Chapter 340
Chapter 340.
On the night before Advent, a dinner party was held in the lord’s mansion of Lakeheart Town, where Paul invited various important figures from the military and political sectors to gather together to celebrate the new year that was about to arrive.
According to the custom, as the lord, he should make a speech at the beginning of the banquet. The crowd only saw the lord holding a piece of paper and staring at it while reading out the contents.
In fact, this article was quite good (those who worked beside Paul could easily recognize that it must be from the hand of Baron Bernard Francis, the chief secretary), in terms of words alone, it used gorgeous but not too pompous rhetoric to praise the hard work of all the people in the past year, and passionately introduced the major achievements of the territory, including agriculture, industry, and commerce, and focused on the major victories in the War of the Usurpers, which not only destroyed the territory, but also made it more difficult for the people to realize the importance of the territory, as well. A major victory that not only destroyed the major threat the Kents had been posing to the territory, but also brought the rich land of Emden under the jurisdiction of the Council of State, with more people, more wealth, more raw materials, and a larger market. More importantly, the war greatly changed the Gleiman family’s awkward position in the Northwest Bay, not only making a name for itself, but also forging relatively strong friendships with the Parker family, the Heller family, and even the newly crowned Duke of the Northwest, Henry Ferdinand, forming a de facto community of interest.
Especially by Alda initiated, all the lords common participation of the Northwest Industry, the so-called arms company in Paul’s mouth, continued to supply low price but not low quality weapons to the kingdom’s army, not only let the Northwest Bay, the world in the eyes of the barren land for the first time into the kingdom of the field of vision of the senior management, but also earn gold so that the Northwest Lords benefit equally, so that Alda’s image in all the collars on the next level.
But the vast history of the development of the Lord’s mouth, in the ears of the people as if like plain water generally tasteless.
This is a kind of torment for both sides, it is hard to read the last word, Paul as if pardoned announced the banquet began, the atmosphere in the hall immediately warm up.
“Bravo, Lord Earl! This speech of yours has truly energized us!”
After Paul [escaped back] to his seat, Hansel grinned and applauded at him.
After blankly glancing at Hansel, Paul stopped paying attention to the other party, this guy was clearly deriding him.
“You really need to work on the art of speaking in front of the public, Earl.” Irene said helplessly, she had seen her father’s strong voice when summoning ministers in the court, and she had also seen her sister’s impassioned motivation of her subordinates in the barracks, Paul’s speech just now was really not up to par with them, when it should be depressed it was not, when it should be frustrated it was not frustrated.
“That is good enough.” The Lord Earl was most pleased with his own performance, “At least he didn’t mispronounce a word.”
He remembered his own experience on Earth, in front of the leader or in front of the crowd, even if he was reading a script, he would make mistakes while reading, and his brain gradually became blank, and he didn’t even know what he had read after a call.
Paul is sitting near the State Council and the army in the core personnel, often meet on weekdays, but also no longer formal, the crowd while talking once again to enjoy the wine and food.
Among the people present there are specially rushed from the port of richland naval commander Austin, wine to half-heated, he suddenly patted his head, some chagrin, said: “focusing on drinking, almost delayed things.”
He stood up and walked over to Erin’s side, a curious look in the education director’s eyes.
Austin carefully pulled out an envelope and handed it to Ayrin, “Miss Betty, this letter makes our fleet in West Harbor when it was asked to be forwarded to you, the other party claimed to be from the king’s capital, Jingyao, and is a relative of yours.”
Jingyao? Erin’s heart suddenly jumped, then she and her assistant Leah next to her exchanged a glance, each saw the question in the other’s eyes.
Since it was from Jingyao, nine times out of ten it was her parents or sister, did they know that she was in the Northwest Bay?
“Miss Betty? Miss Betty?”
Austin saw Erin freeze and called out to her.
“Uh? Ah, yes, thanks.” Erin snapped back to her senses and responded in a panic, standing up and accepting the envelope with both hands. She jitterily handed the letter to Leah for safekeeping, giving Leah a scrutinizing look at the end.
Leah, who was both an assistant and an escort, tightened her heart, Her Highness wouldn’t be suspecting me of tipping off Jing Yao, would she?
Paul asked with great interest, “Betty, you also have relatives in Jingyao?” Then he immediately reacted, “Ohhhh, I’m so sorry, I got confused, haha.”
He suddenly thought of the surname [Diaz], the current Queen’s Highness is also from the Diaz family of the Gabella Empire, isn’t it obvious?
“Haha, that’s it ……”
Irene laughed somewhat awkwardly, at that time she had only said her mother’s surname in a hurry, it looked like Earl Gleeman really took her as someone from the Dias family of Gabella now.
Forget about it.
Ayrin and Leah spent the entire banquet with mixed feelings.
After the banquet was over, Ayrin hurriedly took Leah back to her residence, and then immediately interrogated her lady-in-waiting and assistant. Of course, Ayrin did not doubt the guardess’s loyalty to herself, but even if it was out of loyalty, there was a possibility that Leah might have tipped off the royal capital, after all, most people would not consider it a good thing for a princess to be wandering around for a long period of time.
As a result of the interrogation, Ayrin concluded that the female guard had not tipped off the royal capital based on her judgment. Then who had spied on her current place of residence?
Irene couldn’t figure it out from left to right, so she turned her attention to the contents of the incoming letter, and a heavy wave of nostalgia surged through her heart.
She excused herself from the table for a while, and went to a deserted place to quietly read the letter over and over several times. She did not recognize the handwriting of the letter, but from the style of phrasing it was easy to tell that it was her mother’s work.
Probably for fear of being seen in the middle of the letter, the whole letter was addressed as [you] and [I], without revealing any specific information about her identity.
Inside the letter, he poured out his thoughts about Irene, complained about why she still gambled and didn’t go back, and emphasized again and again that he wouldn’t force her to make compromises on the marriage. Finally, in a pleading tone, he asked Irene to go back quickly for the reunion, preferably before the Holy Day of Advent.
The letter brought tears to Irene’s eyes, and it took her a long time to gather herself before she dared return to her seat at the feast.
“My lady, we have indeed been away from home for a long time, it is time to go back for a visit.”
Leah advised Erin as well after reading the contents of the letter.
Aileen’s heart surged with a strong sense of guilt after hearing this, the other party had accompanied herself for almost two years in an unfamiliar place without complaint, but they also had their own relatives.
Finally, Ayrin wiped the corners of her own eyes, the longing for her loved ones overcame everything, and she held the hand of the female guard and said, “You’re right, Leah, it’s time for us to go home and take a look.”
(End of chapter)