Chapter 89

"Dear Ariel, please try the candied fruit. It's Green cherry fruit pickled with honey. I remember Green cherry fruit is your favorite."

In the reception room of the Marquis house, Sophia warmly entertained the court Baroness Ariel.

The court lady is actually the king's personal maid. As the chief court lady, Countess Ariel has to admit that Sophia's beauty makes her jealous, especially her purple eyes, like two pure amethysts, which make people fall into gentle eyes.

"Sophia, I really don't know what kind of man can resist your charm. The maintenance of your highness Andre at the tea party yesterday has convinced everyone that the Golden Knight has fallen under your skirt." Ariel sighed, like ridicule, jealousy and compliment.

Sophia took a candied fruit into her mouth and tasted it carefully. After a while, she smiled and said, "I hope it's true. Unfortunately, Andre came to pursue Princess Roland, not me."

"You're not lovers yet?" Ariel asked, staring into Sophia's eyes.

Sophia smiled faintly: "Of course not! Dear Ariel, maybe you don't know the Golden Knight... They all have strong will, and beauty is just a kind of adjustment for them. They value the strength and wisdom of their partner and the same level of life. Andre won't find a lover in Gambis, otherwise he will humiliate his Highness Roland and himself."

Ariel's eyes were full of disappointment, which was completely different from what she expected.

"In the past six months, you have made no progress?"

Sophia didn't show any difference in the questioning tone of the court female official. She smiled and said, "how can there be no progress? Andre has invited me to visit Borui Kingdom and promised to help me fight for the right to manage gin. I believe we can open up a new business road to Borui United Kingdom in a short time."

Sophia had some pride and longing in her heart. In the face of an unmarried Golden Knight, all the noble ladies tried their best to show their beauty and elegance, but in the end they got nothing. Sophia quietly won the favor of the Golden Knight and an opportunity to open up a business. Sophia believed that she would get the greatest benefit from it, and she would always bring it to her Seize the opportunity.

A new trade route, the right to manage gin, a lover of a Golden Knight, and a noble descendant... Sophia's eyes moved when she thought of these, and her charming style made Baroness Ariel a little stunned.

"Sophia, it seems that Lord Andre still has feelings for you... Why can't he stay?" Ariel lowered his eyes and said softly.

Sophia smiled and said, "is that what her majesty means?"

"Sophia, our situation is very difficult. Marquis golon said that if his highness Roland has no intention of the throne, he will choose to support Archduke Williams. Therefore, we can only turn the situation around by winning over his highness Andre."

Ariel saw that Sophia didn't say anything and continued: "Baron Villepin wrote that little Victor had completely betrayed us. He didn't give you his coffee and snow sugar. He also killed a steward of the Villepin family. In addition, he invented purple cane wine comparable to gin, and handed over the franchise of purple cane wine to the York family. The franchise agreement they signed has been notarized before God I think you must make a decision early. "

Sophia stood up and said with a smile, "how to make a decision? Let me be a widow again? Or does your majesty think Andre will like a woman with vicious nature? Even if Andre marries me, my chamber of Commerce will collapse... The business family with Golden Knights will no longer be business aristocrats. Doesn't your majesty know this?"

"Moreover, his Majesty's worry is superfluous. Marquis goron is loyal to his highness Roland. As long as his highness Roland supports Prince Edward, Archduke Williams will have no chance."

Ariel was speechless. Of course, she understood that the commercial aristocracy could reach all directions not by force, but harmlessly. But she must convey her Majesty's meaning clearly.

"Your Majesty only asks if you agree? Everything else will naturally be arranged."

"I can't agree."

Ariel's heart was stifled. After a while, he said astringently, "Sophia, your majesty asked me to tell you that she can deprive you of what she can give."

Sophia smiled on her beautiful face and said, "I understand this. Please tell her majesty Catherine that nothing else will change as long as she doesn't take away my chamber of Commerce and title."

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After Baroness Ariel left, Sophia sat quietly in an ivory armchair. Not long after, an elderly woman walked into the reception room and saw Sophia unhappy. She asked anxiously, "Sophia, are you all right?"

Sophia turned her eyes and said with a smile, "Aunt Helen, I'm fine."

