Chapter 198: The Princess's Night Banquet
Chapter 198 The Princess's Night Banquet
"Young marshal, this thing is weird. Where are the novels updated the fast biquge.info est?
Xuanri put down the invitation in his hand, a pair of phoenix eyebrows wrinkled tightly, and the look of hard thinking and meditation exuded a thick wisp of intellectual beauty. People can't help but want to take her into their arms and ask her why she is so sad.
The artistic conception is very good, but Hu Wei didn't do that. Because at this time, the beautiful woman in the hall with such an expression is not the only one. If he really wanted to do that, he would have to die.
Hu Wei's gaze also fell on the bright red invitation, which had been sent by Sophia a time ago. The content is written very elegantly, sprinkled with more than 100 words, summed up, it is just one sentence, please go to the banquet.
If it was just an ordinary banquet, it wouldn't be so nerve-wracking to Hu Wei, but this banquet suddenly appeared after Hu Wei handed over the book to no avail for ten days, and such a banquet suddenly appeared was intriguing. And the place of this banquet is not in the water palace, but Sophia's courtyard in the outer city, which can't help but make people think a little more.
Hu Wei pressed his slightly aching temples and pondered: "What do you mean by this Sophia, what kind of medicine is she selling in this gourd?" ”
Hu Wei, Ximen Xue, Xuanri, Zhebei, and Fengyuan's old housekeeper Defu, after this invitation was delivered, began to analyze the meaning behind the invitation here, and now, it has been a full hour. Almost everyone can memorize the content of the invitation word for word, but they can't figure out the content after the invitation.
Defu said in a muffled voice, "In my opinion, that person Sophia is sure of you." ”
Hu Wei smiled bitterly: "Fu Bo, what we are talking about now is serious, please be more serious." ”
"No, Fauber has a point. Xuanri interjected: "Analyzing all the things that happened before, the second prince Asime suddenly went to Dongwang City, and without any instructions from the young marshal, he unexpectedly asked the Blizzard Legion to change its name to the Immortal Bird Legion, saying that the Undead Bird Legion would govern Yanzhou, but not give the legion any weapons and food supplies, if this qiē was pushed by Sophia behind the scenes, then this banquet would make sense." ”
Hu Wei pondered: "You mean Sophia wants to win me over?"
Xuanri nodded and said, "I'm afraid that's the case." This Sophia first gives you some virtual ones to show her strength, and then looks at your reaction, if you lean in, then she will give you some more real things, if you don't want to, then this time into the imperial capital, you may not even see Valencia. ”
Ximen Xue asked: "Xuanri makes sense, with the strength that the Immortal Bird Legion is showing now, it is normal for Sophia to want to win over. It's not just the princess Sophia, I'm afraid that many forces are watching the young marshal's movements now.
But is Sophia's current strength big enough to influence Valencia's decision?"
Ximen Xue's words point out the core problem. If Sophia had controlled Valencia, then the changes in the imperial capital would have been even more complicated.
Hu Wei turned his head to Defu and asked respectfully, "Fubo, do you have any news in this regard?"
After all, Defu is a person who has lived in the imperial capital for many years, although his current identity is only the housekeeper of the Ximen family, but his previous identity is the young master of the Ximen family, such a person, how many ways there are in this imperial capital, it is not comparable to ordinary housekeepers.
Before Hu Wei entered the imperial capital, he had repeatedly emphasized in front of his subordinates that no one was allowed to treat Defu as an ordinary housekeeper, and he must be respected enough. Therefore, the generals of the Immortal Bird Legion, including Zhu Daneng, were polite in front of Defu. Fuchen's lovely maid is still coquettish in Defu.
Hearing this, Defu glanced around at everyone, hesitated for a moment and said: "According to sources, the Emperor of Valencia is not in very good health, and Princess Sophia is in charge of many things in the court. ”
Hu Wei said movingly: "How much credibility does this news have?"
