That night, in the Duke's Mansion in Xiqiu City, a grand dinner was held, and the local officials of Xiqiu, representatives of local noble families, and some celebrities with heads and faces all arrived, just to welcome the arrival of Duke Tulip and his party.
In a banquet hall in the courtyard, men and women are dressed up and down, surrounded by a band playing light tunes, whispered conversations, the occasional tinkling of wine glasses, and a light movement.
Roddy and Nicole appear together.
Tonight, Nicole wore a set of fiery red evening dresses, the back part of the dress showed a "V" shaped slit, revealing half of the white and smooth back, and the golden hair was wrapped in a simple knot at the back of the head, and then draped on the smooth back, the whole person was like a delicate and blooming rose, attracting the attention of countless men in the banquet.
And Roddy wore a very delicately cut dress, which perfectly showed off his slender and sturdy figure, and there were not too many gorgeous decorations on the dress, making his whole person look full of masculinity Nicole gently took Roddy's arm and snuggled up beside Roddy.
The smile on her face was full of the taste of a happy woman, and from time to time her eyes met with Luo Di beside her, and the tenderness like water was clearly seen by everyone around her.
Many people were speculating about the identity of the young man standing next to the Duke's sister, and they immediately learned that this young man named Luo Di was the commander of the Duke's escort army on this trip.
Officer of the Royal Guard, Imperial Viscount Roddy.
Some people have a little doubt in their hearts: this young man, who was obviously favored by the eldest lady of the Tulip family, was not from a big family, but was just a small officer of the Royal Guard, a small viscount But more people think deeply, the interpersonal relationships in the upper social circle are complicated, maybe this young man has some background behind him, maybe there are one or two well-informed, I have heard the rumors about Luo Di in Yanjing, and I can't help but feel a little relieved and in awe when I look at Luo Di's eyes.
Many people gathered around Nicole and Roddy, although Roddy didn't like this kind of communication between nobles, but fortunately, he had undergone strict training, and the previous identity of Duke Tulip also made him quite experienced, and he was easy to deal with, and the feeling in the hearts of others was that this young man's behavior was with a standard aristocratic temperament, and they all affirmed the guess in their hearts: this young man must have an extraordinary background Seeing Miss Nicole snuggling up to this young man all night, and the young man even wrapped his arms around Nicole's waist with one hand, and always leaned against each other in a standard couple posture, which made many men with great ambitions tonight extremely frustrated.
Many people came to the banquet tonight and came prepared.
Although they knew that Duke Tulip would not attend, Miss Nicole was also their target, as the eldest daughter of the Tulip family, Miss Nicole's beauty had long been famous, and she currently had no partner with a different surname, which made many people feel hopeful, especially some young nobles with good family backgrounds and a bit of power, who came tonight in grand costumes and did not give others any chance, and Roddy and Nicole were together from beginning to end of the dinner, like a couple in love.
Nicole always had a smile on her face tonight, which was completely different from the cold and arrogant temper of the rumored eldest daughter of the Tulip family, but it could be seen that her smile full of tenderness was only for Roddy alone.
When she spoke to other people, that smile was entirely out of etiquette.
Especially in the face of a few flies that don't know whether to live or die, Nicole simply looks cold, which is daunting.
Halfway through the dinner, Nicole's cheeks were already stained crimson, and she seemed to have drunk quite a bit of wine tonight.
As the heroine of tonight, she is the center of attention among all and the only representative of the Tulip family.
Gradually, she was a little overwhelmed, and her body hung softly on Roddy's body, and the wine was steaming, which filled her face with a seductive red, delicate and beautiful.
Roddy sighed, only he sensed Nicole's abnormality tonight, she had just deliberately drunk so much.
In fact, since the two talked in the afternoon, Nicole's mood has been a little strange, although she is calm on the surface, Roddy can feel the waves in her heart.
