"What? Margaret was just outside the door? ”

Daniel jumped up and hurriedly rushed to the door, there was no Margaret in the hallway, but the smell of her perfume was still in the air.

"I'll go out!"

"Hat!"

Levin tossed his hat to Daniel and watched him away, then turned his head and looked at Fat Orange and asked, "Since you know Margaret is outside the door, why don't you warn him?" ”

"Don't you know why I'm doing this?" Fat Orange glanced at Levin: "Do you think I'm stirring up a wedge between them?" ”

"I do, but I don't think you're a cat like that."

Lowering his eyelids, Fat Orange said slowly: "It's a shame that you claim to be a master of emotion, and you haven't even seen through such a simple thing." ”

"Relying on deception to maintain a relationship is extremely unreliable, and no matter how perfect a lie is, there will be a day when it will be exposed, rather than waiting for Margaret to find out for herself, it is better to tell it sooner."

"But she's just arrived in London!" Levin scratched his hair a little irritably: "People have come from afar to marry a man they have never met, and they must be nervous!" Can't you just think about it? Where did gentlemanly demeanor go? Margaret just gave you a gift! ”

"First of all, I'm not a gentleman, I'm a cat."

"Secondly, it is not a good thing for Princess Margaret to know that Daniel is taking care of her feelings, but the protective shell she has created with her shrewdness and intelligence will hurt other people. ”

"Her shrewdness and intelligence should be used elsewhere, not back and forth with Daniel, and if she feels that it is good for her to control Daniel, it will not only lead her into a misunderstanding, but also affect Daniel's future."

"Maybe in your heart I am a treacherous and cunning, scheming cat, but in this matter, I have a clear conscience."

Levine opened his mouth, completely unaware that Fat Orange was thinking like this: "I'm sorry, I."

"Feeling guilty?" Fat orange raised his eyelids: "This is the best, you should feel guilty, after all, I am a simple cat." ”

“.”

As the night wore on, a horse-drawn carriage galloped down the street, and the kerosene lamp hanging on the front of the carriage swayed back and forth like a candle in the wind.

"Margaret!"

When the carriage stopped, Daniel rushed into the mansion as fast as he could, found Margaret's room, and wanted to push the door in, but stopped at the door, raised his hand and knocked on the door: "Margaret, are you inside?" ”

There was no sound in the room, and just when Daniel didn't know what to do, Mayers, the butler that Margaret had brought from the Kingdom of Bavaria, walked quietly behind him, and Daniel, who was about to ask him for news of Margaret, suddenly found an extra key on the carpet, and when he looked up again, Mayers had disappeared at the end of the corridor.

With the attitude of giving it a try, Daniel picked up the key and inserted it into the lock hole and rotated it gently.

Click!

The door opened, Daniel gently pushed it open, and in the hazy moonlight, the curtains fluttered in the wind, and Margaret sat on the edge of the bed and sobbed softly.

Hearing the cry, Daniel sighed inwardly, closed the door, and walked slowly forward, coming to Margaret's side, hesitating and not knowing how to speak.

He had never coped with such a scene, and since he was a child, the women around him were all obedient, except for the strict mother and naughty sister.

Daniel also did things that made others cry, but that was when he was a child, and it was okay to apologize, and now he is crying with his fiancée, who is also a princess of Bavaria

After struggling for a long time, Daniel still decided to use the way he is best at speaking: "I don't know how to make women happy like Levin, and I don't even think I'm wrong." ”

Hearing this, Margaret cried even more sadly.

"The teacher once told me that whether it is the government or the family, the most afraid of the emergence of people who are good at creating internal friction, there are such people, breaking a dish, breaking an egg will bear huge psychological pressure, making everyone very nervous, just to maintain the life has done their best."

Daniel gritted his teeth and said: "Margaret, I hope you can understand that no matter what kind of person you are, I will marry you and spend the rest of my life with you, I will tolerate your temper and accommodate your habits, but I also want you to support my ideals In a short time, we will be husband and wife, you don't need to use any means, I will do my best to love you, there is only one thing, I hope you can be honest with me, this is the most basic between husband and wife." ”

The movement of wiping the corners of her eyes stopped, and the crying stopped for some time, and Margaret suddenly laughed: "Isn't that good?" ”

"What?"

