Rebel Demon King

Chapter 848 Blood Blooms on the Road to the Throne (4)

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Cheng Mo just visited the nearby François I promenade for a while and then returned to the Fontainebleau Ballroom. By this time, the guests had arrived one after another, and the media that had been in the White Horse Atrium had also moved into the venue.

The ballroom was bustling with guests dressed in fancy dress, and although all kinds of voices were noisy, they were not noisy. Cheng Mo found Xie Minyun in a corner of the hall. At this time, Dai Wa was holding her hand in a circle of people. Talking and laughing.And this group of people can be said to be the focus of the ballroom, in addition to the well-known Princess of Hanover in the Europa fashion circle, there is also the famous English actress Keira Knightley.

Of course, the most eye-catching ones are Xie Minyun and Athena, one represents the delicate and elegant oriental beauty, and the other represents the graceful and gorgeous western beauty.The two people are like landscape paintings and oil paintings, forming a strong visual impact that makes people unable to help but focus on them.

In Cheng Mo's eyes, his wife is naturally more beautiful. The light purple lace and silk dress uses many Chinese cheongsam elements, such as cloud patterns and peonies in the dark lace pattern, and the dragon shape on the high collar. The buckles are typical Chinese elements, and the tailoring of the cheongsam also makes Xie Minyun look extraordinarily tall and slender. Standing under the resplendent dome, there is a feeling that there is only one person in the world.

But this is just Cheng Mo's feeling. In the eyes of others, "there is only one person in the world" has to add a premise, and there is no Athena Onassis, the woman who ranks first on the list of the chosen ones.

Compared with Xie Minyun's subtle and quiet beauty, Athena's beauty is more public. She is taller than Xie Minyun, with a net height of at least 178 cm. Na's body line is neither plump nor slender, everything is just right, and she belongs to the absolute supermodel figure.The skin is not like the average European women, although it is white, but very rough.Her skin is fair and shiny, like round pearls under the light of the crystal lamp, crystal clear.Her long golden hair was brushed back, her temples were towering, her brows were blue like black, and her delicate and flawless face was a mixture of innocence and sensuality, like a perfect combination of Chinese porcelain and European sculpture.

The two most beauties in the world stood on the left and right sides of Dai Wa, making everything around them a bit bleak, even the magnificent Fontainebleau Palace was a bit eclipsed.

Cheng Mo didn't go over immediately, but stood at the edge of the hall and watched many handsome and polite gentlemen go up to talk to them, but few of them could stay in this female circle for a long time. You will be forced to retreat by the hostile eyes of the men around you.

Especially Joseph Arman, who was standing not far away, his admiration for Athena was almost beyond words, and anyone who tried to talk to Athena would attract his gaze.

Cheng Mo looked at Xie Minyun and the others on the surface, but actually used various postures to cover up that he was observing the movements of everyone in the ball hall, especially Stern King and Xiyuanji Benimaru.

To Cheng Mo's surprise, no one in the hall paid any attention to Stern King, who is the consul of Stargate, but Xiyuanji Hongmaru was like a fish in water. He walked gracefully among the crowd with a wine glass, proud and self So, instead of relying on the old-fashioned accidental encounters, Xienji Benimaru naturally got to know several women wearing ribbons.

Cheng Mo could tell from their conversational expressions that they met for the first time today, but soon the polite and gentle Xiyuanji Benimaru won the favor of the other party, and exchanged phone numbers or business cards with them.

Seeing Benimaru Xiyuanji's ability to socialize with ease at the ball where celebrities gathered, Cheng Mo had to sigh in Benimaru Xiyuanji's terrible social skills in his heart.Cheng Mo felt that it was not impossible for him to socialize like Xiyuanji Benimaru, but his stiff expression, ability to find topics and ordinary appearance meant that no matter how good he was at psychology, he would never be able to reach the level of Xiyuanji Benimaru. Degree.

