The dark palace was silent, with only the trees in the garden swaying gently in the wind, looking shadowy and extremely desolate.
Victor curled up and moaned softly. Today's poison is very powerful. Although it won't cause death quickly, it will be extremely painful.
He didn't expect that Vivian's strength was different from ordinary people. She was obviously a delicate and frail noble lady, but she could easily defeat him who had been training hard for six years.
Unfair, really unfair!
Vivian was lying on the bed with her eyes closed, and according to Victor's temperament, he would not kill anyone else easily before killing her. However, revenge killings are also possible, so close monitoring is required.
About half an hour later, Victor walked away holding on to the wall.
The next day, Fia came in with a bunch of invitations.
Vivian cut the envelope open with a knife and found that all the letters were either about tea parties or birthday parties. In short, it was very troublesome.
"I heard that the Queen is dissatisfied with Miss Eunice and has been busy trying to match up the Crown Prince with Miss Catherine recently." Fia recalled the gossip she heard in the morning and hurriedly spoke out.
"Oh, what did the king say?" Vivian was curious.
"Miss Eunice pleases the king very much. Not only can she enter the palace at will, but she is also rewarded with jewels."
"It seems that the king has not given up on the crown prince. Laura, I wrote back to the Granstons and said that I would be on time for the tea party."
"Okay, miss."
Laura used to often reply to the lady’s letters, so she didn’t know that the lady had changed people and her notes had already changed.
Laura wrote a reply and handed it to Fia. Vivian looked at the time. It was time for her to learn tea party etiquette so as not to make mistakes and make people laugh.
Three days later, the Marquis of Granston reported the tea party, and Vivian got on the carriage and went there. As expected, Catherine deliberately united everyone at the tea party to mock Eunice in isolation.
But after the tea party, the Crown Prince came to take Eunice back in person. The two of them were talking, laughing, and affectionate, which made Catherine furious.
"Why is your skirt dirty?" The Crown Prince bent down to straighten Eunice's skirt. Everyone was surprised.
The Crown Prince is twenty-two years old this year and has a volatile personality. Anyone who offends him will have his hands whipped at the least, and his hands may be cut off at the worst! Therefore, despite his handsome appearance and noble status, not many noble ladies like him.
"The maid accidentally knocked it over when she was pouring tea." Eunice patted her skirt nonchalantly.
"If Miss Granston can't even educate the maids well, it's better not to hold tea parties in the future, otherwise I will doubt the educational level of the Marquis Palace!" The Crown Prince guessed that Eunice had been wronged, so he stared at Catherine coldly and reprimanded .
"Your Highness the Crown Prince, you actually accuse me for the destitute Earl's daughter?!" Catherine asked tremblingly with her eyes wide open.
Katherine Granston is known as the "Red Rose of the Empire". She is an extremely beautiful daughter of a marquis. She has been in love with the crown prince since she was a child. Although the Crown Prince didn't like her, he never got close to other women.
She thought she could succeed as long as she worked harder, but unfortunately Eunice's appearance broke her fantasy. Because of jealousy, she spread rumors in the capital, and today she even found someone to humiliate Eunice!
This was not the first time she had done this. Whenever a woman approached the Crown Prince, she would use various means to threaten her to leave. The Crown Prince was fully aware of what she was doing, but he never stopped her.
This led her to firmly believe that she was special in the heart of the Crown Prince and that one day she would become the Crown Princess. It wasn't until this moment that she realized that this man had never had any affection for her from beginning to end.
"Miss Eunice is a very important person to me. Please apologize to her!"
Under the threat of the Crown Prince's cold eyes, Catherine reluctantly apologized to Eunice, and then ran away crying.
The Crown Prince snorted coldly and led Eunice away. Everyone present was from a noble family. His behavior of not saying hello was both arrogant and rude.
However, since the other party was the Crown Prince, no one dared to raise objections. Some even thought it was very romantic for the Crown Prince to protect Miss Eunice.
After Catherine returned to the room, she kept smashing things to vent her anger. The maid was so scared that she hid far away, fearing that her anger would implicate her.
When she returned to the tea party, it was already ten minutes later. The girls all found excuses to leave. In order to ease the relationship, Catherine had to contribute the best tea leaves.
