"Look, you actually can't explain why you hate me." Lorne said with a smile. The butler led the way not far ahead, and very smartly left a private space for him and Afule.

"I hate you very much now." Apful said dissatisfied.

"If you really hated me, you would have killed me long ago. Your style is not so hesitant." Lorne said with a smile, "You actually just hate getting married."

"..." Afule couldn't refute for a moment.

Indeed, she has no idea about marriage now. After all, she has not been in love yet.

But, let her fall in love with a playboy like Lorne?forget it!

But thinking of this, she suddenly realized why she was so unwilling.

That's because she can't have Lorne all to herself!

With her character, she can't monopolize a man, but share this man with other women.

Of course there is a hundred reluctances!

So the more women there were in Lorne, the more disgusted she became.

However, it was obvious that Afulue did not realize that this desire for exclusivity meant that she already liked Lorne in her heart.

"So, you don't need to be too nervous about anything else. We are just engaged." Lorne said with a smile, "We are not really going to get married and enter the bridal chamber, so you don't have to worry at all. Even after you get engaged to me, you won't." Someone is urging you to get married again."

"Indeed..." Afule said subconsciously. It was obvious that Meng Han had arranged various blind dates for her before.

It really made her very irritated, especially since the empress had to recuperate her energy in the past two years, and there was no major war. She could be said to be quite depressed during the past two years in the imperial capital.

"And after you get engaged to me, you can come in and out of my residence at will. You can spar with any of the girls in my harem, as long as they are willing. You can even have a wild fight with me afterwards. You see, following me doesn't matter at all. It’s not a loss, it’s even a benefit.” Lorne continued to lie.

"..." Avro thought for a moment. Apart from fueling Lorne's arrogance, she was indeed quite profitable.

"After tonight, I won't have that much time to spend with you, so actually you should cherish tonight." Lorne said with a smile.

"Hmph, just brag." Avro obviously didn't care much about what Lorne said. The so-called lack of time was probably because he wanted to hunt for beauty in the entire imperial capital.

After that, I don’t know how many little girls will be ruined by this Lorne.

Sure enough, she would never accept finding such a man as her husband.

"You two, we're here." The old housekeeper said respectfully in front of a door.

"Uncle Fu, thank you." Afule thanked her politely. From this point of view, Lorne felt that Afule was really a good girl.

Immediately, the old housekeeper opened the door, and there were actually many nobles in luxurious clothes gathered behind the door.

Lorne was slightly impressed by some of them.

They seemed to be all important imperial ministers at the same level as his father, Duke Rolton, and his future father-in-law, Meng Han.

Thinking of this, Lorne immediately used detection magic to investigate.

This is truly Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

Among them, there are three S-level experts, and there are actually two SS-level experts.

One of the SS-level experts was none other than Portman, the empire's first mage.

That's right, he is Dio's fiancée's father.

To be honest, although this Portman looks very old, it can be seen that he should have been a handsome guy when he was young.

My daughter is not so ugly that everyone knows her, right?

Could it be that he found an ugly wife?Shouldn't it?With this person's strength, it doesn't matter what kind of beauty he wants to find.

Just like his father, Duke Rolton, the wife he found back then was his mother. It can be said that her appearance was not inferior to that of a saint like Altona.

Therefore, apart from his bad temperament, there is nothing about him that would make women hate him.

However, according to the information he later obtained, Portman has a total of five children, four sons and one daughter.

The four sons are indeed very ordinary-looking, but they are all very talented in magic. They all have S-level strength and serve in important departments of the imperial capital.

Therefore, when the youngest daughter was rumored to be ugly, no one doubted it. After all, this seemed to be the genes of the family.

"Uncle Menghan, what is this?" Lorne asked with a curious look on his face, while Afulu beside him was very calm.

"Hahahaha, you two have a really good relationship." Meng Han looked at the two holding hands with a satisfied expression.

