"fine."
Ma Wei looked away from Edward and threw the invitation letter on the counter: "Your letter."
"My letter?"
Lai Wen picked up the invitation and was confused. With his current status, how could he have any acquaintances in London?
After tearing off the paint, Laiwen took out a piece of letter paper from the invitation, carefully read the beautiful handwriting on it, his eyes widened and his expression became more and more weird.
"Miss Helena...invited me to attend the wine tasting party held at the Marquis of Bracon's house tonight."
Laiwen handed the invitation letter to Ma Wei and said in a very surprised tone: "I just watched Miss Helena's performance at the Covent Theater and even said a few words to her. This invitation letter..."
"Yes, it was sent by the eldest prince."
"What does he want to do?"
"I'm trying to sow discord between you and me." Ma Wei said disapprovingly: "According to normal thinking, I, who have taken refuge in the second prince, will definitely not agree to your attending the banquet hosted by the eldest prince's faction. This is called avoiding suspicion."
"But you and Miss Helena have been very close these days. The eldest prince judged that you were pursuing Helena, so he sent an invitation letter in her name, hoping that I would stop you."
"If I successfully stop you, then you who are pursuing Helena will be more or less emotional. If I don't stop you, the second prince will be suspicious of me. No matter what the situation is, it will be right. It’s in the eldest prince’s favor.”
"That...."
Lai Wen licked his lips: "Should I go or not?"
"Do you want to go?"
"It doesn't matter whether I go or not!" Laiwen shrugged with an indifferent expression: "Originally, this invitation letter was not given to me by Miss Helena. I don't have any psychological pressure at all."
"Then go ahead."
"But brother, didn't you just say that if I attended this banquet, wouldn't it make the second prince suspicious of you?"
"I will take care of the second prince's side. Your mission is to break into the eldest prince's camp. It is best to use this wine tasting party to become a member of the Nightingale Club." Ma Wei said: "We not only have to deal with the kingdom, We also need to investigate the forces of the ancient gods. I will figure out a solution for the coordination issue in the middle. Just go ahead and leave the rest to me."
"Okay, I'm going to change my clothes and leave now."
"Um."
After the letter went upstairs, Edward, who had always been silent, asked: "You are his superior, shouldn't he obey your orders?"
"He did obey my orders, but I didn't regard him as a subordinate."
"Then what do you think of him?"
"Davari, comrade."
Ma Wei stretched, stood up and patted Edward on the shoulder: "Including you, you are also a comrade in my heart."
After taking back the blackboard outside the door and closing the store door, Mavie ended the day's business. She sold a lot of things today. The head maid hired by Helena bought all the 10 pieces of sleeping bread that Mavie prepared today. Not only that , I also bought several copies of Mercury’s Blood and Itchy Chocolate, and I was very happy when I paid for them, and I didn’t owe any money on credit.
Today's turnover: 260 gold pounds.
20 minutes later, the reporter changed into a tuxedo for a banquet and a bowler hat. He left from the back door with a walnut cane and took a carriage to the villa of the Marquess of Bracon on Hampster Green.
Hampstead Green is located in the suburbs of London. It has beautiful scenery, fresh air, and not serious pollution. It is one of the favorite outing spots for London residents.
At the same time, there are many villas of emerging nobles around Hampster Green. London is an ancient city with a long history, especially in the past two thousand years. It has developed rapidly. The emerging nobles have occupied the best mansions in the city. , the new aristocrats who later became rich had no choice but to build their own new residences in the suburbs to replace the traditional villas in the city and enjoy the power and life of the aristocracy.
The Marquess of Bracon is an emerging aristocrat who has emerged in the past ten years. He not only has a villa in London, but also built a house in the popular Hampster Green, where he often holds banquets. After all, London is seriously polluted and very polluted. It is difficult to enjoy the fresh air in the suburbs.
at dusk.
Along the muddy road, a carriage came to a splendid three-story villa. Inside the towering iron gate, guards carried guns and patrolled with hounds. The guard responsible for checking the visitors looked inside the car window. After handing out the invitation, he turned around and raised his arms to let him pass.
