Just when everyone was in a dilemma, Nansen's serious and energetic voice suddenly came.
A dozen soldiers were divided into two teams, and Nansen suddenly appeared in front of everyone like a king.
"Your Highness."
The original group of people immediately knelt down on the ground when they saw this. Judging from their respectful expressions, it was clear how strict the Borovian hierarchy was.
In an instant, a large group of people gathered in the small grape trellis, including soldiers, servants, ministers, crown princes, and princesses. But when it comes to the most insignificant person, it is probably Shangguan Yu!
"Brother Li, tell them to go away, I'm scared!!"
When there are more people, the space becomes crowded. The secret garden, which was originally only two people, was cozy and poetic, but now it seems cramped and tense.
The tenth princess regarded Shangguan Yu as a mountain that could bring her enough security, and hugged him tightly, refusing to relax for a moment.
"You tell them to go away, you tell him to go away..."
The tenth princess raised her head and glanced at Nansen quickly, then quickly lowered her head and begged Shangguan Yu pitifully.
Shangguan Yu noticed that the way the tenth princess looked at Nansen was slightly different from the way she looked at others. In addition to fear, she also seemed to have a layer of inferiority complex, as if she was afraid of looking directly into Nansen's eyes.
Or Nansen could see his face...
"Princess Ten, please be good and don't be rude to His Highness. He is our supreme Highness Nansen. We must respect him and love him. Come, come here and eat him..."
It seemed that the woman was the one who took care of the tenth princess. She was holding a bowl of medicinal soup in her hand and a long piece of silk on her wrist, which seemed to be used to tie up the tenth princess.
Shangguan Yu had to sigh, why is there such a big difference in treatment after coming from the same royal family!!
Originally, this was an internal matter within the royal family and he, as an outsider, had no right to interfere. It also involved sensitive issues and was detrimental to their cooperation, so he should not be concerned.
But there was no way, who made him meet this woman, who made him hear her sad singing, who made him see her as timid as a kitten, and most importantly, who made her grow a pair of eyes like Rao Mengyu's
Exactly the same eye color...
He once thought that such eye color was unique, but now it seems that it is not unique. This makes him have an innate sense of familiarity with this strange and perhaps neurotic woman in front of him, as if she is Rao Mengyu...
..
As long as he thinks about Rao Mengyu also suffering from such a pitiful situation, he can't let himself do it. It has nothing to do with him and just stand aside!!
"Don't touch her. Now I'm going to take her to the banquet hall. I'm going to take her dancing. I'm going to let her get the attention she deserves!"
Shangguan Yu tightly protected the tenth princess in his broad arms, as if he truly regarded her as his responsibility. Even in front of Nansen, his tone did not soften at all.
Nansen kept looking at the tenth princess hiding in Shangguan Yu's arms with a deep expression. She was his half-sister, but she was still young enough to be his daughter, so the middle-aged man was in a very worried mood.
complex.
There is both the embarrassment of not wanting to expose the family scandal and the difficulty of cherishing her daughter.
"Let her go. This scar on the Borovian family has been covered for long enough..."
Nansen's words are like a philosopher's insights on life, which are particularly profound and difficult to understand.
Shangguan Yu didn't ask too much, just nodded lightly to Nansen, and then took the tenth princess's hand to the banquet hall.
Their appearance instantly became the focus of everyone's attention. Shangguan Yu was already accustomed to being the center of attention, but the tenth princess beside him saw so many people for the first time in her life, so she seemed particularly timid.
"Brother Li, I don't like them looking at me. I don't like it. Can you take me away? I don't like it here..."
The tenth princess covered her face with her hands and kept dodging the gazes from all directions. She seemed to be afraid that others would see her face.
"They look at you because they like you, so why don't they take off the mask? Maybe if you take off the mask, they will be more impressed by your beauty?"
Shangguan Yu patiently coaxed the tenth princess to increase her confidence and courage.
Even through the mask, based on his experience with countless women, he was sure that the tenth princess had a perfect face with exquisite facial features. To be honest, he was also very curious about her face.
"Be good, take it off and let me see you, okay?"
Shangguan Yu leaned down and looked at the woman's familiar pair of lavender eyes. He was curious, he was really curious.
He eagerly wanted to know how similar the owner of these eyes was to the one he was familiar with...
"No, don't take off my mask, no, no!!"
