The princesses all come to help me move the bricks [Infrastructure]

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The world of adults always seems to be a lot more "unbelievable". Enemies who were facing each other with swords one second can pretend to smile peacefully at each other the next second.

Anna herself felt very awkward when facing the nonchalant Hatton family members, but the other party didn't seem to feel anything at all. With such a thick skin, it is probably considered quite powerful.

Anna naturally couldn't have any flattering thoughts, and she didn't care that much about what they were thinking.

While it's frustrating to have to deal with all the machinations she has to deal with, she actually doesn't care as much as she thinks.

Strength is on the one hand, and on the other hand, even if Wang Chenglai's support team has other ideas, it is impossible for her to really suffer.

After all, Anna represents the face of the royal family. She is the person in charge and representative of the Kingdom of Lore. In addition, they were sent by the king. At present, the only heir, Maria, is on good terms with her, and there are no other possible officials. Now, it can be said that she is the most honorable in the entire kingdom except the king and Maria.

This time, there were two clerks, a full-time diplomat, a royal etiquette officer, a Weixi cultural etiquette expert, four full-time professional female servants responsible for basic necessities of life, and several other servants.

To be honest, it was the first time for Anna to have such a meeting.

She has also seen the old witch as a queen before, hugging her front and back, wearing gold and silver, and enjoying all kinds of extravagant daily life of the royal family. Father is a person who does not enjoy extravagant daily life. He and the former queen have always been famous for their simplicity, gentleness and naturalness, and they are not at all extravagant.

Correspondingly, Maria and the others are definitely not the kind of people who like luxury and luxury. Like the king's father, she rarely or even never does such high-profile and exaggerated things.

Anna always felt that Maria would become a queen, she would be a very kind and friendly king, able to understand the suffering of the people, a benevolent king no less than her father.

Right now, a few of them, especially those in charge of etiquette, are still rushing to make up lessons for her at the last moment, mainly about making friends with Mrs. Monroe and other local nobles in Ice City.

Anna thought about it, and felt that it was extremely troublesome, but these people seemed to be for her own good. Although sometimes they seemed too rigid, they were all carefully selected by the king to have servants with real skills and no bad intentions. Not the unappreciative type.

Anna sighed, and followed the social etiquette they asked for.

Fortunately, they have been together for about a week, and they also know Anna's temper. Although she has her own ideas and is even a little stubborn in some aspects, it's not that she can't listen to them. They can also achieve what they promised, at most there are some Her own arrogance and laziness, but as a royal princess and lord she also has this capital.

In this way, everyone basically turned a blind eye.

Besides, in this kind of dance occasion, everyone is basically supporting her, and no one will really give her face face to face.

In this way, Anna rested in Yisi City for more than two days, and participated in five social events, most of which were held by local nobles to prepare for the events specially prepared by the Weixi royal family when they came over.

Some people want to take this opportunity to get acquainted, and by the way, see if there is any cooperation and mutual benefit with the relevant nobles in Weixi, and some people are here to test Anna, to see if she, the "foreign minister", has relevant skills and how she behaves Some people are interested in Anna and Alan behind her, of course, some people want to take the opportunity to attach themselves to the royal family, and quite a few people want to test the list of going to sea this time.

Theoretically speaking, Weixi should have prepared relevant invitation letters and so on, but in reality, there are 600 people, and this quota must be worthwhile.

Half and half, there are 800 people left for the Lore Kingdom. Except for the important nobles who rushed to participate in other places, the rest will inevitably belong to the local nobles of Iss City. They will definitely have some The host is convenient, as if about half of the quota this time will be given to the Kingdom of Lore, in addition to this, there may only be 500 people from Weixi, and there are hundreds of guests invited from other countries. .

No matter from which point of view, this matter is an honor. Even if she is not considered to be the princess of Weixi, it is still worth talking about being able to participate in this sea trip once.

Everyone has no intention of doubting safety. It is an honor to be able to participate in the prince's coming-of-age ceremony that has been followed by the relevant guards of the Kingdom of Lore and the Kingdom of Weixi, and the relevant personnel of Weixi have prepared for several years.

The number of guests for Weixi or other distinguished guests must be fixed, but the number of guests for the host and the Kingdom of Lore must be loose.

Although it has been confirmed that the invited guests can bring their own people, in general, it still needs the consent of the person in charge here in the Kingdom of Lore, that is, Anna.

