Why are you back so early? Hasn't anyone invited you to her boudoir for a drink? + Standing one meter away from Alex, he asked in a joking tone, but he didn't notice that there was a trace of sourness in his words.
But Alex noticed it. He tried hard to suppress the joy in his heart, took a deep breath, and said sincerely: "I'm sorry, Minna."
"Why are you apologizing? How have you ever felt sorry for me?" Ming Na put her hands on her hips and wasn't going to let him go so easily.
Alex lowered his head and glanced at her secretly: "I shouldn't just talk to others and ignore you, let alone make you angry. They are not as good as you together. There is no reason for me to treat you just because of politeness." You ignored it"
After listening to his words, Ming Na's depression immediately dissipated and her mood became quite good: "It sounds very sincere..."
"To further express my sincerity, I will be yours for the next few days. You can do whatever you want me to do." Alex smiled and held her hand. "Please enslave me to your heart's content, Your Highness." , your slave will never complain at all!"
Minna chuckled and wanted to pull her hand away, but Alex held on tightly. She struggled a few times and couldn't get away. She raised her head to glare at him. She felt very uncomfortable when she saw that he kept staring at her. At ease, my heartbeat suddenly accelerated and my ears quickly became warm.
What's wrong with her? This is not the first time this strange feeling has occurred
Suddenly, she remembered what she had just heard from Manda. Manda entered the Ito Noble Academy when she was thirteen or fourteen years old, where she met the second prince Serig in the same class. The two had some small quarrels at first, but later they got to know each other for a long time. , and gradually felt that the other person was pleasing to the eye. Once, Manda accidentally fell down the stairs, and it was the second prince who hugged her, so she was not hurt. She said that at that time, her heart was beating hard and her ears were very hot. At that moment, she I knew it, I fell in love with this big boy
Ming Na's heart beat faster. Why did she feel so similar to what Manda said? Could it be...that she has fallen in love with Alex? !
She jumped away suddenly and withdrew her hand vigorously, as if she was frightened Alex, who had always been her companion. She clearly regarded him as a brother, so how could she have such thoughts about him? !
"Mingna..." Alex looked at his hand with some depression, "What's wrong with you?"
"It's nothing!" Minna replied in a panic. "Actually, you don't need to apologize to me! You were just chatting with others and didn't do anything to apologize to me. I was just in a bad mood, so you were really angry!" She glanced at the rose garden and just wanted to go home as soon as possible
A helpless smile flashed across Alex's face and he said: "It was indeed my fault tonight. I promised you that we would meet in the auditorium, but I couldn't say a word to you all night. You will be angry. We should." Aren’t you the best friends?”
Ming Na paused: "Best friend?"
"Of course! We are close friends! We fought World of Warcraft together and took risks together. We ate broth from the same pot, drank from the same cup, and even wore the same clothes." Alex's face bloomed brightly. Laughing, "We have such a good relationship. If you were chatting with others and ignoring me, I would be angry too. So I apologize to you very sincerely. Please forgive me."
That’s right! Because a good friend will be angry if he is suddenly ignored! Ming Na breathed a sigh of relief but immediately thought about why she reacted like that just now if they were just good friends
She hesitated for a while, then asked in a low voice: "But just now... you kept staring at me... my heart suddenly beat very fast... why is this?"
An unknown light quickly flashed in Alex's eyes, and he smiled: "Perhaps it's because...as a young lady, you feel shy when being stared at by handsome and stalwart men of the same age? My Princess Minna, congratulations on finally enlightening you. Got it!"
Ming Na sneered: "How handsome and tall are you? Stop praising yourself! Are you pretentious after being praised by a few pretty women?"
"Okay, okay" Alex raised his hands in surrender, "Everyone has vanity, just let me satisfy it."
"I'm afraid you'll be too satisfied and you won't know who you are!" Ming Na made a face at him, took out the necklace and stuffed it in. "No matter what I give you, thank you tonight. It gave me a little limelight and satisfied my vanity a little bit!"
Alex covered his chest: "I feel bad when I talk about this. My necklace matches your skirt so perfectly, but it only attracted a few dandies?! The people at the ball are so ignorant!"