Cheng Mo observed everyone in the ballroom silently, until at six o'clock, the lights in the hall suddenly dimmed, and a beam of spotlights hit the front of the ballroom in Fontainebleau, a huge piece made of A cross flower wall of red and white roses descends slowly along the wall.The entire ballroom fell silent in an instant, and as France's most popular sexy actress Eva Green walked into the halo of spotlights with a microphone, applause rang out.

"Dear ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the beautiful Palace of Fontainebleau today. The theme of our banquet is 'Light in the Dark'. All proceeds from the auction will be donated to LERU (European University Union), The main direction is to promote scientific progress and help poor students with excellent grades”

Cheng Mo was a little surprised that he could still see the French actress he admired very much here. He had watched "Dream of Paris" and "Kingdom of Heaven" starring her. In these two movies with a strong sense of history, this Even the extremely voluptuous and vulgar actresses left a deep impression on him.Cheng Mo listened to her speech with great interest. At this time, Xie Minyun found Cheng Mo along the edge of the hall. She stood beside Cheng Mo, took Cheng Mo's arm gracefully, and then whispered in Cheng Mo's ear. He asked, "Why didn't you come here just now?"

Cheng Mo tilted his head and responded softly: "I see that if there is no man standing with you, there will be no past."

"You are different! You are my husband."

"Standing with you is too eye-catching, and it is inconvenient to observe others."

"Then what did you find?"

Cheng Mo pondered for a while and said, "Almost all the nobles from Europa come here. Except for Stern King, they don't seem to have any chaebols." In addition to the gladiatorial training these days, he also did some homework on the upper class of Europa. , I read a lot of Tai Chi Dragon's information about Europa's Chosen One.In the Fontainebleau ball hall in front of me, there seemed to be no chosen ones named by Ou Yu.

Xie Minyun nodded slightly, and she introduced in a low voice: "The one standing in the center of the front is Prince Albert II of Monaco, who is ranked 109 among the chosen ones, and the one wearing a light blue dress next to him is Princess Charlene, standing in front of Princess Charlene Next to her is Crown Prince Victoria of Sweden. She is the next Queen of Sweden, but her ranking is not high. The most powerful one is Prince Philip next to her, who ranks 222. Princess Sofia is holding Prince Philip's arm."

Xie Minyun introduced all the well-known characters in the Fontainebleau ball hall to Cheng Mo, and finally said: "The one who is going up to speak now is Princess Hannover, she is a very popular figure in the upper class of Europa, all the roses on the field They are all varieties cultivated by her family's manor, because she has always been committed to charity, and her image among the public is also very good. She is also one of the sponsors of this charity dinner, but all the people who came were Europa nobles. Except for LVMH, none of the seven major French consortiums came." Xie Minyun looked at Stern and his party who were also standing on the edge of the hall, "And the prince of LVMH, Joseph Arman, did not come to cheer, no matter Napoleon VII did not invite , or invited the other party but did not come, the internal conflicts in France have become so acute that everyone is too lazy to cover it up."

After the princess of Hannover finished her speech, the host Napoleon VII announced the official start of the ball, and the first dance will be performed by the Prince of Hannover and Princess Hannover.Cheng Mo was surprised that it was not the first dance between Napoleon VII and Athena. He watched Napoleon VII walk to Athena's side, and Joseph also squeezed to Athena's side from the edge. It's already tense.

"What do you think of being number one on the list?" Cheng Mo asked, looking at Athena with a stern expression.

"I didn't speak to her, but I guess she saw that we met in Napoleon VII's box, but she didn't care about it, I should say she seemed a little indifferent about everything."

"Then why does she still come to the banquet? If she really doesn't care about anything, she shouldn't come to this boring charity ball." Cheng Mo shrugged his shoulders and said.

"This is indeed a bit strange. I don't think she looks like someone who would change her mind because of someone. And she doesn't talk much, and she looks more out of place than me." Xie Minyun seemed to recall it seriously, and then said again, "I I feel that she is a bit of an observer who stays out of the way, as if she is looking for something in the dark."