In the hospital area, carriages were parked in front of the main entrance of the villa. Guests got off the carriages one after another and greeted each other familiarly. They were all familiar faces. They all appeared at the New Year's dinner a few days ago.
When the letter got off the carriage and walked towards the gate with his cane, many people looked at him. After seeing the face of the letter, they were surprised, as if they had seen some strange creature.
"Mr. Felix!"
The Marquis of Bracken, who was standing at the door to greet the guests, saw the letter and greeted him enthusiastically, "It's great that you can come! I heard that you have a lot of experience in wine tasting, and I have been looking forward to you!"
Looking at the short middle-aged man with a fat face, small eyes, and a curly moustache in front of him, Lai Wen smiled and said: "Thank you for the invitation. Is Miss Helena here?"
"We're here!" Marquis Bracken said with a smile: "She is waiting for you in the lounge! I'll ask the maid to take you there!"
Marquis Bracken waved his arm, and immediately a maid waiting by the door came forward, bowed and said:
"plz follow me."
Li Wen raised his hat and saluted the Marquis of Bracken, followed the maid into the magnificent villa, and soon arrived at the lounge on the first floor.
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There were no other guests in the lounge. The Marquis of Bracken seemed to have specially prepared this secluded room for the letter. Helena, wearing a beige evening dress, stood in front of the window, looking at the dark sky outside the window, looking worried and uneasy. appearance.
Hearing the sound of the door opening behind her, Helena quickly turned around. Seeing that the message had arrived as expected, her eyes couldn't help but light up with some joy, but then her eyes dimmed again.
"Mr. Felix, you shouldn't have come.... If you came, there would be trouble with Mr. Nicholas."
"But if I don't come, what will you do, Miss Helena?"
Laiwen took off his hat, smiled, reached behind Helena's ear, snapped his fingers, and a red rose suddenly appeared.
"For you."
"Thanks...."
Helena took the rose, stroking the delicate petals with her slender fingers, and said darkly: "I don't deserve to be treated like this, Mr. Felix."
"This is what I want to do, Miss Helena. I'm here because I want to. If you hate it, I'll leave right now."
Helena shook her head vigorously, pursed her lips tightly, and did not dare to look directly into the reader's eyes.
"You are here, what will happen to Mr. Nicholas?"
"My eldest brother has his own destiny. I think he went to sea and survived a shipwreck. This little thing can't trouble him."
Looking at Helena, Laiwen suddenly said: "You are beautiful tonight."
"Really?"
Helena raised her head, and a smile finally appeared on her slightly haggard face: "I've been dressing up for a long time!"
"You've always been so radiant."
With slightly red cheeks, Helena said shyly: "You don't have to compliment me..."
"These are my true words." Laiwen pressed his chest and said, "It won't lie."
After a pause, the messenger asked: "There seem to be quite a few guests tonight. Are they all invited by the eldest prince?"
"Not all." Helena said: "Some of them were invited by the Marquis of Bracken. It happened to be the New Year period recently, so the Marquis of Bracken invited a well-known circus to perform. They are setting up a tent on the green space behind. Well, after the wine tasting, everyone will go to the show."
Circus...this is my old profession...
The letter said with a smile: "I also like to watch circus performances. I wonder which circus the Marquis of Bracon invited? Is it the Ringling Circus or the Big Apple Circus? They are the most famous in the Kingdom of Windsor, and their performances are also very exciting."
"It's Circus Sunshine." Helena giggled and said, "They just came back from a performance in Bonaparte's First Empire two days ago, and Marquis Bracken spent a lot of money to invite them here just for tonight's wine tasting party. ...Mr. Felix, what's wrong with you? Why has your face turned pale?"
"I...I'm fine."
Lai Wen felt that cold sweat had appeared on his forehead, and asked with a sense of luck: "Which Circus Sunshine is it? What is the name of their boss?"
"They seem to have no boss, only a female manager, named...Tiffany! Yes! That's the name!"
"hiss...."
