Embrace the light

Chapter 48

The last group to arrive at the dinner party were the members of the royal family, and this was the first time Ian had actually seen the emperor, queen, princes and princesses of the empire.

The emperor is more than 50 years old this year, with yellow skin, black hair and black eyes, he looks handsome and elegant.The queen is blond, blue-eyed, and white-skinned. She is more graceful and beautiful than what she saw on the Internet. She smiles very kindly.Both of them were wearing casual clothes, but their extravagance could not be concealed.

There are currently two princes and one princess in the empire, and the skin colors of the three His Royal Highnesses follow their mother's.The eldest prince looks more like an emperor, and the second prince and third princess are twins, whose appearance is more similar to that of the empress.

Most of the guests at the scene were either rich or expensive, and they had more or less met members of the royal family. Therefore, although the guards did not announce loudly, many people still came to greet the royal family one by one.

Mino, in evening gown, followed Papa and Father.

"Brother Mino." The third princess is a sunny and lively girl who couldn't stand this boring and polite scene. Taking advantage of another wave of people coming to greet him, she sneaked up to Mino's side and held his arm affectionately. .

"Xiaoxue, long time no see, you've grown into a big girl."

Bai Xue smiled, "You haven't grown up fast enough, brother Mino, don't be in a hurry to get married, let my mother marry me to you when I grow up, okay?"

The eldest prince also sneaked over from behind the emperor and empress. He stretched out his hand to scratch his sister's nose, "I don't know how to be ashamed, Bai Xue, if you don't study hard, you will think about something all day long."

Yuan Baixue is 16 years old this year and is a freshman in Imperial No. [-] Middle School.

"Brother, it's fine if you don't help me, you still hit me." Bai Xue muttered resolutely.

"Mino, did you hear that, my little princess has recognized you, and you have to be ready to be a son-in-law. That's fine. If she doesn't study hard and go out to have fun, I'll let you control her. Your words It must be more effective than the earnest words of the father and mother."

Bai Xue reached out to cover her elder brother's mouth, and said embarrassingly: "Why, elder brother, tear me down in person and expose me. You are unkind and don't care about my unrighteousness. Brother Mino, let me tell you that my elder brother has a crush on him recently. What about a beautiful sister in the class, but she dare not chase after her all day long without thinking about eating and drinking... um..."

Before he finished speaking, his elder brother covered his mouth.

Compared to the outgoing and lively eldest prince and third princess, the second prince is quiet and introverted.He stood quietly behind his father, emperor and queen mother, and walked to the elder brother and third sister after listening to the greetings of the important people.

Watching his eldest brother and younger sister playing around, the second prince's eyes were soft and doting.

"Yuan Qi, you have been promoted to high school, do you feel busy with schoolwork?"

Yuan Qi is the name of the second prince. Although the second prince and the third princess are twins, not only are their personalities very different, but so are their academic scores.The third princess loves to play, but the second prince is very studious. The two siblings are in the same grade and in different classes, and are often compared by teachers of various subjects.

"Brother Mino, I think it's okay. I heard from my father that you are already in charge of a very important project. I hope that one day I can be as good as you."

Mino patted Yuan Qi on the shoulder, "You will definitely be better than me, keep working hard."

Yuan Qi nodded.

"Yuanzhen, don't bully your sister." Seeing her elder son clamping her younger daughter's head under his armpits and letting her struggle but not letting go, Queen Aisha rushed over to make a rescue.

Yuan Baixue threw herself into the arms of her mother's queen to complain, and Queen Aisha tidied up her messed up hair and dress.

"Don't be too naughty, this is at your Uncle Auston's house, not in the palace."

Yuan Baixue said indifferently: "Mother, when I grow up, you marry me to brother Mino, and this will be my home."

Aisha smiled, her daughter liked to pester Mino since she was a child, she knew it.

"It's still too early for you to grow up. Besides, your elder brother Minuo is so outstanding, surrounded by countless outstanding and beautiful sisters, if you want to marry him, you still have to study hard."

"Okay, okay." Yuan Baixue was discouraged, "Why can everything be related to reading." She rubbed her stomach, "When does the dinner start, I'm a little hungry."

"It should be soon, there are still some people from your father's side who want to come over to say hello."

Although the protagonists of the birthday are Michen and Minuo, after all, the identity of the royal family is here, and those who recognize the identity of the emperor still have to come and say hello one by one.

"Let's start officially." The people who should come to see the ceremony have already come, and the emperor Yuan Tang said to Auston.

"Guests, please enter and take your seats." General Auston's deep and steady voice came from the stereo.

Although Ian, Heng, Harvey and others were arranged to sit at the same table as Mino, when they entered the arena, everyone still consciously waited for the dignitaries to enter first before entering.

