Cheng Mo only visited the nearby François I Corridor for a while and then returned to the Fontainebleau Ballroom, by which time the guests had already arrived, and the media that had been in the Atrium of the White Horse had also moved to the venue.

The ballroom was bustling with guests dressed in fancy costumes, all kinds of sounds were noisy, but not noisy, Cheng Mo found Xie Minyun in a corner of the hall, at this time Dai Wa was holding her hand and talking and laughing in a circle of people. And this circle of people can be said to be the center of attention in the ball hall, in addition to the famous Princess of Hanover, who is famous in the Europa fashion circle, there is also the famous English actress Keira Knightley.

Of course, the most eye-catching are Xie Minyun and Athena, one represents the exquisite and elegant Oriental beauty, and the other represents the graceful and gorgeous Western beauty. The two people are like landscape paintings and oil paintings, forming a strong visual impact, which makes people can't help but lock their eyes on them.

In Cheng Mo's eyes, it is natural that his wife is more beautiful, the light purple lace and silk spliced dress, using a lot of Chinese cheongsam elements, such as the lace dark pattern mostly uses moire and peony, and the dragon-shaped buckle on the high collar is a typical Chinese element, and the cut of the cheongsam style also makes Xie Minyun look extraordinarily tall and slender, standing under the golden dome, there is a feeling that there is one person in heaven and earth.

But this is just Cheng Mo's feeling, in the eyes of others, "there is only one person in heaven and earth" has to add a premise, and there is no Athena Onassis next to her, the woman who ranks first on the list of the Chosen One.

Compared with Xie Minyun's subtle and quiet, Athena's beauty is more flamboyant, she is taller than Xie Minyun, with a net height of at least 178 cm, generally speaking, tall women are easy to look strong, but Athena's body line in an off-the-shoulder white gauze dress is not plump or slender, everything is just right, and she belongs to an absolute supermodel figure. The skin is also not like that of the average Europa woman, although it is white, but it is rough. Her skin was fair and shiny, like a round pearl in the light of the crystal lamp, crystal clear. Her long blonde hair is combed back, her temples are towering, her eyebrows are like daisies, and her delicate and flawless face is a mixture of innocence and sensuality, like a perfect combination of Chinese porcelain and European sculpture.

The two worldly beauties stood on the left and right of Dava, making everything around them a little bleak, even the palatial Palace of Fontainebleau was somewhat eclipsed.

Cheng Mo didn't walk over immediately, standing at the edge of the hall and watching from a distance many handsome and polite gentlemen go up to talk to them, but few of them can stay in this female circle for a long time, and generally if they say a few words, they will be forced back by the hostile gaze of the men around them.

Especially Joseph Arman, who was standing not far away, his admiration for Athena was almost overflowing, and anyone who tried to talk to Athena would attract his gaze.

Cheng Mo was ostensibly looking at Xie Minyun and them, but in fact, he used various poses to hide that he was observing the movements of everyone in the ball hall, especially Stern King and Saiyuan Temple Red Pill.

Cheng Mo was a little surprised that no one in the hall paid attention to Stern Kim, who was the consul of the Star Gate, but it was Xiyuan Temple Red Pill who was like a fish in water, he paced elegantly in the crowd with a wine glass, proud and self-contained, and did not rely on the old-fashioned accidentally touched the bridge, Xiyuan Temple Red Pill naturally knew several women wearing ribbons.

Cheng Mo could tell from the expressions on their conversations that they were meeting for the first time today, but soon the polite and gentle Saiyuan Temple Red Pill won the favor of the other party and exchanged phone numbers or business cards with them.

Watching Xiyuan Temple Red Pill communicate easily at the celebrity-filled ball, Cheng Mo had to sigh in his heart at Xiyuan Temple's terrible social ability. Cheng Mo felt that he was not unable to socialize like Saionji Hongmaru, but his stiff expression, ability to find topics, and ordinary appearance doomed him to the extent that no matter how good he was at psychology, he would not be able to reach the level of Saionji Hongmaru.

