When her identity was first exposed and she escaped from Nomonka, Mingna appeared in front of women disguised as a woman and successfully passed the test. Although she was dressed like a down-and-out Noga country girl at that time, now that she has grown up and is so gorgeously dressed, most people would not associate the two girls together, but Jada actually has an impression of her. It's hard to guarantee that I won't think of it.
Although even if she is recognized as the girl who once appeared at the gate of Nomonka City, it does not mean that the other party will find out that she is Minte, but the trouble that will follow is not small. At least, Jada will definitely guess her. It has something to do with the Security Agency. Otherwise, why would an ordinary noble girl appear in the capital of another country wearing civilian clothes
Minna secretly glanced at her uncle's family next to her, then glanced at Jada's side and the East nobles who were paying attention to them intentionally or unintentionally, and decided to hide this matter.
Her mind was racing, trying to find a topic to attract Jada's attention, but she didn't expect someone to do it for her.
Lilith felt very uncomfortable when she saw Jada staring at Minna. Not to mention that her two daughters were noble and beautiful, even she was very temperamental. Minna was a country girl, but she only had a long face. She's pretty good, and she's not a stunning beauty. Apart from the necklace, is there anything about her body that compares to the three of them, mother and daughter? This Duke of Noga looks very handsome and impressive, why is his taste so bad
She couldn't help but start: "Your Majesty the Duke, I just heard that there is another charming guest in your mission. Do you mean the lady over there? Is she your fiancée?" Seeing Jada turn her attention to herself , she glanced at the corner of the hall with some pride.
Behind the curtain in that corner, there was a beauty she had noticed for a long time sitting on the sofa. She was dressed in a typical Nuojia noble girl, with a long white linen embroidered skirt, a small red and gold woven cape, and her curly hair was hanging down, but she was wearing it. The tail was decorated with delicate floral ornaments made of gold, and she also wore an extremely gorgeous tiara. Strings of pearls hung down, and the gems at the end fell into her hair, sparkling.
Ming Na looked at the girl. Unlike other people who were surprised by the number of jewelry on the girl's head, she had seen the so-called "gorgeous" dress of Noga noble women, but she had to admit that the numerous jewelry did not It didn't take away the girl's brilliance, but made her even more dazzling.
She is really beautiful. She is obviously a very young and tender girl, but she always gives people a charming feeling, but when she smiles, she looks pure and lively. Several East nobles have been attracted to her and gathered around her to flatter her, and the number tends to increase. The aristocratic girls who came with their families in the hall had begun to glance at her with hidden but unkind eyes. Even the elderly ladies also looked at her with scrutinizing and critical eyes and took her back to their homes. husband's attention.
The question Lilith asked was also what most of the guests present wanted to know, and the young gentlemen were even more nervously waiting for Jada's answer. If such a beauty became the Duke's wife, then there would be no hope for them.
Elon felt that something was wrong with his wife's words and glanced at her. Jada was not angry at all and said with a smile: "You misunderstood, madam, that is my cousin, the only daughter of my uncle Wang, Princess Stella. She knew that I was coming to East, so she kept asking me I asked to bring her with me, saying that I have admired your country for a long time and must come and take a look. I really had no choice but to ask her to come with me. She is young and ignorant. If there is anything rude, Please forgive me.”
Almost all the unmarried men present (except for a few who already have sweethearts) breathed a sigh of relief. Even the married old men indulged their gaze a little. The ladies, represented by Lilith, secretly gritted their teeth in anger. Beryl, on the other hand, looked at this scene coldly. Suddenly smiled. Said to Jada: "Obviously. Gentlemen will forgive her. I have to say. Your cousin is amazingly charming."
Jada smiled and said: "This girl just makes people worry. I was just thinking about when someone will marry her. I won't have to worry anymore."
The noble children were excited again. Immediately, more than a dozen people joined Princess Stella's flattering army. The small space behind the curtain was packed to the brim. The hall suddenly became much empty. The ladies' eyes were almost red.
At this time. A noble lady stood up and said: "That's too much. Gentlemen! Even if Her Royal Highness Princess Nogadi is indeed beautiful and charming, you can't ignore the beauties of our country?" The noble children felt ashamed and annoyed at first. Someone who wants to say something sarcastic. But it turned out that it was Bianca Bowie, who has recently become famous...Miss Chelsea. He immediately shrank back. Seeing her blushing face because of her embarrassment. A few more thin-skinned young people blushed.
