After arriving in the Republic of Poland, Cherchen attended many dinners, the most grand of which was the birthday of Princess Smolensk Helena. At that birthday dinner, the nobles of Smolensk, large and small, gathered to celebrate the birthday of the proud daughter Princess Helena.
But after that dinner, there was an extremely tragic siege of Smolensk. There was also a tragic love storm between Helena and Catherine.
But if we compare this dinner hosted by Prince yanush razeviu, the Smolensk one is really not worth mentioning.
Just in terms of the identity of the guests, Princess Helena''s birthday party invited only officials and nobles in Smolensk City, nearby villages and towns and manors. Their highest status was only the title of Duke, the highest official position performed, and the sword officer. But at today''s dinner, there were two princes alone, and countless other generals and colonels.
In front of the castle gate, Catherine and Cherchen stood together. They and the guards checked the guests'' invitations on both sides, while Victor assigned tasks in the castle.
After checking the invitation, a soldier pulled the guest''s horse or carriage to the temporary parking place - there were too many guests tonight, and the stables in the castle were not enough.
Catherine pointed to a strong man coming down from a carriage and said:
"Hey, did you see the man in a silver Kaftan coat and a red belt around his waist? He is general Jan sobesky of Lida fort. Although he is only twenty-six or seven years old, he has long been famous in the Republic. On the battlefield of berestechko, his cavalry first attacked tegay Bai''s camp and cut down the flag."
"That one?" Chechen looked down Catherine''s hand. Wearing a silver coat, Jan sobesky was particularly conspicuous in the crowd, and Chechen quickly identified him.
The young general Jan sobesky had a square face, an extremely thick beard on his lips, a broad forehead and sharp eyes. Yang sobieski''s figure is not very tall. In Chechen''s eyes, Yang sobieski is not even much higher than MIHA. But his chest is extremely wide, like a wall.
Jan sobesky didn''t know someone was watching him. When he got out of the carriage, he didn''t come towards the gate. Instead, he went straight to a carriage nearby, bowed to the women and teenagers who came down and began to talk.
At this time, Catherine consciously introduced Cherchen:
"The lady and her children are princess jialiseide, the widow of the famous Prince yarimi, and Prince Mikhail vishnewski. After the huge territory of Prince yarimi fell to Ukraine, the princess and his royal highness can only live on the little money left. Therefore, they can''t even afford to hold a decent funeral for the king."
Before Catherine''s words were finished, Jan sobesky and princess galisade had finished their short conversation, and they walked side by side towards the gate of the castle. So Catherine had to shut her mouth for the time being.
When the three guests passed in front of Cherchen and Catherine, Catherine shouted "salute!" and the guards in front of the gate saluted Jan sobesky neatly and watched them enter the castle.
After the ceremony, Chechen asked Catherine, "Katherine, how did you know so well about the great figures of the Republic before you came to miatelsk?"
For Chechen''s question, Catherine answered as follows: "These are compulsory courses for great noble families like lazivius. Prince bogusslav often deals with these people. Therefore, as the personal guard of the prince, we must also understand the preferences and characteristics of these people. For example, Princess galisade just now, although Prince yarimi has passed away and the family path of the vishniewski family has fallen, the princess herself attaches great importance to it Ostentation and etiquette, so when facing the princess, we have to show enough respect. "
Che Chen nodded vaguely.
At this time, mihau and Anjie came together.
The two knights also wore the most gorgeous clothes today.
The mihau knight was wearing a pair of long yellow riding boots with gold-plated spurs; he was wearing a red uniform and a sword with a red gold hand plate at his waist; in his belt, he also inserted a scepter symbolizing the identity of the head. In general, mihau''s dress was as dignified as a knight.
Anjie wore a purple cloak with a yellow deerskin lined Samurai uniform inside. He hung a saber around his waist. Like mihau, his belt was also equipped with a scepter. Anjie''s beautiful beard was polished with olive oil.
"Mihaeu, Anzu." Chechen greeted them and shouted the names of the two friends happily, while the guard behind him stepped forward and pulled their reins.
Anjie and mihaw jumped off their horses, and the three gathered together to talk.
When Chechen praised Mikhail''s beautiful dress today, Anjie burst out laughing.
"Our knight is here to hunt today."
"Anjie, don''t talk nonsense!" mihau glared at Anjie, but his face turned red first.
"Mikhail, haven''t you married yet?" Chechen was surprised. He had thought that nobles of mihau''s age should have married long ago.
"If the enemy is not destroyed, why is it a home?" Mikhail said solemnly.
"Come on, it''s clear that others don''t like you." Anjie teased him.
At this moment, mihau became angry. He punched Anjie in the stomach and then walked forward.
"Chechen, I''ll go first. We''ll talk later at the dinner party." Anjie hurried with his stomach covered.
After that, fiordo obhovich and Princess Helena also came. Since coming to miatelsk and meeting Catherine again, Helena''s state has been much better and her complexion has recovered a lot.
When Catherine walked towards Helena happily, fiordo stepped forward and took Catherine by the wrist and affectionately called Catherine her son-in-law. Then, fiordo loudly introduced in public how much Catherine was valued by the Royal Horse warden and the general leader, as if he was afraid that others would not know. This also made Catherine extremely embarrassed.
In the end, Catherine finally sent her future father-in-law to the castle.
"Lord fiordo''s attitude towards you has changed a lot, Catherine." Chechen said happily for Catherine.
Catherine smiled bitterly. The former city Lord didn''t really like himself, but now fiordo lost everything. He wanted to curry favor with Prince bogusslav and the commander, so he was kind to himself.
The mechanical clock in the castle struck six. Chechen and Catherine command the guards to close the door, while others move out the salute.
According to the rules, the salute should be fired at intervals of twenty. The Gunners fired the guns one by one. With the last shot, the dinner officially began.
"Catherine, you go up first. I''ll just stay here and clean up."
The artillery used to be used for salute will be moved back to the armory after use, which is also in the charge of Chechen and Catherine. After seeing Catherine''s party, Chechen kept looking into the castle and knew that he was anxious to find Helena, so he took the initiative to say.
"Thank you very much, Chechen." Catherine agreed happily, and hurried into the castle without hesitation.
It took more than an hour for all the guns to be moved back to the armory. Chechen wiped the sweat on his forehead and was ready to enter the castle. At this time, a loud noise came out of the castle.
Then a figure jumped down from the balcony on the second floor.
"Stop him, Chechen!"
Someone shouted from the balcony. It was Victor''s voice.