The grand banquet was attended by many celebrities from the imperial capital. Prior to this, Lu Ming, as the ruler of the principality, formally met with His Majesty King William V of the kingdom.
The banquet hall is magnificent, with huge oil paintings hanging on the walls on both sides. In the middle, there is a long horseshoe-shaped dining table, and above it are six huge, dazzling crystal chandeliers.
William V accorded Prince of Blackberg the highest courtesy, with a royal state banquet, and Prince of Blackberg was arranged to sit next to William V.
In his speech, William V specifically mentioned the great achievements of Prince of Blackberg in "recovering" the northern territory.
In fact, this part of the speech is equivalent to binding the entire territory of the Principality as the legal territory of the Kingdom of Griffinni.
Otherwise, there would be a lot of talk about the part of the Principality in the Northern Territory, and the identity of the head of the Principality would also have a lot more to say, and he might not necessarily be a vassal of King Griffinni.
The dishes are extremely luxurious, mainly reflected in the ingredients. Snails, foie gras, kid meat and the like are all specially supplied and the taste is indeed different.
Lu Ming kept smiling throughout the whole process, and after the banquet, he greeted politely with the nobles in the imperial capital.
Sister Windsor was also there, but the two of them didn't act very close.
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In the lounge on the top floor of the Golden Moon Hotel, Lu Ming looked at the photo of himself in the Imperial Evening News bowing slightly in front of William V, then smiled and put the newspaper aside.
The audience took place in the morning, but now it's reported in the evening newspaper, which shows how impatient William V is.
In fact, when a vassal formally meets the king, the traditional etiquette is to kneel on one knee. However, after communication with the Privy Council of the Privy Council, the royal family of the kingdom finally did not insist.
William V naturally did not want his visit to the imperial capital and the ceremony of his audience to be ruined, so he tolerated the audience by bowing.
The reason was that he, the Prince of Black Mountain Castle, was descended from Princess Alice and belonged to "Bolivia". According to the context of Central Plains, it probably meant a king of a foreign surname. In addition, the Prince of Black Mountain Castle had made great contributions in recovering the Northern Territory, and it was a new era, so he bowed to the emperor.
However, William V played some tricks during his audience with the emperor, holding a so-called awarding ceremony, in which he awarded himself the title of "Deputy Marshal of the Imperial Guards" and appointed himself to the military post of "Commander-in-Chief of the Northern Military District of the Kingdom."
This move is naturally to show the outside world that the Principality of Montenegro and Prince of Montenegro support his claim to the throne of the Imperial Emperor. At the same time, the so-called "Commander-in-Chief of the Northern Military District of the Kingdom" further shows that Prince of Montenegro and his armed forces are also completely part of the kingdom's military system in the military sequence.
"Commander-in-chief of the Kingdom's Northern Military Region..." Lu Ming smiled, "Actually, where is the border of the Kingdom's northern region?"
Bizhu nodded gently: "When Your Highness returns, you can issue an edict to order the armed forces of Hanzhou and the states and provinces north of Hanzhou to be under the control of Your Highness."
"We still have to wait until the conflict in the Western Region ends." Lu Ming touched his chest and abdomen, "My stomach feels a little uncomfortable. I don't know why..."
"Your Highness has eaten the cursed thing." Biju said calmly.
Lu Ming was stunned: "What?"
"It is a snail meat. I saw black air rolling around it, so I think it is a Western curse. However, Your Highness has already completed his golden body, so naturally there will be no problem."
Lu Ming smiled bitterly: "Okay..." It's obvious that there is no need to track down who poisoned him. This is the root of the Western world, like a den of dragons and tigers. Bizhu was right to keep silent, so that the person who wanted to murder him would have no idea of his true strength.
However, his stomach was burning and he felt a little uncomfortable. Lu Ming coughed and said, "If you have the pearl, you will definitely not watch me eat it."
"Of course, she's still blaming me now!" Bizhu frowned, as if she was communicating with someone, and then said helplessly: "I know..." Looking at Lu Ming: "I'll help His Highness drive it out!"
Lu Ming hurriedly said, "Okay..." After taking a look at Bizhu's expression, he didn't dare to complain too much.
I don't know why, but I always feel timid in front of Bizhu. No matter how high my position and power are, the shadow cast by her Nine Yin White Bone Claw seems indelible.
"Your Highness, please go to the bedroom." Bizhu said as she stood up and walked out.
