Lady of the Lord From the East

The banquet held by the palace this time was a realistic version of the banquet for concubine selection.

For Wei Wei, it is more like a live-action "Cinderella".

The three members of the royal family who wore the new dresses were definitely the focus of the whole banquet that day, especially Crown Prince Edward. Originally, his appearance was the best among the three father and son, but his body was thin and pale due to perennial illness. He looked melancholy and frightening. Man, many people shy away from him because of his illness, but now the complexion has improved and the man has grown stronger. Prince Edward wears a straight prince's suit with blue and white, and he can directly play Prince Charming if he leads a horse. The live-action version of him can be described as handsome and extravagant, completely attracting the attention of all unmarried girls.

Relatively speaking, the dresses of the girls attending the banquet were a bit hot.

The colorful dress is decorated with a lot of bows and lace, the jewelry and gold ornaments on the upturned hair are sparkling, and the perfume is sprinkled on the body as if it is free of money. The makeup on them is even more intense and mature, and it is almost impossible to imagine that they are actually only teenage girls.

I don't know that these nobles have the same ideas. Countess Nelson feels that the aesthetic standards of the crown prince should be different from the former crown prince who likes to be elegant and quiet, so she specially made the girls in the family to be lively, cheerful and bright. The direction dresses herself up, trying to attract the favor of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, but she did not expect that other nobles and her thoughts coincided, so it led to those girls who were eyeing the position of the Crown Princess, all dressed like flowers. Like butterflies.

Wei Wei only finds irritating eyes for this kind of aesthetic that dresses herself up like a birthday cake. She glanced at Prince Edward, who was surrounded by the group of girls, and looked at his blushing face anxiously. She was really worried. Will he have an asthma attack that smells like perfume.

But the other women present didn't seem to think there was anything wrong. Countess Nelson, who was beside Wei Wei, blinked at her while covering her fan, annoyed and proud: "Sure enough, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince likes lively and bold girls. , look at him blushing shyly."

"Are you sure he's shy?" Wei Wei followed her example and covered her mouth with the fan in her hand, leaned over and asked her, "Which one is your girl?"

"The one with the green dress." Countess Nelson raised her chin: "The one on the left of the crown prince, with a rose flower ornament on his head, isn't it beautiful?"

Although the invitation issued by the king specifically asked everyone not to wear any flowers, this did not prevent the beauty-loving girls from decorating themselves with lifelike fake flowers instead of real flowers, and many people thought this was a good opportunity to highlight themselves. Want to see, the other girls in the whole banquet did not wear floral decorations, only she was different, wouldn't His Royal Highness's eyes naturally fall on his head?

It turned out that it was obviously not one or two who thought of this, so looking around, there were not one or two girls with special flower ornaments on their bodies. It was obviously a waste of effort to highlight themselves in this regard.

If it wasn't for the girl that Countess Nelson said and the crown prince were almost sticking together, Wei Wei would have had a really hard time recognizing her from the crowd.

Looking at the other party's face carefully, I have to admit that she is a beautiful embryo, but she seems to be too young, and although the makeup is very thick, it can't hide the tenderness of her face.

With the precocious characteristics of Europeans, it is unknown whether they are twelve years old or not.

"I think you may be disappointed." Wei Wei reminded Countess Nelson: "His Royal Highness will not choose a girl who is too young in age."

Wei Wei is very sure that Prince Edward does not have an x-love. Out of responsibility for the patient, she has also raised some opinions in this regard. I hope he will try to choose the older one when choosing the crown prince, regardless of whether it is the king or the concubine. The crown prince himself agrees, but the former is because he knows that older girls are safer to have children, and the latter because he is really not interested in marrying a young bride.

Then there is another point that Wei Wei thinks that these girls may not get their wish. A few days before the banquet, Wei Wei overheard Prince Edward and Andrew who were trying on the dress mentioning his expectations for his future wife.

Like most guesses, he really wants his wife to be more lively, because he is not in good health and has to control his emotions, so he does prefer women who are energetic and smiling, but he does not reject the former. For a quiet girl like the crown prince, if it wasn't for the former crown prince who couldn't stand such a life and had been unhappy all the time, the gentle crown prince would not have divorced her because of the king's dissatisfaction.

