"Betisa, you are back."
As soon as the maid with a lovely round face entered the room, she was surrounded by several other maids, and greeted them in a twittering manner. Bettisha patted her apron, raised her eyebrows and glanced at the mistress in the house, before making a silent gesture to the other sisters, and asked in a low voice: "Hush, I'll ask you all, Lord Earl after I leave. Has she had a good rest?"
Upon hearing this question, the sisters immediately became frowning. Ever since Akane was placed under house arrest by Her Majesty the Queen, she has been very depressed all day long, and sometimes she talks to her spear, which she doesn’t know where it is conjured from. , Making them all suspicious, wondering if there is something wrong with Lord Earl's brain. They will report Akane’s daily life and rest to Her Majesty the Queen. Her Majesty is obviously still very concerned about this adult, at least she never pretends to be outsiders on this matter. Yes-but your Majesty didn't say anything about the weirdness of the Lord Earl, they naturally didn't dare to speculate on their own.
But Qian was always depressed, didn't eat much, and slept very little, which hurt their brains.
Seeing the faces of the sisters, Betissa understood something. She sighed and said, "Hey, let the Earl take a good rest. Please stop making trouble. She must be homesick, but neither does Her Majesty Allow her to go back."
"Yes, yes," the maids replied in unison: "Our children in Dashan are always nostalgic for their homeland, and I always remember the Manshan maple trees in my hometown."
Another maid looked at Bettysha's face and asked in a low voice: "Bettysha, your face is not good, is your Majesty in a bad mood?"
"Hush," Betisa glared at the maid: "Don't talk nonsense, but your Majesty's mood is pretty bad today."
"What's the matter?" This question seemed to arouse the curiosity of the maids, and they hurriedly lowered their voices and asked.
"It's not because of the Lord Earl." Betty Shah sighed. She didn't know that this was the first time she sighed, as if her majesty's bad mood had also affected her.
"Is that Lord Earl from the country again?"
"Be quiet, idiot," Betisa replied, "The Lord Earl is from Eruin, do you know Eruin? It is a small kingdom to the south of the empire. By the way, our Lord Earl also comes from there. Yes, don't let her hear you say that about her hometown, the earl from the country, how terrible it is."
The maids were taken aback, and there was a lingering look on their faces. What's more, they looked into the house with a guilty conscience.
But they realized that Akane didn't seem to be listening to them, and they were relieved, and quickly turned around and asked: "Betisa, tell us quickly, what's the matter with that Lord Earl?"
Qian was under house arrest in the courtyard of this ancient castle, and the maids of them were naturally unable to leave, except that Betty Sha had to take a carriage to the Rose Garden to meet her Majesty every once in a while. And girls at their age are full of liveliness and curiosity, so the new things outside are full of attraction to them, even if it is a sesame-sized thing, Bettysha is a little older, and sees herself. With the pitiful gazes of the companions, they could only answer: "The Lord Earl arrested the local gentry and nobles in Suruf. When I went, I saw Duke Parut complaining to His Majesty in the Rose Garden. "When she said this, she suddenly showed a brilliant smile, and said to the Lord Duke full of disrespect: "You haven't seen the annoyed look of Lord Duke. I have never seen him like this."
"Betisa, did you say that the Lord Earl has arrived in Sirrof?" The maids seemed to be used to the news, and they were not surprised at all, as if the aristocrats in the south had been beaten up in the past half a month. It has become a commonplace meal, and it has become the laughter of all the people in the entire royal capital. Instead, they noticed another point and asked curiously: "In this case, we will be able to see that in less than a month. Lord Earl?"
"Before he completely annoyed Your Majesty," Betisa curled her lips. When Grand Duke Parut was talking with Her Majesty, she only dared to stand and lower her head to listen, but this did not prevent her from hearing how bad her Majesty was, not to mention later. The face of Her Majesty that she secretly saw also proved this-her face was cold at first, and today is colder than before, so that people can't help but fight with teeth at a glance. She thought for a while, and added with lingering fear: "If the Lord Earl hadn't been arrested and hanged by His Majesty, maybe we would have hope to see him."
"Bettysha, what are you talking about?" At this moment, a slightly low voice came.
All the maids were taken aback. They discussed too intensely before, and they didn't notice when Akane had already walked over. The mountain girl stood by the door of her room and looked at them. The maids were frightened like a group of them. Like the sparrows, they closed their mouths one by one, letting the house quiet down all of a sudden.
Betis glared at her ungrateful companions, and then whispered to Akane, "Master Earl."
