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Chapter 158 Mary's Bottom Line and New Crisis
"Anyone who's not stupid should be aware of the Doyle family's financial resources. It's not surprising that they're trying to curry favor with the Empire's new nobility. Besides, hosting a ball to welcome Glennan Doyle was simply something a consul had to do. It didn't seem to be particularly flattering."

Yasin Matic didn't think Li En was deliberately trying to please Glennan Doyle.

Because he showed no mercy to Glennan Doyle's men in the game, and in the end he did not give away the precious regional card.

Most people, knowing that Glennan Doyle was obsessed with Empire cards, would probably give away their treasured regional cards. After all, regional cards like Green Shade Territory were already considered garbage among regional cards, with a market value of no more than 10 gold, and were not even as valuable as the Fire Witch's item cards.

Yasin Matic didn't like Lien Moria, but he spoke to the point without any personal emotions, which was one of the reasons why Mary always trusted him.

Unfortunately, although he is very talented in the field of knights, his brain is not very smart.

He agrees with most people.

Most of the nobles thought that Lee En was just being friendly and did not think that he was trying to please the newly appointed Minister of War Glennan Doyle, but Mary had an extremely keen sense of smell.

She didn't think that the man who had never shown any interest in Empire cards before suddenly displayed extraordinary card skills because he simply wanted to be a good governor of Yusofa.

Mary asked the intelligence department to complete Lee En Moriah's information. The specialties mentioned therein were only map surveying, blacksmithing, and remarkable business talent. The Empire card was not included.

If Lee En Moriah hadn't deliberately concealed something and wanted to deliberately get close to Glennan Doyle, Mary couldn't think of any other possibility.

What was his reason for approaching Glennan Doyle?
Green Shade Territory's dire economic situation? Its massive debt? These problems could be solved once she and Li En jointly annexed Blue Moon Territory, without the help of the Doyle family.

Is it because of Doyle's beautiful sister? No, who can compare to Nancy Stuart?

After ruling out all the possible reasons, Mary thought there was only one possibility left.

He wanted to get involved in his own military and political affairs.

This was something Mary would never allow to happen.

Li En can do anything ridiculous, even ignore his chief knight, but he must never reach out to his own army.

Thinking of this, Mary crushed the glass in her hand.

"Do you think there's something wrong with Lee En Moriah?"

Yasin Matić asked doubtfully. He had always trusted Mary's judgment because she never made mistakes.

Mary couldn't be 100% sure that Li En wanted to betray her, but since he had done something that crossed her bottom line, Mary would never let it go.

"I don't know yet, but I think it's necessary to invite Li En to Black Rose Castle and tell him that I have something very important to discuss with him."

"now?"

Yasin Matic felt it was late enough. Lee En Moriah was probably still resting.

But thinking that he would most likely rest with his arms around Nancy Stuart, Yasin Matic felt that now was a good time and he must invite him over immediately, so he led the Knights to set off immediately.

Half an hour later, the entrance of Blueberry Manor was surrounded by the Rose Knights led by Yasin Matic.

Annie came to Li En's bedroom door to pass on the message.

"Master Li En, Yasin Matic is at the gate of the manor. He said that Master Mary has something urgent to discuss and wants to see you now."

"Now?"

Li En, who had just fallen asleep, sat up from the bed and looked at the time on his pocket watch. It was 12:20 midnight. At this time, Mary wanted to summon him.

Either she had figured it out and wanted to stop being an old maid, or she had realized the little tricks she was doing right under her nose.

Those insignificant little movements are noticed, but the most important thing is the big movements hidden within them.

Li En believed that Mary should not have discovered that he and Catherine were secretly working together to instigate many of her female spies to rebel.

Therefore, in order not to alert the enemy, Li En had no choice but to obey the order and go to Black Rose Castle.

"Yes, it's coming with such force, it doesn't look like it's going to be a good thing. Do you want to find a reasonable excuse?"

Anne asked.

Nancy Stuart also appeared at his bedroom door. She knew Mary better than Anne did.
"Lady Mary may have become suspicious. If we refuse, it may lead to even worse consequences."

"Like a breakdown of the alliance?"

Lee En asked.

Nancy Stuart nodded.

