PS: Thank you to the leader of the book friend "Yuefei Subjadeites", and I wish the old man to be overwhelmed for ten thousand years, be independent for eternity, and never die!

On the day of Midwinter's Day, Aaron's family was still preparing for the festival.

Aaron also has a rare chance of cooking himself, he gets up early in the morning to prepare the ingredients, and today he personally cooked three dishes, namely Russian grilled pork ribs, Russian beetroot soup and Russian apple stewed chicken.

Aaron rarely cooks by himself, mainly because there is no need for this, and if there were occasional cases of practicing to prevent hand life in the past, then this problem does not exist after becoming the apprentice of the eldest lady.

So this is the case in the house, where Melly, Eleanor, and Aaron are always busy in the kitchen, and her uncle, Lothair, helps the three of them from time to time.

As for the eldest lady? She always sat on the couch or sat in her room waiting for food.

In Charlotte's world, there is no concept of her doing the housework and cooking herself, she is a warlock.

This also shows the difference between Charlotte and Eleanor.

Miss Pastor is very good at taking care of people, as long as she leaves the house to her, she can easily keep everything in order, and her cooking and housework are not the best, but they are above average.

Miss Warlock is different, she is a girl who needs to be taken care of, she is also used to being taken care of, for her many things are left to the servants, to the younger brother, to the best friend.

The kitchen was bubbling with a scent, an apron tied around her waist, wearing a plain house robe and flesh-colored pantyhose with cotton slippers, and Eleanor, wearing a silk scarf, was squatting to check the oven, and Miss Pastor repeatedly checked the condition of the oven, but she couldn't help but complain to Aaron, "Aaron, this thing is so difficult to make."

"Indeed, that's why I never set out to do this." Aaron couldn't help but laugh when he saw the big turkey in the oven.

The big turkey was brought by Charlotte.

The eldest lady probably heard that she had to eat a turkey meal during the Midwinter Festival, so she bought a big turkey, and her all-powerful brother would cook it anyway.

But Aaron, Eleanor, and Aunt Melly are struggling to figure out how to cook the big turkey.

Because the turkey is a big thing, it looks very big, beautiful, and very ceremonial, but it has one of the deadliest problems.

It's not tasty.

Whether it is black or white meat, the turkey has a very low fat content, coarse meat fiber, and does not have any flavor in itself, it is dry and woody, and it needs a lot of seasoning to absorb the flavor.

If the lack of taste can be overcome by seasoning, then the second big problem with turkey is that it is too big.

How big the turkey is, if you are interested, you can check it yourself, anyway, it is more than three laps larger than a normal chicken.

This leads to a problem, turkey is often roasted on the outside and not cooked on the inside.

That's why many people say, "Why don't the people of the Celestial Empire like turkey, which is so popular among Westerners?"

This is actually a false proposition, because Westerners don't like turkey either.

The big turkey placed on the table on various festivals is not so much food as an ornament, just like the people of the Celestial Empire eat moon cakes, and only a little will be eaten in special circumstances on specific festivals to represent respect for tradition. ….

"Or can we divide this head into several pieces and roast them separately?" Eleanor was troubled.

"Don't, my sister will be angry in this case, of course such a big-headed chicken looks better when roasted whole." Aaron laughed.

Miss Pastor couldn't help but give Aaron a roll of the eyes, indignant in her heart.

The good Midwinter Festival holiday was ruined by that woman!

During this time, Eleanor and Charlotte have fought round after round of dragon battles at Aaron's house, but they just can't tell the winner, and the two sides have gradually reached a tacit understanding.

Usually matters involving housework and the faith of the Virgin of Silver, Eleanor is in charge.

When it comes to the study of magic and the affairs of the kingdom, Charlotte is in charge.

The two sides try not to meet or talk except during meal times, and only maintain the minimum necessary communication.

As for the evening......

Charlotte had planned to take advantage of the holiday to "do" Aaron, so she was particularly active in the evening, and Eleanor was trapped in her vows and needed to wait until after the New Year, so she tried to stir things up.

In the end, Aaron simply announced that he would sleep alone, and that you would all go back to my room.

As for the result of that day's quarrel, Aaron was also faintly aware of it, for example, since that day, Eleanor has taken the initiative a lot, and Miss Pastor no longer only enjoys Aaron's initiative, but sometimes takes the initiative to express her heart.

Charlotte was clamoring to have a room of her own in Aaron's house, but Aaron naturally refused.

With the temperament of the eldest lady, if she really lives in, her room and her bed will be an ornament, just like a big turkey in the oven, just an ornament!

As for the two sides fighting for the tiger, this is also Aaron's strategy.

Earlier, his relationship with Eleanor and Charlotte was not very stable, and at this time, he had to try to avoid seeing each other, otherwise he would not be able to control the scene, and secondly, he would anger them and the relationship might break down.