For the banquet, Bizhu didn't like western dresses because they showed too much skin, and it would be out of place if she wore Central Plains clothing. Therefore, she chose a red and purple gauze long coat and trousers. The fabric was silky and the color was very bright. The upper body was an exquisite jacket with a waist, and the trousers were narrow on the top and wide on the bottom, which was fashionable and beautiful, matched with a pair of brown high heels. This oriental fairy's current clothing style was the first time Lu Ming saw it. Bizhu's figure was really like a fairy, perfect and difficult to describe, and now it was faintly revealed, so bright and beautiful.
When Lu Ming walked behind her, he felt drunk and completely forgot about the discomfort in his stomach.
On the luxurious Griffin-style bed, the four pillars of the bed were shaped like golden birds spreading their wings about to fly, and they intersected under the golden chandelier above the bed, with snow-white gauze curtains hanging down from all sides.
Lu Ming lay on it comfortably. Bizhu took a small silver basin and placed it in front of his mouth, saying, "If you feel sick later, spit it out."
Lu Ming nodded slightly, then suddenly took a breath and almost screamed, as if his stomach was being stabbed by countless needles.
But Bizhu was already sitting on his back, with a pair of delicate hands pressing on his left and right ribs.
The bizhu was lightly suspended in the air, so Lu Ming could not feel any weight on his body.
Fortunately, after the severe pain in the stomach, warmth soon rose and he felt extremely comfortable. However, Lu Ming did not feel like vomiting.
Bizhu's slender hands massaged her back, bringing waves of heat, as if from massage stones, but massage stones were never as dexterous and soft as this one.
Lu Ming closed his eyes and enjoyed it comfortably, trying his best to resist the urge to moan.
"Don't you feel like vomiting yet?" Biju asked curiously.
"No..." Lu Ming answered guiltily, but when he opened his eyes and looked around, he saw Bizhu's slender feet on both sides of her face. She was actually wearing snow-white stockings. This fairy with terrifying cultivation had such delicate skin that it seemed as if she didn't have any pores. Her skin was truly as white as cream, and her pair of slender feet were like Guanyin Bodhisattva descending to the world. Their perfection was indescribable, and one would probably forget how beautiful this pair of slender feet was in a blink of an eye, and would only remember that they were very beautiful, absolutely beautiful, as if a god had descended to the world.
But in order to cope with the secular world, I wore lace white socks.
Lu Ming's heart was pounding, and as if possessed by a ghost, a pair of hands reached out to hold it.
Bizhu cried out softly and her whole body trembled. She was originally floating on Lu Ming's body, but now she seemed to fall from the void and sat firmly on Lu Ming's back. However, she was as light as a feather, and that touch only made Lu Ming's heart churn again.
"Hanzhu, you..." Bizhu scolded softly.
Lu Ming knew that Bizhu wanted to leave, so he asked Hanzhu to come out, but he didn't expect to be rejected by Hanzhu.
"Don't leave..." Lu Ming coughed, "Aren't you and Hanzhu my Imperial Consorts of Baozhu Palace?"
"Your Highness, you are acting too recklessly now that you are in such a dangerous place!" Bizhu said in a cold tone.
When Lu Ming heard this, it was as if he was poured with cold water. His hands loosened, and the pair of wonderful feet that made the blood in his body surge disappeared. He suddenly felt a great sense of loss in his heart, as if he had lost an extremely mysterious divine object.
Bizhu had already landed gently in front of the bed. Seeing Lu Ming's expression, she whispered, "Your Highness, I spoke rudely. Please don't be angry."
Lu Ming smiled and said, "It's okay. I was being ridiculous. You're right." He added, "I should be fine now, but I didn't think about vomiting anything."
Bizhu nodded slightly: "It seems that the evil spirits have been suppressed by Your Highness and their essence has been absorbed."
Lu Ming sat up and asked, "Let's go shopping together?"
Bizhu said, "Let's go to the orphanage. We can arrange a charity for tomorrow's trip to the orphanage."
Lu Ming thought for a moment and said, "Tomorrow's itinerary from the orphanage will be changed to a trip to the Imperial Supreme Court!"
The position of the Great Emperor of the Empire is now vacant, and other institutions including the Imperial Parliament are in name only. Only the Imperial Supreme Court and its nine justices are still exercising power as usual.
But it is somewhat self-entertaining. For example, the Supreme Court has ruled that the Kingdom of Sonya committed genocide against the Gede people, but no one cares.