On April 3, the 906th year of Black Iron Calendar, when demons invaded Taixia Country, Emperor Xuanyuan's imperial palace which had been silent for two years held a high-level national banquet once again, arousing an uproar among the upper echelons of Xuanyuan Hill …
Yan Feiqing was elegant, aloof and lacked interest in such a boisterous occasion. Zhang Tie's parents were not used to it as they didn't like being in the limelight in front of others. Therefore, Zhang Tie decided to take Bai Suxian, Linda, Fiona, Beverly, Aimei and Aixue, Zhang Yang and Elder Muyuan to attend the evening banquet in the imperial palace. The rest of the family members would stay in Qianji Manor.
Although Zhang Tie wanted to take his parents to the imperial palace to witness the luxurious scenes and those top figures in Xuanyuan Hill so that they could enjoy the honor of being the parents of a divine dominator, his parents didn't care about fame and fortune. Therefore, Zhang Tie didn't force them to do that.
As for Yan Feiqing, if she didn't want to go there, Zhang Tie couldn't force her either. Perhaps Yan Feiqing could tolerate Zhang Tie's shameless means in her bedroom; however, if Yan Feiqing had to share a man with so many women under the gaze of so many people, Yan Feiqing might not be that shameless.
After coming to Xuanyuan Hill, Zhang Tie had been showing around Xuanyuan Hill with his wives and daughters every day. Zhang Tie's parents and sons and daughters all enjoyed themselves very much, not to mention Linda, Beverly, Fiona and Fiona. Only after being nourished by Zhang Tie for a few days, Linda, Beverly and Fiona's faces had been glowing and more brilliant.
For this banquet, Zhang Tie and Zhang Yang almost didn't need to prepare anything. They only needed to change a set of proper clothes. However, Bai Suxian, Linda and the other women had prepared for this banquet for over one week.
What kind of gown, shoes, jewelry, what kind of make-up, what kind of hair, what kind of perfume, etc. These details became the most discussed topic among these women these days.
At about 5 pm on April 3, Zhang Tie, Zhang Yang and the other women set off from Qianji Manor. Zhang Yang and Elder Muyuan took one vehicle while Zhang Tie and Bai Suxian took the other vehicle. After leaving Qianji Manor, the two vehicles drove towards the imperial palace of Emperor Xuanyuan.
The women were still talking about each other's jewelry, hairstyles and gowns. Sitting in the vehicle, Zhang Tie watched his beautiful wives and concubines in splendid gowns as he felt satisfied and a bit pitiful.
At this moment, if Lan Yunxi and Pandora were here, if there was no bloody holy war, Zhang Tie's life would have been perfect and reached the apex. No matter what happened in the future, he would not feel regretful anymore, even if he became a commoner from then on. This scene was what he had been pursuing since he was young.
"I've not imagined that I could enter the imperial palace of Taixia Country with you one day and attend such a banquet …" Linda said as she leaned her head against Zhang Tie's shoulder tenderly in the limo as she started to talk in a pleasant dream, "When I opened a clothing store in Blapei, I could never imagine that I could live such a life one day. Now, my daily life is like a dream for me. Such a life should be the life of duchess …"
Linda was wearing a western-style blue brilliant evening dress. She had permed her hair in big wavy waves. With top jewelry on her neck and wrists, Linda was beautiful and charming; especially her gentle, tranquil and sexy feminine qi. Zhang Tie was fascinated by her the most; especially after giving birth to 2 babies, Linda's sweet and fragrant feminine qi became more intense. As a result, Zhang Tie's infatuation towards Linda increased.
"You're worth it. For me, in this world, there are only things that don't deserve you, and nothing that you don't deserve. There are many duchesses in this world, but I only have one Linda. You have to believe that at this moment, in the eyes of others, you're even nobler than those duchesses!" Sniffing the fragrance of Linda's dense maroon hair, Zhang Tie raised Linda's pretty face from his shoulder by one hand before kissing her lips.
Linda closed her eyes as she responded fervently.
