Lorraine looked at his strange look, but couldn't help but feel her heart beating.
In the countryside, it is said by the villagers in the mountains that nine out of ten clergymen are made of glass. Isn't this old guy one of them?
Russell kept looking directly into his eyes. Seeing the flash of fear in his eyes, he couldn't help but smile coldly in his heart: It turned out to be just a idiot.
If he knew that Lorraine had dirty thoughts, he might not think so, but would risk his life to throw white gloves with him and have a life-or-death duel.
He exchanged a few pleasantries with Catherine, and then introduced the assistants around him to her one by one. Finally, he respectfully welcomed them into the room.
As soon as Lorraine walked into the room, her eyes suddenly lit up.
A huge crystal light ball hangs in the large and luxurious living room, and the magic crystal emits dazzling light, illuminating the entire place like daylight.
According to Ruman's luxurious custom, bright roses were placed all around.
As soon as Vera entered the door, she saw a row of long tables placed against the wall facing the door. Those long tables were covered with snow-white linen tablecloths, and they were all filled with exquisite food and drinks.
When she saw this, she immediately opened her beautiful blue eyes wide and round, and could no longer look away.
In the middle of the hall, there is a huge dance floor, surrounded by countless soft sofas for people to rest.
Originally, there were dozens of well-dressed men and women dancing in the middle of the living room, or sitting nearby chatting. However, the music had stopped at this time.
Seeing Catherine walking in with all her jewels, they hurriedly stood up and bowed.
Catherine glanced at everyone's faces lightly, then nodded slightly as a gift, and then smiled and said: "Don't be restrained, please feel free to do it yourself. I just represent the empire to express my gratitude to everyone who has come from afar. Everyone
Thanks for your hard work."
"Long live Ruman." Everyone agreed loudly and bowed again. Although they said this, there was a trace of weirdness on their faces.
Lorraine knew it at a glance. What she meant was obviously: If you agree to get married, wouldn't everyone save themselves from such trouble? Now you come here to visit again. Is this condolences? Or is it a demonstration?
Seeing the expressions on everyone's faces, Catherine smiled coldly in her heart and pretended not to have seen it.
The music started playing again, and everyone returned to normal. They were dancing and chatting. Just because the royal personnel were present, they didn't dare to be too presumptuous. After all, everyone's wages depended on them. So, let's talk.
However, his voice and dance movements are also much more cautious.
Catherine, accompanied by Russell, walked all the way, saying hello to people from time to time, or stopping to give a few words of encouragement.
Lorraine followed her, and faintly noticed that behind Catherine's smiling face, there seemed to be a hint of anger, but she hid that anger very well, and people who were not familiar with her would not notice it at all.
The further she walked in, the slender hand holding the ivory feather fan became tighter and tighter. Eventually, that hand was even three points whiter than the white ivory.
Russell led everyone into the hall, asked Catherine to sit down at the main table, chatted for a few more words, and then left with the group of people behind him.
Lorraine casually took a glass of red wine from the plate held by the waiter next to her. After taking a sip, her eyes suddenly widened.
Although he didn't know much about wine tasting, he did know that this kind of pure and pure wine must be at least ten years old. Looking at the luxurious and bright magic crystal lantern hanging in the middle of the hall, his heart suddenly became angry, and he said to himself:
Damn it, it turns out that this is how these grandsons spent my taxes.
Thinking of this, Lorraine couldn't help but stretched out her hand. Under the surprised gaze of the waiter, she unceremoniously took the entire bottle of red wine in her hand, and made up her mind to get back all the money she paid.
At this time, a low cold snort was heard.
Lorraine was suffocated and turned around to see the cold frost in Catherine's eyes, almost on the verge of going berserk. Next to her, Adele lowered her head and carefully studied the texture of the wool carpet under her feet, obviously not intending to help.
He couldn't help but sigh and asked in a low voice: "What's wrong? Who provoked you again?"
Catherine glanced at everyone present and said bitterly: "Look at these guys he brought, none of them are doing serious business. I don't even know if they are here for talks or on a public trip."
Lorraine was stunned, then turned to look at the well-dressed gentlemen present, and couldn't help but wonder: "I think they are pretty good. They all look like dogs. And they are polite and very social."
celebrity."
Catherine snorted coldly and said: "These guys are just too celebrities. But did you know that there are many kinds of celebrities?"
Lorraine couldn't help but blinked.
Catherine pointed at a man opposite him who looked like a general with gray hair and was chatting with a half-aged socialite, and said, "Have you seen that man? Do you know what he relied on to become a general?"
