Hearing this, the man in sunglasses glanced at his watch and said, "The party starts at 11pm. Don't worry, we will arrive on time at 11pm. Even if we can't arrive, we will definitely not be more than three minutes late."
"NO, you should know that I am the protagonist of this banquet. As the protagonist, I cannot be late." Hell said seriously while changing clothes.
"I promise to arrive on time." Upon hearing this, the man in sunglasses took out a card from below and put it in front of him. This is the symbol of the British royal family, which allows them to travel freely at any time and any place.
"Hey, Liu Xun, why haven't you changed your clothes yet? We are in a hurry." Hell said dissatisfiedly when he saw Liu Xun holding the dress in a daze.
"Is my suit not okay? I just bought it when I came here." Liu Xun glanced at his suit and said softly.
Hearing this, Hell pointed at Liu Xun's wrinkled suit and said, "NO, your clothes are all wrinkled. This is a serious problem! Because this is my engagement ceremony, you can't be sloppy!"
"Okay, I was wrong, don't say anything more." Liu Xun knew that the British were very particular about etiquette. When attending important banquets and parties, neat clothes would give people a good first impression. This was just an ordinary banquet, not to mention the British royal family.
The man in sunglasses drove the extended Bentley and arrived at the British royal palace about fifty minutes later. The British royal palace was built in Westminster, west of St. James' Park in London.
It also has another nickname, Buckingham Palace. Buckingham Palace is one of the world's famous palaces and the most important residence of the British royal family. It is located in Westminster, the seat of the highest authority in London, bordering St. James Park in the east and Hyde Park in the west.
The front gate is magnificent, the golden decorations on the outer fence are majestic and solemn. The relief carvings on the heavy iron gate also create a very harmonious atmosphere with the palace.
Buckingham Palace is a magnificent three-storey rectangular building. The main palace is 110 meters long, and there are three subsidiary palaces on each of the other three sides, forming a large courtyard in the middle.
When foreign heads of state and government visit the UK, the Queen accompanies the guests and reviews the guard of honor in this courtyard.
There is a spacious square in front of the palace, with a gilded statue monument of Queen Victoria, the grandmother of Elizabeth II, standing in the center, surrounded by four groups of stone sculptures.
Directly in front of the monument is a wide, flat, straight brown asphalt road...
"Finally here, Liu Xun, this is my invitation." Liu Xun had just changed his clothes when Hell took out an invitation from somewhere.
It must be mentioned here that large-scale British dances usually start at around 10 o'clock at night. The dance can be held in a private home or in a hotel. The host should send invitations in advance and pay attention to the number of male and female guests to be roughly equal. If not, there can be more men than women.
According to custom, the host invites people to a dance and sometimes also holds a dinner. Sometimes, they only invite people to dance without a dinner. Some people invite a few guests to a dance to have dinner and dance after dinner, while the others can only attend the dance but not eat. Therefore, the invited people must read the words on the invitation carefully to avoid embarrassing the host.
At the party, the host will prepare a midnight snack, or maybe just tea, coffee, and sandwiches. Guests attending the party must dress neatly, and male guests must take turns to invite female guests during the dance, and one of the dances must be with the hostess. Men dancing with men or women dancing with women will be laughed at.
The black Bentley entered the palace unimpeded and stopped in front of a palace. Hell straightened his clothes. His clothes were very decent, different from the suit worn by Liu Xun, because he was the protagonist today.
"Liu Xun, I'll go in first. You should know the rules of the banquet, so I won't say more." After saying this, Hell opened the car door and walked towards the palace.
After Hell left, Liu Xun straightened his clothes and said to the man in sunglasses: "Thank you, thank you for your trouble."
After saying that, Liu Xun took off his sunglasses and walked towards the palace. When he reached the door, an Englishman saluted Liu Xun, meaning that Liu Xun should ask for the invitation.
Liu Xun handed him the invitation, then handed the sunglasses in his hand to the man, and immediately followed him, ready to attend the banquet, because this man was Liu Xun's guide.
After entering the palace hall, which was also the venue for the engagement ceremony, Liu Xun was not in a hurry to find a seat, because Westerners in such occasions usually have to go around and wait for the host to introduce other guests to them.
You can choose a suitable glass of wine and other drinks from the waiter and chat with others while drinking. When the door of the dining room is opened, the host and the hostess will lead everyone into the dining room. The hostess and the host should walk in the end, but if the host is a big shot, the hostess and him may walk in the front.
