Whispering Poems

Chapter 1557 The Banquet of the Knights
Facing the sunset glow in the early spring evening, the carriages starting from the city finally gathered at the gate of the manor outside the city.When the "knights" in all kinds of armor showed up, the reporters who came here for tonight's news excitedly turned on the spotlights of the cameras, making the white light flicker at the gate of the manor.

Xia De was worried about whether his set of golden armor would be too fancy, but he realized that he was thinking too much when he entered the manor holding Dorothy's hand.

Now is no longer the old era of knights, the invention of firearms made cold weapons and armor a backward product.Therefore, swords and armor, which originally showed chivalry, became decorations and even show-offs in such an era.

The armor, which should have been clean and cold, was painted with various fashionable paints, and the helmet was decorated with gaudy feathers.When Xia De and Dorothy entered the banquet hall of the manor together, they even saw a young man on the right side of the entrance of the banquet hall, playing swordsmanship with a group of young girls.

The armor on his body was painted a dark gold, and the crossed sword and pistol logo was painted on the chest and back.The slender tubular longsword in his hand, or the back end of the hilt connected to the slender pipe, is connected to the steam pocket in the corner.

Whenever he wields the "sword", scorching steam will be ejected from the densely packed small holes in the sword body, causing the onlookers to exclaim.

Xia De feels that the other party is more suitable to perform in the circus than to participate in the riding competition.

"Although I have seen similar scenes in Rezia's memory, this is the first time I participated in it in person."

Dorothy was interested in it.

Miss Galina and Rezia will not appear at this banquet, the former is unnecessary to attend, and the latter plans to wait until the final banquet of the competition.

As usual in previous years, both His Majesty the King and Queen Diana showed up.Xia De learned the news that Queen Diana was pregnant earlier this year. Now two months have passed. Although her belly has not bulged significantly, she can still see the appearance of a pregnant woman in her clothes.

A total of 36 knights who signed up for the competition this year, all appeared at the banquet in armor, and knelt on one knee together to promise the king that they would use chivalry to win honor for themselves.

Rezia's father, Larus III, seemed to be in a good mood today. He not only encouraged the contestants, but even personally announced the rules of this year's competition.

And after His Majesty's speech was over, Dorothy told Shad that the negotiations with Carson Rik on the border negotiations went very smoothly, and the negotiations will start in the middle of next month, which is why His Majesty the King is in such a good mood. .

This year's "Spring Ring Riding Competition" has a total of four days. The first three days are "archery", "horse racing" and "horse duel".The first two items are regular events, while the "horse duel" requires contestants to ride their respective horses and attack each other with wooden swords stained with white ash within the specified time.

This is a new project this year, and it is also a relatively difficult one.There are still many people who can ride horses in this era, but those who know how to duel while riding basically do not exist.

The first two races each take one day, and the final race takes one and a half days, and the first three races will each be scored.The two with the highest final score will advance to Thursday afternoon's exhibition match.That is to wear armor, hold a real long sword, and fight a duel in front of the king and the audience. The winner is the champion of the 1854 spring round the city.

"The tickets for the auditorium on the last day of the exhibition will definitely sell like crazy."

This was Xia De's first thought after hearing the rules. In previous years, he just won the championship at the top of the points table, and then held a grand ceremony to present awards on the last day of the game. There was no final duel.

But Dorothy was quite excited about it, and Miss Writer had a wonderful expectation for Shad:

"In the name of Rezia, knight, you will definitely defeat all enemies, right?"

There seemed to be a light in Dorothy's eyes when she asked this question.

After His Majesty's speech to the "Knights", the grand banquet really began.Since it is quite uncomfortable to wear armor to attend the banquet, the manor also specially opened some rooms, so that the "knight" can temporarily change the heavy clothes on his body.

Compared with the complicated way of putting on the armor, taking it off is much simpler. Even Dorothy can help Shade take it off by herself.Because the clothes were prepared in advance, Shad didn't have to return to the banquet hall in a white shirt after taking off his armor.

However, when Dorothy was helping Shad adjust his tie in front of the mirror in the lounge, and talking with Shad about the repertoire of the dance for a while, there was a knock on the door of the room.

Don't have to ask who's knocking because the voice is familiar:

"Mr. Hamilton, may I come in?"

It was Adelina's voice.

"Come in."

