Whispering Poems

Chapter 498 The Writer's Friend
With Director An Luosi in the carriage, the group of four was not searched for weapons.Director An Luosi still had something to do, and he separated from Xia De after entering the Yodel Palace. If there was nothing else, Xia De probably would not see his boss at the banquet tonight.

It was [-]:[-] in the evening, and Tobesk in the late summer could only see the last sliver of the setting sun at this time. The courtyard of the Yodel Palace was full of ribbons and decorations, and well-dressed men and women greeted each other , under the illumination of the gas lamps in the courtyard, step on the red carpet laid on the central axis of the courtyard from the entrance, and walk to the main building of the Yodel Palace.

The banquet is about to begin.

The "Yordle Palace" belonging to the royal Cavendish family is not actually a palace, but a palace complex in the city center.Its own area is about four to six squares of Saint Teresa.It is not only the residence of the royal family, but also serves as the political center of the kingdom.

Today is the queen's birthday banquet, so the main building of Yodel Palace was opened as the banquet venue.Except for the birthdays of the king and queen, such a large-scale banquet can only be held when entertaining the royal delegation of Kasenlik or for some important rewards.

Shad and Dorothy followed the crowd onto the aisle, through the furnished courtyard and into the foyer of the three-story building.

Although it is a foyer, its area is larger than the combined area of ​​the upper and lower three floors of Xia De's house with a basement attic. There are corridors on both sides, and there are two intersecting spiral staircases facing the gate.

After removing the furniture, it was arranged to look like a banquet hall.

Today's banquet was held on the first and second floors. Except for the long banquet tables, the clean floor was covered with red carpets. Under the light of the gas lamps and the crystal chandelier overhead, everything here seemed to be shining.

Gifts can be delivered at the entrance of the banquet hall, and a butler-like man wearing a wig, monocle, and red coat will lead the servants to record at the long table at the entrance.Dorothy told Shad in a low voice that this man is the head of the West Hall of the Yodel Palace and one of the housekeepers of the palace.

And when Xia De asked her how many housekeepers there were, Dorothy didn't even know.

"Rezia spent a lot of effort remembering everyone's names when she was young."

Of course, the presents for the queen will not be opened on the spot, but the gift boxes will be piled up for the queen to check by herself.Xia De handed over his own box casually. Although the packaging of the box looks good on its own, it looks a little ordinary when put together with other gift boxes.

Dorothy, of course, also brought presents, and she chose a silver vanity mirror.This one is expensive, but nothing special.Because the queen could not keep all the gifts from everyone, Dorothy didn't bother to choose at all.

After registering at the gate, Xia De and Dorothy officially entered the main venue of the banquet.

Miss Galina has already talked to Xia De about the specific process of the banquet.At eight o'clock the Queen would appear to thank the guests for their arrival, and possibly King Larousse III if he was well.

After eight o'clock, the courtyard is fully open, and people who want to breathe fresh air can go outside for a walk, and bands and performers are also arranged in the courtyard.

At 09:30, the indoor dance officially started, but only on the second floor. If you want to dance, you can go up with your companions.

You can choose to leave after ten o'clock, but at that time, some beautiful fireworks will be set off in the courtyard for people in half the city to enjoy together.The banquet ended at twelve o'clock, but it lasted until one o'clock before those who stayed for various reasons were allowed to leave.Therefore, there is still a long time to this night, if Xia De is not thinking about Darkness, this is actually a rare moment of relaxation for him.

It seemed that everyone could find something to do at this banquet. Before Queen Diana appeared, people gathered in twos and threes to whisper about this banquet, or chat with acquaintances about the Yodel Palace.

A small number of reporters also received invitations to the banquet, and the camera set up at the entrance of the banquet hall on the first floor recorded the magnificent scene after the flashes went off.That photo represents, I am afraid, it can be called the most prosperous scene of this era.

Shad and Dorothy came to the second floor together, and they stood by the long dining table. Shad listened to Dorothy introduce the yordle palace guards and servants walking around.

But even Rezia couldn't recognize everyone here, so Dorothy could only briefly introduce those she had an impression of.

"You and Rezia are both in the Yodel Palace now, will you be affected?"

Xia De looked at the food on the table and asked in a low voice.Most of Tobesk's noble banquets use self-service food, even the queen's birthday banquet is no exception.

"Don't worry, Rezia is now in the room at the corner of the west corridor on the second floor."

Dorothy gave the answer.

