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"Is there a separate box?" Claire asked.
Xia En looked around, then replied, "The little princess is about to come out. Now that everyone in the box has come out, there should still be some."
"Okay." Claire stood up, "give me some time, I'll go get the gift for the little princess."
"Try to hurry. It will start in about ten minutes. At the beginning, His Majesty the King should give gifts first, followed by Mrs. Sophia and the others, and then it will be our turn."
"Ten minutes should be enough." Claire had already selected an empty box and walked over.
Shane could only pray for Claire secretly. Remember to bring some extra gifts when you come to this kind of banquet in the future, maybe you can use it.
…
The nobles who were originally in the box and the corner of the hall also slowly moved towards the center of the hall, and more and more people gathered in the hall.
Xia En was sweating profusely, "Why hasn't Claire come out for so long?"
After looking around in panic for several minutes, the singing and dancing music before the banquet was almost over, and then I saw Claire pushed open the door of the box and walked out.
Xia En immediately stepped forward and asked, "Why did it take so long, has it been resolved?"
Claire nodded, "It's a little troublesome, but it's resolved." Then, he put the silver knife and fork in his hand back on the table.
Xia En followed his hand and looked over, curious in his heart, "What did you get out of it?"
"Just a small gift."
"Pretend to be mysterious, you'll have to take it out later anyway." Shane didn't care, and took Claire's shoulders, "Let's go, the banquet is about to officially begin."
…
When Claire and Shane walked back to the hall, the last song just ended, the nobles off the court clapped, and Claire and Shane also clapped and re-mixed into the crowd. A lot, so it's not very conspicuous.
"Where did it go?" Claire asked in a low voice.
Shane also replied in a low voice: "It's time for His Majesty the King to speak, so don't speak anymore."
As soon as Xia En's voice fell, a tall man with a gray moustache, a gray beard and a crown stepped onto the high stage. He looked like he was in his 60s or 70s, but his mental outlook gave people a kind of him. Still very shrewd and capable, with no signs of aging.
Claire looked carefully at the man in front of him. This was the current king, Norris Ellis.
Norris glanced at the nobles below on the high platform, and his body naturally exuded a momentum, which was the coercion from the superior.
Claire lowered his head. He didn't have any respect for the kingship in his eyes, just to avoid being seen by looking at each other, but he still secretly thought: This His Majesty Norris doesn't seem to be a mediocre king.
"Welcome all of you. Today is Princess Irene's birthday party. I won't say more. Let's invite the protagonist of today." When speaking of Princess Irene, there was a flash of affection in King Norris' eyes.
Amid the applause of the crowd, a pretty girl with a gorgeous skirt slowly walked up from the backstage, with a happy smile on her face.
When he reached the center of the stage, he stopped, bowed slightly to the nobles below, and then leaned beside King Norris with a shy expression on his face.
"It's beautiful." Claire commented objectively.
"Indeed, Irene is getting more and more beautiful."
"You know each other?" Claire made a judgment from the other party's tone.
"I used to spend time together when I was a child. Now that I have come out to do business as an adult, I have gradually become estranged." Xia En said flatly.
Claire looked back in surprise. The Ansel family seemed to have a closer relationship with the royal family than she imagined. Shane was able to grow up with the princess.
Shane said, "I'm going to give a gift."
Claire's eyes returned to the stage, and the first to send the gift was King Norris.
He took out the beautiful gift box he had prepared from his arms and handed it to the little princess, and Irene joined her arms happily.
"What is this? My father."
Norris smiled dotingly, "You'll know when you open it."
Irene opened the gift belt tied to the gift box, and slowly opened the gift box. Seeing the gift inside, she couldn't close her mouth in shock.
"Wow, is this for me?" Irene held up a small crown, inlaid with various exquisite gems, shining under the light.
Norris touched Erin's little head, "Yes, this is the birthday present I gave you, happy birthday, my little princess, put it on and see!"
Irene excitedly put the crown on top of her head with a smile on her face.
"Thank you, Father, I like this gift very much!"
The crowns of princes and princesses are generally obtained only when they are adults, but Irene received a crown from Norris herself on her sixteenth birthday. It is conceivable how much he loves Irene. .
"Irene is cute, I also prepared a gift for you." Sophia also stepped forward and took out a gift box from the space pendant on her neck.
"Thank you, Sister Sophia!" Irene said sweetly.
"Hee hee, Irene can really talk." Sophia covered her mouth again and said with a smile: "Open it and take a look."
Opening the gift box, Irene held out two delicate earrings, her eyes lit up a little, "What beautiful earrings, I like them very much! Thank you, Sister Sophia!"
Sophia also touched Erin's head, "Just like it."
"The gemstone inlaid on Madam's is the Dream Stone. It's hard to find this gemstone. I'm a little embarrassed to take out my gift." Shane's father, Earl Norton, also stepped forward.
Dream Stone is a kind of magic gem, not only beautiful, some mages can use it to communicate with the dream realm, and even enter the dream realm to exchange with the dream creatures inside. However, this kind of gemstone is very lacking, so ordinary mages don't have a few in their hands, so their understanding of dreams is not very deep.
If ordinary people wear it, it can have the effect of meditating and sleep, and there will be a high probability of dreaming, so its name is also named after this.
Sophia smiled politely at Earl Norton, knowing that the other party was holding her with these words, and then stepped back to make room for Earl Norton.
"Hello Uncle Norton!" Irene also called out sweetly.
A smile appeared on Norton's face and jokingly said, "Why does Princess Irene call my lady sister and call me my uncle?"
"Ah this..." Irene was at a loss for a while, and looked at her father nervously.
"Okay, okay, don't tease you, this is a birthday present from your uncle." Norton took out a gift box with costumes from his space ring and handed it over.
"This is the clothes that the five tailors in the uncle's shop took months to sew. UU read www.uukanshu.com to take a look."
Irene opened the gift box that Norton sent, and took out a very cute costume from it. The moment she saw it, her face was full of joy.
"Thanks Uncle Norton, I love this dress, I'll be wearing one on National Day!"
Norton also showed a kind smile, "Princess Erin just likes it. If you want any clothes, come to me again. Our Ans Air's tailor shop will always make them for you for free."
"I'm going!" Shane next to Claire couldn't help but exclaimed.
Claire looked over and asked, "What's wrong?"
Xia En said with a bitter face: "The gifts I gave are very similar to the ones my father gave, and the styles are almost the same. They were all made in my tailor shop, and I also spent 10,000 gold coins at my own expense. cost."
Claire patted the other person's shoulder and comforted: "It's okay, at least you still have gifts, don't you? Mine were made on the spot."