When Shangguan Yu came to take off her mask, the woman suddenly screamed like she was crazy.
She waved her hands, kept retreating, kept running away, knocked over the triangular wine glass, broke the tray in the waiter's hand, stepped on the skirts of several women...
Suddenly, the entire banquet hall fell into chaos, with women screaming and men sighing.
"Don't take off my mask, don't take off my mask..."
The woman screamed and shouted, dodging around like a headless fly.
Shangguan Yu was shocked by the scene in front of him. He didn't expect the woman's reaction to be so big, and he didn't know how to end it.
Suddenly, a dining cart loaded with various cream snacks came towards her. The woman was so careless that she bumped into it. In an instant, all the cream from the cart poured onto her body, smearing all over her head.
.....
"Don't take off my mask, don't take off my mask..."
Even so, the woman still tightly protected the mask on her face. Even if her face, body, and hair were covered in cream, she didn't seem to care at all. She just tightly protected her mask.
"Bi Wen, how long are you going to make a fool of yourself? The entire Borovian family has been disgraced by you!!"
Suddenly, an old woman walked up to the woman. She pulled off the mask on the woman's face and slapped her twice.
"ah!!"
The mask fell to the ground, and the woman whined miserably, quickly covering her small face with her palms.
However, no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't cover up the ugly dark red birthmarks one after another!!
"turn out to be......"
Shangguan Yu looked at the birthmarks between the woman's fingers and understood everything at once.
In addition to being shocked, he was more sympathetic.
"You, like your despicable mother, will always bring shame to the family. Come on, lock her up now, right away!!"
The old woman was probably in her sixties, but she looked very energetic. She had a pair of phoenix eyes with raised ends. At first glance, she was not an easy character to deal with.
Shangguan Yu was about to step forward to fight the injustice, but Nansen was one step ahead of him.
"Queen Mother, Sister Wang is also a member of the family and should attend this banquet. We still..."
"Your succession ceremony is coming soon. Do you think your throne has come too easily?"
It seems that this sixty-year-old woman should be the mother of the country of Borovia.
The king of Borovia died of illness some time ago, and the country is in political chaos. All political parties and cabinets are ready to make moves. If the mother of the country had not been tough, there might have been a revolution in Borovia to overthrow the royal family.
Shangguan Yu was not interested in politics, but he knew something about it, so he chose to remain silent.
In the end, the tenth princess was tied up by a group of people. Even if Shangguan Yu was impulsive, he knew that there was nothing he could do. The key was that this cooperation had too many twists and turns, and he could no longer take any risks.
But a man will always remember the look in the woman's last look at him, which was sad, pleading, and painful. It still hurts his nerves even now when he thinks about it...
----------After all kinds of pleasantries and all kinds of high-sounding speeches, the banquet finally ended in a perfect atmosphere.
Politics can control the media in the first place, so the episode at the banquet will not have any negative impact on Borovia, except that it will make Nansen a little embarrassed.
"I really made you laugh tonight!"
The hustle and bustle disappeared, and the two businessmen also lost their hypocrisy. They chose to chat heart to heart.
"I would like to extend an hour to listen to you tell a story."
The private jet had already applied for a route and could take off immediately, but Shangguan Yu felt like he couldn't let it go.
Nansen let out a long sigh and patted Shangguan Yu on the shoulder, like an old father facing his son's powerlessness.
"You know, Borovia is a traditional hereditary country, and purity of blood is the first priority..."
Nansen was silent for a long time, debating whether he should tell the young man in front of him something. After all, this was considered a Borovian family secret and could not be told to outsiders.
However, Shangguan Yu has a magical charm that makes people involuntarily fall in love with him.
After a few days of getting along, Nansen had already accepted and recognized him.
"My father, the former king of Borovia, had a rich love history. He had many wives in his life, and he had more than ten children. The eldest of them are already parents, and the younger ones are
Still just a baby, just like me and Biwen..."
Shangguan Yu listened very carefully without making a sound. He decided that this was a very long story and he needed to be patient enough to listen.
He is not gossiping, nor is he bored, he is simply worried about Biwen. If there is a chance, he hopes that he can take her away...
-------- It seems that these two chapters are a bit long-winded, but they are a very important foreshadowing and will be connected to the subsequent plot soon. Please be patient and don't be impatient.