Chapter 577

Albert smiled softly, and his calm tone always made people feel a sense of intimacy unconsciously.

Celcia's eyes flashed slightly. Unlike Andrew's deliberate calmness and steadyness, Albert's feeling hidden in the tone of the words was difficult to disguise.

"Brother, you are too pessimistic. At least I am sincerely happy for your recovery," Celcia said.

"...Thank you, I'm so happy that I have a sister like you."

Albert's smile grew stronger. He stared at Celcia, as if he wanted to distinguish the truth of what she said, but that cold and pretty face without any emotion at all was really like a thick ice sheet, making anyone No one can see her true feelings.

"By the way, Brother Albert, are you feeling unwell like this?"

Celcia asked again.

After all, it was a formal occasion like this. Although I noticed Albert's strangeness from the beginning, it would be rude to ask a more personal question at the beginning. Therefore, after a brief greeting, Celcia asked this important question. .

"No big deal."

Albert waved his hand and refused Celcia’s offer of help:

"Ahem, although the brain disease has recovered, I also experienced a high fever and lay in bed for nearly a month. I'm better now, but my body is still a little weak."

"Brother Albert has not seen anyone during this period. Is this the reason?"

"Oh, that's right. After all, I have regained my consciousness. I can't let others see me looking as embarrassed as before."

As he said this, Albert suddenly laughed at himself and shook his head with a gloomy look:

"It's a pity that my dear brother really tried his best to force me to show up."

"Maybe Brother Andrew really just wants to hold a dance."

"There's no need to comfort Celia. I think Andrew's true intentions are actually..."

"Haha, I seemed to hear someone calling me."

Albert's subsequent words suddenly stopped, because a passionate voice quickly suppressed the noise of the entire ball hall.

The two of them turned to look, and a familiar figure appeared in their field of vision.

Andrew was still followed by a large group of people. He stepped in from the main entrance of the hall, held his head high and walked quickly through the separated crowds, coming straight to Albert.

Then, before Albert could react, Andrew hugged his brother as everyone looked at him in surprise.

"My dear brother, respected royal brother, Albert, who has the same blood as me, I am so happy that you can recover!"

Andrew hugged Albert tightly, patted his back, and spoke in a sonorous and sincere tone. They didn't even know if it was because of the light, but everyone seemed to see tears shining in the corners of his eyes.

"I used to always think about how great it would be if you could recover. It seems that the goddess heard my prayers and made you healthy again!"

"Andrew...my dear brother."

Albert was also stunned for a moment before returning to his normal smile:

"you are so enthusiastic."

"Haha, my brother is back to normal, I can't be too happy."

After some greetings, Andrew raised the wine glass handed over by the attendant, held it high under the sudden gathering of lights, and announced to everyone in the hall:

"Everyone, my brother has been suffering from brain disease for nearly thirty years, and now he has finally recovered. I am very happy. However, there are always some villains, insects, and beasts spurned by the goddess, who secretly spread rumors that my brother and I are not compatible. , therefore, I specially held this dance not only to celebrate my brother’s recovery, not only to calm the disputes between various parties during this period, but also to prove to you——

There have never been any disputes or conflicts between me, Andrew Leopold, and my brother, Albert Leopold. We are brothers! "

"Pah, pah, pah—"

As soon as he finished speaking, thunderous applause almost lifted the roof of the palace. Everyone was smiling, as if they were moved by the sincere emotion between the two brothers.

At this time, the sound of clicking continued. Among the team of people Andrew brought in, many were from major newspapers in Belland. They took out the magic props of photo-taking magic and hugged Andrew tightly with a smile on his face. The image of living with his brother will remain forever.

I believe that early tomorrow morning, newspaper headlines such as Prince Andrew holding a grand welcome ball specially for his brother, and Prince Andrew and Prince Albert being brothers and sisters, will spread throughout Belland.

However, the main subject of these headlines, or the object of deliberate exaggeration, is the second prince, Andrew, who shows great tolerance.

Deliberately driven by a certain force, this dance gradually reached its climax.

…

"Oh, it's such a clumsy trick. I'm not afraid of smashing my own foot in the future."

While everyone's attention was on the two princes, Celcia secretly lowered her presence, came to the periphery of the crowd, and silently looked at everything in the center of the hall.

She knew that from this moment on, this dance had nothing to do with her, but she was also happy and comfortable. After all, she knew the nature of her second emperor brother, and Andrew's pretentious face was quite disgusting.

"However, although this trick is a bit clumsy and deliberate, it is not like something that my brother Andrew could come up with."

Cecilia narrowed her eyes and scanned the group of people behind Andrew. In addition to some newspaper staff and the servants who had always followed him in the past, Cecilia soon saw some familiar and unfamiliar guys.

Familiar, because Cecilia knew those people.

And strange, because in the past, these people should not have followed the second prince.

"Viscount Kom, Viscount Grant, and one who seems to be the eldest son of Count Neo, I met him before... Haha, they are all small fish and shrimps, I don't know who is behind them."

Cecilia silently memorized these names.

She had a good memory, so after just glancing at those people, she turned her eyes away in boredom.

"Beauty, are you alone?"

As soon as she turned around, a silver plate with a golden dinner cover appeared in front of Cecilia.

Then a beautiful face that was also easy to attract others' attention poked out from the silver plate and smiled at her with winks.

"What do you want to eat? Steak? Foie gras? Or... me?"

"Not hungry." Cecilia ignored Mu En's "coquettish" behavior.

"Really? What if it's a sweet and fragrant cream cake?"

