After Transmigrating to Become the Daughter of a Duke, I Just Want to Pursue a Career

"Katerina, I think you should understand that if the empire and the [Holy Alliance] really go to war in an all-out way, then the future world will definitely be a bloodbath."

"Although with the protection of the Alissa Mountains, we can still live in a corner here temporarily without having to endure the harassment of war. However, the current situation is becoming more and more complicated. I am worried that a mountain alone cannot protect Florida. peace, so...we need strength."

At this moment, after listening to Hill's pointed words, Katerina couldn't help but raised her brows slightly. Then, she didn't know what to think of, and saw the girl raised her head and glanced at Hill, and then smiled. open the mouth,

"Oh, I'll tell you exactly what's going on, so that you can go there yourself. You're waiting for me here."

After the words fell, Katerina did not give Hill a direct answer, but picked up the drink and took a sip, then closed her eyes gently as if she was relishing the taste of the drink, until after a while, The girl who opened her eyes again said leisurely,

"Tell me, what do you like, if the price is right, I don't mind doing business with your son."

Hearing Katerina's words, Hill, who had been waiting for a reply calmly, couldn't help but relax his brows. Then, he saw the former princess put down the folding fan in her hand, and said to the girl with a smile,

"Hehe, I knew you wouldn't let me down."

"However, Katerina, what should I do if I say that I have too many things to look at, but my resources are limited?"

"For the sake of our friends, can you be tolerant?"

"Hey, hey, don't blame me for being greedy, who made you have so many good things here?"

At this moment, facing Hill's cheeky speech, Katerina glared at her angrily, then waved her hand and said,

"Stop this set. No matter how many good things I have here, I have accumulated them little by little through hard work. Every piece has condensed my hard work. If you want to take it away, you must pay enough sincerity."

"Well, for the sake of a friend, I can give you a discounted price, but don't consider some items that are not for sale."

"Don't blame me for being stingy. After all, we have a big family to support now, so we have no right to be willful."

For Katerina's remarks, Hill's heart was brightened. She knew that the girl had already set her bottom line clearly at this time, and there was no possibility of backing down, so she didn't continue to entangle in the details, but nodded happily.

"Alright, let's do as you said. Anyway, we just want to strengthen our defenses, and there is no need to take too much."

Speaking of this, seeing that the matter has been negotiated, a relaxed look flashed across Hill's brows, and then, as if thinking of something, she suddenly changed the subject,

"By the way, Katerina, you've sorted out things on Chris's side. I heard that you're going to Goroldo soon. I don't know when you plan to leave?"

At this moment, facing Hill's sudden question, Katrin was taken aback for a moment, and then gave Hill a hard look.

"I said, you're too realistic, you just took advantage of me, so you're planning to drive him away."

"Hey, hey, don't wrong me." Hearing Katerina's words, Hill realized that the girl had misunderstood him, and immediately put on a flattering expression, and quickly explained,

"I'm not driving you away. As long as you like, it doesn't matter how long you want to stay. It's just that I need to prepare some things in advance, so I will ask you for the specific time."

Hearing what Hill said, Katerina blinked a little puzzled, but finally responded calmly,

"Not long ago, Goroldo sent a letter saying that they have initially completed the handover work, and the rest must be handled by me. In order not to waste time, I really plan to leave as soon as possible. As for when to leave, I think Probably just a few days, anyway, it will not exceed the end of this month at the latest."

"What, is there a problem?"

This time, facing Katerina's rhetorical question, it was Hill's turn to roll his eyes.

"What's your question?!"

"Come on, Katerina, can you treat yourself to something? Have you really forgotten what a few more days are?"

what day?

Regarding Hill's remarks, Katerina blinked in a daze. Seeing this girl, Hill covered her forehead and said with an uncomfortable expression,

"I knew it would be like this!"

"It's really convincing that someone can really forget such an important thing."

After all, Hill was like an old mother facing a silly daughter, looking at Katerina helplessly, and after a while, she said in a deep tone,

"The coming-of-age ceremony, Katerina! It will be your coming-of-age ceremony in a few days, how can you forget such a thing?"

"Fortunately, I came this trip, otherwise, you girl may really have to spend the coming-of-age ceremony on the boat."

At this point, Hill looked at Katerina who was still in a daze, she shook her head and sighed,

"Hey~, looking at you like this, you probably haven't prepared for anything, right?"

"Forget it, it seems that I can only be a good person and help you organize this coming-of-age ceremony."

At this moment, seeing Hill making a decision for herself, Katerina wanted to say something, but Hill blocked her mouth before she could say anything.

"Don't think about refusing, Katerina, I know you don't care much about these things, but you have to listen to me this time."

