Sophia wore a dignified and elegant court dress, exquisite tailoring technology outlined the perfect body curve to the fullest, purple hair pulled into a lady's bun, revealing a swan-like elegant and long white neck, exquisite to impeccable facial features with gorgeous purple hair and amethyst-like eyes, blending pure, bewitching, noble temperament, forming a unique charm.

Victor was accustomed to seeing stunningly beautiful high-ranking female knights, and he had to admit that Sophia was particularly attractive to him, and he even suspected that the purple-eyed bloodline might come from a certain high elf. Similar to the ancient barbarian royal bloodline of Neowest, it can be integrated into the bloodline of knights, but it cannot compete with the bloodlines of knights like the moon elves, promoting each other, but they are distinct.

Could it be that the bloodline of the purple-eyed female knight is fused with the bloodline of the lake fairy and the water fairy in the legendary story?

Victor had a curious association, and couldn't help but look at Sophia a few more times.

Seeing the "amazement" in Victor's eyes, Sophia couldn't help but snicker in her heart, raised her purple slender willow eyebrows, and asked coldly, "What's the matter?"

It turned out that she was jealous that Catherine was pregnant and began to become unreasonable...... This is normal, and the people who are jealous of Catherine also include Sylvia, Trisley, and Gillian, and of course Sophia...... Victor suddenly realized and patted Natalia's soft white hand, "Baby, go and help me prepare hot water for the bath." ”

Natalia senses Sophia's strange state and understands that they have a private conversation to talk about. She nodded very obediently, stood up, swayed her willow waist, and walked out the door. Before going out, he turned his back to Victor, secretly glanced at Sophia, and said silently with his lips:

"Take it when you see it, don't really make Victor angry. ”

Sophia rolled her eyes in annoyance, walked over to Victor and sat down, taking over Natalia's work, using a special silver knife to remove the bones of the grilled salmon and put the processed fish on Victor's plate.

Victor looked at the boneless fish on the plate, grabbed Sophia's smooth and round wrist, put it to his lips and kissed it gently, looked up and asked, "Dear Countess, after you were promoted to Silver Knight, did any man pursue you passionately?"

Sophia paused for a moment, then smiled, her red lips opened lightly, and she secretly spit fragrant, "Dear Your Highness, you are a piece of white bread coated with honey, soft and delicious, fragrant to the nose, even if you are full, you want to pick it up and smell it." ”

The high-ranking female chivalry is outward, and the same smile is an eyebrow affection for her sweetheart, and in the eyes of others, it is a majesty that cannot be desecrated. Unless they are favored and hinted at by high-ranking female knights, no one will pursue them passionately.

Victor didn't have the ability to let go of his spirits, and Sylvia couldn't stop the high-ranking female knights from sending him waves. In fact, half of the representatives of the major powerful lords of the various countries were single silver female knights, and they obviously wanted to see the sun elves. Knowing that Catherine is pregnant with Randall's blood, they don't care about Sylvia's opinion, at least Randall now has the right to choose her partner.

Not to mention, Victor did not invite Sophia to dance with him, he did not attend the ball in the Kite Castle at all, and several His Highnesses and Patriarch Tamor only made an appearance at the dinner, and then left the Knight Hall of the Knight of the Knight Castle accompanied by the Regent.

"He who eats honey white bread is happy, and the white bread that is eaten by others...... No less pleasant, especially with a beauty like the Countess. Victor stretched out his finger and stroked Sophia's delicate red lips, implying that she was the honey white bread, and that he was the bread eater.

Having flirted with his beautiful wife, Victor withdrew his finger and said with a smile: "My dear, we have known each other for so long and have not talked like a noble couple. ”

He and Sophia are known as husband and wife, and they are close, but there seems to be an invisible chasm between them that prevents them from talking about everything like most aristocratic couples.

Victor believes that the problem lies with Sophia, caused by her strong and unwilling to admit defeat. Anyway, His Highness Randall is not wrong, if there is a mistake, it is also someone else's fault, a fault of the environment. He will always try to correct his mistakes, and the temporary concessions are to change the environment and keep himself on the right track.

