Elizabeth withdrew her gaze with satisfaction. She needed to stimulate Karl more and let him take action as soon as possible. Now that he had seen the whole thing, he should be almost angry and jealous. It was not in vain that she sat here and acted out for a long time.
Elizabeth sat securely on the swing without getting up. Karl came over and rarely he didn't kiss Elizabeth's hand first. Instead, he looked condescendingly at the man in front of him who had been in frequent contact with Elizabeth in recent days. He hired murderers but failed to kill this lowly slave.
Ares felt a malicious scrutiny, but he did not raise his head. Instead, he helped Elizabeth put on her shoes without haste and then raised his hand to adjust the hem of her skirt, then slowly standing up and looking at the man.
Viscount Karl Brins, Ares recognizes him.
When he heard that Karl had stopped outside Tristan's castle two hours ago, Ares took a few steps around to take a look and knew that the man in front of him was the man who hired murderers to kill him.
At first, Ares didn't know why a Viscount couldn't tolerate him. It wasn't until Bart told him about Carl's crazy behavior towards Elizabeth that he understood why Carl wanted to kill him.
Ares' eyes fell on Karl's face. The broken eyebrows looked violent and wanton in the dim moonlight. He stepped back a little and slowly bent down to salute Carl, but his eyebrows and eyes were extremely narrow, they fell directly on Carl's face, like the eyes of an animal staring at its prey, looking dangerous and weird.
Elizabeth was not sure whether Karl felt it, but she felt Ares' murderous intention towards Carl.
Elizabeth licked her mouth, and for the first time, she felt the male protagonist's aggression towards other men at close range.
She blinked and looked at Carl again. He was much shorter than Ares, so even if Ares bent down, he still had to look up, but Carl's amber eyes also contained undisguised malice.
Ares was already aware of Carl's existence. Elizabeth frowned, feeling that this obvious situation was somewhat detrimental to Carl.
After all, Carl holds great power but still fails to get rid of Ares even after two attacks from behind. Now that the opponent is on guard, it will probably be even worse.
However, the only one who could use it now was Carl. After thinking for a moment, Elizabeth decided to go with the original plan and at least let Carl try it, maybe he could succeed.
Thinking of this, Elizabeth stood up and stepped directly into the tense atmosphere. As if she didn't notice anything, she took Carl's arm and pulled him towards the castle: "I've been waiting for you for a long time, you're too late, if you do this again Please don't come here next time."
There was arrogance and looseness in her voice, but compared to Elizabeth's attitude towards others, she was already gentle when talking to Carl, even showing that they were close.
Carl felt her hands on his arms, and he immediately calmed down his temper. His face, which was not very handsome, couldn't help but put on a doting smile. He gently took Elizabeth's hand and kissed it. He saluted with the back of her hand before explaining with a grin: "My fault, the carriage was too slow. Seeing that I was going to be late, I jumped out of the carriage and rode over by myself."
He had been kept out by Tristan for too long, and his clothes were wrinkled, and a little of the powder on his face fell off, so he ran back to clean it up, but he definitely couldn't say such things, so he just lied casually.
He also took out a delicate small box from his pocket and said with a flattering smile: "Don't be angry, I brought you a gift. See if you like it."
Elizabeth took a look and saw that it was a blue gemstone bracelet, shining brightly in the moonlight.
"For the sake of the gems, I forgive you. If you're late next time, even if you give me ten gemstone bracelets, I won't be able to see you again." Elizabeth proudly raised her slender neck, condescending like a swan with its feathers smoothed, and said: "Put it on."
But what she exposed was not her wrists, but her slender and smooth ankles.
She is like a spoiled child, shamelessly trampling on other people's love and taking pleasure in it.
But Carl didn't look offended at all. Instead, he became a little more obsessed. He knelt on one knee as if he had been given a gift, carefully picked up Elizabeth's feet, put the beautiful high heels on his knees, and then put the gemstone bracelet on her ankle. That pious look seemed to be serving his goddess.
Elizabeth was not surprised by this. After all, Carl, as a nobleman who had everything since he was a child, had many bad qualities of men. Being obedient was not attractive to him. Only when you treat him like a piece of shit will he become obsessed with you?
Elizabeth understands this principle well and uses it skillfully.
Soon Carl put on the chain. He raised his neck like a proud rooster and took Elizabeth into the hall. He glanced at everyone in the hall with a victor's attitude, showing off beyond words.