Dorothy spoke instead of Xia De, although the voice was hers, but the tone of speech unexpectedly resembled Rezia, and Xia De was sure that the soul now was Miss Writer.

[The intensification of soul fusion has caused such a phenomenon.In addition to your carnival on the day of the red butterfly, you need to let them feel that they are indeed two people from time to time, so as to slightly prevent this fusion from further aggravating. 】

The little princess outside the door obviously also felt the familiarity of the tone, and opened the door cautiously. After seeing the blonde girl arranging Xia De's formal clothes, she asked the maids behind her to put away the unloaded armor.

She walked into the room herself, looked left and right to make sure there was no one else in the room except Shad and Dorothy, and then said softly:

"Mr. Hamilton, my mother asked me to find you."

Queen Diana has always been friendly to Shad, and according to Rezia, this is also related to the relationship between Shad and Miss Galina.In the past, Xia De often had a few words with Queen Diana at various banquets, especially the banquet attended by Miss Galina, so he was not surprised at the invitation:
"Is there something wrong? If it's nothing important, I'll take Dorothy with me."

The blonde girl pursed her lips and smiled, and Adelina replied softly:
"It's not a very important matter. My mother met several Kasenlik people who are related to my grandmother's family and wants to introduce you to them."

Although the conflict between Carsonrick and Delarion once broke out and spread throughout the Old Continent, the kinship between the nobles of the two countries has never been broken.Even the Anjou royal family of Carsonrique and the Cavendish royal family of De La Rion may be able to find a relationship going back more than a dozen generations.

"Okay, I'll go right there."

Xia De nodded, but the little princess hesitated and said:
"Actually, there is one more thing. The eldest son of Marquis Dullahan participated in this year's equestrian competition around the city. That is."

"Marquis Dullahan is the candidate for the next Minister of Finance of the Kingdom, and he will retire after this year's fiscal reform."

Dorothy said casually:
"Although His Majesty may not really like the son of the marquis, if he can win this year's championship, it may give the king some new ideas. Adelina is 17 years old after all, and it doesn't seem like Staying in the Yodel Palace like Rezia can still play a role, so."

Now Xia De understood:

"This year's champion must be me."

Agelina smiled immediately, and was about to give her blessing when Dorothy said again:
"Rezia has prepared a wonderful celebration for Xia De."

The smile on the little princess's face disappeared, and Dorothy turned around and continued to straighten Shade's clothes, with an imperceptible smile on her face.

She does look more and more like Rezia.

After Xia De packed his clothes, he took Dorothy and Agelina back to the lively banquet hall.

Different banquets have different processes and atmospheres because of the different participants.And this kind of banquet tonight can undoubtedly be more relaxed, without too many rules.Because of the warmer weather, in addition to the banquet hall, the courtyard of the manor is also open to guests.

Not all the "knights" had taken off their armor. Shade saw that many people still wore the bulky clothes, but that could also attract more girls.

Queen Diana did not go to the lounge, but sat on the sofa in the lounge area on the side of the banquet hall.When Agelina led Shad and Dorothy over, Shad realized that he had also met the so-called Carsonrick relatives of Queen Diana's mother's family.

"Mr. Eric Furlan, Mr. Charles Furlan."

"Good evening, Mr. Hamilton."

Those who stood up and greeted Xia De were the two five-ring warlocks whom they had seen at the Queen Maria Opera House.

The two gentlemen from Carson Rick also signed up for the Ring Riding Competition, but they had already taken off the armor first, and they were wearing similar black formal attire.

They still wear monocles, the brother of the twins, Mr. Eric Furlan, wears the right eye, and the younger twin, Mr. Charles Furlan, wears the left eye.Although the whispering elements on the two monocles are subtle, Xia De can still tell that they are relics.They often wear it, just like the sage ruby ​​earrings that Lycia often wears.

"Have you met?"

asked the queen, with an opal and pearl necklace around her neck and a silver crown on her head, smiling.

Shad sat down with Dorothy and said:

"Yes, I saw the two gentlemen when I was watching an opera at the Opera House with Miss Galina the other day."

Hearing Shad mention "Miss Galina", the Queen looked at the blond female writer next to Shad, but the latter's expression did not change.

While being amazed by the knight's means, the queen went on to say:

"The Furrens are distantly related to my mother's family, my maternal grandmother and the great-grandmothers of the Furrens are cousins."

(End of this chapter)