76. Banquet
In the past, I used to stand on the high place of Dì Dū and look up at the royal city overhead, and I felt that the city above my head looked golden and brilliant against the backdrop of the night, and the emperor lived in the royal city It was really beautiful, and I felt that the fantastic castle was a distance away from an ordinary nobleman like me.
After a year, when I stepped on this land suspended in mid-air, overlooking the city of DìDū at the crater of Majaro, I had a panoramic view of the city, surrounded by autumn autumn leaves, and the long street was full of gold.
Weiyang Lake is like a piece of blue gem inlaid in the center of the city, surrounded by rows of buildings, Dì Dū City has a very strange phenomenon, the closer to the center of the lake, the more sparse the buildings appear, between the green and the woods are hidden nearly 100 gorgeous castles, these castles surround Weiyang Lake, the streets and green belts are very neatly repaired, more than 100 manor castles constitute the first block of Dì Dū.
On the north shore of Weiyang Lake, the second and third blocks are adjacent to each other, and the second block is inhabited by small lords who are difficult to become nobles and wealthy in the Grimm Empire, these lords are also wealthy, and they have private armies in their hands, and they are also a force to be reckoned with in the Grimm Empire. The third block is home to several colleges and universities, and many magicians like to live in the third block, where most of the houses are villa-style small single-family buildings, the fourth block is where the knights and wealthy merchants live in DìDū, and the fifth block has the most prosperous commercial district in DìDū, and there is also a gathering area for elves.
The northern shore of Weiyang Lake is surrounded by a wealthy area that surrounds most of the lake, and the rich area is close to the southern slope of the Majaro crater, which has more sunshine hours during the winter.
In the southern part of Dì Dū Castle, there are two large districts, the sixth and seventh blocks, which belong to the civilian area, and in recent decades, the vigorous development of the two major blocks has led to the area of the two major blocks covering an increasing area, the southernmost part of the seventh block is close to the foot of the Majaro Mountain, and the sixth and seventh districts occupy almost half of the land of Dì Dū City.
On such a sunny autumn afternoon, standing in front of the portal of the floating king city overlooking DìDū Castle, the beautiful scenery of Dì Dū Castle is in full view.
Ying Li took my arm and stood in front of the portal with me, and the princes and princesses who passed by the magic teleportation array behind us all looked at us curiously, and some of the princes even waved at me gently.
We didn't stay long at the entrance of the magic teleportation array, and we followed the flow of people into a circular arched corridor, all the buildings in the floating imperial city were made of polished smooth and smooth marble, the Roman stone pillars on both sides of the cloister with round vaulted domes had exquisite reliefs at the bottom and top, and on either side of the passage stood a number of palace guards, who were dressed in silver armor, wearing a thick helmet with a mask on their heads, and holding a halberd in their hands, looking imposing.
After boarding the Floating Royal City, I found that this palace is more like a majestic castle floating in the sky, this magnificent complex is divided into two parts, the front part is the large palace where His Majesty Charles usually works and receives visiting envoys, etc., and the back part is the sleeping palace of His Majesty Charles, and some princes and princesses who are not yet minors will also live in that palace with their mothers.
Perhaps because there is a layer of magic light shield above Dì Dū Castle, we don't feel any wind on the Floating King City, and after crossing a covered bridge suspended in the air, we can officially enter the palace complex of the Floating King City, the whole palace is just like the one seen below Dì Dū, built splendidly, the front courtyard has a beautiful hanging garden, we pass through this garden full of exotic flowers and plants, and see that there are eleven main halls here, each of which is made of crystal white striped stones, and the large stone pillars outside the hall rise to the sky, making people feel as if they are inhabited by Titans。
It was hard to imagine what kind of large magic array could levitate such a huge mountain-like castle in mid-air under the royal city.
