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Chapter 214 The Palace Ball

"You didn't break her waist, right? This is Carl's cousin's wife, don't be so ruthless!" Others don't know why Queen Isabelle suddenly became a girl. Hong Tao must know that the waist he invented was for this purpose.¥f, but he felt that Jiang Zhuyi had done it a little too much, and this thing was too thin. If you observe carefully, sweat suddenly appeared on the tip of the queen's nose.

"Don't worry, I only used the second row of knots. If I hadn't stopped her, she would have used the fourth row. You must have been here, otherwise how could you know that there was a scent of scallion on them? She almost applied a bottle of perfume on her body, which was very choking!" Jiang Zhuyi was very suspicious of Hong Tao's foresight.

"You forgot that Sefei's mother is from Daqin, and so is Carl. When we were fishermen, we slept in the same cabin." Hong Tao made up a series of lies, and the front and back blocked the loopholes long ago.

"Sai Fei's mother doesn't wear a small dress either? She's so disgusting you!" Jiang Zhuyi asked quietly in Hong Tao's ear.

"...Is the queen empty inside?" Hong Tao stunned Jiang Zhuyi and reacted for several seconds before he realized what she was saying.

"They had nothing in their skirts... and asked me to lend me my little clothes to wear, but I didn't give them to her. It was so awkward, I've worn them..." Jiang Zhuyi affirmed Hong Tao's guess and his face turned red.

"Hehehe... Our business is here again. Just selling underwear, you can become the richest female nobleman in the Qin Dynasty. When you have nothing to do at night, I will help you design a few more beautiful clothes?" Hong Tao looked at Jiang Zhuyi's red face and watery eyes, and couldn't help but scratch Jiang Zhuyi's palm with his hands.

"Bah... Why are you a big man so interested in women's clothes? You are a disciple! I won't sleep with you, I'll go to sleep with Hong Yu!" Jiang Zhuyi knew what Hong Tao was thinking, and her face turned redder. This was not the first time she played this kind of game. She was really puzzled. How could Hong Tao be so familiar with women's clothes? She had asked before, but was convinced by Hong Tao's shamelessness. He said he liked this and had been studying it for half his life...

The dinner was very grand, and the restaurant was a bit magnificent, and even the tableware was inlaid with gold ornaments. The length of the table was similar to the bowling lane. Hong Tao sat at one end, and Frederick II at the other end couldn't see his face clearly. It was not that he had a bad look, but that the table was too long. More than fifty people had dinner together, let's think about it.

Dinner was very simple, with three dishes in total, roasted venison, rabbit broth, olives and vegetable leaves... There were a lot of wine, including wine, ale, cider and beer, but Hong Tao tasted it and found that these four things were not real wines, but more like alcoholic beverages. The wine was very sour and astringent, and the cider was not fermented completely, and the beer tasted similar to gawas. The ale was just a bit like whiskey.

Logically speaking, the emperor treats him to eat whatever he wants, but Hong Tao must not. He has to take out the rum he brought with him and sarcastically. As a result, all the rums were drunk, and the rest of the drinks didn't move. It was Karl's cousin who drank the most. This guy is not only lustful, but also good that the wine was good. If it weren't for his good brains, Hong Tao would definitely put him in the ranks of the tyrants.

He did this not to show off, but the venison was too sexy. These grandsons probably roasted it directly without putting the blood clean. The venison was very sexy. The blood inside had to be soaked out in cold water before cooking. But this broken thing Carl said that it was something that only nobles could eat. Common people were not allowed to eat deer, rabbits, birds, and only pork and mutton. Without rum, Hong Tao could not finish the food on the plate. In order to avoid food leftovers, he could only swallow the meat and wine.

After eating, the highlight of the evening came, and the grand dance party held in the palace officially started. At this time, Hong Tao realized that the only one who could enter the palace to have dinner with the emperor was a small number of nobles in the kingdom. More nobles could only attend dances and could not eat together. So this period after the meal was the peak of the guests. There were waiters shouting at the door. Every time they shouted, a man and a woman would enter the hall, and then there was a ceremony and greeting. For about an hour, Hong Tao stood with the emperor as a welcome officer, and his legs were numb.

