"Miss Maggie, please come back with us and assist in the investigation."
A prosecutor said politely in front of Maggie and made a gesture of invitation.
Maggie was just one of several hairdressers and waiters who were similarly told to be taken away to assist in the investigation.
Suddenly, Maggie rushed to the side and arrived in front of Lu Ming and the lady. She didn't know when a shiny razor appeared in her hand. She reached out to grab the lady and shouted: "Don't move." The razor in his hand was pointed at the neck of the lady who was caught in his arms.
Unexpectedly, she screamed in pain, but her wrist was twisted by the hostage in her arms and she was pushed to the ground.
The noble lady's face had already turned pale. She was clearly grabbed by the lunatic's wrist and was about to be pulled into her arms. She was screaming when she was gently pushed aside by a force.
The person who subdued Maggie was the black head who had been standing beside Lu Ming.
Lu Ming looked at Maggie who was cuffed hand and foot with a dull expression, and shook his head. He felt that many of these extremist organizations and people associated with them were smart people. Although there were several people who were said to be taken away for investigation, it was not her. Alone, Maggie quickly noticed something was wrong.
In the store, many Western burly men suddenly came in and crowded around the lady.
They even almost had a conflict with the prosecutors and detectives who were blocking her. Moreover, each of them was extremely arrogant. After being scolded by the lady, these Western bodyguards all retreated obediently, but left surrounded by the lady.
Lu Ming also waved his hand so that his people would not stop him.
Obviously, this noble lady is not an ordinary noble woman at all.
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This was Lu Ming's first time visiting Christine's manor.
Maggie's interrogation has yielded no results, and an in-depth investigation into the network of people behind her is ongoing.
Mrs. Bacro is also a frequent visitor to "Beauty from the East China Sea". Although it seems to be a normal thing, Lu Ming still ordered the investigation team to secretly conduct a detailed investigation on Mrs. Bacro.
Returning to Sansha was temporarily put on hold. Lu Ming planned to attend the municipal meeting in the first half of April on the 15th before going to Sansha.
At such a time period, the office received a call from the Minister of Secrets of Tulip Manor yesterday afternoon. Miss Christine invited Senator Lu Qianxing to visit the manor tomorrow.
Tulip Manor is Christine's residence. As for the Secret Code Minister, it should be the traditional title of some housekeepers in the manor. Nowadays, it is generally called by the manor. It is also a way for traditional nobles to remember the past. I don’t know why, but when this “Secret Code Minister” called his office, he used the name of the Secret Code Minister.
I originally thought I could play some tennis, but my physical strength has been getting stronger recently, and I also wanted to go to Sansha to make an appointment with Christine for a game of tennis.
But I didn't expect that it would be such a formal meeting. It was different from the previous dinner dates and play dates. The "Secret Code Minister" directly contacted his office to confirm the itinerary, which was a very formal and official behavior.
Tulip Manor is located in the outskirts of the West District. This valuable land, probably tens of thousands of acres, and even a tributary of a river, belongs to Tulip Manor.
After all, before the era of large-scale reclamation hundreds of years ago, the entire land in the East China Sea belonged to the Duke family of the East China Sea.
The inner courtyard of the manor is deep, forests and lakes coexist, and there are countless ancient castles hidden in it.
Touring it in an extremely luxurious snow-white horse-drawn ceremonial car, Lu Ming could only shake his head inwardly. He had lived in this place since he was a child, and with all the money he had, what was it? The thinking of the truly top nobles is indeed beyond the reach of the grassroots.
However, the carriage did not take him to any luxurious banquet hall, but parked beside a river.
A blond beauty wearing an exquisite maid costume had been waiting aside for a long time. After bowing her knees, she led Lu Ming on a dreamy path lined with flowers. After turning around the path and forest, he saw a small pavilion next to a gurgling clear stream. , there were a few faint figures inside.
When he got closer, Lu Ming was stunned for a moment. In addition to the maids, there were also two aristocratic women sitting in the waterside pavilion. They were both wearing extremely gorgeous tutu skirts, the kind with exaggeratedly stretched skirts that could be hidden inside. One of the graceful and beautiful ladies is Christine. She wears a gorgeous and exaggerated tutu skirt that blends snow white and lilac. The high-waisted purple tulle is layered and intertwined. The layers create a light and dreamy feeling, with several layers of fine gauze skirts with distinct layers, setting off Christine, who is as noble and elegant as a white swan.
