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Chapter 36
Soon, new guests arrived at the manor, Ye Bai tidied up his little dresses, and planned to continue his business of welcoming guests.
A big hand suddenly wrapped his arms around him, Huo Chengyuan put the little Flower Immortal on his shoulder, and said: "From now on, you will stand on my shoulder, and don't fly over alone to greet the guests."
Ye Bai: "?"
Although he didn't understand why Huo Chengyuan made such a request, Ye Bai obediently complied: it doesn't matter whether he flies or stands, but in this way, Huo Chengyuan needs to go forward with him to "greet guests", which is very important for a great nobleman.Said, it's actually a bit of a drop in price, but since Huo Chengyuan himself doesn't mind, what can he say?
There was an endless stream of guests coming to the banquet, Ye Bai worked diligently to welcome the guests, everything went smoothly during the period, and there were no unpleasant episodes, but Ye Bai discovered a strange thing: many guests brought little Flower Immortals with them.
Pets are not prohibited at the banquet, and it is normal for guests to bring their pets to the banquet, but all pets are small Flower Immortals, and one out of every three guests has a small Flower Immortal.It's too high, as if...as if the theme of this banquet is related to Little Flower Immortal.
Ye Bai frowned secretly, he vaguely guessed that this might be another humiliating plan of the villain against Huo Chengyuan... Could it be that they wanted to make Huo Chengyuan realize once again that his "partner" was just a pet through the "Little Flower Immortal Pet Party"?
But, this is exactly the direction of my efforts!
In the past month, I have been diligent and thoughtful, acted coquettishly and cute every day, and insisted on dancing the little Flower Immortal dance for Huo Chengyuan sooner or later, just to prove to the other party that I am just a harmless little pet. Judging from the current progress, the results are gratifying, Huo ChengyuanMy attitude towards myself is getting better and better, and I should be able to become a regular again soon!
Hmph, the villain wants to humiliate the protagonist through this?There is no fear at all, I wish you could assist more fiercely!
After figuring this out, Ye Bai looked at the little Flower Immortal brought by the guests again, as if he saw a small assist, and smiled more and more kindly.
Those little Flower Immortals are very friendly, but they don't seem to dare to get close to him, they just watch eagerly. If Huo Chengyuan brings Ye Bai closer, they will be more like a mouse seeing a cat, and they will scramble back.In the birdcage or the owner's arms, he refused to come out again, making Ye Bai confused, unable to figure out what was going on.
Ms. Xia Haiya was also puzzled.
She placed the live broadcast camera at the gate of the manor. She originally wanted to record the footage of the noble little Flower Immortals beating the wild species. Unexpectedly, Master Gurley and Ms. Sally lost one after another.It's the little leaves that are more timid than the other, but seem to be welcoming, graceful and different from others.
This was definitely not what Xia Haiya wanted to see. Fortunately, she and Duke Del also had other arrangements in the banquet garden. Thinking of this, Xia Haiya calmed down and waited for the end of the welcome.After returning to the banquet venue, we will watch other good shows.
Time passed slowly, and as the time for the banquet approached, after several waves of peak guests, the entrance of the manor gradually became deserted.
Xia Haiya glanced at the time, and nodded to Huo Chengyuan: "Master Duke, we can go back, and the guests who arrive later can be received by other people."
Huo Chengyuan had no objection to this, they turned around and were about to walk into the manor, but before they passed the courtyard gate, they saw a silver-white star shuttle driving towards this side in the distance.
The whole body of that car was silver and smooth, and it belonged to the luxury top configuration of this car series, but there was no family emblem totem on the front, so it was hard to tell which family it came from.
It stopped at the gate of the manor, and the guard stepped forward to open the car door, and a tall blue-haired man stepped out from inside.
He was wearing a pure black dress, with a silver mask on his face, only showing a cold and hard jaw, and a pair of eyes as deep and deep as the sea. When he saw him, the faces of everyone present except Ye Bai instantly changed.Everything has changed.
"His Royal Highness?!"
With Xia Haiya's sophistication and the city government, they couldn't help but exclaimed. After all, this His Excellency the Prince was a guest they had never invited. The sudden visit was really unexpected, and the status of the other party was extremely special and honorable. Even His Majesty the King today had toGive him three points.
