Night fell.
Vera, who had just finished bathing, changed into a silk nightgown. Her snow-white feet were gently tapping on the pine wood floor. Her slender body was leaning in front of the dressing table and she was facing a bronze mirror with her hair tied up in a bun.
A beautiful face was reflected in the mirror. It was hazy and she looked like a rose that had just been moistened by the rain.
There was a faint fragrance in the room. It was fresh and lingering.
Colin was half lying on the sofa, quietly admiring the expression of Vera's little wife. Suddenly, he smiled and asked,
"What is the matter with the golden mark on your chest?"
Vera tilted her head and she was also puzzled: "I don't know. It seems like it just appeared today. Maybe it has something to do with the baptism ceremony."
Colin gradually stopped smiling and frowned: "Baptism?"
"Yes, but I don't feel anything wrong with my body." Vera did not seem to care.
Seeing that Colin was worried about her, Vera tiptoed and walked over to him. She threw herself lightly on the sofa and snuggled into her lover's arms.
"Then let me take a closer look." Colin hugged Vera's slender waist and reached out to take off her nightgown.
Vera giggled but she did not stop him.
But at this moment, someone knocked on the door.
Colin stopped what he was doing and asked in a bad mood: "What is it?"
The maid's voice came from outside the door: "Viscounts, Her Royal Highness the Queen has asked you to give a lecture to Prince Harrison and Princess Judy."
Colin was speechless. What kind of lecture was he going to give at this time?
Vera kissed Colin gently on his cheek and said with a smile: "Hurry up and go. Don't let aunt wait for too long."
Colin was helpless and he had no choice but to get up and say: "Well, if I come back late, you can go to bed first."
Vera nodded and began to help Colin change his clothes.
After getting ready, Colin went out and followed the maid all the way to the main hall.
The further they went, the tighter the security Colin found.
About a quarter of an hour later, the maid finally stopped. She reached out and gently pushed open the magnificent golden wooden door. The maid bowed to Colin.
Colin nodded and walked in.
There was a dark red round table, a snow-white cashmere carpet, and an exquisite crystal chandelier. However, there was no one there.
"Your Highness?"
"Viscount Angele, please come in." Colin tried to shout, and then he heard a gentle voice, "Viscount Angele, please."
Colin took a few steps forward. After turning a corner, he found the door that led to the inner room.
Lifting the veil hanging on the door, Colin walked into the room.
Pink curtains, a luxurious ivory bed, and an exquisite dressing table. Colin immediately realized that this should be the Empress' bedroom.
The gentle night breeze blew in, and the curtain on the balcony moved with the wind, revealing a slender figure.
Colin hurriedly bowed and greeted, "Your Highness the Empress!"
Empress Mydella turned around and smiled sweetly at Colin. "I hope you don't mind that I called you here so late."
"Of course not. May I know where Prince Harrison and Princess Judy are now, and how do you want me to start teaching them? "
"There's no hurry. I have more important things to discuss with you."
"Please speak." Colin suddenly had an ominous feeling, but since he had already been tricked, he couldn't just turn around and run away.
"Don't be nervous, sit."
Colin looked around and found that he could only sit on the bed and in front of the dressing table … But he obviously wouldn't sit in either of these places, so he could only stand awkwardly and pretend not to hear.
Fortunately, Empress Mydella didn't have any intention of making things difficult for Colin. Seeing this, she didn't force him. She asked, "What do you think of the baptism this morning?"
Colin's heart skipped a beat. He immediately thought of the gaze that seemed to fall from the sky, and the hesitant look of the Imperial Prime Minister, Baron Heidegger.
"I think it's very good." Colin played dumb. "It's a great honor to have His Holiness the Pope personally baptize Vera!"
Empress Mydella looked at Colin with a faint smile, as if she wanted to see his true thoughts.
But Colin lowered his head, unmoved by the Empress's scrutinizing gaze.
"Sigh …" Empress Mydella sighed, and there was a trace of bitterness in her voice. "It seems that you still don't trust me."
"Of course I trust Your Highness." Colin immediately replied, but there wasn't much sincerity in his words.
The room fell silent, and only the soft sound of the night wind blowing the curtain could be heard.
