I'm a fox girl, I took over the job of the Night Demon Queen

"What happened to those people?"

"They all disappeared due to unknown accidents, and they didn't even leave the palace."

"...I thought you were going to issue a gag order."

In Jiang Lan's impression, Hao Lianna has always been very kind and righteous, just like Yazi, who is full of sense of justice. It is hard to imagine that she would kill all those who knew the truth. After all, those people are also the citizens of the Southern Territory whom she vowed to protect.

"Perhaps people always change. Now I think I am more like you, mother."

Her voice lowered a little, her eyes wandering over Charlotte's little face, and Hollyanna spoke.

During the ten years of the war between humans and demons, she had always appeared in the eyes of the world as the Black Knight.

Just as Jiang Lan abandoned the city and chose to save Yazi when the war broke out, Haoliana is also a one-man knight.

Knight of Mona.

"I feel a little relieved."

Jiang Qian said with a smile on her cheek.

"That's true, but you've never worried about this kind of thing. You came here for something else, right?"

Different from the young girl who used to hang out with the trash, no, with Yazi, Hao Lianna is much more mature after experiencing the baptism of war. When she heard the news that Jiang Lan was coming to the southern border, she already knew what she was thinking.

Mona has had very little contact with her in recent years, which may have worried this mother who raised three adopted daughters.

"I really can't hide it from you."

"I can't hide it from Mona."

In response to Jiang Lan's words, Hao Lianna replied.

"Then she is still hiding from me."

After the awkward moment in the carriage yesterday, I hadn't seen her all day.

Even if what happened in the past is still on her mind, it is too much for him to avoid her to this extent.

As she spoke, the beautiful fox girl pouted again, causing the waiter standing in the distance to look at her several more times, becoming even more curious about her relationship with the king and queen.

But no matter how hard you think, you would never know that this young girl would be the mother of the dignified and kind queen.

And she would never have imagined that the gentle queen stabbed her mother twice.

Of course, Jiang Lan doesn't care about these things.

Isn't it just stabbing her twice?

Like Lilith, she never gets angry even if you poke her every day.

"Can't!"

As if she noticed something from Jiang Lan's expression, Hao Lianna suddenly screamed.

"What can't be done?"

"nothing."

Mona couldn't stab her mother like Lilith did, because it sounded too much like an insult, and Hollyanna didn't say it out loud.

However, Jiang Lan finally figured it out and her pretty face turned red. But when she calmed down, she had some bad thoughts in mind again.

"Oh~ Could it be that, Haoliana, you are scared?"

"Well, although it makes me sound unconfident when I say it, I'm still very scared if my opponent is you, even though I've been a wife to Mona for so many years."

Mona has always liked her mother, that kind of impure love.

It is even more frightening now that we know there is no blood relationship between them.

"Don't worry, I won't agree to it."

It was originally a teasing joke, but unexpectedly it received such a serious answer from Hao Lianna. For a moment Jiang Lan herself became nervous and rubbed her hands and quickly calmed herself down.

But he was still a little curious in his heart. After hesitating for a while, he raised his eyes tentatively and tried to see something from Haoliana's face.

"Then if Mona really still has feelings for me, what will you do?"

"...Just pretend you don't know."

Jiang Lan's breath was held. Should she say that this answer was unexpectedly good, or should she say that this child loved too deeply?

"After all, I am a dog licker."

As if to mock herself, Hollyanna forced out a bitter smile.

"Don't worry, Mona won't do anything like that. After all, you're such a good child."

Even though she was the one who filled Mona's heart in the past, during these long fifteen years, watching Halina, the knight Sam who gave up his own thoughts for her and was a hero just for her, must have liked her in his heart.

Filial piety has deteriorated again and again, and now Mona's feelings for Jiang Lan are only the blood relationship.

A licker can't get a house, but Mona is also a good girl.

She will also be attracted to people who are nice to her.

Licking till the end.

I don't know which step brought me better luck, but it must be Mona, who was able to meet someone like her and spend the rest of my life with her.

"Mom, that's how you see it. I feel a little relieved now. Have you thought of a way to deal with Mona? She has always been upset about the incident that hurt you. She misses you so much, but she still keeps restraining herself. No, she should be afraid.

Just as you fear that the bond between you and her will fade, Mona fears that you will no longer see her as your daughter."

"So what can you do?"

After analyzing the situation to this extent, Hao Lianna must have thought of a solution. Jiang Lan did not feel embarrassed and decisively asked her for help.

"If you ask me, I'd just go for it and tell you everything face to face."