Xia Haiya hurried forward to salute, she lowered her beautiful head, and said in a respectful voice: "Your Highness Kadis, your presence has made this place flourish, and we are all deeply honored."
Huo Chengyuan also straightened his expression, and solemnly stroked his chest in salute.Although Ye Bai standing on his shoulder didn't know who the visitor was, he felt the sudden solemn atmosphere at the scene and knew that this person called "His Royal Highness" must be something special, so he quickly gathered his little wings and acted respectfully.I saluted.
Prince Highness ignored Xia Haiya, his eyes scanned the scene, and finally fell on Ye Bai.
He stared at Ye Bai for a few seconds, then looked away, and reached out to take off the mask on his face.
Ye Bai couldn't help being stunned the moment he saw the man's appearance under the mask.
The skin on the opponent's cheeks was covered with some blue scales, they were like azure shells covered by the undulating tide, appearing and disappearing under the skin; his ears covered by the mask before were also different from human beings.Pair of dark blue ear fins.
This is obviously not a human characteristic, but with the mask on, he looks exactly like a normal human.
Ye Bai, who already knew some things about the world here, reacted quickly after being slightly startled:
This is a mixed race.
——The hybrid born from the combination of human and non-human races.
At this time, the barrage in the Starblog live room has exploded——
——Who is this person?Why are Duke Huo and the others so nervous?
——Are you even asking who is the Prince of Highness?What a sensation when he was accepted as a member of the royal family back then!That was sixty years ago, when discrimination against mixed races was still serious!
——To popularize science for the young people nowadays. This His Royal Highness is the half-brother of His Majesty the former Emperor. The current His Majesty the King has to call him uncle. He is a mixed blood of human and mermaid. Because of his special blood,She looks younger, but her actual age is estimated to be over a hundred.
——Why did he come to the imperial capital?Didn't it mean that he lived in seclusion in Lang Haixing and had no connection with the royal family?
——He was not present when the new His Majesty ascended the throne. I feel that his relationship with the royal family is quite delicate, but it is quite interesting that he actually came to the flower viewing banquet hosted by Her Majesty the Queen... The only remaining princes of the previous generation are still aliveHighness one, could it be that the new majesty felt that his basic situation was not stable when he first came to the throne, and wanted to ask this senior to come out to help stabilize the situation?
After Highness took off the mask, she calmly looked behind her.
The two burly guards he brought were carefully moving out a half-person-high glass product from the car.
At first glance, this product looks a bit like a music box covered with a glass cover, and its size is about the same as the glass castle where Ye Bai lives.In the center of the glass cover, there is a strange plant, which is verdant and lush, with countless silk ribbons hanging down like a willow tree. Each hanging green plant has a round flower bud at the end, and it just hangs down on the ground.It's like small white lanterns placed on the green lawn.
Highness walked to the glass cover and tapped rhythmically on it a few times.
The beautiful plant trembled slightly, and fell on the ground among the buds, and a small Flower Immortal suddenly came out of the largest one.
Its complexion is cold and fair, with long silver hair, even its eyebrows and eyelashes are ice-like silver.It was wearing a snow-white toga, the hem of which reached its ankles, and a light blue feather cape behind it, with a clear and cold temperament, like an elf walking out of ice and snow.
Prince Highness pressed a few more times on the glass cover, several electric lights flashed on the glass cover like a snake, and then the whole glass cover disappeared silently, at the same time, extending from the bottom of the birdcageA transparent light band emerges—it is an air bridge reconstituted from the glass cover material just now, and the length extending is at least one meter, and the width is just enough to accommodate a small Flower Immortal. On both sides of the bridge, there are glassGuardrail, very safe.
The little silver-haired Flower Immortal walked across the grass and stepped on the "air bridge". It walked gracefully, without rushing, and its elegant and luxurious temperament made people think of the things that only existed in ancient records.Otherworldly sprites.
Ye Bai was staring intently, when a gust of breeze suddenly blew up the light blue cloak behind the silver-haired little Flower Immortal, revealing its wings hidden under the cloak.
Those wings are completely different from other little Flower Immortals. They are not transparent, but snow-like silvery white, with beautiful and complicated patterns on them, and the wings are wider than ordinary little Flower Immortals, somewhat similar to butterflies.wing.
But... this is not a perfect pair of wings.
