Chapter 319: Aristocrats, Face Is More Important Than Lizi!
The most beautiful English voice of the year is here!
At three o'clock in the afternoon of Christmas, the figure of an old lady appeared on the TV screen, dressed in sky blue, decorated with diamond and pearl brooches, wearing a pearl necklace, smiling, sitting at a mirrored table, surrounded by a background of resplendent and extravagant surroundings, full of rituals. It's also a show that the British people keep at Christmas.
The Christmas speech will be broadcast to 52 Commonwealth countries. This tradition dates back to 1932.
In general, she will use this opportunity to summarize the major events of the year and will make a comment on some of her own milestones to express her personal opinion.
"Tomorrow morning, everyone is ready, let's go to Norfolk together, Eddie, are your dresses and jewelry ready?" asked Arthur as he turned his head to look at Eddie as he listened to his Christmas speech on TV.
"Everything was ready, and when you told me the news, I ordered a long dress, a blue hand-embroidered high-necked gown by Valentine. Jewelry, I decided to wear the set of diamond jewelry that my mother left me. Eddie replied earnestly.
In this kind of important matter, Eddie will not, and he will not dare to be sloppy, contemptible, noble, with status, with status, face is more important than inside,
There are many places where you need to show style. There is no doubt that being able to attend such a dinner party is a great event for everyone, and there are many rules, and you have to pay special attention to it.
You must know that for a formal Wang Room dinner, the members invited to participate must strictly meet the standards of the dinner from dress to hair accessories. You need to wear a very elaborate evening dress, what steps are light and elegant, speech and demeanor are good, you must always show and pay attention to your gentlemanly and ladylike demeanor, any faux pas, gaffe is a disaster.
Not only will you become the laughing stock of the entire class, but you will also likely lose the opportunity to attend the Wang Room dinner again!
So this feast is really not something that can be attended casually.
What to eat and what to talk about at dinner has always been the focus of attention. I don't know if the honorable old lady will be like most people, worrying about what to eat for the next meal every day... After listening to the Christmas speech, Eddie, who was already excited to see the old lady at the dinner tomorrow, asked again and again.
Arthur was very speechless about some of his sister's foolish questions, big fish and big meat were the meal standard of the nouveau riche, not to mention the old lady, even the aristocracy of them did not eat dinner, the food was jingzhi, elegant, and extravagant.
However, this is the first time Arthur has been invited to this kind of high-profile dinner, where he knows what secrets are on the table in the Wang room, maybe it is not the same for 365 days, or maybe it is like ordinary people, bringing the classic British fish and chips to the tableγγγγγγ
If it's really the classic British fish and chips, then Arthur is really going to be depressed!
In order not to let himself be rude and make mistakes on that important occasion, whether it was Arthur, Eddie, or Edmund, who had no chance to attend the dinner party but also had to go to Norfolk together, under the professional explanation and guidance of Paul, a senior expert in aristocratic etiquette, began to make up for the nobles they hated the most, court etiquette.
Maybe all this seems very vain, but behind the vanity, it is just the self-esteem that is afraid that he will be looked down upon.
The more people lack in any aspect, the more they will show off in that aspect, be pretentious, and package falsehood under the superficial prosperity, and deceive themselves to be lively and happy.
Some people say that the aristocracy is very "hypocritical", but the reality is that I don't know how many people end up living the hypocrisy they hate. For the sake of the so-called face, borrow money to buy famous brands and rent luxury cars to show offγγγγγγ
With standard court, aristocratic table manners, Arthur, Eddie and Edmund enjoyed a sumptuous and delicious Christmas feast, filling their stomachs while also completing an early mock road show.
I have to say that after the roadshow, neither Arthur nor Eddie panicked, in fact, this is just because the two of them are going to this kind of banquet for the first time and have no experience, so they will be a little nervous, I believe that the next time they are invited again, I am afraid there will be no more nervousness.
Because December 26 is the UK's unique "Chop Shou Discount Day", which is the biggest discount day of the year, the British people are almost pouring out on this day, rushing into various shopping malls and shops to snap up the purchases, crowded with people, no matter where they go, there are people everywhere.
In order not to delay the trip, Arthur had chartered a Gulfstream private jet before Christmas, and the group drove straight to the airport in the morning, took a private jet, and flew to Norwich, the capital of Norfolk in the east.
Arthur is no stranger to Norwich, after all, he comes here every once in a while to have a tryst with Jiang Lai, and Arthur and his younger siblings stay in the 150-acre wooded park, which combines Elizabethan and Victorian castle hotels in Dostho.
After a short break in the hotel and lunch, around 3 p.m., the hairstylists and makeup artists who had been booked in advance arrived, and Arthur and Eddie began to prepare for the dinner.
At about half past five in the afternoon, Arthur and Eddie, who was dressed in a blue hand-embroidered high-neck gown and an exaggerated white lady hat, sat in the Rolls-Royce prepared by the hotel, bid farewell to Edmond who stayed in the hotel, and rushed to Sandringham Palace, where the dinner was held.
Sandringham Palace is actually a manor, a private residence belonging to an old lady. The estate covers an area of 600 acres, but by standard the houses on the estate are not very large in size and the part used for living is even smaller.
At the gate of the manor, after the car passed through the security check, it drove into the manor, and the Rolls-Royce Phantom stopped at the edge of the red carpet that extended from the main entrance of the castle to the square in front of the gate, and immediately someone stepped forward to open the car door, Arthur got out of the car, and after saying thank you to the other party, he reached out very gentlemanly and helped Eddie out.
The two stepped on the red carpet, walked slowly into the castle, and at the door, handed over the invitation, and after checking the squire who checked the invitation, confirmed that it was correct, then smiled and said: "Merry Christmas, welcome, Your Excellency Earl Arthur and Miss Eddy... β
"Merry Christmas. Thank you. Arthur smiled calmly.
An attendant was assigned, and Arthur and Eddie led the way to the reception hall.
I have to say, sure enough, the royal weather is even more bullish, the reception hall is as beautiful as the movie picture, like an oil painting, the colors are thick and gorgeous, the scene is grand and luxurious, everyone present, the clothing is very exquisite, it can be regarded as a fashion carnival.
According to Arthur's inquiry, about 150 guests were invited to tonight's banquet, including some lesser-known members of the Imperial Family.
And when Arthur and Eddie, two young and handsome, young and beautiful siblings, appeared, they immediately attracted the guests and guests in the hall.
For many veteran aristocrats and imperial members here, the ZF head, Arthur and the two are undoubtedly unfamiliar faces, don't look at Arthur is the object of media popularity, often published in the major pages of newspapers, he is definitely a big celebrity, but not everyone knows him.
For example, now, all the people present are big names in the British aristocratic circle, maybe they have heard of Arthur Boleyn's name before, but they have not seen real people, and most of them are still not right for Arthur, the re-rising Earl of Boleyn.
Of course, there were also guests who had already recognized Arthur, nodding to Arthur and Eddie with a kind smile on their faces, and they gathered together in a pile of three or five, talking and laughing softly.
"Bang!"
When the golden glittering door was pushed open, an attendant walked into the hall and shouted, "KING is here!"
Not long after the words fell, the old lady walked in with a radiant and warm smile in a white robe, a British and Irish maiden's tiara, and a Cullinan III and IV brooch.