"But if you don't want to take the risk, we can choose not to go. The route Father Simo provided is safe, and we can evacuate Youssoufa at any time."

"I'm not going to give up what I have now."

Li En shrugged and decided to follow Yasin Matic into the Black Rose Castle.

He quickly changed into his casual clothes, and Inna followed him as his personal maid. He didn't even bring Nancy Stuart and Anne with him.

This is the second time that Li En has boarded Yasin Matic's carriage.

Only this time, Nancy Stuart was not accompanying them.

This made Yasin Matic both surprised and disappointed, but does this prove that they did not sleep together?
Thinking of this, Yasin Matic felt a little better.

"Lord Yasin, your carriage is still very comfortable. If one day you no longer want to be a knight, perhaps you can consider applying for the position of carriage manager here."

Li En raised an eyebrow. A noble's vehicle manager was actually a groom, responsible for maintaining the vehicle and providing a comfortable driving experience for the noble. The salary was not low, but to say this to a knight was absolutely insulting.

Yasin Matic sneered twice and decided to let Li En continue to be crazy for another ten minutes. When he arrived at the Black Rose Castle, he would know what he would face.

"Believe me, my coachman gets to see my beautiful mistress, Nancy Stuart, every day. You seemed disappointed that you didn't see her just now. Oh, she's so tired and is lying in the soft big bed now. I didn't have the heart to wake her. A man like me always makes his woman suffer unusually. There's nothing I can do about it; it's just a man's gift."

Li En shook his head and sighed.

The second half of the sentence caused 10,000 points of critical damage to Yasin Matic.

His blood pressure had skyrocketed.

Yasin Matic couldn't help but reach out and grab Li En's slender neck.

"Believe it or not, I will kill you right now."

Li En certainly did not mean to provoke Yasin Matic for nothing. He just wanted to judge Mary's attitude through Yasin Matic's attitude.

The fact that Yasin Matic dared to strangle himself directly proved that he was about to face a major crisis this time.

The next step is to consider whether or not to continue gambling.

It seems that his open flattery of the new Minister of War has offended Mary.

"Oh, Master Yasin Matic, I was just joking. You're a six-star Glory Knight, are you really going to bother with me, a three-star Knight? If you tell anyone about this, it'll sound like a senior bullying a junior."

Li En showed weakness and said that the purpose of his test had been achieved, so there was no need to continue to anger Yasin Matic. At this time, saying some soft words to ease the conflict was the best option.

There is no benefit in fighting Yasin Matic now, and it may even give Mary a new excuse to punish herself.

Although Mary would ask Yasin Matic to tolerate her again and again, it did not mean that Mary really valued herself more and ignored her teacher and chief knight.

"Humph."

Yasin Matic glared at Li En.

Li En really understood him and knew that he would never joke about the honor of a knight. A six-star honor knight would not bother to attack a three-star knight, because it was really disrespectful.

"Master Yasin Matic, could you tell me why Lady Mary wanted to see me so late at night? Could it be that she wanted to discuss the Empire Card with me late at night?"

Li En touched his neck which was pinched red and said shamelessly.

"Humph."

Yasin Matic snorted again and did not give Li En any response.

He didn't want to say another word to Lee En Moriah.

The carriage was silently escorted by the Knights into the Black Rose Castle.

The castle, planted with roses, was as bright as day under the lights at night, with maids and servants walking around.

Li En and Yasin Matic walked through the long corridor and arrived at Mary's palace.

Mary sat at the top, holding a brand new wine glass in one hand, which was filled with bright red blood.

The smell of blood stimulated Li En's nerves.

He knew Mary was definitely not a vampire, but what was this cup of blood? A side effect of Sequence 5 Ripper?

"Lady Mary, I heard from Knight Yasin Matic that you have something to ask me?"

"Yes, I want you to stay in Black Rose Castle for a while."

Mary said with a smile.

Is she going to put me under house arrest? It seems that the contact with Glennan Doyle really made her unhappy.

"Oh, that's what I want. I always think Black Rose Castle is more comfortable than Blueberry Manor."

Li En responded with a smile.

"That's good. Don't worry, I'll ask Nancy to accompany you. Oh, and if you still feel lonely, I can even find a group of nobles to play Empire cards with you."

