Chapter Forty-Three: The Reception Feast

Chang Yu Feng, until the prime minister asked, didn't know what he meant by what Chun Xi said yesterday was whether he should agree or not.

The whole Bailing Mountain began to get busy at three o'clock in the morning, hundreds of people from the ten departments and six provinces were all mobilized to prepare for tomorrow's, ah no, today's reception banquet, some people are flying in the sky, holding red streamers and hanging cloths in their hands, hanging one after another in the mountains, the huge red banner reads "Welcome the young master, welcome the prime minister", the feeling of celebrating with the whole Bailing Mountain, everyone is jubilant, comparable to the big scene of some festivals. But in addition to these colored flags, the most important thing is to arrange the tables and chairs, the tables and chairs supported by the blue magic energy are flying around neatly on the mountain, the chefs in the back kitchen are all sweating profusely, frying, steaming and frying, like this kind of thing that will affect the taste, magic is useless at all, plus there are delicacies all over the place, there are too many places that need to be operated by the chef, the whole Bailing Mountain is filled with a strong fragrance early in the morning, the food of the mountains and rivers of the four seas is cooked by the back kitchen, and many dishes that are not usually eaten today are on standby. The back kitchen, which is usually responsible for feeding hundreds of people, is even busier today.

In addition to the delicious smell in Bailing Mountain, there are many special pastries floating in the air, like ribbons around Bailing Mountain, those brothers and sisters who are difficult to see on weekdays are wearing dresses that are difficult to see them on weekdays, you can imagine how important this reception banquet is.

Changyu Kaede was called up early, put on a set of clothes that looked very gorgeous, and was taken to a small house, where the chief manager and the prime minister were waiting.

Chang Yufeng bowed, and the prime minister hurriedly helped him up, pulled him to his side and sat down, and the chief manager looked at him with a serious face.

"The young master of the Ning family is so polite, he is really teachable!" The prime minister shook his fan happily and looked at him happily, his eyes narrowed into a slit.

And Chang Yu Feng sat there, not daring to make a sound.

"The prime minister is looking for you today for an important matter. The young master must listen carefully. Not a word can be missed. The chief steward reminded from the side.

"Hmm" Chang Yufeng looked at him, answered very seriously, and then looked at the prime minister, his smile was gone, only seriousness remained.

The chief steward looked at the respectful young man, recalling yesterday's conversation, and every sentence made his heart tremble.

"Ten years ago, Huacheng was broken by a mysterious man, the sealed demon well that the Ning family had guarded for generations was destroyed, the first day the Great Demon King escaped from the seal, and the head of the Ning family, Ning Ji Ning Qing, lost his whereabouts, and also ten years ago, there were different degrees of fierce beast riot infection in the Xiyi Netherworld Sea, and the whereabouts of the guardians were unknown, Fu An, and General Jiang Boliang were also lost at the same time."

The chief steward looked at him suspiciously. He had an image of the former one, and he had never heard of the latter.

"For ten years, we have been looking for traces of demons, but there is no trace, the first day the Great Demon King is as if he has never been rescued, we blocked Fu An, and we found nothing, until a few days ago, the White Horse Kingdom of the Hundred Beasts was invaded by demons, and we knew the secret that the demons had been planning for a long time."

He listened, his brows furrowed together, as if an astonishing big secret was about to come to light.

"Someone is manipulating the demon behind his back." The prime minister frowned tightly: "Thousands of years ago, the demon came into the world, the living beings were devastated, all things withered, the seven demons were a disaster to the world, and the twelve main gods representing the twelve races united to finally defeat them and suppressed them in the sealed demon well, but the good times did not last long, the Quetzalcoatl God was bewitched, and united with the other four main gods to openly rebel against the coalition army, and released the demon back to the spirit world, and the other main gods paid a painful price and defeated him together with thousands of creatures in the spirit world, and sealed the demon again. But the demon's infection could no longer be contained, and this time, the demon was released again. But this time, it's different. The prime minister looked at him: "There are only four major races left in the twelve races, and the other races are scattered, and they may not be able to unite as they were thousands of years ago. Behind the demons is a black hand who controls them, everything in the Hundred Beasts Kingdom is just an illusion, there are infected miscellaneous soldiers, and the real demons are still hiding in any possible corner of the spirit world. On the first day, the Great Demon King, for ten years, did not touch any of the other demon wells, and did not hesitate to hide for ten years, so he must have some intentions. ”