Lu Ming was slightly startled when he saw her. His mother was still very beautiful.
I used to regard her as an elder, but today I suddenly discovered that my mother is very charming and beautiful, and her noble and inviolable aura of majesty adds to her unspeakable charm.
Looking to the side of Christine again, Lu Ming's face fell a little.
She was sitting like a fat pig, and she was wearing the same long skirt as Christine, but her waist must have been specially made, but no matter how hard she tightened her fat waist, she still didn't feel slender.
The fat woman turned around, and Lu Ming was startled. She was the lady in the barber shop.
The lady's face was as bright as a smile, "Yes, yes, yes, it's this young man, it's him who saved my life."
Kristine chuckled: "As soon as you said it, I knew it was this little guy."
Lu Ming took two steps forward, caressing his chest slightly in greeting, "Ms. Christine, this noble lady! It's an honor to meet these two noble ladies!"
"Haha, you're really good at talking!" The fat woman pointed to the seat next to her, "Come on, sit down!"
"Thank you, madam!" Lu Ming still sat on a low Western-style chair a little further away from the waterside pavilion.
The fat lady smiled at Christine and said, "It seems that the rumors are false. This kid is not that close to you. He doesn't even want to sit with us!"
Christine was too lazy to pay attention to her, looked at Lu Ming, and said, "This is Mrs. Windsor, the wife of the Duke of Falkland in the imperial capital." Seeing Lu Ming's expression, she knew that he didn't know who was who, "Qin Beiguan" Windsor College was founded by Lady Windsor’s ancestors a hundred years ago.”
Lu Ming suddenly realized that she was the princess of the imperial capital.
Lu Ming really didn't pay attention to the situation in the imperial capital. For him, he couldn't figure out the intricate relationships among the powerful people in the East China Sea, let alone the imperial capital, which was too far away.
But when it comes to Beiguan Windsor College, you know that the Windsor family is at its peak now, and a woman in the family married a prince who was granted the title of Grand Duke more than ten years ago.
Being awarded the title of Grand Duke is a very important prince to the current royal family.
After all, there are not many grand dukedoms still in the hands of the royal family, and they are in the recycling stage.
Hundreds of years ago, many titles were abolished by Parliament.
Of course, the Grand Duke of Falkland is more like a prince in name only in the tradition of Central China, while the Grand Duke of Donghai is a real prince with a fiefdom.
According to the Central Asian tradition, this Lady of Windsor can be regarded as a princess.
Lu Ming smiled at Lady Windsor: "It turns out to be Princess Windsor, I'm rude."
"You are my lifesaver, I have to thank you so much!" Mrs. Windsor smiled, "I didn't expect that we are a family. That's great."
Lu Ming knew that although it was Heitou who rescued her, in her eyes, black slaves were not human beings. How could she be rescued by a lowly black slave?
Therefore, it was naturally the owner of the blackhead, herself, who helped her.
As for her insisting that she is a "life-savior", she doesn't have to be humble and explain that it is not a life-saving grace. It seems that it is really a big deal if someone is polite.
"What an excellent brother!" Mrs. Windsor's fat face was full of admiration, and she added: "Chris, it seems that he is your chosen future Privy Council Assistant?"
Kristine smiled: "He, you want to command him? This little guy has an idea. He has so many thoughts in his heart that he doesn't even know what he wants to do. Please don't punch me to death as a master in the future. I will be very kind to you." Thanks!"
Lu Ming felt a shiver in his heart. Many people joked, but in fact they often revealed some of their true thoughts.
But I have to say that in the future, no matter what, I will not be detrimental to Christine’s mother, that’s for sure.
"Throughout the ages, capable people have always been like this!" Mrs. Windsor's eyes flashed with a cunning light, and she looked at Lu Ming more.
Lu Ming suddenly wondered: "Privy Council?"
Lady Windsor smiled: "Brother, you can't do this. Chris will be awarded the title of Earl of Bohanli tomorrow and officially become the public heirloom. How come you don't know at all?"
Lu Ming was startled. Earl Bohanli was the most basic title of the Duke family of Donghai.