"That's not what you said." Ming Na glanced at him sideways. "After all, two beauties appeared at the same time tonight. Didn't the most beautiful one invite you to dance? You are the jealous object of all the male guests."
"As a woman Bowie...Miss Chelsea is indeed very charming." Alex bowed slightly, "But beauty is very subjective. I personally think the lady in front of me is more attractive to me."
Ming Na stopped talking. She turned around and walked towards the Rose Garden. The slightly raised corners of her mouth hinted at her good mood at the moment.
Alex put the necklace away and chased after him with a smile on his face.
Ming Na glanced back at him: "I want to go home, why are you following me? Your home is over there!"
"As a knight, I have the responsibility to escort the princess back to the palace safely" Alex replied seriously
Ming Na hummed: "I am not a princess, and you are not a knight. I don't need your escort."
"Just because I'm not a knight and you're not a princess, we don't have to abide by the rules between princesses and knights." Alex took two steps forward and walked side by side with her. "It is said that the guardian knight must follow the princess ten yards behind." , I would say this is really unreasonable and not conducive to the safety of Her Royal Highness the Princess."
Ming Na stopped and turned to him with some confusion: "I noticed that you were a little strange tonight. You seemed to be more...er...lively than before? Could it be because your vanity was satisfied, so you became light-headed?" "
"What does this have to do with vanity? It's just because the weather is so nice tonight." Alex looked at the stars. "On a summer night, the stars are beautiful, the cool breeze blows, and the leaves rustle. It's beautiful. Yes or no?"
Ming Na also raised her head to look at the sky: "It sounds like it is indeed..."
"I can still make tonight more beautiful!"
Ming Na looked at him funny: "Are you drunk too much? How are you going to let..." She suddenly stopped talking and looked at the countless light yellow spots emanating from Alex's back in surprise. Little bits of light flew around like fireflies, and in a blink of an eye they filled the entire forest, reflecting against the stars in the sky, making people feel like they were in a world of starlight.
"What are you..." Mingna ran behind Alex.
He held the wand, "Ha! So that's how it's done! I can do it too!"
Alex smiled and told her the spell used, and told her: "Different elements can produce light spots of different colors, carefully control the magic output, don't lose your power."
"I know." Ming Na took out her magic wand and tried it. After reciting the spell for the third time, the tip of the wand also emitted light blue spots, which slowly spread around, matching the light yellow light. The dots converge, making the entire forest look even more beautiful.
Ming Na was pleasantly surprised and stretched out her fingers to tease those "shy" light spots. The slightest touch would quickly dodge them. She giggled, turned around and was about to speak to Alex, but saw that he had made it out of nowhere. She brought a lyre and placed it under the tree. She asked doubtfully: "Do you want to play the lyre?" This environment is indeed quite suitable.
Alex did not answer, but lightly tapped the body of the piano with his wand, and the piano automatically played sweet music. He nodded with satisfaction, stood up, put away the wand, and stretched out his hand to Minna: "Want to dance? We haven’t skipped tonight yet.”
Ming Na opened her mouth wide, but soon she laughed: "Okay, now no one else can compete with me for you! But... I don't want to dance those suffocating palace dances."
"Okay" Alex smiled, his eyes full of doting, "You can dance whatever you want. Anyway, this whole forest belongs to us, and now it's dance time for the two of us."
Minna tilted her head and smiled again. She stretched out her hand and put it into Alex's palm.
~~~~~~I am the dividing line that disfigures the scenery~~~~=====
After the ball, there was a heated discussion about the northern neighbor in Ito City. Even the fashionable dresses of the ladies at the ball fell out of favor. Almost everyone was paying attention to the beauty and dignity of Princess Stella, and No. Due to the handsome appearance of the Duke and future Crown Prince and his current unmarried status, members of the Noga Mission...whether formal or informal...became the most popular guests at various dances in the city.
In view of the fact that the members of the mission frequently came in and out of the east wing of the palace, which caused great trouble to the defense of the palace, Perdicca, the captain of the palace guard, complained to King Walfred III many times about this, and also hinted at the mission from time to time. Duke Jedda of Norga felt very guilty and decided to move with all the members of the mission to a recently purchased mansion intended to be used as a future embassy.
