Chapter 717 Reception

"Don't do it for now."

A deep voice sounded from the shadow split by the light: "Why?"

"My intuition." He took the cup away from his lips and put it back on the coffee table. Both the position and the orientation of the handle were exactly the same as before, except that the coffee inside had disappeared: "And his self-confidence .”

After saying this, he got up from the sofa and walked back into the light.

The figure on the carpet was like a fluctuating silk thread, shaking slightly and disappearing, and the light pouring on the pansy also retracted into the shadow.

The small hall returned to calm.

The banquet was also peaceful.

Whether it was the graceful and luxurious Queen Elizabeth, or His Majesty the King who was sitting upright, or the princes and their princesses below, all lowered their heads and put the food in front of them into their mouths with soothing movements, as delicate as grooming their own nails. Chew carefully, and occasionally pick up a long napkin to wipe off the food residue on the corners of your lips.

It was said to be a banquet, but the scale was actually not large. The king and queen, several princes and close officials, as well as their family members, plus Tang Fang, Elena, and Kylinia.

Of course, eating is just a symbolic meaning, which means that His Majesty the King has met the two people and initially recognized Elena's identity.

In Tang Fang's opinion, this kind of dinner is the most tasteless, although those dishes are very rare, many of which are things that have never been seen before, such as the mulberry fruit of Kuhasu Star, the special flying fish roe sauce of Kehana Star, Na Black Truffles from Tasha Star Cullen Mountains...

But that kind of quietness and depression, mixed with these expensive dishes, makes people feel sick.

Anthem Will and Henrietta are well-known rivals, and now they are sitting at the same table for dinner, and so is Captain Tang.

It's not that everyone has nothing to talk about. Apart from politics and military affairs, they still have many interests and hobbies, such as the Soulhunter-class light assault ship of the Phoenix Empire. For example, the liquid body armor of the Charles Federation, as well as luxury sports such as hunting, riding, and pet fighting.

It's just that there is no nutrition, and they are all words that are neither salty nor light. They're all looking for something to talk about.

Captain Tang never had the extra time to pursue such a luxurious life, nor was he as knowledgeable as the nobles. Most of the time, I bury my head in eating the dishes on the plate, and then I will always be woken up by Kelenia, or I will pick up the wine glass with white grapes in front of me, or the wine glass with red wine, wishing the king and queen good health and wealth forever. May the regent be blessed and live long, and wish Wang Guohe Qinghaiyan. Anyway, how can there be no nutrition.

Elena has been doing well, talking and laughing with Mrs. Gilcott and Mrs. Turamont, mainly talking about the customs of Charles Federation, those beautiful clothes and gossip about Charlotte Quinn's life .

During the banquet, Drizzt entered the room and whispered to Will of Hymn for a while, and then, the depression that permeated the room gradually subsided, like the warm sun coming from winter to spring melting the cold-drenched earth bit by bit.

The conversation between Tang Fang and Psalm Will was limited to the politeness before entering the table and the thanks before leaving. For the rest of the time, he either ate the food on the plate without grace, or stared at Kyrenia. Silent protests and vicious curses.

After a meal, she kicked him no less than 20 feet, if it weren't for the 1 trillion stars Henrietta gave. There is also the 7,500 tons of zero surface temporarily raised by the 23rd Ranger Regiment. He has already turned the table.

Kyrenia called it aristocratic etiquette, and he scoffed at it.

Even though it’s a dinner party, don’t let them eat enough; shout slogans before toasting; sit upright, not close to the back of the chair; put the glasses in front of you in order; pay attention to personal hygiene at all times, otherwise you will be disrespectful to the host; you can’t talk about work, politics, etc. Sensitive topics; don't neglect the women around you; standardize the use of words, and it's best to keep smiling when talking... What's more outrageous is that you can't go to the bathroom!

Is this eating or suffering? It's obviously just a family banquet for the royal family, so why not be so picky.

