Chapter 38: The Engagement Dinner (1)

August 12, 1996 was a day of celebration for the entire Empire, and it was the day of the engagement of Aldrich Theresia, the only princess in the Empire today.

Legend has it that the princess is stunningly beautiful, and not only that, but in the future, the princess will become the first-ever empress in neighboring Orlando, which makes everyone pay more attention to all the things about this princess.

Right now, the princess is about to get engaged, and everyone has a lot of curiosity about the man. Everyone only knows that he was born in the Situ family, the most prominent family in the empire, and is the eldest son of Lord Situ Nan, the deputy commander-in-chief of the Imperial Military Department, but few people know more detailed information about this future imperial concubine.

Indeed, even in the upper class, the only one who knows the most is Situ Kai of the Situ family, and many people have never even heard of the name Situ Jin, let alone know more about this person, and everyone doesn't even know where he suddenly came from.

Although this grand engagement banquet was scheduled to begin in the evening, it was just after noon, and the front hall of the palace was already full of all kinds of guests who had the honor of attending the engagement banquet.

Of course, the people who are qualified to attend the engagement banquet of the imperial princess are certainly not ordinary people, most of them are imperial magnates, and a small number of people are elites from all walks of life, who are invited by the royal family to attend this engagement banquet.

Such a great occasion, of course, cannot be wasted, most of the nobles bring their children with them, called to participate in the princess's engagement banquet, in fact, to create an opportunity for their own family's children, to see if they can get a good marriage. Marriage between the strong and the strong, this has always been a favorite trick of the upper aristocratic society.

Less than two hours before the dinner began, the banquet hall was filled with more and more people who came to the engagement reception.

These people gather in groups and twos, speaking high-sounding words for various purposes. Sometimes they toasted together, sometimes they smiled at each other, and at the same time showed their aristocratic demeanor as much as possible to make themselves stand out in the crowd, but they didn't know how much of what they showed was real.

Some men's eyes swept around the room from time to time, searching for women who could satisfy them, and the women, out of shyness, did not openly set their eyes on a particular man, but secretly peeked at the tall men with their handsome faces.

At this moment, in a room in the palace, one of the protagonists of this engagement banquet, that is, Situ Jin, was sitting on a chair and fell asleep, from early in the morning, he was sent to the palace by Situ Nan in a carriage, and the next day was a great torture for him.

As soon as he entered the palace, he was surrounded by a large number of maids, who dressed him like a marionette, regardless of whether he wanted it or not, and soon, Situ Jin, who was pressed on a chair, began to take a nap.

I don't know how long I have been sitting and dressing up, and Situ Jin, who was still sleepwalking, vaguely heard someone calling him.

"Young Master Situ Young Master Situ"

"En?" Situ Jin opened his hazy eyes and saw a girl in a white maid costume standing in front of him, he rubbed his eyes and said, "Is it over?"

The maid smiled at Situ Jin: "Young Master Situ, it's over, are you satisfied?" As she spoke, the maid motioned to the other two maids to move a large mirror in front of Situ Jin.

Situ Jin set his eyes on the mirror, and inside the mirror sat a handsome young man with black hair and blue eyes.

The boy was dressed in a black aristocratic suit, with gold trim on the cuffs and neckline, and a chain strung with sapphires on the chest of his jacket.

The lazy appearance did not reduce this momentum, but made the teenager look a little more different, this temperament is a combination of nobility, elegance and wisdom, which cannot be cultivated over the years, and can generally only be found in some big nobles.

The many maids surrounding Situ Jin looked at Situ Jin blankly, and it was not difficult to see from their eyes how lethal Situ Jin had brought them, they didn't dare to have any illusions about the future of the empire, most of the maids had only one thing in their minds at the moment, that is, only such a man could be worthy of our unique princess, right?!

"Young Master Situ, I swear, you are the most handsome man I have ever seen in my life. The maid who had just woken Situ Jin up from his sleep smiled shyly at Situ Jin and then spoke.

Situ Jin gave the other party a polite smile back, which made the girl dizzy again, but soon the girl forced herself to wake up from her dizzy state: "Young Master Situ, the engagement banquet is about to begin, Her Royal Highness the Princess has been prepared, please come with me." ”

Situ Jin knew that according to today's process, she would meet the princess first, and then the two would attend the engagement banquet together, so he nodded and motioned for the girl to lead the way ahead.

The girl took Situ Jin out of the room, walked through a long corridor, and after passing through a small garden, a square milky white castle appeared in front of Situ Jin, according to Situ Jin's observation along the way, there are many such small castles in the palace, and the maid who brought Situ Jin over asked Situ Jin to wait at the door first, and then went in to report.

Soon, the maids came out, but not to let Situ Jin in, and with her came several other maids and the heroine of tonight's engagement feast, Her Royal Highness Princess Aldrich Theresia.

The princess was dressed in a white aristocratic evening dress, with an equally white pearl necklace around her neck, and her tall and plump figure, with her dark brown hair coiled high, revealing the beautiful face below.

The appearance of the flowers and the moon, the national color and the fragrance of the sky, nothing more than that. With such a beautiful appearance and a noble and cold temperament exuding from all over his body, even Situ Jin, who has been a man in two lives and is used to seeing all kinds of beauties, has to admit that this woman is indeed a stunner.

Seeing Situ Jin, Theresia didn't speak, just nodded slightly, and her expression unconsciously revealed a bit of arrogance.

Situ Jin didn't take the initiative to speak, he just politely saluted Theresia, and then turned around and stopped looking at Theresia.

At this moment, one of the several maids who came out with Theresia stepped forward and said, "Your Royal Highness Princess, Young Master Situ, the engagement banquet is about to begin, please come with me." After saying that, the maid Bento walked ahead first, leading the way for Situ Jin and Theresia.

Situ Jinzheng felt that this scene was a little depressing, and when he heard the maid's words, he hurriedly followed, and Theresia took steps almost at the same time as him, so that the two walked side by side.

However, along the way, Situ Jin did not say a word to Princess Theresia, who was about to become his fiancée, not because he was pretending to be tsundere, nor because of how stage fright he was in the face of the imperial princess, but because since the other party was on the shelf in front of him, there was no need for him to take the initiative to show favor.