The next day, Minna went to the Dark Nest from the secret passage, dealt with some urgent work, hesitated about Jada's proposal, she already had her own answer, but before replying, she still wanted to ask Melory's opinion She asked her colleague when he would come over today, and when she learned that he had gone to the palace, she gave a few words and walked in the direction of the palace

I entered the gate with a pass from the Security Agency, but I didn't expect to meet Jada who was coming towards me before I could find Mallory

Jada's god seems to be quite relaxed and happy, Minna is a little puzzled, shouldn't he be worried about the turmoil in Noga's country?

"Good day!" Jada greeted her with a smile from afar, "It's great to see you, I have good news!" ”

Minna cautiously peeked around, and saw that only a few of the attendants passing by cast curious glances, guessing that those big men were probably still in the council hall now, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and responded with some restraint: "Good morning, what's the good news?" ”

"One of my domestic sent an urgent letter," Jada walked up to her and lowered her voice, "Your Majesty is indeed ill, the magicians think that it is likely that he has been poisoned by an unknown chronic poison, and has made him take a palliative agent, Your Majesty is currently in stable condition, and her mind is also clear, Lady Cole controls the entire palace and prevents others from having any more plans, as long as the antidote is found, Your Majesty will be fine"

Minna smiled and said, "That's really good" She took out the antidote that she made overnight last night, "This bottle of red se is for you, according to the time you drank it yesterday, drink half a bottle of it today and tomorrow, and the other two large bottles of blue selice water are all detoxification, drink two small grids each time, and if you drink it three times, it's fine, if it's not enough, let your magic master do it, I still have the recipe here."

Jada took the recipe and the formula, with a hint of pity in his eyes, and reached out to touch the corner of Minna's eyes: "You have dark circles under your eyes, did you stay up late last night?" Actually, you don't have to work so hard, you have to go back with me anyway."

Minna avoided his finger with some hesitation: "Don't... "So," she glanced around again, the morning meeting was almost over, and the officials who had stepped out of the chamber could already be seen

Jada smiled and didn't care: "Although the situation in the country is quite stable, I can't delay it any longer, so I just made a request to your king to speed up the negotiations, and decide the agreement on the trade of grain and horses in the next three years as soon as possible, we signed it early, and go back early" He smiled again: "I mentioned your land affairs to your king, and he didn't object, but he said that he would ask your parents about it, and I believe there will be good news soon."

Minna was stunned and furious: "You told him? Why?! I haven't said yes yet! ”

Jada laughed, "Aren't you going to have a bad influence on your father?" I just tested the king's meaning, but I didn't expect him to be happy, and now you don't need it, right? ”

Minna bit her lip and glared at Jada angrily, she didn't believe that he really revealed the matter for such a simple reason, maybe he wanted to use the king to force her to nod, and once the king ordered it, even if she didn't want to, she would marry him

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but want to kick him: "You said yesterday that I would go back with you and stay by your side and help you as an 'equal friend', and now you have told His Majesty the King such an important matter without my permission, is this considered respect for me?" What kind of equality do you have towards me?! ”

Jada narrowed his smile slightly: "Of course I will respect you, but only if you will be my wife"

"So you mean, if I hadn't married you, you wouldn't have respected me?" Minna sneered, "That's a real sorry! Originally, I was going to ask the elders for what they meant, but now it seems that there is no need for me to give you a formal reply," she straightened up and raised her head: "I don't agree!" ”

The smile on Jada's face had completely disappeared, and he seemed to be a little nervous, but also faintly annoyed: "Why? Is it because I told the story without permission? ”

"It's not just that" Minna said, "I and you are fundamentally two people, although I was moved by your sincerity yesterday, but marriage is not maintained by a momentary touch, I asked myself if I have love for you, however, the answer is that I have always regarded you as a half-friend and half-enemy, I have never considered you as a future marriage partner, and I can't imagine my life with you I haven't thought about marrying anyone in the future before, but if you really want to choose a marriage partner, then at least choose someone with a similar lifestyle to me"

"Is there such a big difference in the way we live?" Jada retorted, "When we were together before, we obviously worked well together, we just separated for too long, so we felt rusty, and it will get better soon, maybe yesterday I was impulsive, but then in retrospect, I feel more and more that you and I are incomparably compatible, not to mention anything else, just a person like you, what kind of marriage partner can you find here?" Do you think those noble gentlemen are worthy of you? ”

"Then you don't have to worry about it" Minna suppressed the displeasure in her heart, even if it was an aristocratic young man from Ito, they were all gentlemen, right? Jada scolded both Alex and her cousin Bevin by saying this, "In short, we can't be! You always say you need me, you can

Do I need to? ”

Jada sank his face, he originally thought that things would go well, but yesterday Minna had obviously been shaken, could it be because of the young magician? Jada shook his head and shook off this thought, now he is in a hurry to end the negotiations and return home, he has no time to think about his rivals and coax girls, he decided to use some means, as long as he finds a way to make up for it afterwards, there should be no problem, Minna is actually easy to relent, so he said: "Maybe you think you don't need me, but does your country need my commitment?" I have hinted to your king that as long as the marriage is successful, I will never invade East, and Noga and Easter will become eternal allies."

