Na rode to the mansion of the Kajia family, and saw the front of the main house from a long distance]]] [The carriage, twice as large as usual, was dark brown and painted with gold paint, and the handle on the door was also gilded, and the door was hung behind the bowl window with a crimson lace curtain, and the position that was supposed to be inlaid with the family crest was covered with a black cloth, and it was not clear which family's carriage it was, but it was four white horses with the same hair, and the horses were strong and powerful, and it was conceivable that it would never be an ordinary aristocratic family

In the driver's position, there was a middle-aged man wearing an ordinary black SE uniform, with gray sideburns, a straight waist, and a solemn expression

Minna rode closer, he didn't even move his eyelids, still staring straight ahead, ignoring her, Minna noticed that although his clothes were no different from those of a charioteer from a random aristocratic family in Ito Castle, the buttons on his clothes were gold, and there were faint patterns on them, but they were too far away to see clearly

Whose carriage is this? Whose carriage driver? Even the Chulov family may not have such a grandeur, and specially hid the coat of arms

Minna suddenly stopped, remembering that when she visited the palace a few years ago, the attendants also had gold buttons on their clothes, and the pattern seemed to be somewhat similar to the buttons of this coachman, could it be that he was a servant of the royal family?

But why did the royal family send a carriage and cover the body markings? Could it be that a certain prince came to visit his future parents-in-law and brother-in-law?

Minna secretly suppressed a smile, handed the reins to the servant who greeted her, and went straight into the foyer, where two men stood straight, dressed differently, but with the same expression as the coachman outside, and with gold buttons

The younger one, when he saw Minna enter, turned his head to look at her, but immediately turned back and looked straight ahead, right in front of the portrait of a lady of non-large size

The butler hurriedly greeted them, glanced at the two people stiffly, and then saluted Minna: "Good afternoon, Miss Minna, why did you come so early?" ”

Minna would never honestly say that she was hiding from the three crazy women in the family: "Because I happened to be free, I came over early, what, it's inconvenient?" ”

"No," the butler looked a little stumbling, "because something has happened suddenly, so the ladies and ladies have no time to come to see you, and I'm sorry, would you like to have some refreshments first?" I think Master Felder will be glad to meet you, he's bored right now."

He frequently peeked at the two men as he spoke, but the other party didn't respond at all, Minna was a little curious: "Are these two guests?" Why don't you invite into the living room? Aunts and cousins have guests? Am I inconvenient to see? ”

The housekeeper was a little uncomfortable, just blindly invited Minna in but did not answer her question, Minna guessed that the second prince probably didn't know too many people about his visit, so he didn't ask and followed the housekeeper in

There were a lot of maids whispering in the corridor, their eyes shot in the direction of the stairs, and they saw that the butler had brought someone to scatter in a hurry, and the butler paused at his feet, and still led Minna forward, Minna glanced at the staircase, and couldn't see anything special, and wondered in her heart, could it be that the second prince didn't go to the living room, but went up to the Mandadi room on the second floor?

Just as she was about to walk away, she suddenly heard someone running downstairs and shouting, "Get a pick-me-up!" Miss Manda fainted! When the maids heard this, they ran around in a panic, rummaging through boxes and cabinets to find something

Minna was startled and asked the maid who spoke, "What's going on?" How could Manda faint?! ”

The maid was stunned, squeaked and didn't answer, Minna frowned, pushed her away, and ran upstairs, the butler yelled behind her anxiously, she ignored it, and ran straight to the door of Manda's room

The door suddenly opened from the inside, and a short figure rushed out, and she was about to bump into Minna, she quickly avoided it, reached out and hugged the figure and led it to the side slightly, the man stopped, and raised his head, but it was an eleven or twelve-year-old boy, with a pair of big round eyes, staring at her curiously: "Amazing! How did you do that?! ”

Could this kid be Felder? Before Minna could think about it, she heard Lilith's shrill voice from inside the room: "Hurry! What about pick-me-ups? Get it! Oh, my child, wake up, there's no time for you to faint right now! ”

Minna hurriedly rushed in, Lilith was startled, glared at her and asked the phone easily: "Why are you here?!" Minna ignored her, and went to check on Manda who fainted on the sofa, she was wearing Yan Se's fresh tulle dress, but her face was so pale that there was no trace of blood, and there were thin tooth marks on her lips Minna hurriedly took out a bottle of dark green se liquid from the ring, opened the cap and shook it under her nose, the fragrance was so pungent that the smell came out, Manda sighed and opened her eyes: "Minna... Oh, Mother..."

Lilith pounced excitedly, "Are you awake?" Great, what's going on?! How can you faint?! ”

Manda sniffed the fragrance a few times, but her face suddenly turned white, and she said painfully: "My waist... I'm running out of breath..."

