Why did the lord rebel

Chapter 281 Internal Intelligence
"This is my fiance's house, why can't I be here?"

——Isa Sandria walked gracefully into the back garden of Igor's mansion, stretched out her hand to take off the white velvet coat she was wearing, hung it on the fence of the back garden, and leaned towards the lord with a smile come over.

The horse boys in Shuangfengling retreated with a tacit understanding:
Obviously, everyone has reached a certain consensus in their hearts: don't get too close to the countess of the stigmata, or you will become unlucky...

However, since Xia Houyan was still lying on the hammock, he obviously couldn't escape.

So, Isa Sandria went straight to the side of the hammock, and then pressed the corner of her skirt with one hand, and wrapped her arms around the lord's neck with the other, bent her waist, and sat down on the hammock leaning against her fiancé.

Although the weather was getting cooler, the Countess of the Stigmata was still wearing the thin tight-fitting long skirt under the coat.

So a certain unscrupulous lord didn't know where to put his hands and eyes.

Only Katerina stared at Isa Sandria's eyes, becoming more and more dangerous.

Yisha, who was leaning on the lord's chest, also stared back without flinching.

It was also at this tense moment that Victor Laurie, the chief mage of the Igor family, was able to prove to everyone that he was able to survive for so many years in a world full of malice, relying on his true skills:

Because the master suddenly seemed to remember something, and exclaimed:

"Oh, Chris, we didn't seem to have finished the game of Marne! I had an advantage at that time!"

Chris Mann protested indignantly:
"Why! I still have two spy cards in my hand!"

"Then I still have your rich businessman in my hand!" Master Laurie said sternly, "No, we must decide the outcome of this game of Marne! We can't let you just run away like this!"

"Who is afraid of whom!" As a young man, Chris was quite aggressive.

Captain Cousins ​​even raised his arms and shouted: "As the number one player in Eagle's Rest, I want to see who among you can win!"

So a large group of Shuangfengling scum, under the leadership of Master Laurie and Chris, all ran away to play cards, leaving the Lord Lord and two noble ladies who were in a tense atmosphere in the back garden...

Katerina and Isa didn't seem to notice the chatter of this group of people, and they were still staring at each other sharply.

In the end, it was Katerina who spoke with a cold face:

"Countess Sandria, we will set off to return to the territory in a short time, I hope you will take good care of yourself in the imperial capital..."

"What's the hurry!" Isa chuckled, and arched her head towards her fiancé's chest, "At least we have to wait until all the competitions of the 'St. Augustus Festival' are over! You left so early, Elliott He must miss me!"

Katerina's cold eyes swept across the Lord Lord's face.

The official Xiahou knew that everything he said at this time was wrong, so he simply continued to pretend to be dumb - under the pressure of his sister, Ya even stopped his dishonest palm for a moment.

Katerina stared at Isa Sandria for a while, then suddenly shook her head and sighed, her pitiful eyes seemed to be blaming herself, why did she go against the norm with a small hoof like Isa Sandria tit for tat, Lost identity in vain;
Then, Miss Igor relaxed her expression and said softly:

"Forget it, Isa, you can stay with Elliot for a while these days, I will ask Mr. Black to clean up a guest room for you, if you want, you can live in Elliot's bedroom...You young people I love to play around by nature, before we go back to the wasteland and Elliott is not married yet, I should let you enjoy the short good time now..."

Listening to Katerina's words, Isa Sandria had a smile on her face at first, but the smile froze immediately:
What is "while Elliott is not married yet"?
What is a "short good time"?
Hey Hey hey!Miss Ben, I am Elliot's fiancée!

Even if he is married, he must marry me!
I should be the one who continues to sleep with him, right?
Why, according to what you said, it seems that after a few days, I have separated from Shuangfengling? !

What has become of that lady?

"Lord Frost Maple Ridge's temporary lover during his stay in the imperial capital"? !
Seeing that Isa had the tendency to jump up from the hammock and settle accounts with Katerina physically, Xia Houyan stretched out his arms to wrap around Isa's slender waist, and fixed the angry chick in his arms.

"Let me go!" Isa struggled for a while, but she had no strength.

Katerina looked at her brother annoyed.

"Be honest!" The lord finally couldn't bear it anymore, "What's the matter with you two? Can't you just meet without quarreling?!"

"Ask her that!" The two chicks pointed at each other at the same time.

At this moment, Xia Houyan has begun to miss the happy life in Shuangfengling very much: Compared with the obedient and obedient personal maids and elf slaves, these noble ladies in the empire are really fucking hard to deal with!
However, in order to maintain his dignity as a lord, he still said in a trembling voice:

"Calm down! The elites of the empire have just been attacked by orcs and suffered heavy casualties. A majestic earl of the empire has become a ghost. Do you still have the mind to quarrel here?!"

Isa and Katerina looked at the lord at the same time, with stunned expressions.

