Chapter 566: Heartbeat moment

"Pfft."

Looking at the funny expression on his brother's swollen face, which was two parts surprised, three parts confused, and five parts unbelievable, the Princess, even if she bit her lip to death and her face turned red, still accidentally let out a little sound.

Etiquette! Pay attention to etiquette!

As if hearing the heart-to-heart transmission of a certain middle-aged noblewoman, the Princess, who couldn't help but laugh, secretly pinched her thigh hard, and only then managed to suppress the laughter with the help of pain, then raised her hand stretched toward Leon again, and said softly with a hint of coquettishness:

"My Prince Consort~ how long do you want me to wait for you here?"

"..."

Looking at the plump beauty on the stage, whose face was flushed (from holding back laughter), eyes were charming (from holding back laughter), and whose chest was white and greasy (this is true), Leon hesitated for a moment, then finally bent down slightly and took the initiative to hold her palm.

It's not that I'm greedy for power, nor am I addicted to beauty, but... this is a Gold badge!

And the Princess is the first heir to the throne. As long as I maintain this superficial marriage relationship with her, when the old King is gone, the Gold badge will automatically upgrade to a different color. This... how can this be refused?

Done!

Grabbing Leon's palm, and grabbing the Bobby Laien family's legacy and the future of the entire kingdom along with it, Veronika only felt her whole body relax, as if some kind of shackle that had been pressing on her body was directly taken off at this moment.

Stepping onto the main stage, interlocking fingers with Leon tightly, and standing beside him, a wave of excitement flushed across Princess Veronika's pretty face again.

As long as she could take advantage of this unique opportunity to completely digest the legacy left by the Bobby Laien family and let the royal family and her own power control the Ministry of Road Administration and the military, the reforms she dreamed of could be pushed forward!

Then clear away the accumulated ills of many years, find a way to make up for the financial deficit, and rebuild the military that was almost hollowed out by the Bobby Laien family, and the kingdom could become strong again!

From now on, the kingdom would never be like six years ago, because it collapsed at the first touch on the battlefield, suffered the enemy's long-drive straight in, and caused more than half of the county's people to be forcibly driven away from their homeland, with nearly a million people displaced...

"Thump thump!"

Leon, whose infection value had long broken 3 points, although because of insufficient exercise time, hadn't been able to possess a completely non-human physical quality, his ability in perception had already obtained no small enhancement first.

When the Princess stood beside him, besides her increasingly rapid breathing, Leon also vaguely heard her increasingly fast heartbeat.

"Thump thump! Thump thump!"

Looking at the Princess whose eyes seemed a bit unfocused, whose flushed cheeks were becoming increasingly hot, and feeling the dampness oozing from her soft and greasy palm, as well as her rapidly rising body temperature, Leon couldn't help but frown and asked softly:

"Your Highness? Are you okay?"

"Just call me Veronika, or Vinnie is fine."

Reaching the goal she had been looking forward to for nearly ten years, the excited Princess squeezed Leon's palm hard, and responded with full joy:

"I'm fine, really fine! I can even say, I have never been as good as I am now!"

"Prince Consort... no! Leon! I really want to thank you, and thank you on behalf of the entire kingdom!

Although I still don't know why you proposed to me, I can guarantee you that your choice will definitely be correct! I... I seem to be a bit too excited..."

"Thump-thump! Thump-thump! Thump-thump!" Although the hand she held onto Leon's with remained firm, as her heartbeat grew increasingly violent, the Princess's body began to lean against him involuntarily. Finally, she directly hooked her arm through Leon's, rested her head lightly on his shoulder, and whispered with a crimson face:

"Support me, Leon... support me, okay? Maybe... maybe it's because I'm too happy, I'm a little dizzy now... my heart is beating a bit fast..."

Whether intentional or unintentional, when the Princess leaned over, her moist and full lips gently brushed against Leon's earlobe. The scorching heat seemed to be contagious, directly spreading from her rosy lips to Leon's ears, dyeing Leon's ears red as well.

And the gentle breath when she spoke made Leon's ears itch, and his heartbeat followed and sped up. Leon only felt his heart beating like a drum, starting to hit his chest from the inside, and it was beating faster and faster, and the sound was getting louder and louder...

"Thump thump thump! Thump thump thump! Thump thump thump!"

I don't know when, the entire hall actually became quiet again. Whether it was the whispering guests or the unwilling Prince, they all tacitly stopped making sounds, but subconsciously covered their hearts.

What... happened to me?

Feeling her flushed face that had become hot and burning due to the surge of blood, the Prime Minister's wife, who was standing in the front row like the freckled Prince, touched her strangely flushed face in a daze, then turned to look at the attendant beside her, hoping that he could support her to leave the increasingly hot hall and go out to blow some cold wind.

But before the Prime Minister's wife could speak, the attendant beside her softened his legs, staggered two steps forward, and then bowed and fell in front of the main stage, struggling several times without being able to climb up again.

And this fall of the attendant seemed to trigger some strange switch, and a series of thumping sounds came from the hall.

As if everyone had collectively gotten drunk, the guests in the hall had strange flushes on their faces, staggered a few steps, and then tilted and fell one after another...

"Poison! Someone poisoned!"

At this moment, someone finally noticed something wrong. The freckled Prince, who was lying on the ground, rolled over, stared at Leon on the stage like a hungry wolf, and roared with all his might:

"It's you! It's you who poisoned, right?"

Idiot! It has nothing to do with poison at all, this is clearly an attack from an anomalous object!

Ignoring the freckled Prince's blind guess, listening to the thumping heartbeat in the hall, and feeling the increasingly fast blood flow in his body, Leon, who was also very uncomfortable, took a deep breath, helped the Princess, whose eyes were already beginning to blur, to the side, then took out a small mirror from his bosom and shook it at himself.

"Wang wu~"

Accompanied by the milk-like barking sound of the young Ha, the shopping bag containing the sheep head, and the black broom with cat footprints on the handle, instantly appeared in Leon's hands.

'Kid, I pondered a bit and found that your luck seems to be really too bad.'

Looking through the hole in the shopping bag at the scene of people falling all over the hall, the black goat summarized unhappily:

'Like that Conan God of Destruction you mentioned, you kid is really a trouble-attracting guy. Wherever you go, something happens. No matter what you prepare to do, there is never a smooth time.'

'Stop talking nonsense, let's get to work!'

Touching the black goat's horns, quickly checking the soul state of everyone in the hall, and discovering that they were all "normal," Leon's brows furrowed deeply, and he directly instructed through mental communication "private chat":

'I suspect this time it's the rebels preparing to assassinate the Princess, but I didn't find the person who used the anomalous object. The other party's "range" might exceed my vision.

But besides that, it doesn't exclude that they used some method to avoid my soul perception ability after getting my information. You try your best to keep an eye on it for me!'

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 567 =====