Chapter Fourteen: Duke Averell

  "Hello, I'm Meng Na."

  The woman with light purple hair smiled and waved at Li Xie.

  "The sun has risen in the west!" Kanon muttered, hastily making a fist: "Viscount Auston? Kanon greets the Grand Duke."

  Mona nodded politely and then looked at Li Xie.

  Li Ye's eyes were dull and his ears were ringing, his heart was racing wildly!

  In his twenty-two years of life, he had never felt this way before!

  He didn't even understand what was wrong with him! Suddenly he really wanted to hold the woman in front of him tightly in his arms!

  Kano saw Li Xie's foolish appearance and secretly laughed, then quickly bumped into Li Xie's waist.

  This guy used a lot of force and directly knocked Li Xie into a stumble. Li Xie felt pain and only then came back to his senses.

  Looking at the beautiful woman with a smile in front of him, Li Xie's mind was dazed. In his life, he had seen countless beauties, but only in magazines or occasionally glanced at on the street. Except for that mysterious beauty who gave him vampire blood, Li Xie had never seen such a beautiful real person!

  That mysterious beauty gave Li Xie an untouchable feeling, while the one in front of him, smelling the fragrance of orchids in the air, made Li Xie want to hold her in his arms and protect her!

  For Li Xie, who had never been in love before, this temptation was fatal and easy to lose his mind. So, after the beauty waved at him, he made a move that he regretted for a long time. He opened his hands and sincerely looked at Meng Na: "Goddess, marry me!"

  "Hmmph..."

  Kano burst out laughing in a very unharmonious way, this military man had the boldness of a military man, so he disregarded his noble status and his identity as an attendant, holding his belly, his whole body shaking, fortunately he spared Li Xie's face and didn't laugh out loud, but the air sprayed from between his teeth formed a series of "Big Aunt Concerto".

  In response to Li Xie's sudden confession, Meng Na just smiled slightly, nodded her head, and turned around to leave. She had originally seen Li Xie's good intentions and wanted to get to know him better, but she didn't expect that Li Xie was also just this kind of person after all.

  Mona shook her head slightly, let out a faint sigh that was barely audible, got into her carriage and drove away.

  Although the sigh was small, Li Xie heard it clearly. It was a sigh filled with disappointment and helplessness, which made Li Xie unable to extricate himself from the wind for a long time. He thought that he would be stuck in this awkward situation forever!

  Kano, who was standing next to him, also stopped smiling. Although this guy is a bit of a simpleton, when it comes to women, as a former military commander, he's definitely not inexperienced, but rather quite seasoned. At first glance, you can tell that Li Xie's innocent little heart has been severely struck.

  "Sir, stop posing in the wind, Duke Avril has already gone far."

  Li Xie blinked and gazed at the distant horse carriage's black shadow, softly saying: "Kano, I think I've fallen in love with her!"

  "Adult, in the Imperial City, many people have a crush on Duke Everia, at least one battalion! However, Duke Everia is recognized as the most difficult woman to deal with in the Imperial City. Except for polite greetings, she never takes the initiative to greet others. You had a good start, but... there's an... eerie ending."

  "Ah, I must be brain-dead, but I'm definitely going to get her!" Li Xie said with a determined gaze.

  Kano smiled: "The words and expressions of adults, Kano has seen a lot in the Imperial City. Hehe, Duchess Aivia is not a woman who can be pursued with just passion! The main reason..."

  "Avril Duke?" Li Xie finally heard this name in his ear: "You're saying that the woman just now is Avril Duke?"

  "That's right, she is Mona Avril, Grand Duchess of the Kingdom!"

  "Impossible!" Li Xie immediately denied: "How could she be that Ren Qi! She looks like she's only twenty years old! Twenty years ago, Ren Qi, she was probably not even born yet!"

  "To be exact, she is thirty years old this year!"

  Thirty years old?!

  Li Xie indeed still found it difficult to discern the age of people from the mainland, as people on the mainland normally lived for over 150 years and had a very long youth, with twenty-year-olds looking almost identical to fifty-year-olds.

  Of course, Avril is thirty years old now and cannot be a Ren Qi, twenty years ago she was only ten years old!

  Li Xie was about to deny it, but Kano saw his confusion and laughed: "Evelyn Grand Duke has been engaged to the Anthony Grand Duke family since childhood. Later, the Anthony family was destroyed, and Evelyn's family was almost wiped out. This engagement was not cancelled, and Evelyn still considered herself Mrs. Anthony. However, these are all irrelevant. Let me tell you, although Evelyn is thirty years old, she is absolutely a virgin!"

  "How did you know?" Li Xie narrowed his eyes, looking at Kano who was smiling somewhat slyly.

  "Because she has devoted herself completely to God!"

  "Bullshit! What a load of crap!" Li Xiamo was inexplicably furious, or perhaps as a modern person, he had a strong aversion to the idea of worship, especially when it came to devotion - it seemed that God had become his romantic rival: "I'm going to pursue her no matter what! Let's go back! Starting today, I'll make plans!"

  Kano shrugged and followed Li Xie home, under the sunset glow, two figures of different heights walked side by side with their backs to the sun, getting smaller and smaller.