Many misunderstandings arise simply because of the parties involved’s concealment and hesitation.

"Is this so..."

Jiang Lan was somewhat tempted and wanted to discuss it further, but it happened that an internal affairs officer had important matters to report to Hao Lianna.

As the head of a country, Hao Lianna is very busy. During the half day when she accompanied Jiang Lan to look after her granddaughter, a lot of government affairs piled up.

"Your Majesty, the envoys from the Northern Empire are waiting for your summons to discuss matters related to trade and the opening of sea routes."

"Just go ahead and don't worry about me. It's a good opportunity for me to play with Charlotte for a while, right? Gulu Gulu~"

Jiang Lan kissed her little granddaughter again and waved her hand to urge this busy man to get back to business.

"It's been so long, Charlotte should go to bed. Mom, do you want to try to participate in the negotiation? I have talked with the other party's envoys many times, but I am always disrupted by one of the businessmen. His ideas are too advanced and I don't know how to deal with him."

"Me? Is this okay?"

"No problem. It just so happens that she is an old friend of yours. I should be able to catch her off guard."

As she spoke, Haoliana smiled a bit like a fox.

#Gurgle Gurgle~ (bubbling)#

Talk about the Day After. 9

The big businessman from the North suffered a great loss. Not to mention making a few cents of profit, he couldn't even get back his capital.

"It's really a miracle. It's just a pity for me who works so hard to make money. I'm afraid I can't even support my wife now."

By chance, she obtained business knowledge that was thousands of years ahead of this era, and it was easy for her to deceive the king of a country. However, when she saw that man in the hall, she was naturally defeated.

Because he had suffered a great loss, in order to compensate this legendary figure who had built his business from scratch and made great connections throughout the world in more than 20 years, the emperor's mother accompanied him when he left the palace.

The emperor's mother was naturally referring to Jiang Lan, and the businessman was frowning and complaining bitterly at this moment.

Immediately afterwards, he was hit on the back of his head.

"You cheated me of enough money in the past, and now you are trying to cheat my daughter. Don't you know how to be more considerate of my Mona?"

It was like rain after a long drought, or meeting an old friend in a foreign land. Jiang Lan felt a little happy to meet her long-lost friend in this southern border. Although she was scolding him harshly, her whole body was filled with joy.

Come to think of it, the two of them used to go to hot springs together. Thinking back then, she was exploited a lot by this black-hearted man, who urged her to submit manuscripts every month but only gave her a pitiful amount of gold coins.

"Business is like a battlefield. There is no room for personal feelings. Businessmen are always motivated by profit."

Laughing, Stella still acted stubborn.

Looking at her carefully, after not seeing her for several years, although she was wearing rouge and powder, the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes were still a little unobstructed. Jiang Lan then sighed, it turned out that so much time had passed.

"I don't care. I just have to give in to my Mona."

Not seeing each other for several years did not stop Jiang Lan from acting a little coquettishly towards this woman who was like a sister to her and helped her in her most difficult times.

"Just think of it as paying back the money you owe me," she said.

"Hey? Let me make this clear. How do I owe you money?"

"You make a lot of money outside, but I only have a few thousand gold coins in my hand, and you still dare to say you don't owe me."

After working so hard on writing a book, the copyright fee she received was less than one thousandth of the original amount. Stella is truly a scoundrel.

"Didn't I give you a lot of compensation later? I arranged the school and the house for you."

"You're so embarrassed to say that. If I hadn't been so careful back then and asked you for money with the sealed pen in my hand, you might not have given it to me."

Having said that, Stella glanced at Jiang Lan's puffy face. After so many years, she was still as smooth as when they first met. A look of nostalgia appeared on her face.

Heavy snow fell on the long street. When he was at his lowest point, he was welcomed into the home of a kind-hearted fox beauty. With her power, he rose again and became a big businessman step by step. She also liked Jiang Lan.

Even now, it is hard to say that there is no unspeakable emotion buried in my heart.

"I was afraid you'd run away."

"what?"

Hearing this, Jiang Lan was stunned for a moment and then smiled faintly. In the adult world, there are many things that cannot be said, so one can only pretend not to know. This is a small tacit understanding.

She had always known about Stella's feelings for her, and Stella knew that she knew.

So, Stella gave her very little money back then. She was afraid that she would stop writing books after she had more money, and then she would have no excuse to meet him again.

Jiang Lan knew that Stella would eventually give her what she deserved, so she didn't expose it.

"Then how did you feel guilty and make up for it all at once?"