It's the way to go.

This made Li En alert. Did Mary want to cut off his source of income directly?

"No need. Although I have some talent for Empire cards, I don't actually like them."

Li En frankly said, "I picked up the Empire brand again on a whim. Plus, I heard that Lord Glennan Doyle seemed to like the Empire brand as well, so I just wanted to cater to his tastes and build a good relationship with him."

"Oh, you're quite frank. Why do you want to establish a good relationship with Glennan Doyle?"

Mary asked smoothly.

Li En shrugged his shoulders, his body relaxed, but his tone was extremely sincere, as if he was talking to an old friend.

"Although I have received the approval of my grandfather, Grand Duke Moria, the Moria family has long since stopped providing financial support to us, Green Shade Territory Moria.

"If we can introduce the Doyle family's railway company to Green Shade Territory, we can change the embarrassing situation of Green Shade Territory having only one railway. After all, I am the lord of Green Shade Territory. Besides eating, drinking and having fun, I still have to pay more attention to the construction of the territory.

"Oh, even though I inherited my uncle's estate, my Green Shade Territory is still in debt. You can't imagine what a shabby place my father left me."

This statement can fool almost 90% of people, even Mary finds it credible.

"Don't you want to do some arms business with Glennan Doyle?"

Mary took a sip of the bright red liquid in the glass, and blood stained her red lips.

It was the blood of a betrayer she had just killed.

Even a cruel overlord like Mary would occasionally have some outliers who wanted to break free from her control.

Their fate is basically the same.

"arms?"

Li En's eyes lit up. "It sounds like a lot of money, but unfortunately, I don't have the resources. However, Green Shade Territory is rich in anesthetics. If the Rose Army needs them after the war begins, they can indeed purchase them from us. As an ally, I will sell them to you at the lowest price."

Most of Mary's doubts have been dispelled, but she still does not allow Li En to get involved in the army. She decides to keep Li En by her side and make further tests.

If Li En really wanted to reach out to his own army, it would mean that Li En was also an undercover agent hidden beside him, and perhaps he was secretly helping Catherine, wanting to give him a head-on blow at a critical moment.

So, if he brought Grace, the woman Catherine always wanted to take back home, with him, Li En would definitely take action.

There is at least a 60% chance that the baby in Grace's belly is Lor's.

The Blue Moon Territory absolutely needs this child and will not let him wander around outside.

Next, let’s see what choice Li En will make.

"It seems that you really don't have this idea. I misunderstood you."

Mary gave the maid a look, and the maid placed another glass filled with human blood on a silver tray and handed it to Li En.

Li En smelled the strong smell of blood and frowned.

"Mrs. Mary, what is this?"

"Oh, the blood of a traitor, but he was once a subordinate I admired. I don't want him to leave me, so I drink his blood to commemorate his sacrifice for me and for the Rose Territory."

Mary raised her glass and clinked it with Li En.

Li En's mouth twitched. "I don't like this taste. If Lady Mary wants to remind me that the fate of betraying you is to be squeezed, there's really no need. I cherish life very much, and I particularly like Nancy. It's impossible for me to betray you."

"You really don't want to drink?"

"I've had enough to drink tonight, and I'm afraid I'll make a mess of this beautiful palace."

"Ok."

Mary did not force Li En. She drank the blood wine by herself and then said,

"Grace, do you know?"

"Who?"

"Lore Jackson's mistress, Grace."

"Oh, your husband's mistress, what happened to her?"

"She's already arrived in Yusofa. She's pregnant, but she's in a terrible mood. To cheer her up, I want you to live in Black Rose Castle. I know you're good at counseling women. You must have a way to cheer her up, right? The baby in her belly is very important to us."

Mary said slowly.

Li En touched his chin and said, "Although I am good at making people laugh, I really have no interest in pregnant women. Lady Mary, are you really not going to consider finding someone else?"

Mary shook her head. "You are the person I trust the most. You are good at painting, telling stories, telling jokes, and playing cards. There is really no one more suitable than you. You won't let me down, will you?"

"Of course, although it's a bit of a waste of your talents, I will do my best."

Li En accepted the temptation. It was a good opportunity for him to get in touch with Grace.

(End of this chapter)