In the early morning, before the sun had fully risen, the maids were heard chattering:

"Did you know that Captain Robert died last night!"

"I heard that I was drunk and fell into a well and drowned!"

"Oh my God! I heard Laura say that she went to the well this morning to fetch water, and the bucket felt wrong when it was put down! She looked into the well, and Robert was looking at her with wide eyes!

One of the maids asked, "How do you know that he fell by himself?"

Another maid replied, "His room is full of empty wine bottles! The floor is full of wine bottles! A room smells of wine! If he himself does not fall into the well drunk, who can push such a strong captain of the guard into it?"

......

Horn finished washing under the service of the maids, and after listening to the broken mouths of the maids, he called Nolan to him and asked, "What's the matter?"

Nolan carefully combed her hair and replied, "Your Highness, I was just about to report to you!

Horn lamented, "Ah, what a pity, my poor captain of the guard!"

Soon she asked, "Does he still have family?"

Nolan thought for a moment and said, "The chief of the guard didn't have a wife, he only had an old mother, who also died a few years ago. ”

Tut.

Austin, God is here to help you.

Now no one will pursue it.

- The reasons are also very well made, what a good boy.

Horn took the opportunity to say: "In order to avoid such a tragedy, Nolan, herald, the guards and maids are not allowed to drink alcohol during their duties in the future......! ”

Before she could finish speaking, Nolan was frightened by Horn's resolute tone, and hurriedly said, "Yes, Your Highness, I will definitely convey it to everyone!"

Horn finished his breakfast happily and went to take a look at Austin.

Austin looked tired with two big dark circles under her eyes, and suddenly looked like she was several years older.

The impetuousness of the teenager who could be seen at a glance before can't be seen now, and there is a little more restraint against age.

When he saw Horn, he didn't say hello or salute, but looked at her, waiting for her to speak.

Horn really responded to the sentence "looked", didn't say a word, and left after reading it.

Nolan approached her and asked, "Your Highness, there is a guest who is the butler of the Marquis Jace's house. ”

Horn, of course, did not know the marquis, so he said, "Let him in." ”

The butler of the Marquis of Jace's house, a fat middle-aged man, first performed a standard aristocratic etiquette after entering the palace, and then presented a delicate invitation to Horn, saying: "My noble princess, it is an honor to meet you!

Ball?

What does the Duke want to do in the midst of the plague?

Horn took the invitation and said to the butler, "I know, I'll be on time." ”

Seeing that she accepted the invitation, the butler smiled, and then bowed and withdrew: "It is really an honor for me to invite the beautiful princess, and I look forward to your presence, so I will retire, my highness." ”

Nolan put away the invitation and asked, "Your Highness, we obviously don't know that marquis, why do we want to go?"

Horn glanced at her and said, "Don't you know each other when you go?" ”

She had to break into the circle of the nobles of the imperial capital, and although she didn't know what the marquis wanted to do, it was indeed a rare opportunity for her.

"Nolan, I need a ...... outfit for the gala"

Wait a minute......

Horn stopped talking abruptly.

This Moore VIII is not yet buried, she can only wear black, but to the party, wear black - to the memorial service?

The Marquis of Najace must have known this, and he dared to hold a ball at the risk of plague infection, was it determined that Moore VIII would die, and the two princes would not be in the imperial capital to demonstrate?

Horn wondered with some certainty: Is he a fox?

She really didn't know much about the imperial capital, she had never heard of this Marquis of Jace, the maids around her were all from the south with her, the guards were not in the noble circle, and most of the other people in the palace were the eyes and ears of the queen, which was really a loss of five senses.

Horn suddenly remembered the system mall, and she remembered that when she had scanned it in a hurry, there was one thing she could use now......

【Ding——! Junior Mall Opens!】

Silver Longsword: 300

Herbs for hemostasis: 40

MI medicine: 50

Gorgeous long dress: 80

Barbed Dagger: 60

......

Wangcheng Relationship Intelligence: 300

After rummaging through a long catalog, Horn saw the thing again, and she looked at the price: 300.

If she hadn't completed the main quest and got 300 Apocalypse Coins, she wouldn't have been able to afford it.

"Buy Wangcheng relationship information. ”

【Ding——!-300!Purchase Successful!Obtain Item: Wangcheng Relationship Intelligence!Balance: 40 Apocalypse Coins. 】

It's so expensive!

Horn's flesh hurts, but the meat still has to be lost.

She stayed alone in the room, opened the information book worth 300 Apocalypse Coins, and sorted out the intricate relationships in it over and over again.

This look took a morning and an afternoon, Wangcheng is so big, small nobles, big nobles, royal businessmen, etc., among which the intricate relationships constitute a web of heaven and earth, and a little clue can involve a lot of relationships.

Horn roughly sorted out that the imperial capital is now divided into five major factions: the first and second princes and the second prince, all of whom have the support of his wife's family behind them.

The third is General Silvein, who is a fair and honest man with a heavy army, and was the most loyal supporter of Moore VIII's reign.

Fourth, the very prestigious Duke of Lyme, this man is a real aristocratic chieftain, with a first-class title, as well as a fertile and vast fiefdom in the eastern region, and has a wide range of friends, and there are countless elites in all fields who have been promoted from him.

Fifth, the Holy See, which is full of believers and has a certain amount of armed forces in its hands.

But the Sikaya Empire did not waste to the end here in Moore VIII, as a monarch, no one likes to live the kind of life of watching the pope's face and acting, so the Sikaya Empire is still an era when the monarchy is greater than the divine power.

Whoever can get the support of Duke Lyme is about the same as having the support of the entire noble circle.

Of course, if Duke Lyme supports himself and wants to go further, he also has that capital.

As for General Sivanin, not to mention.

If the Holy See becomes their supporter, then among the people, the influence will go straight to the hearts of the people, and the people will be extremely supportive.

Marquis Jace, who sent Horn's invitation, didn't belong to any of the five factions.

He didn't have a particularly strong army, nor did he have prestige among the nobility or popular support, nor was he a lackey of the princes, or a normal marquis.

- He has what he should have, and he doesn't have what he shouldn't.

Naturally, it is impossible to falsify the information produced by the system, and Horn put down the thick information book, and his thinking was a little erratic.

So what did he want to do? Pick a suitable person from this ball to hug his thighs?

The unfavored princess is also invited, and she is really not a picky eater.

Oh, yes, he's not married yet, he wants to go on a blind date at the ball?

Horn was not interested in him when he thought of the intelligence-spotted "Marquis Jace, 40 years old".

Robert doesn't marry either, and Jace doesn't marry at his age, so he doesn't love men too, right?, Horn thought to himself.

After a while, it was getting weaker, and she didn't bother because of this, so she asked the palace minister to prepare the carriage, wear a black dress, and leave the palace with the princess's due honor guard.

In front of the palace gate, the palace gate was blocked by a mighty procession.

An arrogant voice came from the luxurious carriage: "Why don't you let me go out? You go back and tell your mother that I am almost 16 years old! I am almost an adult!"

One of the guards fearfully persuaded, "Your Highness Anna...... But Your Majesty has not been buried yet, and it is not appropriate for you to go to the ball at such a juncture......"

When Anna heard this, she said angrily: "Mother's name can't suppress me, now I'm moving out of my father's emperor, right? Despicable slave! Get out of here! This princess won't eat you!"

Nolan said next to Horn's carriage: "Your Highness, it seems to be Princess Anna, what should I do?"

Horn said, "Wait for her to pass." ”

What else can I do, she's stuck there, and the horse can still grow wings and fly over.

After teaching the guards a lesson, Anna lifted the curtain angrily, and unexpectedly saw Horn's carriage and horses, and immediately as if she had found another punching bag, she immediately got out of her luxurious carriage, and led a group of guards and maids to Horn's carriage menacingly.

"Isn't this Sister Horn? Where are you going? Aren't you going to Marquis Jace's ball?"

Horn was a little speechless at the little girl, and didn't bother to open the curtain, and said, "Yes, my dear sister Anna, yes." ”

Who knew that Anna turned her face and said in disgust: "Who allowed you to call me sister? I call you sister, and you still have to inch in? You down-and-out southern countryman is also worthy?!"

Horn said, "Well, Aunt Anna, yes. ”

What, what?

She is young and beautiful, with a noble status, and she dares to insult her as an aunt?!

Anna was angry by this breezy aunt, and immediately attacked: "Horn! Your mother really died early, and you are so uneducated when you speak!"

Nolan immediately frowned when he heard this: "Princess Anna, please be respectful!"

When Anna heard this, she saw that it was a maid who slapped Nolan without thinking about it when she said to her, and she sneered: "You dare to point fingers at me even as a maid?"

