"You didn't break her waist, did you? This is Carl's cousin-in-law, don't be so ruthless! "Others don't know why Queen Isabella suddenly became a girl, Hong Tao can't help but know that the girdle he invented is for this. But he felt that Jiang Zhuyi had gone a little too far, and this thing was too fine, and if he looked closely, the tip of the queen's nose was sweating.

"Don't worry, I only used the second row of knots, and if I hadn't stopped her, she would have used the fourth row. You must have been here, otherwise how would you know that they have a smell of green onions, and she is about to smear a bottle of perfume on her body, which is very choking! Jiang Zhuyi was very skeptical of Hong Tao's foresight.

"You forget, Saifei's mother is from Daqin, and so is Carl, when we used to be fishermen, we slept in the same cabin." Hong Tao made up a series of nonsense, and the loopholes had already been sealed in the front and back.

"That Saifei's mother doesn't wear small clothes either? Disgusting to you! Jiang Zhuyi quietly asked in Hong Tao's ear.

“…… Is the queen empty inside? Hong Tao made Jiang Zhuyi stunned, and it took several seconds to react to what she was talking about.

"They don't have anything in their skirts...... also asked me to borrow my little clothes to wear, I didn't give it to her, how awkward, the ...... I worn" Jiang Zhuyi affirmed Hong Tao's conjecture, and his face turned red.

"Hey, hey, hey...... Our business is here again, just by selling underwear, you can become the richest female noblewoman in the Great Qin Kingdom, when you have nothing to do at night, I will help you design a few more beautiful little clothes, right? Hong Tao looked at Jiang Zhuyi's red face and watery eyes, and couldn't help but secretly scratch Jiang Zhuyi's palm with his hand.

"Phew...... You're a big man, why are you so interested in women's clothes. Lecher! I won't sleep in the same room with you. I'm going to sleep with the salamander! Jiang Zhuyi knew what Hong Tao was thinking. Her face was even redder, and it wasn't the first time she had played this kind of game. She really wondered how Hong Tao, a big man, could be so familiar with women's clothes. She had asked before, but was persuaded by Hong Tao's shamelessness, he said that he liked this and devoted himself to studying it for half his life......

The dinner was grand, and the restaurant was a bit resplendent. Even the cutlery is inlaid with gold ornaments, the length of the table is similar to a bowling alley, Hong Tao sits at one end, and Friedrich II at the other end can't see his face clearly, not because his eyes are bad, but because the table is too long, more than fifty people eat together, ponder.

Dinner was simple, consisting of three courses, roast venison, rabbit broth, olives and cabbage leaves...... There's a lot of wine. There was wine, ale, cider and beer, but Hong Tao tasted it. None of these four things are really alcohol, but more like alcoholic beverages. The wine is very sour, the cider is not fully fermented, the beer tastes similar to kvass, and the malt wine is okay, with a bit of whiskey.

It stands to reason that the emperor has a treat, and he can eat whatever he wants, but Hong Tao has to take out the rum he brought. As a result, all the rum crates were drunk, and the rest of the drinks were not moved, except for Kartha's cousin, who drank the most. This guy is not only lustful, but also good at drinking, if it weren't for his good brain, Hong Tao would definitely put him in the ranks of faint kings.

He really didn't do this to show off, but the venison was too sassy, and these grandsons probably roasted it directly before they even put the blood away. Venison is very angry, and the blood in it must be soaked in cold water before it can be cooked. But as far as this broken thing is concerned, Carl also said that it was something that only nobles could eat, and the common people were not allowed to eat deer, rabbits, and birds, but could only eat pork and mutton. If there was no rum, Hong Tao really couldn't finish the food on the plate, so in order not to leave food, he could only take a sip of meat and a sip of wine, and swallow it as a pill.

After eating enough, the highlight of the evening came, and the grand ball held in the palace officially began. At this time, Hong Tao realized that it was only a small number of nobles in the kingdom who could enter the palace to eat with the emperor, and more nobles could only participate in the ball and could not eat together. So after the meal, this period of time, is the peak of the guests, there are constantly waiters shouting at the door, every time shouting, there will be a man and a woman two people into the hall, and then there is a etiquette and greetings, a whole hour or so, Hong Tao and the emperor are standing together as a greeter, and his legs are numb.

Jiang Zhuyi was right, Empress Isabella really put on a lot of perfume, and when the dance music sounded, Hong Tao had just invited the empress from the emperor's side to his arms, and he almost didn't vomit out his dinner, it was so choked, it was the same as spraying half a bottle of air freshener.

