Elizaveta waved her hand to send away the local snake, then slowly walked to the window and looked at the street scene of Bucharest.
If the reports of her subordinates are to be believed, there are two spies watching outside her front door. One is pretending to read a newspaper, and the other is sitting on the street corner pretending to be a drunk drunkard.
However, Yelizaveta did not dare to confirm that there were only these two spies. The reason was that the two of them were not particularly experienced at first glance, more like they had become a monk halfway.
If it were the spies in the third part of St. Petersburg, he would never have done such a poor job, but after all, this is not St. Petersburg, and Alexei is not Duke Ordorf, so it is understandable that it is worse than the third part.
"Is it just routine surveillance?"
Elizaveta had some doubts that the reason why these spies were keeping an eye on her was not because her identity and purpose were exposed, but because of Alexei's caution.
Maybe the governor will pay regular attention to every dignitary who enters Wallachia and send a few spies to keep an eye on them. If something is discovered, it can be regarded as being prepared, right?
It's just that Lizaveta didn't dare to bet. If this was not the case, then she would lose cleanly. With her caution, she would definitely not gamble. So she decided to continue to observe and see what the situation was.
At this moment, her personal maid suddenly walked in holding a silver tray: "Madam, the Governor has sent an invitation, asking you to attend the ball held at the Governor's Mansion tomorrow night!"
Yelizaveta was stunned for a moment, then immediately grabbed the invitation from the tray, scanned it at a glance, and then frowned.
This invitation came a bit strangely, and she wasn't sure what Alexei meant. Was it the Hongmen Banquet?
Because logically speaking, the relationship between the Uvarov family and the Speransky family is very bad. Let alone sending invitations to each other, I am afraid that when they meet on the road, they will tacitly pretend not to see each other.
With a relationship like this, something doesn’t feel right when I suddenly send you an invitation!
Yelizaveta frowned while holding the invitation, and after thinking for a while she replied: "Go and reply to the Governor, saying that I will definitely attend the meeting on time!"
Although Lizaveta felt something was wrong, she decided to go and see what was going on to see what Alexei wanted to do, and what about the Hongmen Banquet? It was not like she had never participated in the Hongmen Banquet, and the Hongmen Banquet of a mere Governor of Wallachia was still scary.
Not her!
"What do you mean by asking me to invite that old witch?"
What Yelizaveta didn't know was that it was not Alexei's intention to invite her to the meeting, but Li Xiao's intention. For Alexei, he understood the grudges and conflicts between the two families.
Anyway, just pretend not to see it, and send invitations? Go to hell!
"This woman has bad intentions. I'm afraid she's here for us!" Li Xiao replied calmly.
Alexey's eyes widened and he shouted in disbelief: "You already know that she came here with bad intentions, why did you invite her over? Isn't this just looking for trouble!"
Li Xiao shook his head and said: "Before, she deliberately used Vishniak to test us. If we didn't respond at all, wouldn't it mean that there is no silver here? Besides, this is our home court, how could we be frightened by her?
"
Alexey stopped talking, but looked reluctant to invite Lizaveta. He muttered and explained to Li Xiao: "But the relationship between our two families... you should know!"
Li Xiao nodded and said: "Of course I know, but now and then, they had the absolute advantage in the past. You couldn't argue with them. Naturally, you can only do one thing more than one thing less. But it's different now. We
You must tell the Uvarovs who is in charge of Wallachia!"
This made Alexey feel quite happy, but he was still a little hesitant: "But what are you asking her to come over for? An awkward chat?"
"It's not an awkward chat!" Li Xiao sighed and explained: "It's about showing off your muscles!"
Alexey wondered: "Showing muscles? What's the use?"
Li Xiao took a breath and replied slowly: "If I guessed correctly, Count Uvarov should have realized that something was wrong with the case between Grand Duke Constantine and Kiev, so he sent his sister to investigate. Think about her.
They all came to Bucharest, what does this mean?"
Alexei blurted out: "She doubts us?"
Li Xiao chuckled and said, "She should be doubting you, so we must try to dispel her suspicion!"
Alexey took a breath of cold air, his eyebrows knitted together, and hesitantly said: "Then what should we do? Just inviting her to your door with pretense is of no use, right?"
"Of course it works!" Li Xiao explained patiently, "I guess she is also suspicious, or just has doubts. So we have to show off our muscles openly and tell her not to make a name for herself, otherwise we will not be polite!
"
Alexei said in astonishment: "Is this useful?"
Li Xiao said categorically: "Yes! The more generous we are and the more we show off our muscles, the less suspicious she will be. After all, the people who secretly worked for them before are not like us!"
Alexey immediately laughed out loud. He understood what Li Xiao meant. Before, they were slandering people and hiding behind their backs to make a name for themselves, but now they are deliberately pretending to be very good and powerful in order to make people laugh.
Elizaveta distinguishes them now from their past.
After all, according to traditional thinking, people who secretly make a name for themselves will generally not collide head-on. Since they choose to collide head-on, then they are not the people who secretly made a name for themselves before.
The reason is quite simple, but only Li Xiao can think of such a crooked move. Anyway, if Alexei were to handle this matter, he would never think of such a move.
"So when the time comes, don't be so arrogant. You have to be bold and even arrogant. You have to let the other party know that you are no longer Wu Xia and Amen. You are no longer what you used to be. It's best to warn her directly and let her know.
You are the master of Wallachia, in Bucharest she is a dragon and a tiger, and she has to lie down! Do you understand?"
Alexey smiled bitterly and said: "Why do I think this is so silly? It's a bit like some of the second-generation ancestors I met in St. Petersburg. They seemed to like this tune the most..."
Li Xiao smiled and said: "It would be best if you could make her think that you are just a lucky second-generation ancestor or a fool who can't see the situation despite having a little bit of achievements! This will reduce a lot of trouble."
, at least for the time being, you don’t have to worry about being targeted by venomous snakes!”
As he spoke, he sighed: "Speaking of which, this is Count Rostovtsev's fault. He is the real mastermind behind the scenes! So we have to help him cover it up..."