"My lord, I'm sorry to let you see this rude scene. I hope it didn't affect your good mood." Katherine personally sent Vivian to the door because her identity was more noble than hers.
"It's my first time to attend a tea party in the capital. Thanks to Miss Catherine, I can learn a lot. I hope we have the opportunity to drink tea together next time." Vivian smiled softly.
"Young lady is really kind."
"Miss Catherine is also excellent."
The two exchanged a few words, then Vivian got in the car and left.
When passing by the central square, the church bells rang, exactly three o'clock in the afternoon. Vivian asked the carriage to stop, she wanted to go outside for a walk.
There are colorful triangular roofs, a road wide enough for four carriages to drive side by side, and rows of shops with colorful signs.
The fountain in the central square surges into the sky, and large amounts of water droplets sparkle in the sunlight. People were neatly dressed, and everyone was quiet, whether they were pedestrians walking in a hurry or guests strolling around.
"Miss, I heard that there is a theater troupe performing in District 13, but it is a civilian square. Do you want to go and see it?" Fia's eyes suddenly lit up when people nearby said there was a performance.
"Go and have a look." Vivian was also curious.
In the royal capital, districts one to ten are the wealthy areas, and areas above two digits are civilian areas. Nobles disdain to set foot there.
In the empire, the hierarchy between civilians and nobles is very strict. Without the permission of the nobles, ordinary people could not talk to each other, let alone walk beside the nobles, otherwise it would be regarded as an attack.
When they passed through the spider web-like alley, they finally arrived at the 13th District Square. There is also a fountain there, but it has long since dried up. There are no splendid shops, but there are densely packed stalls all around, and the shouts of various stall owners come and go.
The knight looked at the scene in front of him and couldn't help but become alert.
There is a mixture of fish and dragons here, and they must protect their eldest daughter. However, after the originally happy stall owner saw them, his joy suddenly turned into fear.
Vivian wanted to play games, eat snacks that were everywhere, and even want to take off her tight corset.
"Let's go change clothes," she said.
"Miss, if someone sees this -" Anne shook her head quickly. If people knew that the princess appeared in the civilian square, wearing civilian clothes, it would definitely become big news tomorrow.
"Don't worry, how many people in the capital recognize me?"
Vivian couldn't help but walked into a shabby clothing store, bought a blue maid outfit, and braided her hair into two long braids, then took off her jewelry.
The four knights were also forced to change their uniforms and wear gardener's clothes. This turned into a scene of a secret tryst between the young maid and the gardener, and sure enough, no one else noticed it again.
A group of seven people wandered around the bustling market, listening to craftsmen introducing rattling dolls, buying elaborate paintings, and tasting impromptu snacks.
After eating and drinking, Vivian walked to the amphitheater, where a band and dancers were performing. A young man holding a top hat collected donations from the onlookers while loudly advertising.
"Welcome to our performance, next is the pantomime performance, I hope everyone will pay more attention!"
Vivian was very curious about the pantomime, so she took Fia and Anne to the show, and the four knights followed them closely.
In front of a small square, seven or eight mimes dressed as elves started a circus and magic show, and the crowd burst into deafening cheers.
Vivian was immersed in the performance and forgot about the passage of time.
The sky turned dark unconsciously, and Vivian planned to leave the square. As they passed through a dark alley, they saw someone arguing.
"Let me go, what do you want to do!" The girl's sharp voice pierced the night sky. Vivian felt very familiar, as if she had heard it somewhere before.
"Bitch, if it weren't for your beauty, you wouldn't be qualified to talk to me!" The fat man was very angry and pinched the girl's cheek.
"I advised you, it's because you are stubborn." The girl suddenly held the man's arm, then turned around and threw the man heavily to the ground.
Just as she was about to leave, she suddenly heard applause not far away. The man applauding was extremely handsome, but his attitude of watching from a distance made the girl very angry.
"What did you call that move just now?" the man asked proactively.
"Why should I tell you!" the girl replied angrily.
"One hundred silver coins!"
"Don't even think about it!"
"The hundred gold coins?"
"Do I look like someone who has no money?"
After the girl finished speaking, she left angrily. The man couldn't help laughing and murmured: "This woman is so interesting."
Vivian suddenly remembered, wasn't this the first meeting between the heroine and the second prince? In this world, almost all young and handsome men are attracted to female protagonists.