What surprised Hong Tao even more was that the dances of this era were not waltzes, nor were there instruments such as violins and pianos. Their music is more like religious arias, and there are many musical instruments, but the only instruments that Hong Tao can recognize and hear are the flute, organ, trumpet, and drums, and he does not know or hear any other instruments.

It doesn't matter if you can't hear it, the form of the dance is also very different, more like a group dance. Men and women stand in two rows facing each other, with some dance steps and body movements only when staggered. Fortunately, this kind of dance is extremely simple, Hong Tao and Jiang Zhuyi also learn quickly, only Luo Youde is not very suitable for staggering with one foreign woman after another in public, and soon pulled Carl to chat.

Hong Tao unexpectedly became the focus of the ball, mainly because the gems on his body were too big and too dazzling, coupled with a broken mouth smeared with honey, whether it was with a young adult girl or with a middle-aged and elderly woman, he could firmly attract their attention, and sometimes he even forgot to change his dance partner. Especially those who are cautious, they are full of expectations for a young duke from the mysterious East, even if they themselves are married, and there may be unmarried women in the family. Compared with age and appearance, they care more about the gems on Hong Tao's body and the two big ships floating outside the port. This little industry alone is enough to dazzle a European aristocrat, plus Hong Tao's inadvertent meaning: this little thing is a drop in the bucket, not worth mentioning!

It was destined to be a night that would have left many people sleepless, including Carl's cousin as emperor. Suddenly there was a duke from the East in his country, and he carried two whole ships of wealth, and it was impossible for Nima not to be greedy. Not to mention two ships of silverware, jewelry, and silk, even one ship is enough to walk sideways in Europe, the main thing is that both ships are too big. How to locate this Duke of the East has become a difficult problem for many people to think about, they have to find an opportunity to find out the details, and after getting the confirmed news, they have to hurry up, and being able to get in touch with this Duke means more wealth.

The first to suffer from insomnia was Karl, and after the ball was over, he was called by the emperor to the council chamber, where not only Herman was seated, but also two middle-aged nobles, the other was the empress herself. This is His Majesty the Emperor's think tank and the core team.

"My dear cousin, who is this Duke Ait, he didn't send you back, did he?" As soon as the door to the council chamber was closed, Friedrich II's smiling face immediately changed, and he paced a few steps to the window, looked at the dark sea outside the harbor, and questioned Karl in an unsatisfactory tone.

"Cousin, didn't I say it yesterday, he is a fairy-like person, if my cousin can make friends with him, it will be God's favor for the empire, and the Pope's affairs will no longer be a big deal. If his cousin could give him enough benefits, Lombard and Venice would soon become part of the empire. In addition, on the question of how to make money, the most cunning Venetian merchant had to bow down in front of him. Karl was not very satisfied with his cousin, and had a night of chatting last night, just to make the emperor and Hong Tao friends, preferably as partners, but today the emperor didn't seem to be too keen on this, which made him very anxious. He knows very well what kind of virtuous person Hong Tao is, but he can't tell his cousin too clearly about many things, he doesn't want to betray Hong Tao, nor does he want to fool his cousin.

"Mr. Carr...... I'm afraid you're exaggerating......" The Emperor didn't speak, and Herman, who was beside him, spoke first, but he had barely finished half a sentence when Karl interrupted him by something else.

"Please call me Captain, Your Excellency Earl Hermann, I am now the Captain of the Malacca! If it weren't for the need to come back to see my cousin, I would have been the commander of a fleet in charge of five such warships and four or five port cities, the largest of which was no smaller than that of Renaa and Venice. My fiefdom is gone, my title is gone, my family is gone, but I am still not inferior to your position, please pay attention to the wording! Karl lost his temper, and his wife remarried to a little baron under the House of Hermann, and was incorporated into the House of Herman along with the fief, so he was angry when he looked at the count. Although he is a close confidant of the emperor, he still does not give face, this is also the character he has cultivated on the sea in the past ten years, and he has no scruples about anyone who is not pleasing to the eye, as long as he is not a colleague of Jinhe Company.

In fact, Carl's wife remarried and the fief was annexed by others, and Herman cannot be blamed, let alone his cousin, but only the church. In medieval Europe, noble widows did not have the freedom to be single, and they had only two or three years to keep their fiefs after the death of their husbands, and then they had to find a lord to remarry, otherwise your fief would be forcibly confiscated by the church and counted as the territory of the Papal States. Even if Karl is the emperor's own brother, it doesn't matter, what the emperor says doesn't count on this issue, this is a rule, and whoever challenges this rule is to challenge the bottom line of all Christian countries. (To be continued.) )