Before leaving Huntington that evening, Shad visited Mr. Bernhardt's manor and asked him to send someone to Professor Drake's house to transcribe those texts.
Mr. Bernhardt was also very happy to learn that Shad's investigation had progressed, but he mentioned another matter, which was the farewell dinner at the Rothschild Manor tomorrow night.
This is the farewell dinner for Princess Marguerite Anjou to visit Tobesk on behalf of the royal family, so the banquet is of a very high standard. Tomorrow night's banquet will not only have local nobles, but even Carson who came here from Willendale. The Ke nobles were present.
Viscount Bernhardt, as a well-known local nobleman, has of course received an invitation letter. He invited Shad to go with him, and Shad also meant this:
"Mr. Bernhardt, my Kasenlik is not very good, I may stay with you tomorrow night."
Shad said apologetically, but Mr. Bernhardt didn't mind this:
"It's also the first time you've attended the noble banquet in Kaserik, it will be very interesting."
Saturday night is actually Shade's evening class time in the traditional sense. Of course, starting earlier this month, it became Rezia and Shad's solo date time again.
On Saturday morning, through the flower shop on Silver Cross Avenue, Xia De informed Rezia in advance that he had something to go to Huntington tonight, so he couldn't meet in the evening.
Rezia didn't give Xia De any reply at the first time, but when Xia De came to Dr. Schneider's clinic for this week's study meeting with the cat in his arms, he almost saw Dorothy who had arrived early , actually it was Rezia.
He couldn't sharply distinguish the difference between the two souls, but judging from the dissatisfied eyes "Dorothy" looked at him, no matter how he thought about it, he knew that it would not be the idea of the blond writer lady herself.
Most of the study session this week, Dr. Schneider was helping other people in the group calculate their respective credits, in order to discuss the details of the end-of-year exam a month later. When it comes to Xia De, the doctor seems to have a headache.
Xia De is currently considering applying to jump from the second grade to the fourth grade, so some time ago he specially borrowed a large number of books from the school library for "study". But the problem now is that his practical credits are still far behind. In the best case, he has to unlock a time key a week, and every time he encounters valuable events, he can barely make up those credits.
But obviously, Xia De could not have such a fast efficiency.
"Miss Dannist, the librarian, said she would help me."
Xia De told the doctor the news in a low voice. The doctor nodded after being stunned for a moment, and didn't ask anything. He obviously knew some connections in the academy, but he didn't expect Xia De to have such a relationship with the thirteen-ring warlock.
After the study session ended, it was only four o'clock in the afternoon. "Dorothy" left Dr. Schneider's clinic in the carriage with Xia De, and the blonde girl boarded the carriage in silence, and only mentioned Xia De's arrangement for tonight when the carriage moved forward slowly:
"Huntington? Don't you want to tell me, knight, you already know that Princess Marguerite Anjou?"
There was a questioning tone in his tone.
"Yes, but she thinks I'm Mr. Sherlock Holmes, not Hamilton of Reggiard."
Xia De told the truth, holding Mia and sitting opposite the blonde girl, said very sorry:
"I know I shouldn't take up tonight's time, but for some reason, I have to attend that banquet."
"Don't explain this to me, am I the kind of unreasonable girl?"
Rezia flicked Dorothy's beautiful long golden hair, and looked Shade up and down:
"I know you have more important things to do, but I hope you haven't forgotten that the 'Day of the Red Butterfly' every 22 days is coming."
"Yes, this Sunday night."
The stormy night that impressed Shad was Saturday, the 26th of Dead Leaves. So the end of the first red butterfly day is the 27th. From the night of the 27th, the 21-day waiting period will start again, so on Sunday night this week, it will be the second "Day of the Red Butterfly".
Both Dorothy and Rezia liked to call it that special day.
"If you have no other plans, I can prepare for Sunday night and Monday in advance."
Xia De suggested, and Rezia shook her head:
"On Monday, I will accompany my mother to meet Marguerite Anjou's delegation. I have already discussed with Dorothy that the red butterfly day will be postponed to next Tuesday, the 19th day of Frost Moon. "
"But there is something to do that day. Tuesday is the wedding of your sister, Princess Mona Cavendish."
Xia De reminded, Rezia nodded with a smile:
"Yes, so I can meet Dorothy at the wedding feast, and isn't that more interesting than an ordinary day?"
"Oh yes."
Xia De suddenly realized, Leiziya looked at the street scene outside the window, and then reached out to close the car window. Flicking the hair hanging by her ear, she looked at Xia De with a blushing face:
"Dorothy and I can meet you at the banquet, Xia De...I have prepared the manuscript "Summer Night Collection" in advance, would you like to watch it with us at the banquet?"
"Summer Nights" is the source of inspiration for Dorothy's award-winning work "A Midsummer Night's Wish", a very famous collection of essays.
"Reading manuscript prose at a wedding feast?"
Xia De was taken aback for a moment, and then he understood after seeing the flushed cheeks of "Dorothy":
"Of course, yes, watching...Summer Nights at the banquet with you guys."