When they arrived at table number three, there were not only the three royal siblings sitting at the table, but also Christine and three other young people.

Because there were quite a lot of people in the living room, and Ian and Heng were sitting in a hidden corner, so Christine hadn't seen them before.

"Ian? Heng?"

Ian smiled back at Christine, "Kristen."

"It turns out that Mino's mysterious friend is you!"

"Mysterious friend?"

Christine laughed and said, "There were a few friends gatherings and family gatherings. The party hadn't officially ended yet. He said he was going to leave first and asked him what he wanted. He said he was going to meet a friend, but at that time his friend But they are all here. Once my mother asked him if he had a girlfriend, and he just smiled mysteriously and said nothing. Looking at the past few years, he really doesn’t look like he has a girlfriend, but he said new My friend, I haven’t heard of it until now I see you, a new face.”

"Yes." A young man next to Christine said, "During my birthday party, everyone went to sing together, and Mino suddenly said that his friend was nearby and he wanted to have dinner with him."

Yuan Baixue carefully looked at Ian who was sitting on the other side of Mino, and Ian met her eyes, smiled and nodded at her.

"Brother Mino, don't you want to introduce your friends? The people around you are unfamiliar to me."

Mino pointed to Gene, Liang Xiao, Alex and his girlfriend, "These three are my college roommates, Gene, Liang Xiao, and Alex. The girl next to him is Alex's girlfriend, Wei Na .”

Then he pointed to Ian and Heng and said, "This is Ian, my good friend. Next to him is Heng, Ian's elder brother."

The rest of them were relatives and children of Mino, so they introduced themselves.

Because across the table, everyone just briefly introduced their names and did not perform the tentacle salute.

The three Highnesses were different from Ian's imagination. They were approachable and did not have the majesty and arrogance of being a royal family.

While the dishes were being served one after another, Marshal Auston stood on the stage in front of him and thanked all the guests.

After the speech, a twelve-layer cake with two candles was pushed onto the stage, and cheers erupted from the scene.Mitchin and Mino stood side by side in front of the cake, and the young people below began to sing "Happy Birthday" again. The father and son smiled at each other during the singing, made a wish to the candlelight and then blew out the candles.The two held a long knife together and cut the first layer of cake.

After the basic ceremony was completed, Oston took Mitchin back to the main table, and Mino returned to the friend's table.

"Happy birthday." Everyone toasted and congratulated Mino.

"Thank you for coming to my birthday party." Mino also raised his glass and drank with everyone.

Yuan Qi and Yuan Baixue were underage, and what they had in their glasses was fruit juice.

"Is the food to your liking, An An?"

Ian nodded. Tonight's dishes are very rich, and he ate a lot of expensive ingredients.

When he was half full, Ian stopped his chopsticks and asked Mino and Heng, "Do you two need cake?"

Ian is a cream lover, seeing that there are still several layers left in the big cake, Ian couldn't help but want to get some to eat.

Both Heng and Mino shook their heads, but Mino knew that Ian liked to eat cream, and so did Yuan Qi and Yuan Baixue beside him.He ordered the servant standing beside him to bring a layer directly, so as to save everyone from running to the cake place one by one.

"Cream cake, I like it." Seeing that the cake was brought over, Yuan Baixue stopped eating and cut a big cake by herself to taste it there.

The cakes purchased by the Field family are naturally of the best quality. The cream on the cakes is sweet and delicate, which makes people want to eat two more bites.

After eating the cake in his hands contentedly, Ian couldn't help asking Heng and Minoan, "It's really delicious, sweet but not greasy, don't you want to try it?"

The two still shook their heads, and Ian stopped forcing it.

Everyone had almost eaten their meals, and the plates were removed one after another, and replaced with fresh melons, fruits and snacks.

"Nonuo, I want to go to the bathroom, how should I go?"

Mino said to the servant beside him, "Take this gentleman to the bathroom."

"Okay, sir."

The restroom is some distance away from the restaurant. The servant took Ian to the door of the restroom and asked Ian, "Sir, do you need me to wait for you here?"

Ian shook his head, "Thank you, no need. You can go to work first."

"Okay, sir."

Ian went to the bathroom to settle his physical needs, and washed his hands with warm water.

He was a little full today, and he didn't want to go back to sit immediately, so he stood by the window and looked out.The outside can be said to be heavily guarded, with a soldier standing every 20 meters or so.Fortunately, the weather is not bad today, no wind, no rain, no snow, otherwise the soldiers standing outside will suffer.

After admiring the sunset and darkness outside the window for a while, Ian suddenly heard a rustling sound above his head. He felt a little strange, maybe there were still mice in the manor.