Helen is Sophia's housekeeper, not a knight, nor noble blood. She is just an ordinary person. Sophia trusts Helen very much, because Helen has been taking care of her since childhood.

"Miss, what is the queen going to do?" Helen asked anxiously.

"Katherine? She was showdown with me. She thought that I had mastered the Wimbledon chamber of commerce with her support. So the chamber of Commerce was hers and I was hers... Unfortunately, Katherine's reaction was too slow." Sophia giggled.

Seeing Sophia's cunning, Helen was relieved and said, "will the queen make an issue with little Victor? Should we send some people to protect him?"

Sophia shook her head. "Our hands are too loose. It's not safe to send them out... If Sylvia can't protect Victor, it's useless for us to send people."

Then she smiled and said, "I didn't expect my little husband to be valuable... Sylvia was even more reluctant to let him have an accident."

Helen nodded in agreement. The chamber of commerce is loosely organized and complex. It is not as strict as the York family. Moreover, Sophia has mastered the chamber of Commerce for a short time. It is inevitable that the chamber of Commerce will not be penetrated. It is better to fully trust the ability of York family to help.

Sophia stood up and cut her slender fingers along the purple dress. The valuable spider silk dress immediately broke from the middle. She turned her head and asked, "Aunt Helen, are you ready for the thorn corridor?"

"Miss, it's ready." Helen bowed and replied.

Sophia walked into a secret room with a smile on her face and a transformed skirt. The floor of the chamber of secrets was covered with thorns with sharp long thorns. Sophia kicked off her crystal shoes and stepped on the thorns with bare feet. Delicate jade feet, snow-white and delicate, stepping on black thorns full of hard thorns, forming a strong contrast and leaving a sad and beautiful impression.

Helen looked at this scene with both emotion and pity. Who can think of how much blood the beautiful Marquis of Wimbledon had shed on this thorn.

Sophia was born in a broken noble family in the kingdom of Susi. She is the young daughter of the family, with a brother and a sister. The young Sophia was not valued by the family. At that time, she had brown hair, brown eyes and plain appearance, so her mother hated her.

Sophia had a serious illness when she was six years old. In order to provide her eldest son with the resources to cultivate morale, her parents did not spend money to ask the priest to perform divinity. After Sophia recovered from her illness, she left serious sequelae, and half of her body was bent. The daughter's disability did not awaken the parents' love and pity, but hated her even more.

Three years later, Sophia's brother successfully inspired her fighting spirit and became a trainee knight, which delighted the whole family. Sophia was no exception. She summoned up the courage to ask her brother how to cure her disability. His brother told her in a mocking tone that if he walked barefoot on thorns every day, he would become a healthy man.

Sophia believed. Despite Helen's dissuasion, she walked barefoot on the sharp thorns every day. Helen still clearly remembered Sophia's first time walking on the thorns and bleeding all over the ground. Helen held Sophia in tears and pulled hard thorns from her young feet. Sophia was also in tears.

Thorns and thorns can't cure the disability, but they cure Sophia's mental disability. It was another three years, Sophia inspired her fighting spirit, and her body was finally reborn. No one knew except Helen that Sophia had become a trainee knight. Her family only thought that the stupid daughter had healed herself.

Two years later, Sophia left the family with Helen and became a wandering knight. After several twists and turns, Sophia joined the chamber of Commerce of the old Marquis of Wimbledon. During this period, she experienced many things and met Sylvia. Sophia, who was successfully promoted to knight, began to bloom amazing beauty. When Sophia entered the silver stage, her beauty and wisdom convinced the old Marquis of Wimbledon and became the mistress of the Wimbledon chamber of Commerce.

Now, the hard thorns on the thorns can no longer hurt Sophia, but she will still walk on these thorns whenever she needs to think and practice.

Sophia walked on the thorns with her long legs, and the green brilliance appeared from time to time with her slender hands. The fighting spirit runs at a high speed, and the elements in the void gather between her fingers. A bright light flashes in FIA's eyes, and the flirtatious purple hair floats back, like a blooming purple lotus. Three green lights appeared around her for a moment and then shot out. The lights changed from green to white, from emptiness to reality, and turned into three ice crescent moons ten meters away. Then, the crescent moons broke one by one, and an oppressive cold spread rapidly, followed by the second and third. When the three colds were superimposed, the area within 20 meters was completely frozen. The thorns on the ground were sealed in the frost to form an ice sculpture of thorns.