In fact, everyone is like this, first adapt to the environment, and then transform the environment according to their own wishes, the difference lies in the means and results.

In any case, Sophia can play an important role for Victor, for Centaur Hill, and for Gambis, and if her character is allowed to continue to be awkward, the rift between the two sides will only get bigger and bigger, and finally cause irreparable losses and even violent conflicts.

Victor felt the need to have an in-depth conversation with her.

Sophia's face flushed twice, and she nodded with a bright smile: "Yes, my husband, we are both legal husband and wife, and intimate partners, and should talk like a real aristocratic couple." ”

"Give me Natalia. Victor stared at Sophia's deep purple eyes, shook his head and sighed, "Natalia follows you, she can't use the golden potion until the matter of the golden potion is made public." She's not young, and I can get her promoted to senior female knight early...... It's something I'm able to do for her. ”

"And then, Natalia was promoted to senior knight, and then you collected it in Silvermoon Manor to serve as a vase for His Highness Randall?" Sophia said in a soft but firm voice, "I know Natalia, she is not as ambitious as I am, but she is not willing to be restrained. She's actually a free-spirited female knight, and the Randall family won't tolerate her sloppiness like I do, and she joins Randall's Domain, what else can she do but be your vase?

Victor smiled bitterly, "You don't need to be so mean and sharp, right?"

"My dear, your soft-heartedness may not be the life Natalia wants. Sophia shook Victor's hand, tilted her head and smiled: "As the male master of the Marquis of Wimbledon's house, do you only care about Natalia? I have 7 other knights under my command, and 43 trainee knights, maybe they are more willing to serve the Earl of Goldeneye." ”

"All I care about is Natalia. Victor said that he had no intention of prying the corner of the Marquis of Wimbledon's palace, but when he saw Sophia's disappointed look instead of ease, he asked suspiciously, "You can't be serious, right?"

Sophia nodded silently, raised her hand to untie her bun, let her purple hair hang down her shoulders, re-tied a simple ponytail, and said:

"I once swore at Blinauer Cathedral that within fifteen years I would return Wimbledon to Kiteburg. I've been busy pulling out my henchmen and the backbone of the Chamber of Commerce to form a golden group. But after all, the Golden Regiment is in the name of the free folk merchants of the town, and the knights of the Marquis's Mansion cannot explicitly manage the organization of the free folk merchants. Some of them, I can't fully trust, these knightly nobles don't know the secrets of the Golden Regiment yet. As their ruler, I have to find a place to place them. ”

Victor pondered for a moment, took Sophia's slender hand, and smiled: "Husbands and wives should not let each other figure out their intentions. ”

The snow-white Bei Tooth bit her red lip slightly, and Sophia said with a smile in her eyes: "My henchmen only have 5 junior knights and 32 trainee knights. The other 3 knights and 11 midshipmen all joined the Marquis of Wimbledon later, after the church informed you of your promotion to His Highness......"

The Wimbledon Chamber of Commerce has always had a public commitment that freelancers recruited by the Chamber of Commerce who have served the Chamber for five years have the right to join the Marquis of Wimbledon and become vassals of the Marquis of Wimbleton. As a result of this commitment, the royal family and the High Lords of Cambys, through the Wimbledon Chamber of Commerce, continued to recruit potential freelancer nobles, often from a small family in the outer kingdoms. The rest are some older wild knights with no potential. As long as they have been in the Chamber of Commerce for five years, Sophia has no right to refuse their allegiance. In recent years, although Sophia no longer easily recruits freelancers, the Wimbledon Chamber of Commerce still has some leftover freelancers.