Court etiquette is said to have been simplified in the United Kingdom of Turanx. If it was replaced by the Phoenix Empire and the Sauron Empire... it is really hard for him to imagine how those great nobles would adapt.

When the relationship between the Sauron Empire and the United Kingdom of Turanx was tense, some members of the royal family laughed at the Olipold family as a group of countrymen with no background. Let's say, real nobility. The decorations in the palace are either passed down from the ancestors, or won from the opponents, snatched from the enemies, instead of spending a lot of money to show off their wealth and ostentation, that is called nouveau riche, not aristocrats.

In fact, he has been waiting for Hymn Will to make a move. You must know that Hal Palace is the territory of the new faction.

His Majesty the King does not dare to touch Gilcott and Henrietta, that would detonate the war between the Lionheart King's independent fleet and the 23rd Ranger Regiment, and even cause chaos that would spread throughout the country.

He's different, he doesn't have as much energy as Henrietta, and there is only one "Angel" that came to "Khanos", and the group of biological battleships did not follow, so it is completely possible to set up an ambush at this dinner party , Get rid of such a confidant as yourself.

From a logical point of view, he holds something that can threaten the throne of Hymn Will, and there may be backups in other places. As long as he dies, those backups will be released by pre-arranged people.

If someone else faced this situation, they would definitely be helpless, and could only become meat on the chopping board to be slaughtered by him.

It's a pity that the man sitting on that gorgeous chair is Psalm Will, who has mastered the dark power of God Armed, and can completely control him, and then use technological means to obtain the things in his head.

This kind of thing must not be difficult for God Armed Forces.

Once His Majesty the King has a large amount of information, he can naturally move mountains and attack jade to settle the matter.

Even if the above method is not used, what is God Armed for? Cloning is also a killer feature.

But nothing happened until the dinner party was over.

The women went to drink tea in another room, and the men still returned to the original lounge for a short rest.

He saw that the coffee cup on Turamon's right was empty, and His Royal Highness stayed for a while without asking the waiter to refill it.

Henrietta and Gilcott whispered something.

Tai Lun raised his head from time to time, glanced at Tang Fang's indifferent face, then lowered his head, quietly fiddled with the ring on his hand.

As when he came, he remained silent, as if stiff. It also seemed ashamed to talk to the princes. Anyway, for whatever reason, the lounge, which was supposed to be full of men's talk, did not become lively.

Even alcohol. It is also impossible to arouse the publicity in their hearts and eliminate each other's wariness.

Soft light falls on brightly colored rugs. The pansy was a little less delicate and more charming, and the mellow aroma of coffee permeated the whole room, diluting the smell of wine that the princes exhaled.

The coffee that Anthem Will used to entertain distinguished guests was very precious, and the taste was far more mellow than the one Christian gave him when he was in "Babylon".

He didn't spend all his thoughts on drinking coffee. It took a lot of effort for the spy sent out to sneak into the data room of Hal's palace. The strange thing is that there is not much useful information stored in the seemingly well-defended facility. They are just non-confidential documents such as letters from the royal palace and various departments, daily government affairs, living expenses, border defense situation, etc., without any information related to the Armed Forces of God.

It can be seen from this that Psalmwell is such a cautious person. There may be a safer and more secret storage place for those confidential documents and information about the armed forces of God. The struggle has lasted for so many years, and as shrewd as His Majesty the King, how could he not be prepared.

In fact, it is not all fruitless. The closed-circuit surveillance system of Hal Palace captured the figure of Mr. J. Although there is not enough evidence to determine his true identity, it is probably inseparable from the armed forces of God.

Then according to the model of the shuttle he took. As well as the intelligence obtained by Emma from many space-based unmanned platforms in the high-altitude orbit of "Cabreto", it is certain that it came from "Nasero", and the origin should be the outskirts of the planet's capital city Gandagas.

This is in line with Henrietta's intelligence that the Armed Forces of God had signs of activity in "Nasero".

