North Journey

"Sir, may I trouble you to take a look at what you are holding in your arms?"

Although the guards at the city gate are all small people, their position undoubtedly requires them to have sufficiently keen observation skills.

Shi Yan and his group came on foot, but they didn't feel in the slightest embarrassment. They had outstanding temperaments, and even if they had faces, they were undoubtedly not ordinary people.Therefore, the city guard who was in charge of the inspection also maintained enough politeness when asking.

"It's my puppy."

Shi Yan smiled slightly, half-closed Ming Qi's hand, moved away a little, and rubbed Ming Qi's ear, as an apology for saying so.

Ming Qi arched his small head in Ah Shi's arms, then stuck out his tongue and licked Ah Shi's fingers affectionately.

His family's Ah Shi is so gentle, even if it is an expedient measure, he will worry about his feelings.

When he was supposed to be a clean freak, he let Ming Qi lick his finger wet, without any intention of blaming him, but just poked his little head after Ming Qi let go of his finger.

The difference between wolves and dog cubs was not that obvious, and Ming Qi put on an appearance of being particularly close to people.The city guard took a few glances, and besides lamenting how cute this pup is, and by the way confirming that Shi Yan must be the young master of which family, he let it go.

However, someone who saw this scene was unwilling to let them go.

"Hey, the one in front."

A carriage "gurgled" passed behind Shi Yan and the others, passed David and the others who were following behind, and stopped beside Shi Yan.

"How much is your dog, I want it."

The curtain of the carriage was lifted, and a girl in a fine attire leaned on the eaves of the carriage and looked down at Shi Yan.

The young girl has bright eyes and bright teeth, and is decorated with pearls, jade and gold. It is obvious that she comes from a distinguished family.When she saw Shi Yan's appearance, a flash of surprise flashed in her eyes, but when she thought of her noble fiancé, she suppressed the surprise, and only looked at the pure white fur-colored little one with moist eyes in Shi Yan's arms. Dog, showing affection.

It turned out that when the city guard was inquiring, her carriage happened to be parked aside, waiting for the housekeeper to confirm her identity as the young lady of the Black family to another city guard.Although on normal days, Gloria Black's carriage can definitely run unimpeded in Karnarn City, and no one dares to stop it, but in special times, with the dual will of the Witch Temple and Felix III, even if she is Black The eldest lady of the family, the fiancée of His Highness Noah Felix, and the future queen of the empire, did not dare to prevent the city guard from following the rules.

Because of the usual unimpeded travel, although the carriage was only slightly delayed, Gloria still felt impatient.Having nothing to do, she lifted the curtains and looked out in a dispirited manner, and happened to see Ming Qi, whose hair was so pure and white that it was shining brightly in the sun, in Shi Yan's arms.

Girls who are still a little naive and fanciful are always irresistible to cute animals, even if they are as spoiled as Gloria.

After the carriage could pass, she couldn't wait to order the housekeeper to catch up with Shi Yan, wanting to beg him to buy the puppy in his arms.

From her point of view, even though Shi Yu had an outstanding temperament and was well-dressed, since he walked into the city on foot and lined up like the commoners, his status was at best a minor foreign nobleman.She has met the top group of people in the empire, and if she has seen people like Shi Yan, she will never forget them.Therefore, even if she has some status, according to her status, if she said "heavy money to buy", she would have no position to refuse.

Lawrence Hodge almost twitched his eyelids when he saw the family crest of the Black family on the carriage, and his brows were furrowed when he saw the young lady appearing.Although he has not been in the imperial capital these years, he has always kept in touch with his two sons and those friends in the imperial capital.Of course, he is not ignorant of the behavior of the Black family, especially the young lady.

Perhaps because of the relationship with the deceased Miss Wendy Black, Felix III has a preference for the Black family.After the old Earl Black passed away, the new head of the Black family, Aiden Black, obviously did not have enough vision and wisdom.Acting arrogantly, relying on the king's favor to do whatever he wants, even the whole family atmosphere of the originally low-key Black family is convenient.It is said that both the elders of the Black family and the friends of the old Earl Black have persuaded the new head of the Black family, but all the bitter words have been ignored, and there is even an old man who has a very good relationship with the old Earl Black. The earl was also pointed at by Aiden Black and said that he was jealous of the current scenery of the Black family, and that if he cared about his family's affairs, he might as well think about how to revitalize his family that was about to become an empty shell.

