Chapter 40: The Engagement Dinner (3)
Both Situ Jin and Theresia had already stepped down from the front of the group, and although the place where they were standing was not very far, it was not close either. As soon as he walked down, Xiu immediately appeared beside Situ Jin.
On Princess Theresia's side, the eldest prince and the second prince had already stepped forward.
"Theresia, my good sister, you are the center of attention wherever you are!" said the eldest prince Robert with a smile.
Theresia glanced at Robert and didn't speak, and then the second prince Ferdinand also spoke: "Imperial sister, you are so beautiful today!"
Theresia smiled at Ferdinand, and suddenly made the hearts of countless men who glanced at him brightly or secretly beat faster, and even some women had to admit at this time that they were really not at the same level as the princess of this empire.
"Imperial Sister, Count Situan's eldest son seems to be good!" Ferdinand suddenly whispered to Theresia with a playful smile on his face.
"Isn't that good?" said the eldest prince Robert suddenly, "but that's not what I've heard!"
"Brother Emperor" Ferdinand smiled slightly, and said to Robert: "What I heard has always been inaccurate!"
Robert didn't speak, clearly disagreeing with Ferdinand's words, and instead walked towards the other side of the banquet hall.
On Situ Jin's side, when Xiu reminded Situ Jin that he was going to invite his fiancée, Princess Theresia, to dance the first dance of the whole party, Situ Jin directly refused on the grounds that he didn't want to. After getting along with Situ Jin for so long, Xiu Ye had long been accustomed to the temper of this little leader, and he didn't say anything anymore.
Not long after the eldest prince Robert left, Ferdinand smiled and said to Theresia: "Imperial sister, according to the custom, at this time, the male protagonist should come out and invite you to dance the first dance of this party!"
Indeed, Ferdinand is not the only one who thinks so, since the moment Situ Jin and Theresia walked down, many people's eyes have stopped on the two of them and have never left, everyone is waiting for Situ Jin to invite Princess Theresia to dance the first dance tonight, without the hero and heroine taking the lead, no one dares to step off the dance floor first.
Theresia raised her eyes, glanced at Ferdinand expressionlessly, and said, "Brother Huang, you have been around me since the beginning, which is not like the one I know about you!"
"Hee-hee!" Ferdinand grinned and was about to speak, when a fair-skinned man's hand suddenly appeared in front of him and Theresia.
"Your Royal Highness, may I have the honor of inviting you to a dance?" a voice sounded at the right time.
This person is no stranger to everyone, he is the son of the famous imperial general Wycliffe Chaplin, Wycliffe Charles, and the usual clean and handsome appearance is a little different, today's Charles looks a little haggard, the area around his eye sockets is slightly black, obviously he has not rested well recently. Almost at the same time that Charles extended a hand to Theresia, the eyes of everyone in the hall suddenly converged on him.
"Who is this man? doesn't he know that the only person who is qualified to invite Her Highness to dance tonight is the future Pony-sama?"
"Isn't this a Wycliffe boy? What is he doing?"
"Isn't that mistaken? This kid isn't going to invite Her Royal Highness to dance, is he?"
"What the hell is going on? Who's going to explain it to me?"
In an instant, the remarks surrounding Charles's actions rang out, and everyone was speculating about what this kid was going to do, and some of the quick-witted ones immediately turned their eyes to Situ Jin, who was standing on the other side, to see what the future imperial colt would do in the face of Charles's actions, but unfortunately, they didn't see anything, and the latter was almost expressionless.
Xiu stood next to Situ Jin and suddenly said, "I didn't expect that gossip to be true!"
"What kind of gossip?" asked Situ Jin.
Xiu's gaze swept back and forth between Charles and Theresia a few times, and said, "There is a gossip that General Chaplin's son has a leg between the princess of the empire, originally I thought it was groundless, but now it seems that this news is probably true!"
Situ Jin was still expressionless, he casually glanced at Theresia and Charles in the field, showing a lack of interest, but the words "have a leg" from Xiu's mouth still made Situ Jin a little unaccustomed.
Xiu's eyes inadvertently glanced at the door, and suddenly whispered to Situ Jin, "Young Master, I want to go out for a while." ”
Situ Jin didn't ask much, just nodded.
After receiving permission, Xiu immediately walked out of the crowd towards the outside of the hall, and it was obvious that his departure would not have the slightest effect on the two most high-profile people in the hall at the moment.
"Charles, what are you doing?" Facing Charles's outstretched hand, Theresia's face was a little ugly.
Charles smiled, he had been depressed for a long time, although he had been well prepared before coming to the engagement dinner, but when he watched his beloved woman walk out with another man, standing side by side, Charles still found it difficult to accept.
This woman is the woman he has liked since he was sensible, she is so good, so good and so beautiful, all of this makes Charles fall into the sea of desire #Wanghai and can't extricate himself.
thought that with his identity and the princess's feelings for him, the position of the imperial colt would be his own sooner or later, but now it has been proved that he is obviously wrong. Not only miscalculated the situation, but also miscalculated his position in Theresia's mind.
But it doesn't matter! Even if Theresia sticks a knife into Charles's chest, Charles will not hesitate to give everything he has to the woman he loves.
It is precisely because of such wholehearted devotion that Charles can't stand Theresia standing with other men, from the moment Situ Jin and Theresia walked out, Charles's eyes did not leave the pair of men and women.
Situ Jin's eyes were full of jealousy, unwillingness, and coldness, while those looking at Theresia were full of love, heartache, and fanaticism.
The moment the music sounded in the banquet hall, Charles didn't even think about it, he walked directly to Theresia, and then stretched out a hand to Theresia. In the end, he still didn't choose to stand silently in the corner and watch all this, he couldn't tolerate his slow transformation into a supporting role in Theresia's world, even if there was only the slightest possibility, he would cut it off immediately.
"Your Highness the Princess, are you going to refuse my invitation?" said Charles, looking at Theresia with a hint of pleading in his eyes.
At this moment, everyone's eyes in the banquet hall were looking here, and Theresia wanted to reject Charles directly, but seeing the pleading look in Charles's eyes, she couldn't open her mouth for a while.
Although she is the princess of the Yarrow Empire, Aldrich XXIV more often trains Traticia as the future emperor of Orlando, and when Teresia was only six years old, Aldrich XXIV arranged for General Chaplin to be Tratheria's military teacher, who was responsible for teaching Theresia about military knowledge.
Not long after, Chaplin applied to let his only son Charles enter the palace to observe together, after all, Chaplin is very busy every day, and he has little time to teach his children, so he wants to take this opportunity to let his children learn more military knowledge with himself, and the old emperor Aldrich XXIV naturally knows Chaplin's intentions very well, and even if he agrees to Chaplin's application.
It was in this context that Charles met Theresia.
Because of her special status, Theresia usually has very few men, and Charles is also a talent, and young hearts are easy to spark, and the two finally determined each other's hearts two years ago.
Of course, the party who was determined later was definitely not Charles, who was already fascinated by this beautiful girl at the first sight of Theresia.