Chapter 144: The Banquet
"In that case, there is no way, Your Royal Highness, when do you decide to launch the plan?"
Earl Hurt knew that it was impossible to persuade Prince Fairmode to turn back, and he didn't want to persuade Prince Fairmode to turn back, after all, their Arnold family and several viscount families had already tied their family's interests to Prince Fairmode's chariot.
"February 30th! On that day, there will be a New Year's celebration in the Longmian Palace, and the nobles and my brothers and sisters will go to the Aran Hall for a dinner.
Before that, I will order someone to steal my father's seal and forge the order to mobilize the Guards, and use the Enlightened Coup to mobilize the Second Guards Division to Urgana, and cooperate with the city guards to take control of the Longmian Palace as soon as possible.
Earl Hurt, I need you to convince Field Marshal Hubbard! Even if we can't get the First Guards Division to cooperate with our orders, we can't let them make any changes!"
Prince Fairmode said with a slight madness and excitement on his face.
"New Year's celebration? That's a great opportunity, don't worry! Your Royal Highness, I will prepare in advance!"
The Earl of Hutt nodded, and then pondered for a moment, and then said to Prince Fairmode:
"Your Royal Highness, I recently noticed that something seems to be wrong with the actions of the Enlightened Sect, they have joined forces to create an organization called the "Business Alliance", which I originally thought was no different from the traditional guilds, but now it seems that things are a little out of our control.
In the previous court meeting, the Enlightened faction relied on the power of this business alliance to pass two things in succession, the new army and the road repair plan, which caught us off guard, and it seemed that they also had some plans to unfold.
I investigated, the business alliance was established by the Empress Dorothea at the suggestion of a little mage of the second ring named "Charlene Carr", and he seems to have a lot of secrets, Your Highness Fairmode, should we rule out the hidden danger in advance?"
"Business Alliances?"
Prince Fairmode hesitated, and the cloaked man on the side seemed to react to Count Hut's words, and the pitch-black cloak hood was slightly raised.
"Your Royal Highness, I think we've tracked the trail of a strong elk, so it's better not to give up because of a rabbit!"
The cloaked man said hoarsely, and his words made Prince Fairmode nod:
"That's right, as long as our plan is completed, the throne will be mine, and no matter what Dorosia and her group of enlightened people want to do, dealing with a minor mage now will cause the enlightened faction to be wary.
Count Hut, it's almost time, let's go downstairs to your feast!"
"Yes! Your Royal Highness, in that case, let's let the Enlightened Gang of Enlightened Men mingle with the copper-smelling merchants for a while longer!"
Earl Hurt bowed slightly to Prince Fairmode, and the two future monarchs looked at each other and smiled in unison.
Outside the window, it was already dusk, and the three of them arrived in the hall where the banquet was held in Arnold Castle, where the long empty table was already filled with all kinds of delicious food for the guests to take for themselves.
The main characters are smoked, grilled and fried large pieces of meat, including pork, beef, lamb, venison, fish, and whole roast goose, roast chicken, and roast rabbit stuffed with apples and spices on the inside, and coated with honey on the outside.
In addition, there are also Warcraft meat steaks that have been cut to the size of a hand, carefully cooked by the Arnold family's chefs, and each piece is worth several or even a dozen silver mar.
The guests of the banquet were all traditional nobles of the martial arts heirlooms, except for some lazy and lazy nobles, their strength was above the great knights, and there were even a few outstanding ones who reached the rank of silver knights.
Powerful physical fitness is supported by an equally strong appetite, and these meats that provide plenty of energy are the foods that can best satisfy their appetites.
In addition to the main character, there is also a creamy vegetable soup that has recently become popular with the way cakes are made, and it is filled with onions, carrots, kale, cabbage, celery, potatoes, and other vegetables.
In addition, there are a little
A cake garnished with apples, strawberries, pears, plums, and other fruits that are rare in winter, as well as pies with various fillings, rice porridge, and wheat porridge are the main food of the feast.
The price of the food placed on the fifteen long tables would cost two or three hundred gold lundes, plus the various kinds of wine in barrels on both sides of the banquet and some other expenses, and the cost of holding such a banquet would cost at least four hundred gold lundes.
Among the powerful conservatives, only a few wealthy viscounts and the family of the Earl of Arnold have such background and financial resources.
When the protagonists of the banquet, Prince Fairmod and Earl Hutt, were seated, the invited conservatives first raised their beautifully decorated silver cups and toasted them, and then Count Hutt stood up and opened his arms and announced in his own deep voice:
"Thanks to everyone's support during this time, we are in a great situation! Let's sing it tonight! Jump! Have a good laugh! I think our victory is coming soon!"
The band on the dance floor received the order of the host of the banquet and immediately began to play the orchestra, shamisen, hand lyre, flange drum and other instruments of the Imperial Longsword.
The cheerful melody of the banquet made the atmosphere even more joyful and moving, and the courtesans of some of the small nobles of Hurgana also entered the hall from the side corridor to the music, and invited to dance with the nobles they fancied.
Although the conservatives are mostly conservative and old-fashioned, their diligent and unremitting cultivation of martial arts has made each of them a much better figure than the enlightened nobles, and tonight the huge Arnold Castle is enough to accommodate their bodies and desires, and everyone has become wanton and indulgent.
In this atmosphere, the mysterious man in a cloak sat on the balcony of the corridor that surrounded the hall on the second floor, tasting the food brought by the waiter, drinking non-alcoholic juice, and laughing disdainfully at the scene below.
After satisfying their appetites and desires, in the lively atmosphere of the banquet, it was the turn of the nobles to talk, as the protagonists of the banquet, the Prince of Fairmode and the Earl of Hutt were naturally important people that everyone wanted to talk to, but those who were not qualified enough could not get the opportunity to talk to them.
However, Viscount Dobin Andy and Viscount Daniel Boulder were obviously not among them, and they and more than a dozen baronial families found Prince Fairmode and Count Hert, who were talking in the garden, and revealed their intentions.
"Kidnapping or assassinating Charleen Carr to weaken the business alliance?"
For the seven viscount families that support him among the fifteen imperial capital viscount families, even the prince of Fairmode cannot be lazy, in the explanation of Andy and the head of the Boulder family, who run the textile industry, heard this name again, and the prince of Fairmode suddenly showed a slight hesitation and surprise.
Only he, Count Hut, and the families of Draal Bivis and Fermungo Barlow who participated in the plan were aware of the plan, but the conservative families also contributed a lot.
Failure to meet their demands and dissatisfaction will inevitably cause great losses to conservatives.