Generally speaking, all members of the host's family should come out to greet the emperor, and guests present as long as they have status must also be accompanied. It can be said that if the status is low, they are not even allowed to attend to greet the emperor.
But the welcoming ceremony put up by Prince Behar was just his butler standing at the door. On both sides of the queue were the escort knights belonging to the prince and the servants serving at the scene. Moreover, these people were vaguely related to the empress.
The guarding knights formed a confrontation.
This is basically to treat the emperor as an ordinary guest, and it is also the kind of ordinary guest with a low status. Because if the visitor has a high enough status, even if he is not the emperor, he should be a noble of the host family, or someone with certain qualifications in his family.
People of high status came forward to greet them, instead of the shabby scene in front of them.
Seeing such an attitude, Lin could understand why Alegria was reluctant to participate in banquets hosted by others. This was not the first time he had been humiliated like this.
Alegria knew very well that this was not the time for a conflict. When the vast majority of the nobles and royal family members did not support him, even if the defense was due to the other party's lack of etiquette or provocative words, it seemed so feeble.
Otherwise, she could use the reason for being discourteous before the king to kill these servants directly, or even target their master's family. But at the moment when she is not supported, if she reacts too violently to such a degree of humiliation, she will become the target of others' criticism.
Truth.
The empress was not without skills in dealing with such humiliation. She led everyone, including her fully armed escort knights, and walked directly towards the mansion with high heads.
The prince's guards only dared to block the advance of the emperor's guards with their bodies. Both sides pushed and squeezed, but there was no serious fight, and of course no one dared to bring out weapons.
It is an established rule that no guards are brought to the banquet, and all personnel disarm. Because protecting the safety of the guests is defaulted to be the responsibility of the host; if you have to bring your own guards, wouldn't it be like saying that you are not
Trust the nobles who held the banquet. In fact, the empress did not trust it, so she did not intend to abide by such rules and directly led people to break in.
However, no matter how much the prince's guards tried to stop him, no one dared to block the way of the empress. They even stretched out their hands to push His Majesty. At most, they were targeting the people brought by the empress.
If someone dares to attack Her Majesty the Empress without her permission, even if it only slows down her steps or be beheaded on the spot, there will be no redress. Not everyone can touch the body of a noble, especially the emperor.
The only way is to block the empress's guards and let her own guards block her progress. The prince's guards did not offend the nobles, so there is no reason to punish them for their duty.
The strength and number of the guards on both sides were almost the same, so this secret fight lasted five or five times, with no one gaining the upper hand. But as long as the prince's side could block all the empress' guards and let the empress enter alone, it would be considered a victory.
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A more ideal situation is that the empress simply did not dare to enter because the guards were blocked, and stood outside the mansion blowing the cold wind. It is autumn in the Karlsruhe Empire in more than February. Even if she does not catch a cold, as an emperor, she
Being blocked from the door is desolate enough.
As a follower, a certain magician who came uninvited was of course among the targets blocked by the prince's side.
Lin saw that everyone was restrained in their conflicts. Of course, he couldn't do anything too outrageous. Otherwise, if he really wanted to kill, no one here could stop him. So he took out the former Xue Zifen
The devil's magic creates a shocking spiritual imprint directly into the eyes of those who stand in the way.
Based on the current strength gap between myself and the other party, this mark can directly make the other party's body stiffen, stop thinking, and be unable to move. It is estimated that it can last for several breaths. And this time is enough for someone to push them away and follow the empress.
Enter the mansion.
It takes longer, is laborious, and requires time to recite spells and prepare. Besides, if you really use magic such as the Holding Technique, it can easily be regarded as a provocation and cause conflicts. Like now, you can make the other party freeze temporarily and cannot stop you.
, is the best approach.
Besides, the advantage of this trick is that it does not require bloodshed and is suitable for both men and women. With such a magician opening the way, Alegria's guards broke into many people and entered the residence of Prince Behar.
Staying in such a place is no different from being in an enemy camp. Therefore, the escort knights who were able to follow in carefully formed a human wall around the empress and included someone in. This was because they could not push away the magician.
, the number of people is not enough, otherwise there will definitely be three circles inside and three circles outside to protect the empress.
As the flow of people moved forward, everyone headed towards the banquet hall of the mansion. As the distance got closer, the exciting music became clearer. Accompanying the music, there was the crisp sound of metal hitting, and noisy human voices, and
...a miserable cry?
To Lin's ears, this kind of extremely fast-paced, drum-based music rarely appeared at aristocratic banquets. Although he had participated in a limited number of aristocratic banquets, and he was not a professional.
But someone is familiar with this type of music. It is played by the dancers in the tavern, who often also serve as Nvchang women, when they dance for fun under the cheers of the drinkers.
