Generally speaking, the emperor should be greeted by all members of the host's family, and the guests who are present must also be accompanied by those who have status. It can be said that if the identity is poor, even attending to greet the emperor is not allowed.

But the battle of the prince of Behar was only met by his butler standing at the door. On both sides of the queue were the guards and knights subordinate to the prince, and the servants who were present to serve, and this group of people also vaguely formed a confrontation with the empress's guard knights.

This is simply to treat the emperor as an ordinary guest, and he is also an ordinary guest with a low status. Because if the person who comes is high enough, even if he is not the emperor, he should be greeted by the nobles of the main family himself, or someone with a certain status in his family. Instead of this shabby scene in front of you.

Seeing such an attitude, Lin could understand why Alegria was reluctant to participate in banquets hosted by others. It's not the first time I've been humiliated like this.

Alegria knew that this was not the time for conflict. In the case that the vast majority of nobles and royals do not support themselves, even if the defense is due to the lack of etiquette or provocative words, it seems so weak.

Otherwise, she could have used the king's rudeness as an excuse to directly kill this group of servants, even against their master's family. But in the face of unsupported humiliation, if you react too violently to this level of humiliation, it will become a pretext for others to blame.

For such humiliation, the empress is not without coping skills. She led the crowd, including her own heavily armed knights, and walked directly towards the mansion.

The prince's guards only dared to block the emperor's guards with their bodies. The two sides pushed and squeezed, but there was no big fight, and of course no one dared to come out with weapons.

It is a customary rule that there are no guards at the banquet, and that all personnel are disarmed. Because protecting the safety of guests is tacitly the responsibility of the host; If you have to bring your own guards, it is not like saying that you don't trust the nobles who are holding the banquet. In fact, the empress is indeed distrustful, so she doesn't plan to abide by such rules and lead people directly.

However, no matter how much the prince's guards stopped him, no one dared to block the way of the empress, and even stretched out his hand to push His Majesty. At most, it's just for the people brought by the empress.

If someone dares to rashly act against Her Majesty the Empress without consent, it will only make her pace slow down, and there will be nowhere to redress her grievances if she is beheaded on the spot. The royal body of a noble person is not something that anyone can touch, especially the emperor.

The only thing to do was to block the empress's guards and let her own guards block her advance. The prince's guards did not offend the nobles, so there was no reason to punish them for their conscientiousness.

The strength and number of guards on both sides are about the same, so this dark battle is a five-five wave, and no one has the upper hand. But as long as the prince's side can block all the empress's guards and let the empress enter alone, it can be regarded as a victory.

A more ideal situation would be that the empress simply did not dare to enter because the guards were all blocked, and stood outside the mansion blowing the cold wind. It was autumn in the Karlsruhe Empire for more than two months, and even if you didn't catch a cold, it was bleak enough to be shut out as an emperor.

As an entourage, an uninvited magician is of course also within the target of the prince's side.

Lin saw that everyone's conflicts were restrained, and of course he couldn't do anything too out of the ordinary. Otherwise, if you really want to kill, no number of people here will be able to stop you. So he took out the magic he had learned from the former demon king, and a terrifying spiritual imprint directly hit the eyes of the person who stood in his way.

With the current gap in strength between himself and the other party, this mark can directly make the opponent's body stiff, think stagnantly, and unable to move, and it is estimated that it can act for several breaths. And this time was enough for someone to push them away and follow the empress into the mansion.

It takes a long time to stretch out, and it takes time to recite mantras and prepare. Besides, the actual use of magic such as immobilization can easily be seen as provocation and cause conflict. It's the best thing to do now to make the other person stiffen for a short time and can't stop yourself.

Besides, the advantage of this trick is that it does not need to see blood, and it is suitable for both men and women. With such a magician opening the way, Alegria's guards followed many people into the mansion of Prince Behar.

Staying in a place like this is no different from being in an enemy camp. Therefore, the guards and knights who were able to follow up cautiously surrounded the empress into a human wall and wrapped someone in by the way. This is because they can't push this magician away, and the number of people is not enough, otherwise they will definitely circle three circles inside and three circles outside, and protect the empress.

As the flow of people progressed, everyone walked towards the banquet hall of the mansion. The closer you get, the clearer the sound of the music becomes. Along with the music, there is the crisp tap sound of metal impacting, and the noisy human voices, and ...... A desolate cry?

To Lin's ears, this kind of music with an extremely fast rhythm and a drum dominance rarely appeared at the banquets of the nobles. Although he has participated in a limited number of aristocratic banquets, he is not a professional household.

