Chapter 405

Dong dong dong~

As Xia De's gaze turned to the door, a knocking sound indeed came from outside the door. Lei Qianya frowned with great dissatisfaction and looked at the door. The guard outside notified the princess that it was the owner of the manor, Miss Xiwei Afuluola, who had come.

"That woman, really... Xia De, you find a place to hide first."

Lei Qianya said apologetically to Xia De, and then saw that Xia De was already preparing to hide under the desk:

This is the guest room of the manor, used as a temporary lounge for the banquet. The most convenient hiding place is actually the washroom in the room, but Xia De always felt that it was not a safe place.

After finding that under the desk was also not safe, his eyes immediately saw the wardrobe standing in the corner, so he immediately opened the wardrobe and got in. Except for the fishing rod standing in the corner, it was full of ladies' clothes.

I don't know if it was the clothes Lei Qianya brought or the clothes the great witch prepared for the princess. After Xia De went in, the pungent smell of spices and soap almost made him sneeze immediately.

Lei Qianya saw Xia De nimbly close the wardrobe door from the inside, but immediately poked his head out again:

"Miss Maid, hurry, stand in front of the cabinet!"

This is to prevent being heard by the witch with sensitive senses because of breathing heavily after staying in a confined space for too long.

The young maid who led Xia De here looked at Lei Qianya hesitantly, and the princess asked with a smile:

"Why are you so skilled?"

But she nodded lightly, and the maid hurried to the front of the cabinet. With a quiet smile on her face, she clasped her hands together and placed them on her abdomen.

The cabinet door closed behind her. Xia De looked out from the crack of the door and confirmed that he could only see the maid's back, only then did he breathe a sigh of relief.

Lei Qianya grabbed the rabbit fur blanket and covered herself, sitting back on the sofa:

"Please come in."

After the owner of the manor, the descendant of the ancient family wearing a red formal dress, entered the door, she stood up with sleepy eyes.

The lady who walked in had curly wavy brown long hair. She was wearing a slightly serious dark brown long skirt, and the waist of the skirt had a corset decorated with broken gems. Although she had a smile on her face, her long, thin eyebrows and three-dimensional facial features made her look particularly majestic.

It was just that Xia De had no time to appreciate the witch's charm. He was entangled in a pile of clothes because he rushed into the cabinet too violently. He held his breath, kept a static posture, and didn't even dare to make big movements to untie the skirt straps entangled on his body.

And the witch came here not because she sensed Xia De's existence, but because she wanted to talk to Lei Qianya about the Lengshuigang shipyard again.

Of course, she would not agree to as many shares as Lei Qianya requested, but wanted to use cash, or the ten-year dividends of other industries of the Afuluola family as a price.

Even, Miss Afuluola handed Lei Qianya a bottle of liquid that Xia De couldn't see from his angle:

"Your Highness, you should also know that there are some secrets in this world that we ordinary people don't know. Look at this, this is a potion called 'Mermaid Mucus', not merman, but mermaid."

"What is the use of this?"

Lei Qianya's tone was very monotonous, showing that she had no interest in this.

"Add this to the powder puff, one drop each time, lasting for a year, can make the skin better."

"It is indeed a good thing, but I think I should not need it."

With the 【Leaf of Eternal Youth】 lent by Xia De, Lei Qianya certainly didn't need a weaker magic potion.

"Madam, although I know you don't want to build warships, but if you want me to persuade my father and make him believe this point, you need more."

"Those shares are definitely not okay, too many, that's too many."

The witch's tone was very gentle. Although he couldn't see the expressions of both sides, Xia De, who was entangled with ladies' clothes in the wardrobe, subconsciously thought that Miss Afuluola was speaking with a smile:

"Your Highness, what on earth do you want? We have talked for so many days, you should also say your real request."

"I can only want one-tenth of the shares, but I want your new shipyard to help me build some ships."

Lei Qianya said.

"What kind of ships?"

"This kind of ship."

Then came the sound of turning pages. It seems Lei Qianya carried these documents with her. And after a long silence, Miss Afuluola's tone was filled with confusion:

"If I didn't understand wrong, Your Highness, the kind of ship you want to build is military... perhaps I understood wrong?"

She certainly didn't understand wrong, and was sure she didn't understand wrong. This was a test.

As for Xia De in the wardrobe, he had covered his mouth to prevent breathing disorder because he heard information he shouldn't have heard. If he didn't make a mistake, Lei Qianya wanted to let the Afuluola family's shipyard secretly build some large steam ships that could be used for military purposes, as the price for her helping Afuluola lobby in Tobesk.