"I don't look down on them, they don't look down on the Marquis of Wimbledon, and they don't offer to join the Marquis of Wimbledon with the idea of serving a better master. However, they were quite conscientious, and I couldn't find an excuse to expel them. My husband was promoted to His Highness, and the dozen or so knights who had completed their service offered their allegiance to me. ”

Sophia sneered: "I understand the thoughts of these people, they know that I will give up the Wimbledon Chamber of Commerce, thinking that I will turn to territorial development, they are not qualified to be loyal to His Highness Randall, and it is not a good choice to be loyal to His Highness's wife." What makes me most angry is that they are adamant that I can't be promoted to His Highness, and if I am destroyed, their allegiance will become you and my heirs or relatives, which is equivalent to allegiance to His Highness Randall. ”

Victor laughed and said, "They are still somewhat self-aware. ”

"You're still laughing?"

Biting lightly on her husband's ear, Sophia sighed, "It is not difficult for me to subdue them by my grace, but I hate their slipperyness." I'm not going to use them, but I can't keep them for nothing...... They didn't have to do anything, and they could still receive a monthly payment from the Marquis's Palace. It's too cheap for them, and the knightly nobles who have nothing to do all day long will always breed other ideas, and in the long run, they will cause trouble for the Marquis of Wimbledon...... I want to send them to Goldwater and keep them out of the sight of the Augustan royal family. I don't trust them, but I can still keep their offspring by my side and raise them myself. ”

"Well, house arrest plus exile, just like the little baron back then. Victor touched his chin and said in a joking tone.

Sophia knew that he had no resentment, but she still pinched his sleeve very cooperatively, and pleaded in a low voice: "Honey, it's all my fault, I've regretted it very much, don't mention the previous things, okay? They are in danger of staying in the king's capital, and sending them out of the city of Brinor, I can hide from Auguste's eyes. ”

Victor was silent for two seconds and said seriously: "Honey, you can consider participating in Nantuo. ”

Sophia looked at Victor's dark gold eyes steadily, sighed faintly, and said frankly: "My dear, I am most afraid that you will shake my knightly faith. ”

"Okay, let's talk about something else. ”

Victor shrugged his shoulders, decisively changed the subject, and said, "The great lords of your kingdoms have sent envoys to congratulate me on becoming the guardian of Gambis. These days, Sylvia receives them for me and receives their gifts. According to the etiquette, I will entertain them with a feast, and you, as the Countess of Randall, should you take on this responsibility?"

"...... this. Sophia was speechless for a moment, feeling deeply embarrassed.

Victor temporarily stripped the Bears from the Wimbledon Chamber of Commerce, and the Halberd City of Sassan and the Dwemick family of Dordor began to cooperate with Sophia to a certain extent, allowing her henchmen to invest large sums of money in the construction of public transportation systems within the sphere of influence of Halberd City and Rock City.

The public transportation system, which monopolized the border territories of the kingdoms, was a key link for the Golden Order to exclude other freeman caravans, and the local priest who was stationed there guaranteed the rights of the public carriages from the plundering of the lords. Princess Angel and Marquis Dwemick made concessions to Sophia, but that didn't mean they couldn't disrupt the Golden Order's public transportation network. If, seeing Sophia entertaining guests at the Marquis's Palace and His Royal Highness Randall, do they suspect that her neutrality is not important, there is an excuse for repentance is certain.

Sophia blinked her eyes and said sincerely and aggrievedly, "Honey, we need boundaries between us...... How would you react if the lords of the Sassan Empire interfered in the public transportation network of the Centaur Hills?"

"Boundaries...... That's right. Victor nodded, a smile of appreciation on his face, and said, "Sophia, I'm glad you have your own judgment...... Do you think I'm going to hurt you? Do you think I'm going to ignore you?"