His Majesty Charles's banquet hall is held in the Hall of Courage in the eleven main halls, the dome of this hall is the phantom of the archangel Impreus holding the sword of courage in both hands and praying, the whole palace seems to be built on a stone peak, wrapped in the fully spread twelve-winged wings, this palace is a huge circular platform, supported by nearly five hundred hundred meters high stone pillars to support the main hall of the sky, at this time this huge platform is full of banquet tables, the tables are full of all kinds of exquisite food, many of the food because it is prepared in advance, although it is coated with a thick layer of grease or honey, but it has been cold。
Hundreds of ladies and palace guards weaved through the banquet hall and set up some exquisite food on the table.
This is a palace without walls, the biggest shelter around is the 100-meter-high angel wing-like stone carving, Ying Li and I climbed the stone steps to the circular platform of this palace, there were already many royals entering the banquet area, we also followed behind the banquet master, found their own place in the banquet hall, Prince James and Lady Manda were a little far away from us. But it's okay, Ledie and we are seated.
Helena, Becky, and Caterina also join us on the Floating King's Castle.
It seemed that Helena and Becky were not here for the first time, they seemed to be accustomed to the grandeur of the complex here, but Caterina was here for the first time, and her ruby eyes were completely attracted by the magnificence of the palace here, and her eyes were always wandering around with the palace's exquisite reliefs.
We sat at the long table with many of the princes of the Angelbald royal family, and everyone chatted in their seats, and the whole palace was filled with 'buzzing' resonance, and countless voices overlapped to make people feel dizzy.
I finally withdrew my gaze from the gorgeous dome of the Palace of Courage, Ying Li sat beside me and looked at me with a faint smile very naturally, the gentle eyes made my heart gush a hot current, I secretly grabbed Ying Li's hand below, and whispered to her: "It turns out that this is the Floating King City!"
"That's right, this is the miracle of the Grimm Empire, the Floating City. Ying Li glanced over the large buildings of the royal city, sat beside me and whispered, "You probably don't know that the predecessor of this floating royal city was a war fortress. ”
"War Fortress......" I looked at the huge palace and took a deep breath.
Not far away, on the tower, a team of Royal Gripen Knights shuttled through it.
Ying Li sat beside me and whispered to me about the princes and princesses who were sitting around me and Ying Li.
Le Die was also chatting with a half-elf princess at this time, and it seemed that they were more familiar.
Just as we were paying attention to some of the royal family members at the banquet, a young princess in a light purple court dress ran to the opposite side of Ying Li, with a sweet smile and a pair of eyes narrowed into crescents, and said to Ying Li in a sweet voice: "Hey, Ying Li, what are you talking about, won't you introduce us to this young and handsome noble?"
She had curly blond hair and looked like she was wearing delicate makeup, and she was squinting at me, and I could feel a faint hostility in her eyes.
She always has a kind smile on her face, but I think her face will raise the corners of her mouth even if she doesn't smile, she just has that kind of face that loves to smile.
"Hey, Alicia, why haven't I seen you just now?" Ying Li said in some surprise when he was taken aback by the sudden beauty.
It turned out that her name was Alicia, and I had never heard Ying Li say that name.
Princess Alicia smiled and said to Ying Li: "In your eyes, can you still accommodate us?" Hehe, you haven't been to the royal city to see me for a long time, how I want to hear you talk about the new things in Dì Dū City. ”
When he said these words, he still shook a delicate small palace folding fan in his hand, and from time to time covered his lips.
When Ying Li saw Princess Alicia say this, he generously said to me, "Giga, this is Alicia Angelboy, she is the seventeenth princess of the royal family, the sister of Wales, and my playmate when I was a child. ”
It turned out to be the sister of the Prince of Wales, so no wonder she seemed hostile to me.
Ying Li paused and said solemnly to Princess Alicia, "Alicia, this is the Marquis of Giga, my husband. ”
Princess Alicia's expression was a little exaggerated, and she kept fanning the small folding fan, and a fragrant wind surged around her, and said: "Ahh ”
I nodded to her, and when she said this, I couldn't help but answer, "Oh? What was the rumored me like?"
