Chapter 201 (1/2)

That evening, a grand dinner banquet was held at the Duke’s mansion in West Hill The local officials of West Hill, the representatives of the local noble fareet the Duke of the Tulip Family and his men

At one of the banquet halls in a courtyard, the men and women socialized, dressed in their best clothes The accouests chatted softly with one another Fro and soether Rody and Nicole appeared at the sa dress The back part of the dress had a split and revealed half of Nicole’s white and solden hair was tied in a simple knot and scattered on her sleek back She was like a bloo rose and attracted the attention of countless men at the banquet

Rody wore some extremely exquisite, tailor-hlighted There were not eous decorations on the clothes That ently held Rody’s arled into him The smile on her face was filled with the contented tender looks with Rody Her affection was clearly visible to all ere present

Many of the man beside the Duke’s sister Later, they learned that the young man’s name was Rody He was the commander of the escort team for His Excellency the Duke He was an officer of the Imperial Guards, Viscount Rody of the Empire

So hter of the Tulip Family was not from an influential family? He was just an officer of the Imperial Guards and just a little Viscount?

However, ht deeper The interpersonal relationshi+ps of the social circles of the upper-class people were coround

There were also one or tere well informed They had heard of rumors from the Imperial Capital about that man named Rody When they saw Rody’s eyes, they felt at ease and respectful

Many people were around Nicole and Rody Although Rody did not like to socialize with those nobles, fortunately, he had undergone rigorous training for this and had also a lot of si his time as the Duke of the Tulip Family It was easy for Rody to deal with the man behaved like a noble That certainly confir round

They saw Nicole snuggling at the younght They were in each other's ar until the end Thatmen feel very disheartened

A lot of theh they obviously knew the Duke of the Tulip Faet As the eldest daughter of the Tulip Family, Miss Nicole was already famous for her beauty On top of that, she did not have a ave a lot of the nobles from the more influential faht

They did not give anyone any chance From the start to the end of the dinner banquet, Rody and Nicole were together like couples hout the night She was cohter of the Tulip Faant However, they could also see that her tender smile was only directed at Rody When she spoke with others, her smile was co with those reckless pesky suitors Nicole would be extreh the banquet, Nicole’s cheeks were already red She had already drunk a lot of wine that night As the leading figure for the night and the only representative of the Tulip Faradually became drunk and softly leaned on Rody’s body The wine made her face look extrehed He was the only one who could feel that Nicole was acting abnormally She deliberately drank so much wine In fact, since their chat in the afternoon, Nicole's h she looked cal that surprised Rody, at the banquet, was the presence of Nedis The banquet was already half way through when she walked in

That night, that very seductive wo dress Her beautiful body was tightly wrapped in her dress

However, her char contrast to her conservative dress

That woman was a seductress who definitely understood men The contrast of a seductive woman dressed so conservatively would ave Rody a headache was that Nedis had clearly seen hi beside Nicole and had also becoe of hatred as she smiled and sloalked over with a silver wine cup

It was only a dozen paces away but with every step she took she swayed her waist gently, causing the aze intently

Rody immediately felt a headache Did she coat her were enchanted Obviously, they all knew Nedis Soathered around her and suided her to Rody's and Nicole's side

Rody was surprised when those beside hiht that Nedis was only the owner of a pub

”This is Miss Nedis, the President of the Wine Trading association of West Hill”

One of the officials of West Hill gave the introduction Nedis then elegantly raised her wine cup and nodded slightly She then said, ”Miss Nicole, how do you do? I a h Nicole was a little intoxicated, she iilant That was a wo wo woilant

Almost instinctively Nicole moved closer to Rody She then raised her chin and replied, ”Miss Nedis, how do you do?”

Nedis smiled She then faced Rody and stretched out her hand with the pal up Rody hesitated for a moment He then frowned as he pulled Nedis’ hand and kissed it

Soon, a few people pretended to chat Their deliberately feigned har he was uneasy with in this situation was that he was actually very familiar with West Hill

In fact, after his return from the war in the Northwest, he had put down the armed rebellion of the previous assistant Governor in West Hill He had replaced the entire government administration officials in West Hill province When he was reorganizing West Hill, he had never heard of Nedis

However, based on the situation that night, it would seeher rank circles Even the assistant Governor was respectful when he talked to her

”Miss Nedis” Rody finally said, ”Based on what the assistant Governor said, you are the President of the Wine association in West Hill However, I have never even heard of your nanorance in the Imperial Capital”

Nedis smiled as her eye drifted to a noble man as about thirty years old The htened his back and said proudly, ”Lord Rody, Miss Nedis had just arrived at West Hill about six o Her business is in several provinces of the Ehed and softly said, ”Thank you for the compliment” That man immediately showed an enchanted expression He could not help but stretch out his hand to hold Nedis’ waist Nedis smiled and stepped back to avoid the hand

Rody furrowed his eyebrows and gave a wry snorant Today, I only heard that a wine bar near the barracks belongs to Miss Nedis My soldiers had a little unhappy experience there However, noe are all friends I hope Miss Nedis does not estured a little and downed it