The first day was followed by a ceremony to give the honours, the second day was a solemn state funeral, the third day was a military parade to promote the country's prestige, and three days were followed by a seven-day celebration......

The palace held a grand ball and a garden that lasted all day, and the nobles who came and went were dressed and smiling, everyone looked glamorous, and even the most inconspicuous ornament on the body was enough to cover the living expenses of the commoners for several years, but the Merlin nobles were still known for their simplicity and lack of pleasure in the Three Kingdoms.

On the first day of the court banquet, the Emperor Alabham and Queen Victoria appeared for a short time, and the next few days the palace banquet only appeared at the beginning or halfway before leaving.

It was the custom of the Emperor to attend banquets, so that his subjects and their families would not be deprived of the pleasures of the supreme family, and of course the Emperor himself did not like such occasions, and from a young age he was known not to indulge in pleasures and banquets, and for many years he rarely appeared on such occasions except for banquets held at the court.

It is said that this is the exact opposite of Perre's current emperor, Phoebe. Sadev. Lombari. Gothriemo. Howard is known for his proximity to the people and his love of banquets, and legend has it that he held an average banquet every three days before he was forty years old, and only slowly subsided when he grew older and lacked energy. Then his most valued son inherited his preference.

Since Archduke Stuart and his party and the honorees were the protagonists of this grand ceremony, Lin An also had to appear in this palace banquet, which was held for seven consecutive days, and it was then that she really realized the feeling that Fritz had when he talked about the palace banquet.

The ladies and ladies were fighting a real war, and every lady of a certain rank was supported by a team of servants, ranging from seven or eight to twenty or thirty people, with dresses, food, butlers, and even tailors, to deal with all the accidents that might arise at the banquet.

The aristocracy had strict rules about what to wear for the occasion and even the time of day, and the men were fine. The ladies and ladies had to prepare several alternative sets of dresses and matching jewelry.

In the morning, afternoon and evening, if Lin An sees the same lady wearing different long dresses and jewelry, it is completely normal, if it is the other way around, it will become a laughing stock.

The long skirts of the dress are like their robes, but in Lin An's eyes, they are the shackles of the feudal patriarchal society that imprisons women.

Lin An was very glad that he embarked on the path of a mage as soon as he came to this world.

Otherwise, she could hardly imagine how terrible it would be to be attached to a man's wing like an appendage, even without the body that Kronos had given her. Lin An's appearance also has the capital to capture men.

Lin An didn't have time to surf the Internet before the crossing, and he didn't know about the popular time-traveling texts on the Internet, but during that time, there was also a popular trend of Qing Palace time-traveling dramas. Lin An watched a few episodes between busy work, and was very uninterested in the plot direction of the heroine's return to the feudal dynasty to develop love:

Even if it is a person of the same era, there are still various divisions and discords in love and marriage, and an adult woman with the concept of human rights and equality in her mind returns to the feudal era, and can talk about true love with the male protagonist when she is in an unequal position of vassal?

Lin An only knows that there is no equality and no marriage. A man who cheats legally and a woman who has to abide by three things and four virtues, even if they are occasionally together because of hormone secretion and wait for their realistic ending, it is impossible for "the prince and princess to be happily together".

Of course, the reverse is also true.

Know what a fickle animal man is.

Finally avoiding the crowd and dodging out, Lin An hid behind a dense hedge that looked like a labyrinth, listening to the sound in his ears. There is a bit of a divergence in thinking.

“…… Anyway, don't follow me anymore! ”

The low female voice can't hide the delicateness, and it is very recognizable. If the voice can match the appearance, the other party is definitely a beautiful stunner.

And listening to the voice is still relatively young, for this, Lin An is very confident in the recognition of his ear, the voice of the young girl and the married woman is due to factors such as age. There is usually a difference.

Lin An is not a voyeur, but he didn't expect to encounter this kind of scene when he ran out to catch his breath. This situation is not uncommon in modern times, and it is everywhere in bloody dramas on TV, but in this world, Lin An still sees the live-action version - oh no, it should be heard.