King East's family repeatedly tried to persuade him to stay, but failed to convince him, so they had to enthusiastically give him a full set of luxurious furniture in the house, as well as twenty capable male and female servants. After Duke Jedda pushed for a long time, he reluctantly accepted a few coachmen. At the farewell banquet held by the royal family for his move out of the palace, he gave a very long speech of thanks to express his gratitude to the royal family of East for their cordial hospitality.
Mingna read the reports sent by the intelligence agents in the dark nest. While sorting out the key points, she scorned Jada in her heart. She seemed to be more dignified than before. Look how good he is at acting now, and he even thanked her! Unfortunately, most of the twenty servants who were sent were sent back, and the three coachmen who were left were not allowed to approach the main house. Only one of them was a secret agent of the Security Department, who was able to return some useful information based on some clues.
Recently, Jada seems to be going out to dances and tea parties every day. It's strange that he didn't seem to be interested in these things before, so why is he so enthusiastic recently? In addition, members of the mission also often go out. One of them, a man in his thirties, is said to be Jada's secretary. The most frequent trip he made, he actually visited the homes of six nobles in one day.
Ming Na always feels something is wrong. Is Jada planning something
At this time, colleagues from Anchao sent another report. The Shaonan delegation had arrived forty kilometers outside Yidong City. They were large in number, and they were accompanied by members and followers of the exiled Weisha royal family, so they were probably going to arrive He can only enter the city tomorrow. It is said that the exiled Prince Weisha has obtained the support of the Shaonan royal family and is about to return to Weisha to restore his kingdom. This time he came to Yidong, in addition to attending the birthday celebration of King East, there was another important thing. The purpose is to win the financial support of East
Sure enough, these royal family members are not fuel-efficient lamps.
Ming Na compiled the report and prepared to give Mallory a few words of advice when he came over.
Since the fall of Weisha three years ago, East has spent a lot of money to help the exiled Weisha people, letting them live temporarily in vast and sparsely populated areas, and helping them build houses and open up wasteland. But these Weisha people When people get along with the people of East, they often cause trouble, which leads to a sharp increase in security cases in various places. Most of them are caused by the different living habits and ways of thinking of the people of the two countries.
Minna wanted to persuade Mallory to make a suggestion to her superiors. If she really wanted to provide help to the exiled Prince of Weisha, why not let him take away the Weisha people? Those people had lived in East for several years and had already He learned the techniques of farming and manual production, which is exactly what Weisha needs. With this power, it will be much easier for the prince to restore his country.
News came from the Intelligence Department that Mallory had something urgent to go to the palace to see the king, so he couldn't come today. Everyone in Dark Nest looked at each other. Seeing that the work was done and it was almost evening, they decided to go home first.
Ming Na was walking on the road, planning to see Marshall. Suddenly, there was the sound of horse hooves and wheels behind her. She immediately became alert and jumped to the side quickly. A carriage passed by her quickly, and then she The car stopped not far ahead, and the carriage door opened, revealing a familiar face: "Xiao...Miss Cardo? What a coincidence!" It was Jada.
Minna's heart trembled, she walked over with a smile and curtsied to him: "Good day, Your Majesty the Duke, why are you here?" There were government offices nearby, and she also noticed that where Jada was sitting The carriage is of Eastish style, and the clothes he wears are the ordinary clothes of ordinary Eastish nobles, not Noga clothes.
"I'm just passing by," Jada answered the question lightly, smiling, "Since we met by chance, would I be honored to ask you to chat? Just... a casual chat."
Ming Na became even more alert: "I don't quite understand. Excuse me, what do you want to talk about?" She turned her head slightly and saw a few people blocking her retreat intentionally or unintentionally from the corner of her eyes.
"It's just a small talk." Jada smiled very sincerely, "I just want to ask about some things about your cousin, Mr. Xiao Minte, during his lifetime." He leaned on his seat, his right hand resting on his knee leisurely, right next to him There are two handkerchiefs spread out in his hand, which seem to be the same.
Ming Na opened her eyes wide and recognized that one of the handkerchiefs was the handkerchief she lent to Manda and then disappeared, while the other was...
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