Minna turned her eyes to the other party's waist, and found that Manda was tied with a one-foot-wide waist seal, which supported her chest, and more than a dozen thin straps behind her were tied very tightly, which made her chest more and more thin but the waist was too thin, and Minna, who seemed to be desperately strangling, quickly took out a knife and slashed it on the thin belt, the belt was broken, the waist seal was loosened, and Manda was greatly relieved: "Thank you, Minna"

"What is this doing?!" Lilith screamed when she saw this, "Manda managed to tighten her waist so thin, and now all her efforts have been in vain!" ”

Na frowned when she heard this: "Is it my aunt who wants Manda to tighten her waist so tightly?!" Although she had long heard that the aristocratic ladies of Ito Castle sometimes wore special tights in order to make their waists thinner and their breasts fuller, and they would rather endure the pain caused by it and create a proud figure, she still saw a real person for the first time, and she didn't understand that Manda had never been this kind of person

Manda took her hand: "It's not my mother's responsibility, she's just here to help me"

"Help?" Minna was skeptical, and suddenly remembered the carriage downstairs, "Is it related to those three people with straight faces?" Didn't Prince Selig come? Those people are royal attendants? ”

Manda bit her lip and replied, "Her Royal Highness specially sent them and invited me to the West Palace to participate in the flower viewing tea party, so... I just want to dress up a little bit better..."

"Do you hear that?" Lilith raised her proud head, "You don't have to worry about my daughter! Get out of the way! Because of you, she had to change into a new pair of underwear! She pushed Minna away, vigorously pulled Manda's waist band off, and instructed the three or four maids present to find the other waist bands

Minna looked at this scene and was a little dumbfounded: "But... Why do you have to dress like this when you go to the palace for a tea party? Isn't the afternoon tea a casual social occasion? "You just need to wear a little more decent regular clothes, right?

"Because it's not just her who has been invited," Minna was startled by a cold voice in the corner of the room, and turned her head to see that it was Beryl

She was wearing a silver gray tight-fitting dress, with exquisite white sé veil trim on the neckline and sleeves, looking quiet and elegant, and her long hair was pulled up high, revealing a swan-like graceful white neck, which further highlighted her beauty and moving, but it was a pity that the indifferent expression on her face made people feel unattainable

She sneered: "Mother asked the two attendants about it, and there were six other young ladies who were invited at the same time, most of them were famous nobles in the city, and they were very good at appearance, figure, and knowledge, and there were two young ladies from other provinces, and I heard that Manda, who was also the mother of a peerless beauty, would lose to them, so I tried my best to dress Manda as beautifully as possible."

Manda lowered her head in shame when she heard this, but was immediately reprimanded by her mother: "Inhale! Hold your breath! She endured the pain and complied, but Minna couldn't bear to look at it: "Auntie, if you do this, Manda will not be able to stand it!" ”

"If you can't stand it, you have to take it! For her so-called love, if she can't even stand this little suffering, how can she defeat other competitors?! Lilith ordered Manda to inhale again, and even pushed the maid away with her own hands, and pulled the thin belt around her daughter's waist back as far back as possible, and immediately the maid helped her steady

Minna couldn't help but speak again: "But she can't even breathe like this, how can she drink tea and eat snacks?" What if I faint in the middle of a tea party?! ”

Lilith was stunned to think about this possibility, and Manda said, "I can skip eating..."

"Even if the queen invites you to eat, won't you eat it?" Minna glared at her, "Don't be stupid! It's not that the queen hasn't seen you, and this kind of practice is useless except to make you suffer yourself! ”

"I've said it a long time ago," Beryl said coldly, "If His Second Highness can see a beauty in his eyes, how could he choose Manda?" So you can rest assured that he will never treat Manda as a fairy because her waist is two inches thinner, nor will he throw her aside because her figure is worse than that of other young ladies, and it will be too late to work hard."

"Beryl!" Lilith scolded the eldest daughter in displeasure, "If you have time to talk about the wind there, you might as well come and help!" ”

Beryl leaned against the window and looked back at her coldly, then turned back to look out the window, and then walked to the wardrobe, casually opened the clothes hanging inside, pulled out a dark blue se gauze skirt, and threw it on the bed: "The future princess, what you need is not beauty, but a dignified and stable temperament and generous and decent words and deeds, throw away the waist seal and corset, wear this, walk steadily, don't talk all the time, otherwise others will only treat you as a joke!" ”

"Beryl..."Manda looked at her sister with some emotion, but the latter ignored it, walked out of the room, met the boy who had almost knocked Minna down just now, glanced at him faintly, and then turned to go The boy shivered suddenly, and rubbed his arms together

Lilith stared at the gauze dress, hesitated and Manda whispered beside her, "Mother, I'd better change it as soon as possible, the carriage has been waiting for a long time..."

By the time Manda was dressed up and ready to go, it was already an hour later

Minna looked down from the windowsill and saw that the carriage was still parked in front of the house, the coachman's waist was still very straight, but the horse was a little uneasy and turned around, Manda was already dressed in dark blue, her hair was tied behind her head, a silver ribbon was loosely tied, and she was wearing dignified pearl jewelry all over her body, and Lilith circled around her daughter several times before she reluctantly nodded: "It may not be very attractive to His Royal Highness the Prince, but it can be regarded as a dress that can please the mother-in-law"

Manda's face turned red and she asked in a small voice, "Can I go?" It's been almost three hours..."

