Although there was music accompaniment in the hall and the guests were talking in low voices, it was not too quiet. But the beautiful girl's high-pitched voice, although not loud, was not deliberately suppressed, so as long as people stood closer
, all heard clearly.
Seeing that this little girl actually attacked the majestic Duke Tulip, the most popular person in the empire, everyone around could not help but show curious expressions.
Du Wei looked obviously embarrassed, and he felt a little guilty, because he really just wanted to get a random girl to dance and get over it. But he didn't expect to encounter such sharp and sarcastic remarks.
But after all, Du Wei didn't have the same experience as this kind of girl. After hearing these rude words, he didn't get angry. He just touched his nose, took a half step back, and then smiled and said: "Oh, miss, although I don't know what I am."
I have offended you, but I don’t mind apologizing to a beautiful lady. If you don’t want to, then I can only invite other dance partners.”
With that said, Du Wei nodded to her, gave her a half salute, and turned to leave. The other girls nearby who were all dressed up suddenly felt that they had another chance, and they all used various postures to calmly move towards her.
gathered around in front.
But as soon as Du Wei turned around, he heard the disdainful tone of the girl behind him: "Hypocritical guy!"
Du Wei frowned, this inexplicable girl was too ungrateful.
She was just an ignorant girl. Du Wei ignored her and casually extended his hand to the young girl standing closest to him.
This girl is very petite, probably only sixteen or seventeen years old. She has a pretty face and is wearing a light golden skirt. She only has a few tiny freckles on her cheeks. From Du Wei's point of view,
Quite cute.
Du Wei extended an invitation gesture to her, but the girl seemed very nervous, with excitement and surprise on her face, as if she had never expected that such a good thing would happen to her.
Seeing that the girl was about to faint, Du Wei smiled bitterly and tried his best to smile in a gentle tone: "Is that okay?"
"Of course! Of course, sir." The girl almost shouted, but fortunately, she remembered to pay attention to her manners just as she said the words, so she lowered her voice cleanly, barely made a salute gesture, and held her arm.
Du Wei's arms stepped forward.
Unfortunately, she was probably too nervous. She just took two steps, but her foot slipped and stepped on the corner of her skirt. She screamed and stumbled forward. Fortunately, Du Wei was quick-sighted and caught him.
He stopped her waist. Then he followed the melody of the music and led her to the dance floor quickly.
A lot of time has been wasted at this moment, because Du Wei has not left the stage, and the playing bands have had to play the prelude of this dance three or four times. Seeing that the Duke made some moves, he hurriedly started.
Entering the formal tune, other guests around invited their dance partners to leave.
Du Wei danced a few steps casually, but felt that the dance partner in front of him was obviously shaking nervously. He was startled for a moment, then understood the subtlety, and smiled: "Miss, am I scary?"
"Scary? Ah! No! Of course not! You are the most dazzling star tonight. Lord Duke. I am so lucky to be invited by you..."
The girl stammered, but subconsciously glanced back. Du Wei followed her eyes and found that the girl was looking at the beautiful girl in red who had just embarrassed Du Wei.
And the beautiful girl in the red dress was standing aside, watching the two dancing with cold disgust...
Du Wei pretended not to care and smiled: "My dance partner... you know who I am, but I don't know your identity yet."
"Oh. My name is Manny. My father, Baron Farisno, works in the Imperial Education Department as the deputy director."
Du Wei smiled: "It turns out she is the daughter of Baron Farisno... Oh, you seem a little worried..." Du Wei suddenly hugged her and spun around in a circle to the rhythm of the music, deliberately touching her gently in front of her.
Pointing to the girl in red in the distance: "You have been looking at her? Why?"
"Ah!" The girl named Manny whispered, and her face immediately turned red. She hesitated for a moment, and then said helplessly: "My lord Duke... I, Osie and I are good friends, I... I and
If you dance, she will definitely blame me severely after a while..."
Du Wei smiled gently: "Oh, then I'm sorry, it was me who made things difficult for you, right?"
"No, no!" Manny quickly shook her head, looking at Du Wei, her eyes filled with girlish excitement: "I'm very honored to be invited by you. Didn't you see that the ladies around me are all envious of me?
.”
A little girl. Du Wei smiled and didn't take it seriously. After all, little girls of this age always have some vanity in their hearts that likes to compare. This is normal.