"The coming-of-age ceremony is different from other things. It is something that everyone must pay attention to. It is directly related to how others will think of you in the future. If you don't handle it properly, someone will definitely gossip."

"I'm not fooling you, but..."

At this time, while Hill was constantly educating Katerina on the importance of coming-of-age rites, the girl who had been silent all this time said abruptly,

"Hill, tell me the truth, who told you to come to me?"

"Uh!" Hearing Katerina's questioning suddenly, Hill instinctively paused, and then, before she could say anything, he heard the girl say again in an affirmative tone,

"It's the old man from my family, isn't it?"

After the words fell, Katerina narrowed her eyes slightly as she looked at Hill who was full of apprehension, but just as Hill was trying to explain something, she heard the girl speak quietly in an extremely calm tone. road,

"Hill, please go back and tell the old man that I am very grateful for his concern, but if he wants to seek psychological comfort from me, he should stop thinking about it as soon as possible."

"The person who is truly qualified to forgive him is long gone. As for the guilt in his heart, please let him take it to the grave."

"After all...everyone has to pay for their actions."

Chapter 164 160. Katerina's coming-of-age ceremony

A few days later, the mansion of the Marquis of Aaron in Chris suddenly became lively, and countless big figures in the eyes of ordinary people came here one after another. Among the teams visiting the mansion of the Marquis, not only could you see Florida Members of the royal family can even see many nobles from abroad.

With such a grand occasion, one can't help but feel puzzled. Although the Aaron family can be regarded as a large aristocratic class in the Kingdom of Florida, their influence alone is far from enough to initiate such a large-scale gathering of the upper class. Then , What is the important thing that attracts so many big figures to gather together?

In fact, the reason why these big figures from all over the world came here is not complicated. The purpose of these people coming here is just to participate in a coming-of-age ceremony.

And obviously, in the entire Chris, there is only one person who can arouse such a huge momentum with just a coming-of-age ceremony, and that is the owner of this city and the newly appointed Queen of the Burros Kingdom--Carter Lena Aldan.

Although she didn't care much about her coming-of-age ceremony, under the repeated persuasion of the former princess Hill, Katerina finally agreed to hold her own coming-of-age ceremony before Chris before going to the Kingdom of Burros.

However, the reason why she agreed to Hill's proposal was that Katerina's purpose was not pure.

For this coming-of-age ceremony, Katerina not only invited the "local" nobles of the Kingdom of Florida, but the girl also sent invitations to many neighboring countries as the Queen of Burros.The countries that received the invitation letter basically sent missions to Chris, which turned the original coming-of-age ceremony into an informal international diplomatic meeting in essence.

Obviously, Katerina's move is intended to use her coming-of-age ceremony to initially lay the international foundation for the establishment of the New Burros Kingdom.

It is worth mentioning that Katerina used her coming-of-age ceremony to hold an informal diplomatic meeting this time, which can be regarded as a masterstroke.In the current situation where the two camps of the empire and the anti-imperial alliance are about to fight, any action at the national level will inevitably be given political significance. If it accidentally causes misjudgment by the outside world, it will easily cause trouble.

The problem Katerina is facing now is that she is about to set off to take over the Burros Kingdom. With the size of the Burros Kingdom and its international status, no matter how careful she is, the disturbance in the end will definitely not be small.

The current Burros Kingdom has just changed its new owner, and it is in an extraordinary period of political turmoil and instability of people's hearts. Katerina absolutely does not want to attract too much attention from the outside world at this time.If you want to do this, you must send a clear political signal to the outside world in advance to show your attitude.

Originally, Katerina planned to send invitation letters to other countries after going to Burros. However, the reminder given by Hill made the girl realize that the current world situation is developing in a turbulent direction. In this way, the previous plan It seemed a little out of date.

So, after some deliberation, Katerina finally decided to use her coming-of-age ceremony as an opportunity to express her attitude to the high-level officials of various countries.

The cleverness of this operation is that in the current international environment that is gradually becoming more acute, formal diplomatic meetings will inevitably touch the political sensitivity of the outside world. Choosing sides between the big camps can easily be regarded as a fence-sitting faction. A little carelessness will trigger the malice of the two camps at the same time.

But now Katerina uses her coming-of-age ceremony as a guise to turn the original formal diplomatic meeting into an informal private communication. In this way, not only the political pressure on the diplomatic level is greatly reduced, but also the mediation space is reserved for herself. space.More importantly, because it is an informal meeting, many sensitive matters that are difficult to mention in formal occasions can now be brought out quietly for communication. It is good if things can be negotiated. The perfunctory past, so as to minimize the proportion of political factors in certain specific affairs.

