Chapter 849: Lei Qianya's

Leaving Huntington this evening, Xia De visited Mr. Bernhardt's manor and asked him to send someone to Professor Drake's house to copy the text materials.

Mr. Bernhardt was also happy to learn that Xia De's investigation had made progress, but he mentioned another matter, which was the farewell banquet held at the Rothschild Mansion tomorrow night.

This was a farewell banquet for Princess Margaret Anjou representing the royal family to visit Tobesk, so the banquet's specifications were very high. Tomorrow night's banquet would not only have local nobles but even Kassenrik nobles who came specifically from Willondale.

Viscount Bernhardt, as a very prestigious noble locally, had of course received an invitation, and he invited Xia De to go with him, which was also Xia De's intention:

"Mr. Bernhardt, my Kassenrik language is not very good, so I might stay with you all the time tomorrow night."

Xia De said apologetically, but Mr. Bernhardt didn't mind this point:

"You are also attending a Kassenrik noble banquet for the first time, it will be very interesting."

Saturday night is actually Xia De's evening class time in the traditional sense. Of course, starting from the beginning of this month, this has become a private date between Lei Qianya and Xia De.

On Saturday morning, Xia De informed Lei Qianya through the flower shop on Silver Cross Avenue that he had something to do in Huntington tonight, so he couldn't meet in the evening.

Lei Qianya didn't give Xia De any reply at first, but when Xia De held the cat and came to Doctor Shi Nai De's clinic to participate in the study meeting this week, he could almost see at a glance that Dorothy, who had arrived early, was actually Lei Qianya.

He couldn't keenly distinguish the difference between the two souls, but judging from the dissatisfied look "Dorothy" gave him, he knew that it wouldn't be the idea of the blonde writer lady herself.

Most of the time in this week's study meeting was Doctor Shi Nai De helping the others in the group calculate their respective credits, thereby discussing the details of the year-end exam a month later. And mentioning Xia De's matter, the doctor felt a bit of a headache.

Xia De was currently considering applying to jump from the second year to the fourth year, so he specifically borrowed a large batch of books from the school library for "study" some time ago. But the problem now was that his practical credits were still far behind. In the best case, he had to open a time key every week, and every time he could encounter major events with value, he could barely make up those credits.

But obviously, it was impossible for Xia De to have such fast efficiency.

"Librarian Miss Danister said she would help me."

Xia De informed the doctor of this news softly. The doctor was stunned for a moment and then nodded, not asking anything, obviously also knowing some ways of the academy, just didn't expect Xia De to have such a relationship with that Thirteenth Ring Ringed Ringed Shushi.

After the study meeting ended, it was only four o'clock in the afternoon. "Dorothy" left the clinic with Xia De by carriage. The blonde girl boarded the carriage in silence. It wasn't until the carriage moved forward slowly that she mentioned Xia De's arrangement for tonight:

"Huntington? You wouldn't be trying to tell me, Knight, that you have already met that Princess Margaret Anjou, right?"

The tone was quite questioning.

"Yes, but she thinks I am Mr. Sherlock Holmes, not Hamilton of Lei Jiede."

Xia De told the truth, sitting opposite the blonde girl holding Mia, and said very apologetically:

"I know I shouldn't occupy tonight's time, but for some reason, I must attend that banquet."

"No need to explain this to me. Am I the kind of unreasonable girl?"

Lei Qianya brushed Dorothy's beautiful long golden hair and looked Xia De up and down:

"I know you have more important things, but I hope you haven't forgotten that the 'Red Butterfly Day' that happens once every 22 days is coming."

"Yes, Sunday night."

That stormy night that left a deep impression on Xia De was Saturday, the 26th of the Frost Month. Therefore, the first Red Butterfly Day ended on the 27th. Starting from the night of the 27th, the 21-day waiting period had to be restarted, so by Sunday night this week, the second "Red Butterfly Day" had arrived.

Both Dorothy and Lei Qianya liked to use this term to treat that special day.

"If you don't have other arrangements, I can prepare for the activities on Sunday night and Monday in advance."

Xia De proposed. Lei Qianya shook her head:

"On Monday, I have to accompany my mother to welcome the visiting delegation of Margaret Anjou. I have already discussed with Dorothy to postpone the Red Butterfly Day to next Tuesday, the 19th of the Frost Month."

"But that day also has things. Tuesday is the wedding of your sister, Princess Mona Cavendish."

Xia De reminded. Lei Qianya nodded with a smile:

"Yes, so I can meet Dorothy at the wedding banquet. Isn't that more interesting than an ordinary day?"

"Oh, yes."

Xia De suddenly realized. Lei Qianya looked at the street scene outside the window and then reached out to close the carriage window. Brushing the dangling hair by her ear, she looked at Xia De with a flushed face:

"Dorothy and I can meet you at the banquet, Xia De... I have prepared a handwritten copy of 【Summer Night Collection】 in advance. Are you willing to read it with us at the banquet?"

【Summer Night Collection】 was the inspiration for Dorothy's award-winning work 【Midsummer Night's Wish】, which was a very famous collection of essays.

"Reading handwritten essays at a wedding banquet?"

Xia De was stunned for a moment, looking at the blush on "Dorothy"'s face before he understood:

"Of course, yes, reading... Summer Night Collection with you at the banquet."