To Roddy's surprise, he actually saw Nitis at the banquet tonight By the time Nitice walked in, the banquet was already halfway through This incomparably seductive woman wore an extremely conservative long dress tonight, tightly wrapping her proud figure inside It's just that the charming smile on her face and the seductive look in her eyes form an extremely sharp contrast with the clothes on her body This woman is definitely a goblin who understands the psychology of men very well In the hearts of most men, when such a seductive and seductive woman wears clothes like a saint, this stark difference will instead stimulate the reverie in the hearts of men, and what makes Roddy a headache is that Nitis clearly sees that Roddy can't actually be invisible, and tonight Roddy stands next to Nicole and has become the focus.
There was a bit of hatred in her eyes, and then she put on a smiling face, and walked over with a silver wine glass in a short dozen steps, and with each step she took, her waist swayed gently like a willow, making the eyes of the men around her almost straight Roddy immediately felt a little headache, could this woman be looking for trouble The eyes of the straight-eyed men around him were full of fascination, and it was obvious that they all knew Nitsh, and several people of no low status immediately gathered around, with flattering smiles on their faces, and led Nitis to Roddy and Nicole's side.
The introduction of the person next to him made Roddy slightly surprised, originally he meant that Nidith was just a tavern owner.
"This is Miss Nidis, the president of the Wine Guild in Xiqiu."
Xiqiu's auxiliary official opened his mouth, and then Nitis elegantly raised her glass and bowed her head slightly.
"Hello, Miss Nicole, I'm Nice.
It was my pleasure to witness the tulip family tonight. ” Although she was a little drunk, Nicole immediately showed a little wariness in her eyes, which is a woman's natural surname, and when a wonderful woman meets another strange wonderful woman, this vigilance is natural.
Almost subconsciously, Ni was a little more intimate with Roddy's posture, and then raised her chin slightly and whispered, "Hello, Miss Nidis." ” Nydith smiled and slowly reached out to Roddy, the back of her hand downward.
Roddy hesitated, frowned, took Nice's hand, and gave a kiss.
Immediately, several people began to talk hypocritically, and the kind of deliberately disguised harmony made Roddy a little uncomfortable, the only thing that made him a little confused was that he was no stranger to Xiqiu In fact, after returning from the Northwest War, he put down the rebellion of the previous auxiliary official in Xiqiu, and at that time in Xiqiu, he killed a lot of people and almost reshuffled the power structure of the entire Xilin Province, and this Nedis had never heard of it when he was rectifying Xiqiu But tonight's posture, it seems that Nice's status in the upper circle here is not low, and even the auxiliary official next to her, when talking to her, is faintly respectful, "Miss Nice."
Luo Di finally spoke: "Just now, the auxiliary official mentioned that you are the leader of the Xiqiu Wine Industry Guild, but according to what I know, it seems that I have never heard of your name before, of course, please forgive me for being lonely in Yanjing." ” Nitis smiled slightly, and looked lightly at a noble man in his thirties next to him, the man was swept by Nice's gaze, his face immediately turned red, he straightened his waist, and said proudly: "Your Excellency Roddy, you don't know.
Miss Nydith had just arrived in Xiqiu half a year ago.
Her business spread across several provinces of the Empire, not just in the West Hills. ” Nitis smiled and said softly, "Thank you for the compliment."
The man immediately looked a little intoxicated, and couldn't help but reach out and put his hand around Nice's waist.
Nidice smiled slightly, took a step back quietly, and dodged the other man's hand.
Roddy frowned and smiled slightly: "Yes, then I am lonely, today I only heard that a tavern near the barracks is Miss Nice's property, alas, my soldiers are a little unhappy there, but now everyone is friends, I hope Miss Nitis doesn't mind."
He picked up his glass, gestured slightly, and drank it down.
These words were very subtle, but they faintly thought about the other party's apologies, after all, everything he did to this woman today was a bit excessive.
As if she didn't care, Nydith just smiled lightly, but threw a charming look at Roddy.
The auxiliary officer noticed that the atmosphere seemed to be a little strange, and hurriedly smiled: "Miss Nicole has come from afar, naturally she is a little tired, let's go to the back and sit down and talk slowly, there is still a little trouble here." ” The group then walked towards the back of the banquet hall, behind which was a side hall for private use, and of course, only guests of high enough status could be invited by the host.
