Chapter 368 Extravaganza (Medium)
After coming out of the main altar, the prince, surrounded by the little eunuchs, went directly to the headquarters of the sisterhood, which was located in the palace not far from the general altar of St. Peter. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 infoCompared to the general altar of St. Peter's Church, the palace of the Sisters is much simpler. According to the texts of the Sisterhood, the Sisters were originally part of the Church of St. Peter, but they became independent from the Church of St. Peter because of a doctrinal disagreement with the Pope at the time. However, after 10,000 years of development and the joint efforts of both popes and grandmothers, the church and the sister group are developing in the direction of mutual integration.
The prince stood in a small square a hundred meters away from the headquarters of the sisterhood, looking at this small and gorgeous palace in the warm afternoon sun. The Pope's attitude just now is actually obvious, although it is said that the Church does not participate in the internal affairs of the Empire, in fact, most of the interests of the Church intersect with the Empire. It is because of these intersections that the church must take into account the imperial side when making some decisions.
The crown prince snorted coldly and walked straight towards the palace gate. There was a sister standing at the door, the prince knew her, she was a waiter at the side of Ali Sequoia, and it is said that she was one of the candidates for the anniversary sacrifice, but she was later defeated by the Red Lotus and did not receive such an honor. Her face was like frost, and she received the prince meticulously and invited him to a special living room. Because there are almost never male guests in the headquarters of the sister group, this small living room is specially packed up for the arrival of the prince today.
A moment later, Mama Red Lotus walked out, surrounded by several Dharma Protector sisters. "Your Highness is polite, I don't know what is the important matter of His Highness's sudden arrival today?"
When the crown prince saw the red lotus, the scene of that day's sacrifice immediately appeared in front of him, and he couldn't help but stand up. Red Lotus noticed the change in the crown prince, waved her hand and motioned for the Dharma Protector sisters to step back, and the Dharma Protector sisters looked at each other, saluted and walked out. The little eunuch beside the prince was stopped when he entered the door, and at this time, only the prince and the red lotus were left in the small living room.
"I want to kill you!" The prince jumped up suddenly, directly holding the red lotus in his arms, and frantically searching for it with both hands.
"Your Highness, please pay attention to your demeanor!" The red lotus stood motionless like a cement pillar, letting the prince touch her and not moving, and the cold words poured a basin of cold water on the prince's head, instantly extinguishing his desire.
The crown prince lifted his face from the red lotus's delicate chest, and saw the red lotus's face like dead ashes through the tulle, and suddenly his body shook as if he saw a ghost, and the hand that was stretched into the red lotus's pants stopped moving, and he forgot to pull it out. In the end, it was the Red Lotus who took out the prince's hand by herself, and then turned around and sat on the chair next to her.
The prince swallowed a mouthful of saliva with difficulty, looked at the statue-like red lotus, and frowned slightly, it seems that what Cologne said is right, the church kills people! The prince tidied up his clothes, did it, took a sip of water to moisten his dry throat, and said: "Don't talk about it, the recent situation has become more and more unfavorable for me. The queen mother postponed the enthronement ceremony, and the ministers talked about my background, all of them were keen to find out the whereabouts of the illegitimate child, and now even I began to suspect that I was not the son of my father. So, I'm going to hold a banquet the night after tomorrow, at which time, the Pope and you will recognize my legitimacy in the name of the Church!"
After listening to the prince's words, Red Lotus got up and walked to the door of the living room, made sure that no one was eavesdropping outside the door, and said: "It is useless for you to do this, without that key, any action is in vain!"
"But, if it goes on like this, before I could find the key, my place was snatched away by the bastard!" the prince roared angrily, and after a while regained his composure, and said: "All in all, the night after tomorrow, you and the Pope will come to the banquet!" After saying that, the prince flicked his sleeves and left the small living room. When he passed through the main hall, he saw that the sister who had just received him was talking happily with a little eunuch, and when he saw himself coming out, he immediately stopped talking and left.
When the prince returned to the palace, a little eunuch told him that one of the prince's guards had just come and sent a message that the prince had been invited to the prince's mansion. The crown prince changed his clothes and came to the prince's mansion in an airship. When the prince walked to the reception hall, the first thing he saw were five ragged and thieving-eyed children, about the same age as himself. The five of them were close together, nervous and excited, observing the situation around them.