Lorraine looked at the man and saw that his body was covered with various medals, and he also had a purple ribbon hanging sideways. It was obvious that if he was not afraid of being laughed at, he would even wish to
Even pin a few on your pants.
Lorraine hesitated for a moment and guessed: "Looking at how many medals he has, it seems that he relies on his military exploits."
Catherine laughed angrily, hurriedly covered her face with a fan, and said calmly: "You see clearly."
Lorraine was stunned for a moment, then squinted his eyes under the light and looked carefully, only to find that most of the medals were service medals or honorary citizens of some city. None of them were serious military medals.
. He couldn't help but feel very curious and said: "Then how did he become a general?"
Catherine sneered and said: "He became a general by giving his sister to His Majesty the Emperor."
Lorraine suddenly realized that he was a 'brother-in-law'! This way, he could be promoted very quickly.
He tilted his head and thought for a while, then said: "If he works harder and sends his sister to His Majesty the Emperor, maybe he can become the commander, right?"
Catherine looked at him in astonishment, wanting to laugh a little, but in the end she gritted her teeth and gasped a few times, then she forced herself to endure it and said in a trembling voice: "Then...it is possible."
Lorraine thought for a moment, pointed to another scholar-looking man wearing a blue robe with red flowers embroidered on it, and asked: "What about him? This dress is really strange. How did he come up with it?
You want to wear something like this? This aesthetic is really unique."
Catherine said: "He didn't come up with that. This was the uniform that the empire commissioned the great painter Dotres to design for the academicians of the Imperial Academy of Knowledge."
Lorraine looked at it intently and murmured: "So, this one is an academician of the Royal Academy of Knowledge? I wonder what special talents he has?"
Catherine glanced at the man with disdain and said mockingly: "His talent? When I think about it, it seems that he can make chickens eat grass, and he can also train donkeys to replace water leaks, use them as alarm clocks, and chime the time on the hour.
.”
Lorraine looked at the man carefully in surprise and said: "That's it, can you become an academician of the Royal Academy of Knowledge? I don't know what the salary and benefits are like? Maybe I can also go hang out there."
Catherine said: "Do you think this is how he became an academician?"
Lorraine was stunned and said, "Isn't it because his experiments are so powerful?"
Catherine shook her head and said: "No, it's not because of his experiments. It's because his handwriting is very beautiful. He also hooked up with a beautiful and rich widow, and spent about one hundred thousand gold coins on that woman, and then he entered
Academy of Knowledge.”
Lorraine sighed and said, "So that's it~! Those chickens and donkeys he experimented on were really pitiful."
Catherine couldn't help laughing after hearing this, and her anger dissipated a lot.
Lorraine looked sideways at the field and asked: "Where's the guy in green clothes? Huh? Is that his hat in his hand? Wow~! It's actually green too. He's really unique~!
"
Catherine couldn't help laughing again when she heard the ambiguity he said, and said: "His family was originally a run-down nobleman, and they opposed the Prime Minister a while ago. But later they reconciled for some reason and became a gangster. And he even wrote
There are several articles, praising the Prime Minister everywhere."
Lorraine sighed and said: "This is really great~!"
Catherine saw Lorraine take the pen and paper and start drawing on it. She couldn't help but feel curious, so she walked over and said, "What are you doing? Why did you write down all these people?"
Lorraine smiled and said: "You don't know? Of course I have to write down the names of these beasts, so that I can be reminded to stay away from them. If I encounter them, I can go around them."
Follow the path, and if they write some book or make some remarks that stir up a stir and become famous, I will know that I don’t have to follow the trend and spend money to buy it, or I can understand them in the opposite way."
After listening to his words, Catherine almost laughed loudly if she had not considered it to be against royal etiquette. She forced herself to hold it back, then gave Lorraine a hard look, and said softly: "You
...Your mouth is still...it's really too damaging."
At this time, a burst of cheerful music sounded.
After hearing this, Adele's eyes lit up and she stood up straight.
She walked up to Lorraine, then smiled and stretched out her hand, saying: "Earl, I've been waiting for a long time, how about it? Are you interested in dancing with me?"
After saying that, regardless of Catherine's expression, she pulled Lorraine forcefully to the middle of the field.
When the nobles present saw them, they couldn't help but exchange surprised looks.
These scoundrels have long disliked the upstart from the countryside in Lorraine, and they want to teach him a lesson, so that the pretty boy knows that if he doesn't fall in love with Catherine, he will not take everyone else seriously.
Inside.
They got up one after another, pulled their dance partners, and walked to the dance floor. They planned to teach that hateful pretty boy a lesson during the dance, so that he would make a big fool of himself in public.