Cheng Mo couldn't help thinking of No. [-] who was destroyed by himself in the Hydra headquarters, and thought: Could it be that Athena is Beret?This possibility is actually not small. The Onassis family is the uncrowned king of Greece. If an organization like Hydra wants to survive in Greece, it must have perished long ago without the permission of the Onassis family.But the Onassis family can control Hydra remotely. There is no need for a noble heir like Athena to control Hydra himself.

Unless the Onassis family has an unknown relationship with the Black Death, Cheng Mo feels that the relationship between these organizations and individuals in Europa is so intricate that people can't figure it out at all.

After the first dance of the Prince of Hanover and the Princess of Hanover, the traditional court dance will follow. This is a good time for men to pursue the woman they like. Cheng Mo was just about to watch Napoleon VII's good show, but he ended up first Encountered a snipe, a handsome white man wearing a ribbon ran over and asked Xie Minyun to dance, Xie Minyun politely declined, and walked towards a more marginal place with Cheng Mo on his arm.

"These are real princes, don't you want to dance one?" Cheng Mo asked.

"Prince Europa is everywhere." Xie Minyun said flatly, "What's more, I'm not a princess."

Cheng Mo complimented without losing the opportunity: "But you are more princesses than these princesses."

"Then why isn't a certain gentleman conscious?"

Cheng Mo pushed down the glasses on the bridge of his nose, and said with a wry smile: "Probably Mr. X has self-knowledge and thinks it's inappropriate." Xie Minyun taught him to dance court dances in the past two days. He would feel uncomfortable if he danced with a goddess like Xie Minyun in full view.

"You think I'm not good at teaching?"

Cheng Mo turned his head and saw the pearl pendant on Xie Minyun's earlobe complementing her snow-white skin and swan-like neck, his heart beat twice, and he whispered: "Of course not, you teach well enough, but I'm a little bit." Cheng Mo stopped and thought for a while, "Actually, every evening, when you teach me how to dance in the coffee shop, I feel that time passes quickly. I like the kind of privacy that only belongs to two people, and I don't want to put this share that feeling.”

"I understand, just say that you don't like to show affection." At this moment, someone walked towards Xie Minyun, and Xie Minyun said in a low voice, "I just don't like being disturbed by others. trouble."

"Beautiful lady, I wonder if it's an honor to invite you to dance." The handsome blond guy in a dark blue court suit and a red ribbon bent down and extended his hand to Xie Minyun.

"Thank you, but my court dance is really bad, I just came to see it today." At a ball, it is generally not allowed to refuse someone's invitation, but Xie Minyun doesn't care about this trivial etiquette.

The disappointment of the handsome blond guy was beyond words. He straightened up and said unwillingly, "Is it possible to get to know you?"

"It's not convenient, I'm already married." Xie Minyun replied.

The handsome blond guy was quite surprised by this answer. He looked at Cheng Mo, who was being held by Xie Minyun, and said "excuse me" in a daze, before leaving with regret.

The familiar person rejected another person, and Xie Minyun asked Cheng Mo what he had gained from visiting the Palace of Fontainebleau just now. While chatting, the two moved to the most hidden corner of the hall to watch the ball on the field.

Cheng Mo saw Napoleon VII and Joseph standing on the left and right of Athena on the other side of the hall. The expressions of both of them were very stiff, like frozen sculptures. On the contrary, Athena stood in the middle as if nothing happened, probably refusing An invitation to dance for the two of them.

Athena was guarded by two door gods with unkind faces, no one dared to go up to invite the dancer, so Xie Minyun became the target of many people chasing, even though Xie Minyun and Cheng Mo stood behind the crowd, someone still came to find it.No one takes Cheng Mo, who is not well-known and not well-known, seriously, so there is an endless stream of people looking for Xie Minyun to invite him to dance.

Xie Minyun could only refuse over and over again tirelessly.Fortunately, the dance didn't last too long. After about an hour, Napoleon VII took the lead to enter the banquet hall. The banquet hall was decorated beautifully, like a dream. The tablecloth is white, the tableware inlaid with gold thread and the tall crystal wine glasses are shining under the light of the crystal lamp, and the pink roses are packed in a silver tube full of diamonds, which is romantic and beautiful.