The prime minister suddenly told him this, and the chief manager felt pressured. The matter of demons, he has already heard in the past three years, the seven demons are sealed in the seven sealing wells, and the Aether Empire and the Principality of Arlan each have two sealing wells.

"The news of Hwaseong City was tightly sealed, and the vigilance of the Netherworld Sea had reached its highest level in ten years, but on the first day, neither the Great Demon King nor the mastermind behind the scenes made any movement, as if this had never happened. I've been wondering what their next steps are going to be, and I think they're missing a key figure yet. ”

The chief steward swallowed a mouthful of saliva and listened in horror.

"That is, the young master of the Ning family, Chang Yu Feng!" The prime minister looked at him seriously.

"He's going to be the key to it all."

"This ......"

"Don't be afraid, ten years ago, when I heard that the sealed demon well in Hwaseong had been breached, I noticed that something was wrong. I rummaged through the ancient books, looking for all the ways to seal the demon again, and I felt that the return of the demon to the world would be a catastrophe once again. The prime minister looked at him: "But no, everything is calm, until today, I heard the news of the return of the young master of the Ning family, and then I have an eyebrow."

The chief manager stared at the prime minister with straight eyes, listening to the prime minister's strange conjecture, and couldn't help but feel a little flustered.

"Ten years ago, the baby rescued by Huacheng, ten years later, the young master of the Ning family will definitely become the key to this game, I must take a look at this teenager, what is the magic."

The chief manager looked at the young man in front of him today, and an unprecedented feeling welled up from the bottom of his heart. He used to hold him in his arms, and he was not as well-behaved as he is today, and his current behavior is indeed a little strange, it is not like the expression that a person who has been fostered outside for so long and returned to his home should have, even if he has been sleeping for a hundred years.

"Today is your reception, I'll ask you a few questions, just in case, let's rehearse it in advance now"

The prime minister was really scheming, and in order not to have an accident at today's banquet, he actually wanted to rehearse today's answer. It's bad old man, it's very bad, if you don't answer it now, maybe it will be difficult to change it later.

Chang Yufeng responded obediently, feeling very uncomfortable.

"Young master, if you are married to Her Royal Highness the Princess, what will you do?" The Prime Minister's straightforward question was also expected by Chang Yu Feng yesterday.

"May I ask the Prime Minister, what is marriage?" He asked loudly, well-behaved.

The prime minister looked at him, touched his mustache, and said with a smile: "The matter of marriage is just the words of the matchmaker of the parents."

Chang Yufeng looked at the chief manager, and the chief manager looked at him from the side: "I don't know the princess, even if I have the words of my parents, it is difficult to promise." He looked at the prime minister again and continued unhurriedly: "And men should focus on their careers, I am only ten years old, and it is too early to talk about marriage."

"Not early, not early, this time the young master can come back to continue to fulfill the marriage contract, and now I am coming up on behalf of the emperor, just to settle the matter, and I have not been in a hurry." The prime minister seems to be determined about this matter, to be honest, if there is really such a marriage contract, then the reason is absolutely unclear.

"I can't hide it, Xiao'er has a marriage contract herself, in the Duchy of Arlan, my adoptive father and adoptive mother have already married a woman to me, and I also like that woman, so the marriage contract with the princess is really not easy, and I hope the prime minister will make a decision for me." Changyu Feng looked embarrassed, and Dada also grabbed his ears, as if he wasn't listening to them.

The atmosphere was suddenly so awkward that even the air froze.

The prime minister seemed to expect him to say such a thing.