The noble ladies in Eastland suddenly felt relieved. But when I think about it, it’s not myself who attracts attention. Some of them are unpleasant. It was Princess Stella. Not annoyed at all. Still sitting on the sofa. He looked at Bianca with a smile.
Bianca returned a sweet smile. He casually lifted the hair from his forehead. It caused the men around him to take a few breaths of cold air. Then she turned to the handsome aristocratic young man who was closest to her and was wearing a dark blue dress: "I think you won't refuse to ask me to dance, right?"
Alex looked at the hand she extended and couldn't help turning his head to look at Ming Na. He held it with a wry smile and bowed: "It's a great honor." Then he started dancing with her.
Some young nobles who were ready to make a move lowered their heads in shame, and instead invited noble daughters they knew or didn't know, and the originally empty dance floor suddenly filled up. There were far fewer men gathered around Princess Stella, but she still smiled, occasionally responded to everyone with a few words, and her attitude was very appropriate. Several older guests saw this and secretly nodded in approval. This exotic princess is indeed a good girl.
Minna stared at Alex who was dancing with Bianca, feeling a little depressed. He is obviously her dance partner! But... Alex didn't seem to invite her, and she never mentioned it, because in her heart, Alex should have been her dance partner. Now watching him dance with others, she was shocked to realize that this kind of thing was not taken for granted. In Mayton, there may be no other young girls to invite Alex, but it was different in Ito. Should she... make an appointment with Alex in advance
After the dance, Alex and Bianca saluted each other. He was about to turn around and walk towards Minna, but was stopped by Bianca who was smiling: "Little Mr. Mandheling, about Will you come to the tea party I just mentioned? Will you come?" Although it is
But her tone was very determined.
Alex just smiled in a coping manner: "I'm very sorry, I'm about to start research on a new topic, and I may not have much free time."
A trace of surprise flashed in Bianca's eyes, but she still had a smile on her face: "I don't know what the topic is? I have always been interested in magic. Can I visit your place of work?"
"I think this subject may be a bit dangerous and not suitable for young ladies to watch." Alex looked around, "Your brother seems to be looking for you, so I won't disturb you. Please allow me to leave first." After that, He bent down, turned around and left.
Unfortunately, things went against expectations. Just now he was brought into everyone's sight by Bienkara. The ladies present suddenly discovered that this young man who had always paid little attention to him was handsome, graceful, and a magician. Immediately, aristocratic girls who were interested in him asked for help. The elders brought themselves to know him, and two even asked Viscount Mandheling to introduce him. Alex was a little impatient, but his upbringing told him not to be rude, so he reluctantly endured it.
Bianca watched from a distance as he was surrounded by a group of people, playing with a glass of wine boredly. Hubert walked up to her and asked: "What do you think?"
"You are a fool." Bianca pushed the wine glass to her brother, "The queen is really nosy, why does she decide who I will marry? This little Mandheling is not the type I like at all."
Hubert smiled, raised his glass and took a sip: "Forget it if you don't like it. None of the other people she has introduced to you recently are good. Our family is not willing to do anything just to satisfy Her Majesty the Queen's little desire for control. Sacrifice a daughter and return to Gutenberg at worst."
"That's not necessary." Bianca held her brother's hand and smiled particularly sweetly, "Ito is still very fun, and the people here are really interesting."
At the same moment, Ming Na was also looking coldly at Alex, who was surrounded by a group of women, feeling even more depressed.
From the side came Feld's voice speaking to Bevin: "Brother, Bianca is very beautiful, right? I will ask her to dance later!"
Bevin said "Okay" casually. He took out his pocket watch and looked at it listlessly, then stuffed it back.
"Brother still has work tonight? Didn't mother tell you to take leave?" Feld suddenly remembered something and immediately darkened his face, "You don't want to go find that person, do you?!"
"How could it be?" Bevin forced a smile, "I'm a little tired, I'm very busy at work today, I want to find a place to sit, you can play." After that, he walked behind the curtain. Feld kept watching him sit down on the empty sofa in the corner, then turned back with relief and began to look around suspiciously: "Where are the sisters? They were still here just now."
Mingna looked around: "I didn't pay attention either..." She glanced at Alex, "I'll go look for him, he's probably resting nearby."
"Okay, okay, then I'm going to play!" Feld found a Noga-style bull head mural on the wall and wanted to know if it was a real bull head, so he ran over happily.
