Soon after Frederick became Minister of Education, he used his influence in the military department to hold a number of fundraising banquets to raise funds for educational innovation. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 At first, there were not many people who came, because the active duty officers had a poor life, and most of them had no money, so they came to have a glass of wine, danced two dances, and symbolically donated three marks and five marks, and they were benevolent and righteous.

However, as soon as the news of Frederick's banquet spread, there was a lot of uproar in Wiener, and more and more girls went to the party.

Groups of socialites came to dance, and the nobles who were eager to get rid of their singles immediately flocked to the dance. The playboy increased, and Frederick had to offer red wine and a buffet. As a result, the fundraising turned into a ball, which was frequently attended by high-level aristocrats such as the Chief Secretary for Administration and the Undersecretary for Justice, attracting middle-level aristocrats with fat brains to meet each other. Most of these petty aristocrats invested in factories and mines, and they did not pay taxes, so they were very wealthy. In order to curry favor with their bosses, they take pride in making donations.

Frederick was at first confused, not understanding why people had suddenly become interested in education. It wasn't until the blonde-haired Chlethia came to invite him to dance that it dawned on Frederick.

The ladies are very reserved, and will only talk in groups of three or five, waiting for the young people to take the initiative to invite. A sought-after girl like Chrysia rarely takes the initiative. Frederick was already familiar with her, and it was evident that she was present with great hospitality.

"Did you invite you to join us, Chief Secretary?" asked Frederick gratefully as he danced in the pool. He vaguely remembered the Chief Secretary putting his arm around Clecia's slender waist.

The girl stepped on the solemn steps of the court dance and explained in a low voice: "He is my father, and only in one case will he allow me to attend the ball." ”

"What's the situation?"

"The situation in which he was present. "Kleshia is good.

Frederick made a conservative estimate that the shabby aristocracy who came to lick the chief secretary could barely stuff the troika. In order to get a good errand, these people donated money to Frederick.

"Thank you, you can even eat, drink and be merry to stimulate the country's economy, because you are here, my education budget has risen by a thousand marks according to a conservative estimate. Frederick kept the ledger in mind.

Clethea's heart was overjoyed, she pursed her lips and smiled, her eyes sparkling at him, and a pair of diamond earrings shook gently with the broken steps: "I want to come and see how you are doing." Have you forgotten the night the mansion collapsed? I was trampled on by my dance partner and couldn't walk in pain. If you hadn't helped me jump out of the window, I might have buried myself underneath. My father is also grateful to you. ”

Frederick suddenly realized, and thought to herself, that if only she remembered the old love of drawing the sword to help her, and forgot the old account of touching her ass.

"But I don't understand," Clethea asked reservedly, keeping her distance from him, her red lips leaning into his ear, "why did you only touch me and Leia, but not Syndra?

Frederick's heart ached, and his breath became so rapid that he smelled the scent of talcum powder, which was customary for ladies.

"Do you talk about this in private?" said Frederick, dancing in a messy manner, almost stepping on his female companion's foot.

"We'll talk. At first, of course, there was some irritation. Later, I began to care about these side details. When we heard the fighting in the court, we prayed for you. Frightened by this, Clythia stopped asking questions and smiled with a tolerant and warm smile: "You have saved many people." I don't know what others think, but the three of us want you to live. ”

At this time, there was sporadic applause outside the dance floor, and everyone paid tribute to a girl with light steps.

Clythia turned her head to look and saw the sleek girl passing by her dancing partner.

"She danced better than my teacher!" her attention was completely captivated.

"It was a wealthy countess, who had inherited a large inheritance by chance, and had come to the capital to squander it, and was a man who could sing and dance. Frederick explained softly, politely begging her by the way: "As you know, I have been entrusted by the Empress to join the Cabinet as Minister of Education, and I intend to strengthen my investment and control over public schools, and to rectify the accumulated malpractice, and I need the support of all quarters. If you allow, I hope you can introduce Ling Zun for me. ”

Clethia was obviously attracted to the beautiful woman who was good at dancing, but when she turned her head and saw Frederick looking at her intently, she was suddenly shy and moved, feeling like a dripping ice cube, and suddenly she could not maintain the angular and dignified, and began to be gentle and mellow shy. She nodded lightly and easily sold her father to Frederick: "It is a good thing to let the poor get an education, I will tell my father." ”

After a dance, the dancing countess saluted profusely and reluctantly thanked the enthusiastic applause. Frederick helped Clysia to pass by the countess, walked up to the cafeteria, and saw the long-haired and lively Sindra holding a plate of cakes, and pointed at herself with wide eyes: "Clysia is so cunning, she has already danced! No wonder I can't find her!"

Clesia pursed her lips and smiled, calmly and decently.

Leia, who was a little shorter, pursed her lips and glanced at Sindra with disgust: "Stupid, who told you to follow the sweets." ”

Frederick exclaimed, "We seem to have a relationship...... "He remembered that on the day the mansion collapsed, they had all pulled out of the window with their own hands. I didn't expect them to get so close.

