Tulip County, the residence of the Crumber Chamber of Commerce.

The sound of hurried footsteps echoed through the long corridor, and Fitosher's face was calm, his brows furrowed, and his hazel eyes seemed to brew with a storm about to erupt.

He hurried to a large door and thuded it open.

"Did you talk to that guy anyway?" said Fitosher, who looked like a very short but strong old lion as he entered the door.

It was a luxurious bedroom with a soft red carpet on the floor, the walls covered with exquisite epic carvings, a huge chandelier with gilded luxury hanging from the top of the room, a soft bed in the middle of the room that could sleep five people side by side, a hand-carved stone statue of classical mythology in the corner, a pot of blooming tulips on the arched windowsill, and next to the flowers was Agatha leaning against the window looking into the distance.

Hearing Fitosher's voice, Agatha turned her head, and she sighed faintly, "Father, I think we should change our minds. ”

Fitoshe's face turned red, obviously very emotional: "Change? we? How do we need to change? What is the attitude of that black-haired guy? We can't drag it out indefinitely!"

Agatha lowered her head, and her lightly swept eyebrows frowned slightly: "He has his difficulties, he is unwilling to attach the condition of marriage to the conditions of the alliance, of course, it is only a temporary ......"

Contrary to his usual calm and calm appearance, he almost jumped up, and the middle-aged man rushed to the windowsill, pointed out the window and shouted: "Those coalition forces composed of noble private soldiers have set out from the imperial capital! These obscene and shameless bastards are like jackals, they will pounce on us mercilessly and bite us, swallowing all our flesh and bones into their stomachs! Now, you are still telling me this?"

Agatha heard Fitosher's words, and there was a hint of shock in her eyes: "The enemy has already set off, and the movement is so fast, and what about the Duke of Tareras?"

Fitoshe's face turned pale: "My eyeliner in the imperial capital reported to me that he is dead!"

Agatha's lips opened, and she said distractedly, "So fast?"

Fitoshe said coldly, "Haven't you learned enough of Margaret's methods?"

Agatha frowned and said, "Has the patriarch of the family already agreed to transfer the assets?"

As soon as he said this, Fitosha became excited again, he waved his arms, and said loudly: "Transfer, where to transfer, the entire Pound Continent is the world of the Kelsman family!"

Agatha argued: "Tang Jie is not refusing to form an alliance with us, he just said that the marriage should be postponed, and we can transfer our assets to his sphere of influence first. ”

Fitosheha sneered: "Transfer assets to his sphere of influence? He's a pirate, and convincing the Senate to form an alliance with a pirate has already made me use up all my strength and tongue! You still want me to convince those stubborn old men? Even if the god Raphael Kaien gives me such energy, I don't have the time!"

Fitosha walked to the windowsill and shouted loudly: "When I got the news, our enemy had already set off, it was news from four days ago, where do you think the enemy would be now?!"

Agatha also said excitedly: "Then what do you want me to do? My father? Do you want me to kneel down and beg that man to marry me? Or force him to marry me? This man never accepts any kind of threat, and he will definitely do what he promises! We should believe him!!"

Fitosher was furious: "Do you want me to put the fate of our entire family in the hands of a pirate?"

Agatha said loudly without showing weakness: "We have no choice, my father!!"

The fierce quarrel between father and daughter echoed through the room, and Fitosche and Agatha stared at each other like two fighting cocks.

The bruises on Fitoshe's forehead flared up, and he stared at Agatha fiercely, panting heavily, and for a long time, he lowered his voice and said, "No, we still have a choice!"

Agatha asked, "What choice?"

Fitosha turned around and looked out the window: "We can choose to capture him and Princess Angel, and then sacrifice it to Margaret and beg for her forgiveness!"

Agatha was shocked, and as if she had heard the most incredible and stupid thing in the world, she opened her mouth wide and said, "Are you crazy, my father?

Fitosha turned his face, his face full of gloom: "Then tell me, what choice do I have?"

Agatha said excitedly: "Then you can't choose to believe Margaret because you don't believe Tang Jie! This woman is a ruthless snake, she will never forgive us!"

Fitoshe raised his head, and his voice sounded full of iron and coldness: "Our family still has a huge use value for the countess, as long as Tang Jie and Princess Angel are handed over, we can negotiate with Margaret." Whatever the outcome of the negotiations, we will get what we need most now......"

As he spoke, he turned his head again, stared straight at Agatha with a shocked face behind him with a sharp and cold gaze, and said, "...... Time!"

"It takes time to transfer assets, and it takes time for the transfer of family secrets!" Fei Toshe said coldly, "And what we lack most now is time!"

Agatha said loudly: "Without Tang Jie, where can we transfer our assets? Without this support, how can we survive in the future, and how can we evade the search and arrest of the Kelsman family?"