Defu said: "It's hard to say, but it's groundless, and it may not be without cause." Now there is an undercurrent surging in the imperial capital, and no one knows what will happen tomorrow. ”
Sitting here and guessing, you will never get an answer. Hu Wei slapped the table and said hatefully: "It's a blessing or a curse, it's a disaster that can't be avoided." Let's take a look at this legendary god princess this time, what she is going to play. Maybe, Ben Shuai can really kiss Fang Ze. ”
Hu Wei's previous words were very imposing, but the latter words were just to attract a lot of eyes. The women all threw Hu Wei a big white eye, only Defu smiled very good-tempered, a bad image of being disrespectful to the old.
After some consideration, Hu Wei decided to bring Wei Zhebei and Zhu Daneng this time, and wait for three or four people to attend this Sophia's banquet. Xuanri's identity is special, and it is not suitable to appear in public, otherwise it will be very troublesome for people to know that there are cronies and maids of the princess of the Ningnan Empire by Hu Wei's side. Even according to Xuanri, the four of them are usually in the palace and rarely go out, and there are not many people who know the identities of their four maids. Hu Wei didn't want to take that risk.
After all, Ximen Xue is still nominally a member of the Red Fen Legion, and Sophia's invitation stated that the Immortal Bird Legion is worried about its subordinates, and it is not good to bring Ximen Xue.
In addition, Hu Wei's newly-acquired four shadows of the dark night, wind chanting, flower song, snow crying, and moon singing are also officially on duty for the first time. The special abilities of these four women are really very strong. In fact, they were already by Hu Wei's side after that night, but neither Ximen Xue nor Xuan Ri, nor Zhu Daneng showed the existence of their four shadows in the dark night.
As for loyalty, Hu Wei has no need to worry. Because the Four Shadows of the Night have been under the auspices of Defu, and with their blood, they have sworn a blood oath to Hu Wei. The blood oath is not the same as the wine oath, the wine oath is a spiritual belief, and the blood oath is the secret transmission of the Tianfeng Da 6. Strictly speaking, this is a ritual with a bit of evil connotation, because the oath of blood will introduce a part of the spiritual power into the master's body, and they will also become the master's appendage. Taking the will of their master as theirs will never give rise to betrayal, just as no one betrays himself.
Hu Wei was very interested in this blood oath, and he thought that if he could get the blood oath of tens of thousands of people, then he would have an army that was loyal to the death. It's a pity that Defu told him that such a blood oath can only be fulfilled by a sixteen-year-old virgin like the Four Shadows of the Night, who has never really touched the sun, and both are invalid.
If you ask how many people in the world will live in a place without sunlight for 16 years, unless it is intentional, it is really rare. Even if it is intentional, how many people who have not seen the sun for 16 years can grow up healthy and become useful.
In addition to being disappointed, Hu Wei also felt extremely lucky, such a difficult thing actually happened to him, and it was four at a time, and it was still a beautiful quadruplet sister, just thinking about it was enough for him to wake up with a smile from his sleep.
It's just one thing that bothers Hu Wei. The four shadows of the dark night, except for the kind of black veil that can't hide anything from Ben, no clothes can be worn on their bodies. Every time he saw the four of them, Hu Wei was very angry.
You must know that the four shadows of the dark night don't look like they are only sixteen years old, they all have convex and backward figures, and they are naturally charming, and they speak loudly, coupled with the looming ketone body, they can really drive people crazy. The most terrible thing is that the four shadows have never seen anyone else except Defu since they were born, which makes them very interested in communicating with people, and they always have nothing to do, so they like to come to talk to Hu Wei and laugh, oh, my god Hu Wei During this time, the nose bleed a lot
Fortunately, after the blood oath, except for Hu Wei, only a small number of people with very strong mental power can sense the existence of the four shadows, and they can't be seen with the naked eye, otherwise Hu Wei will really feel that he has died.
Hu Wei, Jebe and Zhu Daneng, and when Hou San came to the outside of Sophia's hospital, they realized that Sophia was not Hu Wei alone.
Sophia's annex is built on a mountainside in the north of the city, and the entire mountain is within the scope of the annex, covering a large area that is more than twice as large as the Fengyuan. Looking at it from a distance, it reminded Hu Wei of the Potala Palace in the previous world. If you don't know that the Water Palace is where the Emperor of Valencia lives, you would be suspicious that this is the Imperial Palace.
