Law of the Devil

The forty-ninth chapter [the first dance of life]

On the high platform directly above the main hall, the imperial emperor Augustine VI sat down on a throne, and the only difference from the emperors of the past was that, next to the throne of the emperor, placed a throne parallel to his seat. Nature is the position of the Empire Regent.

Chen sat next to the old emperor, his face with a proper smile.

The court band is on the left side of the main hall, behind the curtain. When His Majesty King Augustine VI stood up from his chair, the ceremonial officer next to him shrugged his hand and the band immediately stopped playing.

In the hall, the atmosphere that was just cheerful was suddenly re-emphasized.

Soon, a court waiter next to him came to two gold cups. His Majesty King Augustine VI and the Regent King picked up one. Everyone understood that this was the beginning of the toasting ceremony.

"Long live the Empire."

The sound is not big, everyone hears that the emotions of Augustine VI are not too high, but this is normal, because everyone understands that this old man with great joy has been emptied.

However, no one would dare to look straight at the tired and impatient expression of the old man, so everyone is very obedient to pick up the wine glasses around him, and hundreds of people screamed loudly: "Long live the Empire!"

Then, the regent Wang Chen Huangzi also raised the glass when he raised the glass, the temple immediately fell into absolute silence! Because everyone knows that this regent is now the real master of the empire!

"I hope that the imperial state will be prosperous, and the thorn flower banner will always fly above the mainland." The regent king smiled, then raised his glass and licked his lips.

"Long live the Emperor's majesty! Long live the Royal Regency!!" Hundreds of people shouted loudly, both men and women, to drink the wine in the cup.

Du Wei was sitting in the first position on the left side of the emperor's throne. This is also the closest position to the emperor and the regent. From the order of this ranking. It is also enough to show that the Duke of Tulips is now in the position of the Empire!

Others, the old prime minister Rob Schel, can only sit next to Du Wei's next.

When the toast is over, it’s much easier to start the next banquet ball tonight.

As long as the old emperor sat down in the seat for a little while, pretending to look like, then you can pretend that the spirit is not good, and the first thing to go back to the palace to rest tonight is over.

According to tradition, the first dance should be accompanied by the Emperor and the Queen. However, the old emperor is already high. The Queen has already passed away. So from the coup three years ago, this formal evening occasion, the first dance of the dance, has been replaced by the emperor of the old emperor. In the hearts of everyone, he is already an emperor.

In the melodious dance music, the regent smirked with a calm smile and stood up. He owed a slight sigh to the Queen of the Regent who sat next to him, and gracefully extended his hand.

Du Wei, this is the first time I saw this queen. This queen is twenty-eight years old this year. It looks much younger than the actual age, looks warm and moving, quiet and elegant, from the appearance and temperament, to the full-fledged elegance of the Queen's style can only be known by Du Wei. This woman is afraid that she will not be a queen for the rest of her life.

In fact, this queen legend is also a very gentle and virtuous woman. She married the Emperor Chen at the age of sixteen and gave him a son and a daughter. And I heard that she is kind and gentle, and has no ambitions. She is a beautiful woman.

The only slight deficiency is that as a wife who is dominated by the empire, the queen’s family is slightly shabby, of course, this is relative. She is not a cold-headed family. She is also a local aristocratic family in the South. The family is quite a little bit of land, but it can only be regarded as the third-class aristocratic family of the empire. The top family of the Birolin family is far too far away. These southern aristocrats are often looked down upon by the emperor's land and considered to be the soil buns of the country.

After Chen’s emperor came to power, everyone thought that he should marry an aristocratic woman from the emperor as a side room. Unfortunately, he chose another girl from a southern aristocratic family: Miss Lily, as his princess. This move. It was immediately regarded as a meaningful political signal!

obviously. In addition to wooing the beautiful family, Duwei erected a balanced political opponent. This hand also has some meaning: Chen Huangzi does not like the power of the traditional giants in the Imperial Capital! So it seems that he wants to support a few emerging forces to balance the powers in the circle of the imperial aristocrats!

Therefore, in the two years of the imperial power circle, there is also a sign of "southern wind blowing".

Since they all received strict court training from an early age, the Regent King and the Queen’s court dance were very superb, and the skillful dance and all kinds of perfect skills were fully played, and the two were originally matched with handsome men and women. After the dance, Immediately won a warm applause, Du Wei listened to it. This applause was a heartfelt admiration, not just a respect for the status of the two dancers.

