As the day of Prince Tupé and Miss Vera's wedding approached, the entire Silvermoon City was filled with a festive atmosphere.
She was the daughter of the Dukes Of The North!
Even though she was just an adopted daughter, she was still the daughter of a noble with the highest status in the history of the Modiwen Royal Family.
All of the Half-Elves felt honored to be able to do so.
However, this festive atmosphere was suddenly mixed with some unpleasant noises.
Some stories about Miss Vera and Viscount Angley quietly spread in Silvermoon City.
Moreover, these stories were all real and did not seem to be made up.
As a result, the public opinion in Silvermoon City gradually began to change.
Under the influence of some people, the half-elves no longer looked forward to Miss Vera marrying into the royal family.
They even began to feel that Prince Tupé should not marry a noble lady with a tainted reputation!
The people of this world also valued a woman's reputation very much.
After all, in the absence of paternity testing technology, how could they ensure that their descendants were really of their own blood? This was a problem that was very troublesome.
Therefore, in order to ensure the purity of the bloodline, the nobles would generally require the bride to be a virgin.
This was the simplest way to ensure the purity of the bloodline, although it was not necessarily effective.
In fact, many nobles had to go through a body inspection procedure before they got married.
However, this procedure was generally targeted at the woman who was in a weaker position.
If Prince Tupé was marrying Vera, it was obvious that the House of Medea would not dare to perform a body inspection on Vera.
This was because this procedure was simply too rude.
When some of the nobles found out that their daughters were pregnant out of wedlock, they would deliberately find a lower-class noble to take over the bride's body in order to prevent the child from being a spurned illegitimate child.
For the half-elven royal family, they absolutely did not want to be tainted with a bad reputation.
However, if they were really asked to perform a body inspection on Vera, they probably would not have the courage to do so.
However, as the rumors gradually fermented and became more and more intense.
The House of Medea began to lose control of the situation.
Many half-elf nobles even began to ask for Vera's body to be examined.
These half-elf nobles even found a very dignified reason.
The purpose of the medical examination was not to question Miss Vera's innocence. On the contrary, the purpose of the medical examination was to protect Miss Vera's reputation and to completely destroy these groundless rumors!
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Half Elven Palace, Colin's residence.
Duke Müller was speechless when he saw Colin reading the rumors that he had collected with great interest.
Colin was indeed very happy to see that.
He realized that some of these rumors were true, and some were false. Moreover, they were fabricated quite well.
For example, they once rode on the same horse.
For example, Colin had once risked his life to block a spear for Vera.
Another example was that after the two of them met at the Mirror Lake, they had accompanied each other all the way and had developed a good impression of each other.
There were even rumors that when Vera married into the half-elf kingdom, Colin had specially asked the Duke to appoint him as the messenger so that he could personally send his beloved woman to a foreign country …
In short, if Colin was not the male lead, he might have really believed in such a sad and beautiful love story.
Moreover, these rumors also emphasized that he and Vera had been alone together many times. Although it was not explicitly stated, it was constantly hinting that the two of them had developed a relationship that was beyond friendship.
Well, this point was indeed true.
Colin touched his chin and suddenly laughed.
When Duke Müller saw that Colin was still laughing, he could not help but speak up.
"Viscounts, this matter has now spread all over the city. Many half-elves have even started to organize a demonstration and they are demanding that Miss Vera's body be examined to prove her innocence!"
"Then let's do the examination," Colin replied casually.
It was as if there was really nothing between him and Vera.
Duke Müller was obviously stunned for a moment. He blinked and asked hesitantly, "Are you … sure?"
"Of course!" Colin said in a loud and righteous voice, "These words that question Miss Vera's innocence are all baseless slander! You can rest assured and arrange for the examination process. As long as the results are out, these rumors will naturally be dispelled. "
In fact, Colin did not care about these rumors at all.
In fact, he even felt that this was a really clumsy plan.
If the House of Medea really dared to examine Vera's body and found out that she was not innocent, then Colin could not help but admire the courage of the other party.
This was because this was simply a slap in the face to the House of Saint Hilde!
Colin felt that this was a plan that the silly Prince William had come up with.
In order to prevent his younger brother from marrying Vera, Prince William's means were really … hard to explain.
However, Colin also thought of another possibility – a conspiracy by the Eastern Region.
The rumors were very likely to be released by the Eastern Region in order to force the House of Medea to examine Vera's body and thereby offend the House of Saint Hilde.
In this way, the half-elf kingdom could only ask the Eastern Region for help.
Of course, no matter what the truth was, Colin was not too concerned about it.
In fact, he actually hoped that Vera would not pass the examination so that the wedding would be ruined.
As for whether Vera was innocent or not, Colin had personally examined her body. So, how could he not know?
However, just as Colin was thinking about how to take advantage of the situation to destroy the marriage, he heard Duke Müller speak again.
"Sir Viscounts, please rest assured that I will arrange a suitable person to examine Miss Vera's body. I will definitely not let Miss Vera be criticized."
After seeing Colin's calm performance, Duke Müller believed that there was nothing going on between him and Vera.
However, Duke Müller was still not at ease. After all, who knew if Vera had any secret lovers before Colin?
This matter was related to the rise of the Miller family. Of course, Duke Müller did not dare to take it lightly.
Colin also understood the meaning behind Duke Müller's words and tone, and he suddenly laughed in his heart.
This old man was actually preparing to do something behind the scenes!
However, this was indeed the best way to deal with the rumors.
As long as Vera's body was examined and the result of the examination was "controlled", then the rumors would naturally fall apart.
Therefore, the person who was going to examine Vera's body was very important.
"Who are you going to ask to examine Miss Vera's body?"
Duke Müller showed a confident smile on his face. "Please rest assured that we already have the most suitable person in mind. With her identity and status, she will definitely not bring disgrace to Miss Vera."
"Who?"
"Queen Aisha!"
Colin was stunned and he immediately understood why Duke Müller said that she was the best candidate.
In fact, it did not matter whether Miss Vera was innocent or not. As long as Queen Aisha said that she was innocent, then she would naturally be innocent.
What would Queen Aisha say?
Was there a need to ask?
Who else would want to see Prince Tupé marry Vera more than Queen Aisha?
Moreover, there was another advantage to asking Queen Aisha to examine Miss Vera's body.
That was, there was no need to worry that Prince William would raise any objections to the person who was going to examine Miss Vera's body.
If it was someone else, Prince William would definitely be worried that Duke Müller would do something behind the scenes. He might even ask for someone else to examine Miss Vera's body.
However, if it was Queen Aisha, then there would definitely be no problem.
In terms of identity and status, was there anyone more suitable than Queen Aisha to examine Miss Vera's body?
Duke Müller felt that such a response would be foolproof. Therefore, he hurriedly said goodbye to Colin before he ran excitedly to prepare for the examination.
Colin looked at the back of the other party and suddenly thought of the beautiful Queen Consort who was surrounded by the blood roses.
He also thought of the words that she had said at that time.
Colin shook his head and threw that beautiful figure out of his mind.
The examination this time was just a formality. Colin was not prepared to change his plan because of it.
Now, he was just waiting for the Knight of Rego to lead the Angele family's army to Silvermoon City.
Calculating the time, they should be arriving soon.
As for Colin's plan, it was about time to begin.
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