Chapter 21: Moonlight Like Water (7)

The candles had been extinguished, and the silver moonlight slowly covered the dusty tabletop.

Lorist sat quietly, watching the moonlight sprinkle all over his body, and the floor was painted with a layer of silver varnish. The silver moon is so bright tonight......

The sound of a chariot came from a distance, and soon the carriage stopped downstairs, the neighing of the horses, the low scolding of the coachman, and the sound of the door opening sounded one after another. The once familiar footsteps echoed rapidly up the stairs, and then stopped at the door of the room.

The door was opened, and the candlelight entered, turning the silver moonlight in the room into fragmented patches of light and shadow.

Miss Windsor was standing at the door, wearing an off-the-shoulder white princess dress, which should be her own changed style, the gold silk pattern was used more, and the princess dress, which originally symbolized purity, was actually worn by her with a different kind of sexiness and temptation. Maybe it was because I was at a party and got the news from Lina that I hurried over, and I was in a bit of a hurry to go upstairs, and I was still panting.

It seems that both he and she understand that if they miss today, maybe they will never see each other again.

Lorlist's voice was calm: "Can you put out the candles?" I like the silver moonlight in the room. ”

Miss Windsor silently blew out the candlestick, put the candlestick aside, and quietly walked into the silver moonlight, stopped, and remained motionless, just like that moonlit night.

Both were silent. Lorist looked at the lily-like girl in front of him, and had mixed feelings in his heart, the person he once loved the most was about to leave and marry a wife. When I first got the news, I longed to give birth to wings and fly to her side. But seeing each other at this moment, my heart is still sad, but I no longer have that inseparable thought.

"Maybe I should call you a Marquise. Lorist said lightly, breaking the silence in the room.

"You got it?" the girl looked up.

"Three months ago, I was in the Ruins Islands and met a team of mercenaries from the Kingdom of Chigeda. I heard from them that the Marquis of the Luo Fei family will hold a grand wedding banquet in the royal capital at the end of the year to marry the second lady. And they were entrusted by the Tilapia family to go to the Ruins Islands to procure some precious materials needed for the banquet. While chatting, they were still guessing which of the kingdom's concubines the second lady was, and I knew it had to be you. ”

Lorist laughed softly: "Your secrecy is good, I believe that no one in Moriente City knows that you agreed to the marriage proposal of His Excellency the Marquis more than three months ago, and even your maid does not know, and Rina begged me not to break up with you when I came." Hehe......"

"I can't help it, Locke. I know you hate me, hate me for empathy, hate me for seeing different things, hate me for being greedy for power, but I really can't help it, for the sake of my family, I have to do this. The girl sat directly on the floor, tears welling up in her eyes: "After you left, he asked his family to come forward and force the four new lords to return the seized territory to the Windsor family. However, the territory was recaptured, but it was constantly harassed by those lords, and the Heard knights were seriously injured, and the Somme knights took care of the other. Those lords sent men to pretend to be bandits, to burn down our fields and houses, to take our people captive and to sell them as slaves, and to do all kinds of evil. In such a situation, the territory cannot develop at all. ”

At this point, he made a suggestion that if I was willing to marry him, he could justifiably send the family army to help the House of Windsor survive the difficult time. I agreed, just wait for me to return to the royal capital, and on the day of the wedding, the Tilapia family will declare war on the four lords because of the marriage with the Windsor family, and from then on, the enemies of the Windsor family will be the enemies of the Tilapia family. At that time, his family army had already deployed around those four domains, and launched an attack at the same time, completely uprooting the four lords, so that our family territory would have time to recuperate and develop without trouble. ”

For the sake of the future of the Windsor family, even if I don't love him, I must accept his proposal. And he also promised that after clearing the four lords, the territories of two lords would be returned to the royal family, one territory would go to the Tilapi family, and one territory would be given to the Windsor family as compensation. At that time, I will give this domain to the Knight of Somme and make him a baron in recognition of his service to the family by leading the Resistance. ”

The girl sat on the floor chattering, as if trying to finish all the words: "Rina doesn't know that he also asked for his proposal to me, and this is known to Susie and me, for the sake of secrecy, lest the four lords find out." He said the key to this is to be surprised. As soon as the wedding began, the Luo Fei family declared war, so the nobles of Chigeda could not react, and when the occupation of the four territories caused the definitive fact, the royal family came forward to announce that the four lords would be deprived of their titles and take back the territory, and then everyone would have nothing to say. And the Windsor family will have the Tilapia family to rely on in the future, and my father's tragedy will not happen again. ”

Lorist's eyes froze, what a powerful calculation, such a careful arrangement. The strategy he formulated at the beginning was that the rebels would have to fight for at least half a year or so, until the military strength of the four new lords was seriously damaged, and they could not do anything against the rebels and could not pose a military threat to the old territory of Windsor. As long as the Windsor family takes advantage of this opportunity to build up a crack guard force, there is no need to worry about being attacked.

