Chapter 41: Conflict (1)
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It's still very convenient for men, even if you use the same set of dresses for various formal occasions, no one will say anything, anyway, there are not many style changes, and no one will pay attention to whether you are wearing the same set or not. Women have a lot of trouble, they have to be careful not to be worn by others, not to mention, they have to match all kinds of accessories, they have to make up their heads, and they have to worry about colliding with people.
Of course, these are the thoughts of Li Han when he and many men sit in the lounge waiting for their female companions to do beauty, and the wait is two hours, which is really not an easy task for people with little experience like him. In the past, when he had a girlfriend, he was still a student, and he basically didn't have much money to do beauty, and the young and invincible girl didn't need to spend much money on it, at most, he went shopping with him, and it was still the whole dormitory where people went shopping together. As for the cannon friend, there is no need to accompany him to do beauty, a lazy person like him, that is, a few drinks with the cannon friend, and then go to roll the sheets. Today is the first time in the world, so I gave it to Lydia. It was he who begged for help, how dare he say no.
The store is still very intimate, with water and a large stack of magazines. Li Han casually took a copy, turned a few pages and threw it back, they were all entertainment magazines, either the whole page was a certain star, or some gossip news, there was really nothing to see, so he simply leaned back in the chair and began to close his eyes and recuperate.
He has barely made much progress in his cultivation in the past two months, which is actually spoiled by the previous degree, if it were an ordinary person, it would take several years to cultivate to the current Cheng dΓΉ, and now he has just been stuck.
Li Han was thinking about a prescription in the secret book, the medicinal materials used in it were very rare, and the medicines were not like the previous ones that were used by ordinary people. This prescription is called "Advanced Pill", as the name suggests, it is for him to take when he is advanced. Although Li Han didn't feel that he was going to advance, he had no experience, and he didn't have anyone to teach, since this medicine appeared in the secret book, it was probably what he needed.
Although the requirements for medicinal materials are strange, they are actually very common things, such as purple bamboo roots, which should be the roots of purple bamboo. Red sand, I thought it was cinnabar, but it turned out to be a shrub. Fortunately, now there is an Internet, which saves him a lot of trouble. You can imagine how many times this medicine had to be tested in ancient times.
It seems that the ordinary is ginseng, Ganoderma lucidum, snow lotus and the like, but this is the most troublesome, people require quality, and now it is not possible to artificially grow it for a few years or decades, and ginseng has to be at least three hundred years old, and it is human-shaped. What kind of bouldering Ganoderma lucidum requires, Ganoderma lucidum is this thing Li Han knows, just like mushrooms, it grows under a tree, how can there be a long stone? Snow lotus wants less, only two petals one inch square. Li Han checked it, and the largest petal of the snow lotus was only 1.5 cm long.
And then there is any thousand-year-old ice or something, Li Han thought that on the kind of iceberg in the Arctic that has not melted for thousands of years, knocking down a piece should be able to meet the requirements, or maybe you can also meet it when you go to the Tianshan Mountains to look for snow lotus. To refine this medicine, he has to take the time to go back to Huangguo, these are the medicinal materials of Huangguo, and the requirements are so high, I'm afraid that even if he has money, he can't buy it, so he can only buy it at a high price and go to the mountains to find it himself. Fortunately, he didn't want anything from the sea, even something that was already extinct, otherwise he would have to die of this heart.
Thinking in my heart, time passed unconsciously. When Lydia walked out radiantly, she looked at Li Han sitting on the chair, her brows furrowed almost knotted. Thinking that he was asleep and having a nightmare, he walked over and was about to call him, but Li Han suddenly opened his eyes and looked over, which startled Lydia.
"You scared me," Lydia sneered, "I thought you were asleep." β
Li Han smiled and stood up and took her bag and said, "Let's go and go for the head?" β
Lydia nodded: "You can just send me to the Academy of Fine Arts, and come back to pick me up after changing my dress." β
By the time they finally packed up, it was already seven o'clock in the evening. Li Han opened the car door and asked Lydia to get into the car, Lydia chose a light silver-gray dress today, the light fabric was tightly wrapped around her bumpy body, and the V-shaped collar extended below her chest, revealing a deep hook and a small half. The thin waist is not full of hand, and the hips are straight but not as fat as other Western women, and they are tight and charming. The fishtail style skirt was wrapped around the slender and straight legs, and when she saw the calf area, Li Han realized that her dress was a double-layered fabric, a layer of **light gauze wrapped with satin of the same color, and they were tightly attached to each other until the knees, and they were dragged on the ground for a long time, looking light and elegant.
"It's beautiful." Li Han praised without hesitation, Lydia thanked her generously, bent down and sat in the passenger cab, Li Han helped her close the car door, and then got in the car and drove towards Windsor Castle.