Of course, Liu Xun knew that no matter how this big shot was chosen, it would not be his turn. But... this was just his own idea!
The ballroom was already full of people, and without exception, except for Liu Xun, all of them were British. There were no less than a hundred people in the room, both men and women, who should be the direct descendants of the major British families.
As imagined, the Queen of England and the royal family (here referring to the collateral line) did not appear, and it seemed that only the direct line appeared.
Hell was introducing today's guests. Although he had not been back to England for several years, he seemed to be familiar with all of them. Finally, he introduced Liu Xun. Hell said that Liu Xun was his comrade-in-arms, but the people around him were not surprised at all, as if they had known about it for a long time.
"Alice, he is the male guest of honor at the banquet today, go ahead." Hell said to today's heroine, who is also the future wife of Hell. After the words fell, Liu Xun's face changed slightly. What is this? Let him and Hell's fiancée walk in the front? If it was in China, wouldn't he be scolded to death!
Although Liu Xun didn't want to, he had no choice but to follow the local customs. In the UK, respecting ladies is a manifestation of gentlemanliness, and ladies are always given priority in everything!
When I thought about the banquet that was about to begin, and that I had to take turns dancing for the women from the major families, and that as the male guest of honor, I also had to dance with the hostess... This was truly a torture!
Liu Xun was no longer in the mood to listen to who the female guest of honor was, because he was going to walk in the front with Hell's fiancée, while Hell was going to walk in the back with the female guest of honor!
"You are beautiful, and Hell has a wonderful fiancée, but he never told me." Liu Xun shrugged and gave Alice a ceremonial hug.
"We haven't seen each other much since he came to the United States. Let's go, the party is about to begin." Alice behaved very generously, worthy of being the woman who will become the future princess.
The moment the banquet began, many people started looking for their dance partners. Liu Xun felt very isolated here, but he could not be timid. Taking a deep breath, Liu Xun wanted to invite Hell's fiancée to dance, and then find an excuse to leave.
But at this moment, a gentle voice suddenly sounded behind Liu Xun, "Liu Xun, are you so ungentlemanly that you let a woman talk to you in person?"
Hearing this, Liu Xun turned around and looked at the woman. When he saw her for the first time, he was slightly stunned. The woman was very pretty, with a straight nose, big eyes, and all the characteristics of a Westerner, but unfortunately... Liu Xun was really not interested in Western women.
"Excuse me, ma'am. I was distracted just now. Actually, I am still very gentlemanly." Liu Xun pulled away a chair next to him and made a 'please' gesture.
At a banquet, when the host leads the guest into the living room, if the guest is a lady, most of the men in the living room will stand up to show respect when she enters the living room. But no matter whether it is a man or a woman entering the living room, the women sitting in the living room do not need to stand up to show courtesy. When the banquet begins, the men pull out chairs for the ladies and help them sit down.
"You can call me Catherine. I am the hostess of today's banquet, which means 'his sister' as my brother told you." After saying this, Liu Xun raised his eyebrows slightly and chuckled, saying, "Catherine? It means pure! It's a very good name."
Being tall is a natural advantage of Western women. They are much taller than Eastern women, which makes them slender. Some people say that the golden ratio of women is measured according to the standards of Western women.
"Can you tell me a little bit about my brother? I don't think you would refuse a woman's request, right?" Catherine raised her glass, clinked it against the glass in Liu Xun's hand, and said with a smile.
Liu Xun nodded, glanced at the busy hell, smiled and said: "Of course, I never refuse a woman's request, especially... a beautiful woman!"
At this point, Liu Xun shook the wine glass in his hand and drank the red wine in one gulp...
Liu Xun used the most concise summary to tell Catherine about the past in hell without revealing the UN military secrets. The woman listened very carefully, sometimes laughing and sometimes showing worry in her eyes.
Liu Xun knew that this woman was as pure as her name. She seemed to be untainted by worldly filth and had the purest heart in the world!
"By the way, your family is the royal family. Why does the direct line hold an engagement ceremony, but the collateral line does not attend? If this happened in China, it would be very rude." After explaining the things in hell, Liu Xun asked the questions in his mind.
Catherine frowned slightly, thought for a while, and said softly: "In fact, the West is different from you in the East. You have strict hierarchy, but we believe in equality for all! There is no bloodline difference between our direct and collateral branches! Maybe this is related to our inheritance. After all, the inheritance of us psychics does not require bloodline!" (To be continued)