Chapter 1008 Toast but Not Eat

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"Are there any special etiquette or taboos when meeting the empress?"

In the corridor, Luo Quan asked Ji Qingyue for precautions.

Although the Holy Tang Dynasty was not a purely feudal society, the empress was still a being who was higher than the sky. If someone offended her, who knew whether she would be dragged out and imprisoned in a prison.

However, I don’t seem to have seen many people being punished for offending the empress on the Internet. I don’t know whether it’s because she has a good temper or because everyone knows the rules.

"The empress has a bold personality and doesn't stick to trivial matters. She doesn't have any special taboos. She just needs to control the relationship between the emperor and his ministers."

Ji Qingyue's answer made Luo Quan feel a little relieved. Since he has such a character, he will naturally not blame the people below him for some inexplicable reasons.

"Speaking of which, how are Miss Bai's parents doing?" Ji Qingyue moved the topic to Bai Xingwei as she walked.

"They haven't been home for a long time, but they contact me every once in a while. Judging from their looks, they should be pretty good."

Bai Xingwei said in a calm tone. Normally, she rarely mentioned her parents to outsiders, but Ji Qingyue had a special status, so she still answered.

"Palace Master, do you know Xingwei's parents?" Luo Quan became curious, then seemed to remember something, and quickly added: "If it is a secret, then there is no need to tell it, I am just asking."

"How can there be so many secrets?" Ji Qingyue smiled slightly, "Miss Bai's mother is a colleague of mine. We worked together for a while and we have some friendship.

Speaking of which, I haven't seen her mother in nearly fifty years since she left the Martial Arts Temple. "

Hearing fifty years, Luo Quan almost exclaimed, "You are old Guigeng."

However, when I think about it, the life span of people in the world is generally more than 2,000 years old, and practitioners can easily exceed 10,000 years. A mere fifty years is really nothing to them.

"After leaving the Martial Temple and entering the palace, Miss Bai's mother won the trust of the Empress and had a prosperous official career. She has been the deputy commander of the Empress Guards, commanding the 800,000 forbidden troops in the Empress Palace.

If she goes one step further, she will be the youngest commander-in-chief of the Imperial Guard in the history of the Holy Tang Dynasty. This favor has made many of her colleagues in the Martial Temple envious. "

When Ji Qingyue said this, her eyes flickered, and she didn't know whether she was envious of her official fortune or the empress' favor.

Luo Quan thinks it's probably the latter. After all, the empress's prestige is so high. Even though Palace Master Ji is usually quite cold and aloof, she will probably turn into a little fan girl in front of the empress.

"What about your dad?" After learning about his aunt's job, Luo Quan asked about his uncle's job.

"He is the right general of the Dongshan Army Camp." Bai Xingwei saw Luo Quan's confused look and chose to change his explanation: "You can understand him as the third in command of the Eastern Military Region of the Holy Tang Dynasty. The first is the empress, and the second is It belongs to King Qingyun of the East Pole."

"I understand your father's work, but what about this King Qingyun of the East Pole?" Luo Quan smiled awkwardly. In this new environment, many new concepts also emerged one by one.

Bai Xingwei was not impatient at all, but patiently explained to Luo Quan: "There are as many princes, princes, and barons in the Holy Tang Dynasty as there are stars in the sky, but there are only five hereditary kings with different surnames, namely:

King Qingyun of the East Pole, Yun Feipeng.

The Antarctic Immortal King, Xu Tianheng, Xu Zimo who came to see you before is his son. I wonder if you still remember him.

The Great King of Zhongji Xuantian, Luo Tao, should have been with your family half a million years ago.

The exorcist king of the North Pole, Li Daoxin.

King Lifeng of the West, Ji Huangyue......"

Speaking of this, Bai Xingwei glanced at Ji Qingyue and hesitated a little.

Luo Quan reacted almost instantly and turned to look over: "Palace Master, your surname is also Ji. Are you and the King of the West the same family?"

"To be precise, it's the King of Pingxi." Bai Xingwei corrected Luo Quan's mistake, "The King of Zhengdong, the King of Zhennan, the King of Pingxi, and the King of Protector of the North. Only the one in the middle is the Great King."

"That's absolutely right." Ji Qingyue smiled and nodded, "I am indeed the sister of Ji Huangyue, King of Pingxi, but I have separated from the family a long time ago, and we can say that we have no contact with each other. ."

"Why don't all of them have good relations with their original families?" Luo Quan muttered in his heart.

