Ipeia turned her head back slightly, showed a sweet smile, and said to the fat aunt standing behind her, "Aunt Connor, please serve everyone." ”

The fat aunt named "Connor" was a maid in the era of her grandmother's generation, and after the death of the old housekeeper 12 years ago, she took over his work and became the big boss at that time, that is, Nanokai's mother, the right-hand man of Kaiqi's eldest daughter, and after the death of the three sisters of her mother's generation, Aunt Connor assisted the young Nanokai, until the new master grew up step by step to be able to take charge of himself. As a veteran of three generations, it would be impossible to say that she did not know the identity of Ipeia, but she was still not used to following orders. In response to Ipeya's instructions, Aunt Connor couldn't help but turn her gaze to Nanokai. The latter also nodded slightly. Aunt Connor moved her fat body out of the small dining room.

As soon as the door opened, the sound outside became louder.

"You rotten snake, poisonous prostitute, skunk eel! Believe it or not, I'm going to dump you in the garbage and smash you into mud and smear the walls?"

"Ouch, who's farting, it stinks. I'm going to kill someone. ”

"You're a fart! You fart every day!"

"Here we go again. I can't stand it, why don't someone hurry up and block up the fart place?"

"Bastard! It's ...... to block."

"That's enough, you two are not finished?" Seeing Ipeiya's brow furrow slightly, Nanokai hurriedly walked to the door and yelled at the two cousins who were arguing outside.

There is no substitute for the majesty of my sister. LaMillie was shocked on the spot, and didn't dare to continue the foul language, and Sasha didn't dare to say a word. Seeing that the outside of the noisy dining hall had quieted down, Nanokai no longer kept a straight face, she changed to a calm tone and said, "Miss Ipeia has something important to announce, you two come in quickly." ”

Sasha and LaMillie didn't dare to disobey, and honestly walked to the small restaurant together. However, because the two were in the same step, when they reached the door of the small restaurant, their shoulders collided with each other.

"Hmph!" a syllable came out at the same time, causing the voices of the two to overlap. After giving each other a roll of eyes and disdain, they twisted their faces back at the same time. Then the two of them each sat down in the two adjacent seats that had been vacated at the dinner table.

Now, everyone is in place. Aunt Connor, who was outside the door, took six maids to bring in cheese, broth, chicken chops, bread, vegetables and other food, and placed them in front of several hosts and guests in turn, and then asked the six maids to leave the small dining room and stay at the table by themselves.

Although it was only a small gesture of passing the food, it made the observant Dante read a lot of information: the timing of the food was just right, and the pace and operation of the girls when serving the food were quite graceful and rigorous, which was diametrically opposed to the natural and tranquil atmosphere of this country manor. The other three cousins, although one is fierce, one is venomous, and the other is rude, but after sitting at the table, all three of them have become fake ladies, and between their gestures, it is all standard aristocratic etiquette, which would not have been possible without more than ten years of long-term training. It can be seen that although the Fernández family has declined, the etiquette and living habits of the high nobles are still quite intact, which makes Dante faintly aware that this family, which has been retired from the mainstream society of the Rocard Empire for more than 40 years, seems to be waiting for the opportunity to make a comeback. If that day comes, the political map of the empire will change, and how can those with vested interests do so......?

Another person who made Dante take a closer look was the Riverside Man. It was the first time Julian and Dent had dined at the same table with the Riverside. Although the people by the river tried their best to make their movements appear natural, the subtle mannerisms in the subtlety revealed a kind of luxury, and among all the people present, only Ipeia's temperament could match this luxurious air. And Dante also saw another important detail from the slight movement of the riverside man holding a knife and fork: this man who did not want to show his true identity was not from the Rocal Empire, and his gesture of holding the cutlery was very different from that of the Empire.

"Mr. Dante, what's wrong, things don't suit your appetite?" Seeing Dante's slightly sluggish movement of the knife and fork, and the thoughtful misty look in his eyes, Ipeia could more or less guess what he was thinking, and opened her mouth to warn.

"It's not. I was just thinking, didn't you have something to announce before, Miss?" Dent found a good reason for himself to play the round. After a few days together, he got to know Ipeia more or less, and Dante knew that Ipeia might be able to guess what was in his mind. If outsiders are aware of the Fernandez family's schemes, they may be a little afraid of Julian, who is the Pope's envoy and the Empress's guest, but he is just a lowly servant, and he is afraid that he will be killed.

Of course, this is only for the worst. Just one meal will not completely expose the intentions of the entire family.

"By the way, don't sell it anymore, Miss, what do you want to say?" asked Julian, impatiently.

"Okay. If I don't say it again, I'm afraid you won't let me go. Ipeia chuckled.

"Aunt Connor, please go to the kitchen and prepare dessert for us. Nanokhai comprehended and sent the fat aunt who was standing behind Ipeia on standby.

After Aunt Connor left, it was just that Ipeiya said something chilling in a relaxed tone after tea and dinner: "It won't be long before this Fernandez Manor will face an existential crisis, and if it can't get over this hurdle, more than 60 people in the whole estate will be unable to escape death." ”

Hearing the news, Julian and Dent were stunned on the spot. But they soon settled down again. Because seeing the calm attitude of Ipeiya, the three sisters, and the people by the river, they knew that although this so-called "crisis" sounded terrifying, there must have been sufficient measures to deal with it.

......

At dusk, the sun was going down in less than an hour.

Julian sat on the high roof of the church, looking out over the tranquil manor. The peasant women were methodically putting away their farm tools and putting them back in the warehouse before the sun went down, and after a long day's work, they went back to the dining hall to eat with laughter and laughter, and then went to the hot spring baths to soak in the warm hot baths. Although everyone in the manor knew that there would be a life-and-death battle for the manor after dark, the women did not panic, and they seemed to be sure that under the leadership of the three sisters, Ipeia and Nanokai, they would survive the storm.

Although this may have been an attempt to confuse the eyes and ears of the enemy who was watching the manor's every move from somewhere, the unwarranted trust made Julian uneasy.

Is this really supposed to be the expression before the crisis came? Or maybe the so-called "crisis" is nothing more than unfounded worries? Julian shook his head, throwing these thoughts out of his mind. He knew he shouldn't be left to chance. The noon meeting lasted for more than three hours, and the measures were laid out, and all possible routes of the enemy to attack the manor were considered, but Julian's intuition had not made him feel any sense of danger or murder outside the manor until now; on the contrary, the black rocky mountain in the forbidden land of the back mountain made him feel an inexplicable and strange sense of tension, not only for himself, but also for the "tears of repentance" to warn him that the rocky mountain was very dangerous.

Is the real enemy from outside the manor, or from inside the Rock Mountain? It is not surprising that Julian had such suspicions. Because he understands why he is upset. It was a feeling of déjà vu that had been felt in the months that had been inserted by the Pope into the "woods" and eventually completely destroyed the "woods", led by the nose and step by step into the trap arranged by others.

Fernandez Manor, this seemingly peaceful paradise, hides too many secrets that no one knows, even the Empress Ipeia, she has so many secrets on her body that it makes people shudder. And that riverside man, who the hell is this guy?

Should he continue to cooperate with the empress?Julian felt in a dilemma. But now it's hard to ride a tiger.

At this moment, a "clang" bell rang in the manor, which was the sound of the kitchen ready for dinner, which meant that it was time to start eating. Julian knew that this was also a signal for the second step of the operational deployment.

He stopped his cranky thoughts and jumped off the roof of the church.