At the entrance of the mountain, there is a huge square, at this time there have been thousands of lanterns lit here, brilliant and dazzling, illuminating half of the mountain as bright as day.
The carriages of the major aristocratic families are like flowing water, endlessly. From time to time, the girl's coquettish smile came from the car, and in the haze, even if you only saw a little figure, it was enough to cause people to reverie.
Hu Wei snorted: "What is Fu Bo doing, such a big scene, he actually pretended not to know the slightest rumor, isn't this obviously playing tricks on me." ”
Hou San said with interest: "Let's not mention Fu Bo." Boss, it's so lively here. Do you think I can get a noble sister today?"
Zhu Daneng let out his anger and said, "It's just you?" It's almost the same for the fat man. ”
Hou San pretended to be puzzled and asked Hu Wei: "Boss, do the girls in this imperial capital have such a strong taste and like to eat pork belly?"
Hu Wei put aside his doubts about Defu first, and laughed: "Just try it." Who can bring back a noble sister here today, I specially approve him to be the head of the husband and wife group" Hu Wei said here, looked left and right, and said in a low voice: "If anyone can take Sophia down, I will make him king"
"Boss, your taste is really heavy."
The maids in the other courtyard are all palace maids in the palace, and they are all charming and charming, which not only highlights Sophia's strength, but also makes the guests feel that they have a lot of face.
In the convoy, Hu Wei actually appeared in Huang Chuqiu's car. His luxurious carriage, escorted by nearly a hundred guards, was really majestic, and he didn't look like a slump at all.
Hou San glanced at Huang Chuqiu's car, and spat very unhygienically: "That Lao Tzu was a drama in his previous life, and he is really good at acting." ”
Hu Wei was just about to speak, when suddenly a gust of fragrant wind wafted by, which suddenly made his eyes widen, and he was stunned: "I didn't expect to meet Miss Chuzhu here, and the girl also came to the banquet?"
Chu Zhu is still dressed in a long white skirt and purple belt, in this thousands of flowers, it does not look shabby, but gives people a feeling of standing out from the crowd. Her beauty no longer needs to be set off with gorgeous costumes.
Chu Zhu took Hu Wei's arm very affectionately, and said with a smile: "Chu Zhu also likes to watch the excitement, it's so lively here today, wouldn't it be a pity not to come." ”
Hu Wei was enjoying Chu Zhu's seemingly non-existent squeezing, and at the same time secretly guessing Chu Zhu's intention in his heart. This woman is really becoming more and more like a mystery. has known her for so long, Hu Wei hasn't even figured out her character. This woman, one moment is as passionate as fire, one moment as cold as frost, one moment gentle and lovely, and one moment murderous and hidden, it is really like fog, rain and wind, poetic and mysterious.
Huang Chuqiu, under the protection of the guards, should go up the mountain first. Hu Wei had four shadows of the dark night around him, so he didn't bring guards with him, and Chu Zhu's addition brought their number to five, but compared to other nobles, his men and horses still seemed a little thinner.
The main house in the middle of the mountain has a special carriage passage, but the participants consciously chose to walk up the mountain. This is not a difficult thing for Hu Wei and a few people who have come down from the battlefield. But for those nobles who don't have to eat by themselves, and have already hollowed out their bodies for wine, it is somewhat sad. Seeing them walking one by one in a huffing manner, Hu Wei couldn't help but feel a little funny.
Chu Zhu deliberately maintained intimacy with Hu Wei, and asked in a coquettish voice, "What is the young marshal thinking, so happy?"
Hu Wei smiled and said, "I'm wondering why Miss Chuzhu's sword didn't come with me. ”
This was originally a casual joke, but Chu Zhu's pupils shrank, and Hu Wei, who was looking at the scenery in the distance, didn't notice this slight change.
