Chapter 25: Oh, Civilians.
Banquets at the palace are held in an open-air square.
The ground seems to be paved with gold and jade, and people are extra careful when walking on it. Even the table is made of jade, which looks particularly atmospheric and beautiful.
The Imperial Palace, this is the real concentration of power.
People came and went, and they sat down in an orderly manner, and the ceremonial officer took a booklet and walked towards the nobles and princes with a smile on his face, and those nobles and princes wrote their gift lists on the booklet with a painful face.
Summer saw it in his eyes, he didn't say a word, but he knew it in his heart.
How could it be so simple to hold a banquet when you were about to leave the desert island? The catastrophe is coming, and every place to leave the desert island is extremely precious, and it is impossible to get a place from the famous king without some blood.
When the ceremonial officer walked to the table of Jian Hou, Jian Hou smiled, took a pen and wrote his gift list on the book, the ceremonial officer glanced at it, the smile on his face became even more flattering, and said: "Jian Hou really has a heart." ”
As he spoke, the official looked at Xia who was sitting next to Jian Hou again, and he was suspicious, and he didn't know which family it was.
Summer smiled and shook her head, indicating that she didn't have anything to give.
The ceremonial officer's expression was a little shocked, and Jian Hou hurriedly whispered a few words to the ceremonial official, and the ceremonial official glanced at Xia Xia with a strange gaze and slowly left.
"The famous king is here......"
The originally noisy human voices suddenly quieted down, and it was so quiet that you could hear the footsteps from far and near.
A middle-aged man with a lofty spirit walked slowly, not angry and arrogant, just standing there, which made people feel a sense of awe in their hearts.
"Is that the king......
Summer looked at the famous king wearing the crown, and only felt that he exuded a kind of self-respecting momentum, obviously just standing there, but it made people feel unreachable.
Beside the famous king, there was a girl who was younger than Summer, it was Shangguan Lin, at this time, her eyes swept back and forth over the banquet, as if looking for something, when she saw Summer, she showed a look of surprise and winked at Summer.
Summer showed a smile to Shangguan Lin, but I didn't see it for two months, but I felt that Shangguan Lin was getting more and more cute.
Suddenly, Summer felt a dangerous aura, as if she was being targeted by a vicious beast.
Looking sideways, I saw a prince not far away staring at him with murderous intent in his eyes, and beside the prince, there was a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy sitting looking at him with a sneer.
"That's Li Hou, and next to him is his second son Li Xiangqing. Jian Hou whispered to Xia, "You have to be careful, if you hurt his eldest son Li Xiangyang, he won't give up." ”
"That Li Xiangqing is not simple, although he is Li Xiangyang's younger brother, but his strength is far better than Li Xiangyang, then Li Xiangyang is only in the middle stage of the sea opening, and he has already stepped into the great consummation of the sea opening realm. ”
Summer nodded and withdrew her gaze, without a trace of ripple on her face.
"Xiaotian, come here. Shangguan Lin excitedly called for the summer to pass in the distance.
Summer smiled and looked at Jian Hou, who smiled: "Go, the princess personally invited you over, no one dares to say anything." ”
Xia looked around and found that everyone at the banquet was talking to each other, and few people paid attention to themselves, so he slowly got up and walked towards Shangguan Lin.
When passing by Lin Yu, Lin Yu shook his hand and knocked the wine glass on the table to the ground, and the wine splashed and spilled on the legs of his summer pants.
"Untouchables!" Lin Yu looked at Summer, a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth, and his eyes were full of disdain, "Pick up the wine glass for me." ”
Xia didn't look at Lin Yu, he quietly raised his foot, stepped on the wine glass, and walked straight towards Shangguan Lin.
The glass strangely disappeared from the ground, and all that remained on the ground was a pile of powder.
Lin Yu frowned, a little incredulous.
"This pariah...... It's still a cultivator...... Lin Yu's eyes flashed with a hint of murderous intent, "Even if it's a cultivator, what's the matter? After all, he's just a pariah, if I meet him in the future, I can trample him to death with just one kick." ”
"Xiaotian, come, sit here. ”
Shangguan Lin waved at Xia Xia with excitement, and Xia smiled and slowly sat down next to Shangguan Lin.
"I thought you wouldn't come. Shangguan Lin smiled and said to Xia, "Those assassins also kidnapped you that day, so I didn't do anything to you." ”
Summer smiled and said, "Isn't it nice for me to sit next to you?" ”
"That's what I said......"