One of the wings was broken, like a broken kite, it quietly fell behind the little Flower Immortal, forming a shocking contrast with the perfect and beautiful wing next to it.
Ye Bai was startled when he saw it, and then there was a burst of strong regret and regret.
No wonder the other party has been walking since it appeared, because it can't fly at all...
The Prince of Highness took a step forward, and the little Flower Immortal walking on the transparent bridge in the air looked like "flying" beside Highness at first glance, but it couldn't fall on the owner like other little Flower Immortals, nor could it surround the owner intimatelyFlying, but in the face of everyone's sympathetic gazes, this person, Flower Immortal, looked calm, as if he had already adapted to this kind of relationship. Highness reached out and smoothed the blown feathers behind Little Flower Immortal, and Little Flower Immortal showed himA faint smile seemed to express gratitude.
Suddenly, a group of people rushed out of the manor, headed by a luxuriously dressed royal son, when he saw Prince Kadiz, he immediately saluted respectfully: "Dear Lord Kadish, welcome to Rose Manor,Her Royal Highness the Queen was very happy to hear about your arrival, she has asked someone to set up a VIP seat in the Rose Garden, and specially sent us to pick you up."
Highness was silent for a moment. It was indeed a bit abrupt for him to visit unexpectedly without invitation. He should go and say hello to the owner of the manor first.
Other things can be done later.
Highness and the silver-haired little flower stared at each other, then turned their heads and nodded to the royal child: "Excuse me."
A group of people immediately surrounded Highness and they entered the manor, Xia Haiya also followed, and only Huo Chengyuan and Ye Bai were left on the scene.
Ye Bai was amazed at how attentive those people were to the half-blood prince. He turned his head and asked Huo Chengyuan.
"Is he - your - friend?"
In fact, what Ye Bai wanted to ask was whether the half-blood prince was with the current His Majesty the King, whether he was an enemy or a friend, but because his vocabulary was relatively poor, he could only make vague inquiries.
Huo Chengyuan shook his head: "I'm not familiar with him, I only met him once before. He lives in Lang Haixing all the year round, and hasn't been to the imperial capital for more than ten years."
Ye Bai nodded thoughtfully: I haven't been to the imperial capital for more than ten years, so it should be because I didn't participate in the royal coup a year ago and the new His Majesty ascended the throne?Well, since it has nothing to do with the main plot, this person should be an ordinary passerby in the book, so I don't need to care about it.
Seeing that no new guests had arrived, Huo Chengyuan glanced at the time and patted Little Flower Immortal's head.
"It's almost time, let's go in too."
The obvious theme of this banquet is "Flower Appreciation", and the venue of the banquet is naturally not indoors, but in the rose garden behind the manor.
At this time, it is in the flowering period, and the roses of different varieties in the garden are blooming gorgeously, competing for beauty, and the breeze is blowing, and the garden is full of fragrance.Small round tables are scattered in every corner of the garden. Guests can sit and rest at will. Some delicious desserts and drinks are placed on some round tables, all of which are sealed with special glass covers. When guests press the buttons on the tables,The glass cover can be opened for self-use.
In a certain corner of the garden, there is a specially vacated lawn space, and a large exhibition stand is placed. There is a set of miniature model scenes on it. It is a miniature version of the Rose Garden.Small flowers, stems thinner than toothpicks, only as tall as a little finger.
In this "miniature rose garden", there are many little Flower Immortals flying around, laughing like bells from time to time.Obviously, this is a place for their special "little guests" to play and play. There are also many small round tables in this small garden. The tables are full of food that little Flower Immortal likes to eat. These are highly domesticatedThe aristocratic Little Flower Immortal, like the aristocratic human beings at the scene, enjoys the scenery, tastes the food in this garden, and even gathers together in small groups to communicate with each other and socialize.
The place where the little Flower Immortals are, of course, is also where their owners gather. The nobles who raise the little Flower Immortals gather around the "miniature garden", or use their mobile phones to capture precious pictures of their cute little ones, or share with their friendsThe breeding experience was exchanged, and the atmosphere was lively and harmonious.
When Huo Chengyuan led Ye Bai into the garden, the bustling area suddenly went silent. The nobles looked at Huo Chengyuan and his little Flower Immortal calmly, and exchanged glances with each other tacitly.