Baihanli is the old name of the Western District. The former Count Baihanli meant that all the land in the Western District of the East China Sea belonged to this count.
In the Donghai Duke family, Earl Bohanli is both a grand duke and a ruler. Only when the successor is confirmed, Earl Bohanli will award the successor, which is to truly confirm the title of public heir apparent.
"Sir, congratulations!" Lu Ming smiled, sincerely happy for Christine.
I also thought, no wonder the stewards of the Tulip Manor would use the name of the Minister of Secrets to communicate with their own office, so that’s it.
"How can I give it back to you, Your Excellency? It's too strange." Mrs. Windsor smiled slightly, "Brother, you and I hit it off at first sight, so let's do this. It's traditional for you Central-Europeans to become sworn brothers and sisters? You can also ask your god-sister to do it. Brother, right? How about I accept you as my godbrother? From now on, you can call me sister. You can also call Chris sister, or aunt based on seniority. I will call her aunt based on seniority, but We have always been sisters."
Lu Ming was stunned, completely unprepared.
Mrs. Windsor curled her lips: "What? I know you are very capable and proud. You are young, not yet twenty years old. You have beaten a bunch of white and red barristers. You are also a member of the Beiguan Council and a municipal councilor." Member, this is just your appearance. In fact, your current wealth, not counting the oil fields in the Western Regions, is almost over 100 million. However, the bank debt is only 89 million. This is only a short period of time. One year. In fact, you don’t have any background. Some outsiders think you are the person supported by Chris, but in fact, it is not the case. You are really a monster, so I look down on you as a sister, right?"
Lu Ming suddenly broke into a cold sweat on his forehead.
This Windsor is fat and looks like a very arrogant and brainless aristocratic woman, but she is actually a powerful person.
It’s true that people can’t be judged by their appearance.
She is not like Christine. Christine respects herself, so she will not check herself secretly.
But she obviously checked herself thoroughly.
Although, what she found was not everything, but she probably did it recently and didn't spend much time on it.
If you really give her time to dig deep, she will definitely be able to dig out more things about herself.
Lady Windsor smiled again: "You little monster, do you think you can stay out of the upcoming bloody storm? Especially, if those people investigate you like me, they will definitely think that you are Chrissy's financial planner. Will you let me go? Why don't you call me sister now? There are many things that sister can help you hide!"
"Why do you need to scare him?" Kristine frowned slightly, "This little guy has a weird temper, and you can't scare him."
Lady Windsor pursed her lips and smiled: "Hey, my dear sister is feeling distressed, right?"
Christine was too lazy to pay attention to her, and looked at Lu Ming, feeling helpless: "You guy, I really didn't expect that Windsor told me, it scared me."
Lu Ming scratched his head and said, "You didn't ask, and I didn't mean to lie to you."
Kristine nodded and looked at him: "Okay, let me ask you now, how much gold and silver have you circled?!"
Lu Ming was stunned, thought for a while, and was about to open his mouth when Kristine already smiled and said: "Forget it, surprise me later." He looked at the stream and sighed softly, "As soon as Hou Men entered the deep Sihai, what about you, you have to think clearly about many things, is it worth entering these terrifying whirlpools?"
Lu Ming nodded slightly.
"Tch!" Mrs. Windsor curled her lips, "It's boring."
Lu Ming smiled at her: "Sister, let's become sworn brothers!"
Lady Windsor was startled for a moment, then smiled happily: "Brother, I told you I saw you right!" She stood up even more excitedly: "I think I need a censer or something, right? Chris, if you don't have it here, go get it." Buy the best one!"
Lu Ming smiled and said: "Sister, the importance of sworn friendship is to be close to each other. Let's just worship God!"
"Okay, then let's pray to God!" Mrs. Windsor laughed in a thick voice that made people's eardrums hurt.
However, Lu Ming did not expect that when it came time to make the vows, Mrs. Windsor would be very serious and she would kneel down in a proper manner and follow the vows he had taught her. I swore very seriously and knocked my head hard three times, making my forehead a little red and swollen.
Wearing an exaggerated tutu, it was extremely inconvenient for her to perform these actions, but she pushed aside the maids who wanted to help, sweating all over.