Fitosha turned his head and no longer looked at his daughter, and his voice came coldly: "Maybe we can go to the North Continent or the South Continent, or we can go to other countries in the Western Continent to seek political asylum." ”

Agatha said excitedly: "You can't do this! You are destroying the whole family like this, this is too risky!"

Fitoshe turned around violently and said angrily: "Then you go and tell the so-called captain to make his decision quickly, I can't risk dragging it out like this anymore! Otherwise, I will respond to this unprecedented family crisis with the most violent reaction at all costs!"

With that, Fitosha left angrily, leaving Agatha alone biting her lip and frowning.

......

At the other end of the mansion of the Clumbel Chamber of Commerce, Lydia was sitting in front of a large floor-to-ceiling mirror, holding a warm and smooth ivory comb in her hand, gently combing her hair, she looked at herself in the mirror blankly, as if she was indulging in her delicate appearance, unable to extricate herself.

There was a soft knock behind her.

"Please come in. Lydia whispered.

The door was pushed open, and a young officer in a neat military uniform walked in, the young officer glanced at Lydia's sexy and exaggerated gourd figure, and then at Lydia's beautiful face in the mirror, and then quickly lowered his head: "Miss Lydia, we have already contacted each other." ”

"Oh?" Lydia didn't look back, still looking at herself in the mirror, and said slowly, "What did they say?"

"They say that as long as Miss Lydia can control the whole situation, and put Tulip County in their hands, and offer Tangjie and Angel, they will guarantee your absolute safety and future prosperity. The young officer lowered his voice and said softly.

A faint smile tugged at the corners of Lydia's mouth, as if she had been a different person since she had fled the imperial capital, the young girl realizing that little by little the most awe-inspiring things she had ever been in the past were leaving her, that her background, her family fortune, and her formidable father had left her.

Lydia, who is usually self-willed and arrogant, wraps herself tightly in a cold and hard shell, and when the girl who has been trying to monopolize Tang Jie suddenly realizes that her dream is shattered, the selfishness of her personality and the innate reality and utilitarian factors of aristocratic families begin to sprout sharply.

The entire Clumbell family didn't see Lydia as their trouble, so they didn't take care of her, after all, she was the only daughter of the Duke of Tareras, and although the Duke was no longer there, his residual power and power in Tulip County were still there, and Lydia was still able to do a lot with her father's legacy.

Lydia's dark brown eyes were filled with dark flames, and a cold smile hung on her lips, "That sounds like good news......

The young officer whispered, "However, there is also bad news......

Lydia said lightly, "Is it news from my father?"

The young officer's voice froze: "Yes, Duke of Tareras, he ......"

A flash of extreme pain flashed in Lydia's eyes, she closed her eyes, and after a while, when she opened them again, she had hidden the pain and sadness deeply: "I already know. ”

The young officer was a little surprised: "You already know?"

Lydia smiled coldly: "Of course, do you think that you are the only one in Tulip County who is loyal to my father and me?"

The young officer knelt down on one knee and said respectfully: "My life belongs to the Duke of Tareras, and when he returns to the arms of the god Raphael, my life and my soul will belong to you, honorable Miss Lydia!"

Lydia smiled noncommittally, and she said, "I see, now you step back and do what you have to do." ”

As the young officer reached the door, Lydia suddenly called out to him, and then stood up.

Lydia stood up from the dresser in a fiery red and bewitching low-cut slanted shoulder dress, and she took a step forward, like a fairy who had come into the world to serate the world.

Lydia smiled at the young officer and asked, "Am I pretty?"

Lydia's delicate and flattering face was in stark contrast to her curvaceous figure, with an impact and temptation that men could not resist, the young officer only looked at it and felt that his breathing was heavy, and his body was ** hot, he lowered his head, forcibly held back the thirst in his throat, and said: "Your beauty makes the gods jealous and amazed, respected Miss Lydia!"

Lydia smiled proudly, and she nodded slightly: "Before you go to do your thing, call Tang Jie to me, and besides, you can't do anything until I meet him." ”

The young officer hesitated slightly, then nodded, "Yes, Miss Lydia!" With that, he turned away without raising his head, as if fleeing from an abyss of desire that could bring him down.

Lydia watched the young officer close the door and go out, she turned around and looked at herself in the mirror, her hands skimming over her towering twin peaks, her slender and soft waist, her flat lower abdomen, and finally a spin in the jungle of desire below her lower abdomen, and up the other side.

She gently stroked her bewitching and plump red lips, and whispered softly like a dream: "Who can enjoy such a beautiful woman......

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Thanks to Onesama for pointing out the bugs in the novel, I have a lot of insight!:)