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Edward's gifts and letters were not delayed at all, and he set off the next day - the snow season is coming soon, and in winter, most people seldom go out to travel, no matter how important things are, they must be postponed around Christmas .

This is a very important festival. It has been the same since ancient times. There is no such thing as Chinese New Year in this era, but there are Christmas and New Year’s Day, which are as grand as the New Year. It's not just him who spends time in the palace, people with titles will come from their own territory in a carriage to participate in the annual king's feast.

Nobles must attend this kind of banquet. This is not a warm family gathering, and I don’t know that it is a simple social need. In fact, it is a political necessity-to attend the king’s ball every year and give gifts. Loyalty is an important part, if you don't come, people will doubt your loyalty to the emperor, and what are you hiding in the territory for? !

In fact, the nobles not only want to come to show their loyalty, but they usually bring their entire family with them—because most of them have to stay in the palace for more than three months, and there is another place that the nobles flock to. Participating in banquets in the palace is an important way for nobles to meet each other.

Which family's daughter is an adult, and which family's young master can start to get engaged... It is very important for the next generation to enter the social season. They enter the social season at the age of 15 or 16. They can wear fancy clothes and dance with people of the same status. , get to know the people in power and start to win over your friends... This is the knowledge that the nobles have to learn all their lives.

This would make the palace extraordinarily prosperous, but also extremely chaotic, so no matter what the reason was, Edward didn't want to bring his most important angel here.

From Edward's point of view, apart from being more beautiful, the palace has nothing to recommend, and although Lance's body is well maintained, he is not strong compared to his peers. Edward does not want him to run around and work hard, just to participate What the hell is a ball.

And Edward knew that Lance didn't like this kind of scene where people's hearts were mixed, so when Josephine said that he might be able to bring "that beautiful child with blond hair" to the palace to attend the ball, Edward's expression sank, and he Putting down the coffee cup, she said to Empress Josephine: "Auntie, you can continue to test and provoke me, but let me remind you, you'd better settle your matter before you talk about it."

After he finished speaking, he got up and left.

Empress Josephine didn't feel presumptuous at all, instead she laughed. Her voice was hearty, and she said loudly, "Oh, oh, Edward, why are you losing your temper again..."

Edward ignored her, waved his hand, and left directly.

Outsiders say that the only family member that the Black Duke values ​​in this world is Queen Josephine, and Queen Josephine, who is as gorgeous as a rose, has a soft heart. She treats the nephew of the Black Duke as if she were her own child, and even takes care of her nephew even more than her own child Appropriately, the two get along even more intimately.

Even Prince Charles once lost his temper when he was a child, saying why his mother and Edward were closer.

What is the truth?

I'm afraid Josephine and Edward themselves don't quite understand this blurred boundary.

The sky was dark, and before the snow fell, the entire imperial city was buzzing. Whether it was the inner city where the nobles lived or the ordinary people in the outer city, it was a extravagant celebration of singing and dancing.

The first ball has already begun, and Empress Josephine is wearing that peacock-embroidered, gem-encrusted dress, covering half of her face with a gorgeous feather fan, and she is wearing a queen crown of beautiful colored gemstones to match her skirt , Edward, who was following her, was the only nobleman in a new-style suit in the audience. The Black Duke had his hair combed back, and his whole body was pitch black.

Because the emperor was seriously ill and unable to get up, the opening dance of this ball became Empress Josephine and His Excellency the Black Duke-which surprised and disturbed all the nobles.

Before coming here, everyone knew that the emperor was seriously ill, so of course he was unable to lead the dance. It is said that the doctors had declared that he could not be cured. The emperor's young lover had already been kicked out of the palace by Empress Josephine. It is said that he still had the emperor's illegitimate child in his stomach. ...But Mrs. Josephine doesn't care, she doesn't recognize the child, and the child can only be an illegitimate child in this life.

This is not uncommon among the nobles. The lover got a little money when she left. She was just a maid, and she didn't have the capital to compete with the entrenched Empress Josephine. Whatever future you have fantasized about...you can only stop here in embarrassment.

...In any case, everyone knows that the opening dance will not be with the emperor, but most people tacitly believe that the opening dance must be with Prince Charles, the future heir.

But Mrs. Josephine chose the Black Duke. This was not a coincidence. For nobles, this was an extremely important political signal.

Especially when seeing Prince Charlie standing aside silently, his face not looking good.

"You are beautiful today, Auntie." Edward whispered to Queen Josephine while dancing.

"...Not enough, this crown is not gorgeous enough." Josephine smiled and said to Edward, "Charlie is too ignorant, he is still like a child on such an occasion... If he is like you, I may I'll still think about it."

"...He is a child you specially taught." Edward glanced at Charlie, and the other party's expression was indeed very stiff. For nobles who are good at disguising, he was indeed a child, impulsive, reckless, irritable and beaming with joy...Jane In short, he was never a fit king.

"You're right, I specially raised him in this way..." Empress Josephine laughed, with a sudden look of fatigue on her face, she said, "But I never thought of really killing him, Do you trust me?"

In the midst of the music, Edward was silent for a long time before he said softly: "I'm not worried about this, you always know how to judge the situation."

When Josephine heard Edward's answer, she suddenly laughed for a while. At the last moment when the music ended, she said softly, "...Look, let me just say, Mary and I really had the wrong child." What she said was Edward's biological mother, her younger sister, Josephine, faced everyone's applause with a smile, and said softly to Edward beside her, "...I hope I made the right choice."