Lu Ming also solemnly swore that when he stood up and looked at Mrs. Windsor again, he felt something was different in his heart.
"You all go, let us brothers and sisters talk!" Mrs. Windsor waved her hand, and the maids all left.
Mrs. Windsor was banging her hammer here and there, talking about wild topics. One moment she asked her brother how he got the land deed for the oil field, and the next moment she talked about the situation in the imperial capital.
Lu Ming listened most of the time, but gradually he got a general idea.
It seems that Lady Windsor came from the imperial capital to work as a lobbyist.
The current situation in the imperial capital is very chaotic.
The main thing is the battle for the throne, and it is very different from before.
The main competition is between the two heirs, and since both sides have the support of military figures, a civil war is likely to break out.
Because this imperial power struggle is not just a struggle for power, but also a fierce conflict of imperial political ideas.
In the imperial capital and areas where Westerners gather, the areas where Central Asians, represented by Donghai, are getting richer and richer. Due to their autonomy, elections, etc., these areas have begun to become autonomous areas for Central Asians, and Westerners have become more and more privileged. Being weakened, they were already very dissatisfied.
The supporters of the first in line of succession are all conservatives.
Especially in the East China Sea, the richest metropolitan area in the empire, after the first Central-European became the chief judge of the district, the news spread to the imperial capital, causing an uproar.
The supporters of the second-in-line successor are actually more extreme on ethnic issues.
It is very likely that this change of imperial power will cause a tragic civil war in the federal empire.
Lady Windsor's group supports the third heir. According to ancient prophecies, this heir will be born when the empire is most in danger and faces a crisis of division.
According to the ancient prophecy, this heir should be the first in line.
But today's dignitaries in the imperial capital have long disbelieved in prophecies and the like. With today's advanced technology, some of the teachings of our ancestors have long been out of date.
This heir does not have many supporters, and almost no powerful people.
Lady Windsor wanted to persuade the Duke of East China Sea to support the heir and resolve the most serious crisis in the empire in hundreds of years.
Especially this heir, according to ancient tradition, has a special contractual relationship with the Duke of Donghai.
However, the Duke of Donghai has always remained neutral and has not expressed his stance on the increasingly fierce struggle for imperial power in the imperial capital.
Lady Windsor's group pinned their hopes on the Duke Christine.
As he listened, Lu Ming rubbed his nose. His sister, who was sworn sworn friends with him, turned out to want to get closer to Christine.
Listening to Mrs. Windsor's long talk, Christine sighed: "It's really not convenient for me to say anything, but don't worry, Windsor, His Highness's safety will be safe in the East China Sea."
Lady Windsor shook her head: "Chris, when the dust settles, do you think your Tulip Castle can protect His Highness if he flees to the East China Sea?"
Kristine was silent, picked up the tea cup and drank tea.
Mrs. Windsor looked at Lu Ming and smiled, "Brother, you are a genius. Do you think this is true? Even if we want to be neutral, we must have the capital to be neutral, right?"
Lu Ming agreed in his heart, but he couldn't say anything at this time.
Lady Windsor shook her head, "The East China Sea is no longer represented by the Tulip Castle. Various parties and political forces encounter crises, but they still want to get over it? Mobilize the militia to serve the king? How difficult is it?"
Mrs. Windsor glanced at Lu Ming and suddenly smiled: "Brother, you are tossing around in Jiangning Province, right? Just drive away that old fool Chuxon, he will become a joke, and only Chris will still miss him. You drive him away. When the time comes, your sister will help you or your cronies go to the governor. They have been guarding against the barbarians in the Northern Territory. There are a lot of troops there, right? They are all from Central China. If you can have a heart-to-heart relationship with them, hold them in your hands and practice well. Practicing, it will be our capital when the time comes to see you again!"
Lu Ming was startled.
Christine already frowned: "Windsor, what did you say?"
Lady Windsor chuckled: "I said it too early, didn't I?"
Lu Ming was even more stunned, looking at Christine who was drinking tea calmly with a tea cup, and was speechless for a moment.
He seems to be really a child.
My mother used the idea of becoming a steel tycoon to lure her to Jiangning. Could it be that she had other intentions?
This world is too complicated, I'd better go back to my previous life.
(End of chapter)
