Chapter 152: The Year-End Dinner Begins (Part 1)
Just after the guard yelled "His Majesty the Emperor—here!", it wasn't just Su Cheng who turned his gaze to the gate of the venue.
Almost everyone in the venue turned their attention to the gate of the venue.
At the same time, everyone in the venue stopped discussing at this time, and the originally noisy venue became extremely quiet at this moment.
Not long after, Su Cheng saw His Majesty Ge Zewen walking into the venue of the year-end dinner with a flushed face and unhurried steps.
In normal times, when Ge Zewen appeared, everyone in the field should immediately kneel on one knee, and then bow their heads respectfully.
However, Jacob also told Su Cheng just now that there is an unwritten rule in the year-end dinner: in the venue of the year-end dinner, no matter how noble people you meet, you don't need to salute.
This unwritten rule, of course, also applies to the emperor.
Therefore, after Ge Zewen came in, everyone in the venue didn't need to kneel down, they just had to pay attention to him.
Of course, you don't even have to pay attention, because in principle, you don't need to salute anyone at the year-end dinner tonight.
So Su Cheng looked around and found that there were still quite a few people, after the emperor came in, they were still doing their own business, without even looking at the emperor who was walking into the venue.
And entering the venue with Gozevin was his son, His Royal Highness Gail, the current Crown Prince of the Britannia Empire.
And the daughter of His Majesty Gail and the granddaughter of His Majesty Gozevin—Ilsa.
Gail was on Gozevin's right, and Ilsa was on Gozevin's left.
The Britannia Empire advocates gold and blue, so the main colors of Britannia's national flag, national emblem, and the "Emperor Sword", which symbolizes military power in the country and can only be held by emperors, are all blue and gold. color.
The dresses of the royal family of the Britannia Empire are also blue and gold.
Therefore, Gozevin, Gail, and Ilsa are all wearing gorgeous blue and gold dresses at this time.
Su Cheng didn't know Ge Zewen and Gail very well, so he didn't pay attention to these two people. Su Cheng's attention was focused on Ilsa, whom he hadn't seen for a long time.
Ilsa was wearing an exquisite blue and gold dress at this time, with a faint smile on her face, she folded her hands in front of her body, and slowly followed on the left side of Gozevin.
Ilsa looked like she was just walking normally, but her gestures were full of noble temperament.
Looking at Ilsa, who is now full of noble temperament, Su Cheng can't help feeling very fresh.
When I usually get along with Ilsa, Ilsa is just like an ordinary little girl full of energy, naughty and lively.
When getting along with Ilsa, Su Cheng would always forget that the little girl sitting in front of him was the only granddaughter of the emperor of the Britannia Empire and the only daughter of the crown prince.
It was the first time for Su Cheng to see Ilsa's noble temperament all over her body.
Looking at the current Ilsa, Su Cheng finally felt that Ilsa was the only granddaughter of the emperor, and he felt a sufficient sense of reality.
At this moment, Alisa, who was standing beside Su Cheng, said in a complimenting tone:
"Your Highness Ilsa is so beautiful."
After listening to Alisa's words, Su Cheng nodded seriously and said:
"Yes, Ilsa is really beautiful now."
Ilsa already had a face so cute that it could turn a normal person into a lolicon.
Because tonight is the annual feast of the empire, Ilsa is not only wearing a delicate blue and gold dress, but also painted light makeup on her face.
Ilsa is already very cute, but now she has the blessing of clothes and makeup. To be honest, looking at the current Ilsa, Su Cheng feels that he seems to have some strange attributes to awaken.
Su Cheng looked at the three Ge Zewen who were still walking slowly towards the center of the venue. The venue was very large, and at the speed of Ge Zewen and his three, they had to walk to the center of the venue.
It will take some time.
According to the practice of year-end dinners over the years, His Majesty the Emperor will bring his family members to arrive on time at 19:30 every year for the year-end dinner.
When His Majesty the Emperor brings his family members here, it means: the year-end dinner is about to begin!
Just now Su Cheng secretly took out his pocket watch to check the time - it is now 19:28.
Looking at the time displayed on the pocket watch, Su Cheng thought to himself:
Your majesty came down on time. When your majesty and Ilsa arrived at the center of the venue and announced some opening remarks, the year-end dinner will officially begin.
After putting away the pocket watch, Su Cheng once again turned his gaze to the direction where Ge Zewen and the others were.