Cheng silently observed everyone in the ball hall without saying a word, until at six o'clock, the lights in the hall suddenly dimmed, and a spotlight hit the front of the Fontainebleau ball hall, and a huge cross wall of red and white roses slowly descended along the wall. The entire ball hall fell silent in an instant, and applause rang out as Eva Green, France's most popular sexy actress, walked into the spotlight with the microphone in hand.

"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the beautiful Château de Fontainebleau today, the theme of our banquet is 'Light of the Night'....."

Cheng Mo was a little surprised that he could still see the French actress he admired very much, he had seen her starring "Dream of Paris" and "Heavenly Dynasty", in these two very historical films, this bewitching and vulgar actress left a deep impression on him. Cheng Mo listened to her speech with great interest, and then Xie Minyun found Cheng Mo along the edge of the hall, she stood beside Cheng Mo, elegantly grabbed Cheng Mo's arm, and then whispered in Cheng Mo's ear, "Why didn't you come just now?"

Cheng Mo tilted his head sideways and responded softly: "I see that without a man standing with you, there will be no past." ”

"You're different! You're my husband. ”

"Standing with you, it's too conspicuous to observe others. ”

"And what did you find?"

Cheng Mo pondered for a moment and said, "Almost all of the people who came were Europa nobles, and they didn't seem to have any chaebol people except for Stern King. In addition to gladiatorial training these days, he also did some homework on the upper echelons of Europa, and read a lot of Taijilong's information about Europa's Chosen One. In the hall of the Fontainebleau ball in front of him, there didn't seem to be those Chosen ones with the names that Ou Yu called.

Xie Minyun nodded slightly, and she whispered: "The one standing in the center of the front is Prince Albert II of Monaco, the Chosen One is ranked 109, and the one wearing a light blue dress next to him is Princess Charlene, and standing next to Princess Charlene is Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, she is the next Queen of Sweden, but her ranking is not high, the most powerful thing is Prince Philip next to her, ranked 222nd on the heavenly list, and it is Princess Sophia who is holding Prince Philip......"

Xie Minyun introduced all the well-known characters in the Fontainebleau ball hall to Cheng Mo, and finally spoke: " Now it is the Princess of Hanover who goes up to speak, she is a very open figure in Europa high society, all the roses on the field are all varieties cultivated by her family's estate, because she has been committed to charity, and her image in the public is also very good, she is also one of the initiators of this charity dinner, but all the people who came are Europa nobles, and none of the seven French consortiums except LVMH ..... "Xie Minyun looked at Stern and his party, who were also standing at the edge of the hall," And LVMH's crown prince Joseph Arman is not here to cheer...... Whether Napoleon VII did not invite, or did not invite the other party, the contradictions within France have become so acute that everyone is too lazy to hide them. ”

After the Princess of Hanover finished speaking, the host Napoleon VII announced the official start of the ball, and the Prince of Hanover and the Princess of Hanover will perform the first dance. Cheng Mo was surprised that it was not Napoleon VII and Athena who danced the first dance, he watched Napoleon VII walk to Athena's side, and Joseph also squeezed from the edge to Athena's side, and the ball had not officially started, and the situation was already tense.

"What do you think of being number one on the list?" Cheng Mo asked with a grim look at Athena.

"I didn't speak to her, but I guess she could see that we had met Napoleon VII in the faint box, but she was indifferent to it, and she seemed a little indifferent to everything, I should say....."

"Then why did she still come to the banquet? If she really didn't care about anything, she shouldn't have come to this boring charity ball....." Cheng Mo shrugged his shoulders and said.

"It's kind of weird, I don't think she's going to change her mind because of someone. And she doesn't talk much, she looks out of place compared to me......" Xie Minyun seemed to recall it seriously before she spoke again, "I think she is a bit like an observer who stays out of the way, like ...... What are you looking for in the dark....."