There were only two masters, Roddy and Nicole, who were entourage, in addition to Nitis and the auxiliary officer, and the aristocratic man in his thirties who introduced Nitice just now also followed a few other people, and he didn't follow him because he didn't have enough status.
One of the walls of the side hall has been completely renovated and turned into a huge window, slowly opening the curtains, you can see the charming night outside Xiqiu is located in the northwest of Yanjing, that is, with a bit of the prosperity of the city, and a little bit of northwest scenery, especially the Duke's Mansion here, at this moment from this huge special window, the distance is the northwest mountains, and the birch forest of the northern specialty outside the window, the night wind gusts, the sound of rustling leaves in the woods, plus the stars in the sky, It's really a bit of an amazing view.
The assistant was a man of all faces, and before Roddy and Nicole could speak, he had ordered some drinks and snacks to be brought in, and then led everyone to sit down.
If it weren't for the Duke coming to Xiqiu to recuperate at this time, it would have been abandoned here, and all the arrangements to welcome the Duke were arranged by the auxiliary officer, so his familiarity with this place was far above that of Roddy and Nicole.
Several people sat down one after another, only Nitis finally showed a slightly embarrassed expression on her face, she glared at Roddy silently, and slowly sat on a chair, but there was a little unnatural expression between her eyebrows, like that, it seemed that there was some pain in Roddy's heart couldn't help but be a little funny in her heart, remembering when she hit each other's butts hard during the day today, now I think about whether I was doing it too hard, and seeing the other party sitting there in such an unnatural posture, you can imagine.
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Thinking of this in his heart, he couldn't help but show a strange smile on his face, but he didn't expect Nedice's eyes to sweep towards him, and when he saw Roddy snickering, Nydith glared at him fiercely, but his face turned red first.
Nicole caught a glimpse of the gaze between the two and her face was a little strange, and she couldn't help but feel a little unhappy, cleared her throat, and glanced at Roddy.
Only then did he slowly speak: "Miss Nidis, although Xiqiu is our family's fiefdom, I rarely come.
I've heard that you're the head of the liquor guild here, so you must know a lot about the liquor industry. ” Nidine smiled and said slowly: "Miss Nicole has won the award, and most people always like wine."
Especially men" Speaking of this, her gaze swept over the few men present intentionally or unintentionally, and then continued to say tiredly: "But in fact, the culture contained in wine is still very profound, but in this world, most people like to enjoy the fun of wine, but few people are interested in its culture." ” "Oh" Nicole smiled, picked up the wine glass in front of her, tasted it gently, and said, "Then what is the profound culture in the wine?"
Nitis gracefully picked up the wine glass, slowly stood up, walked to the middle, turned around slightly, raised the wine glass in her hand, and said, "Do you see this glass of wine in my hand?"
A few men present, but only glanced at the wine glass in her hand, and most of the attention swept over her soft waist like a water snake intentionally or unintentionally, this woman is simply a natural goblin, just turned around so casually, but with a strange seductive charm.
Roddy saw her leave her seat and walked to the middle, but couldn't help but maliciously guess: could she have stood up because her butt hurt too much As for her walking posture that is so tempting, it is probably because of the pain in her hips that makes it unnatural to walk Nedice's tone seemed to be very calm: "Miss Nicole, I want to ask you a question, the most romantic thing in the world, and the most serious thing, do you know what it is?"
Nicole smiled slightly: "Miss Nidis, you are testing me" She groaned slightly, and said slowly: "The most serious, I think, is naturally the religion of God, religion has always been the most serious thing."
I don't think you have any objection to this.
Is it the most romantic" She said this, couldn't help but smile, glanced at Luo Di silently and warmly, and said softly: "The most romantic thing is naturally love." ” After she finished speaking, several men nodded in approval.
Nidis smiled and whispered, "Miss Nicole has a point.
But I have to ask, what is there that can combine the seriousness of religion with the romance of love?"
Nicole was so smart that she immediately understood what she meant when she heard her words, and couldn't help but say, "Is it wine?"
Nidis finally restrained her smile, and there was a bit of reverent and serious gaze in her eyes, which surprised Roddy a little, it was a kind of seriousness about the true meaning of her pursuit, which had been seen in the eyes of Mr.