Now it's different, now their relationship with Aaron is deeply bound, and it's hard to have the idea of leaving him.

It's all in my plan!

Aaron thought to himself.

After a while, the turkey was finally barely made, though it still didn't taste good.

The Midwinter dinner went smoothly, and Aaron, on behalf of the owner of Salian's house, sent a congratulatory message to everyone, wishing everyone a happy Midwinter Festival and a happy family.

In the end, few people moved the turkey, and the roast pork chops and apple roast chicken next to it were eaten.

From this point can also see the difference between the eldest lady and the pastor, if Eleanor sees a dish that everyone likes to eat, she will only eat one bite and taste the taste, and never rob others, while Charlotte doesn't care so much, the eldest lady sees that the apple roast chicken is delicious, and when she comes up, she breaks a chicken leg and a chicken wing.

After dinner, several people were about to have a glass of wine to celebrate, when there was a sudden knock on the door.

"Winter~Winter~Winter~"

"Open the door!" The voice outside the door was a middle-aged male voice, and he sounded anxious: "Open the door, we have important business for His Excellency Aaron Salion!"

？？？

Everyone in the room showed puzzled expressions, on the day of the Midwinter Festival? Urgent? Straight to the door? ….

Is there any mistake?!

The cousin Robert, who was closest to the door, was directly angry, and he strode to the door of the room, just about to scold directly.

As a result, he opened the door and took a look, and Robert was cold, and he sat on the ground.

"Ya, Yaya...... Aaron, Emperor, Queen's Blade!"

Queen's Blade?

This organization, left behind by the previous king, is notorious and everyone has heard of it.

The family's faces changed drastically, especially Aaron, and he almost wanted to say, "Sir, you are mistaken, Yin Wan lives next door!"

Aaron is a knight of the inner court, appointed by the princess herself, and even the queen's blade has no authority to dispose of him privately.

But the other party named them.

The Viscount walked to the door with everyone's worried eyes and opened the door: "What's the matter?"

"Lord Salian, something is wrong!" The one who opened the door was Hendry, the captain of the Queen's Blade, who was also an acquaintance of Aaron, and he breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Aaron come out, and quickly said, "Your Highness asks you to enter the palace immediately!"

"Entering the palace? Now?"

"Yes, for now, we've got the carriage ready." The Queen's Blade said anxiously.

「…… Okay, I see, give me a few minutes to change my clothes." Aaron saw that Hendry was indeed anxious, and he nodded slowly.

"I'll go with you!" The eldest lady immediately said that she knew her best friend too well: "Alice must be in a hurry, brother, I will go too."

"Okay." Aaron nodded, it was indeed safer to have Charlotte here.

"Me

I'm going with you!" Miss Pastor also untied the ties of her apron.

Aaron wanted to say what are you doing with it, but seeing Eleanor's resolute expression, he could only nod.

Without saying much, all three of them quickly changed into formal clothes, and the two women, who were afraid of the cold, also put on their heavy winter coats and boots, and they rode into the palace in the carriage of the Queen's Blade in the snowy night of the Midwinter Festival.

Getting out of the carriage and passing through the heavy guards, the whole palace not only did not become festive because of the festive atmosphere, but even more deserted.

At this time, the princess regent was already waiting, and when she saw Charlotte actually coming out with Aaron, she frowned, thinking that her best friend was really ......

"Your Highness? What's the matter?" Aaron bowed.

Alice Searle didn't say much, she threw a look at the Queen's Blade.

The man who was scarred all over his body, and was still bleeding in many places, stepped out of the side hall with the support of the queen's blade, and as soon as he saw Aaron, he burst into tears and knelt directly in front of Alice: "Your Highness! Aaron!"

Who is this man?

Aaron was stunned, he didn't understand, he could only look at the regent with doubt.

Alice Searle motioned for the Queen's Blade to lift his face up.

It was a weather-beaten face with many scars, and Aaron looked at it for a while, and finally found the afterimage of the past in his memory.

"Cousin?"

As soon as these words came out, the man finally couldn't help crying.

"Aaron, it's over, it's all over!"

"Our clan is all finished!"

Hearing this, Aaron's brows instantly twisted.

This man is none other than Aaron's cousin, Maximian, who has been stripped of his surname by Sarian. ….

…………

Intermittently, Maximian endured his grief and told Aaron all that had happened.

Maximian was lucky, the group of killers came in the kitchen, no one noticed him, he was going to join the battle, but after seeing the strength of the killers, Maximian knew that he had to escape.

He pulled out of the kitchen window of the longhouse, and saw with his own eyes that several black-robed people had already started the massacre of their penal colonies, and those black-robed people were all elite-level professionals, fully equipped, and the exiled clansmen, even if they had some strength, could only be killed under the severe lack of good equipment and weapons.