Looking at the three people who were walking towards the center of the venue alone, Su Cheng smiled wryly, then tilted his head, leaned into Alisa's ear, and said:
"Before His Majesty Ge Zewen came to the throne, the previous emperors would bring a mighty group of concubines, sons, grandsons, great-grandsons, dozens or even hundreds of people to the year-end dinner, but in Ge Zewen During the decades since His Majesty ascended the throne, it should be the time when the number of royal children attending the year-end dinner was the least in the history of Britannia."
After listening to Su Cheng's words, Alisa smiled wryly, then raised her head slightly, put her lips close to Su Cheng's ear, and said:
"There is no way. After all, His Majesty Gozevin and His Highness Gail are dedicated people, and they both have only one wife."
Like Gail and Gozevin, they are both very dedicated people. They both have only one wife, and they may also kill their wives. Both wives left them early.
After his wife passed away, neither of them married a new wife.
Gozevin lost his wife when he was young, and he had only one son, Gail.
At that time, many ministers advised Ge Zewen to marry a new wife and establish a new queen for the sake of the overall situation, so as to give birth to more heirs. After all, there is only one prince, Gail, which is really too dangerous. If there is something wrong with Gail , the direct bloodline of the royal family was cut off.
However, no matter how much the ministers persuaded him, Ge Zewen was unmoved. After decades, no new queen has been established until now.
It may be that the gods protected Britannia's royal family, or it may be because of Gozevin's luck that Gail grew up safely and healthily.
Gail grew up very healthy and safe, and when he was an adult, he married a wife, and the two were very much in love.
However, the two did not give birth to a child for a long time.
At this time, the ministers were anxious again, and they all asked Gail to marry more wives. After all, as the crown prince of a country, it would be quite bad if he had no descendants.
It's a pity that Gail perfectly inherited his father's dedicated and stubborn personality, and ignored the requests of these ministers.
It wasn't until 6 years ago, when Gail and his wife were both over middle age, that Gail's wife finally became pregnant.
The child in Gail's wife's womb is naturally Ilsa.
It's a pity that when Gail's wife gave birth to Ilsa six years ago, unfortunately, she had a dystocia. She exhausted all her strength and died on the bed after giving birth to Ilsa.
Gail followed the same fate as his father - an early widow and only one child.
In the six years after Gail's wife died, a large number of ministers have been persuading Gail to marry a new wife.
The reason was the same as the one that persuaded Gozevin back then: it would be too risky to have only one descendant, and if anything happened to Ilsa, the direct bloodline of the Britannia royal family would be cut off.
However, in the face of the persuasion of these ministers, His Highness Gail has remained unmoved for the past six years, and has no intention of marrying a new woman at all.
According to the regulations of the year-end dinner, the emperor must bring his wife and heirs to the year-end dinner.
Therefore, since Britannia set up the year-end dinner party, successive emperors would bring their queens, concubines, sons, daughters, grandsons, granddaughters, great-grandsons...more than dozens of people , and even hundreds of people came to the year-end dinner.
Until now, there is such a strange person as Ge Zewen who only has one wife.
Accompanying him to the year-end dinner now is only his only son, Gail, and his only granddaughter, Ilsa.
His wife and daughter-in-law could no longer follow him to the year-end dinner a long time ago.
Looking at the backs of the three people walking alone to the center of the venue, Su Cheng couldn't help but feel sad. I thought to myself:
Although I don't know Ge Zewen and Gail very well, their devotion to love has to be admirable.
Just as Su Cheng felt great admiration for Ge Zewen and Gail in his heart, Alisa's voice suddenly came from his side:
"In the future, I will also find someone as dedicated as His Majesty Gozevin and His Highness Gail to be my husband."
Just as Su Cheng turned his surprised eyes on her, Alyssa continued:
"I hate those people who have many wives the most. I will never find such a philandering person as my husband in the future."
"Alyssa, do you want to find someone who is dedicated to love to be your husband in the future? This may be difficult. After all, people with a little bit of power and money will have many wives, like His Majesty Gozevin and Gail. A dedicated person like His Highness is rare enough to be protected as a rare animal."
"Hmph, even so, although there are very few such people, it doesn't mean there are none." Alyssa said while crossing her arms, with a haughty expression on her face, "Anyway, no matter what, I won't be with other girls. Sharing a man! I am the daughter of the dignified unified knight Issel Hill, the daughter of the Earl of Haile, the leader of the younger generation of knights, why should I share a man with other women! Anyway, share with other women I would never do such a thing as a man!"
After listening to Alisa's words, Su Cheng shook his head helplessly, and said:
"Good luck, Alisa, I hope you can find such a man."
After finishing speaking, Su Cheng turned his gaze back to the direction where Ge Zewen and the others were.
After turning his gaze back, Su Cheng found that Ge Zewen and the others had finally reached the center of the venue.