Qiu when he talked about swords, and when the Black Veil Sage talked about magic.
It seems that this Miss Nice is not a simple bewitching woman, in her heart there is such a thing as wine, but wine is a noble pursuit in her heart.
Nitis said slowly: "For example, this glass of red wine in my hand, it is made from grape juice, and it is made with calf blood, and the color is bright red and crystal clear.
As far as I know, it seems that men and women who are in love like to use it to temper the atmosphere, and a glass of red wine can not only make people more pleasant during candlelit dinners, but also a symbol of romantic love. ” Nicole smiled, "Yes, it's a custom." ” Nitis nodded and said lightly: "But few people know that the origin of this red wine has nothing to do with love at all."
She sighed and said slowly: "As early as about eight hundred years ago, humans learned to make wine, but not in the Bright Continent, but in the Roland Continent, in the Lorna Valley of the Gordon Kingdom on the Roland Continent, where there used to be a beautiful vineyard hundreds of years ago.
The beautiful landscapes have inspired human creation, and the people there have made fine wine from grapes.
However, do you know that this kind of wine was not recognized by the world at the earliest, because at that time, the kingdom of Gordon was not a legitimate kingdom until about five hundred years ago, the temple of the Roland continent recognized the king status of the kingdom of Gordon, and recognized that the kingdom of Gordon was a religious kingdom recognized by the temple, and wine became an indispensable vessel in the Mass ceremony of the gods, and it was a kind of wine used in religious baptism" Nicole smiled, "You're saying that wine was originally used for religious ceremonies in the Cult of God."
Nitis nodded and smiled: "That's not easy to say" Her gaze was a little sly: "It should be said that wine is something used by the heretics of the Northern Continent in their evil religious rituals.
The great gods of our Bright Continent do not recognize this evil ritual.
The auxiliary magistrate and the noble man immediately raised their glasses and said in a serious tone, "Long live the Cult of Light."
Luo Di and Nicole couldn't cry or laugh, so they could only raise their wine glasses and gesture After all, under the religious influence of the Divine Religion in the Bright Continent for hundreds of years, it is impossible to openly oppose the Divine Religion Nydis looked delicate, but she leaned her neck very arrogantly and drank the wine in the glass, then smiled lightly, and then said: "This wine was later introduced to the empire from the northern continent, and then this is a sacred and serious religious ritual wine in the Roland continent, but in the empire, after hundreds of years of evolution, this wine has become a thing to harmonize the atmosphere of love between men and women." ” A few people talked and laughed casually for a while, Nitis always shifted the topic to Roddy, intentionally or unintentionally, she didn't need to speak, but inadvertently knocked on the side, guiding the auxiliary official next to her and the aristocratic man to ask, the sophisticated communication skills surprised Roddy's heart, and the eight-sided long-sleeved dancing style made Roddy a little tired to deal with.
It was late at night, the banquet was over, and everyone came out to say goodbye to the guests outside.
Nicole was already seven points drunk, and leaned limply into Roddy's arms.
Although Nidis's face was also red with her cheeks, her eyes were still very sober, and when she said goodbye, she actually gently kissed Roddy's face, and then took advantage of others not paying attention, and said hatefully in Roddy's ear: "Boy, you wait" Roddy was stunned, Nitis had already jumped away slowly, but took Nicole's hand and said goodbye affectionately, and then left under the gaze of a group of men.
When everyone left, Nicole, who seemed to have fallen into Roddy's arms and couldn't stand, suddenly stood up straight from Roddy's arms, and her drunken and hazy appearance instantly lost a few points, looking at Roddy's eyes were clearly sober, and then she pursed her lips, and seemed to have a sour taste in her tone: "You are not allowed to approach that woman in the future" Roddy glanced at Nicole in a daze, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart: the woman didn't wait for him to come back to his senses, Nicole had already hooked her arms around his neck, and whispered in his ear: "Carry me back, don't forget, you used to be my little servant, Roddy" A surge of blood surged in Roddy's heart, and he hugged Nicole sideways, and laughed in a low voice, "Yes, my mistress." ” To be continued: