Even with her mouth covered, Lucia cried. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Scenes from the past flashed through the mind of the imperial empress, the recklessness and vexatiousness when she first met as a teenager, the disillusionment when she learned of the death of the other party, and the heartbeat when she reunited after many years......

She nodded with tears in her eyes, choked up and said, "I promised you more than ten years ago...... In your hometown of Rand, I have long been the daughter-in-law of the blacksmith's family, and I have long been your wife......"

Donner's nose was sore, he pursed his lips to force the tears in his eyes, and slowly but gently placed the Mithril ring on Lucia's left ring finger.

Only then did Lucia notice that the front of the ring was set with seven tiny gemstones, arranged in the shape of the seven iris stars directly north of the night sky.

She thought of that night, the night when she escaped from the rebels disguised as kidnappers and rode with Donner towards the Iris Seven Stars, a scene that had appeared in her dreams more than once for more than twenty years.

Now the ring, engraved with the night sky, was on her finger, like her whole heart, her whole soul—and Lucia knew that she would never take it off for the rest of her life.

Donner stood up and hugged Lucia, who was trembling slightly, in his arms.

"If only Brother Wesley were here. Richard sighed with tears in his eyes.

Lucia burst into tears and laughed, and while clearing her tears on Donner's shoulder, she objected, "It's better that he's not here, or he'll make the atmosphere weird." ”

Donner laughed, too, thinking to himself that if Wesley was there, he didn't know what he was going to say. Maybe this guy is going to claim that he gave Lucia to himself......

"Young Master, it's all like this, don't rush to see that Alex first. Layla whispered.

Donner was slightly stunned, looked at Lucia with some embarrassment, and said apologetically: "There is something I have always wanted to tell you, I didn't know how to speak before, but now I ......" He glanced at the ring on Lucia's hand, "I can probably say it now." ”

Lucia looked at Donner quietly, feeling a strong sense of unease.

"More than twenty years ago, I met a girl on the boat leaving Huls for Caios......," Donner said slowly, considering his words.

Lucia's slightly furrowed brows gradually relaxed, and she asked in surprise and joy, "That's what you're talking about?"

Donner looked puzzled, and suddenly noticed that in the corner of his eye, Layla turned her face away, deliberately not looking at herself.

"Layla...... What the hell is going on?" he asked, turning his head.

Like a child who had done something wrong, Layla looked down at the fingers of her intertwined hands and whispered, "Rui, Miss Ricke's business...... I seem to have told His Majesty about ......"

"I think I talked about it...... Lucia shook her head with a smile, "she told me everything." ”

"I don't understand, are you from mine or from Lucia?" Donner asked with a roll of his eyes and a half-truth.

"I ...... Of course I'm the young master's man......" Layla's voice was as soft as a mosquito.

Lucia thought that Donner had only taken the initiative to talk about it after he had officially proposed to her, and her heart was filled with a hint of sweetness. She couldn't figure out why she had the same reaction. Maybe he thinks Donner puts himself in the most important position, or maybe he thinks that his current attitude is asking for his own understanding...... Either way, she felt she should say something about it.

"Actually...... In my heart, I have long regarded Miss Ricke, whom I have never met, as my sister......" Lucia tried to say this with great generosity, hiding a little instinctive jealousy.

Donner only felt relieved for a moment, and was a little surprised by Lucia's reaction, and secretly thanked the old brother Peter - if it weren't for the fact that the Holy Book of Light recorded that he had married thirteen wives in a row and passed them on to the world as a model, how could Lucia, as the empress of a country, behave so generously.

But Lucia seemed to feel that her statement was not clear enough, and then smiled: "Compared to Wesley and those nobles, you are already as conservative as a priest......" This time, she was telling the truth.

Donner smiled sheepishly, thinking that he might really be overthinking, after all, this is not the earth, and he has a completely different concept.

"There's one thing Layla doesn't know," he said slowly, "Ricke's surname is Mediki......"

Lucia, Richard, and Layla were all surprised.

"Brother, you don't mean that Alex ......," Richard said urgently.

"Alex Medici is Ricke's father. Donner said.

Richard suddenly covered his face and said, "Oh my God, I've been very polite to him these days......"

Layla also nodded slightly: "In this case, the young master should really go to see him." ”

Lucia looked at Donner with a pretended complaint and said, "It's all your fault, who told you not to say it earlier." He must be hating me these days......"

Donner shrugged and pouted, "Actually, there's one more thing I didn't say...... Alex abandoned their mother and daughter when Rick was a baby, so the relationship between father and daughter was not very good. ”

This time, even the always honest Richard couldn't help but roll his eyes and said, "Brother, can't you finish the matter at once!

......

The Medici Chamber of Commerce in Coennas is not large, so for the past ten days, Alex has been living in the private room on the top floor of the Frostflower Hotel.

On the morning of 28 April, when the chamberlain knocked on the door to report the Duke of Vene's visit, Alex had already woken up, and in fact he had slept very little every day these days.

As Donner said, Rick and Alex have a very weak relationship, so he doesn't need to care too much about the feelings of the patriarch of the Medici family. It's just that these days he has been forcibly left in Coennas, so that the other party is not too embarrassed, and Donner needs to see him at the right time, so as not to make him too stiff.

However, this was only one of Donner's purposes, he came to the patriarch of the Medici family, and there were other important things.

When he walked into Alex's reception room, Donner still had the polite face that belonged to "Duke Vaane".

Naturally, Alex didn't dare to have any intention of asking the teacher. "Lord Duke......" He stood at the door, his expression was somewhat haggard, but his smile was still hearty, and he had the demeanor of the president of the First Chamber of Commerce in Middle-earth.

"Mr. Alex, it's been a long time. Donner smiled and nodded, "Cynthia Vida said, you'll be there in a few days, I guessed right, you've already arrived in Coennas." ”