Not long after, Annie and the two palace maids came to the lobby. Then she saw that, except for the front yard outside the lobby, there were dozens of tables full of male and female guests sitting in the lobby, in the lobby, there were a few living people who looked extremely pale and looked ugly than the dead.

Moreover, the table was still empty, and there was no wine or dishes except for the dishes?

"Hi--"

(˙▽˙)

"Hello everyone!"

(^▽^)

Seeing this, Anne, of course, was holding the claws of the bear she was holding in her hand and waved to the living people and greeted them.

(…)

(●￣￣●)

“…”

“…”

“…”

“…”

“…”

“…”

However, the six men and women present were not very interested. They just glanced at her with a weird look, and then continued to sit upright in their respective positions. No one spoke, and they didn't seem to dare to speak at this time?

And the reason why they performed that way is undoubtedly certain: they obviously already knew that except for the "guests" sitting in the hall at their table, the guests sitting on the table outside and the maids and officials coming and going around were all not human!

In such an environment, it would be strange if they still have a good mood or look on their faces!

Of course, except Anne!

“…”

()

Anyway, seeing those uncles and aunts whose faces look ugly than death, they didn't say anything. Seeing that they didn't want to say hello to her, Annie thought about it and was too lazy to pay attention to them again.

“Wow…”

()

So, she continued to sit in her seat first, then looked outside curiously, and looked at the guests outside and the strange maids and ladies who were traveling around with each other carelessly and heartlessly.

At this time, the night was already low, and a bright moon hangs high in the sky, sprinkling silver light towards the front yard outside the hall, making everything from far to near bright and pale at the same time.

Then Annie saw that the two vermilion doors outside were closed, and there were large lanterns hanging between the corridors and the eaves high. The candlelight swayed quietly, making the word "囍" on the door lintel and the window edges look particularly scarlet.

Occasionally, a gust of night wind blew, rows of lanterns swayed slightly, and the twisted shadows cast on the ground began to stretch and twist with the wind. It looked like something was slowly squirming on the ground.

Then, the hanging red silk also danced with the wind, and the pale moonlight mixed with it made everything here look both festive and indescribable.

However, whether it is weird or not is not important to some guests!

Isn't this?

In the courtyard in front of the hall, dozens of mahogany tables were neatly arranged, and men, women, young and old in gorgeous costumes were cheering and drinking, drinking and laughing one after another.

Looking around, most men wore brocade robes and various outer hats, while women wore embroidered jackets and skirts, and were covered with thick powder on their faces. They looked particularly white against the backdrop of the red light of the lanterns and the moonlight.

Although most of their smiles are very warm, their eyes are empty, and if you look closely, it is not difficult to find that their eyes are painted on them, which is not very natural. At the same time, as they open and close, the curve of the corners of their mouths also seems a bit too stiff?

“…”

(_)

At the same time, Anne also faintly smelled that in addition to the strange smell of wine, meat and food, there was also a faint, indescribable fragrance in the air.

It looks like the fragrance of flowers and sandalwood, and it also looks like the smell of incense and candles that linger in the temple all year round.

Anyway!

Smelling it can always make people feel uneasy and worried, as if it can arouse some of the deepest fear and sorrow in people's hearts.

Perhaps that is one of the reasons why the living people present looked so ugly?

“…”

()

But Annie didn't care about those things and continued to look around.

At this time, a group of maids appeared in uniform crimson palace outfits. They held trays in their hands and shuttled between the tables and placed plates of dishes on the tables of guests.

However, Annie, who was very clear-headed, soon discovered that the maids had extremely light steps and made almost no sound. Even if the hem of the skirt brushed past the bluestone slabs, there was still a trace of dust that had not been raised?

And that's...

Although the dishes on the tray in their hands were steaming and fragrant, when they looked carefully, they found that some small black dots were floating in the steaming white mist, just like some kind of insect squirming there, and then some spell could not be concealed?

"Hahaha!"

suddenly!

While Anne was still watching the excitement and rareness with relish, an old housekeeper in an extramarital uniform stood on the steps in front of the hall, and then happily bowed and smiled and said something to the guests.

The other party was wearing a dark red gown, which was nothing, but he was wearing a white ribbon on his waist, which looked inconsistent and out of place.

But when Annie thought about the scene of a ghost marriage that seemed to be a weird girl, she felt relieved again.

"Everyone!"

"Today is the happy day for my lady's wedding!"

"Dear guests!"

"Please use more, don't be polite!"

Then he spoke loudly again, the voice was very loud, but the tone was so flat that it didn't look like a living person, and every word seemed to be squeezed out of his throat.

"It's easy to say!"

"Mr. Liao, please be polite."

"that is!"

"Of course we won't be polite to the host!"

"Come on!"

"Everyone keep eating! Keep drinking!"

Faced with the butler's bow and laughter, several guests at the banquet also raised their glasses to echo. During this period, the wine accidentally spilled, dripping onto the red cloth tabletop and splashed dark colors.

Then Annie saw the liquid...

It seemed to be a little too sticky, and when it dripped from the wine glass, it actually pulled out the slender silk?

And such thick and colored wines can definitely not be clearly understood by the old "daughter red" or the aged "wine".

"Hello--"

"Why haven't the bride come out yet?"

At this time, a guest asked loudly, and the sound was also not very sharp, but Anne didn't sound like a normal voice anyway.

"hehe--"

"It's soon, it's soon."

The old housekeeper with red robe and white belts was still bowing and smiling with a silly look, but for some reason, the curve of his mouth became bigger and bigger, almost as sharp as his ears.

"The auspicious time has not come, and the bride is still dressing up."

"Please wait..."

As soon as he finished speaking, the night wind suddenly rose, rolling a few dead leaves across the courtyard, the lanterns swayed violently, and the candlelight flashed and dark.

Just as the light swayed, Annie discovered that it seemed that a certain balance of spatial latitude at the scene was broken, so that the guests at the table suddenly stopped. Their movements were frozen in the moments of raising glasses, picking up food, and chatting and laughing. Almost all the expressions on her face disappeared, leaving only pale paper skins and black eye sockets.

But soon!

The sudden night wind passed, and the lights quickly returned to the swaying violently, and everything returned to what they were just now. The guests continued to eat and drink with each other, as if the strangeness just now was just an illusion?

“…”

(￣︶￣)

But Annie knew that it was not an illusion just now, but it was just that ordinary people couldn't detect it.

As the gust of cold wind just passed, the maids in palace costumes just now came out again and began to shuttle back and forth between the tables.

They all have beautiful faces, but their eyes are a little hollow, and they don’t know how to talk to the guests. They just mechanically perform the task of serving tea and serving dishes.

However, as a gust of wind blew, the red lanterns swayed gently, and between the interweaving light and shadow, Anne could always vaguely see a faint smile on the corners of their mouths, and she didn't know what was hidden in that smile.

But no matter what, the maids in the palace were still serving the dishes. In this round, Annie saw that they were serving plates of "Dragon and Phoenix Wedding Cakes", but the pattern on the cake was twisted and deformed. The dragon did not look like a dragon, and the phoenix did not look like a phoenix, but like two entangled snakes?

But even so, the guests rushed to eat, chewing and creaking, as if they had bitten some hard object.
To be continued...