Who knew that the Marquis would intervene and destroy the original plan. First, he forced the four new lords to return the old Windsor land, so that the Windsor family owed them a big favor. In order to defend their territory, the House of Windsor had to use the rebels as garrisons. And the four new lords were obviously unwilling after they were forced to return their territories, and the military strength in their hands was not seriously damaged, and seeing that the rebels who could not find their whereabouts in the past were now in the open, they did not want to retaliate.

It's just half a year in advance, the situation in the territory has changed greatly, the rebels have become the lord's garrison, and the new lord has become a rebel army with his subordinates, and the two sides have fallen. Now that the Windsor family is suffering and beating, they can't cope with this unexpected change of situation, so they can only let the territory be poisoned. At this time, the savior appeared again, and he proposed to Miss Windsor, and on this condition, he sent the family army to help the Windsor family deal with the enemy, and took the opportunity to eliminate the four lords. Then the two territories were returned to the royal family, so that the royal family came forward to bear the black cauldron, so that the nobles of the entire kingdom pointed the finger at the royal family. And he and the Windsor family divided the remaining two territories equally, which not only got benefits, but also won the reputation of benevolence, and finally won the hardcore ally of the Windsor family.

Is this five or six?" Lorist gasped. Bystanders are clear, perhaps when they planned to set up a rebel army in the old territory of the Windsor family, everything that happened was seen by those who had a heart, and the calculation was clear. Take advantage of the situation to make trouble, push the boat along the river, fish in troubled waters, hide from the sky and cross the sea, darkly Chen Cang, anti-guest-oriented, and make something out of nothing. After a whole set of arrangements, the Luo Fei family, which originally watched the excitement, got the biggest benefit. That Marquis of Luo is really not simple.

Watching the girl self-righteously tell about the benefits of the Windsor family with the support of the Tilapia family, Lorist suddenly became disheartened, is this the girl she once loved the most? Is this the angel in her heart? vain, ignorant and stubborn, being used as a pawn and fiddling around without knowing it. Poor young lady, what else do you have left but beauty?

It's as if the marriage between the Windsor family and the Tilapia family was a great sacrifice you made, but isn't that what you want? Becoming a marquise, going in and out of the palace clubhouse, befriending the queen's lady, high up, everyone flatters you and looks up to you, isn't this the life you want? Pure brainless eldest lady, the strength of the family is not reflected in this aspect, and the honor of the family is not fought for at the banquet party, and the Luo Fei family is regarded as the biggest backer, maybe when the Windsor family is sold, you will still help count the money. It's better to rely on yourself than on others, when will you understand this truth, Miss.

But what does that have to do with me? Lorist shook his head in disgust, suddenly realizing how ridiculous it was to be heartbroken by the breakup at that time. When he died, he felt a sense of physical and mental relaxation, as if he had unloaded some burden.

"What's wrong with you. Locke?" the girl asked suspiciously, seeing Lorliste shake her head.

"It's nothing, I came back from the Ruins Islands, I took a month's boat, and when I first arrived on land, I still felt like I was at sea, and I felt seasick from time to time. Lorist casually made an excuse: "By the way, is he good to you?"

"Yes, that's good. The girl nodded: "Being with him has a feeling of being pampered in the palm of his hand, he arranges everything perfectly, unlike you, I have to figure out everything by myself, figure it out by myself." To tell you the truth, Locke, I feel really tired to be with you, I was busy all day long, and you are so idle, it is not a problem to say a few words when it comes to you, I really envy you at that time. ”

"Hehe, that's because you're stupid. Lorist chuckled, "I'm curious, why would his wife support him in proposing to you?"

"Sister Rafina, you say, she is not in good health, she once had a miscarriage due to a fall from a horse, and the royal doctor said that she probably won't be able to get pregnant. And she likes to be clean, and she hates those parties. So she hopes that Luo Fei will propose to me, let me attend a party for her in the future or something, and also hope that I can give birth to the heir of the Luo Fei family as soon as possible. The girl's face was a little red when she said this.

