Resker thought about Dane's proposal for a moment, thought it was pretty good, and nodded.
Seeing that Dane still had no intention of leaving, he sat back on the high-backed chair, folded his hands on the table, and said slowly:
"Any thing else?"
Dane nodded: "Duke, you asked me to investigate the life story of the young man who came with Miss Myriel, and also asked me to follow him for a period of time to determine his purpose."
Reske frowned: "Did something happen?"
Dane paused, then smiled slightly: "It's okay, Lord Duke, I just want to report to you that everything is normal. That boy is just a shepherd working on the farm, and he is not a threat to Miss Myriel."
Resker tapped his chin: "That's good, you don't have to continue investigating him in the future, lest Myriel finds out and something bad happens again."
"Yes, Duke."
On Christmas Day, it snowed heavily again in the Imperial City.
As if to clean away all the filth here, the whole world is tightly wrapped in pure white.
Mei Lin got up before dawn and calmly directed the servants to clean the manor and prepare the Christmas dinner.
The Christmas tree decorated with various gems and ribbons has already been set up, giving this medieval-style castle filled with dark tones a warm and human touch.
By evening, the restaurant on the first floor was already filled with the aroma of meat and wine.
Bai Wu put on the new clothes that Mei Lin had prepared for her. It was a grass green dress, from the lace to the hem, every part was rigid without even a trace of wrinkles.
Just like Mei Lin.
After changing her clothes, she brought Sema and Froze to the restaurant, and bumped into Ais who was also dressed neatly.
Her dress was exactly the same as hers, and it was clearly made by Mei Lin.
Even the bow hairpin on her head is perfect.
But Aisi deliberately put a square jade brooch on her chest to show her difference.
She doesn't want to be like this abandoned Myriel!
But this obviously aroused Mei Lin's dissatisfaction. The moment she saw Aisi, she went straight forward and calmly took off her brooch and put it in her palm while talking.
"If you want to wear it next time, please remember to give one to Miriel too."
Her small words reached Aisi's ears, causing an undercurrent of madness to form in Aisi's eyes.
On the surface, Aisi nodded obediently and admitted her mistake to Mei Lin, but in fact, she was about to bleed the brooch with one hand.
She looked at Miriam, who was mingling amiably with the servants not far away, chatting and laughing while making velvet flowers, and the resentment in her heart was about to overflow.
Miriam grew up so fast. In just a few months, she had already caught up with her who had worked hard in the manor for several years.
Not only is his etiquette knowledge highly praised.
Moreover, even the servants gradually changed their view of her and respectfully called her "Miss Miriel".
Now even Mei Lin is starting to be less harsh on her than before.
Aisi feels that her status in the manor is becoming more and more like a transparent person.
Especially at the dinner party, she felt that almost everyone was surrounding Miriel.
The old Duke cut the steak for her himself, and his father Leske's eyes followed her all the time.
And the object of Janice's jealousy has changed from herself to Myriel.
I saw her cutting the steak vigorously with a knife and fork, and the sharp blade collided with the silver plate, making a sharp and sharp sound.
Seeing that this failed to attract everyone's attention, Janis had no choice but to pour out her bitterness to the old Duke straight to the point.
"Father, you are too partial to Miriel, and you asked Mr. Albudo to teach her. You don't know that Miriel is almost praised to death in the mouths of those dukes and countesses, and as for Lily,
I still don’t have a decent teacher.”
When Albudo was mentioned, Aisi's heart tugged hard.
Ever since she left that class in embarrassment, Albudo has never invited her to attend classes again.
It was like all her previous efforts were in vain.
Hearing this, the old Duke snorted: "Are you still embarrassed to say that I haven't hired a teacher for Lily? It's not that you, as a mother, are too protective. You feel that your daughter is suffering even after only a few days. You are stunned.
The teacher drove me away."
Janis curled her lips, Lily's face didn't look good either, and she was frantically pulling at her mother's clothes under the table.
Seeing this, Bai Wu put down the knife and fork in her hand and whispered to the old Duke:
"Grandpa, why don't you come and ask sister Lily to accompany me to class? It just so happens that I am also in need of a companion."
The old Duke frowned: "Isn't your sister accompanying you?"
Bai Wu glanced at Aisi and said with a smile: "Sister is busy helping mother with housework recently, so she may not have time to go there."
Ais tugged at her gloves bitterly, feeling that Miriel's seemingly comforting words were actually full of sarcasm.
Is she hinting to her grandfather that she would rather take care of housework than study and study?
As expected, the old Duke pursed his lips, but said nothing in the end.
"Okay." He looked at Janis and said, "In that case, let Lily listen, but don't do what you did before. Albudo is not an ordinary person, and I don't want people to think that we, Rhodes
There is a person in my family who spends three days fishing and two days drying nets."
The old Duke's words were already very serious, but Janis was completely unaware that her daughter would soon become a well-educated person.
In this way, Lily would not have to worry about marrying a high-ranking duke or count.
The dinner was over and it was completely dark outside.
The north wind swept in again with cold snow.
Robert and Froze burned the fire in the fireplace even brighter, making the living room as warm as spring.
After dinner, it was time for the established process - opening gifts.
There are only three girls in the Rhodes family, so the preparations for the adults are not so complicated.
However, the old Duke seemed to have spent a lot of money this time, and gave one person a set of jewelry made of pure gold and diamonds.
But the specific styles are still different. For example, Aisi got a star-shaped one, Lily got a snake-shaped one, and Bai Wu got a jasmine flower.
Lily hugged the jewelry box and muttered dissatisfiedly.
"Grandpa is indeed partial. My snake-headed necklace is the ugliest. Look at how beautiful Miriel's necklace is."
Janis pushed her and told her to keep her voice down. After all, she had just received an honor at the dinner table.
Bai Wu, who was on the side, listened to every word of this sentence. After hiding the sly look in her eyes, she walked gently to Lily and handed her her jewelry box.
"Why don't we exchange it? I like rubies and snake heads very much."
Lily looked at her in disbelief and pulled her lips mockingly: "How would a girl like you like such a cold-blooded thing?"
Bai Wu stuck out her tongue: "But it's very special, isn't it?"
Bai Wu: "Move the small bench, I'm going to start doing things (rubbing hands)"
Froze: "Sister, what about me? When are you going to fuck me?"
