Chapter Seventy-Four: The Reception Begins
The situation on the church's side, Benjamin can't speculate, but Michelle's side ......
Ever since Michelle left the abandoned wine store, saying that he was going to inquire about the news, he never returned. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info Benjamin had speculated that she had been drafted by the Church as a paladin, but this was only his speculation, and there was no real evidence.
He really didn't have any news from Michelle.
If she hadn't, as long as she still had a breath of air, she would have come to Benjamin and find out how to open the vault.
She attaches great importance to the treasure trove, that is absolutely not said.
But after so many days, Michelle still hasn't appeared, which can only mean that she must be in some trouble.
Thinking of this, Benjamin sighed.
Hopefully, there won't be any bigger conspiracy brewing in this peaceful city that he didn't know about.
He thought as he stood in front of the mirror, sorting out his suit and bow tie.
"Master Benjamin, the drinking party is about to begin. Young Master Grant had passed half an hour ago, and the Lord and Mrs. had also set off. Young Master, it's time for you to go. ”
Suddenly, Jeremy's voice came from the doorway, interrupting his thoughts.
Hearing this, Benjamin recovered from his contemplation, looked at himself in the mirror, and shrugged helplessly.
yes, it's useless to think about that. Not to mention that he can't figure it out, even if he does, what can he do?
That's right, the day of the reception has arrived.
It's time to go.
"Is the carriage called?" he asked, turning to Jeremy as he walked out.
"Hello, I'm already waiting at the gate. Jeremy replied.
Benjamin nodded, went downstairs, and walked out of the door of Reese's house. Soon, he boarded the carriage that had been waiting outside the door for a long time.
"Alright, I'm leaving, what are you supposed to do, why don't you go. He commanded Jeremy.
Jeremy nodded and went back.
Benjamin got in a carriage and went to the legendary royal banquet that Claude had ordered him to attend.
Before that, he had learned a little about the social drinking party from the system.
Regarding the introduction of social drinking parties, the whole idea is that the life of the aristocracy is very boring, everyone is idle at home every day, with nothing to do, so they like to get together to drink and chat, and over time, such a thing as a drinking party is formed.
There are two kinds of drinking parties, one is the "grown-up" drinking party. All kinds of aristocrats in their thirties and forties are in the same place, chatting about territories and things like that, and occasionally intriguing and fighting. Some lonely and single aunts and uncles will sneak into a dewy affair after getting drunk, as a part that cannot be described, I won't repeat it here.
On the other hand, it is called the Young Drinker's Party, which is an entertainment banquet for the children of the whole kingdom from the age of fourteen and under the age of twenty-four. The ugly can eat steak and drink champagne, the good-looking can fall in love, and then brag with friends and laugh at the well-known laughing stock. In short, everyone can find their own place to have fun.
In this regard, Benjamin said, no.
At least, Benjamin didn't think so, because he was the well-known laughing stock. Therefore, for this kind of drinking party, Benjamin in the past has always been able not to go, otherwise Claude would not have specifically advised.
But Benjamin doesn't have that much in mind right now.
To be honest, he was quite curious.
This kind of sound and color place, he rarely touched on in the previous world - the most "sound and color" place he has been to is probably KTV. He also wants to know what these so-called upper-class social experts are playing.
And this time the royal family held a drinking party to celebrate the princess's birthday.
When he first heard the system say this, Benjamin actually had a little expectation in his heart, however, the system quickly added a paragraph later:
"It's the princess's second birthday soon. Actually, you've met the princess once before, when she was held in the arms of the nanny and blew a bubble with snot. You laughed so loudly that Claude scolded you when he heard about it. ”
“......”
The little expectation was ruthlessly crushed like this.
In this way, Benjamin came to the venue of the reception with a sigh of relief.
This time, the party was divided into two places. Claude and Mary went to the "grown-ups" reception in the main hall of the palace, and Benjamin went to the young people's reception in a fine dining restaurant near the palace.
Benjamin was pleased. He also wished that the location of the two drinking parties was a little farther away, and he would not be able to bump into Claude, and he would be very annoyed by another lecture.
In fact, on this trip to the drinking party, he didn't just want to see the world.
He also planned to inquire about the recent movements of the church from the mouths of other nobles.
Ever since he was rescued back to the Rieser family, he has been grounded and is very ill-informed. Jeremy was able to deliver him the news and help him bring back the stuff that had been buried in the outer city. But when he inquired about the church, he couldn't count on Jeremy.
At the moment, he really wanted to know what the church was doing these days.
This kind of news is definitely not inquired about in ordinary places. But at the aristocrats' drinking party, as long as these gentlemen drank more, the secrets of their fathers and elders that they overheard were not full of nonsense.
In this way, with the intention of "speculation", Benjamin entered the venue of the cocktail party under the guidance of the servant at the door of the restaurant.
As the venue for the princess's birthday party held by the royal family, the grade of the restaurant will definitely not be bad. The restaurant, called "Rose", boasts some of the best chefs in the kingdom and some of the most ornate décor. The entire restaurant is no smaller than the Riese house, and you can see from the frescoed ceiling and the crystal oil lamp shade, which cost a lot of money.
Although it can't compare with the high-end restaurants in the old world movies, it is still enough to amaze Benjamin.
In such a restaurant, the price of course took off, and the average aristocrats did not dare to eat it often. However, the royal family took off even more and had a lot of money, so they wrapped up the entire first and second floors of the restaurant with the roof balcony as a venue.
In this regard, Benjamin can only say that the extravagance and waste of the royal family is not understood by ordinary people.
Led by the servant, he walked through the corridor to the hall on the first floor.
There were quite a few people in the hall, all young aristocratic men and women in suits or dresses, and Benjamin looked around, conservatively estimating, at least hundreds.
The aroma of steak and wine, combined with the playing pianist, sets off a joyful but forced banquet atmosphere.
Just looking at it, Benjamin felt a little hungry.
However, if anyone starts eating as soon as he arrives at the drinking party, if Claude hears about it, he will definitely be scolded again. Therefore, Benjamin had to endure not looking at the food on the table and turned his gaze to the crowd.
He glanced at it first, but he didn't see any acquaintances.
What about Grant? Didn't he come first?
Suddenly thinking of the person Grant had hidden under the covers that day, Benjamin smiled. Grant is probably hiding somewhere to get tired of his little lover.
In addition to Grant, the only nobleman Benjamin is more familiar with is Dick.
Dick, as the noble son of the royal capital, of course, also attended the drinking party, and Benjamin also found him in the crowd. However, when Dick saw Benjamin, he showed an expression of seeing the plague god, and couldn't help but take a sip of wine and spray it on the girl in front of him.
“......”
Benjamin just stood in the distance, watching the girl slap Dick in the face, turn around and leave. Then there was a burst of laughter from the people around him.
Dick covered his face, glanced at Benjamin in shock and horror, blended into the crowd, and ran.
Seeing this, Benjamin had to smile and shake his head.
He casually picked up a glass of champagne from a passing waiter's plate and stepped into the crowd chatting with each other.