He saw that Manny's mood had calmed down a bit, and then asked slowly: "Uh, the Osie you are talking about is the lady who looked very angry with me just now? Please forgive me, I really can't remember me.
When have you ever offended such a lady...does she know me?"
Manny smiled: "You are too humble, Your Majesty, who in the entire imperial capital would not recognize you."
"Well, then...I don't know her. Who is she?"
Now Manny's eyes widened and she raised her head and looked at Duwei in surprise: "Duke, are you kidding me? How could you not know Osie? Her family is a family friend of yours. Moreover,
...and she is still you..."
As the girl named Manny whispered, Duwei suddenly understood, but his eyes became even more surprised, and he couldn't help but look at Miss Osi in the distance a few more times.
In fact, Osie has been looking at Duwei coldly, watching this hateful guy dancing there with his best friend Manny in his arms...
This Manny! It's so embarrassing! No, all the women who looked at this hateful Du Wei with nymphomaniac eyes tonight are simply so embarrassed!
Huh, what's so good about this Tulip Duke! Isn't he just a hypocritical young nobleman! What ability does he have? Didn't he just make a big fool of himself in that tournament a few days ago? Huh, after that day everyone
I determined that this guy must have paid his opponent to deliberately lose to him... but he used such despicable means to cheat in the competition. This person's character seems to be...
Humph, he definitely has no real ability in martial arts. Now that I think about it, his reputation as a so-called magic genius may also be false! Yes, that’s right! He is so rich, and the reputation of this genius magician is
It must have been a lie...
The more Osie thought about it, the angrier she became. Watching Duwei dancing with his best friend in his arms, the two of them seemed to be whispering to each other in a harmonious manner. Then he looked at the female companions around them, all of whom had expressions on their faces.
Looking at Du Wei like a nymphomaniac, Oxi felt very angry!
What a Tulip Duke! He's just a hypocrite who is just trying to gain fame! How can such a person have real abilities... Huh...
What else could be done to build a city in three months in the northwest, defeat the invading grassland army, the Northwest War...
Thinking about it later, Osie suddenly felt that she couldn't justify herself. What happened at the martial arts tournament might also be a reason to attack Du Wei... But as for the series of miracles Du Wei created in the northwest, they were all genuine achievements.
There is no excuse for slander.
Osie couldn't help but feel guilty. She could only force herself to change her mind: Well, let's just say he has some ability! Just a little bit! But there are many people with ability, but few are as hypocritical as him.
.So annoying, so...such a bastard!
She lightly stomped her feet, holding up her skirt with both hands, and stepped hard on her toes. It seemed as if she would break the deerskin boots she was wearing.
Even though she is angry, Osie is still a beautiful and lovely girl. She has smooth golden hair and a charming and slim figure. The red evening dress tonight also makes her look like a rose.
Just as beautiful...but this has become Oxi's biggest embarrassment!
Logically speaking, a beautiful girl like her should be the focus of attention sought after by the men in any aristocratic dinner party!
It's a pity that the dance has passed more than half way, and many, many ladies around have been invited to dance by other men. Most of them are far inferior to Osie in appearance... but this charming Miss Osie...
, but no one cares about it!
This is not the first time this has happened! In fact, at every banquet and gathering that Osie attended since she came of age, it seems that the male nobles of the same age are as afraid of her as snakes and scorpions! It seems that they have no regard for her.
He has no interest and dare not approach or provoke him at all.
Which girl doesn’t have a child? Which girl doesn’t have some fantasies when she was young? Which girl doesn’t want to be treated like being praised by everyone?
What's more, a young beauty with outstanding appearance like Osie?
However, in all the occasions she attended after the coming-of-age ceremony, she received a cold reception without exception! In fact, there were some young talents who were shocked by her beauty at the beginning, but often someone just revealed her beauty.
If you are interested in yourself, you will be immediately pulled aside and whispered for a while, and then the guy's admiring eyes will turn into fear, and he will quickly avoid yourself...
Is there a plague on me?
All this... it's all Du Wei's fault! Blame him and his family! It's all their fault!
It can be said that Miss Osie, who is seventeen years old this year, has absolutely reason to hate Duwei!
Because Osie's full name is "Ocilia Oden", of course, if you are unfamiliar with this name, then you must be familiar with his grandfather: Munes Oden, the contemporary patriarch of the Oden family, Empire
The current Chancellor of the Exchequer!
