The carriage bearing the golden rose coat of arms of the Conrad family slowly departs Windsor Castle. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Susie Conrad sat quietly in the carriage with her eyes closed in contemplation, a handful of dark golden bangs on her forehead swaying up and down as the carriage jolted slightly.

Sitting opposite Susie was a young girl in a long dress of creamy plain cloth, the skirt was spun from linen, except for the pleated patterns on the skirt, the whole skirt was surprisingly simple.

At this time, the girl was curiously looking at the handful of hair that was swaying from side to side, as if she thought it was very funny and covered her mouth desperately to prevent herself from laughing.

After a while, Susie slowly opened her eyes, looked at the girl in front of her who wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh, the corners of her mouth rose slightly, but she pretended to be angry, crossed her waist and asked in a brisk tone:

"What the hell are you up to, Mary?"

When the maiden named Mary saw that Miss had finally finished thinking, she no longer held back her laughter, laughed merrily, pointed to her forehead and laughed as she said:

"Hair, Miss-hair, haha, I think you need a barber to cut it for you-haha"

Susie first scratched the bangs in front of her forehead worriedly, and muttered to herself, "It's not long......" and then saw Mary smile more happily, so she came to her senses, stood up and threw herself at the maid opposite.

"Well, Mary, you dare to tease Mademoiselle now—" Susie kept squeaking the girl's waist and abdomen with her fingers, and the two of them suddenly fought in the carriage.

If this scene were seen by the other members of Platinum Amber, their jaws would have fallen to the ground in surprise.

Miss Conrad, who is known as the "butler", and Leonie's most relied on sister will actually mess with her waitress regardless of her image, which is simply an impossible scene in reality.

After some fighting, the two sat back in their seats, and Susie rearranged her clothes, her silk gown was different from Mary's linen dress, and even one extra fold would be detracted in the eyes of the other nobles if she was not properly cared for.

"Miss, has Windsor Castle changed?" asked the little maid Mary curiously as she watched Susie straighten her dress, blinking her big eyes.

"Didn't you go too?" asked Susie nonchalantly.

"But I didn't get out of the car, I stayed in the car—" The girl held her head proudly, as if waiting for her master's compliment.

"It hasn't changed, it hasn't changed at all—" Susie's voice was no longer so brisk, and there was a heaviness in her tone that even Mary could hear.

"Miss......" The waitress thumped her head in annoyance, secretly hating how she could ask such a stupid question again.

Susie picked the corner of the curtain and looked out of the car with a faint look.

Although Susie was able to live in Windsor Castle, where the Conrad family had lived for generations, even as an illegitimate child, she moved out as soon as she became an adult.

The family didn't care much about the departure of an illegitimate daughter, not to mention that her mother was just a waitress at Windsor Castle, and since she was a child, Susie could hear the long-tongued women in the castle secretly talking behind their backs:

"If you weren't drunk, how could the lord ...... Give birth to such a wild seed...... Look at how thin she looks...... Far worse than Miss Leonie......"

After her mother gave birth to her, Susie remembered Archduke Conrad fondly, the man named "Father" never even came to see her, and in the few meetings she had, father and daughter had just as little communication, and her mother died of illness shortly after.

It wasn't until she started working for her eldest sister and getting involved in the platinum and amber thing that things gradually improved, and the harsh words disappeared into Windsor Castle, and even the few maids who gossiped back then she never saw again.

It was also because Leonie helped her say good things that she finally moved out of a small two-story building in the central district of Worms, obtained a small fief in the countryside and built her own estate.

"Leonie...... Sister...... "Susie couldn't help but shudder as she silently muttered this familiar and unfamiliar name.

For Susie, who has suffered from cold eyes, Leonie can be said to be her savior, and she has always believed that her sister is the only person in the family who cares about her.

But as she grew older and more experienced, Susie gradually saw the truth behind it, and she couldn't help but think of the words written in the "Windsor Castle Architectural Notes" that she had read in her study:

"This cold and noble building is gorgeous without a trace of warmth at all. ”

After all, she is just a chess piece in the hands of her sister, no matter how hard she tries, she will always become a bargaining chip in the family, what makes her feel chills in her heart is that she can't imagine that the sister who is not much older than her, the smile she showed to her when she was a child, is it true or false......

Recently, Leonie's sister revealed her intention to marry Worms or other great nobles of Farran, and even vaguely mentioned a few people, as if everything had been arranged for her.

"Huh-" Susie laughed self-deprecatingly, thinking that with hard work, she could get rid of the marionette-like life now, but she didn't expect that she still came to this point at the mercy of others.

There have been countless nights when she has held her head in bed and meditated, is she sick, and her sister's arrangement is not wrong?

She chooses all nobles with prominent families and a long history, if she doesn't marry these people, who can she marry?

But no matter how she explained it to herself, Susie couldn't escape this visceral disgust, this sense of restraint that she couldn't decide her life, and the exhaustion of becoming numb and passive and having to put on a shrewd and capable mask in front of others.

It was only in front of Mary, who had been playing since she was a child and was closest to her, that Susie dared to remove her mask and get a moment of relaxation.

"I don't want to be set by others, I want to be in control of my own life-" Susie's mind popped up the thoughts she had been thinking about day and night, but in an instant she was shattered by a figure that emerged.

She felt as if she was in a jungle full of poisonous roses, and trying to crawl through the clumps of bewitching thorny roses would only make her skewed.

The Conrad family seems to be a glory, but for Susie, it is a nightmare.

"Money and people—" She subconsciously clenched her fists, and she couldn't help but think of the thoughts that repeatedly floated in her mind: "If I also have subordinates who obey my orders, and a lot of money, who can-who dares to control my fate?"

But where is there room for Worms to interfere with her? Others want to join the Conrad family, it is nothing more than Leonie and Felix, even Noah and Big Brother Leon can be considered, but no one will consider Susie.

Suddenly, there was a crisp "bang" outside the door, interrupting Susie's thoughts.

Immediately after that, there was a neighing of horses, and the coachman jumped down from the front to the window and knocked on the door.

Mary stepped forward and unbolted the door, poked her head out, and asked in confusion, "What happened?"

The coachman pointed to the front with some embarrassment, and explained: "It was him, it was he who suddenly came out of nowhere - and crashed into the car." ”

Susie waved her hand to appease the coachman, and looked down at the car door, where a slender figure was lying on the ground, looking like an emaciated young man, who seemed to have fainted, and lay on the ground, revealing a golden and red mess of hair behind his head.

Raising his eyes to the dark alley opposite, a few shadows chased after him in the dim alley, and for a moment he seemed to see the big golden rose tattooed on the carriage, so he hurriedly disappeared into the alley.

Susie snorted coldly, understood a general idea in her heart, and instructed the coachman: "Take him back first, let's go." ”