The music is vulgar and vulgar, which is how the nobles evaluate this type of music.
Anyway, when I hear this kind of music, I immediately think that there must be a scene somewhere where a young lady is wearing very thin clothes and belly dancing in front of the guests. But what is that cry? And...
That voice sounded somewhat familiar.
When I followed the empress into the banquet hall, I saw that although the scene in front of me was not crowded, the banquet hall was still packed. These handsome nobles were staring at a stage, whispering to each other, and talking non-stop.
Did he really send someone to dance?
But what about those voices that keep crying, "It's so hot," "Please, spare me," "Help," and the like? Especially when paired with the continuous sound of metal knocking,
Even more weird.
Although he hadn't squeezed into the front row to watch the performance, Lin could see an iron chain hanging from the shelf above the stage, which should be locked to the dancer below. And the dancer was...
Alegria's close friend, a mixed-race woman with sea blood - Iris.
The Queen's team didn't have to crowd around. In fact, when she appeared, the crowd surrounding the stage made way for her. Judging from the expressions of the nobles on the left and right, they didn't give way out of respect, they just gave way.
The expression of watching a good show.
The scene in front of me was nothing new to a time traveler who came from the era of the Big Explosion of Knowledge. But the shock of seeing it with my own eyes was completely different from hearing those cruel abuses.
The stage is actually a large piece of steaming iron plate. The source of the metal knocking sound is a pair of red-hot iron shoes on Calamus's feet. She is enduring the pain and keeps shrinking her legs and jumping.
Every time the pair of red iron shoes hit the iron plate of the stage, not only would they make a crisp knocking sound, but also sparks would burst out. In order to prevent himself from touching the iron plate as much as possible, Chang Pu could only do his best.
Jump high. But the higher you jump, the louder the sound when you fall down hard, and the brighter the sparks are.
She wanted to leave the extremely hot iron plate. But Acorus's hands were tied behind her back, an iron hoop was cuffed around her neck, and an iron chain was connected to the shelf above the stage.
Although he was wearing clothes, don't think that the person who did this had any conscience. Because the clothes were not only thin, but also had scorch marks on the clothes with extremely low ignition point due to the heat conducted by the iron plate.
There were even flames burning in some places, and of course these fires also left traces on Calamus's body.
She just danced, cried, and howled! However, the heartbreaking voice did not win any sympathy.
No one among the nobles around the stage, male or female, showed a trace of compassion. They all looked at the 'performance' on the stage with red eyes in excitement, and then gave their own evaluations.
The host of the banquet, the short child-like figure of Prince Behar, stood on the side of the stage. His aura was very powerful. Whether it was his flamboyant smile or his wild laughter, no one could ignore his presence.
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The prince, who was supposed to be standing next to the empress, was now toasting and laughing beside the prince as if to flatter him. When they saw the empress and his entourage, they raised their glasses in greeting as if to demonstrate.
The struggling calamus was facing the door of the banquet hall. Of course she also saw the empress and her entourage. She shouted bitterly on the spot: "Your Majesty, save me, save me. It hurts so much!"
However, two rows of heavily armed soldiers appeared in front of the stage, with large shields in the front and spears in the back. They looked menacing, obviously trying to prevent the empress from saving people.
The weapons and armor were all brought out. If the empress had come in without her guards, the enemy would not have come directly to kill her.
But Lin didn't spend too much time complaining. After he saw the situation clearly, he immediately took action. He was the first to flash onto the iron stage.
He did not touch the iron plate directly, but remained in a floating state, and he had a Xuanwu robe to defend himself. Even so, Lin also felt a high temperature baking him.
He grabbed Calamus's slender waist that kept twisting and flashed again! Only an empty hanging iron chain and iron hoop were left on the stage, as well as a pair of red-hot iron shoes.
In the blink of an eye, Lin returned to the empress with her arms in her arms. With a Shakiri sword pill on her index finger, she swiped behind Acorus and cut off the iron chain that tied her hands behind her back, scattering them on the ground. Lin
It is better to tear off the burning clothes, even if there are no other clothes, than to continue to be hurt by the burning clothes.
The rescued people could not calm down. Calamus was still struggling and wailing in pain. A pair of feet that had taken off the iron shoes were already a lake of flesh and blood. Not to mention the smell of meat, it simply smelled of burning!
A pair of calves are also bright red. Although this is not a burn, it is a burn caused by the high temperature and hot air.
I won’t go into detail about the burns and scalds caused by the burned clothes. In addition to these injuries, there are also some bruises and signs of beatings.
But the most eye-catching thing is Calamus's big painted face. It's like putting on a heavy layer of makeup, and then the makeup is completely ruined by snot, tears and sweat. It looks indescribably weird.