It is enough to do something with simple words and deep words, not to mention that the other party still has such an attitude.Even if it is not worth it to feel sorry for an old friend, since then, the connections left by the old Earl Black to the Black family have gradually faded away.And the new head of the Black family is obviously unaware of the faint alienation of the old aristocratic circle. He has the king's preference, and there are many small nobles who are emerging to curry favor with him. All kinds of so-called elders who give advice.

And after his daughter Gloria Black was appointed by Felix III as the fiancée of His Royal Highness Prince Noah Felix, his actions, and the style of the entire Black family became even more high-profile.

Everyone knows that although Noah Felix is ​​not His Majesty's own son, but His Majesty has only his stepson, the future of the empire will definitely fall into the hands of Noah Felix.And with this level of relationship, how could Aiden Black not become more and more complacent and arrogant, no longer relying solely on his own sister, the dead man?

Also because of such a father relationship, although anyone who has met Gloria Black and Wendy Black knows that Gloria has a bright and gorgeous beauty that is far different from the former "Empire Rose" Wendy Black, but in After praising her beauty, she would always sigh again, "With such a personality, how can..."

Maybe the character of Miss Wendy Black was too gentle and virtuous in the eyes of some people, and she couldn't support the position of mother of a country.But the daughter who was taught by the old Earl Black himself does not lack wrist skills.Even if she does not necessarily have the grace to match the status of the mother of the country, after marrying into the royal family, even if she wants to do things without merit, she will have no faults.

But this Gloria Black's behavior... is just a marriage contract, and she has already started to do whatever she wants by relying on her status as soon as she is about to marry into the royal family. If she really becomes Gloria Felix, then How arrogant will it become?

People who are not sensitive enough to many things are still feeling Felix III's deep affection for Miss Wendy Black, while some others have begun to really distance themselves from the Black family, so as to avoid getting burned one day.

——Warner Felix's eccentric character is well known. The affectionate mourning shown by those who killed their fathers is already suspicious enough, and how much connivance to the Black family is completely inconsistent with his temperament.What's more, how can a nobleman with real eyes and ears not know that there is a beautiful young man in the palace.In this way, isn't the so-called never forgetting and guarding oneself like jade a joke?

Only some people were deliberately misled, so they didn't see the abyss behind the fire cooking oil and flowers blooming in the Blake house.

However, in the past, Lawrence Hodge only felt emotional when he heard what happened to the juniors of the Black family. After all, his two sons are not easy to mess with. No one would really provoke Sean and Daniel.

But today, Lawrence Hodge has realized how disturbing it is to have such a gang of mallets in the imperial capital.

The group of them had a lot of troubles, because they were afraid of being recognized by others, and the little girl Jenny specially helped him disguise his face.I really don't want to cause trouble anymore, but trouble wants to provoke them.

Besides, it's not good for this Miss Gloria Black to provoke anyone, but she just picks on that Crown Prince, and wants to get away from Mrs. God Envoy? !

"Sorry, Ming is mine, and he is not a cargo. I will not give him to anyone else."

Shi Yan is still smiling, his golden brown hair is soft, his gray blue eyes are clear, there seems to be a sky in his eyes, so when he looks at you, it seems that you are the only one in the world.

Gloria Black, who was staring at him, should have felt tenderness, and should have been overwhelmed by it. Who in this world can bear to go against the wishes of a person with such eyes.However, for some reason, Gloria, who was looking down from a high place, only felt a bone-chilling chill from the blue, as if if she disobeyed this boy, she would be abandoned by the world.

She should be angry, there are only a handful of people in the empire who have the qualifications to refuse such an innocuous request of hers.However, her rose-like delicate lips did not spit out accusations of arrogance as in the past, but just opened the corners of her mouth as if being manipulated by someone, revealing a stiff smile.

Shi Yan then smiled more calmly, and he nodded slightly at Gloria Black, "In that case, farewell." He hugged Ming Qi and walked away slowly.

The few people who followed Shi Yan were still somewhat at a loss for such a magical turning point, but they had developed the habit of following him along the way, so they also took the opportunity to follow Shi Yan and walked cleanly.

When Shi Yan's figure disappeared, Gloria Black staggered and nearly fell off the carriage as if some kind of restriction had been released.

"Miss……"

The housekeeper who was in charge of taking care of her quickly grabbed Gloria's right arm, but she threw it away.

"roll!"

She leaned on the eaves of the carriage and couldn't help panting.The cold sweat didn't come out like a stream until this time, and wet the hair on the temples.