Chapter 151: Broken engagement?
To be honest, Duanmu Huai didn't expect that he would be able to watch such a good show if he just came to the banquet out of boredom.
The main reason why he agreed to An Lai's participation in this banquet was because the Guardian civilization was currently being rebuilt, and Duanmu Huai had nothing to do for the time being. So when An said that there was a noble dinner inviting them to attend, Duanmuhuai agreed.
After all, it was his first time to attend such a noble dinner in reality, so he wanted to experience the atmosphere.
But what Duanmu Huai didn't expect was that he actually let himself watch a good show? !
The annulment of an engagement, I originally thought that this kind of plot only appeared in novels!
However, this reason is too retarded!
In the online novels Duanmuhuai read, the main reason for divorce was because the male protagonist's family was in trouble, or the male protagonist had no talent, and then lost his inheritance rights, etc. The woman felt that there was no benefit in marrying the good-for-nothing male protagonist, so she abandoned the engagement. Then the male protagonist said that thirty years in Hedong and thirty years in Hexi should not bully young people into poverty, etc. Although this reason is a bit snobbish, it is not unreasonable if you think about it carefully.
Who would like to marry their precious daughter to a loser? Unless the woman also feels that the woman is a loser and simply throws her out to save her worries, otherwise she will usually choose to break the engagement.
Of course, it is not impossible for the man to break up on his own initiative. Duanmu Huai still remembers the scene where his wife cuckolded her husband when he was watching a short video. The husband was so angry that he made the cuckold video public on the wedding day, and then kicked the woman directly.
But... to be honest, your excuse is really laughable!
God fucking loves me, what kind of idiot said this?
"Lord Ard......!"
The noble lady named Audrey was obviously shocked. She wanted to say something, but was interrupted by the man with a wave of his hand.
"Shut up, Audrey Hasha, I judge that you are not qualified to be my fiancée, and you have also done all kinds of evil things to Angela, don't even think about denying it!!"
"Evil deeds...?"
Faced with Alder's accusation, Odile seemed confused and had no idea what he was talking about, while the latter stared at Odile and spoke angrily.
"Don't you look down on Angela because she is a commoner, and even bully her? Not only did you bully her, you also stole and destroyed Angela's property, and even attempted to assassinate Angela! I have already investigated this! You are behind all the evil deeds!”
Hearing this, everyone was in an uproar. Even An and Gu Leiya widened their eyes in surprise, not knowing what to say. Duanmuhuai glanced at them and asked.
"Is that so?"
"I, I haven't heard of such a thing in the academy!"
An shook her head desperately and joked. She was the princess of Manalia. If such bullying or even assassination occurred in Manalia Academy, she couldn't possibly know nothing about it!
"Miss Hannah?"
Duanmuhuai looked at Hannah, who frowned.
"During the days when you were not in the academy, Miss Audrey and Miss Angela did have some conflicts, but at most it was just that Miss Audrey hoped that Miss Angela would not be too close to her fiancé. There was no such thing. I heard there is such a thing..."
"We are willing to testify!!"
However, at this moment, several more young people were seen walking out of the crowd and standing next to Alder. Seeing those people, An opened her mouth and was speechless.
"What happened to her?"
Seeing An's appearance, Duanmu Huai asked Gu Leiya doubtfully, could there be someone she likes among them?
Faced with Duanmuhuai's question, Gu Leya hesitated for a moment before answering in a low voice.
"These are all the sons of powerful people in the Kingdom of Manalia, and they are all important figures among the kingdom's nobles..."
"That's it."
Duanmuhuai finally understood why An showed such an expression. Before coming to the banquet, An also introduced Duanmuhuai that the two families engaged in this engagement were promoted by her father and were part of a political marriage. But having said that, because it is a political marriage, it is not as simple as an engagement between two families, and it may even affect the political structure of the royal family.
And now the engagement ceremony, which the king has clearly approved, is actually opposed by the successors who also come from the important ministers. This inevitably makes people wonder if there are signs of a power struggle within the kingdom. It is no wonder that An is stunned at this moment. Obviously she is also I never thought that a simple engagement dinner would turn out like this.
At this time, the sons of the nobles also stood beside Angela and reprimanded Audrey.
"Miss Angela is indeed from a commoner background. She may not be familiar with the understanding that nobles should have, but Miss Audrey's rebuke is too much!"
"Angela has obviously worked hard, but just because of the difference in status, you would commit such an evil act. It is really unjust!"
Facing the accusations from everyone, Audrey's face became increasingly pale, and she retorted.
"I did teach Miss Angela some principles, but I don't remember that I ever hurt her!"
"This is your arrogance! As an earl's daughter from a prominent family, you look down on ordinary civilians at all!"
Alder glared at Audrey fiercely.
"Stop making excuses! Other daughters have already cried to us, saying that they were forced to bully Miss Angela under your instruction!!"
Soon, several noble daughters came over and started crying, and Duanmu Huai finally figured out the reason from their crying.
