As usual, Namu wore clothes from head to toe and was covered with a veil. Only half of her face, hands and calves were exposed. However, this dark purple gauze skirt was very close-fitting and wrapped around her graceful figure. Her figure was slim and graceful, and the hem of her gauze skirt was probably very long. She tied it up in a knot, revealing a pair of slender legs, and her feet were wearing very soft and fitting dance shoes.
She had makeup on her face and long eyelashes, which made her look very charming with her wide-open eyes. Although she didn't wear any jingling jewelry, she had gorgeous crochet flowers wrapped around her wrists, feet, and waist. Gold ribbons, shining in the dark.
If they saw such a beauty in other places, everyone would be impressed, but the problem is that in this place, at this moment, and with Namu as a person with a questionable identity, Minte really can't admire her.
If she wasn't working as a mistress in Prince Lawler's villa, why did she come to the palace to find out information about Noga when he was not at home? ! And also dressed like this? ! Did she come out of another room? The balcony here connects three rooms, but he seems to remember that the third room is locked? !
Namu was obviously stunned. She didn't expect to meet anyone else here. The two people stared at each other there, and after a meaningless quarrel between the two people in the room, Gale II began to refute Prince Mario's decision one by one, while the latter defended himself unconvincingly. With. Mint and Namu were immediately attracted by their conversation.
"Sending troops in the middle of next month? Are you crazy! We have to wait two more months for all the fruits to be harvested, and it's summer now. Aren't you afraid that the soldiers won't be able to adapt to the hot and humid climate in the south?!"
"I'm not crazy! This is what I decided after careful consideration. The food stored now is enough for us to eat for a month, and next month will be the harvest season in the northern region of Shaonan. We take the opportunity to go south. In just a few days, we can Grab enough food for us to last for a year, and then return it to the country before the rainy season. With this food, we won't have to worry about military rations when we send troops to invade eastward in the fall!"
Gale II shook his head sadly: "You plan to start war on two countries at the same time? Do you think Shaonan will do nothing? They are not afraid of fighting in the rainy season! What you did gave them an excuse to invade our country for revenge. Besides, , if we want to reach Shaonan, we must first pass through Weisha, how do you convince Weisha to let our troops enter?"
"Humph, what's Wisad? I'm afraid our army has almost finished crossing the border, and Wishad will not receive the news, right? Just give them some of the food you grabbed. They are also short of food!" Prince Mario He said without any care, "I know exactly who they are! They are robbing people! As long as there is some benefit, they will come over like dogs smelling the smell of meat! Do you think they don't want to rob Shaonan? It's that useless current incumbent. The king does not dare to violate the so-called no-war agreement! I have contacted several forces that oppose him. They will act with us. When the time comes, with them standing in the way, Shaonan will have to capture Weisha first even if he wants to retaliate. Say it again!”
"The Holy See will definitely not agree."
"What does it have to do with us whether they agree or not?! Why do they interfere in our affairs?!" Prince Mario said irritably, "Okay, okay. You always have reasons of one kind or another! Vana is now being controlled by Weisha Where do you have the energy to take care of us?! Let me tell you, the plan to send out troops has been made. As long as you stay in the palace and be the king, take good care of your health, and paint your paintings when you have nothing to do, I will leave these government affairs to me With Lawler.”
He raised his feet and was about to walk out. He was stopped by his brother again: "I will not sign the consent form. Nor will I issue the troop deployment order. In order to strengthen the army in the past few years, you have forcibly recruited more than 70% of the young people in the country to join the army. Because of my poor health, I There is no way to govern. I have to let you go. But you have to put a large number of young and strong laborers into the battlefield when the busy farming season is coming. I will not agree to it anyway. You are doing this. You are just exchanging the future of the country for your ambition. !”
Prince Mario was furious: "Don't you understand what I say? I told you to stop caring about this matter! Don't think you are really a king. Without me, how can you, a sick man who can only draw, Possible to ascend the throne?! Just do as I say! I will let you be the king in peace until your death. I will not take away your throne!"