If Anna intends to select and control the quota here... Many people are trying to go this way, to see if they can join the ranks of going to sea.

Anna has been popularized by the female officer about this matter before. She herself has no idea of ​​giving advice, and she will not have the intention of forming a clique with someone who has a good relationship with her on board. Anyway, her Oran is more "independent" ", she doesn't know anyone, this aspect is really relatively loose.

When people related to Weixi come over, they will definitely mention the guests.

Lol is much stronger than Weixi. Even if Anna is receiving them, they will definitely show a higher standard, and they will attach great importance to the meaning of the Lol royal family represented by Anna.

The female officer told her that people from the Weixi royal family will definitely come to confirm the candidate with her, that is to say, on the surface, she is asked to help the palm eye staff to see if she has any ideas or questions, and in fact it is to control the guests for Anna opportunities for personnel.

If it is someone Anna doesn't like, she can cross it out without giving any reason, and Weixi will definitely give her face, as long as most of the guest list of hundreds of people is not replaced, basically Anna can adjust it as she pleases, and even said that Anna can give a list of invitations she likes, and then ask the other side to modify it.

Anna herself, however, refused.

She and the female officer made it very clear that she doesn't know much about the royal family and nobles of the Lore Kingdom, and the local nobles in Iss city don't know them. Emma Perrault, the second lady of Earl Luo's family.

In this way, she is not familiar with the Perot family, but only knows Emma.

Among the inviters this time, there is also the name of Emma Perot. In fact, Alisa, the only princess of the Kingdom of Lot, should also have it, but it is said that she has been politely rejected by the royal family of Lot.

Most of the eleven princes and one princess of the Lot Kingdom would not allow her to marry.

Over there, there is no idea of ​​uniting with the Kingdom of Weixi. As a princess, Alisa probably will not appear in Weixi's sea trips. She has participated in the birthday party held by Prince Weixi in her country before. If she participated in the event again, it would be easy to be misunderstood that she intended to "run for" the position of princess. Alisa did not have such an idea, and the royal family behind her declined the invitation for her.

Anna already knew about this matter from a well-informed female officer.

Later, she also received letters from two friends.

They kept in touch all the time. Although the post office in Oran was in the second district, it was not very convenient to send letters, but soon the post office in the first district would be built, and it would be convenient at that time.

Although Alisa will not come, Emma Perot will come.

Count Pero, behind Emma, ​​has been advising her on a suitable husband. Although he has no idea about this Prince Vesey, it does not prevent her from attending a few more balls to gain her reputation and get to know more people.

Emma herself doesn't have much interest in the partner. As a lady, she seems to have accepted the fate of being arranged to marry a "suitable person". If she must say it, she still hopes to choose a character For a fiancé who is fair, good-looking, and of similar background, her family is still lenient in this regard, at least they will not arrange crooked arrangements for her.

"If Emma comes, just let me know, or let her come to me directly?"

Anna reminded the female officer, and the female officer complied.

It was a bright and sunny day when Prince Weixi's army came.

At this time, the sea breeze is slight, the sky is blue, and the sun is comfortable. No one can say anything bad.

Prince Weixi's team of more than a thousand people came along the inland river on three boats.

They took the waterway and went to the old port of Yisi City. The new ports are all facing the sea, and they mainly take the road outside. There are river ports in the old area, but they are also connected to the new port.

Anna stood at the place dedicated to welcoming guests at the pier. She was at the very center and at the front. Next to her was her assistant who was also the diplomat this time. On the other side were the Monroes.

Theoretically, Mr. Monroe should be the top manager here, but Anna is a little girl after all, so Mrs. Monroe, as the female elder of relatives, also followed.

"It's pretty spectacular."

Anna whispered to the Mr. Diplomat next to him, he returned a polite smile, and Anna regained her expression.

I don't know if it is infected, but the kitten in Anna's arms is also very cute today.

The little cat insisted on coming, but Anna didn't make it difficult for the servant in the end, she simply agreed to bring it with her, so after the little white cat was washed for nothing, she dressed up and did not know where to find the staff who specialize in taking care of pets. , trimmed the cat's hair, and tied a nice bow tie loosely around its neck.