The blonde girl bit her lips lightly, looking at Xia De with shining eyes:
"I'm really looking forward to Tuesday's arrival...Really, it's obviously our date today."
Xia De lowered his voice slightly, and held Rezia's right hand with his left hand:
"You can even meet me with your body, and you want to dance together? Attending banquets and dances is a reasonable opportunity for us to meet."
Rezia smiled:
"Yes, in this way, Marguerite Anjou's visit is a good thing. Knight, I am very glad that while you are thinking about the blonde girl in front of you, you can also miss my body."
She reached out to touch the cat in Xia De's arms, and the sleeping cat let out a cry of dissatisfaction, wriggling to avoid the hand.
"Since you are going to participate in that banquet tonight, why don't you play a joke on Anru's princess."
As she spoke, Leizia took out Dorothy's notepad from her handbag, hurriedly wrote a line, and handed it to Xia De:
"Put this in the hands of Marguerite Anjou, but don't give it away. I remember the princess, a little older than I was? During my visit to Carson Rico this summer, I and She's been around too, and it's a very interesting lady."
Rezia wrote in Carsonrique, and controlled the writing method, it didn't look like her handwriting at all—
[Greetings, Your Highness. The purple cabbage at the banquet was still as delicious as it was back then. 】
Xia De read it several times suspiciously, and made sure that there was no deep meaning in it that he could not understand:
"What does this sentence mean? Purple cabbage, does it refer to it?"
"No, it's purple cabbage."
Dorothy had a rare expression on her face. It was a smile, a malicious smile:
"You probably don't know about the Weilun Diane purple cabbage incident eight years ago. Marguerite Anjou, who was only a teenager, deliberately blamed herself at a dinner in the autumn of 1845 because she didn't like purple cabbage. The maid mixed sand in her vegetable salad. She was trying to escape that vegetable.
Poor maid who did nothing but was fired almost immediately. A few weeks later, the maid burned herself to death at home, and only some of her remains were recovered. The suicide note sent to a friend in advance stated that she had done nothing wrong, but she was still treated like this. Her reputation was greatly damaged, so she did not want to live anymore. "
The blonde girl talked about the past, but there was no regretful expression on her face. Xia De understood, and opened his mouth slightly:
"You wouldn't say that this matter is related to MI6, right? The kingdom's political struggle? Or the silent struggle of spies?"
Rezia smiled:
"Yes, Shad, you have always been so perceptive. I only heard the truth from Galina three years ago.
That maid was actually a spy placed by MI6 next to the royal family of Anjou. The sudden dismissal that year caused MI6 to make a misjudgment, thinking that she had been discovered. So the maid was urgently transferred, and a female corpse of similar size was purchased locally to replace it. "
The carriage rolled over the road and drove towards Saint-Andrés Square at a gentle speed. Hearing the spy secrets many years ago, Xia De sighed carefully:
"This should have caused a lot of psychological shadow on Princess Margarita Anjou, right?"
After all, it was only because she hated eating purple cabbage that the maid "self-immolated".
"Yes, you can try it tonight and bring the dish with purple cabbage to that princess."
Rezia suggested, while Xia De shook the note in puzzlement:
"Then, the purpose of giving her this note is..."
"Pick her up a little. Just to get back, she's taking my date tonight."
Rezia still had a smile on her face, but Xia De knew that the latter was the important reason.
The young outlander wisely didn't point out this point. Considering that giving this note would only make the princess feel bad all night and would not cause any more trouble, Xia De agreed.
"MI6, has there been any spies planted around the royal family of Anjou?"
He asked curiously again.
"I'm not in charge of that."
Rezia shook her head, but said with certainty:
"But at the banquet in Huntington tonight, there must be people from MI6...I'm not talking about you. Even if you mentioned the ring of the Pantanal Voodoo If the warlock doesn't show up, there will definitely be no shortage of conspiracies and plans surrounding that banquet."
"In peaceful times, agents are still so busy."
Xia De sighed, and turned his head to look at Tobesk's street scene in deep winter from the car window. People come and go on the street, and people who have been busy for a year will not relax even at the end of the year. In such a prosperous era, the undercurrent is always surging.
Rezia stopped talking about the subject:
"You changed that bed some time ago... Dorothy was so excited that night, I helped you change the old furniture in the master bedroom and confirmed that the fireplace can be used. I need to help you in advance Are you preparing wood for winter? If necessary, I will send someone to help you waterproof the basement in a few days, otherwise the wood will be damp and the smoke will be very large.”
Her Royal Highness covered Xia De's mouth with her hand, and her green eyes "stared" at Xia De:
"I have gold pounds. Don't I help you deal with these trivial matters, and neither will Galina? Are you trying to reject me and accept her kindness?"
At this moment, Xia De could almost see Rezia's soul directly from those beautiful eyes.
She let go, threw the cat in Xia De's arms aside, then hugged Xia De's neck and kissed him, without giving Xia De a chance to refuse.