old dream

Chapter 300 The Female Officer and the Bug
Most of the maids in the Garden Palace are noble ladies. The reason why they came to the court to serve the Grand Duke and his wife was of course not to make a living, but for the families and careers behind them.

Therefore, maids are often rich and leisurely, not only do not wear maid uniforms, but also dress themselves as much as possible to show the face and taste of the court.

They are not so much servants as playmates of the court.

However, the female officer did not actually have such a background.

In fact, she was just the daughter of a second-rate tailor.

If sometimes she also showed a bit of lazy nobility, it can only be said to be a vivid disguise, used to protect herself in this kind of place.

Because this kind of imitation is almost instinctive, even the employees in the clothing store have been deceived.

But in fact, when no one is looking, the female officer is always walking on tiptoe, going back and forth between the nearly endless corridors of the Garden Palace.

Brochures were pinned to rude leather straps under a fluffy chiffon skirt.There are various actuarial tables in it, including the schedule of more than a dozen servants in the kitchen, as well as gaps in the number of musical instruments, candlesticks, tablecloths, and silver table knives that need to be repaired.

The Garden Palace is only the residence of the Grand Duke in winter and spring, but few people can count how many rooms there are.But the female officer has recorded the styles of pillowcases and wallpapers in each room, and confirmed that every desk here is filled with writing paper with the Edmond family coat of arms.There are also bathrooms, and she knows which ones have been installed with new pipes and toilets, and which ones have to be set up with chamber pots and scented herbs to disperse the smell.

Compared with other maids who are bored and idle all day long, she relies on practical efforts to get to where she is today step by step.The female officer followed the Grand Duke all day long, waiting for any needs from him.Sometimes even Edmond didn't know that a whim of his own might disrupt the long-prepared plans of the servants.A group of guests are going to be entertained suddenly; the dinner is replaced by matsutake from another place; in the afternoon, the newly hunted deer head is going to be hung in a hall, but it should not be obtrusive... For this dreamy garden palace, every piece of this Small things may require more than a dozen servants to rush around, and the female officer is the one who is responsible for scheduling all these.

From another point of view, the Grand Duke's butler is the actual owner of this garden palace.

To her, the clothing store in the embassy district was just a place to rest in her spare time.

The female officer followed the Grand Duke and left the reception room.Around the Grand Duke were other retinue and his secretaries.The crowd drifted towards the dressing room like a dark cloud, and Edmund was about to change out of his clothes, because there was another banquet in the palace at night.

The secretaries did not shy away from him, they were whispering about the meeting just now, because the Grand Duke is always very easy-going in private.Like a friend, he teased with the entourage one by one, until it was the female officer's turn.The Grand Duke looked at her.

"I came here so late, where did I go to play in the afternoon?"

Edmund's tone was deliberately serious, but everyone knew that he was not blaming, but just asking casually.

"Because there are too many important banquets, I have been a little nervous recently." She said:
"So I went to the club in the embassy district and listened to Mrs. Tu Wana's enlightenment."

"Madame Tuwana?" The Grand Duke thought for a while, and immediately recalled:

"Oh...that Otu witch doctor."

"Take some time to adjust my mind, so that I can handle so many chores without making any mistakes." The female officer said with blinking eyes.

Make no mistakes.The Grand Duke looked at her.Although the female officer's answer was submissive, it was a bit self-reliant.

But to be honest, Edmund didn't hate the pride.

Compared with the incompetent Ninth Bureau and those working secretaries, the female officer really took care of his life thoughtfully and meticulously.

"Then you have to work hard for us, don't let my wife and I get caught." The Grand Duke shook his head and joked.

"She can't catch it."

The female officer covered her mouth and said, making Edmond feel that she was a little too complacent.

While they were chatting, other people around looked in other directions nonchalantly, pretending not to see it.

"correct."

After a while, the Grand Duke felt a little interesting, and turned to the female officer again when he stepped on the spiral staircase, condescending.

"I don't know what your name is yet?"

The female officer was stunned by this question, and she opened her mouth with a complicated expression.In the eyes of others, she probably didn't expect that Edmund would not know the name of the housekeeper beside her. After all, the Grand Duke can even remember Mrs. Tuwana.

But the female officer quickly recovered and suppressed the momentary grievance in her heart.Regardless, this is another good start.

"I remember saying it many times before, so please remember it this time."

She smiled, took two steps back, raised her skirt and saluted and said:

"My full name is Bernice Coon, Your Highness."

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The day after Colin stalked the club, Rui successfully developed one of their members into an informant.

Of course it was an informant, but Rui actually just told the member that he had a distant cousin who had recently encountered troubles and needed to be introduced to the club by an old customer.

The legendary "distant cousin" is naturally Ai Li.So on the third day, Ellie pretended to be a guest and sneaked into the club.

In addition to contacting the legendary Mrs. Tuwana, she also has a mission to retrieve the bug placed by the emir.

Of course, this bug was also sneaked in by Emil a few months ago in the name of a pigeon droppings cleaner, and buried under a pile of pigeon droppings on the ceiling.

Presumably, no matter how careful the searchers are, they will miss this place in self-protection.

No one will dig in there.

As long as you don't specifically use witchcraft detection devices such as "lanterns", pigeon dung piles are undoubtedly the safest burial place.

In the afternoon, while Colin was sorting newspaper clippings in the file, Ellie returned to the office of the investigation department.She only held a sealed kraft paper bag with two fingers, and her expression was so gloomy that water could drip.

She, who is usually strict, waved her hands away from a distance this time, threw the brown paper bag on the table in front of Emir, and then hurried into the bathroom, as if she was going to use up all the soap, and kept washing her hands.

Emil, who was dozing on the chair, was awakened by the sound. He scratched his chin, opened his eyes with difficulty, and exchanged glances with Colin not far away.

Isn't it just a dirty bug, he thought, reaching for the brown paper bag.

Emile took apart only one corner.

He slammed down on the opening before the contents flowed out.

(End of this chapter)