The kitten stayed in Anna's arms. After Weixi's people arrived, Anna would give him to a dedicated servant, and then went up to greet Prince Weixi for a while. The general content was that today's weather is very good , I am very happy to welcome the guests from the Kingdom of Weixi. They are the team of the Kingdom of Lol, and she is very happy to see them as the royal princess... Then she symbolically praised Weixi's demeanor and scene, and waited for the other party to respond. After coming to praise or thank the Kingdom of Lore for its attention and help, Anna continued to praise.

In the end, Anna needs to lead the conversation to the local area, that is, the city of Yisi, and then let the manager of Yisi City, Mr. Monroe, talk to the staff of Weixi, that is, ask him to introduce one or two things to Prince Weixi. Tell me about the local conditions and customs of Yisi City, and express the friendship and diplomatic relations between the two countries.

The female officials have simulated with Anna more than once. Although they already know the personalities and habits of Prince Weixi and his main and important guests according to the intelligence, just in case, they still give out tricky or normal ones. session.

The important thing is that in this kind of situation where there are dozens or hundreds of people on our side and hundreds of people on the other side, it is best for Anna not to make mistakes, and she must not lose face. Certainly not.

Although the people around Anna are all human beings, Prince Weixi and others on the other side are probably not really stupid, but just in case, and they can't let the other party underestimate the Lore Kingdom, and at the same time, they can't make them feel neglected.

In short, for the friendly relations between the two countries, Anna really paid a lot.

Sometimes she couldn't help but wonder why Prince Weixi was messing around, wasn't he just going out to sea, so much shit.

Antonio Vesi was a tall prince with short curly brown-blonde hair. He was wearing the traditional costume of the Kingdom of Vesi. The pattern on the hem of the clothes was exactly the same as the logo on the ship.

As a prince, his appearance is not low, at least objectively speaking, he is not much worse than other princes I have seen before——

Although Anna has never seen a few real princes, he does have a completely different style from the princes of Württemberg.

The one from Württemberg looks more personable, and this one looks more powerful without looking too muscular and flamboyant.

Anna and he exchanged compliments for about 10 to [-] minutes according to the process, and there were people around who praised each other from time to time to keep up. None of the worst-case scenarios that had been estimated before had happened.

I don't know if Prince Weixi felt the same way, but anyway, Anna was slightly relieved.

The river port is not as spacious as the new port. They need to walk a short distance, about 5 minutes, to reach the place where the carriage stops.

Fortunately, the topic has been thrown to Mr. Monroe at this time. The Monroe couple are relatively familiar with these things, and soon the prince and the princesses behind him burst out laughing, and they felt a lot more relaxed.

Anna used her fan to cover up a little bit, and at the same time quietly observed the princesses who followed her from the corner of her eye.

These are all princesses from the neighboring countries of Weixi, and they came here with the big team. They are all "event witnesses" hand-picked or grandly invited by King Weixi and his wife. Of course, this is just a title. Everyone knows the real situation, and they are very likely to be candidates for the princess.

Anna observed for a while, judging by her appearance, the girl who seemed a little indifferent walking in the center should be the strongest in the country behind her, and among the people analyzed by the female officials, she was most likely to become Weixi princess people.

She looks a little arrogant, the most important thing is her brows and eyes are cold, she doesn't talk to the princesses or other people around her very much, but she is dressed in gorgeous clothes - of course, none of the people present are dressed in shabby clothes, look at the attribute column There is nothing special about the relevant situation, but Anna just feels inexplicably that she should be well-raised and the country's strength should be good.

Although Anna thinks that they are not as good-looking as her little friends, but thinking that Cinderella and others should belong to the ceiling of the beauty of princesses in this world, it may be a bit too embarrassing for ordinary princesses to compare them with them.

Anna stared at it for a while, and the other party seemed to be very sensitive to the sight. The two looked at each other unexpectedly. The somewhat indifferent princess showed a polite smile, and Anna nodded with her, looking very comfortable.

However, she noticed at the same time that when the princess looked at Prince Weixi, she had a different expression, that kind of expression that was more abstract and could make pink bubbles, probably called "Admiration". Something like this.

But it should not be complete admiration, or something slightly shallower called goodwill.

Anna and her assistants have analyzed before that among all the candidates for the princess, this princess should be the most suitable. If she nods, it is impossible for Prince Weixi not to choose her, and she is also the most outstanding in all aspects. It is said that Weixi Prince Xi did express his affection for certain ladies at the coming-of-age ball.

