At 7 o'clock in the evening, the fourth district of Aslan Star City, North Huangdao Street, was ablaze with lights.

Jiang Jianming got off the self-service rental aircraft, took away the ride fee of 78 coins, and watched the aircraft slowly fly back to the high-speed air road above.

Looking around, the red, yellow, blue and green tail lights of the aircraft pulled out afterimages, overwhelming the farther starlight.

The black-haired young man stood by the roadside, his perennially pale cheeks were swept by all kinds of lights, which instead brought out a certain unique atmosphere of loneliness.

After a long time, Jiang Jianming sighed helplessly, breathed out a small cloud of white mist in the winter night, and put his gloved hands into the pockets of his coat.

...In order to coax his dear Highness Garcia, he was supposed to arrive at the dinner party half an hour earlier, but he was late for a full hour. How could this be the case.

What's worse, he actually agreed.

As the saying goes, everything is difficult at the beginning.His Royal Highness retreated from the first step, and the rest became very smooth.

At that time, seeing Jiang Jianming, who was on the opposite side of the projection, showing embarrassment, Garcia immediately explained in a low voice: "The leader asked me to go to the empire."

...inherited the crown prince.

He added, "I want to go too."

... looking for you.

In the end, Garcia almost turned his face to the projection screen: "Where is it? You have no reason to hide your location, unless Lieutenant Jiang is doing something shady."

Jiang Jianming didn't agree with Garcia sticking to himself like this.Since His Royal Highness has reached an agreement with the leader to return to the empire, there must be a lot of business to do.

He should go to the White Jade Palace first, go to the military headquarters, and then he should disclose his identity, reveal his identity... In short, he shouldn't sneak over to find a disabled civilian first.

The two fought back and forth for an hour, and finally ended in Lieutenant Jiang's defeat.

——He couldn't resist the man's low-pitched entanglement, as well as that lethal face.

Forget it, small matter.

It's no big deal to meet first.

Jiang Jianming thought to himself in relief, he walked to the end of North Huangdao Street, and sent the coordinates of a remote place outside the Keos Military Academy and the estimated end time of the dinner.

"We meet here. There should be a public wooden chair there, under the shade of the trees. Please wear the shade, sit there and wait for me. Don't run around."

Why so proficient?Of course it is the experience of many underground romances with His Royal Highness Lai An three years ago...

Jiang Jianming put away his wrist phone with a secret smile, looked up, and the brilliance caught his eyes.

On the northernmost side of North Huangdao Street, in front of Jiang Jianming's eyes, stood a huge mansion.

The style is retro European style, with rich decorations and majestic marble statues on the lawn, and the night lights are reflected in the fountain.Music came faintly from inside the castle-like building.

On the side of the road, high-end and expensive private aircraft landed continuously, and men and women in uniforms were gracefully stepping off the aircraft and walking towards this brightly lit mansion.

When everyone passed by Jiang Jianming, they would give him strange and funny looks, as if they were looking at a monkey that broke into a human banquet.

"..."

Jiang Jianming suddenly realized something was wrong.

clothing.In the empire, to participate in the banquet of the nobles, it is necessary to wear a dress and full makeup to attend.

He was interrupted by Garcia and forgot about it, and came here in his usual clothes, which was inappropriate.

It was already late anyway, Jiang Jianming turned around, and instead of going directly into the mansion, he chose a dress shop on North Huangdao Street.

He pushed the door open, and the wind chimes on the door jingled.

The enthusiastic saleswoman inside is actively introducing a dark blue dress worth more than 300,000 yuan to the guests.

The female guests covered their lips and smiled, pleasantly surprised at the affordable price.

Jiang Jianming suddenly decided to quit.

After hesitating for two seconds, he still walked in.

"Feel sorry."

After the customers in front had dispersed, he stepped forward and asked the salesperson, "I want to know the price of the cheapest dress in your family."

"??" The little girl was taken aback for a moment, and the ribbon wrapped in her hand was tied crookedly.

Obviously, she had never seen a guest who asked such poor questions and asked them so frankly and without shame.

Jiang Jianming looked gentle and repeated patiently: "May I ask the price of the cheapest dress in your family?"

"Ah...please, please wait a moment."

Jiang Jianming's attitude was too serious, and the little girl was taken away by him in a daze. She actually used her wrist phone to check the prices of the complete dresses in her shop.

Soon, she brought out a set of plain gray dresses, which consisted of a shirt, coat, cape, bow tie, trousers, leather shoes and several matching ornaments.

"Look at this, the brand is Yanisa, um...their styles, although there are no special highlights, but they are simple and elegant, and you can wear them on any occasion. The tone is calm, and it matches yours well."What about the temperament?"

The saleswoman who gradually regained her professionalism said, "And we are offering a 20% discount on clearance at the end of the year. It's high quality and cheap. If you buy it, we'll give you a small bottle of Yanisa's own men's perfume as a gift, which is very good value."

The little girl smiled sincerely: "It's really cost-effective. It only costs less than 50,000 coins for a set."