Mingna looked around for the sisters, but they were nowhere to be seen, and she was filled with doubts. In just such a short time, where did they go
At this time, Manda was blocked by several noble daughters in a secluded corridor outside the hall.
She was a little scared, but she still had the courage to ask: "What... do you want to do?!"
A girl in a yellow skirt smiled: "We should ask you what you want to do. What are you doing here? Are you looking for His Highness?" Her face suddenly changed, "Don't you know that His Highness is already very tired? Do you need a rest?!”
Manda trembled and immediately stared back: "This is between me and him and has nothing to do with you!"
Another girl in purple sneered: "Stop dreaming. His Highness is not here. The palace guards have escorted him back to the palace long ago. You are a troublemaker. Obviously the Queen has told you not to see His Highness again. You are still so entangled, so shameless!"
Manda said angrily: "I said, this is between me and Selig! It has nothing to do with anyone else! What is entanglement? What is shamelessness? Are you talking about yourselves?!"
The girls were furious and were stopped by the leading girl in red. She said to Manda sternly: "Manda Xiao...Miss Cardo, I hope you can figure one thing out. Your Highness is no longer who he was in the past. Your Highness, he is now the future ruler of our country. What he needs is a noble, generous, intelligent and astute partner. Do you think you are such a person? Do you think you are worthy of a king? Don’t think that wearing You have to be conservative and be the queen. We have grown up in Ito City like you since we were young, and we know you well enough. You are a good person, but that’s all. You don’t have the wisdom and magnanimity to become a queen!"
"Don't you have?!" Manda glared at the other party's beautiful face, "Don't think that you can really become Selig's wife just because the queen has spoken! He loves me! Miss Duras, I I hope you can figure this out too!”
Miss Duras smiled: "So you are too naive. How many marriages in the royal family are based on love? In other words, how many marriages among aristocrats are decided on love? Compared to How can my family, you, and your family help His Highness? In the face of interests and power, what can your so-called love decide? Not to mention how disgusted the queen is with you. "
The girls snickered, Manda's eyes were red, but she just held back tears and refused to show weakness in front of these girls.
Miss Duras approached her and showed a "noble and generous" smile: "Recognize the reality, my dear Miss Manda, even if the queen does not arrange for you to become a saint, she still has enough power to marry you to someone else. . If you don’t want to live a miserable life for the rest of your life, ask your parents to arrange a good marriage for you as soon as possible. If you really insist on sticking to that so-called love, then hide yourself and don’t let the queen find you. If you really If he can live long enough for His Highness to become the king, I think I won’t mind you becoming his mistress.”
Manda's body was trembling, and tears had filled her eyes. She had never heard such words before, and her heart was about to break.
"Even if Mand cannot reach the queen, you will have no hope." Suddenly a female voice came from the corner of the corridor, startling the girls. When they turned around, they found it was Beryl. The girl in yellow laughed first: "Why? ? The elder sister has come to help the younger sister? Unfortunately, if the younger sister still has hope of becoming the king's mistress, the older sister will never be able to do so, unless she is willing to marry a lame man, then at least she can still be regarded as the daughter-in-law of the royal family." The girls chuckled, looking towards
His eyes were full of contempt.
Beryl, who had despised them since she was a child because of her superior magic level, has long been a thorn in their side.
Beryl, however, would not give up: "I think insulting members of the royal family is a serious crime. As a daughter of a noble family with a title, she should know what to say and what not to say. I never thought that such a person would be punished. I think you have the bearing of a queen!”
The girl in yellow immediately blushed and glanced at her companion uneasily. She finally realized that she had made a mistake.
Miss Duras took a step forward to protect her alliance: "Xiao...Miss Cardo, I understand your desire to defend your sister, but this accusation is too serious. I don't think you will take this as a joke. Seriously?"
"Are you kidding?" Beryl chuckled, "So that's what you think. Does this mean you have the wisdom and grace to become a queen?" She walked to her sister and faced the girls with Manda.
The girl in purple clothes said coldly: "If she doesn't have it, do you have it? It's obviously impossible, and only you two sisters will pester men again and again. Huh, you really insulted Earl Xiao's reputation!"
Beryl glared at her angrily: "Don't talk too much! Don't let me say ugly words!"
"You can say whatever you like. I want to hear what you will say!"
