"Knock, ding, knock, ding, ding, ding,

It was dawn, and the gentle sunlight shone through the room's large floor-to-ceiling windows, gently caressing the black piano that was playing.

The black lacquer surface of the piano reflected a slightly white sheen, illuminating the swarthy forehead of the young man who was sitting at the piano and playing music.

The black-faced man stopped playing, stood up from the piano, and slowly paced to the floor-to-ceiling window, squinting into the sunlight and looking into the distance.

This room is located on the third floor of a large mansion, and in an environment where there is not even a second-story building nearby, it can be seen through the clouds.

There was a faint neighing of horses outside, and the man glanced there absently, and after seeing that it was just a girl in an ordinary white dress who had come out of the carriage, he turned his gaze back and continued to look at the horizon.

As the only high-ranking nobleman in this neighborhood, there are many people who come here every day, and there are many girls among them, and he has seen a lot of them, so he doesn't need to care, not to mention that many of them are here to see his noble father, and they have little to do with him.

"Master Zhiqing, Master Zhiqing!" A woman's voice came from the corridor outside the door, and soon, the door opened, and a young woman dressed in a black and white maid costume appeared by the door.

The man didn't look back, still looking out the window: "Jing Jing, what's the matter?"

The young woman lowered her head with a white lace-trimmed hairpin and whispered to the man, "Young master, the master has asked you to go to the parlor, and he said that there is something important that requires your participation. ”

"What is important?" said the man, as he walked to the door, and lifted the woman's chin with the fingers of his right hand so that she looked into his eyes, "what could be more important than having your young and beautiful waitress personally inform me?"

He looked at Jing Jing's eyes and smiled inexplicably, laughing so much that Jing Jing's cheeks began to redden, and his delicate body began to struggle before letting go of his hand.

Jing Jing breathed a sigh of relief: "Young Master Zhiqing, that ......"

Suddenly, her mouth was gagged, a strong arm was tightly clasped around her waist, and then, the door guarded by her teeth was pried open by a brute force, and this force raged in her mouth for a long time, and finally the tide receded.

"The parlor is right, okay, I'm going. The man let go of Jing Jing, waved his hand at the latter, who was gasping slightly, and then left alone.

Jing Jing looked at the back of the man who was far away, touched his lips blankly, and smiled bitterly.

"Cure the green first, you can match her. ”

......

"Miss Huangfu, listening to your words, it seems that His Majesty the Sword Emperor and the others are in danger, but you don't have enough evidence," In the living room on the first floor of the mansion, two people were sitting opposite each other on two silver-white sofas, one of them was a slightly older middle-aged man, with a lot of silver threads in his black hair, and this person was wearing a dark blue military uniform of the Metal Empire, and next to the white collar was a pair of epaulettes representing the commander of a large army.

Judging from the clothing, it is the owner of this mansion and the commander of the famous Ag Legion of the Metal Empire - Xianqi.

The other is a young girl, wearing a long white dress, but after many days of travel, she looks a little weak at this time, but just like this, it can arouse people's good feelings, such as Xianqi, who is sitting in front of her, has been looking at her with a smile, and I don't know what he is thinking.

It was clearly the Rose of the Emperor who had come to the Ag Legion for help.

"Miss Huangfu, I think you should know very well that His Majesty the Sword Emperor went out on this expedition, but he brought 200,000 soldiers, including Lao Jin...... Oh no, Jin Lutan and his elite Au legion, how can a small commander Zhao Lucheng be in danger, even if the other party knows our plan, it can't be aimed at Zhao Lucheng. Xianqi said, "The Ag Legion is a large army, and when His Majesty and the generals go on the expedition, they must be responsible for the security of the empire, and they must not send troops lightly. ”

"This ......" Huangfu Rose was speechless, she heard that Zhao Lucheng would be in danger before, she immediately ran out in a hurry, and didn't say a word to her family, now they are probably crazy...... I have no reason to explain why I want to come out, and I am afraid that my father will be grounded if I am arrested...... And it didn't work out......

Thinking of this, Huangfu Rose felt tears rolling in her eyes, and she quickly lowered her head to hide this.