They brought little Flower Immortal to the banquet. Many of them wanted to overwhelm Huo Chengyuan, just like parents who compare their children.Excellent cub.But in the first round of confrontation during the welcome just now, they didn't get any advantage, so they were naturally very unconvinced.
These noble masters have been staring at Huo Chengyuan and the others, but they didn't notice: the little Flower Immortal in the "miniature rose garden" also stopped the movements of his hands, and looked at Huo Chengyuan and the others with his head poking around.As Huo Chengyuan and the others moved, the heads of the little Flower Immortals also turned together, like a group of little sunflowers, always facing the sun they believed.
Huo Chengyuan ignored the gazes of these people, or in other words, he had long been accustomed to such malicious gazes, and walked towards the depths of the garden without seeing them. Huo Mingxi, who was waiting in front of a certain small round table, had stood up happily, and walked towards him andYe Bai waved his hand.
The guests invited to the banquet today have no friendship with the Huo family. After entering the garden, Huo Mingxi just sat on the small round table in the corner. I wonder if it is because the manor is located in the suburbs. Her mobile phone signal is very poor, and she can't connect to the star network at all.I can't browse the Starblog online to relieve boredom, it's really boring.
Ye Bai flew very fast, he flew to the girl's side first, and circled around her, his small mouth babbling: "Xi Xi, it's been—wait—"
"Haha, I haven't waited long." Huo Mingxi smiled so much that his eyes turned into crescents. Ever since Xiao Yezi learned some basic expressions, the communication between them became more convenient, and Huo Mingxi liked it more and more.
"Come on, try this." Huo Mingxi pushed a plate of small snacks on the table in front of it, and skillfully took out a set of small tableware from his pocket, "This is your favorite sweet dough, the taste made hereIt's pretty good, you should try it, little leaf."
The plate of sweet dumplings was something similar to marshmallows that Ye Bai had eaten before. They were colorful, fluffy and soft. Ye Bai liked to use a small fork to roll up the sugar on the sweet dumplings to eat. His highest record wasI ate five in one meal!
"Okay - I - eat -!"
Ye Bai was already a bit hungry, so he immediately took the small tableware handed over by Huo Mingxi, took out a small fork from it, sat down in front of the snack plate, rolled up shredded sugar with the small fork and put it into his mouth, and immediately showed a very happy expression.expression.
"Really tasty!"
"Don't worry, eat slowly, this dish is all yours." Huo Mingxi rested his chin on his hands, and watched Little Flower Immortal eat with a smile. At this time, Huo Chengyuan, who was walking behind, also came to the table, and he pulled out the chair and sat down, Huo Mingxi immediately asked him.
"Brother, did your welcome go well? Did Xia Haiya make things difficult for you on purpose?"
Huo Chengyuan shook his head: "Fortunately, everything is going well."
Huo Mingxi moved closer to her brother, looked around vigilantly, and lowered her voice.
"I saw Duke Del just now, but he stayed in the garden for a while and left in a hurry."
Huo Chengyuan also looked around the garden. Apart from Duke Del, there were several high-ranking nobles who were not present. Thinking of the half-blood prince he saw at the door just now, he guessed that these people should be with Her Highness the Queen, and went to entertain KaPrince Dis.
"Okay, I see." Huo Chengyuan nodded. In fact, even if his sister didn't say anything, he would have guessed that Duke Del would come. Judging from the fact that Xia Haiya served as the host of the banquet, this banquet is likely to be Duke Del again.They encouraged the queen to organize it, and their purpose, judging from the current situation, may not only be aimed at themselves, but also at Little Ye.
Thinking of this, he looked at the little Flower Immortal on the table. The other party had already swallowed half of the sweet dough, the small pointed ears were raised up and down in satisfaction, and the corners of his mouth were covered with glistening sugar strands. Huo Chengyuan's eyes were unconsciousThe ground softened, he took out a small handkerchief from his pocket, and helped the little Flower Immortal wipe off the sugar on the corners of its lips.
The nobles gathered near the "miniature rose garden" couldn't help but sneered when they saw this scene, ridiculed strangely.
"Heh, I'm showing off again. Does his little Flower Immortal have no hands? Still need him as the master to wipe his mouth?"
