Harusburg, the birthplace of the family, is not a very large castle, so when the first day of the meeting ended, Andre did not arrange any accommodation, no matter who had to find a way to solve the problem of sleeping, whether it was uninvited like Zhou Ming, or Louise as the princess, even if it was Ifarman, he still had to find a place to live outside. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

But fortunately, there is a metropolis within an hour's drive of Harusburg, which takes its name from Harusburg, the capital of Alsace and the most prosperous metropolis in the region.

The Rovman Hotel is the most prestigious five-star hotel in Halusburg, most of the people who came to the conference this time live here, and the rest have their own estates in Halusburg, after all, it is also a famous economic region in France, only a little worse than Paris, with many factories, and it is also a famous inland port, even if it is no longer the base of Halusburg, but it still has a lot of industries.

Since there is no property here, Zhou Ming can only choose to live in the Roffman Hotel, like Princess Louise.

After checking in at the hotel and putting their luggage back in their room, they immediately went to Louise's room.

As a princess, Louise will naturally book the presidential suite of the hotel, and she seems to have expected the arrival of Zhou Ming and Caitlin for a long time, so when Zhou Ming knocked on the door of the room to introduce himself, she was invited in by the guards.

Louise was drinking black tea in the living room of the room, and when she saw Zhou Ming and Caitlin walking in, she directly invited them to sit down on the sofa opposite, and instructed her maid to bring them two cups of tea.

"This is Pu'er from China, and it was made two years ago, and it is said that it is the best Pu'er season, and it is also the result of a certain Hong Kong merchant who improved the production process. But I don't understand this, I just think his taste is very good, I know Zhou Ming, you are from Huaxia, so you might as well come and taste it for me. ”

Saying that, Louise also made a gesture of invitation to Zhou Ming, and added: "Of course, you can also add a piece of sugar cube, it will taste better." ”

Zhou Ming thanked Louise first, and then said: "I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint Her Royal Highness the Princess, although I am from Huaxia, but I don't know how to taste tea, but according to our habits, we don't add sugar to tea, because that will take away the mellow flavor of the tea itself, but if you want to improve the taste, you can add some honey or milk." ”

"I see, I think I remembered, and in the future I will try to drink tea in the Chinese way according to your words. ”

Louise said, putting down the teacup in her hand and adding, "You know what? I was very disappointed with your performance today. ”

This sudden sentence made Zhou Ming and Caitlin stunned for a moment, and Louise smiled at their performance and said, "Don't you think I'm too direct?

Zhou Ming shook his head: "Of course not, Ms. Louise, you are Caitlin's aunt and also my elder, and you are also a princess, no matter what your status, you have the right to speak like this." ”

Louise nodded Zhou Ming: "You, a Chinese person, are very good at talking, which is an advantage and a disadvantage, the advantage is that it will make people sound very comfortable, but the disadvantage makes you very conceited." ”

"I used to think that the Ferdinand Guild agreed to the relationship between you because Zhou Ming you have advantages that others do not have, or you have different wisdom, so I will tell you the time and place of this meeting, I thought you would bring me some surprises to this meeting, but now it seems that I have thought a little too much. ”

Louise smiled wryly and continued, "You did surprise you, but there was nothing to be happy about me, because you were so reckless, whether it was the way you came directly or your plan to interrupt the meeting. It's all too reckless, like a child's approach, without using his brain at all. ”

"Auntie, you misunderstood, after we learned the news of this meeting, we immediately left for Alsace, we didn't have time to make any arrangements, this is not to blame Zhou Ming. Caitlin explained to Zhou Ming.

"Don't you think it's just a special excuse for him, Caitlin?" said Louise, "of course I know your journey from Bermuda to here, but if I'm not mistaken, you need to spend a day in England, right?

Caitlin nodded: "I understand what you mean, auntie, but we have to travel jet lag along the way, and we are so noisy on the plane, and we know too little about this meeting and the situation on Andre's side, it is too difficult for Zhou Ming to come up with a perfect solution......"

Zhou Ming opened his mouth and interrupted Caitlin's words: "No need to explain, my approach is indeed too reckless!"

Caitlin said anxiously: "Zhou Ming, how can you say that? It's not your fault, these are all for a reason, aren't they?"