Jiang Zhuyi was right. Queen Isabella really applied a lot of perfume. When the dance music started, Hong Tao had just invited the queen from the emperor to his arms and almost spit out the supper. It was so choking, just like spraying half a bottle of air freshener.

What Hong Tao unexpectedly unexpected was that the dance of this era was not a waltz, nor was there any instruments such as violins and pianos. Their music was more similar to religious arias, and there were many instruments, but Hong Tao could recognize them, and only flutes, organs, trumpets and drums, and they could not recognize any of the other instruments.

It doesn't matter if you can't hear it. The dance forms are very different, more like group dance. Men and women stand face to face in two rows, and only when they are intertwined can they have some dance steps and body movements. Fortunately, this kind of dance is extremely simple, and Hong Tao and Jiang Zhuyi learn it very quickly. Only Luo Youde is not very adapted to intersecting with one foreign woman after another in public, and soon pulled Carl to chat.

Hong Tao became the focus of the dance, mainly because the gems on him were too big and dazzling, and with a broken mouth with honey, whether they were just a little adult or a middle-aged woman, they could firmly attract their attention. Sometimes they even forgot to change dance partners. Especially those with small thoughts, they were full of expectations for a young duke from the mysterious East. Even if they were already married, there might be unmarried women at home. Compared with their age and appearance, they cared more about the gems on Hong Tao and the two big ships floating outside the port. This industry alone was enough to dazzle a European noble, and Hong Tao inadvertently revealed the meaning: this thing is a drop in the bucket, not worth mentioning!

This night was destined to be a night that made many people insomnia, including Carl's emperor cousin. A duke of the East suddenly came to his country, and he brought two ships of wealth. It was impossible not to be jealous of it. Not to mention two ships of silver, jewelry, and silk, even if only one ship is enough to walk horizontally in Europe, the main reason is that the two ships are too big. How to locate this duke of the East has become a problem that many people need to think about. They also have to find opportunities to inquire about details. After getting the news, they have to take action quickly. Being able to establish a relationship with the duke means more wealth.

The first person who had insomnia was Carl. After the dance, he was called to the meeting hall by the emperor. Not only Hermann was sitting there, but also two middle-aged nobles, and the other was the queen himself. This was His Majesty’s think tank and the core team.

"My dear cousin, who is this Duke Ait? He didn't come to send you back specifically, right?" As soon as the door of the chamber was closed, Frederi II's smiling face changed immediately. He walked a few steps to the window, looked at the dark sea outside the port, and questioned Carl in an unsatisfactory tone.

"Cousin, didn't I say yesterday that he is a god-like person. If his cousin can make friends with him, it will be God's favor for the empire, and the matter of the pope will no longer be a big deal. If his cousin can give him enough benefits, Lombardy and Venice will soon become part of the empire. In addition, on how to make money, the most cunning Venetian merchants will have to be at a disadvantage in front of him." Carl was not very satisfied with his cousin. He chatted all night last night, just to make the emperor and Hong Tao friends become friends, and it would be best to be a partner, but the emperor's performance today does not seem to be too keen on this, which makes him very anxious. Hong Tao is a person of virtue, he is very clear, but he cannot tell many things too clearly to his cousin. He neither wants to betray Hong Tao nor fool his cousin.

"Mr. Carl... You're probably exaggerating..." The emperor put his hands behind his back and didn't say anything. Hermann spoke first, but he was interrupted by Carl's words after he said half of the words.

"Please call me captain, Earl Herman, I am now the captain of the Malacca! If it weren't for coming back to see my cousin, I would have been the commander of a fleet, in charge of five such warships and four or five port cities, the largest port is no smaller than Genoa and Venice. My fief is gone, my title is gone, and my family is gone, but I am still not lower than you, your position, please pay attention to your wording!" Carl got angry, and his wife remarried a little baron under the Herman family, and merged it into the Herman family together with the fief, so he was unhappy when he looked at the count. Although he was a confidant of the emperor, he still did not give face. This is also the character he developed on the sea for ten years. He disliked anyone, as long as he was not a colleague of Jinhe Company, he would be scrupleless.
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