems? ”
What's going on?
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