In the evening of the second trip, the team arrived at the Ci'en River, downstream of the main trunk of the Sumisibi River.

A vast and dense fleet of ships moored along the wide river is lined up along the embankment into the distance, long masts and sails obscuring the sky as if there is no end in sight.

Merlin is a predominantly landlocked country, and the imperial capital is built in the heart, and many noble ladies and ladies who do not have much opportunity to go out to take a boat look at the sails that cannot be seen at a glance, and let out bursts of amazement.

The fleet has been docked on the shore for more than three days, the logistics and materials have been moved, and the above qiē can not be more properly prepared, as soon as the team to move the palace arrived, the emperor carried out a simple ceremony before boarding, and a large number of noble officials accompanying him immediately brought their families on board.

“…… Your sister is delicate, and I hope she won't get seasick, but Mom has already brought the mint oil and you can send it to your sister later. ”

A pair of aristocratic mother and daughter walked past Lin An, and Lin An recognized this Mrs. Adelaide - of course, not the one from Sunjin River Port, but the contemporary head of the family, Helen.

Mrs. Helen had a beautiful appearance, Lin An made a mistake with her, and her eyes suddenly shrank like an electric shock, as if Lin An was some kind of flood beast.

Lin An turned a blind eye and nodded lightly, and the daughter carried her skirt, took her mother, and walked over with the servant behind her.

Lin An is casual, although it is said that Mrs. Helen and Mrs. Tiffany have a very good relationship, but she can't see any personal resentment in Mrs. Helen's eyes, it seems that the family that has been inherited for a hundred years does have a way of dealing with the world, and knows how to break the wrist of a strong man when necessary.

Of course, Lin An would not think that the Adelaide family would never forget about Tiffany, and if she was not faintly revealing the backstage behind her that they could not provoke, the Adelaide family would never let her go, even now. If she suddenly had nothing, they would be the fastest to fall into the ground.

"The higher you stand, the more enemies," - the fewer friends there are, Lin An said to himself, "Oh no, they are far from enemies." ”

She turned her head and leaned on the side of the boat to look out over the shore, with a tall John behind her. Andre and the others were tidying up their cabins, and Lin An had Angelia, who was very leisurely at this time.

Once the number of people exceeds 10,000. The crowd suddenly became dense like ants.

On the side of the boat in front of Lin An's deck, he looked out at the sparse woods on the shore that were hidden by the crowd of wagons.

She could feel the crowd glancing at them from time to time, and the peeps from the sparse woods on the shore were drowned out, leaving Lin An with no way of knowing if was still following.

"This guy really has a lot of skills. There is a kind of hiding for a lifetime! Lin An grinded his teeth a little.

She summoned Titi every once in a while, although she could faintly feel the connection in her soul, but it was as if one of the two exits of a rubber tube was blocked, and Lin An's call could not be transmitted at all.

It seems that Titi was discovered, and had already closed the reception on its side, otherwise it had come so close. Lin An had long been able to know its existence according to the soul connection.

But Titi's approach is also not self-defeating, and Lin An further confirmed that it is nearby. I also understood that it would not show up in front of her.

She vaguely worried that after waiting for the boat, there might not be mountains and forests everywhere along the way, and Titi might not be able to keep up with her and be left behind, or simply leave.

……

Lin An wandered out of the world, looking down at the shore with scattered eyes. Wandering awkwardly, unaware that she was looking at the landscape. In the eyes of others, she is also a landscape-

The decks of the nearby ships were noisy, and although most of the salutes had been delivered in advance, there were still some belongings that were not delivered to the ship until I arrived, so the deck was the most chaotic place, with people moving around.

But the deck where Lin An was was obviously much quieter than the nearby ships, the place where she was didn't need John's to do anything, people automatically vacated a space, and the people who walked nearby tried to reduce the noise as much as possible, and after sneaking a glance at the back of the celestial man, they walked over lightly.

Across the main ship of a ship, Victoria recovered from a few days of illness and went to the deck to breathe in the company of Ludwig, who had now officially become her guardian knight and could rightfully set foot on the main ship where the royal family was located.

Victoria was also standing on the side of the ship, with Ludwig and the guards behind her—since the death of her original valet she had not paid any attention to her for the time being—she noticed the movement below, and when she looked to the side, she found Lin An's location, and her face flashed with displeasure.

"Is it her again? I used that beauty to swagger again! ”

As she spoke, she deliberately looked at Ludwig's expression, "A truly noble lady will respect her identity, and she will hide in the cabin after boarding the ship, and will not show her face for those lowly servants to see, even if she comes out to breathe, she should add a veil to her face." ”

She wore a wide-brimmed soft hat on her face, and a transparent black veil made her face hazy and charming, and a little chin and lips were exposed under the black veil.