Cheng Mo couldn't help but think of the number seven who was destroyed by himself at the Hydra headquarters, and thought: Could it be that Athena is Berret? This possibility is actually not small, the Onassis family is the uncrowned king of Greece, and it is almost impossible for an organization like Hydra to survive in Greece without being allowed by the Onassis family. But the Onassis family can control the Hydra remotely, and there is no need for a noble heir like Athena to control the Hydra himself.

Unless the Onassis family has a relationship with the Black Death that others don't know, Cheng Mo feels that the relationship between Europa and these organizations and individuals is too complicated for people to figure out at all.

When the Prince of Hanover and the Princess of Hanover finished the first dance, followed by the traditional court dance, this is a good time for boys to pursue their favorite women0 opportunity, Cheng Mo was trying to see Napoleon VII's good show, but he was sniped first, a handsome white man wearing a ribbon ran over to invite Xie Minyun to dance, Xie Minyun politely declined, and walked towards the more marginal place with Cheng Mo.

"These are all real princes, don't you want to jump one?" asked Cheng Mo.

"The Prince of Europa is everywhere. Xie Minyun said lightly, "What's more, I'm not a princess." ”

Cheng Mo wasted no time in complimenting: "But you are much more princess than these princesses." ”

"That'..... How can a certain gentleman not realize it?"

Cheng Mo pushed down the glasses on the bridge of his nose and said with a wry smile: "Probably Mr. XX is self-aware and thinks it is inappropriate." In the past two days, Xie Minyun has taught him to dance court dance, Cheng Mo tried it, and felt that dancing like this, especially dancing with a goddess like Xie Minyun in front of everyone, would make him uncomfortable.

"Do you think I'm not teaching well?"

Cheng Mo turned his head and saw the pearl pendant on Xie Minyun's earlobe complementing her snow-white skin and swan-like neck, his heart thumped twice, and he whispered: "Of course not, you teach well enough, it's just that I'm a little ....." Cheng Mo stopped and thought for a moment, "Actually, every evening, you teach me to dance in the café, I feel that time flies, I like the sense of privacy that only belongs to two people, and I don't want to share this feeling." ”

"I understand, you just say that you don't like to show affection. At this time, someone walked over to Xie Minyun, and Xie Minyun whispered, "I just don't like to be disturbed, if you stand on it, you can reduce such trouble......"

"Beautiful lady, I don't know if I have the honor to invite you to a dance....." The handsome blond man in a dark blue court suit and a red ribbon bent down and stretched out his hand to invite Xie Minyun.

"Thank you, but my court dance is really not good, I'm just here to see it today. "You can't refuse someone's invitation at a ball, but Xie Minyun doesn't care about this trivial etiquette.

The handsome blonde man's disappointment was beyond words, he straightened up, and said unwillingly: "Is that able to get to know you....."

"I'm married. Xie Minyun replied.

This answer surprised the handsome blonde guy, he looked at Cheng Mo who was holding Xie Minyun, was stunned for a moment and said "excuse me", and left with a regretful face.

The familiar one rejected another person, Xie Minyun opened his mouth to ask Cheng Mo what he had gained from visiting the Palace of Fontainebleau just now, and while chatting, the two moved to the most hidden corner of the hall to watch the dance party on the field.

Cheng Mo saw Napoleon VII and Joseph standing on the left and right of Athena on the other side of the hall, their expressions were very stiff, like frozen sculptures, but Athena standing in the middle was casual, probably refusing the invitation of the two of them to dance.

Athena was guarded by two door gods with unkind faces, and no one dared to go up to invite the dance, so Xie Minyun became the target of many people's pursuit, even if Xie Minyun and Cheng Mo stood at the back of the crowd, someone still came over. No one takes Cheng Mo, who is not good-looking or not, take it seriously, so there is an endless stream of people looking for Xie Minyun to invite dance.