But at present, they are not yet married, and the engagement has not been confirmed. It must be that one party has not been fully determined. Anna and they are probably stuck on the princess's side. Maybe she still wants to consider Prince Weixi.

Of course, there is another possibility that the countries behind them have already contacted, but after all, it is the marriage of two countries, and it also involves the issue of union, so there may be more things to discuss, so even if the people who have been approved , still no news from the other party.

"It's like this..." Prince Weixi took the initiative to mention and introduce the content of this related event.

"..." Anna withdrew her attention and listened to him explain the details.

Although I know the general details of the traditional sea-going activities of the Weixi Kingdom, every year or every activity has some differences, that is, there may be some "characteristics".

In this regard, they need to confirm with Weixi. If the other party needs help, the Lore Kingdom will definitely provide corresponding help according to the king's will. If it is a project they need to participate in, they must also confirm the details, especially related The issue of security, and the day of actually going to sea.

Everyone got into the carriage together. Anna, the Monroe couple, the diplomat, Prince Vesey and his attendants got into the first and most gorgeous carriage, and people got into the rear one after another.

"We brought a sea priest with us on this trip..."

Anna blinked, and relevant content immediately appeared in her mind.

The sea priest is a unique profession in a country with a tradition of going to the sea like the Weixi Kingdom. It is similar in nature to the divination and stargazers in the Temple of Light. Any clergy in the Temple of Light, because the sea priest is a special name in the local culture, is a person who specializes in divination and observation for activities related to water such as going to sea.

Anna didn't know if this sea priest was someone with special talents, but bringing someone here meant that it was as expected, and they really needed to prepare for the divination activity.

That is to say, Yisi City needs to hold a simple ceremony for the divination activity of going to sea. At that time, the sea priest directly selects the date of going to sea and announces it.

that's the truth.

Prince Weixi said that they have prepared the relevant materials, and the sea priest will also perform divination at that time, but he will not follow the sea, and will perform blessing activities during the sea, until they return from sailing, he will return to the country with them.

On the side of Yisi City, a suitable place needs to be prepared, and most of them need to cooperate with the sea priest who has a bit of a temper, and choose the place through him.

They don't know what the sea priest's criteria are for choosing the location of the divination and sacrifice, but they have estimated a few possible addresses before, and it will be fine for someone to take him to find it.

"There is no problem." Anna replied, and then looked at Mr. Monroe, "Mr. Monroe will take care of this matter. He is a very good manager and loves the people of Iss City very much. Also very knowledgeable about the local area.”

"You're being polite, Grand Duke. I'm just doing my duty." Mr. Monroe was polite, but the smile on his face was not the same, and they started a discussion on the spot to show sincerity.

Everyone returned to the resting place, and it was only then that Anna was notified that the carriage of the Perot family had arrived at their special residence in the local area.

Soon, Anna received Emma's post. She knew that her friend was not very patient with this form, but as a person who was used to this, she still would not let herself have any omissions in etiquette place.

"Ask her to come here quickly."

Anna asked someone to invite her directly, and the post was accepted.

Emma also came here after taking a break, and changed into a new makeup and costume that is said to be popular in Wangcheng recently.

"What's the matter with this lip color?" Anna was startled when she saw it, "Why is it purple? Are you sick?"

"You're just sick!" Emma's expression collapsed in an instant, and she looked very displeased, but she didn't go out and ate a lot of Anna's snacks before answering.

"It's the latest fad."

"..."

Anna frowned, looked at it carefully, and said, "I don't think it's suitable for you."

"I don't want you to think, I want me to think." Emma laughed after she finished speaking.

"What's the matter, aren't you full?" Anna saw that she was getting snacks again, and she didn't have such a temper in her impression.

"It's not a matter of seeing each other."

"what happened?"

"My weight seems to be a little bigger than the average girl..."

"What?" Anna couldn't believe it, "You're not fat at all."

"But there is no way, my mother thinks that my body is not perfect, especially not slender and attractive, so since a few months ago, in order to ensure that I can show my best posture at the summer ball, all I have been ordered to reduce my weight. eat..."

Emma sighed.

"I almost don't know what sugar and meat taste like, and I just eat grass and grass all day long!"

"You are too miserable." Anna glanced at Emma's attributes. After all, the status bar still showed that she was healthy, so she was relieved.

"People are staring at me all day long, and the maid next to me won't let me touch the extra food at all, so that it can be stuffed into the waist... It's outrageous." Emma patted the table.