  Back home, Lily reported that the right prime minister had found Li Xie several times. As for the gloomy and eccentric Right Prime Minister, Li Xie didn't have much good impression of him, especially since Mercedes VII obviously favored the Left Prime Minister and excluded the Right Prime Minister from important matters. There was a cat's paw in this, and Li Xie also understood that he needed to keep his distance from the Right Prime Minister. However, when he heard that the Right Prime Minister had come to offer him an official position, Li Xie immediately called for his servant to invite the man over.

  Originally, Li Xie was not interested in any official position. Now he has a good life, with money to spend and a house to live in, and the emperor is sheltering him, why bother being an official? It's just trouble!

  However, after meeting Countess Avril, Li Xie's thoughts completely changed! Avril was a countess, and Li Xie felt that his small earl title wasn't worthy of her, at least he should be a marquis!

  But to be promoted to Marquis, achievements are needed. Since he is the heir of the Lamborghini family, it is relatively easy for him to advance compared to others. To be promoted to Marquis, no military achievements are required, just some performance in his position will do. In this regard, he had to serve as an official in the royal court!

  During the time when Li Xie was asking for the right minister, he also instructed Kano to use the name of physical examination to ask each of the 100 elite under the command of Duke Lein to contribute a little blood, so that Li Xie could replenish his palm energy and avoid constant drowsiness and hunger.

  Then Li Xie wrote continuously on the book, making Kano full of curiosity. Apparently, Kano, who looked fierce and intimidating, actually had a curious heart like a kitten, and couldn't help but ask: "Sir, what are you writing?"

  "Write a bridge section, dialogue, famous quotes. Laozi wants to write down the things he has gained from reading books over the years and see how Meng Na escapes from his palm!" As a vagrant who picks up trash, Li Xie spends most of his time reading books. For him, there is no nightlife or daytime life, reading books is almost the only way for him to entertain himself. What he learns from books is naturally not little, and the classic quotes about flirting with girls are countless.

  Kano shrugged, unimpressed by Li Xie's words. Which of the imperial capital's noble sons wasn't honed to perfection in a pile of women? If it were that easy, the Duchess of Aivia wouldn't be the most difficult woman in the imperial capital!

  Half an hour later, a servant from the Right Chancellor's household arrived. Upon meeting Li Xie, he paid his respects and then got down to business, producing a piece of sheepskin paper: "Your Excellency, my master has selected three positions for you to choose from. The first is the Imperial Court Ceremonial Directorate, the second is the Capital City Inspection Directorate, and the third is the Vice-Director of the Royal Academy's Ritual Institute."

  "Go!" On the side, Kano sneered and said in a gloomy tone: "The Right Minister is indeed well-arranged! My family's elder is the heir of the Lamborghini family, and will eventually be the Lord of Chrysanthemum City! The Grand Duke of the Dynasty! Does the Right Minister have the nerve to arrange these positions? Even if it's temporary, wouldn't it be embarrassing for the Right Minister to spread the word?"

  "What's going on?" Li Xie actually had no idea about these positions.

  Kano glared at the servant of the Right Minister's household and began to give Li Xie a simple explanation of the management system of the Doutang Dynasty.

  The Tudor dynasty was a centralized state, with all power in the hands of Henry VII, who, of course, could not control everything himself and would delegate some powers.

  Under the emperor, there were two chancellors, one on the left and one on the right. The left chancellor was in charge of administration, while the right chancellor was in charge of military affairs. At the same time, both chancellors also held various powers, so that they could participate in decision-making on all major and minor state affairs.

  Under the two phases, there are six departments: Military Department, Judicial Department, Engineering Department, Personnel Department, Production Department, and Etiquette Department.

  Under the six departments, there are various management positions. Kano didn't elaborate, but told Li Xie that the "Si" level in the imperial court was equivalent to a deputy director level, similar to the vice president of the Sacrificial Academy. The positions given by the Right Prime Minister were all non-power institutions under the six departments, simply put, they had no troops and nothing to do, just salaried positions!

  Such a position, Li Xie was very fond of, but this was before. Now, for the sake of Princess Aiwier, Li Xie at least had to make some achievements to improve his own title. This kind of idle job, how could he want it?

  When he saw the little servant of the Right Faction coming to offer him a position, Li Xie's heart didn't feel so great, now they were clearly treating him as useless and giving him some trashy job to placate him, how could Li Xie have a good expression?

  Li Xie's face sank, and the Right Minister's servant smiled indifferently: "Duke, my master said that it's not that we don't want to arrange a suitable position for you, but rather there are no vacancies for positions matching your status at present. We'll have to wait a few more days before making arrangements."

  "Hmph, I suppose the Right Minister wants a vacancy, and soon there will be one! If the Right Minister doesn't want a vacancy, then there will never be one, right?"

  Li Xie felt somewhat annoyed, logically speaking, this civil service position arrangement, Zuo Xiangcai had more say in the matter, why did Mercedes Seventh want to throw it to You Xiang for decision?

  "It's not His Majesty, my master is not the Emperor!" The servant of the Right Chancellor handed over the sheepskin paper to Li Xie and smiled: "Your Excellency, why don't you choose a position first? Although these positions have no real power, they are also carefully selected by my master. My master has also instructed that he will pay attention to more suitable positions for the Earl."

  "Oh? This one, this one, haha! Alright, let's go with this!" Li Xie suddenly burst out laughing and pointed to the sheepskin paper.

  Uh!

  Kano blinked his eyes, he was puzzled, how did Earl Saber's attitude suddenly change?