It was obvious that his adopted daughter, who had a hot temper, was actually willing to be held by Lorne, which meant that the two of them were definitely in love, and his alliance with Rolton was absolutely solid.

To be honest, Afule was also very surprised by the current situation. The people in this room included almost half of the important figures in the empire.

——The first mage, the head of the Magic Bureau, the head of the Imperial Knights, and the first person in charge of most of the important departments of the empire.

To be honest, if Altona hadn't been with Lorne, she would have appeared here.

The last time I could see so many people was during the Empress's monthly court meeting. It was a monthly meeting where all the big shots from all walks of life and the Empress worked together to formulate national affairs.

"I would like to announce the news of your engagement in advance to everyone. Such a big news, of course, I want to have fun with these old friends in the imperial capital." Meng Han looked very happy.

"It's really a beautiful couple."

"Congratulations to Minister Meng Han."

"Lolton's son is so old? He is really promising."

The people around him echoed in congratulations.

Of course, Lorne can clearly see that some people really take "smiling but not smiling" to the extreme.

Obviously, the alliance between Menghan and Rolton is detrimental to many people.

But what surprised Lorne was that Afulue actually squeezed his hand tightly at this time. It seemed that she was not very used to such a scene?

This surprised Lorne. After all, Aphra was a general of the empire, so he should have seen a lot of scenes like this, right?

To be honest, Lorne didn't like it either, but on the surface he was still doing a good job.

This was all practiced in front of my seven aunts and eight aunts during the Chinese New Year.

After all, he was a deadbeat otaku with no girlfriend, and he was always the target of the seven aunts and eight aunts.

Of course, he was different now. Although he didn't speak, his attention was more on the two SS-level experts.

The great mage seemed to be silent, and the city was extremely deep.

And another SS-level strongman is Aurora's boss, the Imperial God of War Harris, who is as famous as his father, Duke Rolton.

However, Lorne always felt that the way this middle-aged man looked at him was... quite dissatisfying.

Chapter 1: Complicit?

"Why do I feel that your boss is very dissatisfied with me?" Lorne couldn't help but whisper to Apful next to him.

"Because his son is interested in me, but I have already rejected him." Afule took out a beautiful red folding fan from nowhere, held it to her mouth and said lightly.

Obviously, at this time, she didn't want others to see her expression.

"Is this why you are unhappy with me?" Lorne was somewhat helpless. He was obviously a man who "yearned for peace and only had women in his mind, without any desire for power."

In short, he is a "harmless" male protagonist.

It can still be targeted like this, it can only be said that it is definitely deliberately arranged!

"Isn't it normal for you to be looked down upon by others?" Avro was also unhappy with Lorne. "With your personality, it's normal for you to make countless enemies."

"Your personality is not the type that makes countless enemies." Lorne retorted unceremoniously, "I would say that the two of us are a perfect match."

"Who is a perfect match for you... Stop being so pretty..." Afulue covered her face with a fan and said viciously.

"Nephew Lorne, I heard that you are now fully authorized to represent the elves to negotiate with Her Majesty the Empress?" At this time, an old man suddenly called out to Lorne.

"Yes, Minister Brozewo." Because of his detection magic, Lorne immediately called out the other party's name.

Most of these ministers he had met when he came to the Imperial Capital when he was a child. Before coming here, he also memorized a lot of information about the Imperial Capital personnel. To be honest, when he was studying, he didn't work so hard when memorizing ancient poems.

Looking at Minister Brozewo in the harem in front of him, Lorne felt that after so many years, he was basically getting older.

However, it was still not easy for him to match his name with the information he had obtained. Now that he had detection magic, this was not a big problem.

To be honest, he was not very familiar with this Brozewo. He only knew that he was a minister of the same level as Meng Han. Of course, his status was far inferior to that of the powerful Minister Meng Han.

And he probably wasn't from Minister Menghan's side. He seemed to have a good relationship with Harris over there.