Leia was the youngest, a head shorter than Ophelia. She turned her head to look at Frederick and looked blankly for two seconds before she walked over and tiptoed at Frederick's ear.

Frederick then bent down, and Lea tiptoed into his ear, squinting and smiling pleasantly, "We agreed not to tell anyone about that." Just forgive my brother like this. ”

Clythia wiped her sweat and smiled: "Leia is a little sister, so she is willful. Sindra is the second sister and always makes a fuss, please bear with me. ”

"It turns out that you are three sisters. Frederick turned his head to look at Sindra, who was licking the chocolate on her lips, and as soon as the two looked at each other, Sindra gave him a serious thumbs up: "It's not easy for you to survive, and you have to work hard in the future!"

Frederick was speechless, not knowing how to answer.

Leia looked at her sister and muttered, "Stupid." ”

Lycia couldn't control her two younger sisters anymore, and just happened to tiptoe to see her father looking for her, and quickly apologized to Frederick with a smile: "Father is worried about us again, please allow me to be absent." After speaking, he smiled and urged his sister: "Let's go." ”

Although Leia disliked the second sister, she was extremely docile in front of the eldest sister, and said sweetly, and the three of them left together, with a quiet and elegant back, quite a lady's style.

Frederick's eyes fluttered, and suddenly he saw Filia in a fiery red dress leaning against the window, sipping red wine and looking at herself, looking at each other, Filia pursed her lips and smiled, deliberately looking away, brushing her hair in the wind, and looking at the swaying canopy outside the window. The autumn wind unfolded the hem of her skirt like a gorgeous fire.

He leaned over excitedly, stared at her smiling side face, and blamed her affectionately: "Don't you tell me when you come?" ”

Filia didn't look at him, drank red wine in front of the autumn scene, and quoted Elena with a smile: "The empress mentioned you and said that you have been much gentler lately, and I only realized after a while that you are gentle at 'treating everyone equally'." I don't care, I'm going to tell Your Majesty, just say that you are as good to other women as you are to Your Majesty. ”

Frederick tilted his head to look at her, and after a while, he burst out with a sentence full of anticipation: "Are you jealous?"

Filia's side face was redder than wine, and she immediately turned her head to look at him, and hurriedly clarified: "I am not jealous! Your Majesty really said it, she said that you are cold and cruel to the enemy, but you are generous and romantic to women, and you are inevitably involved in scandals." Therefore, we should protect you, a good old man, and not let you be troubled by your own amorousness. ”

"How are you going to protect me?" Frederick saw that she was blushing seriously, so he gently snatched the goblet from her hand, looked her eyes, and sipped wine against the faint lip print.

Filia's heart itched, and she pouted and asked him, "You're jealous." Hey, Isaac has suddenly relented in the past few days, so you shouldn't catch him and beat him up, right?"

Frederick hurriedly raised his head, leaned against the window and pretended to look at the scenery: "Ah, I don't know. ”

"Didn't you do it?" Fillia saw Frederick rubbing his goblet around, a sign of his nervousness.

"I didn't bully Isaac. Am I like that narrow-minded person?" said Frederick to the façade.

Filia bit her lip to see his pretended calm expression, and sneered, "When I first fed Simba, he would hold the bowl and not allow anyone to approach, and I would get two yells when I walked over. I didn't expect a man as big as you to protect food like a lion cub. ”

Suddenly, a crowd gathered next to the buffet, and the chief secretary and the smiling countess talked loudly, attracting countless aristocrats to watch, echoing the climax of applause.

"Who's taking care of the food!" Frederick didn't admit it, glancing at Filia and asking tentatively, "What's the matter?

Filia bowed her head on the windowsill, her red hair brushed by the autumn breeze on her face, undulating and fluttering. She played with the pearl necklace repeatedly, shivering as if she was afraid of the cold: "No, it's just the opposite...... Because Isaac suddenly didn't dare to pester me, I felt a wordless care that made me so warm. ”

The countess made a mischievous joke and was the first to burst into a pleasant laugh, which caused the nobles to burst into laughter, and announced 100 points in volume.

Frederick turned his back to the hall, like a hermit who did not smell red dust, and looked at the autumn landscape side by side with Philia, and said, "So...... That's why I am reluctant to let you leave the imperial capital. I want to stay warm like this. ”

Frederick knew that Felia liked him, but he was still nervous, and he didn't know what he was nervous about. As he hesitated inexplicably, his shoulders suddenly warmed, and Filia leaned on his right side as if she didn't know, and their shoulders were imprinted together.

The apprehension in his heart suddenly turned into sweetness, like a weightless screaming person falling into a Simmons mattress, and he immediately fell to the ground.

Filia looked at the lingering and swaying "rustling" leaves, and said quietly, "You are really good at coaxing." ”

Frederick was eager to swear a poisonous oath to please her, and his mouth was open, but he promised plainly: "Don't be jealous, with you by my side, I won't be bothered." ”

"I'm not jealous. Filia continued to deny it. (To be continued.) )