After he finished speaking, he turned around and left angrily. Gael II was left alone in the room. after awhile. Then he sighed quietly. Minte moved slightly. Planning to go back. He raised his eyes and looked at Namu opposite. Apparently he had the same idea. She smiled brightly at him. Then he turned to leave. But I heard Gale II in the room suddenly say: "Did you hear it?" Minte and Namu both froze there.
"I heard it." An old voice came from the room. Minte suddenly felt horrified. When was there a third person in the room? !
Gale II said: "It seems that it is impossible for Mario to change his mind. But I can't let him continue to be so reckless. Maybe I am not a good king. But since I sit in this seat, I must fulfill my responsibility as a king. ." There was a pause. He added: "Please help me. Whether it is for this country. Or for the glory of Novella-Conkerson."
The old voice said: "There is no need to say such things. I know what I should do." Then there was the sound of a cane tapping the ground: "Mario has no idea what kind of situation this country has reached. The entire north. Together with Including the northeast and northwest. And the southwest. In these remote areas, the common people can hardly live anymore. The nobles are getting richer and richer, enjoying a luxurious life. If this continues, sooner or later something will happen to us! The territory near Nomonka. It was originally very wealthy. It declined rapidly because of Mario's chaos. In recent years, under your policy of encouraging the economy and focusing on agriculture, it has regained a little prosperity. But if you come here at this time, A war. Then everything will disappear. We can no longer afford another blow."
"It's great that you can understand. In fact, as a descendant of Nicodemus the Great, who doesn't want to realize the dream of unifying the continent? But now is really not a good time, Mario... He has talent, but as long as It’s a pity that I was born in the wrong era.”
"Humph, he just misjudged the situation." The old voice came closer to the window, "There is nothing wrong with wanting to realize the dream of our ancestors, but we know clearly that our ancestors have made mistakes. We will make them again, and even make them worse. Awesome, then he is just an idiot!" As soon as he finished speaking, he shouted loudly and asked: "Who is outside?!"
Minte was startled, wondering what went wrong, and suddenly saw the light reflected on the window by the gold ribbon on Namu's body. Only then did he wake up. what to do? If Namu was discovered by someone in the room, it would be equivalent to being exposed.
Namu looked at him and quickly glanced outside the balcony.
Minte suddenly had an idea. He quickly put his arms around Namu's waist, flew down the balcony railing, and hid in the flowers below the balcony. He pressed her tightly and lowered his body to hide it from the surrounding flower branches. Own.
As early as when he just climbed off the balcony. The window had been opened. Gale II looked around outside and found no one. Then he turned back and said, "Did you see it wrong? Is there really someone there?"
In the room, an old man who was nearly eighty years old had a serious face: "There are golden stripes of light on the window. It doesn't look like the light reflected from the banquet."
After hearing this, Gale II simply opened the door and walked to the balcony, and looked down carefully. Mint lowered his body lower and tightened his grip on Namu.
The two people above found no problem and had to give up. The old man said: "It is probably someone else's spies. If the news is leaked, it will be bad. I will contact other people. Speed up the action and you can also find a way to stabilize the courtiers." As for your mother, I will find a way to deal with it."
Gale II responded, but hesitated: "You won't..."
The old man sneered: "Are you worried that I will be harmful to her? Don't worry, she is still my sister-in-law in name. I won't make it difficult for her, but she can't mess around anymore. I'm not saying this to you as an uncle, you are too kind. Yes, maybe kindness is an essential quality for a good king. But it doesn’t mean that you have to tolerate other people’s willfulness unprincipled! I think your nephew Jada is good, he is courageous, can be cruel, and he is smart, so he should cultivate him well. Him."
"Yes." Gale II responded in a low voice. The two whispered something more and left the room together.