"There are no eternal allies in the world" Minna suddenly remembered what her grandfather had said, and her thoughts were extremely clear, "Don't think that such a threat can make me submit, you said that you will not invade our country, can you really do it?" ”

"What?" Jada was stunned

"We signed a covenant with Noga three years ago, if you will abide by it, there is no need to sign a new one, if you will break it one day, then what is the use of signing more covenants?" Minna looked at Jada and smiled, "The current situation in your country is so complicated, it will take a lot of time to stabilize, right?" In order to enrich the treasury and feed the people, it will take a few more years to develop the national strength, and you will have to slowly digest the half of the territory of Weishadi, and when everything is over, and you have enough strength, at least after ten or twenty years, you are not able to do it now, even if you do not sign the Covenant, you will not provoke a war; When you have the ability, even if you have a covenant, you will still fight if you want to, if I really agree to your proposal, and then regret it, can I turn back? ”

Jada's face changed: "Don't believe me? ”

Minna shook her head: "It's not that I don't disagree with you, I just know who you are, Jada, you are not the kind of person who will sacrifice the interests of the country for personal feelings to unify the continent, it is your dream, even if you can't do it, you will expand the territory as much as possible You are a man, a man who stands at the apex of a country's power, it is impossible to give up his ambition I can already predict what kind of contradictions and pain I will experience after becoming your wife"

Jada Zhang, finding himself unable to argue that maybe he was subconscious, did not really give up the expansion plan, but just admitted that it was impossible to implement it in ten years He looked at Minna, surprised by what she knew about him, and once again decided that he didn't want to lose her: "Minna... I don't know what to say, but I'm really eliminated... You will be my wife."

Minna smiled lightly: "I think, you probably because you are too lonely, so you beautify the situation I got along with you in your memory, but you forgot that from the beginning, we were hostile and sorry, let's be friends"

Jada closed her eyes and opened them again, a flash of struggle in her eyes: "If I can guarantee that..."

"No guarantees," Minna interrupted, "you know you can't do it"

Jada was silent, feeling uncomfortable in her heart, but she couldn't vent Minna looked at it, and was about to comfort him, but suddenly heard someone shouting to herself: "Miss Minna! Why are you here? ”

She followed the voice and saw that it was Alben, and he looked at Jada and then at her, his eyes uncertain

Minna realized that there were already a lot of pedestrians on the road, and many people looked at her and Jada, whispering to each other that she couldn't help but scream badly

Alben spoke again: "Do you want to go back?" There are still seats in my carriage."

Minna hurriedly gave him a grateful look: "Of course, thank you" She hurriedly turned back and said goodbye to Jada, and then quickly left with Alben Jada's eyes were glazed, and he was about to hold her, but he saw his secretary waving to him outside the gate, his expression seemed to be very anxious, he had told the secretary before, if there is any urgent report in the country, he must notify himself as soon as possible, is there something wrong in the country again? He hurriedly put Minna's business aside for a moment and headed towards Preth

Minna followed Alben into the carriage and left the palace, relieved to see Jada's figure getting farther and farther away from her

Alben pursed his lips tightly and hesitated for a long time before asking, "What's the matter with that Duke of Noga?" I heard that he is interested in marrying you? ”

Minna's eyes widened, "Wouldn't it?" Even you know?! ”

"Your Excellency Melori and I were just now," Elben stared at her, "Your Excellency said that you and the Duke have known each other for a long time, but no~ to the point where he will propose to you, did you agree?" ”

Minna hurriedly said: "Of course not, I had already rejected him just now"

"That's the best," Alben said, he turned his head away and was silent for a while, "You were too careless, the place just now was full of people, and the rumors would soon get out, and you would be in trouble."

Minna shrank her head: "I was very careful, but it was his words that made me so angry, so I forgot about it for a while..." ”

Alben snorted coldly, and immediately realized that she was not the object of his usual cold snort, so he cleared his throat and replied: "I didn't scold, but he said that your situation would be very embarrassing, and he would arrange for you to leave in the near future, and come back after the rumors disappeared, so that you should be mentally prepared"

"Oh..."Minna lowered her head, already scolding Jay in her heart

Ten times, and self-examination, but she still has a line in her heart: speaking in the middle of the road, the volume is actually not big, and the people around are quite far away~, no one should hear it, right?

