Chapter 337：

On the night before Advent Day, a dinner was held in the lord's mansion in Huxin Town. Paul invited various important figures from the military and government departments to gather together to celebrate the coming of the new year.

According to the custom, as the lord, he should give a speech at the beginning of the banquet. Everyone saw that the lord was holding a piece of paper and staring at it intently, while reading the content on it.

In fact, this article is quite good (people who work next to Paul can easily recognize that it must have been written by the chief secretary, Baron Bernard Francis). As far as the text is concerned, it is praised in gorgeous but not exaggerated rhetoric. The hard work of all the people in the past year introduces with enthusiasm the major achievements in the territory, including agriculture, industry, and commerce, and highlights the major victory in the War of the Usher, which not only destroyed Kent. The family has always been a major threat to the territory, and brought the rich land of Emden under the jurisdiction of the Government Council, with more population, more wealth, more raw materials, and a bigger market. More importantly, this war has greatly changed the embarrassing position of the Greiman family in the Northwest Gulf. Not only has it gained its own reputation, it has also forged bonds with the Parker family, the Heller family, and even the newly promoted Northwest Duke Henry Ferdinand. Relatively solid friendship has formed a de facto community of interests.

In particular, Northwest Industries, initiated by Arda and participated by all the lords, this so-called arms company in Paul's mouth, continues to supply the kingdom's army with low-priced but not low-quality weapons. It once entered the field of vision of the high-level people in the kingdom, and earned gold coins to share the interests of all the lords in the northwest, so that Arda's image among the lords has risen to a higher level.

However, once the mighty development history is spoken by the lord, it seems as plain as plain water to everyone's ears.

This was a torment for both parties. After finally finishing the last word, Paul announced the start of the banquet as if he had been pardoned, and the atmosphere in the hall suddenly became lively.

"Excellent, my lord earl! We are very excited by your speech!"

After Paul [flees back] to his seat, Hansel applauds him with a grin.

After giving Hansel a blank look, Paul ignored him. This guy was obviously teasing him.

"Count, you really need to practice the art of speaking in front of the public." Irene said helplessly. She had seen her father's thick and powerful voice when he summoned the ministers in the hall, and she had also seen her sister impassionedly motivating her subordinates in the military camp. , Compared with them, Paul's speech just now is really not on the stage.

"This is already very good." The Earl was very satisfied with his own performance, "At least I didn't mispronounce a word."

He recalled his experience when he was on earth. In front of the leader or in front of everyone, even if he was reading a manuscript, he would make mistakes, and his brain gradually became blank. He didn't know what he read after the call .

The people sitting near Paul were all core personnel from the Government Council and the army. They met frequently on weekdays, and they were no longer restrained.

Among the people present was Admiral Austin, who came here from Fulan Port. When he was half drunk, he suddenly slapped himself on the forehead, and said with some annoyance, "I was too busy drinking, and I almost delayed my work."

He stood up and walked to Irene's side, the director of education showed a curious look in his eyes.

Austin carefully took out an envelope and handed it to Irene, "Sister Betty, this letter was entrusted to you when our fleet was in Westport.

Jingyao? Irene's heart jumped suddenly, and then she and the assistant next to her, Liya, looked at each other, and they both saw the doubts in each other's eyes.

Since it is from Jingyao, nine out of ten it is my parents or sister, do they know that they are in the Northwest Bay?

"Sister Betty? Sister Betty?"

Seeing that Irene was stunned, Austin called her out.

"Eh? Ah, ok, thanks."

Irene came back to her senses, responded hastily, stood up and took the envelope with both hands. She anxiously handed the letter to Liya for safekeeping, and finally gave Liya a scrutinizing look.

Liya, who is also an assistant and bodyguard, felt tense, Her Highness the Princess suspected that I had tipped off Jingyao, right?

Paul asked very interestedly: "Betty, do you have relatives in Jingyao?" Then he immediately responded, "Oh, I'm sorry, I was confused, haha."

He suddenly thought of the surname 【Dias】. The current Queen is also from the Dias family of the Gabela Empire. Isn't that obvious?

"Haha, that's it..."

Irene smiled awkwardly. At that time, she just changed her mother's surname in a hurry. It seems that Earl Graham now really regards her as a member of the Gabera Dias family.

Forget it, so be it.

Irene and Liya spent the entire banquet with mixed feelings.

After the banquet, Irene hurriedly took Liya back to the residence, and immediately interrogated her female guard and assistant. Of course, Irene has no doubts about the loyalty of the female guards to her, but even for reasons of loyalty, Liya may also inform the capital, after all, most people will not think that a princess has been outside for a long time. ] is a good thing.

As a result of the interrogation, Irene concluded based on her own judgment that the female guard had not informed the capital. So who found out where she lives now?

Irene couldn't figure it out after thinking about it, so UU Reading turned her attention to the content of the letter, and a strong nostalgia welled up in her heart.

During the dinner, she excused herself to leave for a while, went to a lonely place and quietly read the letter over and over several times. The letter was written in a handwriting she didn't recognize, but it was easy to tell from the style of the words and sentences that it was her mother's.

Perhaps because he was afraid of being seen by others in the middle, he used "you" and "me" throughout the article, without revealing any specific identity information.

The letter confides how much I miss Irene, complains why she is still angry and does not go back, and repeatedly emphasizes that she will not be forced to make compromises in the marriage. In the end, I asked Irene to go back and reunite quickly with a pleading tone, preferably before Advent Day.

The letter brought Irene to tears, and it took her a long time to tidy up before she dared to take a seat at the banquet.

"Sister, we have been away from home for a long time, it's time to go back and have a look."

After Liya read the content of the letter, she also advised Irene.

After hearing this, Irene felt a strong sense of shame. The other party had accompanied her for nearly two years in an unfamiliar place without complaint, but she also had her own relatives.

Finally, Irene wiped the corners of her eyes, and her longing for her relatives overcame everything. She shook the female guard's hand: "You're right, Liya, it's time for us to go home and have a look."

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