Chapter 31: The Feast
The sky was getting dusk, and the square outside the Yingxing Palace in the courtyard of the Xingyue City Palace was already full of all kinds of large luxury carriages, and the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, as well as some commercial giants in Xingyue Country, had already arrived.
Yingxing Palace, called the palace, is actually the place where the emperor specially greets guests, the majestic building is about more than 100 meters high, like a giant towering in the middle of the square, the four walls are made of the best white marble ashlar, the whole building covers an area of hundreds of thousands of square meters, can accommodate tens of thousands of people to gather at the same time.
At this time, colorful and gorgeous ceremonial flowers were set off around the palace, and three low horns sounded, and the palace immediately became brilliantly lit, and the palace ladies who welcomed them lined up to welcome the dignitaries into the entrance.
This is a banquet in the form of a buffet, and after the high-ranking and powerful people enter, they immediately gather in several places according to the size of their rank, and some lowly officials sometimes gather to flatter the crowd of high-ranking officials, and this flattery must be comprehensive and orderly, and must not offend anyone, so that they will be tired enough.
Yu Haoxuan was wearing a handsome and straight white evening dress, standing in a corner of the palace, he was playing with a crystal goblet in his hand, tasting the degree of hanging glass of the fragrant best red wine in the cup, seeing a layer of honey-like liquid slowly sliding into the cup, Yu Haoxuan nodded with satisfaction, smiled slightly, and put his thin lips to the side of the cup and took a sip.
Many of the daughters of the princes and ministers glanced at Yu Haoxuan's body intentionally or unintentionally, and after the eyes were exchanged, Yu Haoxuan nodded and smiled at them politely, which caused a burst of joy among the daughters in the palace.
At this time, Marshal Lu and Prime Minister Qin were surrounded by a group of officials and wealthy businessmen, and their eldest sons Lu Tianqi and Qin Zhixin were also surrounded by a group of 'young and promising' powerful children.
Pushing open the side door, Yu Haoxuan slowly walked to the balcony with a wine glass, the evening breeze was light, it was extremely cool, he looked at the night sky in the southwest in a daze, the stars were twinkling, and his thoughts had drifted to the direction of Los Angeles of the Freedom Alliance, "At this time, she is probably busy taking care of the mercenary group, right?" He muttered to himself.
"You're Yu Haoxuan, right?" A girl's voice came from behind Yu Haoxuan, with a little arrogance in her tone, Yu Haoxuan's brows furrowed slightly, and he turned around slightly, only to see a girl in a purple dress slowly walking towards him, "Are you also out to breathe?" Just talk to me. "The girl is none other than Lu Tianshuang, the eldest lady of the Lu Mansion who made trouble in Tianyi Pavilion.
Yu Haoxuan ignored her, turned his head and continued to look at the starry sky, brought the wine glass to his lips and took a sip, "Talking to you, you dare to ignore me?" Lu Tianshuang frowned, and the eldest lady's arrogance came out.
"Do I know you well?" These cold words popped out of Yu Haoxuan's mouth, and his extremely beautiful face rose slightly, and a trace of pride floated to his cheeks.
"Do you know who I am?" Lu Tianshuang said angrily, "In this capital, who dares to talk to me like you?" You apologize to me, or ......"
"How else?" Yu Haoxuan sneered, and the corners of his mouth raised a graceful and cold arc.
"He's really handsome!" Looking at Yu Haoxuan's side face, this thought suddenly appeared in Lu Tianshuang's mind, but he forgot how to reply for a while.
"I've got to get him!" Lu Tianshuang's entire body and mind were all occupied by desire at this time, "Otherwise, I won't like you!" Although she admires Yu Haoxuan in her heart, she is used to the feeling of being high when she speaks, and she narcissistically believes that all men in the world must like her.
"That's good, I hate you too!" Yu Haoxuan didn't think about it, he directly said what was in his heart, and after speaking, he turned around and walked towards the hall.
"Stand still!" Lu Tianshuang shouted angrily, but Yu Haoxuan didn't pay attention to it at all, and she stomped her feet on the balcony in anger, "You dare to do this to Miss Ben, turn around and make you look good!" And that hateful prince! As she spoke, she stretched out her right palm, and an extra red pill appeared in her palm, her face gradually became fierce, and she swallowed the pill into her abdomen with her head up, and after a while, a dazzling red glow suddenly emanated from her body.
"Your Majesty has arrived!" A shout came from the hall, "Long live my emperor, long live!" Subsequently, the civil and military officials echoed in unison.
"Zhongqing's life!" There was a bit of joy in the emperor's voice, "This banquet is to catch the wind for the prince, all Aiqing can gather here, I am deeply gratified, although the prince has achieved a small success in ten years of learning, but he still needs more guidance from you Aiqing in political affairs, and I hope that you Aiqing will not hesitate to give advice." ”
"The ministers must do their best!" The ministers shouted in unison again.
"Prince Xuan." The emperor's face looked a little haggard, and he slowly sat down with the support of his entourage.
"The prince is here!" The palace people shouted.
The door of the hall slowly opened, everyone retreated to both sides, Yun Chenyi walked in front, Mu Yun took a step back and followed him closely, as soon as the two entered the hall, it caused a heated discussion, the prince pretended to be arrogant, his jaw was slightly raised, but Mu Yun pretended to be a virtuous lady, and the lotus step moved slowly up.
"The woman behind this prince is so beautiful!"
"I heard that they are classmates of the Tiandu Academy of Magic, and as soon as the prince entered the capital, he smashed the Xingyue Restaurant opened by Marshal Lu's nephew, I don't know if he wanted to please the beauty of the city."
"I also heard that in order to make clothes for this woman in Tianyi Pavilion, the prince even punished Marshal Lu's daughter Lu Tianshuang by kneeling on the spot."
"Shhhh You don't want to die! ”
All the gossip fell into the ears of the prince and Mu Yun without falling into the ground, and the prince was secretly happy in his heart, it seemed that the effect he wanted had been achieved.
Mu Yun walked in the center of the hall, only to feel that there was a hot gaze nailed to her like a nail, she subconsciously looked into the corner, only to see Yu Haoxuan staring at herself expressionlessly, but the look in his eyes was very complicated, there was surprise, excitement, a faint thought, and a trace of sourness.
"The son sees his father, I wish my father and the emperor good health and all the best!" Yun Chenyi bowed down to the emperor, "See Your Majesty!" Mu Yun also saluted in the same way.
"Okay, okay, Yi'er, you guys get up quickly," the emperor said with a kind face, "Today is not the court, so there is no need to be formal." With that, he waved his hand and motioned for the two to step aside.
"Your Majesty," Lu Zhenghao suddenly stood up, "I heard that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has succeeded in studying at the Tiandu Academy of Magic, and today it happens that all the officials are gathered, Weichen wants to take this opportunity to see His Royal Highness the Prince's demeanor, so that everyone can open their eyes, I don't know what His Majesty wants?" ”
"Emperor?" The emperor turned his eyes to look at Yun Chenyi, Yun Chenyi looked at Lu Zhenghao, and asked, "How is this prince going to show it?" ”
"How about His Royal Highness the Crown Prince compare with me in the last game?" At this time, Lu Tianshuang walked out from the back of the crowd and arched his hands towards Yun Chenyi, "The concubine has also practiced magic, and she wants to learn a thing or two from His Royal Highness the Prince, and I hope that the prince will give him advice." ”
"Marshal Lu's daughter, is this here to take revenge?"
"It must be, Miss Lu has never suffered that kind of insult, she naturally won't swallow this breath so easily."
"There's a good show to watch now......" The hall began to make noise again.