The House of Lords is one of the two houses of the British Parliament, and its members include royal descendants, hereditary nobles, life nobles, judges of the Court of Appeal, and archbishops and bishops of the church. Among them, there are spiritual members and lay members, simply put, the people of the church are collectively referred to as the spiritual office, excluding the royal family, and the rest are lay offices.

There are not many spiritual councillors, there are about 100 people in the whole of England, but there are many lay councillors, about eight or nine hundred, of which the hereditary nobles occupy about 600.

It will not be until around 1999 that the House of Lords will abolish the system of aristocratic members, and only more than 90 respected old aristocrats will be retained.

Today is the day when Anna Isabel West succeeds to the viscount of the West family, and it is not a big deal, most of the people who come to attend are some nobles who are friends with the West family.

After the king tapped Anna's shoulders with a scepter in the traditional way of investiture, and said some high-sounding words, the ceremony of succession to the title officially came to an end. Such rituals will be completely canceled in the future, on the one hand, because the power of the nobility is gradually declining, and on the other hand, because the influence of the royal family is not as good as before, there is no need to continue to irritate those commoners.

After the ceremony, the king did not leave in a hurry, but attended the reception held at the Wester family castle in the evening.

The sky gradually darkened, and when the last rays of afterglow in the west were completely gone, the lights in the castle were brightly lit, rendering a piece of the castle, and from a distance you could see the golden castle, where the brilliant lights illuminated the entire inky night sky above the star tower.

At this moment, the glass of light and shadow, the flowers are splendid, and the wine and food are rich and diverse.

A group of nobles who claimed to be upper-class society talked to each other in twos and threes, and those noble ladies found a no-man's land and began to whisper and chat about some boudoir conversations.

After Anna finished dealing with the entertainment, she walked quickly to Huo Yaowen's side.

While the two were talking and laughing, a middle-aged man in a splendid dress and a lady dressed in an exaggerated manner walked over.

Madame smiled and said, "Oh, Miss Anna, your West's castle is so beautiful. ”

"Thank you, Lady Elaine, for the compliment, Mr. Earl Carnarvon's Castle in Highclere is much more beautiful than mine. Anna smiled politely.

Highclere Castle!

Downton Abbey?!

Hearing this word, Huo Yaowen couldn't help but look up at the couple, it seemed to be different from the one in his impression, he thought it should be their fathers.

The three of them exchanged a few pleasantries, but Count Carnarvon set his eyes on Huo Yaowen, who had not spoken, and it was rare for Asians to appear on such occasions, plus he felt that this person was a little familiar, so he couldn't help but ask curiously: "Miss Anna, I don't know who this gentleman is?"

When Anna heard this, a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth and said, "This is Mr. Evan Huo." ”

Then he followed Huo Yaowen beside him and said, "My dear, these two are Count Carnarvon and Lady Elaine. ”

Earl Carnarvon and Lady Elaine glanced at each other, and they both saw a trace of consternation in each other's eyes, but they didn't expect that Miss Anna, who had just inherited the viscount, actually had a boyfriend, and she was still Asian, and it seemed that the son of her family had no hope.

"Hello, Count Carnarvon. Huo Yaowen smiled and stretched out his hand.

Earl Carnarvon also returned the salute politely, suddenly remembering that he had heard this name there, and said in surprise: "Mr. Evan Huo, are you the author of "Harry Potter"?!"

Huo Yaowen nodded: "Yes." ”

"Oh my God!"

Without waiting for Earl Carnarvon to speak, Mrs. Elaine on the side covered her mouth and let out a trace of exclamation, which attracted several people nearby to look sideways, and she was a little excited: "Mr. Evan Huo, I am your loyal reader, and my youngest daughter likes to watch your Harry Potter the most." ”

At first, Huo Yaowen was taken aback by Mrs. Elaine's exclamation, and when he heard this, he couldn't cry or laugh in his heart, but he still kept a smile on his face and said, "Yes, I'm very happy to have such a little book lover." ”

"Yes, ma'am. Count Carnarvon was a little displeased, and that exclamation just now was a very faux pas.

At this moment, the King and the Prince walked over together.

As the titular queen of Britain and the eldest brother of these nobles, the arrival of the two of them naturally attracted the attention of the surrounding guests and nobles.

"Your Majesty, Your Royal Highness. ”

Anna, Count Carnarvan, and Lady Elaine hurried to salute.

Huo Yaowen also said hello politely.

The British couple smiled and nodded, and after saying hello to Anna, the British king looked at Huo Yaowen: "Hello Mr. Evan Huo." ”

"Hello, Your Majesty. Huo Yaowen was a little surprised, but he still replied politely.

The King smiled and said: "I have read your "Harry Potter", I have to say that the writing is very good, I heard that you are a Justice of the Peace in Hong Kong, and Governor David (Dai Lintoe) seems to be very discerning. ”

Since the magic frenzy of "Harry Potter" swept the whole of Britain at the end of last year, as the king of England, he has known about it, and he has seen it in private, and he even made a little joke with reporters on Christmas Day.

However, I didn't expect the King of England to know so much about Huo Yaowen, and even knew that he was a Justice of the Peace, so it seems that there is a lot of investigation.

"It's my honor that the King of England can like Harry Potter," Huo Yaowen hated this kind ......of occasion, but he still smiled politely and politely.

"I hope Mr. Evan Huo can create better works. ”

The King smiled, not so much because she liked to read "Harry Potter" as because she valued the influence of the book, which has sold five million copies in the United Kingdom, and it can be said that everyone knows it. Such a good book to promote British culture is naturally excellent in her opinion.

Huo Yaowen nodded with a smile and was speechless.

Seeing him like this, the King smiled and chatted with Anna and the others, and then left with the Prince, I have to say that he came and went quickly.

It didn't take long for the King and the Prince to leave, and the pent-up drinking party gradually became lively. About half an hour passed, and the party gradually came to an end, and the guests said goodbye one after another.

"Whew, I'm so tired. ”

Huo Yaowen wiped the sweat stains on his forehead, chatting with these hypocritical nobles, but he couldn't get tired, obviously many people had a trace of disdain hidden in their eyes, but on this occasion, none of them said anything impolite, but they chatted with Huo Yaowen, a great writer, and seemed to be very pleasant, which seemed to be hypocrites.

Mrs. Michelle pointed to Huo Yaowen not far away and said, "Anna, I'll let people clean up here, and you take Evan to rest first." ”

She was very happy to-day, but she was also very sad, happy that both the King and his wife had come to the reception, and sad because he thought of the dead old West, and if he could see that the guests were full today, he would be very happy.

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