Chapter 223 Alice's Smile
Early the next morning, Gervais got up early.
When Gervais walked out of the door, a male servant stopped him respectfully.
It turned out that Gervais, as Alice's husband, could not dress as casually as usual. Alice had already prepared a dress for Gervais, and this servant came to ask Gervais to change clothes.
In the dressing room, she changed into a dark dress that was considered top-notch in the world in terms of workmanship and texture, and then Gervais went downstairs.
Not to mention, putting on this brand new dress immediately improved Gervais's image again.
When Gervais came to the first floor of the castle, he found that all the servants in the castle were in a busy state. The entire inner castle corridor was full of servants wearing brand-new clothes, carrying things, or
Passing by in a hurry, everyone was obviously preparing for tonight's banquet. Gervais immediately felt the excitement of the castle in this world for the first time since he traveled through time.
On weekdays, as the residence of a noble lord, the inner castle was always quiet and empty. The servants did not dare to make any noise when walking, but today there were no restrictions in the inner castle.
Gervais walked through the long corridor and came to the restaurant. He found that he still seemed to have gotten up a little late. The restaurant was much busier than last night. There were almost no seats left. Gervais looked up.
After looking around for a long time, I finally found Gandalf, Pat and the others. Coincidentally, Pat happened to be sitting at the same table with Gandalf and the others today.
After Gervais had breakfast with everyone, he took all his personal guards and a carriage to the Colosseum together with Gandalf, Pat and others.
Coming to the main street in the South District, Hongye Street has changed its appearance today. All the shops on both sides of the street have been moved. There is a heavily armed soldier standing every few dozen meters, and there are even more soldiers beside him.
Flags with roses fluttering in the wind.
Before and after Gervais and the others were people rushing to the arena. The nobles were riding horses or riding carriages in the middle of the avenue, while the commoners were walking on both sides of the street.
Although many minor nobles were unable to attend the evening banquet, the daytime activities were held in the arena. The arena could accommodate tens of thousands of people watching at the same time, so anyone could go and watch as long as they bought a ticket.
When Gervais and his party arrived at the entrance of the arena, they were quickly stopped by the little maid Anna. It was Alice who specially left Anna here to wait for Gervais.
Under the leadership of Anna, Gervais, Gandalf and others came to the third floor of the arena. However, the place where Gervais and others were sitting today was not sitting on the side of the arena as they had been a few days ago. Instead, they were directly seated by
Anna was brought to the center stand of the arena.
The central stand of the Arena is usually closed and can only be opened on important holidays and with the permission of the Earl.
The central stand is a platform-like design that extends from the rear wall. It is only a few dozen meters away from the arena. The lower part is supported by eight stone pillars held by three people. Not only can you watch everything in the field at close range,
, and because the location is dozens of meters higher than the venue, there is no need to worry about safety issues at all.
When Gervais and others arrived at the central stand, many nobles were already sitting here. Alice was also sitting on the main seat in the center of the stand. Around her were eight people sitting in rows, which were the other seven major figures in the principality.
The count's family and those sent by the king.
Gandalf and others were arranged in the row behind Alice, while Gervais went directly to the empty seat next to Alice.
"Gervis, you're here!"
When Gervais came and sat down next to Alice, Alice smiled at Gervais for the first time.
This attracted all the nobles around to look at him.
In an instant, Gervais almost drooled.
"Is this a city that can charm people with a smile? Fortunately, my cheap wife's city is bigger than mine, otherwise I would probably be a serf in a beacon show just for the beauty's smile..."
I don’t blame Gervais for being such a pig. In fact, Gervais is not usually a person who can’t walk when he sees a woman. It’s just that Alice’s smile is so amazing and so captivating, plus Alice’s one
They both look like a cold goddess, and this smile has an extremely strong impact on Gervais.
But of course Gervais would not think that Alice smiled at him today because he suddenly became handsome.
Alice's smile should be for the people from the seven Earl families present. After all, Alice's every move is under the attention of everyone. If Alice has a calm attitude towards Gervais, then Alice is sure to be able to do it tomorrow.
Received dozens of love letters.
No one in this world cares about whether Alice has a husband. They only care about whether there is a chance. After all, Alice is a real diamond, rich and beautiful. If she gets it, she will definitely save thousands of years of struggle.
"Sorry, I got up a little late this morning!"
Thoughts were running through his mind a thousand times. After a moment, Gervais finally reacted and answered Alice with a smile on his face.
"How are you preparing for today? Can I help?"
"Lina has arranged everything, just sit here and watch!"
Hearing Gervais's words, Alice's heart felt slightly warm. Although the smile on her face had faded, her tone towards Gervais was still gentle.
When he heard that he didn't need help, Gervais nodded to Alice, and then began to look at the nobles around him.
The people who came from the seven earls this time were all the young people's heirs, and no earl came in person.
Gervais speculated that except for the Lord of the North who couldn't escape, the other earls probably felt contempt because the Jones family lost the old earl. After all, the Jones family is also a family of earls, and Alice is a newly promoted earl.
, the Earls who sent out the invitation for the first time need to come in person to participate anyway.
This has nothing to do with being polite or not, but a recognition and affirmation of Alice's support for the Jones family. This is also the treatment that every newly appointed earl deserves.
Among the eight representatives present, Gervais only knew two of them, namely Caroline and Kevin. They were both representatives of their own families, while Gervais did not know any of the other young people.
When Gervais was looking at these young nobles, they were also looking at Gervais, and from time to time they would whisper to people they knew well. The most intense conversation was with Kevin.
Kevin's eyes were full of jealousy when he looked at Gervais at this moment. You must know that Kevin and Alice were classmates. In the years when they were studying in the royal capital, Alice had never shown such behavior to their male classmates.
Smile, but now the second son of a baron, who originally could not even inherit the title, now has Alice's love.
"Kevin, is that pretty boy Gervais? He doesn't look very good either!"
A young man next to Kevin asked.
"He's just a lucky pretty boy!"
Kevin's face was even more ugly. He had been pursuing Alice for so many years, but in the end, Gervais held the beauty in his arms. How could he be happy?
It's like you worked hard for a month to move bricks, but in the end your salary was paid to someone else. This is what Kevin was thinking at the moment.
Alice chose Gervais as her husband, which not only made Kevin sad, but also made him lose face in front of his friends. In order to save some face, Kevin continued to talk to the young man next to him.
"I guess Alice chose him just to make it easier to deal with the king's orders and then kick him out later. After all, if she chooses a good husband, if Alice divorces her husband without justifiable reasons, other nobles will gossip behind his back.
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"Kevin, what you said makes sense. Then your chances are quite good. Remember, if you succeed, you can invite me to the Fork Manor in the royal capital for a night of fun!"
"Don't talk about one night, I'll invite you for ten nights, but you have to remember what I told you yesterday!!"
Kevin gritted his teeth and looked at Gervais, who was sitting next to Alice, and responded to the young man.
Chapter completed!