...

In the mansion, the banquet had already started for more than an hour.

Elegant and restrained voices of conversation and laughter flowed along with the music.The red-tape links favored by the old aristocrats are over, the knives and forks collide on the plate, the food is cut, and the glass wine glasses held high reflect the light under the chandelier.

There were three long tables covered with white tablecloths, but the seats were not full.

Occasionally, some people would leave the table and walk to the person they wanted to please, bow down with a smile, toast and chat; some people were already full and sat in the distance with their friends holding a glass of wine.

In any case, everyone is elegant, and every corner exudes the atmosphere of luxury.

This is a dinner party for the Lance family, so it should be a feast for the eyes.

Lance is a special family in the empire. They are regarded as old nobles according to their titles, but they were born in the Glorious Dominion, so they have the same origin as the Empress Dowager Sylph.The most notable sign is a naturally silver-white hair color, known as "Silver-haired Lance."

Therefore, this family can be said to be half of the royal family, taking over 60% of the arms and energy trade between the imperial power of the empire and the glorious dominion. God knows how many military items and prohibited new crystal weapons have been touched in private.

In short, a behemoth with a long history and strong strength.

Now the too young head of the Lance family——Master Audrey Lance, is holding a goblet of red wine and sitting on the top seat.

He has short silver-white hair and a handsome and beautiful appearance. He is wearing a delicate silver-gray dress and silk gloves.

People kept coming forward to talk to him, and everyone had a prominent position, and they were all supporters of Audrey Lance in this "prince battle".

But Audley's expression hardly changed... He always maintained an indifferent smile, raised a glass to everyone who came forward, and bestowed basic courtesy on them.

……too young.Countless nobles who watched from afar sighed in their hearts, and cast complicated eyes on this noble young man.

Six years ago, Master Audley's parents died at the same time. I thought that the prominent Lance family would be in shambles. Unexpectedly, this young man, who was only 19 years old at the time, supported the huge Lance family by himself.family.

Even, depending on His Majesty's unpredictable mood, he may go one step further and directly sit on the most honored seat in the empire.

And in contrast to this...

In the other corner of the banquet, Audrey Lance's younger sister, Diana Lance lowered her head shyly, sitting in a corner away from the dining table.

She grabbed the hem of the dress and twisted her body uneasily.Fluffy and slightly curly silver-white long hair reaching to the waist, a pair of very light blue-gray eyes like a pair of glass beads, the girl's temperament is weak and timid, she is a doll who is completely ignorant of the world.

The young lady of the Lance family, the owner's own sister, no matter how much she hides herself, it won't help.

Soon, several middle-aged men came forward to salute her with smiles on their faces.

One of them raised his glass and began to sing praises: "Dear Miss Diana, today you are still as beautiful as a white hibiscus..."

Before the other party's flattery was finished, Diana trembled all over, and her eyes immediately turned red.

"No……"

She cried and hid behind the housekeeper next to her, shrank herself into a small ball, and used her whole body to tremble to express the meaning of "I'm so scared", "I'm so scared", "I'm just a doll, don't talk to me".

Middle-aged nobles: "..."

The housekeeper took it for granted, standing in front of Diana like a big hen guarding her cubs, and said seriously: "Your Excellency, Miss Diana likes to be quiet and doesn't like to see strangers. Please don't disturb her."

Some of the aristocrats watching from a distance snickered, laughing at the ignorant few who came forward.

For the brothers and sisters of the Lance family, the elder brother is a new human elite with outstanding talents; while the younger sister is a weak and shy disabled human dodder who knows nothing about family affairs.

Audley happened to be a terminally ill sister-in-law, which caused this Miss Diana to be cared for since she was a child, and she was innocent enough.

But after all... the latter is a weak and sickly disabled human being.In the circle of the upper class nobles, it is not uncommon for handicapped human beings to be raised as delicate glass dolls.

In the corner, Diana grabbed the butler's arm and said tearfully, "Horn, when is brother coming?"

Under the light, she had white skin and silver hair, biting her lower lip pitifully: "I don't like banquets... There are so many people, I can't seem to breathe, I want to go back to the room."

"As for being so delicate?"

Not far away, Bemaner couldn't help frowning and muttering.

"Man'er, why are you talking nonsense?"

Beside her, Bemaner's father frowned, and said to his daughter in a non-essential way: "Why did I promise my father the day before yesterday? Didn't I promise to pay attention to etiquette in the future?"

"Besides, Miss Diana is an amorphous race, whose mental state is much weaker than ours, and it's only natural that they need more care... What are you laughing at?"

Bemaner suppressed the smile on the corner of her mouth, and quickly waved her hands to indicate that she was fine.

——She just thought of a certain crystalless person with a "fragile mental state" who drove the M-Jiden 18 to kill red caterpillars alone, and refused to return to the empire until he coughed up blood in the distant interstellar.

During this period of time, with the efforts of the Conservation Association, the term "amorphous race" has gradually become popular in Star City of Aslan.

