Chapter 772

I originally wanted to eat first, but after seeing you, I just want to go back and work overtime again...

"Princess Veronica!"

After opening his mouth to interrupt the Princess's playful inquiry, Leon, with a speechless face, slumped his shoulders.

"Can you stop messing around? Why did you suddenly appear in my house? Where are Anna and the others?"

"Anna took the two children to sleep... Additionally, I am your fiancée, is it strange for me to appear in your house?"

After seeing the respect and distance in Leon's eyes, Princess Veronica blinked and said feignedly hurt:

"My dear, why are you so cold to me? Could it be... you have someone else outside?"

"..."

This... I don't know if it counts, but we are definitely innocent, why did you suddenly run to my house to set an ambush, and you're dressed so... casually?

After trying hard to control himself to raise his line of sight and try not to look at some impolite positions, Leon said with some headache:

"Princess Veronica, between us..."

"Although we meet less and part more, our feelings are still very good."

After taking the initiative to hold Leon's arm and dragging him, who was speechless, into the house, Princess Veronica pressed Leon to the side of the table, then pointed to the dishes with covers on the table and said:

"Eat quickly, these were personally... watched by me as Anna prepared them for you, and I tasted every dish, the taste is very good!"

"..."

I thought you prepared them yourself, so you just watched and want credit? Also, why do I feel you look a bit strange today? Looking...

Strangely happy?

Looking at the Princess, whose emotions were inexplicably excited, and even though she encountered his "cold treatment," the corners of her mouth still carried a smile, Leon hesitated for a moment, then sat honestly at the side of the table.

"Princess, you came to find me today, what exactly is the matter?"

"Look at what you're saying, can't I come to find you if there's nothing?"

Princess Veronica gathered her loose nightgown, sat opposite Leon with elegant manners, supported her chin with her hand, and said with a smile:

"However, I do have a few happy things... You eat first, I'll tell you while you eat, okay?"

Following her movements, the loose sleeves of the silk nightgown slipped slightly, hanging to the part of her elbows, revealing a small section of arm that was blindingly white.

Coupled with the Princess's smiling face and the soft, greasy touch faintly visible at her neckline, it stirred Leon's heart to tremble slightly; he hurriedly turned his head away, not daring to look more, and focused on dealing with the food on the table.

The reaction is not bad~ It was worth it for me to specifically find someone to custom-make this nightgown that is half a size too big.

After secretly hooking the sleeve she had specifically loosened with her finger to reveal a small section of arm, and taking the opportunity to pull her arms inward to make the already full curve more obvious, Princess Veronica said with a smile in her eyes:

"There are many happy things worth mentioning recently, and the one that makes me happiest is that our wedding has been set; we will get married the day after tomorrow at noon, I came specifically to pick you up today."

What?!!!

After hearing Princess Veronica's words, Leon, who was drinking soup, shook all over, and almost poured half a bowl of warm fish soup into his alveoli all at once.

"Cough! Cough cough! You! You said wha... Cough cough cough cough!"

"Oh my, there is plenty of soup, why are you drinking so anxiously?"

After bypassing the table to come to Leon's side, who was choking, and reaching out to pat his back, a flash of cunning crossed the Princess's eyes, then she said with a face full of regret:

"Seeing that you can be so happy, I am truly happy, unfortunately... if only this were true."

"..."

Revenge! This is definitely revenge! Revenge for my cold attitude toward you just now!

After trying hard to catch his breath, Leon, who understood he had been played, frowned and was just about to hold her accountable, when he saw a bright little fork, skewering a piece of fish meat, handed before his eyes.

The Princess, who was sitting opposite just now, had already taken advantage of the opportunity to pat his back and mixed onto the chair next to him, and was smiling and holding the fork, wanting to feed him.

"Ah~"

"..." Ah your head!

After feeling the faint heat radiating from the mature and full body beside him, Leon, who was shouting that he couldn't take it anymore in his heart, hurriedly moved aside, away from this heat source that made his heart tremble, and then grabbed the fork.

"No... cough... no need, I can do it myself."

"Hmm hmm, I'll listen to you~"

Seeing that Leon's expression was a bit embarrassed, and understanding that she had teased him to the limit, and if she went further he might push her away, Princess Veronica saw that it was good and stopped, letting Leon snatch the fork, then said with a smile:

"By the way, do you still want to hear why I am so happy?"

"..."

After waiting for two seconds and seeing no reply from Leon, Princess Veronica couldn't help but sit up straight and sighed listlessly:

"Sigh, if you don't want to hear this, then there's no point in me sitting here, how about..."

Leon's expression shifted slightly upon hearing this.

How about you leave?

"How about I continue to feed you!"

"..."

"Ah~"

"Really don't... I still... hmm... I still quite want to hear you say something..."

Humph humph, handled!

After a cunning smile without any concealment, the Princess, who had successfully completed the suppression, sat up straight and said with a smile in her eyes:

"Then I'll say it... Do you know about the Hou Jue of Jin Juan?"

Hou Jue of Jin Juan?

After hearing this familiar name, Leon's expression shifted slightly, then he nodded and said:

"I have heard of it... the one who accidentally drowned recently?"

"Hmm, that's him."

Although the weather had warmed up quite a bit recently, it was still a bit cold at night, and the silk nightgown on the Princess, although outlining her beautiful figure vividly, was a bit unsatisfactory in terms of keeping warm.

Unable to help curling her body, bringing her limbs closer together, and making her body warmer, the Princess, whose nose tip was slightly red from the cold, recounted quite happily:

"He was the tax secretary of the Ministry of Finance, his status was only below the Minister of Finance, he had been blocking the military's budget in the past, and wantonly exploited the guilds of handicraftsmen, using the kingdom's fiscal budget to fill those... hmm... let me put it this way to you, he was a very rotten person, very, very rotten!"

Indeed, he was indeed a rotten person, in every sense of the word.

After nodding in agreement, Leon asked curiously:

"So, you are so happy just because he died?"

"Not entirely."

After blowing a breath of hot air into her palms, Princess Veronica shook her head and said:

"Compared to drowning so unclearly, I would rather have personally caught him and put him in prison, letting him receive the punishment he deserved for the things he did in the past.

However, it's not bad like this now; even if I could topple him, it would probably be very difficult to truly make him plead guilty, and after his seat became vacant, the Ministry of Finance side opened a gap.

Without him blocking it, many reform proposals that originally couldn't be pushed forward finally have signs of continuing; if part of the tax collection power can be divided, those harsh and complicated taxes can also be cleaned up, so as not to... hmm...

Leon, are you interested in these? Should we talk about something else?"

After looking at the Princess, who was curled into a ball on the chair from the cold but had light in her eyes, Leon hesitated for a moment, then took off his coat and draped it over her, then shook his head and said:

"No need, I am quite interested in these... Continue, but try to keep your voice down, just don't wake Anna and the others."

"Hmm~"

Looking at Leon, who finally remembered to drape a piece of clothing over her after she hinted seven or eight times in a row, Princess Veronica couldn't help but glance at him reproachfully, then leaned toward Leon with a face full of "I am very moved."

"You are so good~ Then I'll continue... Oh right, do you know about the boarding tower being attacked?"

(End of chapter)