Minte couldn't hear clearly what was going on above, he could only vaguely hear the sound of the door closing, and felt something was wrong. He still lay down and didn't move. Namu under his command began to struggle vigorously. But his head was pressed down and he couldn't move.
"Is there anyone here? Come out!" A male voice suddenly came from above them, and they were so frightened that they did not dare to move. The man walked back and forth quietly twice before turning back and saying, "Your Majesty, I checked and no one is there."
"Okay, you go." Gale II dismissed the guards, then turned back to his uncle and said: "It seems that either you are dazzled or the man has left. Let's go back to the front hall quickly, otherwise Mario should Got suspicious."
This time, they really left. Minte was truly relieved when she heard the footsteps receding. As soon as his hand loosened, he let go of Namu. The latter quickly shook off his hand and ran a few steps away. Then he turned back and looked at him carefully. He suddenly smiled and asked in a low voice: "Are you traveling with me?" "
Minte didn't answer, turned around and left. Hearing the sound of wind behind him, he immediately turned around and defended himself: "What do you want to do?!"
Even if she knew the other party's identity, they were in a foreign country and they were not sent by the same country. Who knew what she would do
Namu wanted to stop him just now, but when she saw this, she had to stop and said with a low smile: "Everyone is the same, why are you so guarded against me? Don't worry, I won't betray you, I'm not that stupid."
Minte thought about it and felt that it was right. The two of them were in similar situations. No matter which one exposed his identity, it would be of no benefit to the other, so he relaxed a little. Seeing this, Namu smiled even sweeter. She suddenly leaned forward, grabbed Minte's shoulders, and whispered in his ear: "Little brother, don't tell anyone what happened just now. My sister will be grateful to you." After saying that, he reached out and pinched his cheek.
Minte suddenly felt goosebumps all over the floor, and couldn't help but shudder. He wanted to get away from her, but he didn't dare to act rashly, because her sharp nails were currently pressing against his neck, so he had to agree in a deep voice: "Don't worry. , I'm not stupid either
Namu smiled sweetly, retracted her hand, and disappeared around the corner in a blink of an eye. Minte felt itchy on his neck. When he touched it, he found that the skin was broken and bleeding. He cursed secretly and took out the medicine and applied it on it. The wound healed immediately. He looked around, quietly turned back to the garden, and then breathed a sigh of relief. Thinking of Namu talking and breathing in his ear just now. He felt uncomfortable all over and immediately took out his handkerchief to wipe his ears and face before returning to the banquet hall.
Jada had finished talking to others and was standing on the edge, drinking quietly, when she looked back and saw him. He frowned: "Why is your face so red? Is there a mosquito bite on your neck?"
Minte said uncomfortably: "Yes, the mosquitoes in the garden are terrible..."
Jada smiled and said, "Did you see something happening? Huh, they learn those playboy habits very quickly!" He didn't ask any more questions and turned to look at the crowd in the hall.
Minte hesitated for a moment, then stepped forward and whispered: "I saw Miss Junia. She seems to be very sad. Why don't you go and comfort her?"
"How can I have the time now? Shade will take good care of her, and when things are over, we can try to coax her back. It's okay, she is just making trouble." Jada took a sip of wine carelessly, "Look at Lawler's attitude towards her. A few cronies talked for a long time. I don’t know what the tricks are."
Minte looked from a distance and saw Prince Lawlor talking quietly to a few people. He left after a short while and returned to the Queen Mother. He smiled and chatted with her for a few words, making her smile. Then, he He stood up and snapped his fingers. The lights in the whole place dimmed, and the guests were quiet for a while, all listening to what he wanted to say.
"Dear guests, welcome to the palace tonight to attend my grandmother's birthday ball. In order to celebrate her, I, Prince Lawler, have personally prepared several small shows. Please watch them together."