Well, very good, eldest lady, you have been used as a stand-in for entertainment and a tool for childbirth, and after you give birth to a child, I dare to guarantee that the eldest lady will use the excuse that the eldest lady is busy with external entertainment and has no time to take the initiative to take the child to raise, so that the eldest lady you are grateful, and you will understand after a few years that the child does not recognize you as a real mother. Lorist was full of malicious fragments.

Lorist asked, "Why did you end the business in the city of Moronte, and sell the house and the storefront?"

"The family's territory was badly damaged, and the Knight of Somme wrote that there was not a single intact house in the entire territory, and that it would take a lot of materials and expenses to rebuild and restore people's livelihoods, and he also made a list of more than 10,000 gold coins. In addition, I still have to buy a dowry or something, and I don't have so much cash for a while. He persuaded me to sell everything here and go to the royal capital to start anew. It's his territory, and he'll take care of everything for me. The eldest lady said this, and there was a very satisfied expression on her face.

Lorist really wanted to applaud and express his respect for the Marquis of Luo Fei like the Yellow River flooding, out of control, you look at the people, not only the beauty of the hug, but also the grass and the rabbit, even the old hen that lays golden eggs in the hands of the beauty is also taken away. When he arrived in the royal capital, the Marquis arranged everything, and the eldest lady smoothly became a senior worker from the boss, and then the profits of the women's clothing boutique store will continue to flow to the Marquis's pocket.

"Then why are you coming here tonight? just to see this last time? Is it necessary? I'll remove my books and miscellaneous items tomorrow morning, and you've sold the house, and there's nothing more here but memories. Lorist found himself too lazy to be angry with the girl, and he believed that even if he made everything clear, the eldest lady would not believe her own words, but would only believe that she was jealous and provoked. Forget it, everyone has their own fate, and he and this eldest lady are just two staggered meteors, leaving each other with a brilliant memory.

"What's wrong with wanting to see you, after all, I've loved you for four years, and although you disappointed me, I just can't forget you. You've always been like this, and you're ruthless when you make up your mind. Don't you have a little nostalgia? Can't you just say don't leave me? When I say break up, you don't say anything and leave. I know you hate me and won't forgive me, and it's all my own doing. But I still want to see you again, even if it's the last ......" The girl's voice also became louder, and the unceremonious manner in which Lorist spoke just now made her explode.

Dare to love and hate, this is the advantage of the eldest lady.

"Alas," Lorist sighed and stood up, "It's better to miss each other than to see each other, so why bother." Can't we just make this relationship the best memory we have with each other......"

"I don't, I want to see you again, hug you again, kiss you again. I know I'm sorry for you, you've done a lot for me and my family, and you've never asked for anything. I know that giving you gold coins is insulting you, so I have acquired these cheats and left them for you, hoping to help you break through the Black Iron Fighting Qi. The girl came to the desk and opened a drawer, which contained five high-level Dou Qi cheats with different attributes. Then the girl turned around, hugged Lorist, and rested her head in his arms.

"Hug me again, kiss me again, okay?" the girl muttered as she closed her eyes.

Lorist smiled bitterly, what the girl remembered was his black iron fighting spirit, but she didn't know that these high-level fighting qi cheats were useless to him, and they were not as practical as gold coins.

"Don't forget that you are now a Marquise. Lorist reminded.

"I was free until the wedding. The girl replied.

Uh, what else can it be?

"No, I'm not used to kissing other people's girlfriends. Lorist said.

"Locke, I want to stay with you tonight......" The girl hugged Lorlist's waist tightly, refusing to let go.

"Well, can the Marquis downstairs wait until dawn?" I don't mind, but he seems to be a little impatient. Lorist stood up and could see through the window the carriage parked at the gate downstairs, and the Marquis, for some reason, did not wait in the hall, but walked around the carriage outside, and looked up from time to time at the window on the third floor.

"Flutter ......" the girl laughed, picked up her foot and gave Lorist a quick kiss on the mouth, and then let go of Lorlist: "Okay, I've seen it, I've hugged it, I've kissed it, I'm satisfied, goodbye, Locke." ”

The sound of the girl's footsteps coming downstairs sounded, and soon the sound of the carriage disappeared until it disappeared.

Lorist sat back in his chair for a long time, and suddenly spoke: "How long are you going to stand?"