However, for the time being, only when facing disabled human nobles, will the title change suddenly and become crystalless nobles.

And the handicapped poor, it seems, are still the handicapped poor.

"Pfft."

At the dining table near the door, several young nobles suddenly laughed.

"Oh my God, I'm not dreaming..."

"How did this guy get in here?"

Following the eyes of these people, saw a figure walking in from the door.

The black-haired young man lowered his eyebrows and calmly stepped into the brightly lit noble banquet hall.

He seemed to have stayed on the street on a winter night for a while, and there was a clear chill around him, which actually suppressed the atmosphere of the extravagant dinner party by three points.

If it was on an ordinary occasion, people would definitely stop and pay attention to the unique temperament of this young man, and even be amazed in their hearts.But here and now...

The noble lady covered her red lips and snickered, and the noble young man held back his smile with trembling shoulders.

Their parents could still maintain seriousness on their faces, but their eyes showed deep contempt——

These can still be held back, as for those who can't hold back, they have already spit out the good wine they just drank into their mouths with a "poof".

Because of clothes.

The dress system of the empire is very different from the daily clothes. Even if the visitors are actually wearing stable and elegant clothes, they can still be seen as out of place among a group of shining nobles.

How could anyone show up at a party without a gown on?

Moreover, not to mention that she didn't wear makeup for the banquet, even the jewelry on her body didn't look the same!

How could such absurd scene happen at the banquet of the Lance family, what did the guard do for food?

Horn, the head butler of the Lance family, had sharp eyes. Seeing the scene at the door from a distance, his eyeballs almost fell out of anger on the spot.

He didn't dare to tell Miss Diana who was trembling, so he shirked and went to the bathroom, turned around and rushed to the door outside the hall.

The winter wind was still blowing outside the door, butler Horn was so angry that he blew his beard and stared, and asked several guards: "What's the matter? That civilian who can't even wear a formal dress... Who let him in, stand up on his own initiative?"come out!"

A doorman was sweating: "My lord, but this guest... He, he does have an invitation card."

Another doorman cried: "That's right, we thought at first that he was either going the wrong way or not to know the immensity of Heaven and Earth to make trouble, but he showed us the electronic invitation card with his wrist phone."

Horn was shocked: "Electronic invitation!?"

It would be better not to listen to these words, after hearing this, the butler immediately broke out in sweat.

Their invitations are all retro paper, and electronic invitations are invitations that only the head of the family has the authority to send, and they are usually used to grant permissions to important people who arrive temporarily...

Horn looked back into the hall in surprise and suspicion, and swallowed.I saw the young man in simple clothes walking in, facing the eyes from all directions, and his steps were not chaotic at all.

The more the butler looked at it, the more frightened he felt: Could it be that this person is really not an ordinary person?

...

In the banquet hall, Jiang Jianming looked as usual.The room was well heated, so he took off the long black cotton coat he was wearing outside and put it under his arms, and when he raised his eyebrows, he met a circle of eyes with different emotions.

He knew he was being rude.

He is frugal, but he doesn't know any rules, and he doesn't intend to pretend to be refined and crazy.

On the contrary, after all, he was a person who almost became a crown princess, but he was very clear about these upper-level etiquette.

As long as he has more money, and as long as the difficulties and obstacles he will face in the future are less, he doesn't want to be so embarrassing.

But fifty thousand coins, excuse me.

With this money, wouldn't he buy himself a tranquilizer or a new box of crystal bullets?

He also wants to save money to buy a more powerful new crystal mechanical thermal weapon, and even buy another folding mecha for private use.He still needs to buy a lot of medicine and replenish the energy of the treatment cabin many times...

Not enough, not enough, there will never be enough coins for him, because he is the only disabled human being in Yin Beidou.

For him, a little more money is a little more guarantee for survival, and a little more hope of finding the truth.

Compared with this, what is shame?

Jiang Jianming casually glanced at the layout of the hall, and immediately understood the rules of seating.

The seats are arranged in order of rank, and the three horizontal long white dining tables are first divided into three different classes, from the farthest to the closest to the gate, that is, from high to low.

Then each table is subdivided and arranged according to the right respect and the left inferior.

He came to see the "brothers and sisters" of the Lance family, and he was not very interested in mixing with these nobles, so he randomly picked a remote seat on the most "lower" table and sat down.

The knife and fork in front of him was brand new on the napkin. Jiang Jianming rolled up his cuffs a little and picked it up calmly.

The whispering around is even bigger, it has surpassed the level of "whispering".

The gazes of almost everyone at this dining table—whether they were maliciously mocking, or purely curious and surprised, or more just watching the excitement—all pierced his body like needles at this moment.

But in Jiang Jianming's heart, that is not important.

Now, he can enjoy a free dinner.

The author has something to say: The former crown princess came to see the owner of Lance (wrong)

Yin Beidou's poorest lieutenant came to dinner (yes)

In fact, Lieutenant Jiang was not that poor. He just needed to save money because of his physical condition.