Night fell.
The banquet hall of Bailu Castle was lit up like daylight by hundreds of candles.
The mighty and majestic armored guards stood motionless around the hall with spears in hand, and the slim and beautiful young maids brought plates of delicious food to the long dining table with light steps.
The well-dressed duchess stood at the door of the banquet hall, welcoming the guests who came to the banquet with an impeccable smile.
Although the Duke of St. Pros had just died, it was inappropriate for Bailu Castle to hold such a big banquet, but who made the Duchess insist on this.
What's more, she also has a suitable excuse - to welcome Prince Harrison and Princess Judy to Bailu Castle.
As for the teachers of these two royal guests who just killed the Duke of St. Pros, um, let's just pretend it didn't happen.
Of course, many smart people also know that the death of the Duke of St. Pros may be a happy event for the Duchess—
Only in this way can she truly become the hostess of Bailu Castle and even the entire East Territory!
In the banquet hall, the long-sleeved and dancing duchess was already the focus of everyone. Aristocrats from the Eastern Realm stepped forward one after another, expressing their allegiance to her either explicitly or implicitly.
The Duchess handled it gracefully and skillfully, but secretly, her mind was always focused on the entrance of the hall.
Seeing that the important people she was waiting for never showed up, the Duchess broke away from the overly enthusiastic crowd, found the butler and asked:
"Where are the two Highnesses? And Earl Angelet, why haven't you arrived yet?"
"I'll go and see for myself."
Before the butler could take a few steps, he saw Cavalier Warren, the captain of the Bailu Castle guards, striding over.
The Duchess saw that Knight Warren had a dignified expression, and his eyebrows were slightly frowned, and asked quickly, "Knight Varen, what's the matter?"
Knight Warren walked to the Duchess and whispered a report:
"Madam, Earl Angelet was assassinated in his room just now!"
The Duchess took a breath and tried not to let herself lose her composure, but before she could ask the situation clearly, she heard a voice beside her yelling:
"What? Earl Angelet was assassinated and killed?"
In fact, Knight Warren lowered his voice on purpose before, and logically only the Duchess should have heard it clearly, but he never expected that Earl Nicole, who happened to be passing by, would hear him and yell out loudly.
This is all right, the entire banquet seemed to have pressed the mute button, and there was no sound at all.
The Duchess gave Count Nicole a hard look, but she couldn't tell whether the other party's exclamation was intentional or unintentional, and she didn't bother to pursue it at this time.
She immediately took a step forward and whispered an order in the ear of Warren Knight:
"First, kill all the hundred guards who followed Colin Angelet into the city!
Second, block all city gates and prohibit entry and exit!
Third, gather the army and get ready, the blood cavalry army... I'm afraid they're going to go crazy..."
Hearing the last sentence, Knight Warren couldn't help shivering, as if he had foreseen some terrible scene, but he also knew that the situation was urgent, and he could no longer tolerate wild thoughts, so he nodded immediately and strode away.
And at this moment, all the guests in the banquet hall reacted and immediately clamored:
"Duchess, has Earl Angelet really been killed?"
"Duchess, who actually assassinated Count Angelet?"
"Duchess, will Bailu City fall into war again?"
…
Questions came one after another like sharp arrows, but the Duchess smiled calmly, stretched out her hand and said calmly:
"Dear guests, I am sorry to disturb everyone's interest.
But don't worry, no matter what accidents arise, the San Pros family has the ability to handle them.
Please enjoy the delicious food here now, let me go to find out the specific situation, and then I will explain it to you in detail. "
After saying this, the Duchess ignored the inquiries of the people in the hall and strode out.
After going out, the smile on the Duchess's face instantly faded, and her expression changed from calm to anxious.
Earl Angelet is dead!
Although she also wished for the death of this terrible Earl of the Northern Territory, he must not die in Bailu Castle!
Because once Count Angelet died here, no matter what the St. Pross family explained, everyone in the empire would think that they assassinated Count Angelet.
Not to mention that Earl Angelet was stabbed to death in Bailu City as a guest when Emperor Reinhardt's war order arrived in Bailu City smoothly. How will the royal family punish the St. Pross family? The Duchess felt a headache after hearing the news.
If the young Duke of the North is determined to avenge his husband desperately, then the East will definitely face an extremely dire crisis.
And now that the orcs are about to invade, the royal family and the church are very likely to join forces to put pressure on the east in order to quell the anger in the north—
In this way, there must be someone with enough weight to be responsible for Count Angelet's death!
The Duchess found desperately that this person was most likely herself.
Even if she didn't plan to assassinate Earl Angelet at all, for the sake of the overall situation, she, the archbishop of the East and Duchess of St. Pros, is very likely to be ruthlessly abandoned to appease the North.
Thinking of this, the Duchess immediately realized that this was a trap!
A well-designed trap for yourself!
The person who designed this trap was obviously well aware of the current situation in the Eastern Territory, and immediately found the Achilles heel of the current order. With just one blow, the stable situation that the Duchess worked so hard to create was in danger of collapsing.
The Duchess only felt a chill in her heart.
But she quickly took a few deep breaths and forced herself to calm down.
The enemy has made a move, and the Duchess knows she has no choice but to accept it.
Now, what she wants to find out most is who is planning all this behind the scenes.
And what will happen next
While meditating, the Duchess had already arrived at Colin's room.
The room was surrounded by the guards of the St. Pros family, and even Prince Harrison and Princess Judy were blocked outside.
"Duchess, why don't you let us in? What's wrong with the teacher?"
"Your Highness, please forgive the rudeness of these guards. However, the situation inside is a bit complicated. I will explain it to you after I go to check it first."
After speaking, the Duchess strode in without waiting for Prince Harrison and Princess Judy to reply.
Then, she saw Colin lying in a pool of blood.
The torn chest, the missing heart, the blood all over the floor...
The Duchess didn't need to step forward to check and knew that this man was completely hopeless.
(end of this chapter)