There are nameplates and auction number plates on each seat, which is convenient for guests to sit.Xie Minyun and Cheng Mo were naturally arranged at the main table, that is, at the center of the lower stage. Apart from Napoleon VII, there were also Diva, Athena, Prince and Princess of Hanover at this table.

The gala dinner and charity auction are held concurrently, followed by a cocktail reception.

Cheng Mo and Xie Minyun found a seat and sat down. Napoleon VII made an introduction. The people at the table greeted each other politely. At this time, Stern King and Joseph came over. Stern King dressed as a hippie was present at the whole banquet The hall is a complete alien, quite eye-catching. For a while, the voice of chatting in the banquet hall quieted down, and everyone turned their heads to look in this direction.

Stern King patted Napoleon VII on the shoulder unrestrainedly, and said with a smile: "Hey! Christopher, why are Joseph and I arranged in such a corner? It's too far away for me to even look at the auction items I don’t know, how can I contribute to charity?”

Napoleon VII did not lose his etiquette because of Stern King's impoliteness, he replied in a decent manner: "Mr. Stern, any position at the dinner party is the same, and it will not affect your participation in the auction , not to mention that the details of the auction items will be displayed on the big screen, so you don’t need to worry.”

"Really?" Stern King raised his hands and asked exaggeratedly.

Napoleon VII smiled: "Of course."

"But I really want to sit at your table. You see there are Athena and Xie Minyun at your table." Regarding Xie Minyun's speech, Stern King was very standard. He even turned his head to look at Xie Minyun and waved at her He moved his hands and said with a bright smile, "Xie Minyun, your uncle and I have a very good relationship. We just met at General Philip's place not long ago and had a pleasant conversation. I didn't expect to see you here. I miss you." You should also call me Uncle."

Of course Xie Minyun knew what Stern King was talking about, but on this occasion she represented not only her personally, she had to maintain etiquette, she turned to look at Stern King, Stern King's The greasy smile couldn't bear to look directly at it, like a rotten tomato.Xie Minyun said lightly: "Mr. Stern, nice to meet you."

Stern King waved his hand and said to Napoleon VII: "Look! I should sit here, I know a lot of people at this table." He said loudly to the waiter beside him, "Move me a chair, I'll just squeeze in here."

The waiter looked at Napoleon VII with a puzzled expression.

And the people in the banquet hall looked at this funny scene with contempt and whispered, but Stern King didn't care.

The Prince and Princess of Hanover couldn't see it, so they stood up to smooth things over and said, "Since Mr. Stern and Mr. Joseph want to sit here, we husband and wife will give up our seats."

Stern King immediately nodded unceremoniously, and said happily, "Thank you both."

Joseph said very apologetically: "Thanks to the generosity of the prince and princess."

The Prince and Princess of Hanover got up and left. Stern King and Joseph sat down, and the dining table fell into a strange silence for a while. Stern King inspected everyone's faces with great interest. After a while he broke the silence, stared at Xie Minyun and asked, "Niece, why don't you stay in Spain, what are you doing here? Paris is very dangerous!"

"Dai Wa invited me to come, and I came. Do you have any questions, Mr. Stern?" Xie Minyun replied indifferently.

Stern King looked at Dai Wa, and suddenly realized: "So you know each other." He turned his head again and said to Napoleon VII beside him, "You don't want to chase after such a good girl? If you can marry her, it will be better than marrying her." It’s worse than Athena. No, it should be much stronger, at least you can go to China and restore China.”

Napoleon VII whispered with a stiff face: "Mr. Stern, it doesn't matter if you don't respect me, but please respect Mrs. Cheng."

"Ah? Are you married, niece?" Stern King was stunned.

Xie Minyun nodded expressionlessly.

"This damn intelligence department is all shit-eating!" Stern King scolded. He looked at Cheng Mo who was sitting next to Xie Minyun, and asked suspiciously, "This is your husband?"