But he was not allowed to wear shoes when entering Elizabeth's castle, so he had to let go, take off his stiletto-heeled men's boots, take the woolen slippers from the attendant, and put them on.
This was also decided by the original Elizabeth. Anyone entering her castle, whether a noble or a commoner, needed to put on slippers or put on the items prepared by the castle. Such a move caused a lot of hatred before, but she refused to compromise and would not let them in until they took off their shoes. After entering the door, everyone has no choice but to obey her. All because she had a good father.
Elizabeth did not change this rule after traveling in this book. The rule of needing to wear slippers when entering the house is also engraved in the bones of modern people, but she compromised a bit, the cloth used to bind the feet of nobles was replaced by simple woolen slippers
Some nobles thought this move was very classy, and many imitated it.
However, Elizabeth herself would not take off her shoes, neither when entering her castle nor when going to other people's castle. A person like her will not abide by other people's rules.
Elizabeth maintains this extremely self-centered personality quite firmly.
By the time the people on the second floor of the hall had finished appreciating the jewelry and were chatting about those jewelry, Elizabeth accepted everyone's compliments and walked to the dining table. The dining table was now filled with all kinds of cakes and fruits.
She sat down first, and then the rest of the group followed suit. Of course, some did not sit down and continued to admire the jewelry or dance.
The banquet at this time didn't have many rules and was even a little loose, but it didn't matter. Her main purpose today was Carl. As long as Carl sat down, it didn't matter what the rest of the people did.
Elizabeth sat in the main seat, her eyes fell on Karl, who was sitting third to her right, with a reserved smile on her beautiful face: "Try it, the cook who made the cake was hired by my father from the capital, and the taste is so good."
Carl doesn't like sweets, but if Elizabeth watches him eat them, he won't get tired of them no matter how much he eats.
He immediately picked up his fork, tasted it carefully, and then praised it.
Elizabeth smiled arrogantly and gestured to Bili beside her with a satisfied look.
Bili immediately bent over and opened a box, took out a small silver spoon from it, scooped out a small spoonful from several cakes, and then placed it on a plate to observe it.
Of course, Carl knew that she was using a silver spoon to test for poison, but he didn't remember that Elizabeth had this habit before.
"Why did you start testing for poison? Did you encounter something?" Carl asked.
Elizabeth shook her head: "It was Suya who was poisoned in the imperial capital. Fortunately, she used silverware, so she survived. She wrote me a letter and asked me to remember to test the poison before eating."
Suya is the youngest princess of the emperor and the best friend of the original Elizabeth. She did write so in a letter, but the poison test was specially staged in front of Carl tonight to lead to the next conversation.
"It's God's blessing." Carl made a prayer gesture and then said: "But we have a great lord in Rose Manor. He ordered strict control of poisons. Poisoning here is very difficult to do. There is no need to be as strict as the imperial capital." ."
What he means is that her father is strict and no one in the manor dares to make poisons.
Elizabeth was indeed poisoned once when she was a child. Later, her father became furious and not only killed the person who poisoned her but also those who made the poison and sold the materials. The seller of the materials was as guilty as the poisoner, and the whole family was implicated. After that, poison was almost invisible in the entire manor.
When Bili heard what he said, she immediately bent down lowered her voice, and said, "Poison is everywhere. For example, this apple is also highly poisonous."
He casually took a big bite of the apple, pointed out the apple seeds inside, and said, "See, this is poison."
Carl didn't believe it, but Bili walked up to him chewing the fruit pulp, and whispered something into his ear.
When Carl listened to Bili's words, his eyes changed from being casual at first to shocked at the end. It was obvious that he had heard surprising news.
All Elizabeth heard from the side was something like apple seeds, five hundred...
She curled her lips slightly and ate the cake casually, with the attitude of an outsider, and even looked lazily at Ares standing at the door from a distance.
Ares felt her gaze and looked up, passing through the moving heads and the bright candlelight, his eyes fell on Elizabeth's face.
With that heavy door as the boundary;
One was surrounded by people in a brightly lit hall, enjoying a delicious meal.
One is outside the door, bathed in dim moonlight, doing hard and tiring work.
The two of them seem to have nothing in common, but they are inextricably intertwined in places that others cannot see.
Just like this moment, she used the attitude of an outsider to teach others to poison him with an understatement.
Elizabeth smiled with the cake in her mouth, feeling that this kind of relationship was so close...