According to custom, after the first dance was finished by the owner of the palace, the regent and the queen thanked each other and then walked back to the throne: "Well, everyone, I hope everyone will enjoy it tonight!"

Then, the second dance piece played...but after the song rang, no one moved!

In the aristocratic circle of the Roland Empire, it still pays great attention to traditional etiquette.

Because, in this circle, everything runs according to "status and level"! The first dance belongs to the Emperor. Then the second dance begins, although everyone can jump. It just has another subtle "tradition".

There is a customary unwritten rule: after the second dance is played, it must be present tonight, except for the emperor’s majesty, the highest-ranking person, the first to enter the dance floor only after this person moves first, Other talents can come out one after another, otherwise. It will be considered a rude and arrogant move!

And tonight's occasion, in addition to the emperor and the Regent, the highest number of people, counted and counted, there are only two: the emperor's tutor of the Grand Duke Du Wei counts one, a lifetime of sea life, as the empire for many years prime minister The old Robbscher counts one.

If the two of them sit still and the others go down first... then it is likely to be misunderstood: Do you think your position is more noble than the Duke of Tulips and the prime minister?

The prelude to the dance is over. Du Wei and the old prime minister did not move. As everyone knows, the old prime minister has been in good health all the time in recent years, and dancing this sport is no longer suitable for him.

In the past, in the case of such a banquet, he generally did not participate without attending. Du Wei is also in the northwest. In the past, in addition to the first dance of the Regent King, the first person to end is often the Minister of Finance of the Empire, or the Marquis of the other two or three other family members. Sometimes the Earl of Villa will jump first.

But on this occasion today, the old prime minister is there, and the Duke of Tulips is also an adult! In this case, who dares to move first?

Is it better than the title? Du Wei is the Duke! It can be said that in addition to the royal family, the Duke has the highest title! (Only the royal family can seal the prince).

More than official position? People are already empire generals! Minister of the military and political affairs in the northwest! And at the beginning of a court meeting. The Regent deliberately arranged for Du Wei to sit in his "lower left first" position, and it has clearly released a signal that Du Wei will become the imperial prime minister in the future!

The news has been circulated through various channels.

Now the first young and important minister of this prestigious empire is sitting there. At this time, whoever is self-proclaimed first. That is to clarify the provocation of the tulip family who have tens of thousands of riches in the world! !

The aristocrats below are looking forward to Du Wei's first move, and in addition to the men, almost all the young aristocratic girls present are waiting for them!

why?

Waiting for yourself as a partner to accept the invitation of the Duke of Tulips! !

Tonight, Du Wei did not come with a dancer to come to know, his fiancee is far in the northwest!

Although the news of Du Wei's engagement blocked the royal marriage channel, who would believe that the future minister of the empire would only marry a wife with his current prestige and power?

Although those real giants will not marry their daughter to Du Wei's side room (in their view, this behavior is too shameful. Marrying the emperor or the regent is a little wife). But some second-rate and third-rate aristocratic families are absolutely one hundred willing to marry their daughter to Du Wei! Even if it is a side room! !

After learning about Du Wei’s attendance at the banquet tonight, how many aristocratic girls spent all their thoughts on the whole day today. If you dress yourself up as much as possible, at the moment, in the hall, countless bright and moving, dressed up The charming and charming girl, with her big eyes blinking, stares at Du Wei if she can eat people. I am afraid that we are young teenagers. Already eaten even bones and scum.

Du Wei has some difficulties in his heart.

He knows this traditional etiquette, but... looks at the aristocratic girls who look forward to it. There is some hair in his heart. In fact, if you follow the usual state, he can have a good choice: for example, invite a princess to dance!

This is very good, because in terms of identity, this is respect for the royal family. From a private matter, he could not marry a princess as a side room, which put an end to a lot of unnecessary delusions.

Regrettably, Princess Louise, who was best suited to act as a Duvi dancer tonight, is now in the northwest of Giliate, acting as a nurse to take care of her brave knight.

Du Wei’s eyes turned around, and then he suddenly smiled and got up and stood up. Under the eyes of the public, he headed up to the bottom right of the Regent...

For a time, this move immediately made the girls of several aristocratic families near the place sway, and a few excited faces were red.

However, afterwards, Du Wei quickly came to his "target", and then his face showed the most elegant and charming smile, owed to his body, voice and spring breeze, and extended a hand. Softly said: "Can you, Your Highness?"

In a word, almost all the aristocratic girls who were present were crushed and assured, even those men, they all seemed to round their eyes and stare at Du Wei incredibly!