After waiting for a long time, Colin couldn't help but raise his head, and then he met the Empress's calm gaze.
The night wind blew the light dress tightly against her body, outlining her wonderful curves.
Colin immediately withdrew his gaze and returned to his original state of looking down.
Empress Mydella finally spoke again, but this time her voice was a little dignified. "Colin, perhaps you still don't realize the seriousness of the matter."
"Your Highness, please forgive my ignorance!" Colin still looked the same, as if he was determined to keep a distance from the beautiful Empress.
Empress Mydella's face was expressionless. She left the balcony and walked slowly towards Colin. She said: "I remember the first time we met in Winter City. At that time, we were attending Vera's coming of age ceremony. "
"Yes, Your Highness." Colin was more and more confused about what the Empress wanted to do.
"I remember that the coming of age ceremony was really wonderful! The troll prince, the half-elf prince, and you, all three of you proposed to Vera at the same time. In the end, my brother chose the half-elf prince, and the two of you almost fought because of it … "
Listening to Empress Mydella reminiscing about the past, Colin was still silent, but he kept guessing the Empress's true purpose.
"… Oh, by the way, something big happened at that time —" Empress Mydella had already walked in front of Colin. Her breath was like orchids. "Marquis Adams was poisoned to death!"
Colin lowered his head and looked at the Empress's pink toenails shining like crystals. He couldn't help but squint slightly.
Empress Mydella lifted Colin's chin from behind and forced him to look at her. She smiled and asked: "Do you know who poisoned him?"
Colin's heart finally began to stir. Thoughts kept appearing in his mind, but he couldn't figure out the most important one.
This puzzle had troubled him for a long time.
At that time, his first suspect was actually Marquis García.
Because at that time, the Duke Of St. Hilde had just betrayed his brother and did not keep his promise to let Vera inherit the title of Marquis of the Eastern Region. Instead, he chose his second son, Adams.
Colin's first reaction, and perhaps the first reaction of most people at that time, was that Adams's death was Marquis García's revenge on his brother!
But later, Colin felt that with Marquis García's character, he shouldn't be able to do such a sinister thing.
When he was in Silvermoon City, when he guessed that the Duke Of St. Hilde had a series of plans against the half-elves, Colin felt that the Duke Of St. Hilde might have played a trick and poisoned his second son.
But later, when Colin learned that the Duke Of St. Hilde was a Paladin, he immediately overturned his guess.
After all, the Duke Of St. Hilde, who had the strength of a Paladin, would not use such means to achieve his own goals.
Originally, Colin had already given up, thinking that the death of Marquis Adams would be an unsolved case forever, but now, Queen Mydella brought it up again.
This made Colin couldn't help but have a thought in his mind …
Queen Mydella looked at Colin, whose expression changed, and finally showed a satisfied smile, but she seemed to be not satisfied with this, and said again.
"Also, the will left by the Duke Of St. Hilde. Guess, why did he set Vera as the first heir?"
Colin opened his mouth, but he didn't know what to say.
The smile on Queen Mydella's face became more and more brilliant, and she once again threw out a heavy bomb: "Do you know, His Majesty wanted to deny Vera's inheritance twice, but I stopped him.
Do you know why? "
Colin looked at the charming face in front of him, and his heart thumped so hard that it almost jumped out of his chest.
Thousands of thoughts finally converged into an answer in his mind, but this answer made Colin want to run away.
Queen Mydella admired Colin who was in a dilemma, and said with a smile: "Colin, do you know that the person in the world who wants to see Vera become the Dukes Of The North the most, besides you, is me."
At this time, Colin calmed down.
He knew that Queen Mydella had shown her cards.
This could only mean that the situation was indeed very serious, as she said.
She no longer allowed Colin to be separated from her. On the surface, she said that she trusted him, but turned around and began to suspect him.
"Your Highness, I understand." Colin no longer avoided Queen Mydella's gaze and said in a deep voice.
"What do you understand?" Queen Mydella's eyes flashed with a trace of surprise.
"I understand why I should trust you."
"Why?"
Colin gently pushed Queen Mydella's hand away, took half a step back, and said respectfully.
"Because you are Vera's biological mother!"
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