Why did the lord rebel

Chapter 241

Countess Isa Sandria's mansion can indeed be called a Danying carved jue, jade and carved lanyard.

When the Stigmata was invaded by the federal orcs, when several loyal knights of the Earl Kingdom sent Isa Sandria, who lost her father at a young age, to Eagle's Rest, they also brought with them several large boxes of treasures accumulated by the Earl Kingdom over the years. Gold and silver treasures, antiques and cultural relics.

This huge wealth left by the ancestors has been growing up with Isa Sandria, and then moved to the imperial capital from the western region with her. No one can tell how much is left, but a large part of it, It must have been spent on 13 Lombard Street in the Unicorn Quarter, the former residence of the Imperial Chancellor of the Exchequer.

It was already in the evening three days later, and the official Xiahou who came to the banquet with his sister had seen the extravagant life of the nobles in the imperial capital.

As the opening of the "St. Augustus Festival" approached, the house of the Countess of the Stigmata, like most noble residences in the imperial capital, was hung with gorgeous ribbons and balloons. There was even a symbol of St. Augustus in the sky on the roof. Ring of Briargrass Magic Projection;
As night fell, fist-sized glazed lanterns, which were specially decorated on the outer wall of the mansion for the banquet, were filled with magic potions, and exuded misty magic brilliance, setting off this magnificent mansion. It's like a fairyland.

Lord Frost Maple Ridge and sister Katerina, who were dressed in fancy dresses for the banquet, were well-informed and traditional nobles. They were really not intimidated by Miss Sandria's luxurious mansion. Walk slowly into the banquet hall;
But they didn't feel that they had entered the Grand View Garden, but they couldn't stop someone from thinking they were Grandma Liu.

When the butler of Sandria's mansion announced the name of "Igor Family Patriarch, Empire Frost Maple Ridge Lord Elliot Igor", the banquet hall, which was originally filled with whispers, fell silent. For three moments.

At the beginning of last year, the big treason case of the Igor family was full of ups and downs. The nobles and nobles who attended the banquet not only heard about it, but many of them were the witnesses, participants and beneficiaries of the political earthquake. By.

Now, in the minds of everyone, the Igor family has already suffered a crushing defeat, and it is difficult to turn over. The Igor family, which was supposed to be a man with its tail between its legs in the southern wilderness, unexpectedly appeared openly in the prosperous imperial capital of the city, and was invited to attend the meeting. Attending the luxurious banquet hosted by the Countess of Sandria, it is impossible not to make these politically sensitive nobles a little confused.

Enjoying the piercing eyes of the crowd, the lord and his sister saluted calmly as a thank you for this "special attention".

After a while, the banquet hall returned to a slightly noisy environment.

The aristocrats of the imperial capital who have been in banquets for a long time have long practiced a pair of steel masks. Even if their own father died in front of them, they could drink a few glasses of champagne as if nothing had happened. time gaffe-

——Of course, no one can know what ghosts are hidden in their hearts.

Under the guidance of the butler of Sandria's mansion, Xia Houyan led his sister in a raven-colored dress and dress, walked through the crowd that was not too dense, and walked to the corner of the hall, like the most ordinary nobleman, from the servant He took the wine glass in his hand, and slowly sipped the blood-red aged wine under the curtain, which can be regarded as smoothly integrated into the environment of this noble gathering.

But what is very intriguing is that no one came to talk to the siblings of the Igor family.

It stands to reason that such aristocratic gatherings are originally dedicated places for these imperial celebrities to chat, exchange information, and form cliques. The Igor family, who has just arrived, should be welcomed and wooed by the local snake nobles;

But the current situation is that no matter whether it is the noble lady in a low-cut dress, the plump lady in gorgeous clothes, or the imperial nobleman with her hair combed meticulously, everyone is continuing the previous discussion, and there are people walking around in the hall from time to time, even Dancing to a song with a female companion;
But when everyone passed by the siblings of the Igor family, they walked around intentionally or unintentionally, and even more cleverly avoided all eye contact with the Igor siblings:

All this made the lord and sister Katerina look like two transparent people who did not exist in the banquet hall.