The sound above the head gradually became louder, until a piece of the ceiling was lifted, and a head was exposed in the dim black hole, and Ian was looking directly at the people above.

Both of them were startled, the person above probably didn't expect that there would be someone standing there quietly, and Ian was shocked because the face shown above was constant.

"Heng, why did you run up there?"

Seeing that the people below seemed to know him, Ye Chengxu understood in an instant that he must have mistook himself for another one.

Ye Chengxu's face was a little cold. He thought that Ye Chengfeng had died two years ago, but he didn't expect that he was still alive?

"Heng?" Seeing that Heng's face became displeased, Yi An became even more surprised, "Is the floor upstairs broken?"

"No, you go out first."

"Aren't you injured?" Since it was face down, Ian doubted that Heng had fallen.

Ye Chengxu couldn't help snorting coldly, "Go out and guard the door for me first, don't let others in, I'll fix this place."

Although he was still confused about all this, Ian still decided to listen to Heng.

But after waiting outside for 5 minutes, no one came to the bathroom again.

Ian pushed the door open, and there was no one inside. The ceiling that had been lifted up was intact at the moment.

"Heng?" Ian called softly a few times, but got no response.

"What are you looking at?" A familiar voice came from behind.

Yi An turned his head and looked over, it was Heng he was looking for.

"Heng." Ian stared at Heng's face, and asked him suspiciously: "Have you fixed the floor upstairs? Let's talk to Nuonuo later."

"Upstairs? Repair the floor?" It was Heng's turn to be puzzled.

Ian nodded, "Yes, just now you lifted a piece of the ceiling, showed your face to talk to me, and asked me to go out and lock the door for you to prevent others from coming in."

Heng Ze said, "I came directly from the restaurant. I haven't been upstairs, and I haven't spoken to you during this time."

"Ah?" Ian was surprised, "Is that because I'm hallucinating?"

Heng said: "You contact Minuo and tell him about this immediately."

Mino, who was joking with Harvey, received a communication request from Ian. He laughed and teased: "I haven't come back after being away for so long. Is there no paper in the toilet?"

"Nonuo, just now I met a man in the toilet who looks the same as Heng and speaks in the same voice."

Mino put away his joking expression, and said, "Wait a minute." Then he retrieved the list of today's visitors from his wristwatch for portrait comparison, and there was no one with a similar face to Heng.

Today, with the imperial family and many important figures present, there is no room for mistakes. Mino immediately connected the communication to his father's wristwatch and quickly reported the incident.

After hearing this, Alston pressed a button on the watch, and saw that the bustling restaurant was suddenly covered by countless glass rising from the floor.Before everyone could react, they sank to the ground.

"what happened?"

"what happened?"

There was panic in the crowd.

Soon, Marshal Auston's steady voice appeared in each protective cover at the same time, "Please don't panic, and stay where you are. There are some malfunctions in the system, and we are investigating."

Controlling the monitoring of the manor, Auston did not find anyone with an abnormal identity in the holographic image.When the guests entered the manor, they were scanned and imaged, and there are no non-reserved personnel in the manor.

Yuan Qin comforted Oston and said: "Don't be like a soldier, in this peaceful age, assassination has long been out of the way."

As soon as the words fell, he was silenced by Marshal Auston with a slap in the face.The emperor of the empire looked at his queen embarrassingly, and said with his lips, "It's still so fierce", Aisha lowered her head and smiled.

Mitchin is also checking the monitor, but it also shows that everything is normal.Apart from the guards with guns in the corridor, there are only servants in the garden.

Mino was very worried about Ian's safety. After coming to his father and father through the safe passage, he asked, "Dad, father, did you notice anything unusual?"

Mitchin replied: "Don't worry, there is nothing abnormal, and the guards have been notified to check layer by layer for final confirmation."

"Nuo Nuo and Heng are still up there, I'm worried that something will happen to them."

Although he didn't receive an alert from Ian, Mino was still very worried before seeing Ian.

Mino, Mitchin, and Auston knew about Heng's origin, and now a person who looked and sounded like Heng appeared out of nowhere.

The guards focused on checking the toilets, ventilation pipes, sewer pipes, etc. Soon, Oston received a report saying that there were indeed traces of movement in the ventilation pipes, but so far there are no abnormal objects or life forms in the pipes. exist.

There is no surveillance system installed in the restrooms in the manor, which has become a loophole for people with malicious intentions to break through.

After more than 20 minutes of scanning, investigation and other means, it was finally determined that the manor is now in a safe state.

"The banquet is coming to an end soon, I think His Majesty should take the three Highnesses back to the palace."

"Okay." Yuan Qin didn't want to refute Auston, anyway, he had finished eating and drinking, so go back to the palace as soon as possible, "Then you also pay attention to safety, he really doesn't necessarily come after me."