CH 83

Xia Zuoyi finally found Paul at the banquet.

He and Paul looked at each other.

Obviously, the archbishop understood the meaning in his eyes and pointed his finger at the balcony not far away, which was hidden by layers of curtains—mianxia is inside.

How can he understand that the person I’m looking for is the Pope?

Xia Zuoyi thought to himself, am I too obvious?

Xia Zuoyi looked at His Majesty the King, obviously still obsessed with the beauty of the queen, still in disbelief and unable to extricate himself. Didn’t the king find that the Pope also came to the dinner?

Otherwise, how could he maintain a calm look if he saw the Pope after the conflict with the Holy See?

He certainly didn’t notice the Pope’s arrival.

So here comes the problem!

—How did Segalot Wordsworth Augsig enter the balcony of the dinner hall with his unique golden eyes?

Xia Zuoyi whispered secretly, the Pope’s name is really hard to pronounce.

At this time, King Paul finally recovered from his amazement.

Regardless of Joana’s dissatisfied look and trying to pull him back, he insisted on walking to the queen, with an unprecedented smile on his face.

“Praise the God of Creation! Minina, you look so beautiful today!”

Paul obviously thought that the queen dressed up for him.

In fact, he thought that Minina would not appear at the banquet held in her name tonight—as Paul had known for years.

But now the queen not only appeared.

Furthermore, she’s undoubtedly the well-deserved pearl tonight. No woman is as bright and beautiful as her.

Under such circumstances, the king’s mistresses stood magnificently in the hall where the dinner was held… This is a bit embarrassing for both parties.

It’s the first time that His Majesty the King felt a little embarrassed.

Not to mention his mistresses.

—Being able to be lovers of the king of the empire, they’re obviously attractive and charming enough.

But tonight, compared with the loftiness and elegance shown by the queen, just like the moon hanging under the night, they’re faint stars completely covered by the bright moon, not even a little pitiful light could be seen.

Their self-restraint is obviously not enough to support and maintain the wanton smile and arrogance on their faces. Now they can’t help becoming very stiff. The makeup powder made of wheat almost fell down, looking a little ridiculous.

Xia Zuoyi found that among the mistresses of His Majesty the King, Joana deserved to be the most favored one. Only after her momentary gaffe, she immediately adjusted her facial expression, raised the corners of her mouth, and showed an elegant smile.

When she couldn’t stop the king from walking in the direction of the queen, she even followed up with a feather fan in her hand…

Sometimes being cheeky is linked to courage, and Mrs. Joana exercises both very well.

Orville said a word beside him, and walked towards the place where the king of Helgeda was. Darnell drank the wine in his glass and left.

For a time, only Robert was left beside Xia Zuoyi.

Robert whispered, “Look at Tosi Cavendish.”

“His expression is so ugly. I guess if there weren’t so many people today, he would’ve already left.” 

Xia Zuoyi looked over. With a little reserved smile on his face, he said, “He can actually turn around and leave.”

“You have to believe that not many people care about him. They won’t even notice his departure now… Of course, except for the knights on duty outside the palace.” 

Robert looked at Xia Zuoyi with a strange look, “Oh, Lord, I have to praise your speaking skills.”

“Thank you.” Xia Zuoyi smiled politely.

…

Tosi Cavendish’s expression became uglier and angrier.

After the queen once again satirized Joana with merciless words, he finally strode over.

At the banquet, people’s gazes have long passed between the three people without a trace—even if there are the king and queen of the empire in these three people.

But this does not prevent the nobles from maintaining a decent smile but secretly watching the show.

Minina really couldn’t express any extra expressions on Paul.

She didn’t even put the other person in her eyes. She raised her chin slightly and said coldly, “Who gave Your Majesty the illusion that I attended the banquet for you.”

“Don’t you think it’s ridiculous?”

Paul’s face suddenly became gloomy.

Joana covered part of her chin with a feather fan, and said with a smile, “If the queen didn’t do it for Your Majesty, who else can it be for? At this party… Is there anyone else worthy of the queen getting a makeover…”

She made a circle at the banquet with ambiguous eyes, focusing on the noblemen, while the ladies frowned at her malice.

His Majesty began to lose his temper, his face turning completely pitch-black.

But Minina wasn’t angry at all.

Her expression remained unchanged, talking in the most unsparing words, “I’m obviously not like Madam. You’ll shamelessly climb into other men’s beds.”

“You’re as dirty as Paul Cavendish.” 

Joana’s face changed, suddenly turning from green to white.

The king couldn’t bear it and was about to angrily scold her, Tosi came over at this moment and shouted first—

“That’s enough!”

Tosi pointed to Minina’s nose and said angrily, “Who do you think you’re talking to?! The man standing in front of you is Your Majesty, the noble king of the Anas Empire, and your husband!”1

“Queen, should you show some respect?!”

Minina doesn’t have to do anything, just standing there is a proud existence, and the fierceness between her eyebrows can pierce people’s hearts, “Who do you think you’re talking to?!”

“The person standing in front of you is the noble queen of the Anas Empire. A dirty bastard like you doesn’t yet have a turn to point to my nose and lecture me!”