"I'm annoyed, I'm annoyed!"

In Daniel's dull gaze, Margaret rubbed her head irritably, took off the carefully maintained fake curls in a few strokes, rolled over on the bed a few times, took out the splint used to bind her waist from her underwear without any ladylike demeanor and threw it aside, took a few breaths of air greedily, opened the drawer violently, took out two ancient flintlock pistols, threw one of them to Daniel, and said with some excitement: "Let's duel!" ”

"Huh?"

"Duel! A duel like a nobleman! Count to three, two, one, and shoot! ”

After saying that, Margaret raised the muzzle of the gun, and Daniel hurriedly shouted: "Wait a minute! Wait a minute! ”

"What's the matter, don't you want me to be honest?"

After removing the blonde curls, Margaret, who had short black hair, looked at Daniel strangely: "Do you regret it?" ”

"It's not regrets, but who will duel with their fiancée?" Daniel licked his dry lips and said incoherently, "Your hair turned out to be fake"

"You like blonde hair? Then I'll put it back on. ”

Picking up the curly hair in the corner of the bed, Margaret put it on her head, and then asked, "Can we duel now?" Ever since I wounded the guards as a child, no one has wanted to duel with me."

"Nope! No! I'm crazy to duel you! ”

Margaret's face suddenly turned indifferent: "Sure enough, it's all a lie." ”

"I just think we should play duels in a safer environment." Daniel said, "For example, it would be nice to ask a priest to open the realm of eternal life." ”

"Are you afraid of death?"

Daniel choked on the question and was speechless for a long time.

"Finally found a common ground for us." Margaret put away her flintlock pistol: "I'm also afraid of death." ”

"You're still playing duels if you're afraid of death?"

"Please, the duel with me is the palace guards, they don't dare to shoot me." Margaret said lightly: "I just want to test whether my fiancé is a man with eggs, although it is not much, but he still has some guts." ”

"You"

Bang!

The bullet flew across his cheek and into the wall, and Daniel's body trembled, and he looked at Margaret with a flintlock pistol, stunned.

Before the smoke cleared, Margaret fanned the wind with her hand, disgusted by the smell of gunpowder burning, but still walked over and reached out to grab Daniel's crotch.

"What are you doing?!"

Daniel was startled again.

"Check if you've peed your pants, it looks like you haven't."

Margaret picked up the flintlock pistol thrown to Daniel, stuffed it into his hand, held his hand and raised the gun, aiming it at herself: "You can test me too." ”

Daniel could swear that he had never seen such a crazy woman, not crazy, but crazy!

Damn it!

It's so hard to figure out!

"Don't shoot? It's quite gentlemanly, so let's save it for later. ”

Margaret sat on the edge of the bed and found Daniel still standing in place, frowning: "Sit down!" ”

“.”

"Do you regret it? It's too late to regret it now. The corners of Margaret's mouth rose: "Actually, you shouldn't have pierced me, if you don't pierce me, I may pretend to be honest for the rest of my life, who told you to tell me to be honest?" Husbands and wives should be honest, and I think so. ”

"I don't regret it."

Taking a deep breath, Daniel finally recovered from the series of blows just now: "I'm glad you can reveal your true self to me. ”

Margaret patted her side, and Daniel sat down.

As soon as she sat down, Margaret pounced, pressed Daniel on the bed, straddled him, and kissed him: "You know, agreeing to the marriage is actually my intention, not my father's idea, and he was against it at first. ”

Without waiting for Daniel to answer, Margaret said, "You're confused, aren't you?" Actually, I want to be a woman like Katerina, but the Bavarian kingdom is too pedantic, and they don't allow women to rule, but fortunately, you fit my conditions very well. ”

"Conditions?"

"A country that can inherit the throne and is in a worrying situation, Her Majesty Katerina made a decision in a critical time and finally saved the Romanov Kingdom, she is my idol."

"You want to be king?"