Chu Zhu just regained his composure in an instant, and replied with a very innocent face: "This is a banquet, why do you want to take a sword." ”
The main mansion is more luxurious and wealthy than the bottom of the mountain, I don't know if it's an illusion, Hu Wei always feels that this annex in Sophia seems to be designed and built according to the palace. The front hall here is not only large in area, but also the space is more than ten meters high, eight golden pillars on one side go straight to the roof, the ceiling is covered with pattern carvings, and in the middle of the main hall, there is a high platform built. Now on the high platform, there are a series of decorations such as lanterns, Hu Wei thought, if those lanterns are removed and replaced with a Nine Dragons Pan Gold Seat, it is really not much different from the Qianqing Palace seen on TV.
At this time, the hall has been set up with drinks, and the light smiles of more than 100 guests sound a little noisy, but it does not give people a feeling of crowding. The advantage of having few people was revealed at this time, and the five of them all entered the main hall, and most of Huang Chuqiu's people stayed outside.
No one greeted him, and Hu Wei didn't know where he should sit, anyway, no one was seated now, so he simply led the team to the entrance. There was a team of court masters, dressed in light gauze clothes, standing on both sides, playing. Guqin, guzheng, pipa, transverse flute, waist drum, and other musical instruments, melodious music, and the sound of the piano are much better than those aristocratic jokes.
These days, Hu Wei has been living a sword and sword, conspiracy, walking on thin ice, this elegant music, let Hu Wei's heart, slightly relaxed, closed his eyes, unconsciously, indulged in the music. The heart flows like a clear spring, and it is very comfortable.
"General Hu Wei is so Yaxing. ”
I don't know how long it took, a majestic and slightly gentle voice sounded in Hu Wei's ears, Hu Wei opened his eyes and appeared, Zhu Daneng, Jebe, Hou San, Chu Zhu, I don't know when, retreated to the side, and at this time, standing next to him was a graceful and luxurious palace woman. Obviously, the words just now came from this person's mouth.
Hu Wei was surprised that Sophia's appearance and didn't make any big cards, and at the same time, he hurriedly saluted Sophia and said, "The last general, Hu Wei, has seen Princess Sophia." ”
Sophia stretched out her jade hand lightly, held Hu Wei and said, "General Hu Wei doesn't need to be polite, this is a banquet and not a temple." Just take it easy. ”
It was obvious that Sophia's fingers were lightly hooked in the palm of his hand, and Hu Wei was shocked in his heart, and secretly said that this woman is so powerful.
Hu Wei avoided Sophia's soul-seducing eyes, lowered his eyebrows and said, "The last general respects his life." ”
Sophia said a little coquettishly: "It's all called the general casual, why is the general still so restrained." ”
Hu Wei scolded in his heart, above this hall, hundreds of pairs of eyes are watching, you let me do it casually. I'm casual, give you a hug, or a kiss. Didn't you mean to play tricks on me?
Hu Wei replied: "Yes, the last general must be casual, casual." ”
Sophia was satisfied: "That's right, everyone is harmonious, harmonious, talking and laughing, isn't it good." ”
"Yes, yes. Hu Wei couldn't figure out how this Princess Sophia wanted to play, so he could only nod his head again and again.
Sophia looked at Hu Wei with a dull goose, covered her mouth and chuckled a few times, and said to Hu You: "I often hear people talk about the prestige of immortal birds, and it seems that General Hu Wei is not so fierce. I wonder if General Hu Wei will be able to share the table with Concubine Ben for a while?"
Sophia said this casually, but if you listened casually, you were doomed. What is Sophia's identity, she is now the most powerful princess of the Mandala Empire, she invited you to sit at the table in a consultative tone, is it just to say that she will drink at the same table?
Hu Wei knew very well in his heart that Sophia had already made a move. On the surface, she was talking about the banquet, but secretly, she was already testing Hu Wei to be on her side.
Today, on the top of this hall, all the high-ranking officials and magnates who come are higher than Hu Wei's status, and some are people. Hu Wei sat next to Sophia in front of these people and as a minister, which means that above Hu Wei's forehead, from now on, Sophia's name will be lowered, and everyone will regard Hu Wei as Sophia's person in the future.
This is a multiple-choice question, how do you choose?