Beryl sneered and pointed at Miss Duras: "You said she will become the second princess? Stop joking! The royal family can't bear this insult! What is she? Her sister is a prostitute! She is a plaything! She belongs to a prostitute Sister, are you worthy of being a queen? What will others say? The royal family members respected by the common people actually have such despicable relatives, do you want them to kneel down to a madman who has been a prostitute?!"
"Beryl Xiao... Cardo! How dare you say that?!" Miss Duras's eyes almost burst out with fire, and her face was ashen. The misfortune of their cousin was a pain for their family. Although they tried to hide it as much as possible, there were always rumors. It was just that people saw that the Duras family was powerful, so they never discussed it openly. She felt that she had been greatly insulted and wanted to strangle Beryl to death.
"This is a fact, a fact that everyone knows." Beryl glared back, not to be outdone, "I just want to tell you, don't daydream too much, feel good about yourself and lecture others every day, but you don't know You are a joke!" Manda pulled her sleeves uneasily, but she shook her off.
She will never show mercy in the face of these malicious enemies.
Miss Duras was shaking with anger: "Just wait, you will never succeed! The queen hates your family because you are ignorant! If you are smart, marry yourself out as soon as possible, otherwise..." She raised her head high He bowed his head and said, "You and all your family members will be a hundred times more miserable than my cousin! If I don't beat the name Xiao...Cado into the mud and hang you on the pillar of shame, I would rather kill myself." !”
She left angrily, and the other girls were so frightened that they looked at each other and followed her in a hurry.
Seeing their figures disappearing around the corner, Manda's feet weakened and she leaned against the wall, crying: "Beryl, what you said is too much. Those words... those words..."
"Shouldn't it be the lady who said that?" Beryl snorted coldly, "Don't be stupid! If we don't hit them hard, they will step on our heads! That woman is pretending to be a future queen all day long. Her posture, huh, is so funny! Is she worthy of it?!"
"But..." Manda hesitated, "What if she really takes revenge on us? Beryl, the Duras family is indeed more powerful than our family."
"Their power comes from the king's trust. If they really fall to the queen for the name of a second prince and concubine, the king will be the first to spare them!"
"Are you sure? What if we take revenge on our family before they suffer misfortune?"
Beryl stopped and thought for a long time, then turned back and glared at her sister: "If you are afraid of everything, what else can you do?! Although that woman is stupid, she is right about one thing. You really have no chance of becoming a queen. Wisdom and magnanimity!”
She waved her hands and left, but Manda shed tears again because of her words. She has worked very hard to change herself, but she is still laughed at again and again. Is she really not worthy of Selig
Thinking that the person she loved most might marry another woman, her heart hurt as if it had been cut open.
"Manda, are you there?" Mingna vaguely heard someone arguing and followed the sound to look for her. When she saw the crying figure leaning against the wall, she was a little unsure.
Manda stood up while holding on to the wall. When she turned around and saw Ming Na, she quickly wiped the tears from her face with her hands. Ming Na was very surprised and quickly took out her handkerchief and handed it over: "What happened? Someone bullied you?"
"No...no..." Manda covered her mouth with a handkerchief, "Please stop asking..."
"Okay, okay, I won't ask anymore." Ming Na carefully supported her, "Can I leave?" She tried her best to suppress the doubts in her heart, thinking that she would find out sooner or later. She had noticed a waiter standing outside the corridor.
"I can do it, thank you..." Manda walked slowly towards the venue with Minna, but was startled by the shadow that appeared in front of her, "I'm sorry, Your Excellency, I..." She wiped her face nervously with a handkerchief. There were tears on his face and he lowered his head uneasily.
Jada stared at them for a while before getting out of the way: "I hope it wasn't our dance that made you sad."
"How could that be? Thank you." Manda took Mingna and curtsied with her. She lowered her head and walked hurriedly towards the venue. When she was far away, she whispered to Mingna: "Strange, I think he seems like Always watching us."
Ming Na also noticed it and felt a little uneasy. Could it be that Jada had discovered something
While walking, Jada stood silently, with an unknown light flashing in her eyes. He reached into his arms and took out a handkerchief, which was made of white linen and was partially yellowed due to age. This is a hand-sewn handkerchief, with the letter "M" embroidered with red silk thread on one corner.
If he saw it correctly, one of the two girls just now was holding the same handkerchief. Same texture, same word bamboo...
(I didn’t expect this chapter to be so long...let’s just say it broke out over the weekend. This is the first time Jada has become suspicious~~~+vote little pink~~).