Chapter 1139 Dark Cinderella
Cindy's appearance was like dropping a bomb on the peaceful dance party.
Just now, due to Madam Anna, everyone had to swallow their anger, but now they don’t have to be patient anymore.
Everyone could see that as soon as Cindy appeared, Prince Arthur's soul was instantly hooked away.
A noble lady walked directly to the pale-faced Lady Anna and said to her with a smile: "It seems that you are not very smart either, what a pity!"
Anne, who was envied by everyone just now, was now standing there shivering like a bird drenched by the rain.
When Prince Arthur withdrew his hand from inviting her to dance, it made the mother and daughter feel even more embarrassed than if they had been slapped in the face in public.
But no one dared to say that the prince was wrong.
He strode to Cindy and bent his noble body without hesitation, "This beautiful lady, may I have the honor of dancing with you?"
As he spoke, he looked at Cindy, his face full of anticipation.
Cindy had never paid attention to being noticed or envied. Looking at the tall and handsome prince in front of her, she blushed shyly, put her hand on his shyly, and nodded gently.
The ball prepared for the prince finally reached its climax at this moment.
After a brief moment of confusion, the band immediately began to play music in coordination. The prince took Cindy's hand and began to dance first, becoming the focus of the whole audience.
"Queen, let's go to the ball too." The king looked at the couple opposite him in the center of the field and smiled at the queen beside him.
"Okay." The queen suppressed her inner excitement and nodded obediently. Then, as if she suddenly remembered something, she looked at the king innocently, "Isn't Lorraine coming? It's rare to have so many lovely girls at the ball today."
"He'll be here soon." The king was still smiling, but it suddenly made the queen feel uneasy.
She had already thought about it and had told Arthur that she must win the heart of the most beautiful woman at the ball so that she could completely destroy Lorraine.
I believe any girl would know how to choose between the elder prince who is frail and has no support from his mother's family and the younger prince who is tall and handsome and has her support.
But seeing the king's unhurried look, the queen felt inexplicably flustered.
"Whose daughter is this? I've never seen her before."
"I haven't seen her either. Could she be a princess from some country?"
"I think she looks like a princess, too. I've never seen such clothes before."
Shi Li held a folding fan and a wine glass in her hands, heard the whispers of people around her, and sighed in her heart.
As expected, fairy tales are fairy tales, and the prince fell in love with Cinderella at first sight.
She can get ready to run when she returns tonight.
I waited absentmindedly until a dance song ended, and the lights in the scene suddenly dimmed.
An officer of honor beside the king walked to the center of the ball and explained with a smile: "In order to make my ball more interesting today, your majesty has prepared a lot of masks for everyone."
After that, many palace servants came in with trays full of masks, allowing everyone present to choose one to wear.
Uh...how did a princess selection ball turn into a masquerade ball?
Shi Li didn't quite understand, so she just picked up a mask and put it on her face.
She also didn't know what this mask, which was just for looks and to add a sense of mystery, could actually block out when worn.
But after actually putting it on, Shi Li realized that she was wrong.
She didn’t know if it was the setting of the world itself, or if this mask had some kind of magic, but she looked around and couldn’t recognize anyone in the crowd.
Even if he remembered clearly what his mother and Celine were wearing, he would not be able to find them, let alone other people he was not familiar with.
Looking at the people wearing masks all over the room, the queen's face turned pale little by little and she looked at the king blankly.
The king stood with his hands behind his back, looking ahead, the smile on his face not changing at all.
It seemed like everything was under his control.
Things seem to be a little different.
More and more people around started to dance together. Shi Li tightly grasped her folding fan and suddenly heard a deep and pleasant male voice behind her.
"That's not how you drink wine."
She turned around and met a pair of obsidian eyes.