Cold Moon City, Earl's Court.

Night soon came, and the Earl's Court was brightly lit.

In the huge antechamber, the Earl and the Lady and the second son Hua Yun were dining under the service of several maids, when a long neighing of horses suddenly sounded, and a luxurious carriage pulled by eight horses stopped outside the gate of the Earl's Palace.

After a few breaths, two figures slowly descended from the carriage, and through the bright moonlight, they could clearly see that they were two women, one old and one young, the old one was about fifty years old, wearing a gorgeous brocade robe, stepping on long boots, and wearing a three-foot mink fur long cloak on the back, which looked extremely graceful and luxurious, and the girl was about the same age as Hua Long and others, about eleven or twelve years old, with extremely beautiful faces, at this time wearing a decent white one-piece palace skirt, with two scorpion braids on the back, looking extremely lively and lovely.

After the two got out of the car, they didn't stop at all, and walked straight towards the Earl's Palace, showing that they were familiar with the road, even the guards at the door did not dare to stop them in the slightest while running first to report, obviously they also knew the identity of the person who came.

Not long after, Count Auno, his wife, and his second son, Hua Yun, appeared at the door of the front hall after receiving the report, naturally to welcome the visitors.

"The unknown old lady is coming, Aonno Xilie is far away, and I hope that the old lady will forgive her sins!" When the people came closer, Count Aurno also hurriedly saluted respectfully, and confessed his guilt repeatedly.

In front of this old lady, even if Ao Nuo is a first-class earl, she does not dare to slack off in the slightest, because she is not only the dean of the Imperial Women's College, one of the four major academies of the Cold Moon Empire, but also has the title of duchess, and she is also the teacher of the current Queen Mother, and her status is extremely respectful.

Fortunately, this old lady is not an arrogant person, and said with a slight smile: "I take the liberty to visit, and I hope that the earl will not be surprised!"

"Where, where, the old lady can come is a shining thing, how dare Ao Nuo have a strange reason, the old lady is invited!" After that, Count Ao Nuo hurriedly invited the old lady into the front hall and immediately served fragrant tea.

"I don't know what the old lady is here at this time?" After some politeness, Count Aono also asked the question in his heart straight to the point, after all, this old lady has a special identity, if it is not for something important, she rarely walks outside, let alone that it is a cold night in late autumn.

"Hehe, Lord Earl smiled, there is no big event, but this matter is a little urgent, so I will come to the door at this time. The old lady was a little tricky.

"I would like to hear it!" replied the Earl of Onno.

"The old man came to ask the two sons of the earl a question at the behest of His Majesty!" the old lady smiled slightly.

Count Aonno and the others were suddenly taken aback, you know, how can there be a trivial matter that can alarm the emperor? Could it be that they came to Xingshi to ask for guilt? Count Aonno and the others suddenly broke into a cold sweat, although the Emperor of the Cold Moon Empire, Vonk Palus, was still young, and almost all the military and political power in the court was in the hands of the Imperial Prime Minister Nicholas Rongte and the Imperial Marshal Ron Jon. In Locke's hands, but this does not mean that His Majesty the Emperor is a puppet today, at least the military power in the imperial capital of the Cold Moon Empire has not been left behind, so if the old lady in front of him really came to Xingshi on behalf of His Majesty the Emperor to ask for guilt, even if Count Aono is the Southern Governor, I am afraid that it will be difficult to escape.

"Lord Earl don't be nervous, it's really just a question, that's all!" While taking in the changes in the expressions of Count Auno and the others, the old lady also smiled lightly with relief, and then pointed to the little girl beside her, and continued: "This is my granddaughter Jingyi, Your Majesty's questions will be asked by her!"

"Okay grandma!" The little girl next to her, known as Jingyi, hurriedly responded, and immediately walked in front of Hua Yun with a little excitement, and didn't stop until she was very close, and after looking at each other for a few seconds, Fang Cai asked with a slight red face: "Someone asked me to ask you, if you are a general and want to attack a fortress with 100,000 people, how many troops do you need?"

Hua Yun was stunned for a moment, perhaps it was the first time to be so close to such a beautiful girl, at this time his heart was beating faster, and the fragrance of roses on the girl's body continued to stimulate his nerves, and his brain was almost blank, until a moment later, he found his gaffe, and hurriedly coughed to cover up: "Let me think about it, let me think about it!"

"Well, good!" Jing Yi nodded affirmatively, and then kept pacing in the front hall despite the gaze of Earl Auno and the others, his movements were light and cute.

At this time, Hua Yun's mind had a lot of answers, and these answers kept circling. In fact, a fortress garrisoned by 100,000 people needs at least 200,000 troops if it wants to send troops, and even if it is properly strategized, it will need more than 150,000, after all, defensive warfare originally occupied a certain geographical advantage.

"Ten...... 150,000! Give me 150,000!" After a while, feeling that all the factors had been taken into account, Hua Yun immediately said his answer, but from his slightly stammering tone, anyone could hear it, and he didn't seem to have much confidence in this answer.

And Jing Yi in front of her also showed an innocent smile at this time, and then shook her head gently: "Your answer is wrong, the correct answer is much less than yours!"

"Huh?" A wave of embarrassment suddenly invaded Hua Yun, making his face flush in an instant, if it was facing others, he might not feel anything, but I don't know why, since I saw the girl named Jingyi in front of him for the first time tonight, an extremely strange feeling suddenly filled his heart, and he wanted to show her his best side for no reason, but unfortunately he failed in the end!

However, Jingyi didn't know Hua Yun's careful thoughts at this time, and said with a smile: "Okay, since your answer is wrong, then it's Hua Long's turn next, by the way, where is he?"

Hua Yun's face suddenly turned ugly!

I don't know why, as soon as he heard Jing Yi mention this name, Hua Yun felt a burst of mania in his heart for no reason, as if he was about to lose something, not to mention that Hua Long was not a person he wanted to see in the first place, if he hadn't been born a few months earlier and hung the name of the well-known eldest son of the Earl's Court, I am afraid that he would have been killed by all means.

At this time, Hua Yun wanted to slander Hua Long a few words in his heart, but the current situation did not allow him to do so, he had to maintain a tall and positive image in the minds of others, so after thinking about it repeatedly, he had to point out vaguely: "He should be in the room, I don't know if he is back!"

Although this sentence does not sound like anything at first glance, if a discerning person thinks about it carefully, he will find a lot of hidden information, first of all, it is clearly pointed out that the relationship between Hua Long and other people in the Earl's Mansion is not good, and even the Count of Auno himself, who is his father, otherwise how could they not be sure whether Hua Long is in the mansion on this big night? Not to mention that their family was dining before this, but there was no figure of Hua Long, the eldest son of the Earl's Mansion, on the table, which in itself can already explain a lot of problems.

Secondly, it is to tell everyone vaguely that this guy Hualong has been out today, and he may not even come back now, as for where he went, you can imagine it for yourself, anyway, there are many places in this prosperous imperial capital that can make people forget to return, but they are not serious places.

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