Chapter 11: The Prince's Banquet 3

  This man is no stranger in the social circle, Baron Dance, a prominent figure, but the girl beside him doesn't look very familiar. Judging from the girl's attire, her family should be quite well-off, but somehow he can't recall whose daughter she is?

  The crowd of onlookers whispered to each other, and finally someone provided an interesting piece of information. She pretended to be mysterious and said slowly,

  "I just saw Mrs. Lucas with only Kitty by her side, so I asked her where Charlotte was. Guess what she said?"

  Thanks to the reminder from this noblewoman, several families who often came and went with Lucas' family realized that this girl looked very similar to their eldest daughter Charlotte. Most people were still confused, one of whom asked first:

  "Could this young lady be the legendary Charlotte, said to be the most beautiful in the capital? But what is she doing here? And with Dans as well."

  A noble girl next to them overheard their conversation and interrupted,

  "It seems the rumor was wrong, what's most beautiful, I think is just a vase."

  Upon hearing this, the noblewomen who normally got along with Charlotte refused to respond and instead rallied around her in defense.

  "This definitely isn't Charlotte, I've seen Charlotte, she's as noble and inviolable as the goddess on Mount Astata, what is this one doing here, did she come to hook up with Dans or attend the dinner party?"

  "That's right, Charlotte wouldn't hide in a corner, she's a born queen, wherever she goes is the focus of people's attention, and also my goddess~~~"

  If this socialite knew that Charlotte had recently gone fishing in the river for lunch, regardless of her image, I wonder if she would still say that.

  "You don't know the situation, so don't talk nonsense and ruin our Charlotte's reputation!"

  One of them is probably a brainless fan of Charlotte, and actually warns others, regardless of whether the object is more noble than oneself.

  The noblewoman who first spoke couldn't help but rub her forehead as everyone quickly strayed from the topic, interrupting the girls' verbal sparring.

  "This certainly can't be Charlotte, so where is the real Charlotte? She"

  The noble woman's words were cut off, and everyone turned to look at the girl who had sobered up more than half, her face deathly pale.

  "Who is it?"

  Lydia and Kitty, of course, did not miss this wonderful dialogue. Kitty impulsively wanted to go up and take Cinderella away. Lydia stretched out her hand to grab her, scolding in a low voice.

  "Do you want Charlotte to never come back again?!"

  Katie stopped in her tracks and turned to look at her mother's stern expression. She was like a balloon that had suddenly lost its air.

  "Foolish Cinderella, if she messes things up, just watch me take her back."

  Lydia gently stroked her daughter's smooth hand back.

  "Don't be afraid, they don't have that much capability, thinking of taking down the Lucas family? Hmph! Fool's dream."

  Baron Dance covered his bleeding head and walked out with the support of the servant. Cinderella was about to breathe a sigh of relief when Baron Dance suddenly turned back, causing Cinderella to involuntarily shrink her neck. Baron Dance didn't say anything but left, which made Cinderella even more frightened than if he had spoken some vicious words.

  "Mother, will Baron Dansen just let Cinderella go like this?"

  Catie thought Dancy would bully Cinderella, but he didn't do anything and just left.

  "It won't be that simple, this is the prince's banquet, Dans still doesn't dare to cause trouble, but it definitely won't end like this, even if he doesn't mind, the members of parliament won't think so, breaking the head of the Minister of State's own grandson, a dignified baron, Cinderella has made a big mistake this time."

  Something like this happened, and Lucas's family didn't have the heart to play anymore. They just hoped that the banquet would end soon so they could go back and think of a way to resolve the conflict between Darcy and Cinderella.

  "Are you talking about Charlotte?"

  This should be a sealed room, not very large, with no windows around, and in the middle of the table there are two candles lit, behind the table sits a man in his 40s or 50s, the man's face is vaguely visible as handsome as he was in those years. The question came from the man's mouth.

  "Yes, Your Majesty, that night I had planned to use Charlotte as bait to lure out the Duke of Windsor. At first, it went smoothly, Charlotte took the bait and Windsor did not disappoint by going to rescue her. But then Charlotte suddenly disappeared, even Greedy Snake couldn't sense her."

  "Aren't you taking Mifepristone? Is it because the dosage is too small?"

  "This is also possible, I suspect that the Duke of Windsor has seen through our plans and was prepared."

  The king raised an eyebrow,

  "What did you say?"

  "Your Majesty, Soya gave Charlotte the antidote on the day she saw Charlotte and the Duke of Windsor talking in the garden. I'm not sure what they said, so I let Soya continue with the plan. The plan failed, and before returning to Nanyo, the Duke of Windsor took Soya away, it seems our move was discovered by him. However,"

  "Finish what you're saying."

  Noticing the king's impatience, he quickly said,

  "The Duke of Windsor had a letter delivered to Mr Lucas."

  "Do you know what's in the letter?"

  "I don't know, but I do know that Lucas has three daughters and only two of them are attending tonight's dinner party."

  "That's interesting, haha."