He also took advantage of the rest time to pay attention to the situation of Claire and the others.

The girls are also shopping for beautiful and fun gadgets at the night market. With the protection of Bai Hao and Roy, and accompanying with the detector, naturally there is nothing to worry about.

Iger Stetman was haggling with those small vendors in the electronic parts market, so stingy that he wanted to break even 1 yuan into eight petals... Claire obviously gave him a credit card with an overdraft limit of 200,000.

The strangest one is Byron. After borrowing two ghosts from Tang Fang, he hacked into the data host of the "Decapeben" municipal system, found some women's identities and addresses, and then started the search. .

At first, he suspected that these women were trafficked by "Alice" from other countries, and Byron planned to save them from the fire pit. After all, when he was in "Georgia", he was the one who destroyed "Alice"'s lair. Obtained a lot of information on human trafficking, not to mention that he himself said that he is a feminist. Such behavior is perfectly normal.

But as time went by, Tang Fang discarded such thoughts, and a very speechless emotion lingered in his heart, and even the expression on his face became very strange.

As a result, the waiter next to him who was storing coffee for him looked trembling, worried that he might have offended the well-known Captain Tang.

Although he has been silent all the time, and his status is not as noble as that of several princes, there is no doubt that he is the protagonist of today's banquet, including when he is in the banquet hall, even if there are kings and queens present, he still cannot conceal his Demeanor... or in other words, casual, or not dignified, in short, it is eye-catching.

Tang Fang didn't drink the second cup of coffee because it was time for the reception.

Under Elizabeth's guidance, the ladies returned to the lounge and walked downstairs, talking and laughing along the way, which formed a sharp contrast with the men.

Tang Fang just sneered, thinking that it really is "the hornet's tail is the most poisonous woman's heart", and these women are really competing with each other in acting. Fortunately, Eileen has Kyrenia's help, which made him feel more at ease, otherwise, he was really worried that the little girl would be in the same room with those wives.

His Majesty the King did not attend the reception, and sent Drizzt to lead the crowd downstairs to have fun, using the excuse of drinking too much during the dinner and his poor health.

He knew very well that "drinking too much and not in good health" was just an excuse for missing the reception.

According to Tang Fang's guess, Mr. J may have violated the order of Angewell and did not cause trouble during the dinner party, and His Majesty the King was busy asking the teacher for the crime. It may also be that they want to do something during the reception, but...there are so many nobles below, and there are so many people, is it really suitable to do it?

Anyway, he just needs to wait and see what happens, and then follow the trend. Originally, he used himself as bait to seduce the people armed with God to take the bait.

Of course, he would have preferred to see Hymn Will do something before and after the canonization ceremony. Because he hasn't finished those parts of the No. 13 battleship dock, and deep down he resists going to the No. 13 battleship dock in person.

What are you afraid of? Or what are those bad premonitions coming from? Is there a bomb on it? Anthem Will will blow himself up even if he sacrifices 20,000 tons of zero elements?

While thinking wildly. There was warm applause in the hall. It turned out that Queen Elizabeth was introducing Elena to many nobles present.

Standing on the red carpet, she was wearing a silver-white evening gown, with many beautiful laces and bright pink diamonds on her chest. Under the light of the huge chandelier on the ceiling, she looked like a clean pearl that made one's heart fascinated.

The young baron fixed his eyes on her delicate and delicate face, while a few older officials unscrupulously looked at her tender neck and round shoulders. white arms.

On her hands were long gloves that were as white as the dress, making her look even more slender and tender.

It was the first time for Elena to stand in front of so many dignitaries. Even though she was mentally prepared, Kelenia kept reminding her to relax and not to be nervous, but she was still unavoidably cautious, and the smile on her lips was not so natural.

Tang Fang frowned, picked up his leather boots lightly, and stepped on the heels of a prince named Ankatri, taking advantage of the man turning his head. Suddenly cut to the forefront.