Of course, everything has two sides, and this operation naturally has its own disadvantages. For example, due to its secrecy, private meetings can easily arouse suspicion from the outside world and eventually cause some unnecessary troubles.

But despite this, it is still the most beneficial choice for Katerina to use the coming-of-age ceremony as an opportunity to meet with envoys from various countries in the form of informal diplomatic talks.

There is no way, the speed of Katerina's rise is too fast. In just two years, she built a kingdom from scratch. This kind of legendary epic feat, although shocking outsiders, is also This makes girls appear to be quite weak in many fields.Especially in the field of intelligence that requires a lot of time and resources, Katerina's strength in this area is pitifully weak, so that when receiving information from the international level, the girl has to face extremely high intelligence delays.

Although the Burros Kingdom also has its own intelligence system, and it is not weak compared to other countries, it is a pity that the identity of Queen Katerina is not very secure now, and it is temporarily unable to use Burrose's intelligence power.Therefore, choosing an informal diplomatic meeting to express one's political stance while testing the attitudes of various countries is the best choice at present.

Then, there was the grand status of the Marquis Mansion at this time.

At this moment, the members of the Aaron family were extremely busy from top to bottom. Even including the several people in charge of the Aaron family, everyone seemed to be off the ground.

But despite this, the members of the Aaron family are still full of enthusiasm and passion. The reason is very simple. According to the rules among the nobles, with Katerina's current status, the Aaron family can be selected as The place where the coming-of-age ceremony is held is a great honor, and it can even be engraved into the family history as a glorious deed.

With the support of family glory, mere physical toil is not worth mentioning at all.

Correspondingly, as the real host of this coming-of-age ceremony, Katerina seems to be a little leisurely at this time. Of course, this leisure is only superficial. It is the brain.

At this moment, Katharina, who was dressed up for a table, was standing silently in a corner on the second floor of the hall. She was silently observing the clinking of cups and chips in the banquet below. Beside her, Avril Lavigne was introducing the various visitors to Katerina one by one in a low and clear tone......

"...Your Majesty, please pay attention to the third area on the left. The gentleman wearing the gold silk mask is the envoy from the Kingdom of Artim, His Excellency Viscount Longfewerk."

"Your Excellency the Viscount is the younger brother of the current Queen Artim. His Majesty the King of Artim trusts him very much. Now that he is present in person, it can prove that the Kingdom of Artim attaches great importance to you."

"In addition, the person standing opposite Viscount Longfewk is Viscount Kevik from the Kingdom of Norci. He is a famous playboy and seems to have a way with women. He has been with many noble ladies and wives. Gossip, even gossip that he has some hidden affairs with some members of the Nolch royal family!"

"Your Majesty, please be careful not to get in touch with him too much. I'm worried that he will offend His Majesty."

"at last............"

At this point, Avril suddenly paused for a while, and then only heard the maid say in a very solemn tone,

"Your Majesty, please look at the sixth area next to the wall on the left. The Highness who is in the center of the crowd and wears a magic-weave dress is the most worthy of your attention among all the visitors this time."

"He is His Royal Highness the Second Prince of the Kingdom of Bohr--Mikhail Romanov!"

At this time, after hearing the message from Avril Lavigne, Katerina slowly turned her gaze to the direction she was pointing at, and immediately, a middle-aged man in his forties appeared in the girl's sight.

After sizing up this person for a while, Katerina, who had been listening silently, suddenly said,

"We don't seem to have sent an invitation letter to the Kingdom of Bohraire, right? Why did this guy appear at my coming-of-age ceremony?"

At this moment, the reason why Katerina asked this question was because the Borrel Kingdom was not on her invitation list for this coming-of-age ceremony. It was not because the girl had any hostility towards the Borrel Kingdom, but because Due to political considerations, the main opposing countries of the two camps are not within the scope of the girl's invitation.However, the other party still appeared in front of her at this time, which made the girl feel puzzled.

As for Katerina's question, Avril bowed first, and then explained in an apologetic tone,

"I'm very sorry, Your Majesty, it was my negligence."

"Although we did not send an invitation letter to the Kingdom of Borrel, when our invitation letter was sent to the Kingdom of Nuoerqi, the prince happened to be visiting the country. After learning about your situation, His Royal Highness Spontaneously came to celebrate."

"Because we didn't know the news about this in advance, by the time we reacted later, His Highness had already arrived in Florida, and it was too late to do anything, so...... ..."

Hearing this, before Avril continued to apologize for her negligence, Katerina interrupted her with a wave of her hand,

"Don't feel sorry for this, Avril Lavigne, it's not your fault!"

"The situation in Boulrose is still a mess, and Chris's intelligence power is very limited. It is already very remarkable that you can get to where you are now with this little power in your hands."

"As for His Royal Highness Mikhail......"