At the beginning of the design of this palace-like building, the foyer on the first floor and the lobby on the second floor were planned as banquet halls.Although the two areas are quite large, they are not very large compared with the building itself.You know, the main building of the Yodel Palace was once the largest palace in the entire Old Continent.

This record was not surpassed by the newly built Royal Palace in Kaserik until 20 years ago.

The Marquess Grassley, who had issued a Rhodes card invitation to Shad in the opera house, found Shad on the second floor at [-]:[-].

At that time, Xia De was holding a plate, looking at the boiled and whitish meat inside.The Marquis smiled and came to inform Xia De that the Rhodes card game at the banquet would start at 08:30, and the venue would be on the second floor.

He didn't know where he heard that last week Xia De used the Devil series Rhodes card to win the [King's Secret Order · Substitute] at the Three Cats Hotel in the Sange Plaza in the lower city. He also asked excitedly if Xia De had brought these two cards. card.

"of course."

Shad took out a card from his coat pocket and shook it.

"That's good. I heard that there are quite a few people waiting to play Rhodes cards with you at the banquet."

The Marquis reminded in a low voice, and Xia De felt that this "many people" should also include him.

"It's okay, I'm also looking forward to seeing more special cards."

After the enthusiastic Marquess of Grassley left tonight, Shade originally wanted to exchange views with Dorothy on the topic of banquet drinks, but Dorothy was probably tired of hearing Shade complain that it was difficult to find juice here. So he took him to meet his friends.

They say they are "friends", but they are actually just colleagues.Those people occupied a corner of the sofa area in the southwest corner of the banquet hall on the second floor. Besides the writers, there were also some arty nobles chatting with them here.

As he approached, Shad saw the playwright, Mr. Prossie Newman, whom he had met once at the opera after exam week.Because it was the queen's birthday party, he didn't dress up as a scary woman like last time.

But even so, the make-up on the gentleman's face is still biased towards the lady's style, because Shade has never seen such a conspicuous pink lipstick color on the lips of any man in this era.

But Mr. Newman also has the most people around him. The screenwriter, who looks in his 30s, has a very high reputation.The "Prince's Revenge" that Xia De and Miss Galina went to the opera to watch a few days ago was adapted from a knight novel by him into an opera.

"Look, here comes Louisa."

Probably because of Professor Louisa, many people here know Dorothy.Detective novels, as a new novel subject, shouldn't have been accepted so quickly by their peers, but seeing how they warmly welcomed Dorothy, that Professor Louisa's influence may be greater than Xia De thought.

"This is Hamilton of Regard, the prototype of the protagonist of my novel."

Dorothy also introduced Shad's identity to her friends, and as expected, all Tobesk writers who could be invited to this banquet knew who Shad was.

Here, there is no one who refused to shake hands with Shade Hamilton because of the rumor that "Shard Hamilton could only have his current status because of the duchess".And Xia De is trying hard to remember who everyone is, so as not to be unable to call out their names when they meet on the street next time.

In addition to the playwright Proxie Newman, who looks somewhat feminine, there is also the famous 39-year-old poet, Mr. Miles Garrov, who won the Kingdom’s highest literary award last year for his poem "Falling Leaves"; Ms. Yeva Swift, who came from Carsonrick and lived in Tobesk, hoping to get new inspiration from De La Rion, she has the Baronship of Carsonrick, and it is not inherited, but on her own Literary achievements; has published thirteen best-selling novel collections, Mr. Humain Francois, who is good at adventure novels and travel novels, holds the record for the highest number of popular novels in contemporary De La Rione; and finally Professor Mulder Goethe, a 41-year-old prose writer, taught at the Tobysk University area and was also employed as a teacher of literature and grammar to the royal family at the Yodel Palace.

Compared with these few, Dorothy, whose career has just taken a new turn because of "Hamilton's Detective Stories", is not impressive at all.

After Xia De sat down on the sofa with Dorothy, Xia De received more welcome.People were eager to strike up a conversation with Shad, about his career as a detective, or a few words on Lord's Card.

Then the topic somehow turned to the creation of popular novels, and Dorothy had a chance to say a few words at this time, and Shad was also dragged into the conversation by Dorothy.

Of course he doesn't know much about literary creation, but thanks to the many literary works and masterpieces he read when he was in his hometown, he can say a few words no matter what he talks about as long as it doesn't involve the theoretical details of literary creation and poetry.

After all, you can't write poetry in the exam in your hometown.

(End of this chapter)