The fighting spirit dissipated, and the white and tender feet were immediately pierced by thorns, and the red blood seeped out. Sophia was unaware and murmured, "I feel... That's the element sea."

"Miss!" Helen cried painfully when she saw the blood flowing from Sophia's feet.

Sophia turned back to Helen with a bright smile, and the silver bell like laughter echoed in the empty secret room.

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Queen Catherine carefully cut off the delicate roses one after another, spread her long flaxen hair at will, and there were crystal beads of sweat on the tip of her beautiful nose.

From the aspect of appearance, Catherine and Roland are very similar. Except for their different hair colors, they are like close sisters, but Ariel knows that they are not related by blood.

When Roland was three years old, her mother died of illness. King Ryan was very sad, and Roland cried for her mother. A year later, Ryan married Catherine, who was only fifteen.

King Ryan married Catherine only because Catherine was very similar to Queen Irene, and Ryan wanted to find a mother for his young daughter. Catherine didn't complain about her substitute identity. She took good and gentle care of Roland, both like her mother and sister. Her efforts were rewarded. Roland and had a very close relationship with her, and Ryan doted on her very much. With the birth of Edward, Catherine entered the happiest stage of her life until her husband unfortunately fell.

Thinking of Ryan's death, Ariel felt a pain in her heart. She loved this man as much as Catherine, although Ryan never took her to heart.

Ariel doesn't hate Neo West who killed Ryan. Ryan's death in the holy knight duel is his destination. Ariel hated Williams very much. She thought that the Archduke had plotted against Ryan.

"Your Majesty, why do you force Sophia? I think she's right. Andre won't marry a big business aristocrat... We should unite Sophia and deal with Williams together." Ariel couldn't help but advise Catherine.

Catherine cut off a rose and said, "Ariel, do you also think Williams killed Ryan?"

"Isn't it?" Ariel raised her eyebrows and looked cold.

"Ryan wants to use the two earls to dismember the peripheral lords of the York family... I oppose his plan, the Marquis of Cologne opposes it, and Williams is a supporter... In addition, there is another person who supports Ryan. It is because of that person's support that Ryan decided to implement this plan." Said Catherine faintly.

"Who is it?" Ariel's eyes were burning with anger. She didn't expect such an inside story.

Catherine was silent and said, "it's Roland."

Ariel was stunned and exclaimed, "what?"

"Roland supports Ryan out of worship. She thinks all the decisions Ryan makes are right. So is Williams. He has worshipped his brother since childhood and is used to obeying Ryan's decisions."

"How could this happen?"

Ariel's lips trembled and her eyes were filled with tears. She couldn't accept that the wise Ryan died of conceit.

Catherine stepped forward and gently took Ariel's hand as a sign of comfort. Ariel always loved her husband silently, but she didn't get Ryan's feedback.

"Anyone who makes a mistake will pay a price. The higher the status, the greater the price. No matter whether there is a conspiracy or not, Ryan's mistake is true. He tried to control the east of the Kingdom at the wrong time. Niowest seized the opportunity and ruined the good situation of Gambis. Now Williams feels that he is responsible for Gambis, so he wants to sit on the throne. ”

"Williams? Even if he didn't frame Ryan, he couldn't get rid of it. He was so close to the Church... Maybe it was the church behind all this." Ariel sneered.

Catherine sighed and said, "I suggested and Ryan instructed Williams to get close to the church." The queen was silent for a moment and continued: "politics is like this. There is no good or evil, only victory or defeat. Anyway, Williams represents the interests of some people, and we also represent some forces. Now everyone wants to find a place in the new order. We can't compromise, otherwise the forces behind us will abandon us."

"Sophia is right. Goron just scares us. He won't support Williams at all. The forces he represents don't allow him to do so, but he won't support us... They just want to support Roland. However, whether Edward or Williams ascends the throne, they won't object, because they are Auguste's followers."

"Since goron won't support Williams, why do you deal with Sophia?" Ariel asked puzzled.