Minna interjected, "I suggest you go out quickly, it's almost three o'clock in the afternoon, and the tea party is about to start, right?" It's not good to be late."

Lilith coughed a few times in displeasure, but urged anyway

When she went out to see the carriage carrying her far away, she suddenly felt a little T: chest: "Oh, God of Light bless, be sure to go well..."

The crowd quickly dispersed, Minna looked around the empty place, a little bored, and turned around, just in time to see a window on the second floor, Beryl was leaning against the window and looking into the distance, her expression was cold, and there seemed to be something indescribable in her eyes

Minna was stunned and was about to call her, but she heard someone calling herself inside the door: "It seems that you are Cousin Minna?" ”

Minna followed the sound and saw that it was the boy just now, standing on the steps with a proud face and looking at herself

Obviously it was a childish face, but she learned to speak like chengren, she felt a little funny, and found that the other party's face showed displeasure, she hurriedly hid her smile, and said very dignifiedly: "Yes, I'm Minna Xiao... Cardo, who is your Excellency? ”

The child was stunned for a moment, couldn't help but straighten up, walked over and took Minna's hand, and bowed to her very formally: "It's nice to meet you, I'm Feldshaw... Cardo, I believe that I belong to the same family as you, although I have never met, but I have heard of it for a long time..."

Minna finally couldn't help laughing: "Look at what you say, this is your home, I am your cousin, do you need to be so polite?" ”

The child's expression fell: "You're really... Is... What a faux pas! He tried to keep a straight face, but he still couldn't bear to make a profit: "I obviously did it according to the most formal etiquette norms, why didn't everyone cooperate with me?!" ”

"Because you're still a little boy!" Minna reached out and pinched his little face, and he immediately puffed out his cheeks and glared: "It's so rude!" How can a lady treat a gentleman like this! ”

Minna shrugged, "I'm not a lady anyway, although my mom is very dismissive" She picked up Felder and walked inside: "I heard you've been wintering in the South before?" Where did they go? Can you tell me about it? ”

Felder struggled a little uncomfortably, but finally sat down on the sofa next to Minna: "It's okay to tell you, I went to Gutenberg, where my grandfather had a villa, and I went to Coral Island and Doro, and finally to Ini to see the circus."

"That's awesome!" Minna was immediately interested, "I also went to those places when I was a child, and my grandfather took me there at that time!" Grandpa also has a small cottage on Coral Island! Have you ever caught a fish at the beach? Is there any going into the water? How many pearls did you find? ”

Felder listened with envy: "You caught it?" Ever been in the water? Ever looked for pearls in the sea? It's amazing! He was a little frustrated: "I know that my grandfather has a house there, but a few years ago my father sold it, and now the owner has built a villa there and built a fence, so I can't go Fortunately, a friend who also owns a house there and is willing to receive me and my grandfather, otherwise I wouldn't be able to play there."

"Sold?!" Minna looked regretful, "Why? There are beautiful beaches and private ports, you must know that there are only two places in the whole coral island that have ports, and only one is privately owned! There are a lot of beautiful corals on the beach there, and even the shells are bigger than the others! ”

"Don't talk about it, the more I listen, the more sad I get," Felder hung his head, "I protested to my father, but he scolded me for only playing..."

Minna touched his head, "Okay, let's talk about something happy, you went to Doro and Ennie, is it fun?" Also watched the circus? It's good that I haven't seen it, the first time I went there was a break from the show, and then I was in a hurry and didn't see it as "It was when she was on a mission."

"Have you been to Ini?"

"Yes, I've lived in the Magic Capital for a few years."

"Really?!" Felder grabbed her hand with wide eyes, "Tell me, are there a lot of magicians there?" I've heard that people there make interesting toys, but my grandfather wants to stay in Italy to see old friends, and I'm not allowed to go out alone, so I wanted to buy a few."

Minna smiled: "It's okay, I have it there, I'll send you two later"

"Hooray!" Felder jumped up for joy, and suddenly caught a glimpse of the butler appearing outside the door of the living room, poking his head into the ground, and hurriedly sat down upright, coughed a few times, and lowered his voice: "Tell me, what is there to do there?" ”

Minna chatted happily with her little cousin until it was nearly evening, when the sound of horses' hooves and wheels was heard outside the door, and the servants quickly greeted her, and Felder looked over and said, "It's father and brother who have returned!" He took Minna's hand and ran out: "Father! Brother! ”

A manservant quickly ran over to open the door for Elon, and Elon got out of the car with a smile and hugged his little son: "How was it today?" I ordered you to make you your favorite food tonight."

"Great! Thank you, Father! ”

Bevan had been smiling beside him and watching his younger brother coquettish to his father, and suddenly saw Minna was also there, as if she was staring at something, a little strange: "Minna is here, what are you looking at?" ”

Minna turned her head and smiled: "It's nothing" She followed the three male relatives back to the house, but couldn't help but look back again at the manservant who opened the door

He's going to be here...

(Guess who?) ）