Fortunately, as a warrior monk, Maximian's combat effectiveness is very strong, and he does not need any good weapons and equipment, he fought with the black-robed man twice, seized an opportunity for them to slack off and escaped, the two sides chased for several hours, until he fled to the vicinity of the warrior monk's monastery in Guangze, and the pursuers gave up the pursuit.

The monastery did not dare to slack off, and the master monk immediately reported the matter to the Duke of Kenis-Irish, who reacted quickly, and he immediately sent someone to send the news of the extermination of the seriously wounded Maximian and the Salian people to Susar, and handed it over to Alice Serre for decision, along with his own letter of guilt.

After listening to his cousin's description, Aaron was silent, he lowered his head and put his right hand into a fist under his nose, and the last Salian looked uncertain and his eyes flickered.

"Aaron?" Maximian found himself a little unrecognizable to his cousin.

"Cousin, I'll call you cousin, I know about it." Aaron hesitated for a few seconds and nodded: "This is a tragedy, I feel very sad that this kind of thing happened, you can rest assured, I will investigate what happened to this incident, and catch the mastermind behind it and make them pay for their blood debts."

Miss Priest looked at Aaron worriedly, and Eleanor's heart was full of sadness, and she clenched her little hands in leather gloves and clenched her teeth.

The Sallian family has revered the Silver Virgin for generations! They are wrong, but they don't deserve it!

Who did it?

I will incarnate the Dark Moon of my Lord and inflict the most terrible punishment on them!

Charlotte walked up to Alice Serre, the eldest lady smiled coquettishly, and said secretly, "Alice, I didn't expect it, I went to my brother's house to celebrate the Midwinter Festival and the New Year~"

"Xia Lu!" The regent patted Charlotte reproachfully, signaling what are you talking about?

"Are you the only one who escaped?" Aaron then asked.

"The situation is urgent, and I only had time to rescue Anna, our cousin." Maximian shook his head in pain, "I'm sorry, Aaron, I didn't protect her, she was seriously injured and is still unconscious."

Anna Sarien (who has been stripped of her surname), the cousin of Maximian and Aaron, is only thirteen years old, short in stature, grew up studying medicine, survived but was seriously injured, and is still in a coma.

"It's good to be alive." Aaron interrupted Maximian: "Cousin, you have a good rest first, and then leave the matter to me."

"Your Highness, may I ask me, in this case, can I apply for medical parole for them? After this happens, will their exile order still work?" Aaron then asks Alice two questions. ….

"I can allow them to seek medical treatment in Susar, as for the exile order...... That's all it takes, and it doesn't make sense to continue to be exiled." Alice Serre looked at Aaron, and there was a faint hint of something different in the princess's scarlet eyes.

"Your Highness, what are you going to do?" Aaron then asked.

"It's not the point, it's the point, what are you going to do? Aaron Salian?" Alicesell glanced at the depressed Maximian again, and sighed lightly: "This matter is that the kingdom has not done a good job, and we owe you an apology."

"In that case, let His Highness make this piece of blood public." Aaron thought for a moment and said, "I'm going to go to Guangze to investigate the scene, and Maximian and Anna will ask His Highness to send someone to protect them, although they are no longer surnamed Salian, please also ask Your Highness to give them the status of a Susar citizen."

"Okay." Alice Searle thought for a moment and nodded, "Do you need me to send someone to help you?"

"No need." Aaron shook his head, "I ......."

"I'll go with you!" Charlotte's boots Dongdongdong's voice came quickly, and the eldest lady directly hugged Aaron's arm: "My brother's relatives are my relatives, and I want to work with my brother to avenge his relatives!"

"Xia Lu!" Alice Serre was still talking, but Aaron had already nodded: "Okay then, sister will go with me this time."

"Eleanor, you stay and take care of Maximian and Anna, Suren is above, we can't afford to lose more of our compatriots." Aaron then commanded.

Eleanor instinctively wanted to be with Aaron, but after hearing Aaron say so, she could only nod her head, as Suren's priest, she also had an obligation to take care of Suren's followers.

And...... She was already a little embarrassed by Aaron, and it was just in time to spend the time before the New Year and fulfill her vows to the goddess Suren.

"Then Your Highness, I'll go back and prepare something to leave tomorrow morning." Aaron then took his farewell to Alice, "Your faithful servant is hereby gone."

"Be careful all the way, Aaron." Alice Serre reached out and let Aaron kiss the back of his hand, "Also, you don't have enough combination with Charlotte, you may need the help of a good melee professional."

"Yes, Your Highness, I already have a candidate."

The Emperor of the Han Dynasty