Shangguan Lin smiled awkwardly, she hadn't seen Xia for two months, and she had always missed it, after all, Xia was her only friend on this desert island, but now when they met, Shangguan Lin didn't know what to say for a while.
"Oh, by the way, I've always been weird about things. Shangguan Lin seemed to think of something, and suddenly said.
Summer was puzzled and asked, "What's the matter?"
"When the Assassins kidnapped me that day, they didn't knock me unconscious, they just shut my mouth, and they were careful not to hurt me. ”
Shangguan Lin thought for a moment and continued: "At that time, they were discussing the conversation about sending me to the Yuwang Mansion, and I heard it clearly...... I've never been able to figure out how such a stupid assassin could be. ”
Xia was silent for a moment, and did not reply to Shangguan Lin's words, but asked, "Your father must feel very sorry for you, right?"
"Yes, my father is my daughter, and he will say yes to whatever I say. Shangguan Lin scratched her head suspiciously, "Xiaotian, why are you asking me this?"
"Nothing ......"
Summer smiled reluctantly at Shangguan Lin, slowly picked up the wine glass, took a sip lightly, and slowly put it down, only to feel that the wine was cold and biting.
"Xiaotian, my father called me, I'll go over for a while, you wait for me here. Shangguan Lin smiled at Xia Xia and got up and walked towards the famous king.
Summer looked at the center of the banquet, where there was a high platform, and in the middle of the high platform was a dragon pillar, around which several singers were dancing, accompanied by music, which was beautiful.
There are a total of ninety-nine Ascending Dragon Pillars in Thang Long City, but I didn't expect that there was one in this palace. Summer looked at the dragon pillar and didn't know what to think.
A young man walked over slowly with a wine glass and stood in front of Summer with a gentle smile on his face.
This young man with extraordinary appearance and elegant manners, who at first glance was born into a famous family, stood in front of Summer, held up his wine glass, and smiled modestly.
Summer stood up, picked up his glass, and smiled at the young man.
"My name is Gao Yuquan, the son of Gao Hou. Gao Yuquan smiled, "I see that Xiaoyou is a little faceless, I don't know which family it is?"
As he spoke, Gao Yuquan's wine glass lightly touched the summer wine glass.
Obviously, when Gao Yuquan saw the princess inviting Xia to sit beside him, he thought that Xia was the son of a prince he had never met, and wanted to come up and make friends.
Summer drank all the wine in the wine glass, and said with a smile: "Childe misunderstood, I am just a commoner, not the son of a prince." ”
As soon as these words came out, Gao Yuquan paused, and slowly put down the wine glass that had been brought to his lips, still with a smile on his face.
It's just that the smile completely turned into a sneer.
"Oh, civilians. ”
The sneer on the corner of Gao Yuquan's mouth was a little self-deprecating, as if he was laughing at himself for clinking glasses with a despicable person.
"You're the ...... Reluctantly said that he was the country boy who saved the princess, right?"
Gao Yuquan shook his head at Summer, then tilted the wine glass a little bit, poured the wine in the glass on the ground little by little, and finally, with a loose finger, he threw the glass on the ground as well.
"Unexpectedly, I actually clinked glasses with a pariah. ”
Gao Yuquan took out a handkerchief, wiped his hands, and threw it on the ground, looking at Xia with disdain.
This scene attracted the attention of many people.
During the banquet, pairs of eyes looked at Summer, with doubts in their eyes, and they didn't know who Summer was.
"He's just a pariah. Lin Yu looked at Xia Xia and showed a sneer, "It's the country boy who was plundered by assassins with the princess." ”
As soon as these words came out, everyone showed an inexplicable smile on their faces and didn't say anything, but the mocking look in their eyes had already explained everything.
"This kind of banquet is not a place for a lowly person like you. ”
Gao Yuquan's posture was arrogant, his eyes were contemptuous, in his eyes, as if summer was no different from a dirty bug, he looked at summer, showed a sneer again, and turned to leave.
Summer looked at Gao Yuquan's departing back, his eyes flashed with coldness, he couldn't figure it out, he couldn't figure it out at all.
Why do some people always feel how noble they are, and why do they always like to talk about "lowly people".
Li Xiangyang is like this, Lin Yu is like this, and this Gao Yuquan is like this......
Summer slowly clenched her fists.
Do they have to stomp their mocking faces under their feet to understand how stupid they are?