“…… He's just using you as an excuse......"

“…… This is my voluntary ......"

“…… You're a good girl...... If it weren't for the persecution of your father...... Leave him! ……”

“…… What can you give me...... It's just a little guard......"

The male voice said earnestly, Lin An didn't need to perceive and detect spells, he could hear the sincerity, the delicate female voice sounded more cold and resolute, and it seemed that the situation also involved another man with a higher status, and it looked more like a blood love triangle, but judging from the information revealed in their words, Lin An was not very optimistic about the man:

If, as she had guessed, the woman was a noble lady of status, the man would have been wishful thinking given the class disparity in this world—although the presence of both parties here suggests that they may have had a ......

The voices of both sides were very low, even if it was just a hedge away, with Lin An's ears could hear it very faintly, and their voices were becoming less and less clear, and they were slowly leaving their original positions.

Lin An was rarely interested in the two protagonists, and through a gap between the dense leaves of the hedge, the male protagonist wearing a guard costume blocked Lin An's perspective, and Lin An could only see a long dark brown hair that was soft and beautiful on the shoulders blocked by the male protagonist's body.

At this time, the plot has come to an end, the hero and heroine pull and pull for a while, and the heroine finally gets rid of the man.

“…… Don't look for me again! ”

The beauty left without looking back, and the man in the guard's clothes stood in place, watching stupidly, muttering something, Lin An vaguely heard the sound of "Di", which was probably the name of the woman just now.

Lin An left quietly.

She only occasionally encountered a drama in someone else's life, and did not intend to be overflowing with sympathy to insert into someone else's plot, where the tragic human feelings in this world are happening and ending, and they are at least in a good situation now.

What's more, even before he came to this world, Lin An, who was born as an orphan, understood since he was a child that he could only be responsible for his own life.

Therefore, even if they are close and trusting, such as Andre and Shiryl, Lin An does not like to interfere too much in their decisions. And many things in her, she is also used to facing and solving them independently.

She didn't think that she would meet the hero and heroine again one day, and it wasn't long before she changed the fate of each other's lives.

……

Back at the ball, Lin An was soon discovered that since her dark purple robe appeared at the ball, after noon, there was no lady or lady in the palace where the ball was held.

A lot of people found out about it, but of course no one would risk offending almost all the women present to say it.

It's just that dark purple has become a unique color of the imperial capital from now on.

Because as far as is known. This beautiful young mage who shocked everyone as soon as she appeared, usually only likes to wear this robe, and the white robe worn at the bestowal ceremony makes her look like a muse descending to earth. but he was no longer seen.

There are also some aristocratic ladies and ladies who secretly muttered to themselves behind the scenes: "Purple? Isn't this the color that the demons admire? What is the psychology of liking this color? ”

However, they were just muttering secretly, purple is also a very noble color in the customs of the human race, and it can only be worn by the aristocracy, so Lin An is not rude at all when he wears a dark purple robe. And it's quite unique.

What's more, everyone knows that the other party is marked by the "purple rose", what's so strange about liking purple?

Probably because this was a court ball, and the nobles of the capital were more reserved and arrogant, Lin An's enthusiasm was much lower than that in Pearl Castle before, although this could not completely offset the attraction brought by Lin An's appearance. But in the end, it didn't bother Lin An very much, of course, he was a little tired of these entertainments, which was inevitable.

After refusing the invitation of several aristocratic youths to dance like before leaving, people saw that Lin An was still determined not to dance as before. And they will not be invited again.

They are all well versed in communication skills, and when the beautiful woman doesn't plan to dance, they can't get along with it without interest, which can only annoy people, and even if these aristocratic young people are confined to being married or have no hope of being engaged, who wants to leave a bad impression on Lin Anxin?

……

The palace was crowded...... At a glance, it looks like it's all people, and it's hard to find a chance to leave before. Lin An only got a glimpse of the opportunity when John helped her get something.