"Elder sister Linda, if you continue like this, I will not stand joining you …"
Hearing their kiss, all the other women in the car became quiet at once. Feeling that all the other women were looking at her and hearing Fiona's voice, Linda separated from Zhang Tie bashfully.
Zhang Tie burst out into laughter as he patted the seat on his side. After that, he pulled Fiona who pretended to be jealous over there and kissed her face. After that, he sat on his side, saying, "I didn't notice it before. I found that you seem to like such banquets very much. You're very excited whenever there's a banquet."
"Of course, don't you know that women are banquet maniacs?" Fiona revealed a sweet smile.
Scratching his head, Zhang Tie asked, "Why?"
"Beverly, tell him why?"
"Because in such a banquet, women could show their beauty, figure, look, wealth and happiness to the others in the most elegant manner. These are the meanings of women's existence …" Beverly said with a smile, "You could regard such a banquet as a special show field and catwalk for women. Each woman hopes to be brilliant on such an occasion …"
"As a woman, it's her greatest achievement to gain the admiration and jealousy of other women on such an occasion. Of course, if we find a more elegant and beautiful woman, we could have such an occasion as a women's school. Women could learn from such an occasion aboveboard and strive to surpass her next time. Am I clear?" Fiona kissed Zhang Tie's face.
"Haha, now that you like it, when we return to Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory, you could hold such a banquet once a month. You could invite anyone you want!"
"Really?"
"Of course!"
All the women in the car cheered up.
…
Qianji Manor was located in the most prime location in the emperor's imperial city. It was not far from the emperor's imperial palace. In less than 20 minutes, the two cars had arrived outside the imperial palace.
The imperial palace of Taixia Country was almost the largest imperial palace among humans. Starting from the Jade Belt River in the periphery of the imperial palace, the entire imperial palace had a radius of 10 miles. The imperial palace almost covered 314 square miles, which was even larger than many cities on subcontinents and continents. This national banquet was held in Anyan Palace in the east of the imperial palace.
When the vehicles of Qianji Manor arrived at the Jade Belt River of the imperial palace, they passed through two checkpoints. After showing the invitation card of the state banquet, they smoothly crossed a bridge over the Jade Belt River and directly entered the imperial palace from a palace gate.
When the cars passed by the Jade Belt River, Zhang Tie felt that the marvelous arched door in his mind sea faintly rocking. Closely after that, it hid itself in his mind sea as it almost turned transparent and was covered with mist.
Sitting in the car, Zhang Tie watched the tower-like walls of the imperial palace and the imperial guards in golden armors on both sides of the road. As he sensed the qi in the portal of Castle of Black Iron, he was shocked by the magnificence of the imperial households of Taixia Country inside the imperial palace.
When Zhang Tie came to Xuanyuan Hill last time, he stayed above the imperial palace stealthily. At that time, Zhang Tie could still sense a powerful, terrifying qi in the imperial palace. Additionally, according to the trouble-reappearance situations left by Zhang Tie when he came to Xuanyuan Hill for the first time, the entire region within the Jade Belt River of Emperor Xuanyuan's imperial palace was completely dark. Heller said that there was a treasure which could match that of Castle of Black Iron in the imperial palace. Therefore, the trouble-reappearance situations were blank. However, when Zhang Tie entered the imperial palace, he couldn't sense that qi anymore.
Of course, that qi didn't disappear; instead, Zhang Tie's spiritual energy in his mind sea could barely resonate with that qi anymore. Therefore, he couldn't sense it anymore. However, Castle of Black Iron could still sense that qi. Additionally, he didn't want that qi to sense his existence.
After discovering this point, Zhang Tie could only reveal a bitter smile. One of his purposes for attending this national banquet was to sense that item in the imperial palace of Taixia Country from a close distance. He had not imagined that not everyone could sense that item.
"Do you feel anything special in the imperial palace?" Zhang Tie asked Bai Suxian.
"It's strictly guarded here. The imperial palace is also very magnificent. What's wrong …" Bai Suxian asked Zhang Tie as she blinked her beautiful eyes.
"Nothing, I also feel it's nice here …" Zhang Tie replied with a smile.