"Are you discussing Eruin?" Qian didn't care about it, but stared at her, asking in a somewhat hasty tone.
It's over, Lord Earl must have heard it, Betisa thought. But she didn't dare to lie, and answered honestly: "Yes, Lord Earl."
"Tell me the truth." Qian said with a pale face. In fact, she often couldn't sleep peacefully these days. As soon as she closed her eyes, she thought of Lord Lord, which disturbed her.
"We are discussing a Lord Earl from Eruin."
"A Count Lord from Eruin?" As soon as Akane heard this, she rushed to Betis in three steps and two steps uncharacteristically. She clung to the round-faced maid like a ghost. Asked loudly on the arm.
"Yeah!" Betty Shah had never seen Akane like this, and couldn't help being taken aback.
"Where does the Count Lord come from?"
"Lord Earl, I don't know. Her Majesty and the nobles didn't mention it, so I dare not ask." Betty Shah quickly replied.
Qian pursed her lips and didn't speak. The girl's keen premonition made her catch something at once, but for a while she couldn't figure out how to ask questions.
Bettysha looked at the Lord Earl tremblingly. She came into contact with the determined and eager look in the other party's eyes, as if she understood it all at once, and then tremblingly asked: "Your Lord earl, you want to hear him. Deeds?"
Akane nodded seriously.
"Okay, it's like this..." Betisa took a deep breath and slowly said.
…
After Duke Parut left, Constance's complexion was slightly dark, and at this time the imperial prime minister Fiona Niederven, known as the "Little Niedervin", just hurriedly walked into this room in the rose garden with a look of her majesty. In the dedicated study room, the supreme man of the empire looked at the convenience and asked: "What's the matter, Lord Prime Minister, did the Lord Earl cause some new trouble?"
Little Nedervin looked at Her Majesty the Queen in surprise. Before he came, he heard the maid telling her that her Majesty was furious, but now it is far from the same. Instead of losing her temper, her Majesty seems to be in a good mood. . But even so, he still didn't dare to relax a little, and quickly bowed respectfully, and then replied with a little embarrassment: "Your Majesty, you know everything like a god, it is true. After we detained them, another group of young people wanted to avenge him, but unfortunately they all took him hostages. I heard that the aristocrats in the south had lost their temper with this Lord Earl, and were discussing a ransom. It's a substitution, but the old prince can't seem to take his face off."
The old duke in his mouth is naturally the previous generation of the Palut family. The Pallut family is the representative of the emerging nobles of the Cruz Empire. They have a close relationship with the local aristocrats in the south. This is no secret. In fact, Her Majesty is also right. It was this point that helped them become an important force in the court.
"Which children are the children arrested?" Constance asked casually.
"The main ones are the Alcons family and the Jien family. Your Majesty, the Duchess is from the Jien family." Fiona Nidevin reminded.
"You don't need to remind me, I know it naturally," Her Majesty replied: "These self-righteous guys, even the guests I invited dare not look at them, and let them suffer."
Little Nidven seemed to have figured out the ins and outs, and quickly replied: "Your Majesty said yes, but the Lord Earl is really too shameless to save the empire. If he comes here this way, the nobles of the empire can't bear it. "
"Humph," the Silver Queen snorted softly: "It is normal to be young and vigorous, but it is true that his grandfather was much calmer than him back then. It doesn't matter. A capable person can be forgiven for being rebellious. It's not that there is not even this room for people. But don't call him too much trouble, he just wants to draw our attention, but it is unbearable for every envoy to come out of the empire, let the border The local corps of Beijing should be more alert, even a mere Eruin can step on their faces, and Earl Alcons and Earl Jean are not ashamed."
The empire's prime minister couldn't help but smile: "This Lord Earl is really, I don't know how to describe it. He actually did such a thing, even I almost think he is a lunatic."
"He's not crazy," Constance replied, "This Lord Earl knows the empire well. He knows that we won't do anything to him, and this little guy is very measured. Outsiders can't see it. I don't believe you. I can't tell yet, Your Prime Minister."
There was a thin layer of cold sweat on his forehead immediately. He knew in his heart that even if the supreme of the empire talked with him here, it was a common practice to talk to him, but in fact, the family of Nedvin was in the Queen’s Majesty. It is a recognized fact that the status in the heart is not as good as the day. On the contrary, the series of things that Brando has made in these days have increased the number of times he meets with the Queen, and the relationship between the two parties has only eased slightly. Some. But the other party's words immediately made him nervous, and hurriedly replied carefully: "Your Majesty's eyes are like torches. After all, the Lord Earl is that person's grandson."
