Ducal Palace

Elegant music flowed through the ballroom, and the bright light of crystal lamps sprinkled on the marble floor, flickering from time to time.

Duke Xia's face was pale, and Bai Xiaoxiao, who was standing next to him, comforted him softly, and at the same time motioned Xia Qing to stop immediately with his eyes.

Xia Qing gritted her teeth unwillingly, ignoring her mother's gesture, and instead cleaned up the back hand that she had prepared before.

Although Bai Xiaoxiao disagreed, seeing that her son's state had been too deeply affected by Xia Yu's evil species, thinking that although Xia Yu died in a lot of trouble, it was not impossible to end it, so she frowned, and gently persuaded Duke Xia to walk away to the side.

Duke Xia squeezed his head and wanted to enter the real aristocratic circle, and even wanted to have a voice in the Senate like other top aristocratic patriarchs, but where were these old nobles of the empire so easy to buy?

Duke Xia has two children under his knees, Xia Yu is only a C-level healing system of spiritual power, Xia Qing is an ordinary physique that is nothing, and it is impossible for him to rise in the future, and they are most likely thinking of using Duke Xia.

But Bai Xiaoxiao doesn't think so, with the reputation of a musician and the means of the back house, Bai Xiaoxiao has friendships with many old aristocratic ladies, and similarly, she has also done a lot of dirty things for the nobles that the nobles disdain to meddle in.

Because of this, after the scandal between Xia Qing and Fan and Qiao broke out, Xia Qing not only committed suicide in shame, but also successfully made a marriage contract with the Fan family.

The order to kill Xia Yu was actually passed down from the Senate, Bai Xiaoxiao didn't want to meddle in this matter, after all, if it was exposed, it would offend the Marshal's Mansion, but the matter has come to an end......

Bai Xiaoxiao stood on the second floor, glanced at Xia Yu who was sitting in the center of the banquet hall from a distance, beckoned, asked the housekeeper next to her to come over, and lowered her voice and commanded a few words.

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In the banquet hall, the guests gathered in twos and threes, occasionally whispering something under the cover of music, but without exception, they all kept a safe distance from the sofa not far away.

On the sofa, Xia Yu and the big black panther were playing with each other, ignoring the scene of a large area of emptiness around them.

At such a dinner party for the aristocracy, a buffet is a bit rude, which will make the well-prepared food miss the best time to eat, so before the meal time, only some drinks and desserts will be placed on the long table next to the banquet hall.

On the long table of the aristocratic royal family in the dining area, the position has already been arranged, the different titles and the intimacy of the relationship are exquisite, and the lower right corner of each side of the table is carefully embroidered with the family emblem, which not only avoids the embarrassment of naming names, but also highlights the background of the aristocratic background.

- Duke Xia values face the most, Xia Yu's biological mother is from a noble background, so she naturally understands this, but before Xia Yu's biological mother died of illness, Bai Xiaoxiao worked hard in this regard.

Xia Yu sat down at the dining table, and to his left, there happened to be Xia Jiayang, who was aggressive just now, opposite Xia Qing, and at the top were Duke Xia and Bai Xiaoxiao.

On the other side of Xia Yu, Li Xu, who is not qualified to sit next to Xia Yu, the eldest son of the duke, regardless of his background or identity.

Xia Yu raised her hand to support her cheeks, and looked at Li Xu, who was standing next to her seat with a pale face, with a smile: "Young Master Li, don't you sit down?" ”

The black panther full of deterrence stood beside Xia Yu, a pair of golden beast eyes stared at Li Xu fixedly, and let out a low whimper.

Li Xu was so frightened that his knees weakened, and he hurriedly waved his hand: "No, no, no, no, no, I, I...... I ......"

"It seems that Young Master Li is not feeling well, butler, take Young Master Li to the rest area to rest." Duke Xia's gloomy eyes swept over Li Xu, and he spoke at the right time.

Li Xu breathed a sigh of relief, and followed the housekeeper to leave this place of right and wrong without looking back.

Although the Li family will also give living expenses to the illegitimate child, he has already become an adult, and the Li family looks down on him, so the money given to him is naturally impossible to support him to squander on weekdays.