Could it be that Harris sent him here to test him?

"Can you tell us what the elves are here for?" Brozewo asked with a smile.

"What else are you here for? Of course you are here to form an alliance." Lorne said with a smile.

"Will the Elf Forest be open to us in the future?" Brozewo asked in surprise.

"I guess this is impossible." Lorne shook his head. Lorne probably knew what these people were planning.

"Aren't you the plenipotentiary representative of the elves? Can't you make the decision for the elves?" Brozewo questioned.

"Of course I can make the decision." Lorne said bluntly, "But this matter is of no benefit to me."

"No...benefits?" Brozewo was also stunned. Lorne's words were really straightforward.

"But this matter will be of great benefit to the development of the entire empire." Brozewo continued.

"But it doesn't do me any good." Lorne shook his head.

"..." Brozewo couldn't understand Lorne for a while.

"Then what benefit do you want?" Another minister on the side came over. If Lorne remembered correctly, he was still from Brozewo's faction, but his status was not very high.

"None of you have the benefits I want." Lorne said rudely.

"Master Luo En, you can definitely ask for anything you want." The minister also revealed his

"It's meaningless for me to say this kind of thing. You have to figure it out for yourselves." Lorne shook his head and looked at the minister with a look of disdain, an expression of disgust that said, "You don't even understand this."

The minister was stunned for a moment, then showed a trace of anger, thinking that what he was trying to figure out was the intention of his Majesty the Empress. Who wants to spend energy on a second generation like you who has no real power?

Even though Lorne's father is very powerful, so is his father-in-law.

However, those who can enter this room, although there are high and low levels, can all be called "important ministers of the empire" or "upper-class nobles".

But...when he thought of Lorne's identity, he could only laugh again and suppress the anger in his heart.

There is absolutely no need for me to be at odds with this second generation. After all, my foundation in this upper-class circle is still shallow.

"Are you guys talking about power and money transactions here? Be careful, I will report this matter to Her Majesty the Empress." Afulu couldn't stand it anymore.

She usually hates these people who put their money and power in naked transactions.

Such people are pests to the empire.

However, because of the intertwined relationships in the empire for thousands of years, if you want to touch someone, you will encounter heavy resistance. She previously killed a bad boy in the imperial capital and uprooted the other person's family.

It felt great, but later the empress lectured her, saying that she was too young and energetic.

Even though she was dealing with the ministers under her, this empress was even more ruthless than her and wanted to kill them all.

Thinking of this, Afulue felt helpless, but she ended up falling into the hands of a bigger villain?

Of course, what made her even more unhappy was that Lorne actually seemed to be colluding with these people.

In this regard, Lorne just wanted to say that this Avro was really not on his side at all, and he clearly did not show any complicity with the other party.

Why is it that in her eyes, everything is not good?

If it were Altona, she would definitely be on his side.

"The general is right, but we are only discussing matters of national interest. We still hope that your fiancé can consider the interests of the empire more and not be fascinated by those elven beauties." Brozewo said with a smile. .

"Well said." Lorne clapped his hands and laughed. As expected, once he enters the so-called "upper class", he will be forced to take sides.

And the other party has been unkind from the beginning, so don't blame him for being rude.

After all, he, a bad boy, never had to act according to the rules.

"Good nephew Lorne, it seems that you are a sensible person." Brozewo saw that Lorne agreed with him, and felt that this evil young man seemed to be able to win over him.

"Of course." Lorne nodded, "Of course I am a sensible person, and I am also a man who is willing to work hard and die for the empire."

"Dedicate yourself to death? What Nephew Lorne said seems very interesting." Brozewo savored Lorne's words carefully and seemed to feel the subtlety of these two sentences.

"But what about you, Minister Brozewo? Are you a minister who works hard for the empire?" Lorne asked with a smile.

"Me? Of course I'm not that kind of fool. I only serve the interests of myself and my family." Brozewo said with a smile.

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