Ciel looked around and saw that no one was paying attention. Then he moved closer to his sister and lowered his voice, "We encountered a group of orcs sneaking into the palace in the back garden. I have asked my mentor to go outside to coordinate the Imperial Guards.
of men and horses.”
Shana's eyes flashed with shock, but her face remained calm, "Could it be that Rael is really planning to take action tonight?"
"It's very possible." Charles immediately smiled and returned to his normal tone, "Sister, don't worry, I believe Young Master Ye will be back soon."
Xia Na knew that he didn't want everyone to find out, so she didn't dare to act strange. She just smiled and looked at Zi Tong, "Miss Zi Tong, it seems that you are not from the imperial capital, right?"
"I came from a very far away place." Zi Tong replied with a smile.
At this time, several noble ladies had the courage to come over. After hesitating in the distance for a while, a girl in a yellow skirt came forward and invited Charles to dance.
"I'm sorry, my hands and feet are still a little cold. I'm afraid I can't dance with you now." Charles politely refused.
The others quietly looked at Beichen, but no one dared to step forward.
"Your Highness the Princess, Your Highness the Prince!" A tall young man with brown hair and brown eyes came over and saluted the two of them as a knight.
Seeing him, both Charles and Shana smiled. Shana took a step forward and extended her palm to him, "General Andrew, why did you come back to the imperial capital?"
Andrew raised his hand to hold her lace-gloved palm, straightened up, a pair of bright eyes showing some confusion, "Didn't Her Highness the Princess invite me back?"
"Me?" Shana was surprised.
"Yes, I received your letter and heard that you were feeling unwell, so I rushed back to visit you." Andrew looked at her with a smile, "Seeing that you are in good spirits, I feel relieved."
"When did this happen?" Shana's expression suddenly changed. It was obvious that someone was pretending to be her and specifically summoned Andrew back to the imperial capital.
Andrew is a first-class general in the empire. He commands the Southern Army. He is also one of the strong supporters of Charles and Shana. Tonight, Rael has evil intentions. At this time, he is deceived into coming back. You don’t have to guess the twists and turns.
Know.
"I received the letter three days ago. When I saw your letter, I rushed back immediately." Andrew looked at her beautiful face, "Didn't... the letter was written by you?"
Seeing that her expression was wrong, he immediately opened his palm and said, "So, didn't I give you this earring?"
In his palm, there is a beautiful pearl earring.
"These are the earrings you gave me. However, they were lost three days ago. I looked for them for a long time, but I didn't expect them to be stolen." Shana looked at Andrew with an apologetic look, "Andrew,
You were fooled..."
Before Shana could finish speaking, the music suddenly stopped. People on the dance floor stopped dancing in surprise. Rael, who was sitting on the steps, had already stood up, cleared his throat, and spoke loudly.
"Now, please listen to what I have to say."
Everyone, including the stunned Andrew, all looked towards the steps.
"Thank you very much for coming to my father's birthday party today." Rael slowly looked around at everyone, "What I want to tell you now is that in addition to celebrating my father's birthday, during today's ball, my father also wants to promote a very special event.