The blonde girl bit her lip lightly, looking at Xia De with shining eyes:

"Really looking forward to Tuesday... really, it's clearly today that is our date time."

"After Princess Margaret Anjou arrives in Tobesk, there should be many large banquets and balls held in the city. By then..."

Xia De lowered his voice slightly and held Lei Qianya's right hand with his left hand:

"You can even use your body to meet me. Still want to dance together? Attending banquets and balls is our reasonable opportunity to meet."

Lei Qianya showed a smile:

"Yes, speaking of which, Margaret Anjou's visit is actually a good thing. Knight, I am very happy that while you are thinking of the blonde and blue-eyed girl in front of you, you can also miss my body."

She reached out to touch the cat in Xia De's arms. The cat, sleeping sweetly, made a dissatisfied sound, squirming to avoid that hand.

"Since you are participating in that banquet tonight, why not play a prank on the Anjou Princess."

Saying that, Lei Qianya flipped out Dorothy's notebook from her handbag, wrote a line of words in a hurry, and handed it to Xia De:

"Put this by Margaret Anjou's hand, but don't expose that it was you who put it. I remember this Princess is older than me? During her visit to Kassenrik this summer, I also dealt with her. This is a very interesting lady."

What Lei Qianya wrote was Kassenrik language, and she controlled the writing method, not looking like her handwriting at all—

【Greetings to you, Your Highness. The purple cabbage at the banquet is still as delicious as it was that year.】

Xia De looked at the sentence several times suspiciously, confirming that there was no hidden meaning he couldn't understand:

"What does this sentence mean? Purple cabbage, is it a metaphor?"

"No, it's just purple cabbage."

Dorothy's face showed a rare expression. It was a smile, a malicious smile:

"You probably don't know the Willondale Purple Cabbage Incident eight years ago. Margaret Anjou, who was only in her teens, because she didn't like eating purple cabbage, during a dinner in the autumn of 1845, deliberately blamed her maid for mixing sand in the vegetable salad. She wanted to use this to escape that kind of vegetable."

"The poor maid, who clearly did nothing wrong, was almost immediately dismissed. A few weeks later, the maid burned herself to death at home. In the suicide note sent to friends in advance, she said that she clearly did nothing wrong, but was still treated like this, so her reputation suffered a great loss, and she was unwilling to live anymore."

The blonde girl said this past event, but didn't show a look of regret on her face. Xia De understood and opened his mouth slightly:

"You wouldn't be saying that this matter has to do with the military? The political struggle of the Kingdom? Or the silent struggle of spies?"

Lei Qianya smiled:

"Yes, Xia De, you have always been so keen. I only heard the truth from Galina three years ago."

"That maid was actually a spy planted by Military Intelligence 6 beside the Anjou royal family. The abrupt dismissal made Military Intelligence 6 make a misjudgment, thinking she had been discovered. So they urgently transferred the maid and bought a female corpse of similar stature locally to replace her."

The carriage crushed the road surface, moving slowly toward St. Theresa Square. Xia De listened to the spy secrets of many years ago and sighed carefully:

"This must have caused quite a psychological shadow for Princess Margaret Anjou, right?"

After all, it was just because she hated eating purple cabbage that led to the maid's "self-immolation".

"Yes, tonight you can also try to take the dish with purple cabbage to that Princess."

Lei Qianya suggested. Xia De shook the note in confusion:

"Then, the purpose of giving her this note is..."

"To play a small prank on her. By the way, to retaliate for her occupying my date time tonight."

Lei Qianya still had a smile on her face, but Xia De knew that the latter was the important reason.

The young outsider very wisely didn't point this out. Considering that giving this note would only make that Princess feel bad all night and wouldn't cause bigger trouble, Xia De agreed.

"Has Military Intelligence 6 always been planting spies beside the Anjou royal family?"

He asked curiously again.

"I am not responsible for this aspect."

Lei Qianya shook her head, but said very affirmatively:

"But at the banquet in Huntington City tonight, there must be people from Military Intelligence 6... I'm not talking about you. Even if the Ringed Ringed Ringed Shushi of the Pantanal Voodoo Society doesn't appear, the conspiracies and plans surrounding that banquet will absolutely not be few."

"In the peaceful era, agents are still so busy."

Xia De sighed and turned to look at the street scene of Tobesk in deep winter from the carriage window. People came and went on the street, and people who were busy for a year would not be idle even at the end of the year. In such a prosperous era, the undercurrents were ultimately surging all the time.

Lei Qianya didn't discuss this topic again:

"I helped you change that bed some time ago... Dorothy was too excited that night, so I helped you change the old furniture in the master bedroom and confirmed that the fireplace can be used. Do you need me to prepare firewood for winter in advance? If you need it, I will send someone to help you waterproof the basement in a few days, otherwise the firewood will be damp and there will be a lot of smoke when burning."

The Princess covered Xia De's mouth with her hand, her emerald eyes "staring" at Xia De:

"I have plenty of gold pounds. Is it that I don't help you deal with these trivial matters, and Galina won't either? Are you trying to refuse me and then accept her kindness?"

At this moment, Xia De could see Lei Qianya's soul directly from those beautiful eyes.

She let go of her hand, threw the cat in Xia De's arms to the side, and then hugged Xia De's neck and kissed him, not giving Xia De a chance to refuse at all. ===== CHAPTER 850 =====