Now that he came back, Lin An couldn't find John's for a while, and the young talents around him also lost their interest, so he found the corner behind the stone pillar by himself, and the big red curtain with a red background in gold fell down the wall.

Lin An remembered that there was a terrace facing the courtyard when he hid out, which should be behind the curtain.

She lifted the curtain, but saw that a young aristocratic man in a white suit with gold edges had occupied the terrace, and was turning back in surprise.

Lin An noticed the golden lion pattern on the other party's dress, but his appearance was not any of the five princes, and by contacting the other party's age, Lin An knew the identity of the other party - the only surviving brother of the Emperor of Alabhan, the only heir of Prince Cyril, the Count of Rodtier.

In terms of status, this Count of Rodier is similar to the prince, after all, Merlin can only have one successor to the throne, and the rest are princes.

However, on the day of the ceremony, Lin An saw all the princes, but did not see this Count Rodier, it was said afterwards that he was unwell, but now he seems to be in good shape, it can be seen that the information says that Count Rodier is young and willful, but often goes in and out of the court, and the emperor's family is closer than his father, and the emperor's favor is not unheard.

But he was not seen at the beginning of the ball today with the Emperor and Prince Cyril, and it seems that he arrived later.

"Sorry to bother you."

Lin An immediately pretended not to know him, and after apologizing, he wanted to retreat from here.

But Rodier had no intention of letting her go.

"Please stay,:. Are you that Gen Lynn? ”

Although he had heard everyone's praise, Rodier was still shocked by Lin An's appearance, and obvious surprise flashed in his eyes, and his body that was originally lazily leaning on the fence stood up straight.

However, he is the pride of the sky after all, and he has already been mentally prepared, and he is not as unexpected and special as Fritz when he saw Lin An for the first time, so he did not lose his temper and quickly spoke out to save him.

He thought that Lin An would at least hesitate, after all, it was not difficult to see his identity from his clothes, but then Lin An did not hesitate to say:

"I'm sorry, Your Excellency. My friend has arrived, unaccompanied! ”

She had already seen Johann and Fritz beside him, glanced sideways, said a word to Rodier and exited the terrace, walking towards the two of them.

Rodier was stunned on the spot, looked at the slightly swaying curtain in front of him, and said to himself with a smile: "What a cold and proud kaolin flower!" This is also the idea of most of the young talents who were rejected by Lin An.

Rodier was not angry, for for a beautiful woman who was so beautiful and surpassed all the women he had ever seen, a man's tolerance was often infinitely higher.

Lin An, who was found, was met with John's condemning gaze and Fritz's concerned questioning, mentioning how Lin An was standing by the curtain. Lin An said about his chance encounter with Rodier, and Fritz thought about it and advised:

"Count Rodier is the sole heir to Prince Cyril. Because of his status, he is sometimes more unrestrained than several princes, and he usually likes to invite friends and entertain him everywhere, Prince Cyril has always been troubled by this son, but fortunately he finally made a marriage contract last year. The fiancée is the eldest daughter of the Marquis de Chelifa's family. "According to Merlin's custom, after marriage, the aristocratic man must mature and take responsibility for the fate of the family.

Fritz only nodded a few words implicitly, without mentioning the entanglement between James and Rodier, and Lin An already understood:

That is to say, this guy is the demon king of the mixed world, and he is flying and domineering. Few people can restrain him, and he already has a marriage contract, so it's not good to have a relationship with him.

Fritz's rhetoric is really euphemistic.

Fritz accompanied Lin An for a while. Asked away, John stayed with Lin An.

Lin An then met with James, Salin, Lanster, and a number of fellow honorees, including Hemmer. Hemmer was still the same as before, his attitude was the same, and it seemed that he had not heard the contents of the bet.

Randster was with the two princes. There was a group of young and middle-aged nobles around him, and he was holding a cup by the stars. Talking about something with a mellow smile. It seems that he is completely adapted to his identity and this kind of occasion, and his calm and atmospheric appearance does not show that he is just over twenty, and his gestures are completely the posture of a superior, which is not similar to Lin An's common approachable side.