Unfortunately, the truth did not develop as she wished, and the rumors about the place where Duke Noga proposed to Miss Viscount Maiden spread in less than half a day, and soon spread to the royal palace and to the ears of Princess Sarah, the marriage partner of Duke Noga

Princess Sarah was furious, as the only daughter of King Valfred III and Queen Lorna of East, she had always been pampered, especially after returning from the distress of Wisa that year, and her parents were very obedient and doted on her

She thinks she is the most beautiful princess, and she has outstanding talent, and she will be a husband in the future, and no one can be a picker for a few years, and finally met Jada, as the de facto crown prince of a country, regardless of appearance, talent, status and wisdom, she is worthy of her, she is ready to become Queen Noga, but she didn't expect to be disrupted by a woman who has never heard of her!

Although the woman's name is also Minna, she doesn't think that the other party is the same person as the little girl who helped her in her memory, and the little girl clearly said that she was from Shaonan, and she was sent to the Encore Temple by Potika, and now she is either returning home, or dying in the war, right? Of course, it's also possible that they escaped

The woman who cheekily led her prospective fiancé, I heard that it was the daughter of Viscount Merton, a mere nobleman, or the daughter of an illegitimate child, and she dared to covet the throne of Queen Nogar?! If it weren't for her father's kindness, how could her illegitimate father become a noble lord?! Surname Xiao... The people of Cardo are abominable! That Manda had lost the face of Brother Selig's and caused him to lose his right to the throne, and her arrogant sister Beryl was pushing herself at the ball! What a ridiculous family! If it weren't for the friendship between Father Gu Nian and Count Xiao, they would have been kicked out of Ito a long time ago!

The more Sarah thought about it, the more angry she became, and she stood up suddenly: she couldn't be silent anymore, she had to teach that hateful woman a lesson!

She rushed to her mother's dormitory, shouting all the way: "Queen Mother, Queen Mother!" Someone bullied me! You're going to help me out! ”

Queen Luo was packing her bags, as if she was planning to go out, when she heard her daughter's shout, she frowned: "What's the matter?" ”

"That Minna Shaw... Cardo actually seduced Duke Jada, did you just watch your daughter suffer such an insult?! ”

Wang rubbed his forehead painfully: "The matter is still undecided, what?" The Duke of Jeda is going to rush back to China, and he should not decide on marriage so soon, you have to learn more from the teachers to be a queen, and you must learn more about the customs and customs of Nuojia, so that you can get familiar with the life there as soon as possible in the future.

"That's not a gossip!" Princess Sarah pursed her lips, "It's true!" What happened to the queen mother? You've been so cold to us lately, and you have to go out every day, what the hell are you doing?! ”

With the help of the maid, the queen put on a hooded cloak and pulled the brim down a few points, covering half of her face: "You don't care about this, if I can succeed, even if you fail to marry Duke Jada, it doesn't matter" She raised her feet and left, ignoring her daughter's call, with only one thought in her heart: the last time, as long as she can make it, the lost succession to the throne can be returned, and when the time comes, don't say a Minna... Cardo, the whole Shaw... Kado, she will completely eradicate it!

Princess Sarah watched her mother leave aggrievedly, wondering what had happened to her recently, could it be because of her second brother's marriage that she would be so angry that her temperament changed greatly? Sarah's heart secretly added one more crime to Minna, and her eyes rolled, and she remembered someone, and immediately ran to the front of the harem

"Purdica, Purdica!" From afar, Sarah called the name of the chief of the guard, Potdica, who was a little puzzled, hurriedly explained a few words to his subordinates, and then greeted him and saluted: "Your Royal Highness Princess, are you looking for me?" ”

Sarah hurriedly pulled him into the room: "Perdicka, you love me the most, don't you?" If I'm hurt, you'll help me anyway, right? ”

Persika hesitated for a moment: "Is it that rumor that Your Highness is referring to the ground?" Although I am also angry for you, this involves allies, and as a royal guard, it is inconvenient for me to interfere."

Sarah flattened her mouth: "Aren't you responsible for protecting the interests of your family?" Something directly threatens my interests, how can it be inconvenient for you to interfere? ”

"Princess... I am safeguarding the interests of the royal family as a whole..."

Sarah glared at him for a few moments before she said, "Do you think Minna... Cardo seduced Duke Jada, did it only hurt my interests? You're wrong! She straightened her face, "She did this, ruined the marriage between the two countries, not only harmed the interests of the royal family, but also had a very bad impact on the future of the country, but the father and queen mother were inconvenient to directly reprimand her because her father was a border lord, at this time, if you don't come forward, who else can come forward?" ”

Purdica thought about it and found that she had a point, if it was really because of that girl, it affected the marriage between the two countries, and it would also be a blow to His Majesty's prestige, so he asked, "Your Highness, what should I do?" ”