Mu En lifted the cover of the dinner plate, and Mu En arranged all kinds of cute and exquisite cakes in a heart shape on the dinner plate. The sweet smell was full of food, which made people's appetites grow.

"..."

Cecilia glanced at Mu En, and her eyes seemed to be several dozen degrees colder than usual, staring at Mu En's bear body trembled, and he subconsciously felt a little scared.

But the next moment, Cecilia picked up the fork at the speed of swinging the sword, and put a piece of cake into her cherry-red lips.

With a lick of the tip of the tongue, the tense face also melted a little like the cake.

"Is it delicious?"

"It's just so-so."

"Would you like more?"

"...Yes."

120. Authority

Just as the silver-haired beauty and the blonde "beautiful girl" were showing off their food and filling their stomachs at the edge of the crowd, and the blonde "beautiful girl" was repeatedly kneeled by the silver-haired beauty, the atmosphere in the hall also changed.

As the ball went on, the greetings and exchanges between the crowd paused, the brotherly friendship between the two princes ended, and the royal orchestra finally began to play melodious classical music.

The polite gentleman leaned over to invite his dance partner to dance an elegant social dance in the center of the hall, while the unmarried young people also wandered around the edge of the hunting ground, looking for their preferred prey.

In a sense, unlike the atmosphere that was deliberately heated up just now, now is the main show of the ball, but in this special situation, the main show has become a link that no one pays attention to except for the young people who have just entered the social scene, and it can even be used as a pastime between swords and swords.

With Cecilia's appearance and identity, the social dance session naturally became the focus of attention. However, now everyone knows that the princess already has her fiancé, and with her cold personality, everyone knows that the chances of success of the invitation are pitifully low, so no one dares to speak up.

On the contrary, Mu En, who was beside her, had already rejected the third inviter of the day with a twitch on his cheek.

"Very popular."

Cecilia said meaningfully.

"I would rather be ugly now."

Mu En had a bitter face, secretly regretting why he agreed to Cecilia's pitiful idea.

The eyes of those teenagers exuding the breath of adolescent hormones not only made people feel hair stand on end, but also reminded him of some bad things in the past.

Fortunately, it didn't take long for Mu En to wait for the unusual movements of the two princes.

"Be prepared, brother Albert should leave."

Cecilia said.

"Oh? Why are you so sure?" Mu En asked curiously.

"Just watch. I know my brother Andrew's temper better than you do."

Cecilia shook her red wine glass, leaned against the wall, and closed her eyes with a bored look.

……

……

"Brother Albert, do you want to dance?"

After the music started, Andrew suddenly suggested sincerely: "Dancing is for a dance party."

"Dancing..."

Albert's eyes twitched slightly. He held his cane and glanced at the maid who was supporting him.

Although the maid lowered her head and didn't even dare to breathe in such a scene, her presence was not so low that people could not notice it at all.

A patient who needs someone to support him and can walk with a cane, can dance?

But Andrew seemed to have really not seen it at this time, and shouted enthusiastically to the people around him:

"Which noble lady is willing to dance with my brother?"

Everyone looked at each other, and some ignorant girls were brightened when they heard that they could dance with this handsome prince. You know, social dancing is the best opportunity to leave a good impression on the other party... But when the girl wanted to raise her hand, her brother or father next to her held her hand down.

Just kidding, although Prince Andrew is looking forward to it now, if you raise your hand at this time, guess if it will cause his resentment?

Everyone with a little bit of insight knows that this is just after the previous brotherly friendship and respectful session, Andrew deliberately found a reason to humiliate this royal brother in person.

Of course, the more important reason is to show his "authority" in front of everyone.

Prince Andrew is still the regent, and the sick emperor still has not spoken out in support of the eldest prince, so he does have that authority at the moment.

There was a moment of silence.

Looking at the speechless people around him, Andrew's eyes showed some joy, but he pretended to be angry and said:

"You guys, do you think that my royal brother is weak and can't even walk well now, so you don't want to dance with him? What a bastard!"

"..."

No one dared to talk to him.

After Albert took a deep breath, he still said in a calm tone:

"Andrew, if you have nothing else to do, can I leave for a while? I'm a little unwell and I really can't stay here for a long time."

As he spoke, Albert coughed several times in succession, and the maid beside him quickly helped stroke his back to help him calm his breathing.

This weak gesture seemed to confirm what he said. Even Andrew had no reason to stay and could only say with a little regret:

"It's a pity, I really want to see the elegant dance of the emperor brother."

There were people snickering around, but the laughter was hidden in the music and was unclear.

"It's true that I can't dance, but..."

Albert suddenly looked into Andrew's eyes and said seriously.

"If Andrew has any questions about government affairs, you can come to me. I pride myself on being somewhat talented in this area. After all... what everyone expects is for the empire to become stronger and stronger, right?"

"...Indeed, a strong empire is what we all want."

Andrew's smiling face suddenly froze, as if someone had stabbed a painful spot accurately.

Anyone trapped by the royal curse is the most outstanding royal child of this generation. This rumor has been piercing his heart like a thorn.

But before he could say anything, Albert glanced around, stroked his chest and saluted:

"In this case, please forgive me for being rude and take my leave now. I hope you all have a pleasant night."

After speaking, Albert did not stop and left quickly with the help of the maid.

The music became more majestic, as if entering a climax. The gentlemen and ladies did not stop, quickly found their dance partners, and devoted themselves to the dance.

What is communicated when the heads and necks meet occasionally is not known to outsiders.