"It's okay, it's okay, if you want to marry, marry together, hahaha, man, three wives ......" Before the prime minister finished speaking, he was punched by the chief manager. Coughing twice, he said again: "This is very difficult, if you want me to decide, it is really difficult for me to do it!" The prime minister also looked embarrassed. The chief manager looked at him and couldn't help but shake his head, this old thing, if you dare to teach the bad little master, I will beat you and you can't go down the mountain.

"My adoptive father and adoptive mother treat me like a relative, it is the words of my parents, and it is difficult for me to refuse, this princess is still ......" Chang Yufeng wanted to say again while he was still thinking about it: "How about keeping it secret?" Treat it as if there was no such thing. By the time I reached my age, the princess had already married a wife, and even thought that she was a mother. ”

"No, in fact, the entire royal family already knows about this matter, so I also came to ask what you mean. In fact, I am also at fault for such a big age difference between you, how should I get rid of this now? ”

Chang Yufeng saw that the prime minister didn't mean anything further: "Actually, the princess came to me yesterday, and it was also for this matter."

"I know," the prime minister was still pondering, but replied casually.

"Huh?" Chang Yu Feng didn't know what to say, so he could only look at Dada, and in his eyes, Chang Yu Feng saw his face.

This matter may not be over, but even if the emperor of the Aether Empire asks, he will do so.

"Okay, the young master doesn't need to dwell on this matter, I have already thought of a clever plan. Today is your reception, please don't care. ”

"It's okay, it's okay, it's too late for Yu Feng to be happy."

But he always felt that the matter was not over.

The prime minister fanned the fan thoughtfully, making him feel that it was not very reliable.

Fortunately, at the next reception banquet, I was not asked. Chang Yufeng toasted with tea instead of wine one by one, all of them were unfamiliar faces, he didn't see Chun Xi, he didn't see Zhaozhao, and even Erica and Lin'er, everyone didn't see it.

He had to smile all day, but he was bitter and embarrassed in his heart, but fortunately he had the chief manager by his side to help him. Even though everyone was so nice to him, he didn't feel comfortable. The princess didn't attend, so Changyu Kaede didn't see her either.

The chief steward sat in front, and Chang Yu Feng didn't have time to ask him, for a whole day, everything seemed to be a waste of time, and time passed very slowly.

Noisy and noisy, there are many miscellaneous, only Chang Yufeng is very quiet, he is quiet to laugh, quiet to replace wine with tea, quiet in the protagonist position of this banquet, but his heart is noisy, never quiet for a moment.

He slipped away, as if he had escaped from the feast, and he disliked it more and more, and he didn't like it more and more. He spent ten years in Wentishire, but he still did not fit in with the crowd, and the idyllic seclusion of Rajel and Amina made him too comfortable. He had also thought about wandering the world in search of his true parents, but now that he was about to find the answer, he suddenly felt that he was not so expecting.

He walked in the mountains, and his clothes were shining, but the blue pine and the gray stone were more real than the clothes.

Before he knew it, he arrived at Chun Xi and Zhaozhao's residence, and Erica and Lin'er slept in the same room with them.

"Hah! You lose, you lose! Drink tea, drink tea! Very similar to Erica's voice, Chang Yufeng smiled and was about to enter the door, but as soon as he entered the door, he was stunned, it was not Erica, but some children, there was no one he wanted to see. He left in a hurry, lest he be retained.

Where will they go?

Nagayu Kaede heard a slight cry on a platform where everyone he wanted to see was there.

He watched from afar, Chun Xi lay on Zhao Zhao's shoulder and sobbed, Zhao Zhao gently patted her back comfortingly and said something, Erica hugged Chun Xi, not wanting her to be sad. Lin'er looked at the mountains in the distance, her purple hair was blown by the wind, and the green mountains were still in her purple eyes.

I don't know what she's thinking.

Chang Yu Feng stood there stupidly, as if there was a mountain between them, unable to climb over.

His already noisy heart was suddenly quiet, and he could hear his own heartbeat, once, twice.

The sun has also set,

Will tomorrow be better?

Changyu Kaede thought so.