Chapter 820: 417 Dinner Invitation

"Doo..."

With the loud and long whistle, two sets of giant winches emitting white steam exerted force together, opening the night gate of the capital's canal. Dozens of cargo ships from the outer river sailed into the capital's port along with the morning glow on the horizon.

And after the sun broke through the morning glow and leaped off the ground, using its unstoppable brilliance to completely drive away the remaining dark night sky, the capital, which had slept for a night under the corpses of millions of nightmares, finally woke up little by little.

"Hmm..."

As the sunlight crossed the tower bridge on the canal, passed over the spire of the clock tower, and drilled into the window of the palace, the woman's body lying on the desk trembled slightly, gently pulled out of her dream by the warm sunlight.

Am I... asleep?

Waking up from her dream, the Princess, who had been sleeping, stretched her somewhat stiff body, then sat on the large chair with her knees hugged, looking at the desk in front of her in a daze.

She remembered that before nightfall last night, she had moved the execution documents for tax reform, the proposal to expand the voting power of citizens, and the selection order for military officers of the colonel, captain, and sergeant levels all back to her bedroom, preparing to fight through the night.

But just as she had ticked off the stall tax for small handicraft workers and picked up her pen to write two rebuttal opinions, an inexplicable drowsiness suddenly rushed into her mind, and then she didn't know anything else...

Hmm... or maybe she didn't know nothing at all.

After rubbing her somewhat numb cheeks, thinking of the strange dream she had after falling asleep last night, the Princess's mouth couldn't help but curl up slightly.

In the dream, she finished approving all the documents, and then at the parliament a few days later, her words were like knives, wounding people with every word, scolding the Minister of Finance until he fainted on the spot, directly handing over the Ministry of Finance.

Then she took the opportunity to win over the parliament, settled the old nobles who wanted to cause trouble, grabbed all seventeen major departments of the Kingdom in one breath, and began to carry out reforms with great vigor.

Then, the Kingdom slowly became powerful, and she in the dream also inherited the throne, married Joshua to the other side of the sea to marry a female monkey, made Li Ang a prince, and gave birth to a whole football team... cough... in short, it was a pretty good dream.

After drinking a cup of cold black coffee, the Princess, in a good mood, got up and left her seat, picked up the coffee cup, walked to the window of the bedroom, and took the sunlight spilling into the window.

Although she accidentally fell asleep and didn't handle those documents in time, the result seemed not bad. For her, who had been troubled by nightmares all year round, this kind of dream, which was even a bit absurdly relaxed, was a very rare experience.

"Princess Veronica!"

Just as the Princess was bathing in the warm morning sun, enjoying her rare leisure time, the door of the bedroom was suddenly knocked, and the somewhat panicked voice of the night-duty lady-in-waiting came from outside.

"I am Lily, who was on night duty last night. I'm sorry, Princess, I... I seem to have fallen asleep as soon as night fell..."

"It's okay."

After drinking the bitter black coffee in the cup, Princess Veronica put down the cup and stretched, saying peacefully:

"I also fell asleep very early last night. If there is anything to do, I will call you to wake up. But remember, next time it's your turn to be on night duty, pay attention to resting more during the day."

"Thank you, Princess, I will remember."

Hearing that she hadn't delayed the Princess's affairs, the lady-in-waiting outside the door couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief, then reported eagerly:

"Princess, according to the original schedule, after breakfast, you will meet the President of the Capital Chamber of Commerce. If you can finish talking within two hours, you will meet several new parliamentarians recently elected from the constituency, and after lunch, there will be envoys from the Kingdom of Hesen... Do you need me to call a maid to help you wash up?"

"..."

What a pity, a rare moment of leisure... But the important matters are urgent. The parliament will be convened again in a few days, and now is not the time for her to enjoy leisure.

After listening to the lady-in-waiting's inquiry, which was full of pressure, the Princess couldn't help but sigh softly, then reached out and rubbed her eyebrows:

"A little later... What about the afternoon? How is the afternoon schedule arranged? What is the earliest time in the afternoon that can be cleared?"

"This... I'm afraid the afternoon won't work."

The lady-in-waiting outside the door reminded cautiously:

"Princess, your schedule today is quite tight, arranged until eight o'clock in the evening, and even dinner time has to be pushed to after nine-thirty... However, if you really need a gap, I can try to rearrange it for you and push the meeting with the Minister of National Defense to tomorrow afternoon."

Pushed to tomorrow afternoon... Then tomorrow afternoon's affairs will have to be pushed back again, right?

And the selection of military officers is not easy to drag on. After all, Li Ang has always wanted to cancel the engagement with her. To be on the safe side, it is best to finish everything that can be done while this marriage is still stable, so as not to cause any more twists and turns...

"Forget it, no need to change, just arrange it according to the original schedule!"

After weighing the importance of the matter, Princess Veronica frowned and pondered for a moment, then ordered:

"Like this, don't eat dinner today, leave the time after nine o'clock for me."

"Princess?"

Hearing the Princess's words, the lady-in-waiting outside the door was slightly stunned, then suggested with a worried look:

"I'd better rearrange the time for you. Your stomach illness has never been cured, it's really not suitable..."

"You misunderstood."

After interrupting the lady-in-waiting, the Princess smiled and said:

"I'm not planning not to eat dinner, I just won't return to the palace. You go and invite Li... invite the Duke of Lionheart for me, saying I want to have dinner with him."

"As for the location, it's best if he decides. If he has no opinion, then just pick one of the two restaurants I often go to that has more empty seats, a regular private room by the river."

"Okay, I'll go arrange it right away!"

"Go."

After the lady-in-waiting left according to her instructions, the Princess sat back at the table and continued to work at her desk. On the shelf behind her, an iron doll with half its cheek broken quietly blinked its emerald glass eyeballs.

East rises and west sets, sun rises and sun falls.

The sun, which was brilliant in the morning, circled in the misty sky of the capital and then fell below the ground again.

Immediately after, the towering street lamps by the street lit up one after another, ironing a line of light into the dark night. A plain carriage without any markings passed through the night curtain cut by the street lamps and finally stopped in front of a restaurant on Taole Street in the Canal District.

"Duke, we have arrived."

After taking the initiative to open the carriage door, the lady-in-waiting with short chestnut hair smiled and said to Li Ang:

"You can go directly to private room No. 7. Princess Veronica and the Prime Minister's meeting has just ended, and she will be here in fifteen minutes at most. Please wait a moment." ===== CHAPTER 821 =====