To put it simply, according to this group of people, as the daughter of an earl, Odile has always disliked Angela, who was born as a commoner, so she always scolded her, and even suggested that the rich ladies should bully her, thereby quarreling with herself. Qing Guan... Well, no matter how you look at it, she looks like a vicious character like the eldest sister, second sister or stepmother in the Cinderella story.
As these people spoke, the atmosphere in the banquet hall also began to change. Everyone began to cast dissatisfied and angry looks at Audrey, while Audrey stood there blankly, looking like she didn't know what to do. What to do to look good.
"Your Highness!!"
However, at this moment, Alder suddenly raised his head and looked at An. After hearing his shout, others also turned their attention to An.
"Please also punish this vicious woman immediately!!"
"Huh? But...this..."
Faced with Alder's request, An was at a loss for a while. She originally came here to represent the royal family and send blessings to the engagement of the two. As a result, she didn't expect that the engagement dinner would turn out like this, which made An not know what to do for a while.
After all, she is not very good at this kind of interpersonal communication. Otherwise, Gu Liya would not be the only friend in the academy.
But just when An didn't know what to do, Duanmuhuai patted her on the head.
"Leave it to me."
"Mr. Knight? May I?"
An's eyes lit up when he heard Duanmuhuai's words, and Duanmuhuai also laughed.
"Of course, you are my fiancée after all. I can't watch you being embarrassed by others."
"Hey hey hey..."
Faced with Duanmu Huai's words, An smiled sheepishly, then she nodded, lifted up her skirt and stepped back. Duanmuhuai stepped forward and stared at everyone. Seeing Duanmu Huai's appearance, the whispers around him immediately disappeared. After all, everyone knew Duanmu Huai's reputation as a dragon-slaying warrior, not to mention that he was the fiancé of An and Gu Leiya. Although he was not awarded a knighthood, everyone Everyone knew that he was the next King of Manalia, so naturally they didn't dare to be presumptuous in front of him.
Duanmu Huai glanced at the people in front of him, including the pale-faced Audrey, several aristocratic heirs who were filled with indignation and seemed to want to do justice for heaven, the crying rich lady, and the one who was held in Alder's arms Yes, a girl named Angela.
Then, the corners of his mouth raised slightly, revealing a sneer.
Humph, you dare to act cunning in front of the judge, you are really tired of living.
Thinking of this, Duanmu Huai said.
"I almost understand what happened. Since you have said so much, then... come up with evidence."
"Huh?"
Facing Duanmu Huai's open hand, everyone was stunned. Looking at their reactions, Duanmu Huai raised his eyebrows.
"What? Aren't you just arrogant and arrogant? You can't even produce any evidence and just talk nonsense here!"
Having said this, Duanmuhuai first looked at the rich ladies, and felt his gaze. The crying rich ladies were startled and hurriedly stepped back.
"Let's start with you. You said that you were instructed by Miss Audile to bully Miss Angela. Then bring the evidence."
"I, we..."
Faced with Duanmuhuai's scrutiny, the noble daughters turned pale.
"We have no evidence..."
"No? There's no note or anything? Then what the hell are you making up here?"
"No, it's not that we don't want to leave evidence, Your Excellency!!"
At this time, a girl couldn't help but looked at Duanmu Huai and started crying.
"Because Lady Audrey hinted at us, we must do this. If we don't do this, we will become the targets of Lady Audrey's bullying...!!"
"Oh, I understand." Duanmuhuai nodded.
"Then, let's find a witness. Since you said that if you don't bully Angela, you will be bullied by Miss Audrey, then there must be such a victim? Where is she?"
"This..."
Facing Duanmuhuai's request, the noble daughters were speechless again, and Duanmuhuai narrowed his eyes again and stared at them.
"So, there is no such victim? So you are talking nonsense?"
"Your Excellency, you————!"
"Isn't it?"
Duanmuhuai glanced at Alder coldly.
"They can't provide evidence and there are no witnesses to prove their statement. Isn't this nonsense? According to this logic, I will punch you now, and then I will tell you that His Majesty the King wants to punch you because he doesn't like you, so I will Come on, don’t hate me and hate His Majesty the King. Do you think this will work?”
"Woo......"
Facing Duanmuhuai's words, Yarde's face turned pale, but An chuckled softly.
"Your Excellency!"
At this time, another noble boy stood up and stared at him.
"We guarantee our reputation..."
"How much is your reputation worth? Shut up."
"You, what did you say?!"
Hearing Duanmu Huai's unceremonious answer, the young man suddenly turned pale with anger.
"How dare you insult our family..."
"So?"
Duanmuhuai snorted coldly, then stretched out his hand and pointed at everyone.
"Looking at your current situation, this is definitely not a temporary move. In other words, you have already thought about making trouble at this dinner to embarrass Miss Audrey, right? This is your own business, and so am I. I'm too lazy to care, but what do you think of us guests at the banquet? Do you think we are fools? We are here for the engagement party, not to see you playing monkey tricks here. You are deliberately trying to treat us like fools, and you still expect me to respect you. Are you such a dirty person?”