"Because Sophia betrayed me! She followed the wishes of the old Marquis and embarked on the path of neutrality. Indeed! Neutrality is the survival way of the chamber of Commerce, but what does it have to do with us? We tried our best to control the Wimbledon chamber of Commerce, not to make it neutral, but to make it serve us. Now Sophia has plotted to seize our achievements. Can I tolerate her? ”Catherine said with anger in her eyes.

"Over the past few years, Sophia has constantly mobilized the people we placed in the Marquis's house. So far, most of our people have been transferred abroad by her. At the same time, she also made the York family buy a large number of cheap food through measures to curb the Kingdom's food prices. Williams pressed step by step, I didn't think Sophia did these things until Villepin sent a message about victor Information, I just woke up. What happened? "

"Your Majesty, do you mean that Sophia and the York family conspired to attack victor in the man horse hill in order to clear our hands in the Marquis house?" Ariel asked in horror.

Catherine nodded slowly, and Ariel felt cold all over.

After the death of the old Marquis, Sophia found Catherine, took out a will and asked Catherine to help her master the chamber of Commerce, on the condition that she would work for Catherine. Catherine agreed that the will had no effect. The contents of the will violated the blood inheritance rights of the Lord of the glorious code. So Catherine pushed the Senate to let Sophia choose a husband in the blood of the Wimbledon family, victor.

Ariel knew that Victor was Catherine's chosen husband for Sophia, because Victor awakened the blood of the moon elf. He was weak, difficult to bear, easy to control and difficult to have children. Legally speaking, Victor and Sophia's children are the legal successors to the Marquis of Wimbledon. If they don't have children, Sophia's position will not be stable. Catherine can calmly arrange and arrange people in the chamber of Commerce. In a few years, even if Sophia has an heir, she can't control the chamber of Commerce.

At the beginning, Sophia showed great favor to victor and spared no effort to cooperate with Catherine in placing people in the Marquis house. But with Ryan's death, Catherine's strength decreased greatly, and Sophia seized an opportunity.

Andre came to the king to seek marriage, which caused Catherine's uneasiness. Sophia took the opportunity to express to Catherine that she was willing to seduce Andre, so as to destroy the marriage. Catherine knew that if Sophia was pregnant with Andre's child, she would secure the position of marquis. But among the throne and the chamber of Commerce, Catherine chose the throne, and she agreed to Sophia's proposal. So Sophia kicked Victor to the horse hill to become lord.

However, Victor was attacked and all the people accompanying him were killed.

Those people were actually the hands arranged by the queen in the Marquis's house. At that time, Catherine's attention was in Wangdu and she had no energy to pay attention to it. After Andre's marriage failed, Catherine also received a letter from Baron Villepin. Villepin told Catherine that Victor was close to the York family. Catherine understood Sophia's plot.

"Sophia knows that Victor is the key to our control. As long as Sophia is not pregnant and Victor dies, her status will be questioned. Therefore, she unites the York family to clean up our people and entrust Victor to Sylvia for protection, so as to completely get rid of our control." Said Catherine bitterly.

"Sophia sent Victor to the York family. Isn't she afraid of being controlled by the York family?" Ariel doubted.

"The York family controls Victor, but not the Marquis house like us. Sophia is free." Sighed Catherine.

Ariel suddenly, originally Catherine in the Marquis house many eye liner and manpower, Sophia also showed obedience. Victor left the capital, and Catherine's men were killed, transferred and bought by Sophia. She is indeed free. Moreover, the York family will not be caught dead with Sophia in the most difficult period of the family. They need the Wimbledon chamber of Commerce to transfer materials to the man horse hills.

"Your Majesty, are you going to send someone to assassinate the little Baron?" Ariel calmed down and said, "Sophia is not pregnant yet, but she will visit Borui Kingdom soon. When she comes back, I think she will have a noble heir. If we decide to do it, we must hurry up."

"Assassination? No! It's very difficult to assassinate the person she wants to protect under Sylvia's eyes. At least we can't do it now. We'll get the little Baron back from the man horse hills and let him control the Wimbledon chamber of Commerce." Catherine smiled and said, "I'll send a letter to Villepin. He'll understand what to do."