"I believe that Ludwig's love for beauty is far less than his love for you—am I right, Ludwig?"

Charles's voice came from behind them, and by the time he had finished speaking, he had already come to the two of them.

Ludwig's eyes were filled with the charm of a mature man, and he took Victoria's hand, bowed his head and kissed it gently, "Of course, my Highness." ”

When he looked down, a little white cross appeared in the depths of his eyes.

"Women are always very concerned about the same sex that can be compared to themselves, please don't care about the occasional gaffe of Via, you know, the marriage is about to be announced, and she is just a little nervous."

Charles was quite satisfied with Ludwig's cousin.

During this time, he has been considering temporarily suspending his relationship with Victoria, after all, during this critical period, he cannot travel on any business, and because remarriage is on the agenda, if he wants to marry, his private life will inevitably be paid more attention, and it will inevitably go wrong.

What's more, Victoria does have three points of sincerity towards Ludwig, if they get along well after marriage, maybe he will also consider completely ending the relationship with Victoria, after all, he can't give Victoria a normal marriage, and he can't ignore Victoria's happiness because of greed for love.

And because of Heidi's relationship, he has seen the sequelae of the chaos in his private life:

There's no denying it. He does like women and enjoys the thrill of cheating with Victoria, but that can't come at the expense of his career, and when he ascends to the throne, whatever he wants will be at his fingertips.

Charles's intentions didn't reveal anything to anyone, but he didn't expect that a woman's intuition was keen, and Victoria could detect a change in his attitude:

At least until then, Charles would not take the initiative to settle the conversation between her and Ludwig, and he has always ignored Ludwig. This is the attitude that Charles should have towards the man who has a relationship with her when he treats her as a lover.

Victoria's face turned pale, but fortunately the others couldn't see it behind the black veil. And Charles, who had his back to her, did not notice Victoria's resentful gaze, and was still there in a whispered conversation with Ludwig:

“…… When I talked about Victoria's marriage to Elizabeth a few days ago, I don't know who mentioned my remarriage, and there were good people who listed all the unmarried ladies and ladies in the imperial capital, and the Lady of the Purple Rose was also among them. At that time, some people said that they didn't know which young talent had the opportunity to hold a beauty......"

Charles didn't really have any other intention when he mentioned this.

For Lin An, as long as she is a man, of course she will have ideas, especially when she knows that she is likely to be the object of Odin's can't ask for it, which adds a fiery fire to Charles's heart.

But he has not yet regarded Lin An as a candidate for marriage. On the one hand, he felt that the hidden inheritance was of little help to him, and on the other hand, he was also wary of the background of Lin An's hidden inheritance, feeling that it was not conducive to his reign after ascending the throne.

Of course. If it weren't for the premise of marriage, if he could kiss Fangze, he would be willing to pay some price.

There are many young people in the imperial capital who are willing to go bankrupt for this beauty to win favor, but they are only warned by the elders of the family, or simply tied up at home or sent outside. Like the group of young people who liked to hold salon parties before, since Ann. After Lin entered the imperial capital. Many have disappeared.

So for Ann. Lin, a stunning beauty with thorns all over her body and can only be watched from a distance and cannot be blasphemed, the men in the imperial capital will not show Xiàn on the scene, but they have their own ranking in private. Lin has long been at the top of the list of "the most coveted beauties of the male aristocracy in the imperial capital".

Gain's appearance and temperament are too prominent, even a man who has seen all kinds of beauties in Huan Fat Yan has to admit that this person's appearance is the best in the world, and no one can compare with it.

Therefore, in the men's conversations, when mentioning this beauty in private, there is naturally a kind of ambiguity, the women may not be able to see it, but the men are tacit, and Charles has not been close to women for a long time in order to package the image of "the affectionate husband who mourns his deceased wife" in recent years.

"Hmph, Luther, let's go!"

Victoria was furious and couldn't help but lift her skirt and leave, and Ludwig nodded apologetically in farewell.

But when he turned his face to chase Victoria, there was a strange coldness on his calm face, and when he looked at Victoria's back, his eyes flashed like a meteor.

……

The main ship belonging to the royal family had long been packed, and there were not many people on the deck except for the guards on duty, Victoria walked quickly back to her cabin with her skirt on her hand, her chest undulating, and the maid in her cabin was so frightened that she immediately stood up and watched her come in with horror.

Ludwig chased Victoria in, and when he saw this, his eyes flashed, and he gestured with his gaze, and the maids withdrew as if they had been pardoned, and as soon as the door of the cabin was closed, Victoria suddenly turned around, put her feet around Ludwig's broad shoulders and neck, and kissed the man behind her with her lips as red as roses.

