After Orville said this, Xia Zuoyi was completely stunned, and he didn't even know what to do for a while.
He suspected that he had heard it wrong, and said in a daze: "What..."
Compared to Xia Zuoyi's stunned face, Orville is like a sleepy fish that has finally found a way out.
He nodded as if agreeing with his own words: "Since men and men can do it, of course you and I can also kiss..."
"No, Orville, it's not like this..." Xia Zoe tried to explain.
Orville seemed to have figured it out, stepped forward and said, "Little Zoe, do you hate me?"
"It's not..."
"Then are you already with the Pope?"
Orville frowned: "If that's the case, it's a little hard for me to accept... Little Zooey, you'd better not be with the Pope. In his eyes, isn't the Holy See the most important thing?"
Xia Zuoyi rubbed his eyebrows slightly with a headache: "I haven't been with the Pope yet."
"I don't hate you either, but that doesn't mean I can kiss you, Orville... Are you being stimulated..."
Why the gibberish
Orville: "No, I didn't, I just wanted to understand something."
He wondered: "You don't want to kiss me, why? Because you don't like me, but like the Pope? That's why you were as close as the Pope last night..."
Xia Zuoyi didn't answer, but the tips of his ears gradually turned red.
Orville's light gray eyes flashed, then darkened, and he said, "Little Zoe, come and like me, I will treat you well."
"Although there is no way to marry you, I will not marry anyone else."
"I can promise you that you will be my de facto Duchess."
Xia Zoe: "..."
Not only did he have a headache, but he wanted to sigh helplessly: "Why must I be the duchess, and not you my lord wife?"
Orville thought for a while, then nodded: "If that's what you want, it's okay, I don't have any opinion."
"… No, Orville, I'm just talking casually."
Xia Zoe sighed: "I won't be your Duchess, no matter what the reason is for you to have this idea, just give up."
Orville pondered, and then said, "Although you are rejecting me, I don't want to give up yet."
"Little Zoe, I would be a better candidate than the Pope, why don't you just try to accept me..."
The conversation finally ended when Fernandi knocked on the door. Orville left a message that he hoped that he could think about it and then leave first. It seemed that he did not flinch because of Xia Zoe's refusal.
Xia Zuoyi's brain hurts.
Fernandi said: "Lord, Thomas, the general elder of the Ed Chamber of Commerce, came to visit the Shili Hall in person, and hope to meet you."
"Now, this president is waiting in the hall, you mean..."
"Please come up." Xia Zuoyi said while frowning.
"Yes."
Fernandi turned around and went out, and after Xia Zoey sorted out the chaotic thoughts just now, Thomas, the general elder of the Ed Chamber of Commerce, was brought in.
"Please take a seat." Xia Zuoyi said.
"I don't know why the president came here to see me?"
The president was in his forties, and his hair was neatly combed to the back of his head, with a lot of white hair mixed in, and there were obvious wrinkles on his face.
But it seems that he is still full of energy, at least he has the energy to manage a huge chamber of commerce.
Old Thomas said: "I came here to ask the lord if he has any intention to cooperate with the Ed Chamber of Commerce."
Xia Zuoyi: "Does the president mean to cooperate with the three chambers of commerce?"
The Thorns Chamber of Commerce, the Ed Chamber of Commerce, and the Nagabi Chamber of Commerce.
Old Thomas shook his head: "I just want to cooperate with the lord. As for whether the lord cooperates with a chamber of commerce other than the Ed Chamber of Commerce, I don't care."
"For the lord, the Ed Chamber of Commerce can make great concessions."
Xia Zuoyi: "So, what does the president hope to cooperate with the Thorns Chamber of Commerce?"
Old Thomas: "New crops brought back from the New World by Samuel Fern."
"Lord, although you are strictly controlling the circulation of these new crops to the outside world, the news has still reached the Saint Air Empire..."
"And just this little bit of news can make people see the huge benefits involved."
"No... It might be accurate to say that the emergence of these new crops will bring about a revolution in the field of food."
"This should have been reflected in the Desinia territory."
Old Thomas' eyes seemed to be shining with fiery light, and he said, "I never thought that the yield of a crop could reach 100 catties or even more than 1000 catties."
"And such crops are not one, but three!"
Xia Zoe: "If it's about new crops, the Ed Chamber of Commerce doesn't have to cooperate with the Thorns Chamber of Commerce."
"After all, I have never restricted the sale of new crop seeds and pamphlets to people outside the Territory of Desinia..."
"As for temporarily controlling the speed of circulation, this has my own considerations."
"The lord is joking. The seeds of the new crops circulating on the market are simply the size of fish fry. If no one releases a big fish, how can the Ed Chamber of Commerce eat it."
"In addition to these three new crops, the Ed Chamber of Commerce also wants to cooperate with the lord to establish a hospital..."
Old Thomas was earnest.
But Xia Zuoyi leaned back on the sofa and said lightly, "The president has a clear understanding of what happened in the Desinia territory."
"However, the president may be disappointed."
"The Thorns Chamber of Commerce does not consider cooperating with other chambers of commerce for the time being. President, please come back."