Next, they did not make a sound, but walked into the crowd with their heads held high. Both of them began to be surrounded by a crowd of people. Everyone inquired about the opening dance just now. There were only a few lost people beside Prince Charlie. The little nobles couldn't figure out what was going on at all, and they were still complimenting their heirs for a while, while other big nobles and smart people surrounded Queen Josephine and Edward.

Charlie's face was gloomy. He looked at his mother and Edward, and drank the wine in his glass in one gulp. He ignored the little nobles around him, but walked towards his mother with a smile.

There will be another storm in the palace, and the bloody stories of power are always changing from generation to generation. Some people may laugh for a lifetime, and some people will fall into the sand at a young age... But this has nothing to do with Tang Feiliu , he returned to the castle before the first winter snow, and as soon as his brother Mr. Alexander Doug jumped out of the carriage, he began to vomit frantically at the castle gate, causing the servants who lined up to welcome Mr. Lance to stare in shock. Eye.

"Hurry up and get some warm water and handkerchiefs." Evans smiled and ordered to the servants, while Tang Feiliu patted his brother on the back worriedly, and only had time to call out to Grandpa Dave, and he had to yell. Comforting his motion sick brother.

"Didn't you get motion sickness when you were young?" After Alexander finished vomiting and rinsing his mouth with great difficulty, Tang Feiliu couldn't help asking. When they were young, their father always took them out. Apart from regular noble banquets, the family would also eat on the mountain. Lunch or something, anyway, I often go out.

"After returning from this castle, I vomited as soon as I took the carriage." Alexander wiped his mouth with a hot towel, and said slowly after feeling better.

Tang Feiliu roughly guessed it, probably because he became another person after waking up from the carriage, which caused a huge psychological shadow on Alexander. From then on, he would be prone to high tension whenever he was in the carriage, and he would naturally vomit easily.

Tang Feiliu felt a little sad, but fortunately he was more happy—in fact, he couldn't bear to go back to the castle, but he wanted to see Edward very much, especially because he was worried that Edward would make a fool of himself...but he also couldn't bear to bear his brother. Fortunately, Alexander Without any worries, before Tang Feiliu could speak, he took the initiative to say that he would come to Black Swan City to see if there was any good development.

In fact, it was mainly because it was hard to find his younger brother. He was the only family member in his life, and there were so many twists and turns. It was rare to get together. In fact, Alexander made up his mind as early as the banquet to accompany his younger brother.

In particular, there is a duke in this castle... Although he is just a little squire, and compared to the duke, he is nothing more than a small figure, but Alexander thought that he should at least give his brother a way out——

A hope that you will never need it in this life, but you must have a way out.

Alexander had complicated thoughts in his heart, but Tang Feiliu didn't think much of it. He happily returned to the castle and happily asked Evans to arrange a room for his brother... but he didn't expect that he seemed to have something to do. Tell your dear brother.

Alexander said embarrassingly, "Don't worry, I'll just live next to my brother."

Then he asked very curiously: "I don't know where Lance lives?"

...The atmosphere suddenly became silent and awkward. Evans looked at Tang Feiliu, Tang Feiliu looked left and right, and then said in surprise, "Brother, didn't I tell you?"

Alexander, on the other hand, tilted his head with a sense of foreboding in his heart, squinted his eyes in doubt and asked, "...what should I know?"

"Brother, looking at it this way, your eyes really look like mine. We are indeed brothers... Evans, right?!" Tang Feiliu frantically poked his valet.

"Yes, except for the different colors, they are exactly the same!" Evans hurried forward to solve Tang Feiliu's problems, and said to Alexander with a smile, "Sir, why don't I take you to live on the third floor? There is a good view there, just right." Looking at the Swan City at the foot of the mountain, you can see the lights at the foot of the mountain at night, and the smoke from the cooking fires in the morning, which is really beautiful..."

"No need, I will live with my brother." Alexander looked at Tang Feiliu who was hooking his head, and asked, "So... where do you live, Lance?"

"...I, I..." Tang Feiliu's current mood is like a puppy love and his girlfriend who are locked up in a hotel by his parents. His mood is extraordinarily complicated. He looked at his toes and held back for a long time before answering softly , "I live on the fifth floor..."

"And then?" Alexander pressed on step by step without giving up.

"...together with Edward." Tang Feiliu's voice was comparable to that of a mosquito, but Alexander still understood it completely.

Alexander took a deep breath, and he even smiled at the respectful Evans, and said, "Can I be alone with my brother for a while?"

Evans looked at Tang Feiliu, saw Tang Feiliu nodded despite his despair, and then went out.

"Are you crazy?!" Evans closed the heavy door, and after there were only two brothers left in the room, Alexander yelled at his younger brother, "You, you just like this Living with him?!"

"...No, what else?" Tang Feiliu looked at his brother blankly, "...you can't get married here..."

"No, but even as a lover, there are grades!" Alexander said angrily, his eyes were red, he patted the table, "How dare he treat my brother like this, how dare he treat you like this!"

Obviously, Alexander really hated Edward very much at the moment.

And Tang Feiliu looked blankly at his furious brother, unable to keep up with Alexander's train of thought for a while.

The author has something to say:

Thank you Jary and Cactus Dumplings for mine.

Also, the nutrient solution irrigation has improved by leaps and bounds yesterday, thank you very much...

Thank you also for the little angel who added points chapter by chapter.

Freezing rain followed by heavy snow... Cold hands and jio are also cold, but with your replies, I got up strong and continued to work hard!