"There is a reason for this, but it still does not hide the recklessness of my actions. Zhou Ming then said to Louise, "But Your Highness the Princess, I admit my recklessness, but I don't think I'm at fault. ”

Louise raised her eyebrows, and seemed to be very surprised by Zhou Ming's words: "Admitting recklessness but not admitting fault, this is a very interesting choice, if the philosophical proposition at this time, maybe he will be a good proposition, but unfortunately, we have to face the facts." ”

"But what I'm saying is the truth. Zhou Ming said.

Louise didn't speak immediately, she looked at Zhou Ming deeply before she said, "So that means that you think that you deliberately drove Ifar Man from his position today, and kept interrupting Andre's speech, and finally ran to the podium to make noise, are these actions the best choice?"

"These actions are certainly not the best choice, but they are really the best choice for me today. Zhou Ming replied.

"Why?" Louise asked curiously.

"Because I need to know more about this meeting, both the people who are attending and the purpose of their meeting. ”

Zhou Ming shook his head as he spoke: "I know that my actions of driving out Ifarman are very reckless, but I must find a place for Caitlyn, otherwise her status as the first heir, who was already despised, will be even more unbearable." ”

"So you choose to get rid of someone. Louise then asked, "But you have to understand that everyone who can sit in the hall today is not simple, and you originally had no upper hand in front of Andre, and now you have offended another person in vain, do you think this is a rational approach?"

Zhou Ming couldn't help but explain: "My Royal Highness the Princess, I want to say that I am not an idiot, the person I choose is not to pick whoever is not pleasing to the eye, although I don't know Ifaman, but when I was outside the door, I found that he and Andre had a close communication, and he was also the most popular with Andre, and even when I called him up at the end, he also asked Andre what he meant, and then spoke." ”

"From these performances, I can judge that he is Andre's person, even if I misjudge, at least he will not support us, so an opponent who is already on the opposite side will be offended. Zhou Ming said indifferently.

Louise heard another important point in Zhou Ming's words: "You said that you have been observing everyone's performance since before you entered the door, which means that you have been planning to use this method to help Caitlyn establish her prestige since then, right?"

Zhou Ming shook his head and replied: "I'm sorry I didn't, observation is just a habit of mine." ”

Louise was silent for a while before she said, "It's a good habit to be observant, because no one knows what good luck will bring you, so what about then? You can't be so reckless all the time." ”

"Of course I won't, so after the meeting is over, we'll come to you first, Your Highness the Princess, we need allies. Zhou Ming said, "Caitlyn and I are very grateful for your invitation to bring us into Harusburg at the door, but what we need is an alliance that binds the interests of both sides, not just the care of the elders." ”

"It's a novel proposition, but the question is, why do you think I'll need an alliance?" Louise asked suddenly.

Facing Louise's question, Zhou Ming suddenly smiled: "I think Your Royal Highness the Princess, you seem to have made a mistake, from the very beginning, Your Royal Highness the Princess, you need to form an alliance with us, not that I want to form an alliance with you, right?"

Zhou Ming's rhetorical question made Louise stunned at that time, and this rhetorical question also startled Caitlin, she pulled Zhou Ming's sleeve a little anxiously, and whispered to him: "Zhou Ming, why are you talking to your aunt like this? This is too rude, and if my aunt is angry, we will have no one to rely on here in Harusburg!"

Zhou Ming was unmoved, he continued: "Actually, I don't understand why, obviously the situation between me and Caitlyn is very bad now, and even with just a few guards, we can be blocked from the gate of Harusburg, but thinking back to all your actions before, whether it was agreeing to attend the funeral of Archduke Ferdinand, or deliberately telling us about this Harusburg meeting, and hoping that we would participate, it can be a good indication that you need us as an ally......"

Speaking of this, Zhou Ming paused for a moment, he thought for a moment before he said: "Or should it be said that it is an ally of Archduke Ferdinand's lineage, I think you should have been in contact with Archduke Ferdinand before, and you also wanted to invite him to this meeting at the beginning, right? It's just that because of his sudden death, you have no choice, so you have to let us top." ”

In Zhou Ming's words one after another, Louise was silent, and Zhou Ming was also very patient, just sitting there waiting for her answer. Only Caitlin sat beside Zhou Ming and was anxious, but because of her very good aristocratic education, she could also sit there with Zhou Ming and Louise.

After a long time, Louise finally broke the silence, she shook her head helplessly and said, "I have to say, your observation skills are really strong, as you guessed, I do need Catelyn ......"

Louise said in a different way, "Or rather...... You allies. ”