“Your mother is a lowly mistress!”

“You even pulled the king’s face for your mother, trying to make me bow my head and let a group of laughable people talk to me. This is an insult to me!”

Tosi took a step back, almost stimulated by her too sharp words.

Well said!

Xia Zuoyi almost wanted to applaud the queen’s bold remarks—looking at the faces of the king, Mrs. Joana, and Tosi, it was almost as if they had just been punched in the face.

The other mistresses of the king saw that the situation seemed unfavorable, and slowly backed away, not wanting to get involved.

The nobles felt that the current development of the situation seemed to be heading in a direction they had not anticipated…somewhat out of control.

Some people even thought: Wait… Wasn’t this birthday dinner set up to force Lord Desinia to make him surrender his sugar recipe?!

How did we deviate from the direction of “family conflict” now?!

Paul finally had the opportunity to speak. He said angrily, “Minina, shut your mouth!”

“You’re not qualified to order me!”

Paul looked as if he was blown up and growled in a low voice, “I am the king!”

Minina suddenly laughed, “Maybe you’re right. To some extent, I’m here for you tonight.” 

“But when this banquet is over, you will no longer be the king of the Anas Empire.”

If the previous sentence made Paul’s expression somewhat better, her last words immediately made his face look ugly and pale.

“Watch your words!”

Minina glanced at him faintly, “Swear to the God of Creation! Paul Cavendish, do you dare say how you got your throne?”

The gloominess on Paul’s face deepened another level.

He seems to want to say something.

But Minina didn’t give him this opportunity. Turning to Joana who was a little pale, she said, “I think Mrs. Joana should be the most certain and clearest.”

“After all, you two hooked up before Lawrence died.”

Xia Zuoyi raised his eyebrows in surprise.

The nobles were obviously shocked by the queen’s words.

They didn’t care about maintaining their graceful posture anymore, their chaotic voices kept coming—

“What does the queen mean?! Isn’t Your Majesty’s throne orthodox?!”

“What does it mean that Joana and His Majesty had hooked up before Lawrence died? Does Lawrence mean the former great prince?!”

“Oh my God of Creation… I’m a little confused.”

“Did the great prince die in an accident…”

…

Seeing that the situation turned into this, almost to the point of uncontrollable—Paul growled, “What the hell do you want?! Are you going to rebel?!”

Minina said slowly, “Yes, you’re right. For the first time, I agree with your words.”

Paul took a deep breath and said angrily, “Are you crazy?!”

He shouted furiously, “Somebody! Come on! Pull this crazy woman down! I must abolish her queen status!” 

A little ruddiness appeared on Joana’s pale face.

She began to get excited about Paul’s words.

Regardless of what Minina knew, the king of the Anas Empire is now Paul. He’s the one who’s in charge.

Minina, a woman who can never give birth to a child again, can’t threaten her status!

However, what disappointed and puzzled Joana was that even though the king shouted thunderously, no knight appeared at the banquet. Even the attendants didn’t move at all.

Joana began to feel uneasy.

She yelled, “Why are you in a daze?! Pull down this woman who talks nonsense and disrespects the king!”

Similarly, no one paid attention to her.

Xia Zuoyi also felt something was wrong.

He looked around—Robert was still standing next to him and Orville was standing by the King of Helgeda, watching coldly at everything that had happened at the banquet.

Darnell was nowhere to be seen.

No, the attendants are also much less.

Outside the hall, there were faint figures with long spears moving, but no one came in at Paul’s call.

Some nobles also began to fidget.

Just when Xia Zuoyi wanted to take a few steps forward, a pair of slender hands suddenly stretched out from behind and wrapped around his waist, and a warm breath sprayed on his ears… 

Xia Zuoyi was startled. He turned his head and was faced with a pair of smiling golden eyes, “You…?!” 

He didn’t know when the Pope appeared behind him. Archbishop Paul is also standing not far from him.

Robert saluted the Pope respectfully. After Segalot nodded, he secretly winked at Xia Zuoyi and left.

Xia Zuoyi watched Robert walk towards Grand Duke Orville.

“What’s going on?!” Xia Zuoyi asked in a low voice.

He finally understood one thing now.

That is—how on earth did Segalot walk into the banquet hall with his shining golden eyes, without being discovered by King Paul.

Obviously, this is a plan negotiated in advance—specifically for Paul Cavendish.

Segalot whispered in his ear, “Hush, little Rose, relax. Please watch a good show.”

Xia Zuoyi tilted his head.

Just then, a sound of footsteps that couldn’t be ignored came from outside the hall—it’s especially obvious at the chaotic dinner party.

Everyone unconsciously looked towards the source of the sound.

Xia Zuoyi raised his head. His eyes widened unexpectedly, and he muttered, “…Boris?!” 

—It was Boris who slowly walked into the hall.

And behind him followed Darnell, who hadn’t been seen since just now.

Translator’s Note:

We ended in cliffhanger, bummer. I wanted to make a double update but there’s no more chapters available so I have to control myself XD. I hope you can too HAHAHA. (Also, this is a day late —my head felt like it’s going to explode yesterday so I didn’t managed to update, maybe it’s because of my deteriorating eyesight or what)