Because of the "His Royal Highness" sitting in front of Du Wei, it is the daughter of the eight-year-old son of the Royal Prince of Regent Wang Chen, Princess Karinna!

Karina dressed up tonight. At the age of eight, she was the first to attend this formal banquet. This eight-year-old girl, inherited the beauty of Chen’s prince and the beauty of her mother. At a young age, she has already produced a beautiful eyebrow, a fine facial features, and a beautiful future billet.

Although Du Wei’s move shocked her, the eight-year-old little princess did not think that the Duke’s adult would actually invite herself...

but. After being strictly trained in royal etiquette, she quickly calmed down and coughed. She quickly stood up and her eyes were a little confused. With a tender voice, I was nervous and replied: "That is my honor..." Hesitated, the little princess added a title: "...teacher!"

Du Wei stunned for a moment, and immediately remembered that he was also responsible for the task of a son and daughter family teacher. He smiled and took the little girl's hand and slowly walked down the dance floor...

There was a clear and helpless sigh around. But no one dares to say anything. Because Karina is very young, she is a real princess after all!

With Du Wei's lead, the other guests finally dared to move. When Du Wei held the dance of Princess Karina, many aristocrats around him invited their partners to end.

The little girl’s body shape has not yet grown, and Du Wei stooped slightly. With the gap between the heights of the two men, he easily took down the weight of Princess Karena, and the child gently rotated with the rhythm of the dance.

Princess Karina was obviously very excited and excited. Her little face was flushed. Under the tension, she even forgot the strict training steps. She almost stepped on Du Wei's foot several times.

"Ah! Sorry, teacher..." Karina felt that she would all be looking for a seam to get in.

Du Wei smiled very peacefully: "No need to apologize. Your Highness. In fact. You can help me a lot."

Karina’s eyes turned and she was smart. She immediately understood that Du Wei’s meaning was not the children of the royal family.

"Teacher..." Karina suddenly got together. In the ears of Du Wei whispered: "Do you know? This is the first dance in my life."

Du Weihaha smiled and looked at this lovely little girl. She resisted and did not pinch her lovely nose. Wen Yan smiled and said: "That is my honor, Your Highness."

At the end of the dance, Du Wei took Karina's hand and sent her back to the seat and nodded. There was a disappointing look in Karina’s eyes, and sitting next to her was the ten-year-old Prince Charles.

Charlie looked at her sister and suddenly smiled: "Dear, I heard that he will live more days when he returns to the emperor. I want to ask my father tomorrow, and ask the teacher to start giving us formal classes. What do you think?"

Karina immediately glanced at her brother and then suppressed her excitement: "Okay! Thank you!"

Prince Charles smiled and looked at Du Wei in the distance: "Don't thank me...because, I am also looking forward to the class of Tulip Dagong to teach me! He is now the most famous genius on the mainland! Oh, I am really good. I want to ask him to teach me to ride a broom that can fly to the sky, as well as to fly in a hot air balloon, and..."

Kalina smiled. She looked at her brother's excited expression, but the little girl couldn't help but think of the first volume of the "General History of the Mainland" that fell into her hands!

All of Du Wei's notes above, Kalina has been familiar with it for more than a year, although many things can't be understood, but Little Karina is undoubtedly fascinated.

She subconsciously looked at her toes fortunately. In order to prepare for the dance tonight, she picked a pair of her favorite new dance shoes! Karina has decided to collect the pair of shoes after returning.

Shortly after the end of the first song, when the second dance began, Chen Huangzi gave Du Wei a look. The two looked at each other and understood the meaning of the other party: it was almost time.

According to the plan, in the gap time after the end of the second dance, it is possible to announce that the old emperor’s spirit is not good enough to leave, and then everyone can send a sire to go back to rest. In the recent public appearances in recent years, generally Is such that.

At this moment, the performance of His Majesty the "Old Emperor" is perfect. He did not reveal a slight flaw. He used to sit in the throne, his spirit was somewhat free, some spirits were not concentrated, and he was faintly impatient and boring. These performances are also in line with the true performance of the original Augustin VI.

Finally, the second song is over, and both Chen and Du Wei are relieved: the test tonight has finally passed.

Chen Huangzi is about to stand up and announce, but at this time...

Outside the hall, a rumbling drum sounded, followed by the ceremonial horn of the honor guard, which showed that there was a very high-profile VIP coming!

Sure enough, a loud voice was the notification of the ceremonial officer standing outside the main hall:

"The Temple of Light in the Continent, Pope Paul XVI, His Majesty!"