His Royal Highness has always been pampered and pampered. When has something like this happened, his physical fitness is much worse than that of Captain Tang. He was pushed out of the front row extremely bluntly and fell behind.

Turamon clenched his fists, the light of the chandelier flickered in his eyes.

Tang Fang narrowed his eyes and sneered: "If you do something here, you will die a miserable death."

Tai Lun heard the conversation between the two, and the V-shaped smile lines on both sides of the mouth seemed to be frozen. The encounter on the first floor of the warp speed interception net told him that what this kid said was true, and he could do it if he could say it. .

Turamon looked up. Looking at the delicate golden reliefs and splendid patterns, he tried his best to calm down the restless killing intent in his heart.

He is not afraid. Just because his elder brother "said", it's not the time...

The commotion in the back is not clear to the guests in front. But the appearance of a new face immediately caught their attention. There is no doubt that this guy with yellow skin and black eyes is another protagonist today, Captain Tang of "Morning Star Casting".

The nobles cast eyes with different emotions, the curious ones, the contemptuous ones, the jealous ones, the fearful ones, the calm ones...but there are no kind people.

Several of them were full of hatred for him, and their eyes could not hide the murderous intent --- they were either friends of the "Khanos" Customs Director, or they were related to the Singer family With reason.

Stakeholders on the same mountain always like to stick together, which is normal.

Tang Fang deliberately wanted to instigate hatred. Although Kylenia kept telling him not to do it, he still did it.

Because it can share the pressure of Elena.

Several princes and the nobles and ministers below didn't think so. They simply thought that he wanted to show off, just like what he did in the warp speed interception on the first floor. They liked Zhang Yang and were ashamed of being low-key.

However... this can only attract people's disgust and contempt, without any aristocratic bearing or character.

"Miss Elena married such a man, what a beautiful flower on top of stinking horse manure."

A lady answered: "Dear Lord Small, I think you are a perfect match for Miss Elena."

The former shook his head and said with a smile: "Oh, you are wrong, Mrs. Nigras, Miss Elena is like a moon in the sky, her beauty needs to hang high in the sky, I would rather be someone who looks up at her brilliance." a member."

Having said that, the light in his eyes betrayed his inner thoughts, His Excellency was immersed in pride and enjoyment.

His grandfather is the Grand Duke Rules, who is more tyrannical than Tripati, and only slightly weaker than the princes who have gained power. Only with his status is he worthy to be Elena's husband, not the low-ranking one above. Scumbag country people.

People like Tang Fang, no matter how great things they do, they will only be regarded as the lower Liba people by the aristocrats who consider themselves noble, and then stay away from them.

When Elizabeth officially introduced Elena's identity, people only thought that she would become the master of the Duke of Knar, a younger and more beautiful duchess than Duke Edwina, and few people thought about her past As an unrecognized illegitimate daughter, few people think that if there is no Tang Fang, will she still become an eye-catching pearl before the stage?

Because they have no goodwill towards Tang Fang, only hostility, fear and jealousy.

He is not good enough for Elena.

This is everyone's cognition, even some people who are not confused, such as Turamon, the ambassador of the Monya Empire, Giordno, and the son of the Duke of Finney, Benside, only think that this is a political marriage, a marriage. In the exchange of benefits, Tang Fang and Elena just got what they needed.

Of course, the girl herself thinks so too, but she is very clear about one thing. Tang Fang's behavior just now was not a private discussion of the nobles and officials, acting arrogant, or pretending to be arrogant. Unless necessary, he is always willing to keep a low profile, because only Only by hiding one's clumsiness well can one be able to shade others happily.

Captain Tang has always been a little fox curled up, not a wolf with a big tail and head held high.

What's more, Kelenia warned him to keep a low profile along the way, no matter how low-key, since Praise Will did not do anything in the banquet hall, it is unlikely to do it in the hall. If he doesn't want to cause trouble for himself, he can stay quietly in a certain place. Drink quietly in the corner, or continue the glorious and great mission of filling your stomach. (to be continued)