It seemed that Bai Suxian didn't sense it either. Therefore, Zhang Tie could only forget about it. In the final analysis, Zhang Tie was just curious about that item in the imperial palace; instead of coveting it. Therefore, he could put it down easily.
…
After passing through the first gate, Zhang Tie's vehicle stopped after driving less than 2 miles. The moment the vehicle stopped, an attendant had already opened the door for Zhang Tie. Zhang Tie got off the vehicle first. Closely after that, he stood on one side of the door like a gentleman and reached out his hand to help Bai Suxian, Linda, Beverly and Fiona get off the vehicle one after another.
In front of Zhang Tie was a high, lofty and vast stone building in western architectural style hundreds of meters away. That building was Anyan Palace.
The middle gate of Anyan Palace and the four smaller side gates beside the middle gate were all open. Five red carpets extended all the way out of Anyan Palace.
At this moment, many luxury cars were parked in front of the five red carpets. All the invited big figures got off the cars and walked on the red carpets as they raised their heads and entered Anyan Palace.
On both sides of the red carpets, imperial guards in golden armors were standing with their heads held high. Imperial photographers were gathering on both sides of the red carpets, recording the images of people attending the banquet through the smoke of burning magnesium lamps. These images might be precious historical materials after being preserved for 100 years.
Those attending this national banquet included all the major ministers of Xuanyuan Hill, diplomatic envoys from major countries in continents and subcontinents and royal households from continents and subcontinents who had been living in Xuanyuan Hill for a long time. It was no exaggeration to say that all the dignitaries gathered in this national banquet. There were people of various skin colors and costumes. Given the costumes of those men and women, this occasion was nothing different than a Fair of Costumes of Countries.
"Thanks to you, but it's too stressful to walk with you. I will go upstairs with Elder Mushen …" Zhang Yang and Elder Mushen in ceremonial robes had long come over to greet Zhang Tie when Zhang Tie got off the car. Closely after that, they went upstairs from the middle red carpet towards Anyan Palace under the guidance of a waiter.
The place where Zhang Tie got off the car was the middle red carpet which extended from the middle gate of Anyan Palace. On the other four red carpets, people were walking on those red carpets in twos and threes. Although the middle red carpet was the widest, there were few people on it. At the sight of it, Zhang Tie had known that the middle red carpet could only be used by the grandest and most honorable people in this national banquet. He didn't need to ask others about it. Because Zhang Tie had sensed that the moment he, Bai Suxian and Aixue got off the car, almost all the people in the surroundings had fixated onto them; especially those walking on the other four red carpets.
Besides Zhang Tie's young look, the six women on Zhang Tie's side were also brilliant today. Bai Suxian, Aimei and Aixue were in traditional Hua imperial longuette which looked pretty luxurious. Linda, Fiona and Beverly were in sexy, brilliant western-style ceremonial robes. The six ceremonial robes in six colors and six styles contrasted with each other. Standing on Zhang Tie's side, Zhang Tie was like a moon surrounded by stars.
"Let's go. Across the imperial court, besides the top three chancellors, heavenly knights and human lords, only the most respected guests could walk on the middle red carpet. Previously, I could only walk on the middle red carpet with my father. Hubby, let's go …" After hearing Bai Suxian's words, Zhang Tie felt his left arm being hugged by Bai Suxian. Zhang Tie revealed a smile as he stretched out his right arm and was hugged by Linda. Zhang Tie then hugged them on both sides. After exchanging a glance with a brilliant smile, they followed Zhang Tie towards the middle gate of Anyan Palace under the gaze of so many people.
"The scale of this national banquet is not small …" Zhang Tie sighed with emotions as he watched the spacious Anyan Palace on the red carpet.
"Anyan Palace could at most hold 10,000 people at a time. Given its scale, there should be at least 3,000 people attending this banquet!" Bai Suxian threw a glance at the other four red carpets as she continued, "Additionally, at least half of them are women. Linda and I have to keep a close eye on you today; otherwise, we might have many more sisters in this banquet …"
After hearing Bai Suxian's words, Linda and the other four women revealed a faint smile as they watched Zhang Tie.
"Haha, I'm not that kind of person. Am I that kind of person?" Zhang Tie rubbed his face.