For this slightly indifferent cold treatment, Xiahou official was not too surprised:
In the city of the imperial capital with a strong political atmosphere, because of Vincent Igor's status as a conspirator, even the old house of the Igor family could not be sold for several months. Let us befriend him, the son of sinners.

Of course, having said that, Xia Houyan took his sister to the banquet this time, originally to sell Countess Isa Sandria's autographed invitation to save face, and also to officially show his face in the aristocratic circle of the imperial capital, basically checking in the whole process Dealing with errands - when others don't ask him to chat, the wasteland lord is happy to be idle:
If you really want to communicate, the lord of Shuangfengling who bet on the future in the bloody storm of the land of cracking soul really has nothing in common with these Taiping nobles who live in the imperial capital and are busy drinking and picking up girls every day.

However, not everyone present cared about the political atmosphere in the imperial aristocratic circle.

Xia Houyan was secretly drinking wine in a corner of the hall, listening to Katerina whispering to him one by one the introduction of the imperial nobles present, two completely unexpected characters walked towards them.

One of them was the elf mage Belgrade.

This guy followed the Frost Maple Ridge convoy all the way to the imperial capital, and then went to the embassy of the Stardust Protectorate to look for his fellow countrymen. He never showed up at Igor's residence.

Xia Houyan never expected that this talented young elf mage was also invited to attend the luxurious dinner hosted by Countess Isa Sandria.

At this time, Belgrade took off the black robes that he usually wore, and put on a light blue dress with elves' characteristic patterns. With the elves' unique handsome appearance and bright hair color, Against the backdrop of a group of obese aristocratic uncles, he was the prettiest boy at the banquet.

Xia Houyan looked at this elf mage exuding self-confidence and youthful vigor, and thought about his chief mage who was also a junior magician, but was so filthy and filthy that everyone abandoned him, and he kept saying sourly in his heart. Dead people are more popular than dead people...

Walking over with Belgrade was a noble man in fine clothes whose appearance was not inferior to that of an elf mage.

His pointed ears, pierced with earrings, protruding from his hairline, conclusively proved his ethnic identity as a fellow elf from Belgrade;
It's just that compared to Begrade, who is full of the bookish atmosphere of a magician, this noble elf's every move is extremely elegant and graceful, like the old and highly educated nobles in the early days of the empire.

"Master Igor!" Begrade said with a smile, "Let me introduce, this is the ambassador of the Protectorate of the Stardust Elves, His Excellency Enrique Frostblade! Enrique, this is the one I mentioned to you Elliot Igor, the lord of Frost Maple Ridge."

The elf ambassador smiled gently, stretched out his hand and shook the lord:

"Respected Lord Igor, Belgrade often praises me for your good governance of the territory, but I didn't expect you to be so young, and you really are a hero... And this one, it must be Katerina Yi Miss Gore? Your beauty outshines the fairest flower."

Of course, Xia Houyan and Katerina did not take these courteous words seriously, and politely said a few words.

However, Xia Houyan saw from the corner of his eyes that after they were approached by someone, many imperial nobles cast curious glances in this direction, but when they noticed that the two elves were talking to them, their faces immediately turned pale There was a look of disdain and contempt.

Lord Frost Maple Ridge realized something:
As the official ambassador of the Stardust Protectorate to the imperial capital, a dignified junior magister and court mage of the Protectorate, Enrique Frostblade and Belgrade could be regarded as the most famous and highest-status guests at this banquet, but Now it seems that they have been in the same embarrassing situation as their own siblings, where no one cares about them——

The reason is simple: they are elves, a non-human race.

In the modern empire where human beings are the masters, there is no need for any other reason to exclude these two non-self races.

Just like in the high-sounding circle of nobles, there is no need for any reason to exclude a son of a conspirator and a down-and-out noble in the wilderness.

Xia Houyan immediately developed a sense of intimacy towards these two elves, who are also fallen people in the world.

Ambassador Enrique Frostblade, who has been stationed in the imperial capital all the year round, is obviously used to the treacherous and sinister people here. He didn't care about the unfriendly eyes of the human nobles, but smiled at the lord and said:
"Master Igor, the novel 'Flowers of Abundance' that you sent to the protectorate with winter embracing pigeons has already been read by Her Majesty the Queen, and she likes it very much. You really solved a big problem in the court of our protectorate. Problem...I still can't imagine how you forced 'Flower of Abundance' to continue writing her own novel..."