Xia Qing's mother and son gave a lot, but he could also gain a lot by deceiving those aristocratic young masters and young ladies who were in love, and he couldn't get into trouble with the Marshal's Mansion because of this hot business.

Just now, Xia Yu exposed his identity as a painter, and he had to find a way to explain it to the other noble young masters and young ladies......

Xia Yu chuckled, reached out and took a sip of the goblet on the table.

Before the wine stained the lip flap, the tip of Xia Yu's nose moved slightly, and he put the goblet back down.

There was a sudden exclamation on the table, Xia Yu turned around and saw the big black panther jump into the original position of Li Xu, and sat down elegantly and dignifiedly, the leopard's head was a lot higher than the back of the chair.

Xia Yu saw that Duke Xia and Bai Xiaoxiao's faces were pale and pale, but because this was the marshal's leopard, he didn't dare to speak, and Duke Xia frequently signaled him with his eyes.

However, instead of stopping the big black panther, Xia Yu reached out and pinched the thick leopard claws of the big black panther under the dining table.

He didn't come back to the Duke's Palace this time to celebrate his birthday.

At the dining table, there were those who did not say a word and watched the changes, some began to eat, glanced at Xia Yu from time to time, and some turned their heads and whispered to talk, but they all followed the instructions of the elders in the family.

Xia Yu didn't touch the food in front of her again, but shook the goblet back and forth, and lowered her eyes to see the arc of the red wine swaying in the glass.

Xia Jiayang, like Xia Qing, has been jealous of Xia Yu since he was a child, but Xia Qing has a mother with good means, but Xia Jiayang does not.

He looked at Xia Yu's noble and arrogant as before, as if he could have everything he wanted, and all the good things in the world were taken by him, Xia Jiayang's heart seemed to be roasted by fire, and he contracted for a while.

He remembered Xia Qing's instructions, and his eyes swept over the plate in front of Xia Yu without a trace.

"What, isn't the dinner prepared by the Duke's Palace to my cousin's liking?" Xia Jiayang sneered and put down the knife and fork in his hand, "Yes, after all, I have enjoyed it in the Marshal's Mansion." ”

Xia Yu glanced at Xia Jiayang in surprise.

He didn't understand, why are there stupid people who are targets for others again and again?

Xia Yu looked at Xia Jiayang fixedly, and said lightly: "I'm not used to it, but it seems that my cousin likes it very much." ”

"Of course!" Xia Jiayang glanced at Bai Xiaoxiao without a trace, his eyes flickering, "This dinner was specially prepared by my uncle and mother, and I chose your favorite dishes...... Tsk, what a white-eyed wolf that can't be raised! ”

In the last sentence, Xia Jiayang's voice was very low and low, and almost only Xia Yu, who was sitting next to him, heard it.

Xia Yu said "oh" in a long tone, then poured the red wine in the glass, poured it on the plate, and then cut a small piece of steak perfectly, deliberately wrapped it with sauce, and dipped it in red wine, and gently put it into Xia Jiayang's plate under the sight of several directions on the table.

"Since my cousin likes it, I might as well eat more."

Xia Jiayang looked at the red steak hanging on the surface of the plate, knowing that this thing was fatal, his body instinctively leaned back, and the words of yin and yang were blocked in his throat, and he couldn't go up and down for a while.

"Brother......" Seeing this, Xia Qing knew that Xia Yu must have discovered something, and stopped talking a little, "How can you do such a rude thing at the banquet?" ”

Duke Xia snorted coldly, frowned, and said dissatisfiedly: "What's the trouble?" Don't look at what the occasion is! ”

Bai Xiaoxiao put down the tableware in her hand, turned her head and softly instructed the housekeeper: "Remove the eldest young master's plate and serve another one." ”

Xia Yu didn't stop the mother and son who wanted to destroy the evidence for the first time, after all, even if there was a greasy thing in his ingredients, if he exposed the big deal, that is, he pulled down the chef or housekeeper, he couldn't touch Bai Xiaoxiao, the true love of Duke Xia.

With a smile in his eyes, he looked at Xia Jiayang fixedly: "What's wrong with my cousin?" Is it that the banquet prepared by the Duke's Palace is not appetizing? ”

Xia Jiayang swallowed his saliva, and his eyes for help turned to Xia Qing opposite.