Bai Xingwei is like this, and so is Palace Master Ji Qingyue. Sure enough, people with complicated life experiences often have stories.

"What are you thinking about?" Ji Qingyue asked softly when she saw Luo Quan stopped talking.

Luo Quan smiled and said: "It's nothing. I just think that the Holy Tang Dynasty has a lot of interpersonal relationships to remember. Maybe the Divine Blessing Federation will do it again in the future. Thinking about it makes me feel overwhelmed."

The corners of Ji Qingyue's mouth raised slightly: "As the Virgin of the Dawn, you will inevitably have to attend various noble and even royal banquets in the future, and you will inevitably have to come into contact with all kinds of big shots. You should adapt to it in advance now."

While talking, the three of them had already walked out of the long corridor.

This corridor seemed to have a teleportation effect. There was no obstruction in front of him, but Luo Quan couldn't see the scenery at the end of the corridor even with his eyes wide open.

With her eyesight, this should not have happened.

After leaving the corridor, what came into view was a door that was slowly opening.

Four maids, who can be said to be of the most beautiful and fragrant country, were guarding the door. When they saw the three of them, they immediately bowed and saluted: "Welcome Palace Master Ji, Princess Xingwei, and Our Lady of Luo."

"Mother Luo..." Luo Quan almost fainted and fell to the ground when he heard this call.

The first two names are quite nice, but why does she stretch her hips like this when she comes here? If I heard it faster, I would have thought it was Los Santos from Grand Theft Auto.

The Holy Mother is the Holy Mother, there is no need to add a surname in front of it.

It's just that in public, Luo Quan can't criticize anything, so he can only hold his nose and admit it.

After Ji Qingyue came in, she looked at the highest stage. There was Zhang Huagui's exquisite red jade throne, but there was no one on the seat. There were four masked guards standing behind it.

Looking at the bulge of the armor on the chest, Luo Quan guessed that this was a female guard.

"Her Majesty the Empress hasn't come yet, let's have dinner separately first." Ji Qingyue said, and walked towards her familiar colleagues, leaving Luo Quan and Bai Xingwei looking around in this splendid hall.

However, the appearance of the two people also attracted the attention of many guests at the banquet.

Some of them looked at Luo Quan openly, with surprised looks in their eyes.

Some people only dared to peek out of the corner of their eyes because of the female companions around them, but they soon noticed something strange.

If this wasn't the empress's banquet, the couple would probably quarrel immediately.

Luo Quan, who caused this situation, didn't notice anything about it. She was scanning the sumptuous dishes on the long wooden tables with affectionate eyes.

The empress's dinner party is on a higher level than the universal banquet at Bai Xingwei's house, and you can tell just by smelling it.

Moreover, there were many dishes in the banquet that she had never seen before. It seemed that the full version of the Universal Banquet that Bai Xingwei had eaten before was not the complete version.

Although she was not a good eater, the delicacies on the table did exude a huge temptation, and she couldn't help but pick up the plate.

"Are you going to start eating now?"

Bai Xingwei smiled when she saw Luo Quan's actions, and then took away two cups from the passing maid: "This is a good thing, why don't you take a sip first to appetize?"

"What is this?" Luo Quan put down his plate and stretched his neck to look over.

The cup was filled with dark green liquid. It didn't look particularly good, but it had a fragrant aroma that could take over the entire sense of smell. Refreshing could not be more appropriate to describe it.

"This is the national brew that can only be drunk in the Empress Palace - Xian Qiong Yulu. It is made entirely from prickly pear. The prickly pear tree blooms and bears fruit every ten years, but one fruit can only produce ten drops. , the output is appallingly low.

Therefore, this kind of fairy wine can only be drunk at banquets held by the empress. There is almost no way to smell its incomparable fragrance. "

While Bai Xingwei was speaking, she couldn't wait to drink up the Xian Qiong Yulu in the cup. Then she drank the fragrant wine, and her cheeks were dyed pink.

After drinking the wine, Bai Xingwei laughed happily: "The best thing about Xian Qiong Yulu is that although it touches the face, it will not make people drunk to death, but will only make people tipsy.

Reason is still there, but it is like a dream, just like a lucid dream, it is a beautiful thing. "

"Since it is such a good thing, drink more." Luo Quan said, pouring his share into Bai Xingwei's cup.

"You don't want to drink?" Bai Xingwei's eyes widened in astonishment, "I've spent so long introducing you to you, right?"