Of course, they were not aware of their mistakes and were heartbroken;

It's purely because, why didn't they see before that the lord of Shuangfengling is such an upright man who worries about the country?
"I'm serious!" Seeing the teasing eyes of these two chicks, Xia Houyan felt even more passionate, "Do you know that when I was investigating the dead wood forest issue with Lord Rivera in the Crown District these few days, What did His Excellency the Duke tell me?"

This sounds like a serious business.Katerina froze for a moment and asked:

"What did you say?"

Even Isa sat up a little bit, no longer clinging to her fiancé's arms like ooze.

Xia Houyan frowned and said:
"Lord Duke Rivera told me that the war in the Eastern Territory...may be more pessimistic than what we currently know."

Katerina and Isa glanced at each other.

Long before the opening of the "St. Augustus Festival", the news that the Grand Duke Rosario fought the orcs in the east and lost the battle had caused a lot of trouble in the city, and even the vendors in the old imperial capital who sold snacks at the gate of the city knew about it;
In fact, including the rounding up of spies by the city defense army and the ambushes of the imperial elite Kemal Manor, to a large extent, it may even be a chain reaction caused by the defeat of the Eastern Frontier War. If the war is still in a stalemate, the Eastern Federation may not have enough to spare The tentacles extended to the core area of ​​the empire's rule.

But now Katerina and Isa think about it carefully. Regarding the specific situation of the war in the east, there is really no official news from the imperial capital. The entire imperial court and the imperial military headquarters are secretive about the situation in the east - rumors on the streets Although there are many, they are obviously not enough to be believed.

And Lord Jose Rivera, the Duke of Sanshuiwan, can basically be regarded as the leading nobleman in the empire with the Grand Duke Rosario. Although the Duke Rivera does not control the entire country like the Grand Duke Rosario The Eastern Army, but because it sits on Sanshuiwan, the economic lifeline of the empire, the status and influence of Duke Rivera in the political circles of the empire cannot be underestimated.

People like this must know information that ordinary nobles can't get to!
Seeing that the two chicks had calmed down, Xia Houyan secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and said in a low voice:

"According to Lord Rivera, more than a month ago, the Eastern Army of the Empire suffered the biggest defeat since the war began! Not only did the 'Fire Front' completely fall, the entire Eastern Army was also driven back by the federal troops. For three hundred miles, the defense line is being reorganized in the Burning Crystal Canyon—in other words, the flames of war will soon reach the territory of the Stardust Protectorate and approach Eternal Sun City!"

Isa opened her mouth, not knowing what to say.

Eternal Sun City is the empire's most important city in the east. Ever since it was lent to the Stardust Protectorate of the elves as its capital, this ancient human city has become a megacity where two races live together. The logistics hub of the front line.

Grand Duke Rosario suffered a defeat, but it is actually nothing, victory or defeat is a common matter in military affairs!But this defeat lasted hundreds of miles, and it seemed that Yongsun City was about to be exposed to the blades of the orc wolf cavalry. This was too unlike the style of the brave and skilled Eastern Army!

And the words of Duke Rivera that Xia Houyan relayed next were like a blockbuster:

"The Duke also told me that even the Grand Duke Rosario himself was injured by an arrow during the retreat, and he is still bedridden until now-I dare not tell Eldridge about this, lest he Impulsively, I will go back to the East to avenge the Grand Duke..."

"No." Katerina said with a wry smile, "A lazy person like Commander Ai shouldn't do such a thing..."

"It won't be the best. The eastern region is in chaos now." Xia Houyan sighed, "Have you noticed that Master Begrade and the others have been so busy these days that he couldn't even send me a maid?" Didn't show up in person? The old nest of their Stardust Protectorate is in Eversun City, Belgrade and Elf Ambassador Enrique Frostblade must have known that the situation in the East is not good... Duke Rivera said, Right now, the Imperial Army and the imperial court are suppressing the information from the East, at least they have to wait until St. Augustus’ Day is over before making it public, so as not to cause trouble..."

"Then... will the Eastern Army still be able to withstand it?" Katerina asked cautiously.

"If you can't stand it, you have to stand it." Xia Houyan gritted his teeth, "The Burning Crystal Canyon and the Yongri Mountains are the last barriers of the empire in the east. Once they are broken through, the imperial capital may be fine, but the entire eastern plain will be left alone." The cavalry galloped and ravaged... Fortunately, the terrain of the Yongri Mountains is complex, and the Eastern Army should be able to hold on for a while, waiting for the support of the Central Army and the Northern Army."

"Why did the orc suddenly become so powerful?" Isa frowned.

"It is said that the army of the Glorious Federation is suddenly equipped with a secret weapon..." Xia Houyan sighed, "Duke Rivera told me that it is a giant monster called 'Ice Demon Mammoth', which was regarded as a monster by the orcs. Fortified weapons, use the mammoth charge to beat the Eastern Army so that mom doesn't even know it!"

(End of this chapter)