Chapter Eighty-Nine: The Banquet
Perhaps because of the impact of the war, the White Tower is more nervous than usual, although the battle has ended, but it is still filled with the atmosphere of fear and panic, the White Tower guards are dutifully performing their duties, but the servants are full of panic and fear, although the battle has ended, the White City is still the victorious side, but these servants and maids still have a deep fear.
In fact, this kind of fear is not only unique to the White Tower, but also in the eyes of the residents of the inner and outer cities, there is also a very deep fear, but under the encouragement of the military parade, the crowd has gained a certain amount of peace of mind, and that fear is covered by the frenzy created by the church and Lelouch, so the outer city cannot be experienced.
However, the fear and fear of these people Lu Lu Xiu felt that it was nothing, after all, they were just ordinary people, and it was normal to have such a reaction, but the human emperor who was famous for his cowardice was actually calm, and the southern earl was still a little nervous and serious, and the unread human emperor was like a nobody, and the expression on his face was almost exactly the same as when Lelouch first came to the White Tower, which suddenly made Lelouch a little impressed.
This time, in order to commend the fighting team, it was rare for the emperor to invite almost all the senior commanders, Nevsky and Libert of Limburg were also present, but Frank and Al refused to attend, Al and Frank both had their own reasons, Al belonged to the church after all, and Frank was the whole family was suppressed, not to mention accepting the emperor in his heart, it was good-tempered to be able to resist not killing.
Although there were only three people out of Limburg, the emperor did not say anything, Nevsky's battle of the city gate attracted everyone's attention, and Frank's attack on the great shaman also directly caused the formation of the rout, although Libert did not have many opportunities to appear, but as the commander of the Limburg army, he still received a lot of attention and praise, and after casually giving Frank a reason, there was not much trouble.
The content of the emperor's invitation is actually very simple, that is, the senior commanders eat together around a large table, and the way of eating is also a typical medieval style, the big work revolves around a large stove, the fire is burning, and the maids continue to serve all kinds of food from the kitchen, but Lelouch and Nevsky, Libert, who are used to eating Limburg food, are really lacking in interest, just try to eat a few bites, and then start to drink slowly, the wine is good, it is Limburg's secret beer, although the three of Limburg are not interested, But the others were in high spirits, and the crowd shouted unbridledly, taking a sip of beer and a sip of barbecue, and the greasy hands felt particularly disgusting to Lelouch.
"What? Is Lord Lelouch dissatisfied with the meal? ”
I don't know when, Qin Chuan appeared behind Lu Luxiu, and at this time, the banquet entered the second half, and the crowd began to dance in the open space in the center, and the crowd was already free to move around.
"Isn't it just dissatisfied, this is eaten by people? In Limburg, even rabbits eat better than this! ”
Before Lelouch could answer, Nevsky, who didn't seem to be satisfied with Qin Chuan, shouted first, but Qin Chuan smiled slightly:
"Haha, I see, then if I have the chance, I'd like to try your Limburg food."
Seeing that Qin Chuan was not angry, he still replied with a smile, Nevsky, who wanted to provoke, was a little at a loss, he couldn't just hit him without saying anything, uh, it didn't seem impossible.
"Okay, this time in the battle of Baicheng, the two of you are both heroes, I just picked up people's teeth and picked up a bargain, you don't have to say more."
Fortunately, Lelouch came out, Nevsky thought about it and sat down again, Qin Chuan came over to actually just come over to toast, and he didn't say anything, he left after drinking a glass of wine, and then countless commanders took turns to toast, but almost every commander had a deep displeasure in their eyes, in fact, it was right, outsiders may not understand or want to think about it, but these nobles who serve as senior commanders are clear.
Lelouch This is a typical peach picking, peaches picked on the corpses of the north and south realms, and the east and west realms are because Lelouch did what they wanted to do and complained, the peaches were not picked, and they also aroused the anger of the people and the suspicion of the emperor.
However, these thoughts are deeply hidden in the deepest part of the eye, on the surface, everyone still politely toasted a glass of wine, and then walked away after a few pleasantries, Lelouch and Libert coped with it easily, but Nevsky was a little uncomfortable, and at first he barely coped with a few, and then he simply drank it by himself, but fortunately, the centaur prince suddenly appeared, and gave Nevsky a companion to relieve his boredom.
Compared to the others, Lelouch seems to be deliberately cultivating friendship between Limburg and the Centaur Prince, although Libert does not understand the benefits of doing so, but it does not interfere too much, after all, it seems that it has no effect on his side at the moment.
Finally, as the big wave of men and horses finished saluting, Grand Duke Richard appeared in front of Lelouch:
"Hahahaha...."
Lelouch frowned slightly, still as loud as ever.
Although Richard saw Lelouch's frown because of his loud voice, he still enthusiastically came over to hold Lelouch's hand, for some reason, Lelouch felt that Richard always had an inexplicable sense of intimacy with himself, even if Lelouch was obviously selling the most powerful behavior in the north, Richard was still kind to himself, and even the satisfaction in his eyes went to the next level.
"Come on, come on, it's time for our great hero, the savior of the White City, Lord Lelouch, Count of the Red Dragon, to say a few words."
Richard's active singing, especially for an earl, really makes people stumble, after all, Richard is a grand duke, let alone a grand duke, even a baron, it is almost impossible to sing for others, and at this time a grand duke sings for the earl.
Maybe it was ignorance, but Lelouch didn't feel anything.
To tell the truth, Lelouch still has a good impression of some of the nobles, because as nobles, they can fight on the front line, which takes Qin Chuan as an example, if this war must be shared, then Lelouch only accounts for one-third, and the remaining two-thirds, Nevsky accounts for one, Qin Chuan accounts for one.
So Lelouch didn't have any dissatisfaction or dissatisfaction, looking at Lelouch who was pushed to the cusp, most of the people in the hall still had a playful expression, but some people still began to look at Lelouch with kindness, among which those young nobles were the mainstay, and their eyes at Lelouch were finally no longer hostile, but for the first time, with admiration!