So to sum up, His Royal Highness's preference is a girl who has a lively and cheerful personality, but wears a simple and elegant laughing girl - the simple and elegant dress here does not mean only wearing plain clothes, but refers to the kind of clothing that is simple in style and does not Of course, perfume is also very important. You can use perfume, but the amount should not be too much, because the crown prince can't stand the smell of perfume that is too heavy.

Therefore, from this aspect, the group of people surrounding the Crown Princess can probably all be eliminated.

Seeing that the crown prince was under siege, his face was not quite right, Wei Wei hurriedly grabbed a servant who was walking by carrying a drink and asked him to inform the king and relieve the crown prince from the siege, otherwise it would be bad to fall ill on this occasion .

When the servant heard this, he hurried to the king.

And if it is said that the crown prince is the most popular figure at this banquet, then the second most popular is the king.

The king is actually not very old. He is still very popular with women in his early forties, and recently everyone knows that Queen Mirabelle is seriously ill, and I am afraid that she will not be able to support it soon, so those young widows even some Unmarried girls are very interested in the vacated queen position, so in addition to a few well-known mistresses around him, there is also an endless stream of women who target him.

Surrounded by a group of beauties, after hearing the words of the servant, the somewhat fluttering king turned his head to look at the crown prince. Sure enough, he saw that something was wrong with him. He originally thought that his face was red because of shyness. .

So he quickly ordered the chief to help the crown prince out of trouble.

"Let him take a rest and get some fresh air." The king, who is very concerned about the crown prince's illness, now knows what kind of environment is more suitable for his son.

The general manager took the order, walked over quickly, squeezed into the crowd, and with a few words, the Crown Prince was successfully brought out.

Leaving the siege of the group of girls, the crown prince's somewhat chaotic breathing could finally calm down. He took a deep breath and had the illusion that he was finally alive.

He doesn't expect anything anymore, he just wants to get out of this place quickly, women are really scary.

With the king's instructions, the crown prince left the banquet scene without hesitation. His walk today has not yet taken place, so he can go for two laps now.

The departure of the crown prince was seen by many people, but since this was the palace, they couldn't walk around at will, so they couldn't follow.

But when they noticed that the direction of the crown prince's departure was not the palace, but the direction of the garden, the shrewd girls immediately began to think carefully and acted one by one, preparing to go to the garden to meet the crown prince. Romantic encounter.

Without the trouble of other people, I can definitely impress His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!

A group of girls gave each other a hostile look, and then confidently entered the new battlefield.

The specific process, Wei Wei, the marquise who was rowing the whole way and was busy rejecting other men's invitations to dance, naturally did not know, but after about an hour, Crown Prince Edward not only returned to the dance, but also had an extra person beside him. Strange girl, and invited her to dance the first dance in today's banquet, which is what everyone saw.

And judging from Prince Edward's expression, he seems to have a lot of affection for his dance partner.

Wei Wei was looking at the strange girl like everyone else. She looked like she was seventeen or eighteen years old, about the same age as the crown prince. She had curly blond hair pulled behind her head, without any jewelry on it, just wearing a simple dress. She wore a small olive branch braided headband, and she wore a simple blue dress with no extra decoration except the lace embroidery on the chest.

Compared with other people at the banquet, her dress was even shabby and dignified, and the material and style of her skirt looked a little old, which showed that she should come from a not wealthy family.

But she is very beautiful, with a bright and natural smile, not the kind of reserved reservedness that nobles advocate, but a natural smile that shows her teeth when she is happy, and her demeanor is also graceful and generous. Those brown eyes were as warm and sweet as melted chocolate when they smiled.

When they danced and turned around Wei Wei, the floating wind brought a faint scent of lemon and fruit, the smell of perfume, but it was very light, making people feel refreshed.

This is a confident and cheerful girl, and it can almost be said that she perfectly meets the expectations of the crown prince for his future crown princess.

"Who is that?" Wei Wei asked the well-informed Countess Nelson out of curiosity.

But this time, the countess did not know who this strange girl was.

Countess Nelson was looking forward to the girl of her family, but now she saw the look in the eyes of the crown prince towards the strange girl, and she knew that her expectations had failed. She glanced at them a little unwillingly, and then told Wei Wei went to inquire about the news himself.