"It's not that I don't drink."

Luo Quan smiled helplessly, then whispered into Bai Xingwei's ear: "I'm not born with a constitution that prevents me from drinking alcohol. Just one sip, and I'll have to drink it. I won't be able to wake up until the next morning if I don't sleep." That kind of thing.”

"It's so exaggerated." Bai Xingwei showed a wicked smile, "Then if someone caused you to secretly take a sip, wouldn't you be able to do whatever you want?"

"No one will know if you don't tell me. If others don't know, they won't force me to drink it." Luo Quan glanced at Bai Xingwei, "I am explaining the reason to you because I trust you. You must not let others know." ah."

"Am I that kind of person?" Bai Xingwei thrust her waist in, "Just be careful, I have the strictest mouth. It's a pity that you can't drink such delicious wine."

After saying that, he drank the second cup of Xian Qiong Jade Dew in one gulp.

After drinking, Bai Xingwei smiled even happier.

Although she was very curious about what this wine tasted like, she knew that she would not be able to enjoy this blessing when she came to Luoquan, so she should just eat the delicious food on the table honestly, it would not be much different.

But just after Luo Quan took two bites of chicken legs of unknown variety, a very tall man walked up to her.

This is only two meters tall compared to men. Luo Quan's bare feet are 1.75 meters tall. He usually doesn't meet anyone he needs to look up to, but today he finally met him.

However, this man was tall, but not burly. He was slender and average-looking, neither ugly nor good-looking, but he had a special power.

"Miss Luo, I've heard of you a long time ago and I've been fascinated by you for a long time. I didn't expect you to be even more beautiful than in the live broadcast."

After speaking, the tall man took out a box from his arms: "I am protecting Li Tinghao, the legitimate son of the Northern King. This small greeting gift is not respectful. I hope Miss Luo can accept it."

However, Luo Quan quickly waved his hand: "We have just met for the first time. How can I be embarrassed to accept your gift? Mr. Li... the young prince should put it away first. I appreciate your kindness. There is no need to give gifts to make friends."

"But my rule is to give gifts before making friends." Li Tinghao looked at Luo Quan with a smile, "And the gifts I gave out have not been taken back yet."

This sentence made the atmosphere suddenly become subtle. Bai Xingwei frowned and was about to speak out.

Li Tinghao laughed loudly: "However, in order for Miss Luo and my son to make this exception, I will keep this gift for now, and I will give it to you later when we get to know each other better.

Now... let me give you a toast. "

With that said, Li Tinghao took two cups of Xianqiong Rain from the plate held by the maid next to him.

"Oh, it's terrible."

When Luo Quan saw this situation, he said that something was wrong. Fortunately, Bai Xingwei stepped forward in time: "Prince Li, Luo Quan can't bear to drink. How about you drink something else."

"Can't drink?" Li Tinghao looked puzzled, "This is the Immortal Qiong Rain and Dew given by the Empress. You will never come across such a fine wine."

"It's true that I can't drink." Luo Quan replied helplessly.

"Isn't it because you can't drink with me?"

At this time, Li Tinghao saw the empty wine glasses in the hands of the two of them, and suddenly sneered: "I just had a drink just now, but I didn't see much on my face. Is this because I am too drunk?

I give gifts but don't accept them, and I don't drink toasts. It seems that Miss Luo really looks down on me.

But it doesn’t matter, you’d better drink the glass of wine I’m proposing today, otherwise the consequences will be serious. "

"Your Majesty, you misunderstood." Luo Quan sighed helplessly, "My glass of wine was drunk by Xingwei, I didn't touch a drop."

"Why are you explaining so much to him? If he doesn't want to drink, he won't drink. How are you doing?"

Bai Xingwei has a bad temper. She immediately exploded when she heard Li Tinghao speak like this. If it wasn't at the banquet, she would have raised her hand to hit him.

"How is it?" Li Tinghao's smile became colder and colder, "I don't need to tell myself who I am. No one who has ever provoked me has a good ending."

"Then what is the specific outcome?" Luo Quan asked seriously.

The clay figurine also has a three-point earthy nature, and she is not a soft persimmon who takes things easy. It seems that the prince, who feels good about himself and has too much personal awareness, is no longer able to get along well with her.

In this case, she was too lazy to pretend to be a gentle lady.

And just when Li Tinghao's eyebrows stood up at Luo Quan's question and he was about to get angry, the maid at the door made a voice:

"Saint Fafreya of Dawn Church has arrived!"