She's asking people to be calm, she can't cry......

Xianqi was keenly aware of this, he smiled and said, "But I can trust your words, I will give you a chance, but this opportunity has a price." ”

"The price?" Huangfu Rose was stunned, but she quickly figured this out, and people are not obligated to believe and help her, she quickly wiped the tears from her eyes and calmed herself down, "Please speak." ”

"I need you to agree to the engagement request I sent you on behalf of my son. ”

......

"?!" Huangfu Rose was shocked when she heard Xianqi's words, she was a little suspicious that there was something wrong with her ears, so she asked again, "What did you say?"

"I need you to promise the marriage contract I made to you on behalf of my son. Xianqi repeated it again, and the tone of his voice was exceptionally clear, almost word by word.

The entrance to the living room. A young man with a black face was about to enter the place, when he suddenly heard this very clear sentence, and suddenly, his steps stopped, and his whole body leaned against the door, eavesdropping on the conversation between the two here.

This is obviously the young master who was called down by Xianqi before, and he was the first to cure the youth.

"Marriage, contract?" Huangfu Rose really heard clearly, but this really clear made her more willing to believe that she didn't hear clearly or heard it wrong.

"What, you don't want to?" Xian Qi obviously expected this reaction of Huangfu Rose, but he was still a little dissatisfied, "I heard that you are liking a certain low-level nobleman, and this person is Zhao Lucheng! Otherwise, you would not have said that this would have asked me to send troops to protect Zhao Lucheng's safety." ”

Huangfu Rose was stunned for a moment, and suddenly realized that she had just said something, if she said that His Majesty the Sword Emperor was in danger, then Xianqi might not suspect it, because in the Metal Empire, the life safety of the Sword Emperor IV is the most important, and any person has the obligation to protect the Sword Emperor.

But she just said that Zhao Lucheng was in danger, which directly exposed her true thoughts - in her heart, Zhao Lucheng was even more important than Sword Emperor IV.

So what reason is there to say that she doesn't like Zhao Lucheng?

Seeing that Huangfu Rose was silent, Xianqi was even more convinced of his judgment: "Your father has ordered that high-ranking nobles and below cannot be engaged to you, right? And you like a low-ranking nobleman, isn't it a blatant violation of your own words by doing this! If I go out publicly, it will be enough to make your family lose face! Your father's face will be disgraced!"

"Are you threatening me?" Hearing this, Huangfu Rose was also a little annoyed, she came here because of the strength of the Ag Legion, and the first leader Qi Gui was the Silver Earl, and it should be more likely that she would take into account her status and reputation to help herself, but now she is talking to herself about the conditions here, regardless of the age difference and status.

"I'm not threatening you, I'm reminding you that this trick of yours is enough to bring your entire family into disrepute, and I'm helping your family," Xianqi smiled nonchalantly, According to your father's rules, our family also has the opportunity to send you an engagement invitation, if you marry into our family, it can not only fulfill your father's rules, make him have a better reputation, but also help your family develop power in the army, and as a dowry for your family, I will personally send troops to rescue Zhao Lucheng, and will give priority to protecting his safety, even if His Majesty the Sword Emperor will be in danger. ”

Xianqi continued: "Well, this is not bad, to be honest, you personally, you don't have any right to let my Ag Legion send a single soldier." ”

Huangfu Rose looked at Xianqi and gritted her teeth, and after a long time, she spoke: "What you say is true? If I agree, will you give priority to protecting Zhao Lucheng's safety?"

Xianqi was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "I thought you were going to give priority to ensuring that your family can develop strength in the army! So, you agreed to be my son's fiancée?"

"You will first fulfill what I said before. Huangfu Rose said, "During this time, I won't go anywhere, just wait at your house for you to personally bring Zhao Lucheng back safely." ”

"Well, if I do bring him back, you can sign the engagement agreement," said Xianqi, "but I have heard that you escaped without it, so let you go with you, so that you can see with you whether I have fulfilled my promise, and I can give you a reasonable explanation for running away from home, and I don't want my future daughter-in-law to be a person who does not obey women's morals and loves to run away." ”

Huangfu Rose lowered her eyes: "...... Good ......"

