Chapter 566: Heartbeat Moment

"Pfft."

Looking at the funny expression on his brother's swollen face, which had two parts astonishment, three parts confusion, and five parts disbelief, the Princess, even though she bit her lip tightly and turned red from holding it in, still accidentally let out a sound from the corner of her mouth.

Demeanor! Pay attention to demeanor!

As if hearing the telepathic 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 hold back the laughter with the help of the pain. Then she raised the hand extended toward Leon slightly higher, and said softly with a hint of coquettishness in her eyes:

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

"..."

Looking at the Princess below the stage, whose face was flushed (from holding back laughter), whose eyes were filled with charm (from holding back laughter), and whose front was dazzlingly white (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 covet 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, once the old King passes away, the Gold badge will automatically upgrade to heterochromatic. This... how can this make people refuse?

Success!

Grabbing Leon's palm, and along with it the Laien family's legacy and the future of the entire kingdom, Veronika felt her whole body relax, as if some shackle that had been pressing on her tightly had been taken off in this instant.

Stepping onto the main stage, interlocking fingers tightly with Leon, and standing beside him, a flush of excitement couldn't help but rise again on Princess Veronika's pretty face.

As long as she used this unique good opportunity to completely digest the legacy left by the Laien family and let the royal family and her own power control the Ministry of Road Administration and the military department, then the reform she dreamed of could be pushed forward!

Then, after clearing away the accumulated ills of many years, finding a way to make up for the financial deficit, and rebuilding the military department that had been hollowed out by the Laien family, the kingdom could become strong again!

In the future, the kingdom would never be like six years ago, where it collapsed at the first touch on the battlefield, allowing the enemy army to drive straight in, causing the people of more than half a county to be forcibly driven from their homes, and nearly a million people to be displaced...

"Thump thump!"

Leon, whose infection value had long broken 3 points, although he hadn't been able to possess non-human physical fitness due to lack of training time, his perception ability had taken a step forward and gained no small enhancement.

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 and whose flush on her cheeks was getting heavier, feeling the dampness vaguely oozing from the other party's soft 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."

The earnest expectation of nearly ten years was about to be achieved, and the country she loved deeply finally ushered in the dawn. The excited Princess squeezed Leon's palm tightly and responded with joy in her eyes:

"I'm fine, really fine! I can even say, I've 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 palm gripping Leon's was still powerful, accompanied by the increasingly violent heartbeat, the Princess began to lean toward him unconsciously. Finally, she hugged Leon's arm, rested her head lightly on his shoulder, and said softly with a flushed face:

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

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

And the gentle breath she had when speaking made Leon's ears itch, and his heartbeat followed and sped up as well. Leon only felt his heart beating like a drum, starting to madly 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, but the entire hall had actually quieted down again. Whether it was the whispering guests or the Prince full of unwillingness, they all tacitly didn't make a sound, but subconsciously covered their hearts.

What... happened to me?

Feeling her cheeks, which 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 face, which had developed a strange flush, in a loss. Then she turned her head to look at the personal attendant following her, hoping he could support her to leave the increasingly dry and hot hall and go out to blow some cold wind.

But before the Prime Minister's wife could speak, the personal attendant beside her had soft 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 personal attendant seemed to trigger some strange switch, and the sound of falling to the ground came one after another in the entire hall.

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

"Poison! Someone poisoned!"

At this moment, someone finally noticed something wrong. The freckled Prince, who was lying on the ground, suddenly turned over, glared 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, this is clearly an attack from an anomalous object!

Ignoring the blind guess of the freckled Prince, listening to the sound of heartbeats connecting into one in the hall, and feeling the increasingly fast flow of blood in his body, Leon, who was also very uncomfortable, couldn't help but take a deep breath. He 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 milky bark of the young Ha, the shopping bag containing the sheep head, as well as 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 indeed a bit too bad.】

Looking at the scene of people falling in the hall through the holes in the shopping bag, the Hearing Hearing Heishanyang summarized with a hint of schadenfreude:

【Like that Conan god of calamity you mentioned, you kid are truly a guy who attracts trouble. Wherever you go, something happens. No matter what you are preparing to do, there is never a smooth time.】

【Stop talking nonsense, let's get to work first!】

Touching the Hearing Hearing Heishanyang's horns, quickly checking the soul state of everyone in the hall, and finding that they were all "normal," Leon's brows couldn't help but furrow 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 have exceeded my field of vision.】

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

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