Lowering his head, Ludwig hid the coldness in his eyes, contrary to his usual image in front of Victoria, his lips and teeth were like beasts, and he violated rudely without mercy, as if he was not the most noble princess of the empire, but a lowly prostitute.

By the time Victoria awoke from the stormy kisses, her dress painted with gold and silver had long since fallen to pieces, and she was lying on the big bed like a naked and beautiful lamb, while Ludwig was still fully dressed.

This stimulated Victoria's lust and reminded her of her affair with Charles, and her face was blushed with jealousy and lust, and she grabbed Ludwig's big palm, put it on her chest, and whispered:

"Want me!"

What she didn't notice was that Ludwig's face seemed to be full of lust, but the depths of his eyes were cold. It is gradually occupied by a bright white cross.

“…… You will be punished for the original sin of your body, you foolish lamb......"

The thin lips trembled slightly, the corners of his mouth hooked up a warm and cold smile, and the cold-eyed man's right hand reached between the woman's legs, and the woman's trembling moans gradually filled the bed curtain.

……

The sun rises and the moon sets, and the fleet slowly sets off.

The maids who stood guard outside the door brought dinner, but Princess Victoria's closed door did not open.

No sound could be heard in the well-sounded room, until most of the magic hour had passed, when a high-pitched female voice of extreme joy reached the ears of the maids, who blushed.

Faintly, a delicate maid who was most likely to be a personal maid, Si Dini, glanced at the others. Su Rong glanced at the handmaidens holding trays around them and ordered them to stand back, while she stayed at the door.

She made the right decision. The sound coming from behind the heavy wooden door of the cabin was getting more and more frequent, and although it was not loud, Stini knew how well the cabin was soundproofed.

Waiting quietly by the door, for fear that others would pass by, Stini couldn't help but think. What kind of bliss is Princess Victoria in to forget about her reserve and the place she is in, and make such a high-pitched voice selflessly.

Thinking of this, Stini suddenly felt that the voice was like a magic and pervasive into her ears.

Her fingers gradually tightened into her palms, and her legs closed involuntarily. But her face turned red uncontrollably, and she felt the sound behind the hatch hit her like electricity, and the hidden parts of her body gradually flowed with the liquid of shame.

Dinner time passed. As the moon rose to the west, the female voice behind the hatch slowly faded after the first high-pitched moan, and the silence behind the door was silent, but it never opened, and Stini tightened her legs in the cold wind. While breathing a sigh of relief, I felt an indescribable emptiness permeating it.

Until the sun wanes in the east. A gap opened in the hatch.

Behind the door was a tall man in a baggy shirt with a strong chest exposed, who only indifferently dropped the sentence, "Breakfast is here," and closed the door.

When Stini walked into the room with a hearty breakfast, a strong obscene smell came to her face.

The maids lowered their heads and blushed and brought the silver platter to the bedside, but they did not see Victoria's figure, and then there was a slight sound behind a screen, and a tall man came out from behind the screen, and the figure of a woman was cast on the screen.

"Change the bed."

The tall man ordered, then looked at the maids, frowned, and said to Si Dini, "You will be the only one to come in the future." ”

Later?

Si Dini suddenly had a doubt, and before she could think clearly, a slightly weak, lazy and coquettish female voice behind the screen said:

"Do as Viscount Ludwig says, and you go out - Ludwig's words will be my words."

The maids did not dare to look up and leave, and after closing the door, Stini began to clean up the bed, and suddenly her face turned red: it turned that the messy water on the sheets was not only all over the sheets, but also deeply immersed in the thick quilt below, and it was impossible to imagine what had happened on them.

Stini's breath became short, and she turned her eyes uneasily, only to find that the water was not only on the bed, but also on the floor next to the bed, beside the coffee table, on the low cabinet, under the windowsill, and on the carpet...... There are traces of chaos everywhere in the whole room.

The largest puddle of water stretched from the edge of the bed to the back of the screen, on which a pair of figures were faintly printed together.

Stini did not dare to look any further, so she quickly packed up the bed and put on a new cover, and asked the maid to carry hot water to the door, and she herself carried it in and poured it into the wide tub, and then she was sent out, and from the beginning to the end Victoria only said one word, and Stini could not see even an inch of her skin.

For two days and three nights, Ludwig and Victoria in the cabin never showed up in front of people, and Stini, the only one allowed to come in to deliver food and clean up the room, did not see Victoria, but when cleaning up the room, she found some strange traces, such as small hemp rope, half-burned candles, broken pearl necklaces, and so on.

She vaguely thought of something, but without Victoria's signal, Stini didn't dare to reveal it at all, so she could only keep it a secret, do everything herself, and try to find excuses to confuse the people sent by the emperor to interrogate.

When the fourth day came, Stini's excuses were exhausted, and she was about to despair. Victoria and Ludwig finally reappeared.