He was dressed in a sumptuous and elaborate crown robe, which stood out among the many ceremonial garments, because even the two princes around him could not wear such a crown robe, which was worn by the lord of a country, representing power and majesty, and making him look gentle and majestic.

"No wonder people always say that power is the best decoration in a man's crown." Lin An muttered to himself.

When Lancet saw Lin An, he didn't go over, just raised his glass.

This action also made the two princes and others around him see Lin An, and Lin An could only raise the glass containing the fruit wine, and at the same time nodded slightly to them - as a first-class countess and a mage, she didn't need to bow down to the prince.

The two princes beside Lancet were the eldest prince and the fourth prince, and before Odin could say anything, Douglas's eyes lit up and said, "Grand Duke Lancet, why don't we go over?" ”

Odin's eyes on the side were slightly deep, and he didn't know what he was thinking, and some nobles next to him didn't say anything, just listened to Ranster: "Ann is a mage, I'm afraid I'm not interested in our topic, and it's probably too lazy to pay attention to us boring men who only know how to talk about current affairs!" ”

Although the refusal was tactful, it also made Douglas's face pause slightly.

But after all, there were many nobles beside him, and they immediately laughed at Lanster's witty words, and then brought the conversation over with a new topic, as if it were just a small episode.

The dance floor gradually became lively, the music was too noisy, Lancet and the others moved to the side hall, and Prince Douglas, who had been absent-minded after the previous incident, excused himself to change clothes and temporarily withdrew.

Leaving the main hall where the ball was held, Douglas walked to the side hall where the attendees rested and changed clothes, and saw him salute one after another, and Douglas nodded politely.

The prince's rest room naturally did not mix with other nobles, Douglas turned a few corners, and there were no other nobles, the smile on Douglas's face retracted, and the fire accumulated in his heart finally slowly rose.

When he came to the door, a usually quite trusted guard came up and was kicked away by Douglas:

"Eyeless fellow, what do you think you are? After being flattered for a few words, you forgot your identity? It's just one of my dogs! ”

The guard got up under the gloating gaze of the other guards, did not dare to argue, did not even dare to wipe the blood from his mouth, and crawled on the ground and whispered:

"Your Highness, Your Highness, it was the 'Lady Orchid' who sent you a letter."

"Lady Orchid" was apparently just a pronoun, and Douglas understood it as soon as he heard it.

Thinking of the help given to him by the other party's identity and the pleasure brought to him by the mature body of the young woman. Douglaston forgot about the anger just now, and hurriedly asked:

"What about faith?"

The guard presented the letter, but Douglas didn't open it immediately, and swept the other three guards with a cold eye.

The three guards hurriedly knelt down, secretly hating the guards who were taken out of anger to take revenge on their gloating just now, and said with trepidation in their mouths: "Your Highness, we haven't heard anything. ”

They were not as favored as the latter, and had no idea about Lady Orchid, except vaguely that His Highness Douglas had recently become obsessed with a mysterious lover.

Douglas snorted coldly: "Humph! It's best to keep your mouths shut! ”

These guards were selected from his domain. His family is in his hands, and he is not afraid that these people will betray, but verbal warning is necessary.

Half a magic hour passed. An ordinary aristocratic carriage drove away from the imperial city, mingling in the many carriages passing by, and no one noticed that the person sitting in the carriage was actually a prince.

After leaving Miyagi for a while and entering a villa purchased by a wealthy merchant on the outskirts of the upper city, the carriage with the insignia of nobility disappeared into the villa. A short time after the back door of the villa drove out of an ordinary wagon pulled by a horse.

The half-old carriage went around in a big circle, left through the north gate, and in various ways circled to shake off the possible stalk, before coming to an inconspicuous annex.