"You're not that kind of person. However, numerous people want you to be that kind of person today. Look at the eyes of those women on the other four red carpets. I'm afraid that they have already known who you are. After a while, they might draw closer to you by some means!" Bai Suxian said as she pouted her mouth towards the other four red carpets.
Zhang Tie followed Bai Suxian's gaze. Through the fountain sculptures and golden-armored guards between the red carpets, Zhang Tie saw some women watching him with interest. A blonde in a Western Continent's imperial tunic who was walking on the second red carpet on Zhang Tie's left threw a coquettish glance at Zhang Tie.
"Who's on that red carpet?"
"Those on that red carpet should be royals of other countries …"
…
"Immortal Qianji of Huaiyuan Palace … has arrived …" an announcer in a red official robe was reading at the middle gate of Anyan Palace. At the sight of Zhang Tie and 6 women, the announcer's long and sonorous voice had drifted into the palace …
In the lingering sound of the word "here", Zhang Tie and the 6 women entered Anyan Palace by stepping on the red carpet. In a split second, the entire Anyan Palace became quiet as everybody moved their eyes towards the central gate.
If gazes could converge like sunlight and increase the temperature, Zhang Tie's ceremonial robe might have been burning.
Zhang Tie looked calm. Under the guidance of an attendant in Anyan Palace, under the gaze of so many people, Zhang Tie, Bai Suxian and 6 women took their seats. Not until they took their seats did Zhang Tie find that his seat was the first long chair on the left of the main table on the high platform of Anyan Palace.
Zhang Yang and Elder Muyuan were also sitting in the first chair. In this case, even though Elder Muyuan was a knight, he was still sitting in such an eye-catching position with a solemn look. Not until he saw Zhang Tie did Elder Muyuan let out a sigh.
…
"Minister Meng … has arrived …"
Soon after Zhang Tie took his seat, another voice drifted from the middle gate of Anyan Palace.
Zhang Tie looked at the middle gate as Meng Shidao in a divine-level official's robe walked in leisurely.
With a smile, Meng Shidao looked calm and elegant. After walking in, Meng Shidao threw a glance at Zhang Tie. After exchanging a glance with Zhang Tie, he slightly nodded towards Zhang Tie as if nothing had happened. Zhang Tie also nodded towards Meng Shidao with a smile.
Even though they were sworn enemies and couldn't wait to send each other to the 18th floor of the hell, nobody would expose their feelings on the surface at this moment.
"Minister Yu … has arrived …"
Closely after Meng Shidao, another heavyweight entered. At the same time, that person threw a glance at Zhang Tie.
The tables of Meng Shidao and Yu Lianqing were in front of Zhang Tie. They were only dozens of meters away from each other. As Yu Lianqing had the most seniority in the imperial court, he took the first seat, followed by Meng Shidao.
As all the big figures in the national banquet had arrived, it was almost time. In a few minutes, the crown prince would show up.
In Zhang Tie's opinion, nobody dared find fault with him on such an occasion. However, it was out of Zhang Tie's imagination that one of the chancellors of Taixia Country in front of him suddenly stood up and gazed at Zhang Tie with gleaming eyes. The moment he opened his mouth, he had attracted the attention of the entire Anyan Palace.
"I've long heard that Immortal Qianji is dissolute. Today, you're really extraordinary. Immortal fought demons at the bank of Weishui River and saved hundreds of millions of commoners. How admirable!" The official cupped his hands towards Zhang Tie. Closely after that, he changed his tone as he became impassioned, "However, in this holy war, the survival of humans couldn't be achieved by one person. In my opinion, fiery oil could restrain the demon army. It could enable numerous human fighters to fight demons and save numerous commoners. It's said that immortal has mastered the manufacturing secret of fiery oil. Although I, Fang Keyan, have a humble position, I have to plead immortal on behalf of hundreds of millions of commoners in Taixia Country to disclose the manufacturing method of fiery oil to the public for the benefit of humans; instead of enjoying the benefits alone and ignoring the overall situation in the holy war …"
After saying that, that official bowed deeply towards Zhang Tie.
(To be continued.)
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