The evening begins at half-past seven and begins with an hour-long buffet reception, followed by a charity auction where attendees can take an item up for auction or buy an item, with proceeds going to charity.
Li Han didn't have anything to take out for auction, and he didn't buy jewelry or collect antiques, so he simply stuffed a checkbook into his pocket and was ready to throw the money away.
Windsor Castle is located in Windsor, the royal borough of Windsor-Maidenhead, Berkshire, in the southeastern region of England, and is currently the family castle of the Windsor dynasty of the British royal family, and the largest inhabited castle in the world today. In 1o7o, William the Conqueror, in order to consolidate the defenses west of London, chose this higher ground and built a castle with earthen ramparts as the main material, and later after the successive kings Henry II and Edward III, the castle became stronger and stronger, and gradually became a royal castle to demonstrate the authority of the British royal family. It was not until the beginning of the 19th century that George IV's large-scale renovation was carried out to the present scale.
It was exactly 7:40 when they arrived at Windsor Castle, and Prince William and his wife were at the gate in place of Prince Charles. Li Han introduced Lydia to him, and William made a sudden realization: "Good evening, Miss Lance, is Count Lance okay?" I haven't seen him since I met him at a drinking party two months ago. β
"Thank you for your concern," Lydia said with a curtsia salute, smiling, "and your father has spoken about you at home, saying that you have won five full games of bridge and two Grand Slams. β
Prince William also laughed: "You told Count Reims that I was waiting for him to take revenge." β
Another guest came, and the two hurriedly went inside, so as not to block people out of the door. The evening was held in the Ballroom, also known as the Waterloo Room, which was originally built in the 13th century and was named after the portraits of the English generals who participated in the Battle of Waterloo and defeated Napoleon.
The banquet hall is luxurious and spacious, enough for a small party, and there are not many qualified people after all. Li Han only knows a small part of them, and half of them are some international celebrities. Lydia, on the other hand, knew more people, and whispered to him to introduce most of the guests, most of whom were nobles with titles, or wealthy people of the upper class who had been passed down for generations.
It's dinner time, but in fact, no one will actually eat and drink here, and it's more appropriate to say it's social time. Li Han and Lydia naturally came after a half-full meal, and each stood by the window chatting with a glass of wine in their hands.
The feeling of the castle is different from that of a villa or manor, and it seems to be more dense and mysterious. In particular, this is the famous Windsor Castle, which is even more curious. Windsor Castle is usually open to tourists, but Li Han has never visited it, not to mention that no tourists can see Windsor Castle under the night lights.
Li Han had no interest in chatting with strangers, so he simply pulled Lydia out and went to the courtyard. The courtyard is actually an inner garden, planted with many trees and shrubs, and it is surrounded by a ring of tall buildings, and since the castle was built to defend against enemies, the outer walls of the buildings are solid and heavy.
It's still a cold winter in the UK, and the temperature outside is minus 10 degrees Celsius, so they hurried around and hurried back to the banquet hall. The banquet hall was almost full of guests, and William and his wife left the door and walked in, and the atmosphere became more and more enthusiastic. Li Han and Lydia didn't go over to join in the fun, the two stood by the window and whispered, with an intimate attitude that attracted attention.
"Lydia, why are you here, who is this?" A young man with a light yellow head and a sunburn of his skin came over with a look of surprise on his face.
Lydia smiled, "I came with a friend, Dr. Li Han, maybe you've heard of him." β
The young man glanced at Li Han carefully, and now that he really didn't know him, he asked, "This seems to be an Asian?" I don't remember seeing him, what is the doctor? β
Li Han replied for Lydia: "We really haven't met, I'm a doctor, a Chinese medicine doctor." β
"Chinese medicine?" A trace of disdain flashed in the young man's eyes, "Just take some grass root bark and boil it for people to drink, saying that it can cure diseases?" Lydia, you and this ...... People together, does the Count of Reims know? β
Lydia said angrily, "Cass, Han is my friend, and his medical skills are very good! Don't just express your opinion about something you don't understand, it's rude. β
Cass's face also pulled down: "Lydia, are you scolding me for this yellow boy?" Don't forget, the Count of Reims said that when you graduate from college, we'll get married. β
Li Han originally wanted to be angry, but seeing that Lydia seemed to be very close to the other party, he put up with it for the time being, not wanting Lydia to take the lead in the fire, and then listening to this big gossip from Cass, he didn't even care about the racial discrimination in his words, and looked at Lydia in surprise, not knowing if he wanted to congratulate her.
Lydia's face was extremely ugly, and she didn't bother to lower her voice: "Cass, don't forget, I didn't agree to this marriage. β
"I don't think your father would be willing to give up the title, but it's a pity that he didn't have a male heir. Don't think I don't know what he's going to do, don't I just want a grandson who can inherit the title. β