So... Miss Osie hates Duwei! There is definitely an understandable reason for this!
Just think about it! When she was just a few years old, she made an engagement with a boy she had never even met! What’s even more shameful is that her fiancé was a “little idiot” that everyone in the imperial circle knew
"!
That's right, this was the place where Osie and Du Wei should have made their engagement! Unfortunately, when Du Wei was young, he was a joke known to everyone in the aristocratic circles of the imperial capital, which also dragged Osie down.
She remembered that before she was eight years old, when she was playing with all the female companions of the same age, others would mockingly call her "idiot wife"!
Such a title has been with Osie almost throughout her childhood...Childhood experiences often leave a shadow on people.
Later, things took a turn for the better. Seeing that Du Wei was growing up, the Oden family was finally worried. They were willing to marry this girl to Du Wei because Du Wei was the eldest son! She was the future Luo Lin family.
heir!
But at that time, it seemed that Du Wei was simply a waste! If Du Wei could not become the heir to the Luo Lin family, then the marriage would be meaningless, so casual... The engagement was changed, and Osie's fiancé became Gabri. Thank God
, Gabri is finally a little genius!
Although Gabri is two or three years younger than Ossie, this is not a big problem.
It's a pity...this incident still did not end Osie's pain.
No matter what, the Roland people still respect the "reputation" of the place! And changing the engagement is undoubtedly a disguised act of regretting the engagement.
Repenting of a marriage is considered a very disgraceful act even among ordinary Roland civilians, let alone in aristocratic circles that pay special attention to reputation and tradition?
On the other hand, Miss Osie was indeed very beautiful and outstanding when she was young. Naturally, there were many people who were jealous of her, and these people could find enough topics to attack Miss Osie: repentance is definitely a great weapon.
In the following years, Miss Osie suffered painfully from being called "dishonorable" and "married man". This title was even more hurtful than "idiot's wife".
And then... the Luo Lin family suddenly came to an end, but the idiot back then soared into the sky and became the Grand Duke of Tulip! In just one year, he became the most popular person in the empire. He even vaguely had a daughter.
A momentum of "one person is inferior and ten thousand people are superior"!
At this time, Osie has become even more of a joke!
Look! It’s her! She is that stupid girl! She could have married the Tulip Duke openly back then! But she, a fool, gave up on her own! She took the initiative to regret the marriage and married the Tulip Duke’s brother! Look at it now.
The Lin family is finished! That Gabri has become a commoner!
Oh, quietly! This is that fool! She left the Duke unmarried, but chose a commoner! Huh, who told her to look down on others back then! Maybe she regrets it so much that her intestines are blue now! Hahahaha...
Osie didn't know how many times she had heard these vicious taunts.
However, the people who said these vicious words, those who mocked the Auden family for being "too blind to see the real gold", didn't they themselves also mock Duwei for being an idiot?
It's a pity that in this world, people with such dark psychology will never disappear.
And later, through Du Wei's efforts, the Rollins family was restored, and Osie's fiancé Gabri became the heir to the Rollins family again... The matter should have ended here.
No!
Later, some rumors and gossips appeared in the market: it was said that the Oden family later regretted it, wanted to regret their marriage again, and wanted to marry their granddaughter to Duke Tulip! However, Duke Tulip, who had been insulted by the other party, proudly refused these ugly words.
A lowly guy. Finally, after the Oden family begged hard, the Tulip Duke reluctantly agreed to complete the engagement between Master Gabri and Miss Osie.
Look...it's this beautiful Miss Ossie! What's the use of her pretty face! Because of her and her family's stupidity, she almost couldn't get married! Hahahaha...
We can completely understand how these vicious and unfounded satires can have a huge impact on a teenage girl!
And since she started to participate in social activities among the nobles, she would become the focus of everyone's comments wherever she went. Several times, she accidentally heard other people making sarcastic comments about her behind her back.
And later...she was almost talked about behind her back as a "stupid woman with a pretty face, but a belly full of straw, who has eyesight but cannot see the real gold"!
No matter how beautiful she is, at any banquet, as long as others know her identity, no male noble is willing to chat with her! No male noble is willing to be friends with her. Not even a young man has expressed his love for her.
.
Swear to the benevolent gods, Osie is not a yandere woman, she can even be regarded as a relatively conservative girl. But which girl has not had some colorful dreams about youth? Which girl does not want to be applauded, flowers and loved.
