"Your Excellency, I don't understand what you mean..."
"Don't you understand?" Colin reached out and stroked Grace's flawless white face, as if trying to find traces of panic from it, "Then I'll just say it—
Tinder City is a trap, a trap set against me and the Blood Cavalry Army! "
Grace tilted her head suspiciously, pressed her body against Colin's broad chest, and said with a smile:
"Your Excellency, haven't you already cracked this trap? Even Mr. Xie fled in embarrassment under the chase of the Blood Cavalry Army."
"If Mr. Li's trap was so simple, Sirius Saint Hilde wouldn't have died back then. Although I have always looked down on this guy who only hides in the dark and plots, I will never underestimate him. he."
"Ah? Then... Then what conspiracy does he have?" Grace showed a panicked expression, and took the opportunity to bury her body into Colin's arms, and deliberately used some sensitive points to create friction.
It's a pity that Ke Lin was unmoved, even with the beauty in his arms, his face was as calm as water.
"I haven't seen you in a year. Your acting skills have improved a lot. You must have undergone special training." Colin stared at Grace's blue crystal eyes with a smile, but didn't find anything unusual in them.
"My lord, are you kidding me?" Grace stood on her tiptoes and coquettishly said to her lover. The warm and fragrant breath sprayed on Colin's face, which made people feel confused.
Colin reached out and pinched Grace's delicate chin, preventing the red lips that were close at hand from getting closer, and then said coldly:
"Do you think I'm joking? Not only has Mr. Zhe's trap not been cracked, but on the contrary, it's just begun.
And you are also one of the key people who helped him set this trap! "
"My lord duke!" Grace's eyes glistened with tears, and she suddenly became extremely aggrieved, "I even killed my grandfather myself for you, yet you still doubt me..."
Colin chuckled, showing disdain and saying:
"Do you know? The reason why I began to suspect you is precisely because you killed the old earl."
Seeing doubts on Grace's face, Colin explained:
"At that time, almost no one in the Bruggen family was willing to die with the old earl. In this case, you only need to put him under house arrest and control. Why do you have to kill him
Don't talk about clumsy excuses such as submitting a nomination certificate to me, as long as you open the gate of Tinder City, it is enough to win my trust, there is no need to do anything extra, and damage your reputation in vain. "
Grace seemed even more aggrieved, sobbing and said:
"Duke... Your Excellency... I, I was just dazzled by anger... and I killed him... And, as you know, I am not the daughter of Earl Bruggen, and the old man has no blood relationship with me... Killed He, really just to prove to you my sincerity..."
"That's right, killing the old earl is indeed a good vote, but more importantly, you don't want him to fall into my hands alive!" Colin said coldly, "He should know a lot about Mr. So, how do you keep him alive so that I can interrogate these secrets
This old guy thinks he is in control of the situation, but he doesn't know that you are the real collaborator of Mr. Xie, and he is just a bait thrown out by you. "
"Your Excellency, you really misunderstood me! How could I have colluded with Mr. Ji..."
Seeing that Grace still refused to admit it, Colin sneered and said:
"Do you know why I suspect that you have collusion with Mr. Xi?"
Before Grace denied it again, Colin asked himself and answered:
"Do you still remember the first time I came to Pedestrian City a year ago? At that time, you offered yourself and said you would be my lover.
But how could I trust you easily, after all I just killed your father.
Then how did you win my trust
You said that you were also a person who secretly formed an alliance with Queen Midella, and you also revealed the secret you used to win the Queen's trust—
She is not the biological daughter of Earl Bruggen.
But do you remember, I asked you at the time, did the queen use her own secrets to exchange with you? "
Grace nodded when she heard the words, and said: "The secret that Her Majesty the Queen told me is that Prince Harrison and Princess Judy are not the heirs of the emperor. Is there a problem?"
"There is no problem." The smile on Colin's face became brighter, "But it is because there is no problem that there is a problem!"
"Your Excellency... I don't understand what you mean..."
"Do you know what the secret the queen exchanged with me is?"
"What?"
"She told me Vera was her daughter!"
"What!"
"Okay, stop pretending." Colin curled his lips and said disdainfully, "This secret is a lie. How can a person like the queen give up her real handle? But the strange thing is that she really did. I have given you my biggest handle!"
Grace's eyes widened, and she still had an innocent expression: "My lord, could it be that what the queen told me was also a false secret..."
"No. I have already confirmed this. Harrison and Judy are indeed not the heirs of Emperor Reinhardt, and this guy even left a will to change the heir.
So, Grace, how did you know such an important secret
Are you that important? Is it worth the queen using her biggest handle to win over
Or have you already gained her trust so deeply that she dared to hand over this secret to you? "
"My lord, the queen really told me this! Maybe she thinks it's impossible for me to betray her..."
"Yes, but how could a cunning politician like the Queen trust you so much?" Before Grace could explain, Colin asked again, "Also, why did the Marquis of Aubers want Knight Camilla to follow him?" What about your engagement?"
"Because they know I'm your lover, and they want to provoke you!" Grace replied hastily.
Ke Lin shook his head slowly, apparently not agreeing with the answer, and asked again:
"Then why did Earl Evan prefer to renege on the engagement with the daughter of Prince Leahy a year ago, but also to be engaged to you?"
"Because Earl Evan wants to take over his brother's power, and among these powers, the Bruggen family occupies a strategic location like Tinder City, which is exactly what he must win over."
Colin shook his head again and said:
"That's what I thought at first. But then I realized that I was missing an important question."
"What?"
Ke Lin kneaded the girl's smooth and white chin, and asked in a deep tone:
"You said that you are not Earl Bruggen's biological daughter, so whose illegitimate daughter are you?"
Grace also showed confusion, and said:
"This... I don't know myself."
"But I already know." Colin suddenly showed an enigmatic smile.
(end of this chapter)