Chapter 756: You Can Report to the House of Nobles
Xi Luo nodded with a smile and then gazed at the group approaching from ahead, lifting her skirt to meet them with a spark in her eyes, "Greetings, Marquis... Lawrence."
She drew out her words and deliberately changed the address, her mocking tone quite thick.
As astute as Li Qiao was, she sensed something off about her and slightly narrowed her eyes.
Shang Yu, meanwhile, dropped his gaze, looking at Xi Luo’s shrewd expression with indifferent acknowledgment.
Gu Chen, an onlooker, stepped slightly aside, afraid that he, an innocent bystander, might get caught up in Xi Luo’s troublemaking.
For the man in front was not only the newly inaugurated Marquis Lawrence, but also the Godfather of Black Hawk, the most powerful force in Aida State, with inextricable ties to the International Club.
Could a mere civil servant member possibly stick to the script?
Presumably, it was the first time Shang Yu attended a banquet as Marquis Lawrence, as most of the surrounding guests cast scrutinizing looks, yet few approached to converse.
It was then Feng Yi, dressed in a splendid tailcoat, approached from the left. He glanced at the marquis’s insignia on Shang Yu’s suit collar and performed a gentleman’s courtesy, joking with a smile, "Taking the stage as a marquis, how would this make the other nobles feel?"
With Li Qiao in his arm, unlike the noble ladies who would traditionally be linked at the arm of the gentlemen, Shang Yu’s deep, ink-dark eyes fixed on Feng Yi, his thin lips slightly parted, "Blame them for not having capable wives."
Unexpectedly complimented, Li Qiao curved her lips and serenely accepted this praise.