Horn: "......"

You say it's okay if you scold a dead person, after all, she won't suddenly bounce up and choke your neck.

But you beat my personal maid in front of me, and I'm not dead.

Are you going too far?

So Horn said, "Nolan." ”

Nolan covered the left side of her face, which was already red and swollen, and she replied aggrievedly: "Your Highness......"

Horn slowly got out of the carriage and whispered in Nolan's ear, "Now, I command you, palm Anna's mouth, left." ”

Although it was said in Nolan's ear, the words were clear, and everyone present heard it.

Nolan covered her left cheek and said, "W-What?" She hallucinated?

Anna burst into flames and said, "You dare!"

Horn glanced at Nolan with a cold look in his eyes, "What are you inking?"

Nolan was stared at like that, her hair stood upside down, and her brain immediately froze, she recalled what Horn had done recently, and then looked at Anna, Anna was like a child!

And Horn is a man-eating demon!

Immediately, she didn't think about it, and did something she would never dare to think of in her life - she quickly raised her hand and slapped Princess Anna on the left cheek.

Quiet.

Deathly still.

Horn's maids and guards were mainly afraid of Horn, so they didn't dare to speak out.

Anna, on her part, was incredulous.

Anna covered her left cheek and said incredulously, "You dare to hit me?

Horn interrupted her impatiently and said to Nolan, "Didn't eat?

As soon as Nolan heard this impatient tone, she didn't care about anything, abandoned any thoughts of her own, and immediately raised her hand high and fell heavily.

"Smack——!

The sound was crisp and hit everyone's heart.

After Nolan finished fighting, the whole person was like a puppet, frozen in place.

She felt that she must be dead, Princess Anna was so arrogant, she dared to hit her in the face, and she hit her twice! And Princess Horn was so fierce that she didn't dare to resist at all.

There are wolves in front and tigers in the back!

Woooooooooo

Nolan wept inwardly, having completely regarded himself as a dead man.

Sure enough, after Anna was stunned and turned around, her anger broke through the limit on the spot, and she screamed loudly: "Kill her, kill her, kill this lowly maid for me!!!"

Anna's guards immediately drew their swords and stabbed Nolan down.

With a "bang", the long sword fell to the ground.

The next to land was the guard, not Nolan.

Horn dipped his fingers in the blood of the dagger and forcibly smeared it on Anna's mouth, saying in an unclear tone, "Anna, is this the tone you spoke to your sister?"

Anna struggled frantically and scolded, "Sister, you bastard will never deserve it!"

"Smack——!

Another crisp slap in the face.

This time it was on the right.

Horn let go of Anna and patted her on the right side of the face with a dagger, "Good sister, this is more symmetrical, natural blush, how suitable it is for you." ”

Who knew that Anna was also a hot person, and she couldn't bear the humiliation, so she turned around and picked up the guard's long sword and slashed it at Horn!

Although this body is weak, Horn's foundation is still there, and with one sideways, the long sword deviates from the target.

However, Anna used too much force and fell to the ground with the heavy sword.

Horn was a little angry, and before Anna could get up, she stepped on her chest, and Anna's guards tried to pull her away, but Horn's guards stepped forward to stop her.

Horn picked up the dagger and shaved off a piece of hair on Anna's scalp, and she pressed the cold blade to Anna's scalp, saying, "Why don't you know you're afraid? ”

repeatedly provoked, and dared to raise a sword to kill, this can no longer be described as brutal.

Horn's green eyes narrowed slightly, and he said with endless killing intent: "I'll kill you, Anna, no kidding." ”

There were soldiers present who had been on the battlefield, and they were all shuddered by this sharp and cold killing intent, and they all stared at the princess in fear.

The dagger against the scalp was too sharp, and it was already bleeding.

Anna felt the heat flow, and then she felt scared, and tears immediately appeared in her eyes, "Woo woo...... It hurts me! It hurts me! Let go of me! I'm going to tell my mother...... You wait for me!"

Horn let her go boredly, wiped the dagger clean on Anna's precious dress, put it away, and got into the carriage.

Nolan was covered in a cold sweat, and the evening breeze blew, and she shivered with cold.

After seeing that Horn got into the carriage without looking back, he looked at Anna who was spilling on the ground.

Nolan took a deep breath and mustered up courage.

——Very knowledgeable fox fake tiger said: "What do you see?!Why don't you make way for my princess?Do you want to die?!"