Xianqi turned around and called a servant to make a cup of tea for himself and Huangfu Rose: "Since we have all negotiated, it will be easy to do, I should also let my son come to meet you, you will know the gap between Zhao Lucheng and him." ”

Then he said to the door of the living room: "Son, since you have been eavesdropping for so long, you should also know the whole thing, come to meet your future wife?"

Huangfu Rose looked back at the door of the parlor in shock, she had been overheard for so long, and she didn't know anything......

Shortly after Xianqi's words fell, a man with a black face appeared at the door of the living room.

Huangfu Rose carefully looked at this young man, this man was about forty, compared to the average life expectancy of 200 years, thirty years old is considered an adult elemental person, this person is just an adult.

The man was wearing a white tuxedo, and it is unknown whether he had just participated in a large social event or had just finished playing the piano, but the fact that he was very athletic was obvious at a glance no matter what clothes he was wearing.

His chest muscles bulged, making his clothes show a texture, compared to Zhao Lucheng like a thin monkey......

His eyes were indifferent, and the whole person looked very calm and mature, which Zhao Lucheng did not have.

Zhao Lucheng was born in a military academy, but this person's father is a military strategist, so Zhao Lucheng may be slightly inferior in military affairs.

In such a comparison, Zhao Lucheng does not seem to be such a person, but at the cocktail party that year, the person who came out to help her and comforted her and often protected her later was not the person in front of her, but Zhao Lucheng, who seemed to be nothing like this.

"How's it going, my son isn't bad," Xianqi said, his eyes full of ostentation, "Come, introduce yourself." ”

"My name is Xian Zhiqing, and I am currently the fifth commander of the Ag Legion, and I am also the next successor of the Silver Earl. The young man said, "Miss Huangfu, I have heard of you, you are a genius of the H clan, and I hope I will not disappoint you in the future." ”

Huangfu Rose gritted her teeth, and she didn't know what she was thinking, she took a deep look at Xianqi and his son, got up and left the living room quickly.

Behind her, Xianqi's command sounded: "Come on, settle down the most important Miss Huangfu to our family!"

Xianqi father and son looked at the figure of Huangfu Rose and walked away, then looked at each other, and Xian Zhiqing spoke first: "Dad, you shouldn't force her and forcibly break up her happiness, it's not good for me." ”

"Hmph, happiness, it's really a simple word, but is the meaning it represents so simple?" Xian Qi sneered, "Don't think about liking that subordinate, I'm doing this for your own good, how can a subordinate be worthy of you? Everything about our top nobles must be top-notch!"

"A wife is not a man's thing. Xianzhiqing said, maybe it was because of his indifferent temperament or other reasons, in short, no matter what he said, his tone was unwavering.

"Hey, don't be indifferent all the time, okay! You weren't like this when you were a child, isn't it just your mother's business? Don't think I don't know, you are good to that waitress named Jing Jing because she looks very much like your mother!" Xian Qi stared at Xian Zhiqing's eyes, "Zhiqing, as the eldest son of the family, you are also older, it's time for you to do something for the family! If you agree to be engaged to Miss Huangfu, I will turn a blind eye to your affair with Jing Jing, otherwise you will know the consequences." ”

"I'm afraid it's for your personal reputation, you've always been like that, and that's what you said to my mother back then. After Xianzhiqing finished speaking, he no longer paid attention to the sudden darkening of his face, and turned around and left alone.

Xianqi looked at Xian Zhiqing's back, and suddenly smiled again: "Then I'll take you as a promise!"

"You don't seem to have left me room to manoeuvre, Mr. Earl. Xianzhi Qingtou left without looking back, leaving Xianqi alone to sit silently in the living room.

In the middle of the night, Xianqi called a servant and handed him a badge made of silver: "Go and inform the Ag Legion, tell the Third, Fourth, and Fifth Legions to prepare, and set out tomorrow, the target is the Death Valley on the border between Ge City and Si that Miss Huangfu said before!"

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