She hasn't even started trying to seduce their Highness Sissi yet.
The ball has already begun, but His Highness Sisi has not shown up yet.
There were so many people in the banquet hall that not only did she not see her teammates, she didn't even see any of the other players.
The entire banquet hall was magnificent and the venue was huge. The band playing music was leaning against both sides of the wall. In addition to the dance hall, there were various drinks and sweet foods on the long tables on both sides.
Opposite the dance floor, there was a row of steps extending upwards. On top of the steps was a magnificent throne with guards standing on both sides of the steps.
It looks like this should be the seat of His Royal Highness the Prince.
His Royal Highness the Prince has not arrived yet, but many people below are already staring at the direction of the seats eagerly, and adjusting their postures towards the seats as if planned, so that the people who will sit on the chairs in a while can see their beautiful faces more clearly.
"His Highness Sisi has arrived!" the doorman chanted in a loud and resonant voice.
There was an instant silence in the room, and even the music stopped.
The door was slowly opened, and a pair of exquisite and luxurious white boots stepped forcefully on the floor, making a crisp sound.
Qiao Xi followed the gaze of the crowd and easily saw the man walking slowly towards the gate.
The other person had fluffy golden curly hair and a fair and delicate face, like an elegant statue in ancient Greece. She was wearing a gorgeous white dress with a white cloak behind her, and a silver chain on her chest that fell from her left shoulder to her right waist.
The whole body sparkles with exquisite embellishments and gorgeous gems.
Even with such eye-catching clothes on him, it couldn't take away any of the limelight from his exquisite face.
The man's deep blue eyes slowly swept across the people present, with a natural arrogance and contempt on his gloomy and cold face, as if no one was worthy of his attention.
Under the submissive and respectful gazes of the crowd, the man slowly walked to his own throne and raised his lips: "You guys continue."
The voice is low and pleasant, with just the right amount of hoarseness and laziness, so gorgeous that it reminds people of the beautiful cello in the theater.
Josh was so dazzled by the gorgeous painting that hit him that he couldn't open his eyes.
I was suddenly thrust from a horror novel into the world of a gorgeous, overbearing middle school CEO, and it was a bit hard to adapt.
but……
Qiao Xi looked at the man on the stage. She didn't know if it was her illusion, but she felt that the man was a little familiar.
Mina on the dance floor couldn't hold back any longer and was the first to rush up and ask for a dance: "Your Highness, can I have the honor of being the woman who dances the first dance with you?"
A gentleman's smile appeared on Ceci's gloomy and cold face, and he nodded slightly: "Of course."
Josh stepped forward to stop him, but saw that the other party had already drawn his sword and pierced Mina's heart.
Everyone paused at first, then quickly smiled mockingly.
"Don't you even consider your own appearance? How dare you bump into our Highness?"
"Your Highness is doing it himself. It's really a bargain for her!"
"To die at the hands of His Highness, what a great honor!"
Josh looked at these strange people and finally realized something was wrong.
These people's eyes are dull and they don't look like living people at all.
A normal person's eyes will move, and when looking at others, they will inevitably move their eyeballs.
But these people are not like that. Their eyeballs seem to be nailed in their eye sockets. When they shift their gaze, it is not their heads that move, but their entire bodies that follow, and it is very stiff.
Josh put the shell necklace he had prepared in advance on his waist and began to move towards the center of Ceci's sight, intentionally or unintentionally, along the crowd.
The women danced absentmindedly, their eyes occasionally secretly falling on the throne on the platform, then shyly looking away.
Sure enough, it wasn't long before Cece noticed the shell around her waist, and her eyes followed her body.
Josh curled his lips secretly.
"Stop." Ceci suddenly stopped the dance.
Everyone stopped and stood there, confused.
Josh also stopped.
Ceci stood up slowly, and the natural sense of oppression made the air pressure in the entire banquet hall drop a little.
He walked down the stairs gracefully step by step, and the crowd automatically made way for him.
Cece stopped one step away from Josh: "What's your name?"
Josh faced everyone’s envious gazes and said, “Josh.”
Cece frowned slightly, with a hint of displeasure in her eyes, the knife was already drawn and placed on her neck: "Say, 'Return to Your Highness'."
Everyone's gazes changed from envy to gloating. They didn't know where this bumpkin came from, didn't know etiquette, and bumped into His Highness.
Qiao Xi rolled his eyes secretly in his heart, but bowed his head respectfully and weakly: "Your Highness, my name is Qiao Xi."
Cece nodded: "Very good."
He paused, and the long sword on Qiao Xi's neck slowly moved down, across her chest, and landed on the shell chain embellishing her waist. His tone quickly became cold: "Didn't anyone tell you that no one is allowed to wear shell jewelry in my castle?"
Only then did everyone notice the shell around her waist.
The light in the room was too bright, and her waist was extremely slender. The dress was decorated with some flowers and gems at the waist, and the pearl chain was faintly hidden in it, making it difficult to be found.
Your Highness is so amazing!
Qiao Xi pinched the shell on his waist a little awkwardly: "But... why, Your Highness?"
"Why?" Ceci raised her eyebrows slightly, a hint of murderous intent flashed across her gloomy face: "Are you questioning me?"
Qiao Xi squeezed the shell tightly and mustered up the courage to look him in the eye: "The shells on the beach are gifts from the sea god. They are all different and beautiful. Why can't we use them to decorate?"
Ceci's expression quickly darkened, and even the shadows under his eyes deepened.
The lights in the banquet hall dimmed quickly, and the people around seemed to have lost their souls in an instant, turning into puppets, approaching Qiao Xi with reproachful and murderous eyes, as if blaming her and questioning why she had offended His Highness.
Everyone began to approach with Qiao Xi as the center. The strong sense of oppression and murderous intent seemed to become material and moved back and forth on her body.
Josh couldn’t help coughing twice, and looked at Ceci with some hurt: “Your Highness, don’t you like shells anymore?”
She bravely met Ceci's gloomy eyes and said, "Or, Your Highness, you don't hate shells at all, but you hate me?"
The banquet hall was as silent as death, and Josh could only hear his own breathing.
Her breathing was hot because of her high fever.
Ceci suddenly laughed, and a pleasant laugh came out of his nose. He took back the sword and threw it into the hands of the guard next to him. He extended his hand to Qiao Xi in a gentlemanly manner: "Miss Qiao Xi, can I invite you to dance with me?"
Josh knew that he had made the right bet.
Of course Thomas had told her in the afternoon that she was not allowed to wear shells.
If she hadn't killed Aini and dropped the necklace, she would definitely have listened to Thomas and appeared in front of Her Highness Sissi without wearing any shell-related accessories.
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