Surrounded by eyes?
Which girl didn’t have fantasies about love when she was young? But... her fiancé Gabri... was still a minor child!! When Miss Osie heard those touching love stories, and listened to those princes and princesses,
When telling fairy tales, how do you ask her to imagine the "him" in her heart?
Are you fantasizing about Gabri who is not yet an adult?!
Poor Miss Osie, she really thought it was all these hateful ridicules and slander that had brought her to this point, turning her into a nuisance that no one cares about.
But she didn't know that the reason why no other young men dared to approach her and no other young men dared to have her idea in all the social activities she attended was actually not because of those rumors and slander!
The initiator of this incident was indeed Du Wei, although he was also an innocent person without any knowledge.
The truth is:
In all the social activities, evening parties, banquets, dances, etc. that Miss Osie participated in, whenever any male aristocratic young man became interested in and loved this beautiful lady. Everyone around him
The person will immediately warn him quietly: "Are you desperate for your life? How dare you provoke her! She is the sister-in-law of Duke Tulip!! Do you dare to provoke her... Is your family as powerful as the Tulip family? You
Is the backstage tougher than the Tulip Duke! Huh, do you know that anyone who offends the Tulip family will be in bad luck!! If word spreads, let the Tulip Duke know that you dare to snatch a woman from his brother... Humph!
"
Often at times like this, people with a little bit of brains would turn pale and hide away honestly.
The last beat of the dance music stopped abruptly, and Du Wei finally stopped, and then bowed to each other in front of Manny. He politely sent Miss Manny back to her original position.
"Oh! Osie is gone." Manny's face looked a little ugly: "She must be angry with me. God, she warned me every day today, not allowing me to..."
"What are you not allowed to do?"
Miss Manny's face turned red, but she didn't say anything. What did Ossie say? The exact words Ossie said were, "You are not allowed to do that kind of crazy thing to that hateful guy. It's too embarrassing!"
You can't say this to Lord Tulip Duke.
"You are very good friends, right?" Du Wei even sat next to Miss Manny. His move immediately brought many envious and jealous looks to Manny.
Miss Manny was a little excited, her face flushed: "Yes, sir. I can be regarded as one of her best friends..."
"Okay, then you will also be my friend from now on." Du Wei winked at this cute girl. This Manny is a very simple girl with a very simple heart. She doesn't have the hypocrisy of other aristocratic girls. Du Wei
He smiled and said: "You should know that Osie will be my future sister-in-law, so she can be regarded as my relative and family. Therefore, her friends are also my friends."
"Me! Can I really be friends with you? Oh no, no. I mean... your status is so respectful... even my father would probably have to bow his head and salute you when he sees you."
"There is no status for friends." Du Wei smiled peacefully, and then he stood up. He had already seen Osie. He saw a girl wearing a red dress, and looked at her with hatred.
After taking a quick look at his place, he quickly walked out of the banquet hall through the side door, probably heading towards the garden.
"I'll excuse you for a moment." Du Wei stood up and nodded gracefully to Manny before leaving: "It's a pleasure to dance with you, thank you."
Manny watched Du Wei go away with an excited face, then let out a long breath and covered her heart hard, feeling her heart beating rapidly.
In fact, this simple-minded girl does not have much ambition. Her worship of Du Wei is purely a girlish idol worship. She does not have too many complicated thoughts. But if she can dance with Du Wei and talk for a while,
It was enough for her to go back and show off to the little sisters around her, and she was very satisfied.
"Miss Osie."
A pleasant voice came from behind.
Osie stood in front of the railing next to the imperial garden outside. She felt that she needed to come out for air, otherwise she would really be pissed to death by that Manny, the traitor! She said it well before coming here, not to do this,
But she...hum. I will definitely not talk to her for three days!
Just when Osie was thinking about it angrily, she heard Du Wei's voice.
Turning around, she saw this disgusting young man standing ten steps away from her.
Frankly speaking, even those who hate Du Wei have to admit that Du Wei, who is over 18 years old, is absolutely a handsome man in every aspect.
He inherited the bloodline of the Luo Lin family. He has a tall and straight figure, and at the age of eighteen, he has gotten rid of the thinness of the past few days and has gradually become stronger.