Wei Wei didn't stop her, and as a result, as soon as Countess Nelson left, those who had been paying attention to her also started to move, as if they wanted to come over and talk to her.

If the crown prince and the king are the most popular people at the banquet, then Wei Wei is probably the third one. After all, she has been in the limelight recently. Everyone knows that the king's family is grateful to her, and Felix With the honorary title of Marquis, and likely to be promoted to Duke after the successful suppression of the rebellion, Wei Wei has naturally become the target that most people want to please.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Wei Wei hurriedly left the place and walked quickly to Elina's side, not daring to look at Prince Andrew's resentful eyes, holding her hand affectionately, as if planning to speak well.

As the host of this banquet, Elina was very busy at the whole banquet. Even Prince Andrew had to leave the dance floor after only one dance with her to accept the greetings from others. Now Wei Wei came over to take her. Pull it away, and look like there is something important to say, and others will consciously stop approaching.

This made Alina heave a sigh of relief.

They found an unoccupied corner and sat down, and Prince Andrew followed silently, and graciously brought a lot of snacks to the two ladies.

Elina was obviously very used to her husband's flattery, and smiled at him while inserting a small piece of cake into her mouth: "The pastry chefs in your shop are really good at craftsmanship, I really want to dig one into the palace. Come and make me a snack every day."

Wei Wei offered to ask the pastry chef in the milk tea shop to help prepare the meal for the banquet. This was also to make the first banquet hosted by Elina herself even better. Please go to their pastry chef.

"If you like it, send someone to follow them to learn it." Wei Wei also chose a taste she liked: "But those limited editions can't be taught. After all, I have to do business."

Many cakes in the milk tea shop are trade secrets.

Elina immediately said: "This is enough, I can't be too greedy, can I send someone tomorrow?"

Wei Wei thought about it and shook her head: "I'd better let someone come over, it's not very convenient in the store."

Elina nodded: "That's okay, you can come whenever it is convenient for you, and I will fully cooperate with you."

After talking about the cake, Elina glanced at the lively banquet - now the noble girls are around the dance floor watching the crown prince dance with the strange girl while biting the handkerchief, and others are also guessing the origin of the girl, But no one pays attention to them,

Elina sighed: "I hope His Royal Highness can find the right person today, I don't want to do this kind of banquet again."

"It looks a bit possible now." Wei Wei also echoed, and then said, "Do you know who that girl is?"

Elina shook her head: "I haven't seen her either."

On the contrary, Prince Andrew, who was beside her, suddenly said, "I know."

The two ladies immediately cast their eyes on him, urging him to speak quickly.

His eyes were too eager, and Prince Andrew shrank his head before saying, "I just happened to be entering the venue before, and the servant informed the lady and lady of Baron Campbell's house."

Baron Campbell? Wei Wei immediately thought of several nobles with this surname. She was completely unsure of which family the girl belonged to. This is the way to attend the king's banquet.

Elina also didn't know much about other nobles, especially those little nobles who were not famous.

So the two looked at each other, still not knowing who the girl was.

Prince Andrew just happened to hear it, and he also didn't know anyone, but he added: "It seems to be the Campbell's house in County Cardry."

Wei Wei knew this place in Kadri County. It was a Xiaojun located in the north of the Prady Empire. If I remember correctly, it seemed to be very close to the territory of Duke Romanov.

And if I remember correctly, Duke Romanov launched a war and annexed the territories of several surrounding nobles as soon as he fled back, and Kadri County seems to be among them.

This point, Elina also thought of it, she whispered: "Isn't there a war over there?"

So, that girl probably took refuge in the capital with her family, right?

As they were talking, Countess Nelson, who had gone to find out the news, also came back to Wei Wei with the news.

Just after hearing the content of their chat, Countess Nelson sat down on the empty chair beside Wei Wei and shared the news she knew excitedly.

"Indeed, County Cardry was occupied by the Duke of Romanov, and the Baron Campbell was unfortunately killed. Now their family is left with only the lady and three children. After the death of Baron Campbell, the lady ran to the place with the child. The royal family relied on her maiden family. I heard that because they were busy running away, they didn’t bring many belongings with them. Therefore, the family is very depressed now. "

But now it seems that Miss Campbell is going to have a lot of luck.