Without waiting for Sophia to answer, he continued: "The so-called self-judgment is not to oppose for the sake of opposition. I used to think that I could unite with the little lords and take charge of the Golden Regiment alone. But Sylvia made me understand that this was impossible, and that in the face of trade profits and family bloodlines, those minor lords would only choose the knight bloodline first. If the Golden Order wants to grow stronger, it must unite the great lords of the kingdoms. I thought Sylvia was right, so I changed the strategy of the Golden Regiment. ”

"The four guardians of Gombis are divided into two camps, the descendants of the royal family, if Sylvia, and Roland after Goron all insist on their own ideas, then won't everything be decided?The guardians must use their own judgment to decide the overall strategy of the Gambis Kingdom, and His Royal Highness, who is also the Gombis, is the basis for us to resolve our differences and reach a consensus...... The premise is trust, and then whoever has a point will listen to whomever he says. ”

"I agree that the Golden Regiment and the Centaur Hills need boundaries, but how can the boundaries between our husbands and wives be clearly distinguished?" Victor stared at Sophia's eyes with burning eyes, and asked in a deep voice: "You are my wife, and I will not let him go if anyone dares to covet you and murder you." Do you think I'm going to hurt you?"

Victor is no longer a harmless companion, and if you don't trust him, how can you have a noble heir with him?

Sophia nodded without hesitation, "I believe in you." ”

"Then you might as well listen to my judgment. ”

Victor stretched his eyebrows and said, "Except for you, me, and Sylvia, no one else can see the full picture of the Golden Regiment. This means that what others see is what we want to see for them. Didn't you just ask how I would react to Lord Sassang's interference in the public transportation system of the Centaur Hills? Then you really underestimated the assimilation ability of a family and a territory. Ordinary people earn a living under the eyes of their lords, and it is only a matter of time before they are assimilated. That's why Bronze Halberd City and Rock Castle allow you to invest in public carriages. They don't know the overall strategy of the Golden Order, and they're not sure what you're trying to do, but they're confident that they can control the situation in your family's territory. Your henchmen do things under their sight, and you can't make any waves. ”

"There is only one case of the Bears raiding the Dwemick Territory and intercepting and killing Count Hora. The power of the shadows appears in the sun, and it cannot pose a mortal threat to the lord. The Halberd City and the Dwemick family are asking you to strip Wimbledon of the mercenary group, just to test your limits. So, I wanted you to ignore it, but you didn't listen to me. In fact, they have not yet tasted the sweetness of the golden group, and when the secret of the golden potion is revealed, and you use a whip to drive them away, they will not leave. ”

Some of the raw materials for gold flasks have a slow growth cycle, resulting in a limited number of gold flasks that cannot meet the needs of all knights. It must be an extremely rare drug. The two southern kingdoms of Gombis and Borui are currently doing their best to stock up on the key medicinal materials produced by Arret. According to the agreement reached by Pope Cambis, Borui and Clement, the secrets of the golden potion cannot be disclosed until the reserve of medicinal materials is completed, otherwise the two most marginal southern kingdoms of Cambis and Borui will not hesitate to fight for the distribution of raw materials through war. In the future, no matter how the raw materials of the gold potion are distributed, Sophia will have the right to speak, and the partners of the gold group will of course hold the group tightly.

Sophia nodded and said abruptly, "I know...... I've always avoided talking to you about it...... I'm afraid you're going to control me, and I want to use these as hole cards to negotiate with you. ”

"You've finally admitted to being on guard against me. Victor smiled and praised gently: "You should guard against me, we are not ordinary couples, we are two different lords. If you can't assert yourself, how can you be promoted to the Golden Knight?, but you can judge that I have no ill will towards you, and your hole cards are hard to shake...... You have my support, you have the support of the barbarians, and the Golden Regiment belongs to you. That being the case, why not think about the longer term. ”

"What's the problem?" asked Sophia, curious.

"Beloved, the golden regiment dwells in the dark, and you dwell in the light. The Golden Regiment dwells in the open, and you retreat into the background. Nominally, it's a freedfolk merchant organization, and even if everyone knows that you hold the power of the Golden Order, no one can expose it, and it's useless to expose it...... Sophia Wimbledon is still the Marquess of Cambys. As one of the five princes of Blinor, you have to consider the issue of succession, as well as the balance between the political interests of the Marquisate and the Golden Order. ”

After listening to Victor, Sophia fell into deep thought. The marginalized Marquess of Wimbledon can form a Golden Order, but any royal family participating in the Golden Order will be strongly resisted by other kingdoms. However, once she has mastered the Golden Regiment and arranged her heir, she can impact the gold realm. However, the Golden Knight will never be marginalized, so how will Her Royal Highness Sofia Wimbledon deal with the Kite Castle, and how will the Marquisate, who controls the Golden Order, balance the political interests of the Royal House of Cambes?