"Indeed." Her Majesty nodded, as if she was convinced.
"Your Majesty, before I came, I heard that you were angry again." At this moment, Little Nidven asked cautiously.
"how?"
"Your Majesty, your body."
"My body is very good. I don't care about the old prime minister." Constance knew that this must be the words of his acting old prime minister Niederwen. Although the young prime minister is not inferior to his father in mind, he can be bold and courageous. It's much worse: "I am angry because the imperfect nobles of the empire have their own faces trampled underfoot. Instead of thinking about how to regain their glory, they want to tie their own gains and losses to the entire empire. The Cruz people have not fallen to that level yet."
"They want to retaliate against the Lord Earl. I don't think Grand Duke Parut will give up, Your Majesty." Little Nidven shook his head and replied.
"I hope he won't cause me too much trouble." Constance shook his head.
"Earl Alcons and Earl Jean are well-measured." Little Nidven replied inconsistently.
Constance glanced at him and corrected: "I'm talking about him."
The imperial prime minister was startled slightly, then smiled bitterly.
Little Nidevin stayed in the Rose Garden for half an hour, and took time to report to the empire’s supreme the battle on the west and east—the lion men are still attacking the White Heart, the Okas Fortress, and them Compared with the decisiveness of assembling the army, progress can be described as slow. The offensive of the wind elves persisted in the wilds of the four realms. As one of the four main armies of the empire, the Scarlet Legion was not in vain, and the mobilization within the empire was nearing completion, and the atmosphere of the war was coming even in remote areas. The area can also be felt.
After he said goodbye, Constance watched the empire's prime minister leave. When the study was empty, she tapped on the armrest of the long-backed chair and said to herself thoughtfully.
"Is he really armed with heaven? Could it be that the old man Jocelyn had been to Eruin secretly...?"
"No, he won't be so superficial, Lord Gwendolyn, I have a faint feeling that he seems to be using this to send us a signal, what does he want to express, or this is the attitude of the Eruin ?"
Her cold voice faintly echoed in the empty study, but no one answered her question.
…
"Not only that."
The story in the room has obviously been going on for a while, but it didn’t seem to be over for a while, and Betis continued to preach: “Everyone thinks that Lord Earl is crazy, because he didn’t receive what he deserved. He captured a fortress in the empire because of his courtesy, my God, before this I always thought that our mountain people were the most rebellious empire people, but I didn't expect that compared with the Lord Earl, it was nothing. "
"I heard that the Eruins have a great king. When he founded the country, he made a vow that the Eruins would protect their people independently. I didn't expect this to be the case." When he said this, The round-faced little maid couldn't help taking a peek at her lord, but she was disappointed to find that Akane was unmoved, and just asked stupidly: "What about then?"
She sighed disappointedly, and continued to answer: "Then the nobles of the empire certainly refused to let go. They assembled an army to teach this little-eyed foreigner a lesson. Of course, the result was not as good as them. The meaning of-As for the latter, I told you earlier, Lord Earl, that Lord Earl naturally arrested them all. Not only that, but also demanded a large ransom from their family for taking these people as hostages. What is the name of the project called "famous loss fee" or "mental loss fee" or something."
Akane shivered like an electric shock. She raised her head to look at her maid, and asked in disbelief, "You said'mental damage fee'? You haven't told me this before, Bettysha!"
"But this is not the point, Lord Earl..."
Betty Shah answered inexplicably, but she didn't realize that the Lord Earl in front of her had gritted her teeth.
How many times has she been the only one who has stayed with Lord Lord for the longest time has been accustomed to those strange terms, she once thought that it was Lord Lord's only bad habit.
But at this moment, those vocabularies that he once sounded extremely confusing, but at this moment they sound so cordial.
Betty Sha was still preaching endlessly: "According to me, in fact, the Lord Earl doesn't really need to offend the nobles of the empire so badly. After all, he is a foreigner, and his prestige and prestige will be bearable in the future. Her Majesty the Queen has also made several fires because of this, and several dukes hate him very much. The only thing that is commendable is that the Earl has made the limelight, and now in the area near Rusheta, I am afraid There are very few people who don’t know him. I really don’t understand what he wants to do."
She was half-talking and she was startled suddenly, because she suddenly saw the Lord Earl in front of her weeping. She hurriedly yelled: "Master Earl, you, what's the matter with you."
Qian shook her head vigorously.
Because she understands.
All this is just to tell her a word.
I have come, Akane.
As promised—