Douglas, who had already taken off his royal clothes and was only wearing ordinary aristocratic clothes, got out of the carriage with a different face, walked quickly and vigorously into the villa, and stomped up to the second floor.

The half-open living room was empty. On the large bed in the room connected to the living room, a beautiful young woman was naked, and her graceful figure was hidden by the bed curtain.

Douglas was already excited on the way here. As soon as he saw the jade body on the bed, he immediately jumped up and hugged the beautiful woman:

"Rankia, my little aunt, miss me? ……”

"You bad guy......"

The cheating of men and women is accompanied by the sound of **, and an unruly pleasure is being staged.

***

According to custom,. On the first day of the feast, the nobles attending the ball should not leave the venue before the halfway point of the feast. So when Lin An finally boarded the carriage back, it was already close to evening.

She left the stage early, most people really started to participate in the dance at this time, the band changed the music, Lin An saw that he was going to start the palace group dance, and hurriedly flashed people, and he didn't like to dance, which was not suitable for use when performing the palace group dance.

Andre and Shiryl are nowhere to go.

Lin An originally came with them, but as soon as the two came, they were called away by a middle-aged warrior with the guards, as if they were summoned by an elder, listening to Andre's tone, it seemed that he was an elder who had a good relationship with the teacher, so the two of them never returned.

The palace where the ball was held was opposite to the place where the medalists had collapsed, with a wall in between, and the gates were closed after sunset.

So Lin An left a message for Andre and them, and John went out of the palace to board the carriage, it was too late, after the carriage left the imperial city, he could only go out of the palace again, and make a big detour to return to the accommodation.

Just outside Miyagi is the upper town.

Pompeii is an inland riverside city, the deep water river runs through the city, the upper city is the north bank of the higher ground, there are rich areas where nobles, wealthy merchants and other high-status people live, the lower city is the residential area of commoners and untouchables, and there are prosperous commercial areas and docks and ports along the river between the upper and lower districts.

After leaving Miyagi, I walked a little way into the rich area, the villas and residences here are relatively dense, not as spacious as the aristocratic area, and the road is of course not as good as the royal road in Miyagi, and even the carriage that Lin An has renovated seems a little bumpy.

Not long after walking, the coachman in front of him made a noise, and the carriage slowly slowed down and stopped.

"Your Excellency, there's a car in front of you." Without waiting for John to ask, the coachman immediately explained the reason.

John's brows furrowed, thinking to himself that after the previous peep, could it be that those gentlemen had some new tricks?

At this time, I heard someone raise your voice:

"Is there a lady in the car? I don't know which one? Can you give my earl a ride, our carriage has some malfunction. ”

"Now the carriage of the Lady of the Purple Rose ......"

The driver wanted to continue to ask, "Who are you?" because he saw that the car was not emblemmed at all, when he heard a male voice sound:

"Is Master Lin in the car? That's a coincidence! ”

(To be continued)

ps：

Thank you Zhang Ga for your big reward! o(n_n)o~

Today's chapter is a patch from last weekend.

The characters who appear today are all recent, namely Count Rodier (chapter 462), the only son of Prince Cyril, Heidi, and the captain of the guard Love (chapter 468, their plots are added later, I mentioned it in the author's message in the previous chapter).

So today's new factory characters:

Lady Rankia - the fourth wife of the Marquis of Phillips, the wife of the younger brother of the Empress, and the aunt of the princes.

Oops, I really think it's been getting more and more brushed up lately, how to write and write about it all the time, the problem is that I flipped through the Western court materials and found that this kind of plot is a norm - I mean, once there was an uprising in medieval Europe, no matter how big or small, it was a war (they called a battle of a few hundred people a war, and my country said that it was very embarrassing, we didn't revolt when we encountered a plague or something in ancient times, and the Yellow Turban Army Taiping Heavenly Kingdom can be called a war scale), But of course, the heroine can't go to the uprising, so she writes the plot of power, so I have to write about the palace struggle, and then I found that these aspects are inseparable from women, and similar plots are really only what I can't think of without history!