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The Countess quietly left the room again and came to the mysterious shadow.

Although she didn't know the identity of the other party, the countess still knelt in front of him respectfully: "My lord." ”

The cold voice reached the earless's ears: "How are your girls?" ”

About a month ago, the Countess had already let her beautiful maids seduce the noble sons and gentlemen who had come to play with the Grand Prince.

"There are already some eyebrows," said the countess, "according to the information that has been obtained so far, there is a room of His Royal Highness that has always been heavily guarded, and no one is allowed to enter except himself and Francis, and the treasure should be in that room." ”

"Hmm." The black shadow replied lightly, and then handed a small bottle to the countess: "Take it." ”

The Countess was slightly stunned, took the small transparent bottle and looked at it, and found that the small bottle contained some fine and dense white powder.

The Countess said with some hesitation, "My lord, this is—"

"Mix this into Princess Renee's meal, make sure she eats it, understand?"

The countess's body trembled slightly, obviously understanding something, but immediately lowered her head: "Yes, my lord." ”

When she looked up, it was empty.

The Countess sighed softly, and disappeared into the darkness as well.

As the minutes ticked by, it was late at night, but the lights in Francis's room were never extinguished.

"I always feel like something is going to happen—" Francis sat at the table, his eyes fixed on the oil lamp in front of him, his face changing from the flickering light of the fire.

To be honest, Francis didn't like the way the Great Prince did today, you must know that the three Sanctuary powerhouses are the biggest hole cards to protect the treasure on this trip, but His Royal Highness the Prince played this hole card very rashly just because he wanted to break up Princess Renee and Dandrien.

When the hole cards are not opened, it has a very strong deterrent against any enemy who is secretly eyeing them, and when it is fully opened, this unknown deterrent is gone.

What's more, after this battle, his side also lost the combat power of two Sacred Domain powerhouses, and the other one was also seriously injured, which can be said to be a big loss.

Thinking of this, Francis couldn't help but shake his head gently: "The eldest prince is good at everything, but he is too impulsive." ”

As a young man with strong blood, impulsiveness is a very common trait; But when the young man was also a candidate for the future emperor of the empire, an emperor who was too impulsive and self-willed was obviously not good news for the Spanny Empire.

Francis sighed and thought to himself: "Fortunately, His Majesty the Emperor's health is still healthy now, how can I say that it will not be a problem to live for ten or eight years, and by that time the eldest prince should be able to mature and get rid of this problem." ”

After thinking for a while, Francis, who was still not sleepy, simply went to the window and opened it.

Outside the window, it was a dark night, and the snowflakes were still falling, and a few flakes drifted into the window from time to time.

A cold night breeze blew into the room, and the icy breath shook Francis, and the whole person's consciousness became a little clearer.

"It's been a lot of snow this year." Francis couldn't help frowning, he had the impression that the northwest land of the empire had never had such a cold winter.

What's more, the mountain range where the White Peony Castle is located has been snowing for a whole month since the beginning of winter, and it looks like it will continue to fall like this.

"I really don't know if this should be a good thing or a bad thing." Francis tightened her neckline and reached for the window shut.

The moment the window was closed, the oil lamp behind Francis suddenly went out, and the room was plunged into darkness.

A figure emerged from the darkness, holding a dagger in his right hand, and silently pounced on Francis.

Francis immediately noticed the anomaly, and at the moment when the light went out, he pulled out the long sword at his waist, turned around and slashed towards the attacking black shadow.

"Dang!" A sound of gold and iron intersecting, and the black shadow was shaken back by Francis's sword, and once again disappeared into the darkness.

Francis stood vigilantly in the darkness of the room, pricking up his ears to listen carefully to the movements around him, trying to find out where the attacker was hiding in the room.

The sneak attacker didn't keep Francis waiting long, and after a few moments, Francis suddenly felt a strong wind suddenly appear behind him, and it was clear that a second attack was imminent.

Francis let out a loud shout, the long sword in his hand suddenly filled with fighting energy, and he turned around and slashed at the location of the attacker he sensed.

Through the battle just now, Francis already had a preliminary impression of the strength of the sneak attacker, so he was very sure that this sword that gathered all his strength would definitely make the sneak attacker suffer a big loss.

But to Francis's surprise, the sword did not slash the attacker, but instead split a chair thrown at him into countless pieces.

"Oh no, I've been deceived!" Francis was shocked.

The cold light in the darkness appeared again, but this time Francis had missed the blow and the door was exposed.

The dagger pierced into Francis's heart almost without condensation, and if it weren't for Francis's slight twist in the air at the critical moment, the blow would have pierced him directly into the heart.

Even so, the sharp pain from the back of his heart caused Francis to fall to the ground heavily.

At that moment, the door of the room was suddenly kicked open.

"What people!" A loud shout came from the doorway, followed by several guards armed with sharp blades.

However, all they saw was Francis, who was lying on the ground, and there was no one in the room.

A moment later, the eldest prince who had learned the news arrived.

"How's he doing?" The eldest prince looked at Francis, whose eyes were closed and his face was as pale as paper, and the expression on his face was very anxious.

"The wound is not fatal, it should be cured for a while." The answer was Gavin, as the most skilled person in the entire castle, Gavin also arrived here as soon as he received the news, and was bandaging and disinfecting Francis at the moment.

The eldest prince breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, you must know that Francis appeared here because of him, so if Francis is really dead, then the anger of the Golden Lion family will definitely be vented on the eldest prince.

In the 300 years since the founding of the Spany Empire, there has never been a prince who has been able to take over the throne after annoying the Golden Lion family.

"Search for me, get that damn assassin out, and break him to pieces!" The eldest prince viciously ordered his subordinates.

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