"Yes, your understanding was wrong. You only need to build the ship, I won't install weapons on the ship."

Lei Qianya said, followed by a long silence.

"Once I agree to this request, it is equivalent to binding my family with you. Your Highness, I cannot make this decision easily."

Miss Afuluola said.

"It doesn't matter, you can consider it slowly."

"Yes, consider it slowly... My family only does shipping business, and has never thought about getting involved in the politics of Delarion."

The witch's voice was unhurried. This conversation, although it seemed to be led by Lei Qianya, Xiwei Afuluola was never at a disadvantage from beginning to end.

"The opening of the New Continent has allowed you people who do shipping business to possess capital different from the past. Miss Afuluola, your family cannot escape the influence of the change of royal power in the kingdom, even if it is not me, it will be someone else."

Lei Qianya said, the tone was monotonous and boring, and no real emotion could be heard at all.

"Very reasonable, but I still want to do legal business."

"Legal?"

Lei Qianya's tone appeared with some mockery:

"Madam, what on earth your fleet has done in the sea, I think even the beggars in Lengshuigang have heard of it. How many of the Seven Pirate Kings in the open sea have nothing to do with you?"

"Only two have something to do with me."

The witch said calmly, and Lei Qianya smiled:

"Miss Afuluola, now is an era of change, everything is changing, even an ancient family like Afuluola, if it wants to continue to occupy a leading position in the surging wave of the era, it is impossible not to make changes."

Xia De only told Lei Qianya that Xiwei Afuluola was a female sorcerer from an ancient Ringed Warlock family, and didn't tell her that the other party was twelve-ring. Otherwise, Lei Qianya might not be able to speak in this tone. But if he told her, the princess's strange performance at this time would be sensed by the other party as wrong, so not telling her was actually correct.

"Yes, you are right, but I think, I still need to consider it. After all, the family is not mine alone, and our business also has other partners."

The witch gave an answer unhurriedly.

And in the eyes of Xia De in the wardrobe, Lei Qianya didn't make an offer at all. The princess wanted to build a bridge through this cooperation, and then deepen the mark belonging to Lei Qianya Cavendish on the Afuluola family step by step.

But obviously, Xiwei Afuluola is not an ordinary woman. Even if she wants to bet on a certain royal member in the wave of the era of change, she must fight for the hint and permission of Miss Jia Lin Na Cavendish, who also belongs to the Witch Council.

This kind of ancient Ringed Shushi family can survive to this day, and must have its own unique methods. In Xia De's view, Lei Qianya's idea is unlikely to succeed, unless she can produce chips that are more attractive to the witch.

The outsider in the wardrobe breathed the smell on the clothes entangled with him, and listened quietly to the confrontation between the princess and the witch in the dark. He had a further understanding of the political means of this era and the current situation in Delarion.

Speaking of which, these things are very wonderful for Xia De. Although he has integrated into his current life, hearing these political situations gives him a sense of detachment.

The Yodel Palace where the Delarion royal family lives is only one street away from Saint Delan Square, but he always thinks that the things happening in that palace, the conspiracies and plans produced in that building that can almost be considered the center of the entire kingdom, are actually very far away from him.

But until this moment, listening to the princess's conversation in this slightly ridiculous posture, he suddenly had a feeling that he had participated in the historical process.

"However, Lei Qianya's means are still not high enough. If it were me, I would at least invite guests to dinner at the Sophia Mansion, arrange a play during the meal to warn the other party of the consequences of refusing the proposal, and then while the witch is thinking in her heart, take out my own chips and my own advantages. But I wouldn't ask the other party to give an answer immediately, but let her go back to think, and conduct exercises with the navy of Lengshuigang the next day... Invite guests, behead, accept..."

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but laugh at himself. These are all views thought of by an outsider, and they have great subjective assumptions. Reality is more complex, and perhaps his ideas are even more ridiculous.

【Outsider, are you very good at this kind of thing?】

"She" in his ear whispered softly. Every time Xia De heard her voice in a dark environment, he would always imagine her behind him.

"Of course not, what I learned in my hometown was not this, these are just hearsay."

Xia De answered in his heart, and then suddenly heard Lei Qianya raise her voice outside. Their topic just now had turned to this unlucky banquet.

"Madam, you are really rude!"

Xia De widened his eyes. He still remembered the hobby of Xiwei Afuluola mentioned by Miss Miss Jia Lin Na.

"Is touching a lady's hand casually a tradition of the Afuluola family?"

Lei Qianya's voice showed that she was a bit angry, and Xia De in the cabinet breathed a sigh of relief.