There are many rumors about me in the Royal Academy of Magic, nothing more than militants from the Northern Province, the current highest-powered magician in the Academy, the assistant of the Yerkis scholar of the Dì Dū Academy of Magic, and so on.
And there are many rumors about me in Dì Dū, and I guess most of them are of that kind: the owner of the rune workshop who is hated by all the junior inscriptionists in Dì Dū, the arms dealer who is concerned by many lords of Dì Dū, friends such as Louis Mensa, Zach Samoyed, Ernestine, etc......
But what kind of rumors are there in the court, I'm a little curious, after all, neither Ying Li nor Le Die have ever talked about this.
Princess Alicia's eyes shrunk, stared at me, and said bluntly to me: "Those court magicians are all young magicians who are flying and domineering, and when you first arrived in Dì Dū City, you beat up William Mo, and robbed Duke Ryan Bussmann's lover, and ......."
"......" I was a little speechless, I didn't expect Princess Alicia to speak so sharply!
I know that Ying Li must have known about Alia's existence, but she always deliberately avoided anything about Alia in front of me, and her not mentioning it didn't mean that she didn't know, but now this veil was lifted by Princess Alicia, the sister of the Prince of Wales.
Ying Li's smiling face was somewhat stiff, and she glared at me fiercely.
Just when Princess Alicia showed a hint of pride on her face because of Ying Li's expression, Le Die, who was sitting on the side, couldn't help but scold Princess Alicia: "Enough, Alicia, you are still the same, do you never use your brains to say anything, or do you say that Wales has robbed you of all your wisdom?"
This is clearly scolding Princess Alicia for being brainless, and the sudden sarcasm makes Princess Alicia not know what to say.
"Le Die, you ......"
"I'm ...... What am I, Wales is fighting the Nakma on the Lodge plane, do you want us to tell us this, do you want me to delay the delivery of the next batch of military supplies by two days, or do you want me to make the defense line of the South Wind Legion retreat and show the personal heroism of Wales?" Ledie approached Princess Alicia and said in a very low voice against the root of her ear, "Have you not heard those court magicians say that in addition to those identities, Jijia is also an arms dealer who supplies the magic crossbow arrows of the Legion under Wales?"
"I ......" Princess Alicia was scolded by Le Die and was powerless to fight back.
She even wanted to defend herself, but she was glared at fiercely by Le Die, and scolded angrily: "You, you...... What are you, get out of the way, I'm upset when I see you as a brainless stupid white sweet, keep it in the palace, honestly wait to marry a certain noble lord of the Grimm Empire whose teeth have all gone, give full play to the last bit of residual heat in your life, don't always be instigated by those court magicians......"
The first banquet I attended at the royal house of Angibold began with this kind of bitter quarrel, and Ying Li sat beside me with a depressed face, watching Le Die scold Princess Alicia with blood, and the young Princess Alicia was helpless.
The princes and ministers took their seats on the high platform in the front row of the banquet hall, and then His Majesty Charles and the Queen belatedly sat down in the main seat of the banquet hall, and the bell rang in the banquet hall, and then His Majesty Charles stood up from his seat with his glass and spoke to the guests in the audience, and then raised his glass again and drank the wine in the glass.
Everyone in the banquet hall followed His Majesty Charles's movements, stood up and raised their wine glasses, drank all the wine in the wine glasses, and the banquet began......
Although the royal banquet looked gorgeous, the only thing that could satisfy my appetite was a piece of roasted snake lizard meat in front of me.
Looking at the almost whole raw meat, just when I thought I should roast it with the fire again, Ying Li next to me stretched out a white hand, and a flame surged in the palm of my hand and fell on this piece of barbecue meat, I looked at Ying Li very gratefully, and all I got was a white eye from Ying Li, and I took the opportunity to grab Ying Li's other hand under the table......