Chapter 269: The Duchess's Refusal
José quickly noticed that the eyes of quite a few guys had already fallen on his side. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Obviously, the target of these noble children is Su Ya beside them. Although Su Ya is the Duke of the Empire, she is just a young noble lady in this kind of private occasion.
The atmosphere in the aristocratic circle of the Bright Empire is relatively open, although a big man of Su Ya's status on weekdays is not an ordinary nobleman who can have the opportunity to ride, but this is a private ball, and even Her Royal Highness the princess of the empire has the opportunity to be invited to dance together.
Therefore, the eyes of many noble children fell on Su Ya at this moment, according to the convention, after the first dance of the male and female hosts, everyone can invite dance partners to dance together at will. The guests invited by the Norman here are all wealthy families of the empire, naturally there are no guests with too low status, and at this moment, seeing Su Ya, the duchess, dressed in a bright red dress, is already very beautiful, and her appearance is more and more delicate and moving, which makes many noble children feel a little moved.
However, Suya's expression was very calm, and she and Jose sat in a corner of the banquet hall, having just received a glass of red wine from a waiter, and then took a careful sip, as if the reaction to these people was an indifferent look.
Seeing this, José couldn't help but smile a little out of the corner of his eye, and before he could be happy for a while, his face collapsed in an instant—that Leo actually walked over with a smile on his face!
Leo was originally a more conspicuous figure in the banquet, and when he moved at this moment, many people had already noticed his actions. And the direction he came in was obviously towards Su Ya.
Several aristocratic ladies on the side saw that this grand sect gentleman was actually walking towards them, and their eyes were full of excitement, although they all looked polite on the surface, but most of them were extremely looking forward to it in their hearts: after all, this handsome young gentleman was the archbishop of the temple!!
Sure enough, this guy ignored the aristocratic ladies on the side, but walked straight to Su Ya, and then the archbishop owed slightly, stretched out a hand in front of Su Ya, and said in a very gentle tone: "Your Excellency the beautiful Duchess of Casa, I don't know if I have the honor to dance with you?"
Su Ya seemed to have realized this a long time ago, her expression was very calm, she just raised the wine glass in her hand slightly, and then smiled slightly: "I'm sorry, Dear Mr. Archbishop, I seem to have drunk a little too much, and I'm still a little dizzy, I'm afraid I won't be able to dance with you." ”
Su Ya's voice was not loud, but Leo had attracted the attention of many people when he walked in front of her, and as soon as she said this, the people around her naturally heard her words clearly.
Archbishop Leo was stunned for a moment, and a little embarrassment suddenly appeared on his handsome face, but he quickly smiled bitterly, nodded and withdrew his hand: "Oh, since that's the case, then I'm presumptuous!"
When he said this, his expression seemed a little unnatural, but then he regained a gentle smile on his face, and looked at one of the noble ladies on the side, still owing his body: "What about you, this beautiful young lady, I don't think you have a drink?"
The aristocratic ladies next to them were originally a little disappointed when they saw Leo walking towards Suya, but they didn't expect that the Duchess of Casa would refuse Bishop Leo's invitation. The girls who were dressed up in fancy clothes suddenly felt that they had another opportunity, and they took advantage of various postures to quietly surround them.
At this moment, seeing that the elegant and handsome archbishop stretched out his hand to him, the noble lady suddenly blushed with surprise. This girl is very petite, she looks like she is only sixteen or seventeen years old, and her appearance is also quite outstanding, wearing a beige evening dress.
Seeing Leo extend an invitation gesture to her, the girl seemed to be very nervous, with a look of excitement and surprise, as if she did not expect such a good thing to fall on her head, and then she tried to calm her emotions for a while, before she happily took Leo's hand, and said in a very excited tone: "Oh! Yes, Mr. Archbishop, it is my honor to be able to dance with you!"
Leo smiled and took the female companion's hand onto the dance floor, he had also been trained in the temple's strict etiquette when he was at the temple, so these dances were not difficult for him. It's just that he went to invite the Duke of Casa just now, but he didn't expect her to refuse him on the spot, and in desperation, Leo had to casually stretch out his hand to a noble lady on the side.
"I said, is it really okay for you to do this? he is the archbishop of the Temple of Light, even if the royal family has some struggle with the temple, but it is somewhat unsightly for you to dismiss the face of a temple bishop like this......" Jose squinted his eyes at Su Ya from the side, and then smiled and took a sip of fine red wine before saying slowly.
"Out of the way. Su Ya smiled faintly, with a little smile in her eyes: "In such a private banquet, there are not so many rules. Not to mention that he is an archbishop, even if His Majesty the Emperor of the Empire wants to invite a lady to dance with, he also needs the consent of others.
The fact that he couldn't invite me to dance with him only meant that he wasn't charismatic enough, and no one would make a fuss about it, and it didn't have anything to do with the temple. But if I get too close to this guy, I'm afraid it won't be a good thing!"
When José heard her say this, he simply rolled his eyes, but looking at the calm and elegant Leo on the dance floor, José always felt a little strange in his heart.
After the song ended, Leo didn't come forward to talk to Su Ya again, and the young nobles on the side saw that the archbishop of the temple had failed, and no one had the courage to invite Su Ya to dance.
But this seems to be exactly what Su Ya wanted, looking at the smile on the girl's face, Qiao Se was a little surprised, and couldn't help but whisper: "You are not like those traditional nobles, you see that no one dares to come forward to invite the dance." ”
When the girl heard him say this, her eyebrows suddenly raised, she looked at Joseph beside her, and said with a smile: "In that case, then Joseph, how about you see the two of us going up and dancing together?"
"But, is it really appropriate that you've just turned down that Leo's invitation and are now dancing with me? and...... And I can't dance......"
Jose was stunned for a moment, and before he could come back to his senses, Su Ya had already stood up, she pulled the corner of her clothes slightly, and then stood up directly holding Jose's arm:
"It's okay, I'll take you, you just have to follow my dance steps, so now...... Mr. Chaucé ......."