He has a handsome face with protruding facial features... and he became famous at a young age. He does not have the frivolity and impetuousness of other young people. Those eyes seem to be filled with a kind of calmness that can see through people's hearts. This is experience! It is like any other.
Something that all young people lack.
And the slight smile inherent in the corner of the mouth is also the kind of calmness that is used to mastering everything by those in high positions. It is definitely not something that those young dandies can have!
Tonight, Du Wei, who was wearing a ducal dress, had already discarded the expensive leather collar hanging around his neck, revealing the shining epaulettes on his shoulders, which symbolized his other prominent identity: Admiral of the Empire!
These conditions combined are enough to kill most girls in the center of the earth instantly.
At this moment, Du Wei stepped out from the side door of the palace, stood at the door, and then closed the door, shutting out the noise coming from the hall.
The moonlight shone on his body, and the smile on his face was like a sharp sword unsheathed!
Osie swallowed and seemed to be stunned for a moment. Then she quickly replied coldly: "Humph. It's you! The noble Duke! What's wrong? Are you coming to me to hold me accountable for being disrespectful to you?
culpable!"
The smile at the corner of Du Wei's mouth deepened a little, and his eyes swept across Oxi's young and beautiful face.
Hmm, a little childish, but still quite cute.
"No, I don't plan to do that." Du Wei walked over naturally and stood in front of the fence with Osie. His voice was very gentle: "Actually, I just want to have a casual chat with you. After all, we
We can be considered relatives, right?"
"What are you talking about! I have no interest in chatting with people like you!" Osie said like a hedgehog.
Du Wei didn't say anything, but looked at Osie intently. He looked at her for ten seconds, and then he smiled... very kindly!
That’s right! It’s kindness!
"You are a beautiful girl." Du Wei's tone sounded like an elder: "Gabri is lucky to marry a girl like you."
"Huh! I don't think so!" Osie replied angrily: "I don't want to marry your brother at all! In fact, I don't want to have even the slightest relationship with your family!!!"
The girl suddenly clenched her fists and shouted in a low voice to Du Wei, her face full of anger.
Du Wei was laughing. In his opinion, it was really interesting to watch this beautiful girl lose her temper. With a tolerant smile on his face, he let Miss Osi clenched her fists and yelled at him, and then...
…
He waited for Osie to finish yelling, then he casually took out a silk handkerchief from his arms and glanced at Osie. His eyes were as clear as moonlight, and then Osie heard the other person's soft smile: "Don't move!"
As he said that, Du Wei's body came closer.
Oxi was stunned. She watched Duwei approach with a smile on his face. Her mind had completely stopped: He... what did he want to do! Do you want to retaliate against me... Want to bully me??
Du Wei had already stretched out his hand and gently wiped the corner of Osie's mouth with his handkerchief...
Well?
Osie came to her senses immediately, then quickly stepped back a few steps, staring at Duwei, assuming a defensive posture like a frightened kitten: "You...you! What are you doing!"
"There are traces of wine on your mouth." Du Wei smiled slightly and put away the handkerchief: "It must be that when you were drinking just now, you accidentally got the purple hazel leaf on it on your mouth. That kind of purple hazel The leaves are used for seasoning, but they lose color easily. You won’t eat them, right? That kind of thing is for seasoning and color matching, but you can’t eat it.”
Ossie blushed... In fact, she rarely drank, so she was so angry that she chewed the thing called "Purple Hazel Leaf"!
Du Wei smiled, like an elder watching a child act mischievously: "Okay, let's continue chatting now! Miss Oxi, in fact, I want to apologize to you first."
"Ah... uh?" Osie looked at the bad guy warily. What's his plot?
"Yes, I want to apologize, because I didn't even recognize you. It was Manny who told me your name." Du Wei sighed: "After all, you are the one who will become my sister-in-law, and we should be considered a family. .And...I even got your age wrong. A few days ago, your grandfather asked me if you and my brother could get married early. But I thought you were only twelve years old, so I refused... Oh, it's all my fault. I thought you were two years younger than Gabri, but now it seems you should be two years older than him."
These words really made Osie angry!
age!……
He, he actually doesn’t even know my age!!
This damn annoying guy has brought me so much trouble! He doesn’t even take me seriously! He doesn’t even know my age!
So Ossie is angry!
She suddenly shouted at Du Wei: "You! You bastard! Have you forgotten that when I got engaged to you, your brother wasn't born yet?! How could I be younger than him!!"