The guests looked at each other. All welcome. Lawler smiled proudly and gave a high-five. The curtain in a corner of the banquet hall suddenly opened, and the lights were brightly lit. Twenty-year-old handsome boys, dressed in neat and gorgeous clothes, stood in two rows and began to speak crisply. The voice sings a song in praise of the Queen Mother. Although the melody is very ordinary, it is particularly beautiful when performed by the boys' melodious singing voices.
Prince Lawler "whispered" to the Queen Mother that he had composed the music himself. The Queen Mother smiled very happily and waited for the boys to finish singing. Then he ordered the maids around him to reward them generously. The young women and noble ladies around her all praised Prince Lawler for his versatility and filial piety to his grandmother, which made her even happier.
The curtain was pulled up again at this time. When it was opened again, a purple-red figure appeared on the round table. Two flower-like gilded candlesticks, each lit with five candles, gave off a little light in the darkness. . The woman danced her body to the melodious traditional folk songs of Nuojia. She held the candlestick in her hands and made various difficult movements to create graceful poses. People were amazed as they watched the fire beating like stars, but seemed to stick to the woman's hand and would not fall off at all.
Minte recognized at a glance that it was Namu whom she had just met. It turned out that she had entered the palace to perform at the ball. But what is Prince Lawler doing? Let your mistress appear in public
Jada sneered in a low voice: "Prince Mario keeps saying that he excludes foreigners and wants to drive them away, but his son openly allows foreign mistresses to appear. How can they exclude foreigners? They are simply greedy to rob foreign wealth and beauty. That’s all!”
Minte opened his mouth, but still didn't speak.
The Queen Mother liked the show very much and asked who was performing at the venue. When she found out that it was her grandson's "guest", she gave him a meaningful look and said, "You kid knows how to fool around!" but did not blame him. Lawler smiled and poured her favorite fruit wine: "This is the best fruit wine just sent from the north. If you drink one more glass, you will sleep better at night."
The Queen Mother glanced at him sideways, raised her glass with a smile and took a sip, feeling a little moved: "So that's what it is! The king likes this very much. You can give him a drink and go to please him. Stay with me all day long." What are you doing, old woman?”
Lawler responded with a smile. He stood up and saw the angry look on the face of the gorgeously dressed beauty opposite him. He glared at her with a warning look. Seeing her pale face, she smiled, and then turned to Gale II with the wine bottle. He was walking in the direction, but he was stopped by an attendant halfway. He motioned to him to the small door on the side. When he saw that his father was nodding to him, he walked over.
Minter noticed this immediately and whispered to Jada: "Prince Lawler and Prince Mario don't know what to say. I'll go and listen." Jada nodded slightly, and then quietly walked to the corridor outside the door. , secretly approached Prince Mario and his son, and eavesdropped on their conversation.
"...Falling out?!" This was the voice of Prince Lawler.
"That's right, let's move faster. We've reached this point and we can't let him ruin our plan!"
"Then..." Lawler hesitated, "What are you going to do?"
"When the dance is over and these people leave, they will quietly put him under house arrest and announce to the public that he has relapsed. Jada must also control it and throw him into jail if necessary! Let him go when the war is over!" At that time, they will have no choice but to accept the status quo. As long as your grandmother is here, others will not become suspicious."
Lawler didn't say anything, and Prince Mario didn't say much. He just made a few quick explanations and left. The former stood there with an unpredictable expression on his face.
Minte quietly retreated into the hall, feeling that Lawler's reaction was really unsettling, so he walked to Jada and told him what he had just heard, and then said: "Do you want your Majesty to be more careful? I'm afraid of fatigue. Prince Le had other ideas. Jada frowned, walked behind Gale II, whispered a few words to him, and then raised her head and nodded to Min.
The dance is gradually coming to an end, and the last part is for the protagonist of the dance to toast the guests and say goodbye. Lawler smiled and took an exquisite gold wine jug to pour wine for his grandmother. When she was addressing everyone, he stepped back and handed the wine jug to Jada with a smile: "Brother, you can pour your majesty's cup." Bar?"
Jada looked at him warily, wondering what he was planning.
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