When old Thomas heard this, his face was a little ugly: "Don't you ask the lord, what conditions will the Ed Chamber of Commerce pay for cooperation?"
"I said before that the Ed Chamber of Commerce can make great concessions to the lord."
"No matter how much Ed Merchant offers, I have no plans to cooperate for the time being... At least not now."
Xia Zuoyi thought: "Maybe I will change my mind later, provided that the Ed Chamber of Commerce is willing to wait for a while, I hope the president can understand..."
"Does the lord have any concerns?"
Xia Zoe nodded.
Old Thomas' expression softened, he thought for a while and said, "The intention of the Ed Chamber of Commerce to cooperate with the lord will not change."
"As for how long to wait, I hope the lord can give a definite answer as soon as possible."
After a while, old Thomas said goodbye and left.
…
In order to avoid seeing Orville and listening to him say some troublesome words, Xia Zoe enjoyed lunch and dinner in the room, but fortunately, Orville did not find him again.
And His Holiness the Pope did not come back on this day because he was busy in the Holy Church.
Xia Zuoyi thought that he would sleep at the residence of the Holy Church tonight. After the egg boy was making a lot of noise in the room, he pulled the dog out by the ear and planned to lock the naughty husky in the house with egg yolks, brown sugar and ice cream. In the "Little Black Room", three large plushs watched together to prevent trouble in the middle of the night.
However, he stopped abruptly when he led Eggman to the turn of the corridor.
—There are two figures standing in the other half of the corridor with kerosene lamps, one is the Pope and the other is the Grand Duke of Orville.
The flames in the kerosene lamp flickered, and the shadows of the figures were also bright and dark.
Xia Zuoyi couldn't help but slightly widened his eyes, then bent down and squatted down, covering Danzi's mouth at the same time.
Eggman tilted his head inexplicably.
The two met by accident.
After Segalot returned to the Shire Hall, he naturally went to see Xia Zoe, and Orville's purpose was the same.
After meeting in the corridor, the two stopped in unison.
Segalot: "The Grand Duke is here so late, what's the matter?"
Orville: "It has nothing to do with Your Majesty, I'm here to find little Zoe."
He paused and said, "Your Majesty, can you answer me a question?"
"The Archduke might as well say it directly." Saigallot nodded.
Orville: "The Holy See makes dogmas, has strict rules for people, and spreads blessings to people on behalf of the God of Creation... Anyone who violates dogma and common sense will be punished with guilt. Are there no exceptions to everything?"
Segalot: "The dogma is strict, but the God of Creation is tolerant of the world."
"The regulations of the Holy See are also made and revised by the popes who have succeeded each generation before. There may be no mistakes in the past, but now ... not necessarily correct."
"There are exceptions to everything."
"And most of these exceptions are for nobles... I think the Grand Duke should have understood the reason for this long ago."
Orville: "So, the Pope is also an exception. As for the rules of the Holy See, His Majesty may not abide by them."
"Am i right?"
Segalot's gilded eyes flashed, and he said, "What the hell is the Grand Duke trying to say?"
Orville: "Your Majesty to men..."
"Ow—"
The words he had just said were suddenly interrupted by a loud scream.
At the same time, Eggman suddenly jumped out of the corner of the corridor and appeared in front of Orville and Segalot.
"Danzi, why are you so disobedient? Didn't I tell you not to run around, hurry back..."
Xia Zoe appeared immediately, with a puzzled expression: "Your Majesty, Orville, why are you standing here?"
Danzi turned the dog's head, stared at Xia Zuoyi with aggrieved eyes, then looked at his butt, and turned around twice.
Segalot: "I met here by chance and chatted a few times with each other."
"Is Eggman disobedient?"
Segalot rubbed the husky's dog's head, and then was dodged unhappily by Eggman, facing the wall of the corridor with a groaning grievance, not even wagging his tail.
"What's wrong?" Segalot laughed.
Xia Zuoyi: "Cough... I made trouble in the room before and was taught by me."
In fact, he was afraid that Orville would "speak amazingly" in front of the Pope again, so he pinched Eggman's ass in a hurry.
"What were you talking about just now?"
Segalot: "It's nothing, it's just that the Grand Duke has some questions to ask."
Orville's expression was light, and he didn't insist on the question just now, but stepped forward to Xia Zuoyi and said, "Little Zoey, I came here to see you and say good night, now, it's time for me to go back. "
After he finished speaking, he leaned down and kissed Xia Zuoyi on the forehead before Xia Zuoyi had time to react, and then said in a gentle voice, "Good night, I wish you a good dream tonight."
Segalot's expression suddenly changed.
After Orville left, Xia Zuoyi recovered from the shock, pursed his lips and glanced at the Pope carefully: "I-I didn't expect..."
The author has something to say: one more, two more at night~
Eggboy: Ow, why did Dad pinch the cub? Grief.jpg.
Xia Xia: Dad didn't do it on purpose. Hug.jpg.
Grand Duke: Well, good night.
Xia Xia: Mao Mao was scared out of double chin.jpg.
Pope: ^_^