"What do you suggest?" Sophia pursed her lips helplessly, she really couldn't think of anything but to ask Victor for help.

Victor smiled, "I used to act as a buffer between the Kite Castle and the York family, but now I can't...... And the Marquis of Wimbledon can act as a buffer for the royal family and descendants of Gambis. Only in this way could the Marquis of Wimbledon maintain a special position in the Gambis Empire for a long time, neither in favor of the descendants nor in favor of August. ”

Sophia's eyes lit up, and she asked in a soft nasal voice, "Honey, is this the place you have assigned to our children?"

Victor said confidently: "Go to the regent, ask the kite for a small attendant, adopt him in the name of the two of us, and give him the second line of succession to the Marquis's Palace." ”

The second heir is actually the unmarried partner of the heir to the Marques of Wimbledon. Victor did not choose the York family, but made August the marriage partner of the Marquis's court, and lifted Sophia's guard against him from the root.

Sure enough, Sophia said with crooked eyebrows: "Well, I'm going to discuss it with my staff." ”

The Marquis of Wimbledon once had staff, but they were loyal to the old Marquis, and Sophia had long since driven them to the Marquis's court. Victor asked amusedly, "Do you have a staff member?" and let them come and meet the man. ”

Sophia glanced at her husband seductively, put her red lips to his ear, and murmured, "My dear, my staff has just gone to prepare hot water for you, and you will be able to see her in a while." ”

"It's okay, I can wait. Victor laughed and said, "You vouch for the Moon Bear family and fight for the right to purchase the iron brick process...... The 2,400,000 gold soles should be given to us as soon as possible. ”

"The Moon Bear family promised me that they would return 2.4 million gold soles to me within three months. If you want it now, I can make it up to you within a month. Are you satisfied?Randall?" Sophia sneered.

"Three months is three months...... You don't have to rush to pay it back. ”

Victor laughed dryly and explained: "This money belongs to the Two-Headed Dragon Chamber of Commerce, and according to the shares of the Randall family, I can only get 1 million...... The Nimes, Wellingtons, and Augusts did not have to pay, and the Chebman and Joshua families had already paid 200,000 gold soles each...... Just now, Duke Ludwig has paid off 600,000 gold soles to Sylvia, and Andre of Bore, Count Dolly de Kaiser of Neville, and Count Branstedt of Seuss have all sent knights back to raise money, but I can only ask you, the guarantor, for the arrears of Count Moonbear. ”

Sophia nodded and asked suspiciously, "Why do you want so many gold coins from Centaur Hills?" Do you know that the families will earn back this money by selling increased materials to Centaur Hills?"

Ordinary lords would definitely not exchange the iron brick process for gold coins, but Victor was able to make alchemy creatures with millions of gold coins, and he said with a smile: "You tell them not to increase the price, otherwise the price of jaggery, purple cane wine, and refined iron will all increase." ”

Sophia sneered, took the initiative to sit on Victor's lap, put her arms around his neck and said, "As you wish, my Highness." ”

"We don't need any boundaries, you, as Countess Randall, are hosting a feast at the Marquis's Court to entertain my guests. ”

"Okay. ”

"Tomorrow, I will entertain Patriarch Tamor and His Highness Andre with your out-of-town estate, and Sylvia, Roland, and Goron will all be in attendance. You go with me, too. ”

"Okay...... Does the Earl of Golden-Eyed have any other orders?"

"Uh...... Without. ”

Sophia's beautiful face was enlarged in Victor's eyes, her eyes were fluttering, her red lips were slightly open, her breath was like an orchid musk, and she admonished:

"Dear Lord Golden-Eyed, husband and wife don't need any boundaries......"