Knowing that those novels were all written by ghostwriters, Belgrade felt guilty, and his eyes wandered for a while.

The elf ambassador, who was kept in the dark, is still swearing to the lord:
"Don't worry, our star dust elves protect the country and we must keep our word - you have solved the problem for our queen, then the elf mage team we promised before will definitely be sent to your territory as soon as possible, as a witness of our eternal friendship !"

A group of mages is a great gift, Xia Houyan quickly nodded his thanks.

"Also, I heard Beglad talk about what happened to your convoy in Springleaf Town." The elf ambassador nodded reservedly, "In today's Haven Continent, non-human races have always been united on the issue of the 'tolerance tax' On the front line, the three troll tribes in the empire, Enziai, Eswan, and Taigpu, have always maintained contact with our Stardust Protectorate... I really admire the way you deal with the troll rebels ——Not all human beings have the courage, courage and vision to forgive the crimes of a group of alien rebels."

"The equality of the people and the republic of the races have always been the construction policy of Shuangfengling." Xia Houyan hurriedly said in a high-sounding manner.

To be honest, although Belgrade knew about the release of the rebels from the Enzie tribe, he probably didn't know that these forest trolls were actually abducted to Frost Maple Ridge. On the one hand, it's really not to maintain some kind of values ​​of freedom and equality, it's purely to attract a group of shooters, doctors and botanists to the territory.

The elf ambassador chatted with the lord of Shuangfengling for a long time again, and his language style was full of the ambiguity unique to diplomats—but Xia Houyan could tell that the elf ambassador's words were in and out of meaning. Stardust Protectorate and Frost Maple Ridge strengthen exchanges and cooperation.

Think about it with your buttocks, the Stardust Protectorate, which is regarded as the place where the elves are supplied, has a status in the empire that is nothing more than a slave breeding area and breeding base-the imperial elves, who have been discriminated against and looked down upon in the political circle, finally caught Of course, an aristocrat with less serious racial prejudices cannot be easily let go.

However, Xia Houyan practiced Tai Chi in the most tactful way, and did not hastily agree to the ardent expectation of the elf ambassador:
There is no way, now that he is the master of the territory, the responsibility on his shoulders is too heavy, and he must be cautious in every word and deed.

The elf ambassador obviously understood this, and chatted with him for a few more words, and after the two parties exchanged Dongyongge's mailing address, the two elves said goodbye and walked away;
When they left, like patients with contagious diseases, they opened up a large uninhabited passage among the nobles, which was really spectacular.

The Xiahou official who thought he could be quiet for a while, soon saw a figure that he really didn't want to see.

"Eliott!" Countess Isa Sandria yelled sweetly, covered her vermilion lips with her hand, and ran over on tiptoe, "So you've already arrived... I didn't even get upstairs just now hear!"

Katerina, who has been listening patiently and calmly when her younger brother communicated with the elf ambassador, has a faint tendency to evolve into a river lioness.

The lord of Frost Maple Ridge reluctantly greeted Isa Sandria, and then glanced at the figures following Isa.

It was a gorgeous young woman dressed in sexy and charming clothes. From the moment she appeared in the field of vision, she stared at the lord with a hunger and thirst that wanted to swallow her life alive. , Shocked the senior officials of Xiahou into a cold sweat.

"Eliot, my dear fiance!" Isa's voice was a little abnormally loud, "This is Mrs. Natasha, my best friend in the imperial capital..."

——Although Yisha was introducing Mrs. Natasha, she moved her lotus steps lightly, seemingly intentionally or unintentionally, blocking Mrs. Natasha's gaze at Lord Shuangfengling.

Xia Houyan used the most standard aristocratic etiquette to kiss Mrs. Natasha's hand, but was almost choked to death by the pungent rouge.

The situation now is different from the time when the two noble elves chatted;

Xia Houyan felt that with the appearance of Isa Sandria, several hostile and resentful eyes were obviously coming from behind him.

He preliminarily judged that these gazes belonged to Isa Sandria's suitors in the aristocratic circle——

— In other words, a bunch of stupid wretches.

(End of this chapter)