Xie Minyun could only refuse over and over again. Fortunately, the ball did not last too long, about an hour, and Napoleon VII led the way into the banquet hall, which was beautifully arranged like a dream, with a Greek-style stage in front of it, a round table in the hall covered with white tablecloths, cutlery inlaid with gold thread and tall crystal wine glasses shining in the light of crystal lamps, and pink roses in a diamond-filled silver cylinder romantic and beautiful.

Each seat is equipped with a name tag and an auction number plate for guests to sit down conveniently. Xie Minyun and Cheng Mo were naturally arranged at the main table, that is, in the center of the stage, and in addition to Napoleon VII, this table was occupied by Dava, Athena, the Prince of Hanover and the Princess of Hanover.

The dinner and charity auction were held at the same time, followed by a cocktail reception.

Cheng Mo and Xie Minyun found a place to sit down, introduced by Napoleon VII, a table of people politely greeted, then Stern King and Joseph came over, Stern King, dressed as a hippie, was a complete outlier in the entire banquet hall, quite eye-catching, for a while the voice of chatting in the banquet hall was quiet, and everyone turned their heads to look in this direction.

Stern King patted Napoleon VII on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Hey, Christophe, why did Joseph and I be placed in such a corner?

Napoleon VII did not lose his etiquette because of Stern King's impoliteness, and he replied with a good demeanor: "Mr. Stern, any position at the dinner will be the same, and it will not affect your participation in the auction, not to mention that the auction items will show the details on the big screen, so you don't need to worry about ....."

"Really?" asked Stern King, suspiciously.

Napoleon VII smiled: "Of course. ”

"But I just want to sit at your table..... You see that you have Athena at this table, and there is Xie Minyun...."Regarding Xie Minyun's speech, Stern King was very standard, he also turned his head to look at Xie Minyun, waved his hand at her, and said with a bright smile, "Xie Minyun, I have a very good relationship with your uncle, and we met at Philip Divine General not long ago and had a pleasant conversation..... I didn't expect to see you here, I thought you should call me too.... Uncle ....."

Of course, Xie Minyun knew what Stern King was talking about, but on this occasion she represented not only herself, but she had to maintain etiquette, she turned her head to look at Stern King, and Stern King's greasy smile couldn't bear to look at it directly, like a rotten tomato. Xie Minyun said lightly: "Mr. Stern, it's a pleasure to meet you. ”

Stern King waved his hand and said to Napoleon VII: "Look! I should sit here, I know a lot at this table." Then he shouted to the waiter beside him, "Move me a chair, and I'll squeeze it here." ”

The waiter looked at Napoleon VII with a look of embarrassment.

The people in the banquet hall watched the funny scene with disdain and whispered, but Stern King didn't care.

The Prince and the Princess of Hanover were blind, and stood up and said, "Since Mr. Stern and Mr. Joseph want to sit here, we will give up our places ......."

Stern King nodded unceremoniously and immediately said with a happy face, "Thank you so much." ”

Joseph was very apologetic and said, "Thank you to the Prince and Princess for your generosity.....

The Prince and Princess of Hanover got up and left, Stern King and Joseph sat down, and there was an eerie silence at the table for a while, Stern King looked at everyone's faces with interest, and after a while he broke the silence, stared at Xie Minyun and asked: "Niece, why don't you stay in Spain, what are you doing here? Paris is very dangerous!"

"Daiva invited me to come, do you have any questions, Mr. Stern?" Xie Minyun replied nonchalantly.

Stern King looked at Dava and suddenly said, "So you know...", he turned again to Napoleon VII beside him, and said, "You don't chase such a good girl, if you can marry her, it will not be worse than marrying Athena..... No, it should be much stronger, at least you can still enter Huaxia and go to Huaxia to dream of restoration....."

Napoleon VII whispered with a stiff face: "Mr. Stern, it doesn't matter if you don't respect me, but please respect Madame Cheng." ”

"Ah, niece, are you married?" said Stern King, stunned.

Xie Minyun nodded expressionlessly.

"This damn intelligence department is all shit-eating!" Stern King scolded, he looked at Cheng Mo, who was sitting next to Xie Minyun, and asked suspiciously, "This is your husband?"