But this type of music is familiar to anyone. It is the music that dances in the tavern, who often doubles as a member of the women's branch, and dances to cheer up the musicians. Vulgar and vulgar are the evaluation of this kind of music by the aristocracy.

Anyway, when I heard such music, I directly thought that there must be a scene where a young lady was wearing clothes with very frugal fabrics and was belly dancing in front of the guests. But what's the matter with that cry? And...... The voice was familiar.

When following the empress into the banquet hall, although the scene in front of him was not crowded, it also packed the banquet hall. These human-looking aristocrats were staring at a stage, talking to each other.

Did you really send someone to dance?

But the one kept crying, "It's hot." "Please, spare me." "Help." What's going on? Especially with the continuous sound of metal knocking, it is even more weird.

Although he hadn't squeezed into the front row to watch the performance, Lin could see a chain hanging from the shelf above the stage, presumably locked to the dancers below. And that dancer is...... Alegria's close friend, a mixed-race woman with Sea Clan blood, Calamus.

The empress's line didn't have to crowd people, in fact, when she appeared, the crowd around the stage made way for her. Judging from the expressions of the nobles on the left and right, they did not give way because of respect, but just watched the show.

And the scene in front of him is nothing new to a certain traversal from the age of the Big Bang of knowledge. But the shock of seeing it with your own eyes is completely different from hearing about those cruel abuses.

The stage is actually a large steaming iron plate. The source of the sound of metal knocking was a pair of iron shoes on Calamus's feet, which had been burned red, and she was holding back her legs and jumping in pain.

Every time the pair of red iron shoes kicked the iron plate on the stage, not only did it make a crisp tapping sound, but it also burst out a little spark. In order to keep herself from touching the iron plate as much as possible, the iris could only jump as hard as she could. But the higher you jump, the louder the sound of the heavy fall, and the more brilliant the sparks that burst out.

She wanted to get away from this hot iron plate. But Calamus's hands were tied behind her back, an iron hoop was cuffed around her neck, and a chain was attached to the shelf above the stage.

Although there are clothes on the body, do not think that the conscience of the person who did this thing has found out. Because the clothes were not only thin, but also because of the heat transmitted by the iron plate, the clothes with a very low ignition point had burnt marks. There are even fires burning in some places, and these fires have of course left traces on the body of the calamus.

She just jumped, cried, and howled! However, the heart-rending voice did not bring any sympathy.

The nobles around the stage, both men and women, showed no mercy. They were all red-eyed with excitement, staring at the 'performance' on the stage with blazing eyes, and then giving their own evaluations.

The host of the banquet, the diminutive child of Prince Bejar, stood on one side of the stage. His aura is very powerful, whether it is a flamboyant smile or an arrogant laugh, no one can ignore his presence.

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And the prince, who was supposed to be standing next to the empress, was like flattering at this time, raising a glass and laughing beside the prince. When they saw the empress and her party, they raised their glasses as if they were demonstrating.

The struggling calamus was facing the direction of the entrance of the banquet hall, and of course she also saw the empress and her party. He shouted bitterly on the spot: "Your Majesty, save me, save me." It hurts! ”

But in front of the stage, there were two rows of hoplite soldiers, large shields in the front row and spears in the back. The menacing appearance obviously wants to prevent the empress from saving people.

The weapons and armor were brought out. If the empress didn't bring the guards in, the other party wouldn't kill them directly.

However, Lin didn't spend much time complaining. As soon as he saw the situation, he immediately took action. The first one flashed onto the iron plate stage.

He did not directly touch the iron plate, but kept it in the air, plus he had a Xuanwu robe to defend himself. Rao was like this, and Lin Yi felt a burst of heat roasting himself.

A handful of the calamus's writhing thin waist, and another flash! Only an empty iron chain and hoop were left on the stage, and a pair of red-hot iron shoes were left on the stage.

In the blink of an eye, Lin returned to the empress with the person in his arms. The index finger dipped a box-cutting sword pill and slashed behind Calamus, cutting off the chains that bound her hands and scattering them all over the ground. Lin ripped off the burning clothes again, even if there were no other clothes, it was better than being hurt by the burning clothes.

The rescued man could not settle down, and the calamus was still struggling, wailing in pain. A pair of feet that have taken off their iron shoes are already a lake of flesh and blood. Don't say anything about the smell of meat, it's just a burnt smell! A pair of calves are also red, although this is not a burn, but it is also a burn under the high temperature and hot smoke.

I won't talk much about the big and small burns caused by the burned clothes on my body. In addition to these injuries, there were some bruises, marks of beatings.

But the most eye-catching thing is the big flower face of the calamus. It's like putting on a layer of heavy makeup, and because of snot, tears and sweat, the makeup is ruined. It looks indescribably weird.