Originally, with her status as a poor aristocrat, let alone becoming a crown prince and concubine, she was not qualified to participate in a banquet, but the king only asked the crown prince to like it this time, and the requirements for the girls attending the banquet were relaxed to the extent that they only need to be nobles, and Although Baron Campbell passed away, he has a son, so his noble status is still there, so this Miss Campbell is also qualified to attend the banquet.

And looking at the appearance of the crown prince, his favorability for that young lady is not low.

Wei Wei wondered: "Is that Miss Campbell quite old? Not married yet?"

Originally, a noble girl was about to get married at the age of fourteen, and those who could stay for a few more years were already engaged, and the first requirement for a girl who could attend the banquet this time was to be unmarried. The object, the married and engaged girls have been excluded, so Miss Campbell can come, it means that she is an unmarried girl without a contract.

Of course, if a girl who is already engaged wants to come, she just needs to cancel the engagement. For the benefit of the family, this kind of thing happens too.

However, if Miss Campbell is in that situation, I am afraid that Countess Nelson has already said it, and even other nobles who know her details will directly make trouble. After all, this is a good way to suppress her and make the crown prince disappointed in her. chance.

No one is making trouble now, which means that she should indeed be single.

Countess Nelson is not reconciled that her girl was not selected, but shared the gossip she just learned with great interest: "That Miss Campbell heard that she is the daughter of her ex-wife, and her mother gave birth to her. She passed away soon after, and then Baron Campbell married the current lady and gave birth to a daughter and son. Naturally, he didn't care about his ex-wife's daughter. It seemed that something happened in the middle, so the girl came There is no marriage partner yet."

As for what happened here, it is still unclear, but the relationship between stepmother and stepdaughter, just like this, has already explained the problem.

"I suspect that their family doesn't want to give their daughter a dowry, and they are going to send her to a monastery when she is older."

At this time, women who have not been married at the age of 20 are already old girls. Such girls are basically sent to monasteries to live in monasteries. Although the current monastery is not as chaotic as it was in the future, the conditions there are definitely difficult, so they are Most of the noble girls who were sent to the monastery were not used to that kind of life.

So hearing her say this, Elina felt incredible: "No way? Didn't that lady bring her to the capital."

This kind of time will bring people, it should be a little emotional.

"Why not?" Countess Nelson glanced at the crowd gathered over there, and said in a low voice: "I also heard about this, you must not say it out - I heard, that person Mrs. Campbell brought people to the capital with the intention of making her a courtesan to support her family."

It is not uncommon for the daughter of a poor noble family to eventually become a courtesan in the aristocratic circle. Miss Campbell's appearance is indeed very outstanding, and her age is a bit old for a married man, but for those men who like to hunt for beauty, it is not uncommon. It is the best age, and on her terms, if Mrs. Campbell really intends to do so, I am afraid that this young lady may indeed become a popular courtesan.

If this is true, that Mrs. Campbell is really vicious.

Elina had never heard of such a thing, and her face turned pale now: "She is really so vicious? How can you say it is her husband's child? This kind of thing can be done."

Seeing that she seemed to be frightened, Countess Nelson quickly reassured: "I also heard people say that I can't do anything."

Wei Wei didn't find it too surprising. Stories of vicious stepmothers are common even in modern times. She looked at the place where the crowd gathered, because it was not difficult to see the crown prince and the young lady because of the human wall, but I have to say that this The scene is really a bit like the real version of "Cinderella".

Wei Wei: "Even if that lady really has that plan, it's impossible now, right? And I don't think that Miss Campbell's character is so cowardly and at the mercy of others, so even if her stepmother really has such a plan, it's still not possible. It depends on whether she agrees or not."

Countess Nelson nodded: "I think that Miss Campbell is smart."

There were so many aristocratic girls present, and it was not uncommon for them to be more beautiful than that young lady, but it was because she was a girl of ordinary birth who won the favor of the crown prince. The Countess felt that this must not be a simple girl.

I'm afraid she has deep thoughts.

"It does look like a smart girl." Wei Wei nodded in agreement, but for the crown prince, a smart girl should be more suitable for him. After all, the future queen of a country can't be too stupid. She is as stupid as Mirabelle. And poisonous, even more so.

But this kind of thing is not what they say, it mainly depends on the meaning of the crown prince and the king.

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