Xie Minyun still just nodded, without the slightest intention of introduction.

Stern King didn't care, stood up at the dining table, stretched out his hand to Cheng Mo, and said with a smile: "Niece and son-in-law, I'm Stern King, it's the first time I met, it's nice to meet you." ”

Cheng Mo was thinking that Stern King, an old fritter, would use a scoundrel to play Napoleon VII, a group of aristocratic gentlemen, but Napoleon VII could only bear it, but it was his turn so soon, he could only stand up helplessly, shook hands with Stern King, pretended not to know Stern King at all, and said, "Hello, Mr. Stern." ”

Stern King held Cheng Mo's hand and didn't intend to let go, but stared at his pupils and asked, "What's your name?"

There is nothing to hide about this, Cheng Mo said indifferently: "My name is Cheng Mo." ”

Cheng Mo said his name, and Stern Jin let go of the hand holding him and said with a smile: "Cheng Mo..... Good name, I remember. ”

As soon as the two of them sat down, the waiter in formal clothes brought up the hors d'oeuvres and aperitifs, and the charity auction officially began.

Because it is a charity auction, everyone's competition is moderate, only the host deliberately creates a hostile atmosphere of entertainment for the auction, and the atmosphere in the banquet hall is peaceful, and there will be applause every time the transaction is made.

However, when the seventh item was auctioned for André Lot's "Garden of Love", donated by Napoleon VII, there was a small episode, the auctioneer asked for 2.5 million euros, which is a modest price for André Lot's work, but Stern King casually picked up the No. 5 auction plate on the table and shouted: "Ten million!"

Napoleon VII immediately realized that Stern King was making trouble, because it was not an official auction and no deposit was paid, and Stern King did not need to pay any price, and he could not get this money from Stern King, so he had to pay for it himself. 10 million euros is a small matter, but it would be humiliating to spread it.

Seeing this, it is not only Napoleon VII, others have also seen some clues, but the vast majority of people are still unwilling to sin Stern King, so no one quotes, and the offer does not make any sense, Stern King can shout casually, the higher he shouts the price, the more embarrassed Napoleon VII will be.

"Is there anything higher than 10 million euros!" said the auctioneer excitedly, this was the largest transaction so far, he had no idea that the person who made the offer was a scoundrel who was ready to pay the bill, the auctioneer raised the auction hammer and began to count down loudly, but the atmosphere in the banquet hall became more and more awkward.

“2！”

Just when the auctioneer was about to smash the auction hammer, Cheng Mo suddenly raised his "No. 7" auction number plate and said indifferently: "Ten million and one piece!"

There is no price increase limit for charity dinners, and Cheng Mo's addition of one dollar is completely in line with the rules, but adding only one piece is obviously aimed at Stern King. But Cheng Mo's actions still surprised the people at the table, after all, Stern King can not admit it, Cheng Mo can't admit it, this auction ended at 10 million is a great luck in misfortune, Cheng Mo raised his card no matter what, it can be said that he lifted a stone to shoot himself in the foot.

The auctioneer's eyes lit up, and his intuition told him that a big auction was about to be born, he waved his hand at Cheng Mo, but his eyes were on Stern King and said loudly: "This gentleman bid 10 million and a dollar, do you want to follow?"

"Of course...... Then I'll give 100 million. Stern Kim said.

The quiet ballroom was buzzing all at once, and almost everyone knew that the shameless Stern King wouldn't pay the money, and to do so was to ruin the charity dinner.

Cheng Mo, who didn't know what to do, gave Stern King this opportunity.

Napoleon VII looked at Cheng Mo and did not show much emotion, as if he was thinking about something.

Dai Wa frowned and pulled Xie Minyun's sleeve under the table, meaning to ask Xie Minyun to stop Cheng Mo.

Joseph glanced at Cheng Mo and sneered.

Even Athena looked at Cheng Mo expressionlessly.