"Don't say that, Duke Huo is not wiping his mouth for Little Flower Immortal, he is courting his wife, hehe, people show their affection every day on the Internet, but in reality, of course, they have to show more forcefully, so as not to collapse the persona."
"It's so ridiculous. After entering the park, the chairs were not hot enough to show off secretly. To eat a sweet dumpling, you still need tableware. Do you think his little Flower Immortal can use it? My Kiki is the sameThat's fine too."
"That little Flower Immortal can taste so delicious with a sweet ball. It's pitiful. It looks like he hasn't eaten anything good. Duke Huo isn't deliberately starving the little Flower Immortal in private, right?"
These people whispered and whispered to each other, but some didn't participate, such as Master Gurley, who was busy taking pictures and recording videos of his "little princess"-this is serious business!Stand aside everything else!
It's just that his "little princess" has been a little out of his mind since just now. Master Gurley asked worriedly several times, but the little Flower Immortal ignored him and just kept raising the flying altitude, looking at something from afar.
Suddenly, the little Flower Immortal in a beautiful princess dress flew out of the miniature rose garden and galloped in another direction as if making up his mind.
"Eh? Baby? Where are you going, baby!"
Master Gurley was shocked, and hurriedly chased after a few steps, and found that his baby had flown to a certain round table in the garden. It tapped the button on the side of the table with its small palm, and the glass cover opened with a sound, and Xiao HuaxianFlying into the glass cover, lifted one from one of the plates of sweet dough.
Sweet balls belong to human food. They are about the size of a ping-pong ball, but they are very light. It is not difficult for the little Flower Immortal to lift them up.Seeing his "little princess" flying towards him holding a sweet ball, Master Geli was startled, and then showed an extremely moved expression——
Is this specially brought for yourself to eat?Woooooo, the proud daughter finally knows how to be filial to her old father!
Master Gurley opened his arms, waiting to hug his caring little baby, but with a "whoosh", the little Flower Immortal passed him and flew towards a certain direction behind Master Gurley.
Master Gurley: "???"
the other side.
Ye Bai had just finished eating a sweet dumpling, he put down his fork contentedly, and burped with a cotton candy flavor.
Huh, as expected of a royal banquet, the dim sum here is really delicious and satisfying!
Although he still wants to continue eating, he also wants to save his stomach to try other dim sum that he has never eaten before—he has come all the way, of course he has to eat enough, otherwise it will be a blessing!
Ye Bai was about to put the fork back into the cutlery bag, when suddenly there was a "click", and a pink sweet ball landed on the table.
Ye Bai:?Why is there such a sweet ball from the sky?
Ye Bai raised his head, just in time to meet the "little princess" hovering in the air.It dropped the sweet ball just now. In fact, the "little princess" also wanted to deliver this little gift to Ye Bai properly, but with that red-haired man with a dangerous aura around, it didn't dare to land on the round table, so it justCan be airdropped.
Ye Bai immediately recognized this little Flower Immortal - isn't it the little baby of Master Gurley's family?Uh, could it be that it saw itself eating sweet dumplings and thought it liked it very much, so it sent a special one?
Ye Bai blinked, although he didn't intend to eat it anymore, but it was very precious to send sweet dumplings from thousands of miles away, so he was very moved, so Ye Bai raised his face, showed a bright smile at the little Flower Immortal in the air, and said loudly.
"thank you!"
The "little princess" was stunned for a moment, her face was flushed red, and the little wings behind her were so happy that they were almost whistling.Flew over my son's round table.
At the same time, the little flower fairies who were watching from afar in the "miniature rose garden" also coincidentally, and all their nests were dispatched!
So their owners were shocked to find that their cuties suddenly flocked to the small round tables where desserts were placed in the rose garden, and they worked together to open the glass cover, one by one from the dessert plate.They took out the sweet balls, and swarmed to the same direction again.
This army of little Flower Immortals holding sweet balls was like a colorful whirlwind. They quickly flew over Ye Bai's table. With Ye Bai's gradually dull expression, the little Flower Immortals rushed to the sky.The sweet ball in his hand was thrown down.
Crackling, crackling, colorful balls of sweets kept falling, like a rainbow hailstorm falling on the little round table.
Ye Bai: "!!!"
Whoa!Don't, don't throw it away!
Help, he's about to be overwhelmed by the pile of sweets!!