The crown prince frowned, how could these beggars appear in the prince's reception hall. His eyes crossed the five little beggars and landed on the chair at the end of the hall, Prince Rosely had just picked up the tea and was about to take a sip, when he saw the prince walking in, he quickly stood up: "Your Highness, you are here, please come here, come here, serve tea!"
"What's going on?" asked the prince, pointing to the five beggars standing in the center of the hall with a look of disgust.
"Your Highness, this is the grand finale of the banquet the night after tomorrow!" Prince Ross gave the crown prince a meaningful look.
The prince then looked at the five beggars curiously, he stood up and circled around the five beggars, and the stench made the prince sneeze several times. "Why don't you wash it off?"
The prince came up and said, "Your Highness, it's not funny when it's washed, how can you perform?"
The crown prince nodded approvingly, "It's still the emperor's uncle who thinks thoughtfully, not only to be funny, but also shocking!"
The prince handed over a list, "This is the list of people who have just been invited to the banquet sent by LaBelle, take a look!"
The crown prince didn't even glance at it, waved his hand and said, "Except for the queen mother and the pope, you can look at the others, oh yes, I don't know if the guild will come?"
"Your Highness, as far as I know, it has been a long time since pirates have suddenly disappeared from the periphery of the solar system, as if they had suddenly disappeared from the periphery of the solar system. Perhaps, Lord Qin has already dealt with the pirates, and he will be back soon!"
"I wish my grandfather could participate!" said the prince playfully.
"Your Highness, what is the attitude of the Pope and the Sisterhood?" asked Prince Rosley tentatively.
The prince sneered, "Money can make ghosts grind!" The prince glanced at the five beggars, motioned for his subordinates to take them down, and then sat back in his chair and took a sip of water, "The queen mother must have reached some kind of agreement with them a long time ago, and we are too late!"
"Don't worry," comforted the Prince, "things are not yet at the end of the road, and besides, even if they are, there is no need for us to be presumptuous. As long as you are firm in your identity as the heir, at any time, as long as you raise your arms, there will be many people willing to follow!"
Originally, this sounded very comfortable, but in such a situation, how could the prince have the illusion that he was doomed, as if he was an illegitimate son and came to compete with the orthodox heir for the throne. The crown prince just hummed, sighed, got up and left the prince's mansion. Back in the palace, the prince found a beautiful palace maid to vent well, and fell asleep. In the dream, he sat on the throne and received the admiration and worship of all people.
The time quickly came to the third day. It was still evening, and the nobles and dignitaries who had been invited to the banquet had already crowded the gates of the palace. According to Tom's vision, among the invitees, in addition to civil and military officials and famous families, there are also powerful entrepreneurs, mainstream media people, film and television stars, etc., but all the celebrities who often appear on the TV network are all present. Everyone was looking forward to what the amazing finale of the banquet would be.
Originally, it was planned to hold a dinner in the small square and garden in front of the prince's palace, but now it seems that the space is far from enough, so it was temporarily moved to the large garden between the prince's bedroom and the cold palace. The prince pointed out that it was too unlucky to hold a banquet next to the cold palace, but the crown prince thought that this was a good note! Isn't the purpose of such a banquet to put all the people or things that are unfavorable to him into the "cold palace"?
The late autumn nights are cool, and even if a large bonfire is lit, it can't stand the howl of the evening breeze.
The garden is rectangular in layout, with a long stone road in the middle, two rows of genetically modified peach blossoms planted on both sides, and between the peach blossoms and the wall are perennial unpruned flowers and weeds, and the dinner table and chairs are placed among the fluffy weeds. The dignitaries and nobles who came to the banquet with great expectations shook their heads in their hearts when they saw such a layout, but they said things against their hearts such as "the prince is really original" or "the prince is really ingenious".
From five o'clock in the evening to half past seven o'clock, all the guests took their seats one after another, and the small garden was crowded with nearly 500 people.
Empress Kate sat alone on the main seat, with four white marble steps at her feet, and at the bottom of the steps sat cabinet ministers, civil and military officials, etc. Queen Kate was sitting with a faint smile on her face, she knew very well that this was a farce, but she was also very curious about what the finale was about!
Just as Queen Kate was guessing, the crowd erupted in warm applause, and the dressed prince rode a horse from the other side of the garden, surrounded by the crowd, and slowly walked into the banquet scene.
A unique banquet is about to begin!