"It's okay not to be a king, I just like to govern the country and enjoy power." Margaret said: "If you die one day, I will be in charge of the power as a queen, and if you live a long life, I can stay behind the scenes, I don't mind." ”

That's a bit too honest.

Daniel looked at Margaret, who was telling her dreams, and didn't know what to say for a moment.

"You know, I'm not a king yet, am I?"

"Sooner or later, yes." Margaret stroked Daniel's cheek: "I told my most precious secret, now it's your turn." ”

secret

What are your secrets?

Daniel pondered, his ambitions seemed no secret compared to Margaret's ambitions.

"Is it a secret that I want the Kingdom of Frederick to annex all the countries of the Central Continent in my lifetime?"

Margaret's eyes lit up: "Count!" Keep talking! ”

"When I say the Central Continent, I mean the lands including the Kingdom of Frederick, the Barbarossa Empire, and the First Bonaparte Empire, and the Kingdom of Windsor and the Kingdom of Romanov are not among them, and the teacher will not allow me to wage war against the Kingdom of Windsor and the Kingdom of Romanov."

Daniel hesitated: "I don't think it's a secret, at most it's an ideal." ”

"Anything else?"

"Not yet."

Margaret seemed to be very satisfied with Daniel, and didn't think it was a fantasy at all: "Maybe you can see that I am not like ordinary women, I like politics and power more than banquets and men." ”

"The Kingdom of Bavaria can't fulfill my hobby, so I found you, fortunately, your ideals do not conflict with my hobbies, if you are a king, maybe I will cancel this marriage, but before I came, I investigated what you have done in recent years, and I can roughly guess what kind of person you are."

Margaret said: "If you can accept me, I will spare no effort to support you, even after you die, I will continue to work hard with your ideals as a goal, my father said, my biggest problem is that I have no goal, I am just chasing power, and can you create conditions and direction for me?" ”

Under Margaret's slightly apprehensive gaze, Daniel nodded.

"Yay!"

Margaret hugged him and said happily, "This is our secret, you can't tell anyone else." ”

"Ugh"

Seeing that Daniel seemed to want to say something, Margaret raised her eyebrows: "Huh? Is there a problem? ”

"Have you ever heard of the Cat Legion?"

"The intelligence agency set up by the Grand Pope Mavi, I know."

"Do you know how they work?"

"I don't know."

Margaret shook her head: "What methods do they rely on to gather intelligence?" ”

"Infiltration, tracking, and eavesdropping."

Daniel pointed to the top of his head, very embarrassed, "The conversation we just had should have been spread." ”

“？”

I didn't lie to you."

"Grand Pope Ma Wei even wants to listen to his own people?!" Margaret's face was full of disbelief.

"No, it's because I came in too much of a hurry and didn't say hello in advance, and a place like the mansion must be monitored, so."

"It's over, the plan is in vain before it even starts!" Margaret covered her face and let out a moan.

Daniel hurriedly comforted: "Teacher, they won't hinder you, and he will even support us!" ”

"Really?"

"Of course it's true, I know the teacher very well!"

The next day, Daniel brought Margaret to the church to familiarize herself with the wedding scene in advance, where she met Mavi.

"Good morning, teacher."

"Good morning, Daniel, and this one. Secret Princess. ”

Hearing this, Margaret's cheeks turned red at a speed visible to the naked eye, Marvi lowered his head and said in her ear: "I won't tell anyone else this secret, except for me, Daniel and you, there are only one, two, three, four. Well, the five cats and Yunia know. ”

Margaret's face turned even redder.

"Oh yes, I heard your idol is Katerina?"

"Hmm"

Although she didn't want to admit it, Margaret nodded.

The secret has been leaked, and it is only a superfluous move to hide it.

"She'll be there at your wedding, and if you can't wait, I can also arrange a meet-and-greet for you, the one-on-one kind, for you to communicate. The experience of being a king. ”

"Great!"

Margaret didn't expect a surprise either, she had a lot of questions to ask Katerina, and it was exciting to be able to get up close and personal with her idol!

"The Pope."

At this moment, Kovalev walked in from outside the door and whispered in Mavi's ear:

"Sherlock Holmes is leaving."

(End of chapter)