Merlin's troubles are actually quite simple.

She ran into the man she hated again, the man who had chased her and said he liked her the most. Merlin thought he had come with a sincere heart—

Even though the man wasn't that good, she was a little moved.

How precious is a blazing liking.

No one knew, and she was almost shaken by the chase.

Until one day, by chance, she heard the men of the small aristocratic circle talking about her, and only a few words were enough for Merlin to piece together everything.

What a duke's only daughter, arrogant, no one under her eyes, bad personality, just a good-looking face, difficult to serve, but marrying her is equivalent to marrying a duke or something.

These words made Merlin feel very annoyed, what were these people thinking, marrying her and getting a knighthood? Is she a fool? If you don't inherit a good title, you want to give it to someone else?

Annoyed by this, she remembered what her old father had told her before.

She's also getting older, and if there's the right person to get along with, try it.

The old father is about to introduce her to a stinky man.

That's where Merlin's boredom lies.

But when he was annoyed, he suddenly saw the little butler coming to him, looking fascinated, and the annoyance in Merlin's heart seemed to dissipate a lot at once.

"See what?" Merlin stretched out his hand and poked Jiang Jiang's forehead, "Who made you look at the eldest lady like this?" ”

Jiang Jiang instantly retracted his gaze, lowered his head and quickly admitted his mistake: "It's me who is rude." ”

"It's good to know it's rude."

"But it's late at night, and Mademoiselle should rest."

"Rest?" Merlin snorted and pointed to his face: "How long did you see me do makeup in the afternoon?" Looking at this dress again, how long does it take to wear it? How long it took me to get out of the house, do you remember? ”

"I remember, it took two hours." Jiang Jiang didn't know why Merlin asked this for a while, so she only instinctively praised what she liked to listen to on weekdays: "The eldest lady must be the most dazzling celebrity at the dance today." ”

Merlin was praised and stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but have a little smile in his eyes.

"That's not it, I've been waiting so long today to dance at the prom."

"But I didn't dance today, and I tossed back and forth for four hours, and if I take off my makeup and go to sleep now—"

Merlin stood up, skirt dangling: "The whole afternoon was in vain." ”

"Then the eldest lady can't stay without rest, if she doesn't rest, she will cross midnight......"

"No rest, Jiang Jiang, Steward Jiang." She looked at Jiang Jiang, "You look pretty good." ”

"Do you know how to ballroom dance?"

"By the way, you seem to be a graduate of the University in the main city of the Federation, how can you not know ballroom dancing."

With that, Merlin raised his arm and made a shoulder-to-shoulder dance gesture.

Jiang Jiang didn't understand what she meant all of a sudden, and stood in place, not moving.

"Can't you come back yet?"

"I'm going to dance, come here."

"This, eldest lady......" Jiang Jiang's hand clenched slightly, "Isn't this inappropriate?" ”

"I'm not consulting you, I'm ordering you, come here!"

As if he couldn't resist the order, and as if he couldn't resist his own command, he walked quietly towards Merlin.

There was no music, and in this square space, the two danced.

In this dance, Merlin is the leader, she takes Jiang Jiang to spin, leaning on each other, raising her hand, spinning no, regardless of identity, the princess in a taro purple dress and the handsome prince who is a little poor are actually a bit of a match.

But outside the door, Duke Dyce, who was called by the old housekeeper to persuade his daughter to sleep, saw this scene through the crack in the door, and his expression changed directly.

His hand was on the carved doorknob and he didn't move for a long time.