Xie Minyun still just nodded, without the slightest intention of introduction.

Stern King didn't care either. He stood up at the dining table, stretched out his hand to Cheng Mo, and said with a smile, "My niece and son-in-law, I'm Stern King. It's our first time meeting you. Nice to meet you."

Cheng Mo was thinking that Stern King, an old fritter, would play around with a group of nobles and gentlemen like Napoleon VII with scoundrels, but Napoleon VII could only accept it, and it turned out that it was his turn so soon, and he could only He stood up helplessly, shook hands with Stern King, pretended not to know Stern King at all, and said, "Hello, Mr. Stern."

Stern King held Cheng Mo's hand without intending to let go, but stared at his pupils and asked, "What's your name?"

There is nothing to hide about this, Cheng Mo said calmly: "My name is Cheng Mo."

After Cheng Mo said his name, Stern Jin let go of his hand and said with a smile, "Cheng Mo. Good name, I will remember it."

As soon as the two sat down, the waiter in formal attire brought out the appetizers and aperitifs like a stream, and the charity auction officially started.

Because it was a charity auction, everyone's competition was limited. Only the host deliberately created an entertaining and hostile atmosphere for the auction. The atmosphere in the banquet hall was peaceful, and there would be applause every time a transaction was made.

However, when the seventh item was auctioned, Salvador Dali's Meditation Rose ("Rose méditative") donated by Napoleon VII, an episode occurred. The auctioneer asked for a price of 250 million euros. In terms of the market price of his works, this price is considered moderate, but Stern King casually picked up the number 5 auction plate on the table, and shouted directly: "1000 million!"

This is completely a nonsensical bid. Napoleon VII immediately realized that Stern King was making trouble, because it was not a formal auction, and no deposit was paid. There is no way to get this money from Stern King, and then he can only pay it himself. The matter of 1000 million euros is considered small, but it would be embarrassing to spread it out.

It was not only Napoleon VII who saw this, but other people also saw some clues, but most people were not willing to offend Stern King easily, not to mention that the offer was meaningless, Stern King could Call casually, the higher the price he shouts, the more embarrassing Napoleon VII will be at that time, so no one bids, and he can only feel wronged for Napoleon VII in his heart.

"Is there anything higher than 1000 million euros!" The auctioneer said excitedly. This is the largest transaction so far. He has no idea that the person who bid is a scoundrel who is ready to renege on his debts. The auctioneer Raising the auction hammer and starting the countdown loudly, the atmosphere in the banquet hall became more and more awkward.

"2!"

Just when the auctioneer was about to drop the auction hammer, Cheng Mo suddenly raised his "7" auction number plate and said calmly, "1000 million and one yuan!"

There is no price increase limit for the charity dinner, Cheng Mo's extra one dollar is completely in line with the rules, and only one extra dollar is obviously aimed at Stern King.However, Cheng Mo's actions still surprised the people at the table. After all, Stern King could not deny his account, but Cheng Mo had to. If you lose, it can be said that you are lifting a rock and shooting yourself in the foot.

The auctioneer's eyes lit up, and his intuition told him that a large auction was about to be born. He waved his finger at Cheng Mo, but cast his gaze on Stern King and said loudly: "This gentleman bid 1000 million yuan One piece, do you want to follow?"

"Of course. Then I'll pay [-] million." Stern Jin said to Cheng Mo with a "haha" smile.

The quiet banquet hall suddenly became noisy, and almost everyone knew that the shameless Stern King would not pay the money. To do so was to ruin the charity dinner.

Unexpectedly, Cheng Mo gave Stern King this chance.

Napoleon VII watched Cheng Mo without showing much emotion, as if he was thinking about something.

Dai Wa frowned, and tugged Xie Minyun's sleeve under the table, meaning to ask Xie Minyun to stop Cheng Mo.

Joseph looked at Cheng Mo mockingly.

Even Athena looked at Cheng Mo expressionlessly.

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