Xia Qing lowered his head.

Xia Jiayang stammered: "I, I'm full......"

"Huh?"

The smile on Xia Yu's face faded, he was not a pharmacist, of course he couldn't tell what the mother and son had added, but looking at Xia Jiayang's appearance now, I am afraid it was not a gadget that made him ugly.

Xia Yu stretched out his hand, grabbed Xia Jiayang's fork, forked the steak, and said softly, with a hint of disapproval: "Doesn't my cousin like Aunt Bai the most?" How can you trample on Aunt Bai's mind like this? ”

The people present were all children of aristocratic families, how could they not hear the deep meaning of Xia Yu's words, and they all immediately patrolled Xia Jiayang and Bai Xiaoxiao with meaningful eyes.

Duke Xia also turned his head and looked fixedly at his wife beside him.

He remembered that Xia Jiayang was obviously a child of the side branch, but he was specially taken to the main house by his wife to raise him, and he was very gentle and considerate on weekdays......

"What nonsense are you talking about!" Xia Jiayang, who was originally pale, didn't know where he got the courage, and argued loudly, "I-hmm! ”

Xia Yu directly sent the steak into Xia Jiayang's mouth with a fierce reaction, simply closed Xia Jiayang's chin neatly, and pinched Xia Jiayang's throat with his fingers, directly forcing Xia Jiayang to swallow the steak hard.

"Ahem, ahem—"

Xia Jiayang was shocked, leaning on the dining table and coughing violently, and reached into his mouth to keep digging, but he couldn't pick out anything at all.

The other aristocratic young masters and ladies who were dining glanced at each other, stopped their movements, and stopped moving the feast on the table.

Xia Yu put down the knife and fork in his hand, and carefully wiped his hand that touched Xia Jiayang's skin with the napkerchief next to him, with disgust in his eyes.

Duke Xia was furious, suppressed his anger and roared: "Xia Yu! Where did you learn this brutal style?! ”

Xia Yu is used to pulling the banner of the Marshal's Mansion today, leaning back, still holding the elastic leopard claw in his hand, and said leisurely: "Hmm...... The marshal taught. ”

Anyway, he is also the nominal marriage partner of His Excellency the Marshal, and His Excellency the Marshal will definitely not mind him pulling the tiger skin, right?

At this moment, the doorman hurriedly ran over, panting, and said intermittently: "Master, madam, Your Excellency Yuan and Marshal are visiting!" ”

Xia Yu: "?? ”

"What?!"

This sentence shocked everyone present.

You must know that Lu Yinghuai has not appeared on a formal occasion for more than a year.

"The marshal is the only one, he has already come in, and we didn't, didn't dare to stop ......"

Xia Yu was also stunned, as if he was aware of something, he turned around and looked up at the corridor connected to the banquet hall.

At the end of the hallway, a man in his regular clothes with a straight shoulder stood in place.

With the light on his back, the ring set with ruby on the man's finger reflected a dazzling light, and his gaze swept over the people present, and settled on the young man with blond hair and blue eyes.

Once again, Xia Yu fell into a deep, rich deep purple.

The big black panther who was originally sitting next to Xia Yu jumped off the seat lightly and walked slowly in the direction of the man, the black leopard standing next to the leg of the man in the black trench coat.

Lu Yinghuai staggered his gaze with Xia Yu, raised his hand to adjust the edge of the gloves, lowered his eyes slightly, and his terrifying momentum flashed and converged, and his bearing was noble.

Duke Xia wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, but there was a smile on his face.

Even if today's banquet is a mess, as long as the news of His Excellency Marshal's presence spreads, the posts in the Duke's Palace will have to double in a short time.

He hurriedly greeted him: "Your Excellency Marshal is well." ”

Lu Yinghuai is not only the marshal of the empire, he is also His Royal Highness the Prince personally appointed by His Majesty the Emperor, in the empire, except for the royal family, no one's identity can be higher than Lu Yinghuai.

Lu Yinghuai bowed slightly, and did not walk into the banquet hall, but maintained the posture of standing in place, and looked at Xia Yu from a distance again.

Xia Yu finally reacted, raised his hand, and pointed at himself uncertainly.

Lu Yinghuai nodded, a smile flashing in his eyes.