When Stini saw Victoria again, she seemed to notice that something had changed in her, but when she looked closely, she couldn't see anything.

It's just that Victoria's expression is a little pale and tired, and there are faint strangulation marks in the places covered by clothes, but her whole person is delicate and haggard, but also makes people feel glamorous, and the bird snuggles up to Ludwig's side, and the whole person seems to have taken off the arrogance and reserve, and when Ludwig's eyes are met. What was passed in their eyes made Si Dini blush, and her body tingled.

"You've been doing a great job these days. From today onwards, you will be my valet maid. Victoria's voice was hoarse and slightly coquettish.

Stini was overjoyed, glad that she had done the right thing, and immediately swept away the anxiety of the past few days.

But she didn't know that when Victoria in front of her was talking, the tall man next to the princess seemed to have a few inches of hand on Victoria's waist. I rubbed it in a hollow somewhere, as if unintentionally.

Victoria suddenly looked at Ludwig with a resentful face, and his eyes flashed with anger, fear, uneasiness, and incredulity, and Ludwig's gaze seemed to see the devil who could not be avoided, and like an addicted poppy, and finally in Ludwig's smile with a certain meaning. Bowed his head in compromise.

"Don't forget what you promised me, huh?" Ludwig whispered in Victoria's ear like a lover.

"Go now?!"

Horror flashed in Victoria's eyes, and her body subconsciously contracted. But as if she had forgotten that she still had the shackles of the devil on her body, a wave of pleasure spread to her limbs and bones, making her relive the feeling of wandering in the sword of heaven and hell.

"The princess doesn't want to?" Ludwig's eyes were gentle, but a meaningful smile was pouting at the corners of his mouth, and mockery swept across his eyes.

"......No," Victoria didn't notice the look in Ludwig's eyes. It was as if he had fallen back into the nightmare of two days and three nights, and subconsciously responded. "Good, good - I'll do it, I'll do it!"

"Victoria is so good!" Ludwig gave Victoria a rewarding kiss on the cheek.

Victoria immediately stood up like a conditioned reflex, subconsciously took two steps, came back to her senses, but her buttocks were patted twice by the man's big palm, Victoria put her legs together, straightened her waist and raised her chest, raised her chin slightly as before, and walked out in a slightly strange posture.

Stini's face was flushed, and she didn't dare to look up when the two were flirting, and at this time she instinctively chased Victoria, and her waist suddenly tightened, and she watched Victoria walk out the door.

"You stay, let the princess go by herself."

The man's breath spewed on Stini's head, as if unintentionally, and the tie of the skirt around Stini's waist loosened, and she let out a scream.

As Victoria closed the door one last time, she saw her maid hunched between the tall man's open legs, her taut back bent like a swan with folded wings, a position vaguely similar to that of her self two days earlier.

The hatch closed, closing the devil's music of the male and female ensembles in the cabin, and a white cross appeared in the depths of Victoria's eyes, but she was unaware of it, and walked quietly to the other side of the aisle.

……

"Is this your decision?"

Surprise flashed in Charles's eyes, and the corners of his lips, which were very royal, pursed slightly, "What if...... This is what you really think, and I will certainly respect it. ”

He paused, looked directly at Victoria, who was standing straight like a swan in front of him, with his gentle and affectionate eyes as before, and then said softly:

"I wonder why you suddenly decided to do this, if it was because of what happened on deck three days ago, I hope it wasn't on your whims - even if you were going to end our relationship, you should tell me a reason, shouldn't you?"

Victoria avoided his direct gaze and lowered her eyes, "Every woman wants to have a happy marriage." ”

Seeing Victoria's expression, Charles flashed with anger, and was quickly replaced by reason, after taking a deep breath, nodded, stood up and walked in front of Victoria, reached out and took Victoria into his arms, feeling her waist stiff, but he didn't think much about it, and intertwined with Victoria's lips and teeth, sealing them with a kiss, as their end.

After the two separated, Victoria's breath was unusually disordered, and she fell softly on Charles's chest and gasped for a long time before calming down, and when she looked up, her eyes were covered with water, and pink spread from her cheeks to her chest, which made Charles almost unable to help herself, but Victoria finally left his arms firmly.

After Victoria left, Charles stood in disarray, and after a while, he undoubtedly looked down, only to find a small dark patch on the carpet on which Victoria had stood.

A certain conjecture flashed through the look of Victoria just now in Charles's mind, and he lowered his head to stroke the carpet, and put his fingertips to the end of his nose, and the familiar breath on it immediately confirmed his conjecture.

(To be continued)

PS：

Thank you for the pink ticket of the bird flying over the rainbow and the pear of the flower, and the evaluation vote of the doomsday peach blossom! o(n_n)o~

Ludwig was written more and more strictly by me......