"………………"
Hearing Duanmu Huai's words, the guests' eyes changed when they looked at the noble heirs. Indeed, as Duanmu Huai said, when they came here this time, they did not hear about the matter before them, they just came here simply to care for each other. We gave blessings to the newlyweds, but you actually dare to plot against us?
Do you really think of us as monkeys?
Sensing the change in the atmosphere around him, Alder's face suddenly turned pale.
“Your Excellency…………!”
"Okay!"
Duanmuhuai suddenly waved his hand, interrupting his words.
"Since you want me and An to give you an explanation, then I will give you an explanation..."
As he spoke, Duanmuhuai strode up to Alder, then he reached out his hand, grabbed Angela, pulled her out, and then stared at Angela carefully. The latter was trembling at the moment, with a pale face, looking like she was about to cry without tears. She looked like the kind of heroine in a sad TV series that easily makes men feel protective.
The kind where you first fall in love, then get pregnant, then have a miscarriage, then find out that your best friend is having an affair with your husband, and then get kicked out of the house and get divorced.
But Duanmu Huai obviously would not tolerate her. As a judge, he had seen too many scenes.
So at this moment, Duanmu Huai stared at the girl, opened his mouth, smiled coldly, and then waved his hand.
"Guard! Put this woman in jail!"
"What?!"
Everyone was shocked by Duanmu Huai's decision. They didn't expect that Duanmu Huai would be so terrifying and directly throw this poor girl into prison? !
"How could you do this! Angela is obviously the victim!!"
At this moment, Yard also clenched his fists and rushed forward, but Duanmuhuai turned his big hand and slapped him to the ground.
"The things you said were all told to you by this woman. She has no evidence and slanders others at will. I think it would be good to lock up this kind of woman for a night and let her calm down. As for you..."
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Having said this, Duanmu Huai once again glared coldly at the noble young masters who had just stood up and "had the courage to expose and testify".
"Now all follow me to the palace! Let's figure this out in front of the king!"
No one dared to disobey Duanmu Huai's order. After all, everyone knew how ruthless this dragon-slaying hero was, not to mention that just standing there made people feel frightened. And those noble young men got on the carriage angrily, obviously planning to run to the king to complain.
Of course, Duanmu Huai also ordered people to inform the parents of these idiots - it's a son's fault for not teaching his father, let's come out and accept the punishment together! !
"Is this good?"
Although An was also very happy, she was still a little uneasy. After all, if it caused trouble to the king, it would not be a trivial matter.
"Of course, if these bastards want to take advantage of you, they have to pay the price."
Although Duanmuhuai was a little curious about this matter, strictly speaking, it had nothing to do with him, so he just watched from the beginning.
But after that bastard named Arde asked An to judge by name, things became different.
After all, their nonsense just now made the guests present sympathize with Angela. If An didn't punish Audrey, it would obviously be unjustifiable. In fact, only An, who is the first princess of Manalia, is qualified to punish Audrey. It is because of knowing this that Yard asked An to make a decision.
This puts Ann in a dilemma. If she doesn't do what Yard says, she will inevitably be considered a hard-hearted and unsympathetic princess. And if you do what Ard said... Hey, it's against you, are you a princess or is she a princess? Do you dare to teach her how to do things?
In ancient times, it would be strange if you didn’t cure your whole family and kill all the nine implicated clans!
"Hey hey..."
An was also very smart, and of course he understood why Duanmu Huai stood up for him. At this time, he hugged Duanmu Huai's arm with a smile and stopped talking.
But at this time, Hannah asked uneasily.
"However, there is no need to put Miss Angela in jail. Although I admit that due to various reasons, there will be some incidents between girls...but it is not to the point..."
"Haha, I think exactly the opposite of you."
Faced with Hannah's statement, Duanmuhuai shook his head, and then he turned his head and looked at Ogis beside him.
"Ogis, I want you to go to the Holy Church now, find Lorena, and ask her to bring some more powerful exorcists."
"Yes, Master."
After hearing Duanmuhuai's order, Ogis nodded, then turned around and left. Seeing this scene, the other three girls also turned their attention to Duanmuhuai, and then Gu Leiya asked doubtfully.
"Mr. Knight, are you...?"
"I suspect that the woman named Angela is not human."
"Huh?"
The girls were all shocked when they heard Duanmuhuai's words.
"Really?"
"There's a feeling, but there's no proof yet."
The reason why Duanmu Huai said this was very simple, that is, when he first looked at Angela, her head showed [Angela (LV13)], which was a very normal expression.
However, when Duanmuhuai approached her, he found that the sign above Angela's head suddenly changed and turned into a blur of words.
Although he recovered immediately, this immediately aroused Duanmu Huai's suspicion. He was certain that this Angela was probably some kind of disguise, and the reason why the mark above her head changed was because his fear aura affected her disguise. After all, even if the fear aura saves, it will cause a round of trembling. Although the time is short, it is irresistible.
And more importantly, although Angela was shaken for a moment in front of Duanmu Huai's fearful aura, she actually recovered quickly!
In other words, she was exempted from her fear aura!
Now Duanmuhuai doesn't believe Angela even if she says she is human.
He was certain that there must be something wrong with this woman's identity!
(End of chapter)