Fighting for Favor

Ryan had noticed.

That maid was boiling a frog in warm water.

The best proof was that after breakfast, she came to say some extra words again—

“Your Highness Ryan, did you like today’s dishes? Are there any special requirements for the taste?

Any special requirements for lunch later? What do you want to eat for dinner?”

Probably considering that she couldn’t be too hasty on the first day, the blonde girl didn’t ask these questions for yesterday’s dinner.

And when Ryan wanted to ignore these meaningless questions and leave, the blonde girl skillfully took out the plan.

“Your Highness Ryan, I have formulated a nutritionally balanced meal plan, please take a look at it and see if there is anything that needs to be improved?”

After taking it and carefully checking it, Ryan regretted it.

There was a blank space on the plan every day, and she had deliberately listed a bunch of options next to it, and noted that it was best to write down the taste you wanted to eat… obviously trying to trap him.

“Your Highness Ryan, please rest assured, we will definitely make dishes that satisfy you!”

Ryan filled in the food he wanted to eat carefully according to the other two meals of the day, and walked towards the hall unhappily.

Don’t get me wrong, this doesn’t mean that Ryan compromised, but he had carefully analyzed it.

The dishes on the plan were not repeated, which well avoided others speculating about what he liked to eat, so as to poison or overly cater to his preferences.

In addition, the plan also thoughtfully listed the current inventory of ingredients and their freshness, and the data of ingredients to be purchased in the next week, and marked the estimated amount of ingredients that the existing dishes would consume.

It is not difficult to see that if this plan is implemented, the inventory can be cleared in time while ensuring a healthy diet, and a certain amount of space is left for him to “freely play.”

So reasonable, economical, and attentive, if he denies it just by temporary impulse, it would make him seem childish and disregard the overall situation.

However, Ryan would still be unhappy.

“Your Highness Ryan, have a good trip!”

Especially when he left the mansion and heard the maids’ scattered but obviously improved farewells, he was even more dissatisfied.

Even though he already knew the purpose of this approach, and he was the one who didn’t prohibit the blonde girl from doing so, the discomfort of his peaceful life being forcibly broken still made him feel unspeakably uncomfortable.

Of course, he didn’t actually say anything.

It wasn’t until he got into the carriage and saw his assistant Moric that he said,

“Theo, I plan to recruit more servants. Go and discuss the details with that Flora Haggia.”

(What kind of ecstasy did that woman give His Highness?)

Theo Moric never expected that he would have a day to discuss the personnel management of the Crown Prince’s mansion with a maid.

He never expected that the Crown Prince would not adopt any of his advice.

Therefore, Moric’s first reaction was that the Crown Prince was fascinated by that blonde girl.

Objectively speaking, the blonde girl’s appearance was more beautiful than any noble lady he had ever seen, and her figure was also slender and graceful above the standard, coupled with that pure and refined innocent and lively expression, even Moric would lose his mind from time to time when he saw it.

In addition, the combination of bright blonde hair and sky-blue eyes… was simply a big killer for the Crown Prince.

But after thinking about it carefully, Moric didn’t think the Crown Prince was such a person, so the remaining possibility was that the blonde girl deceived the Crown Prince, or… well, there were many possibilities, and Moric couldn’t guess.

If it were before, the Crown Prince would definitely discuss it with him.

But after the mistake he made a month ago, their relationship became cold.

Thinking back carefully, his mistake was also related to the blonde girl—he thought it was just an ordinary back door deal, and the other party kept emphasizing how poor the blonde girl’s family was and how miserable her life was.

Considering that he was indeed a little short of money, he violated his conscience and accepted the bribe of “as much as” ten gold coins.

However, he, who has always prided himself on being smart, never thought that if the other party was really so poor, how could he come up with ten gold coins.

As a result, the moment he saw the blonde girl’s appearance, he immediately realized that he had been deceived—which poor rural aristocrat could cultivate such a beautiful girl.

So he confessed his crime to the Crown Prince and tried to hunt down the briber and investigate the blonde girl’s situation.

But he couldn’t find the briber’s whereabouts.

He only found the witness testimony that the briber had contacted “that person”‘s subordinates.

That Baron Haggia insisted that he had a daughter named Flora, but the local people said they had never seen the fallen baron’s daughter, but pointed out that the other party was a well-known gambler and liar.

The clues were broken, but the Crown Prince did not drive the blonde girl out, but said more than once that he wanted to see what the blonde girl was going to do… but except for that test and the undisguised poisoning incident, the Crown Prince didn’t tell him much about what happened in the mansion.

He was also embarrassed to ask.

Because he had spent all the bribes he received… for his sister who was seriously ill in bed.

Well, he knew that strictly speaking, this was betrayal.

It was only natural that the Crown Prince trusted him less than before.

But the Crown Prince hadn’t punished him yet… so all he could do was to do his best to make up for his mistakes.

Considering that the Crown Prince has always liked to test the loyalty of his subordinates, and that the blonde girl couldn’t possibly gain the Crown Prince’s trust in such a short period of time… Moric speculated that this must be another test for the blonde girl.

But in Moric’s opinion, this test was unnecessary.

The blonde girl looked problematic no matter what.

What he had to do was to expose the other party’s true colors and make up for his mistakes!

Moric quickly got off the carriage and entered the mansion alone.

“Mr. Moric, welcome to your arrival!”

The blonde girl greeted him with a bright smile.

“Lead the way.”

He said unhappily.

The blonde girl didn’t care and led the way lightly in front, but this made her even more suspicious.

Any normal girl would definitely show a trace of unhappiness when facing his bad attitude.

But Flora Haggia’s smile didn’t have a trace of haze.

This was not only suspicious, but also gave Moric a feeling of not taking him seriously.

(How dare you look down on me…)

Moric looked at the golden figure angrily.

Then the other party suddenly disappeared.

He lowered his head and saw the blonde girl falling to the ground again.

Even he had heard that some men like this kind of clumsy girl… Could this be a means to attract His Highness Ryan?

Moric didn’t know whether to show an angry or speechless expression for a while.

“Sorry, Mr. Moric, I made you laugh.”

The blonde girl quickly got up and turned around to bow to him apologetically.

Moric frowned when he remembered yesterday’s situation.

“Again, why do you bow to me so solemnly, why didn’t you apologize to His Highness first yesterday?”

He asked aggressively, with a sense of accountability.

“Mr. Moric, I’m sorry for making you feel unhappy, I will pay attention to it later.”

The blonde girl was slightly surprised and bowed her head gently to apologize,

“As for the second question… I don’t think His Highness Ryan needs my apology.”

Moric was even more angry.

But he didn’t refute the blonde girl’s words.

Because the Crown Prince was such a person.

He was angry that he had spent half a year to discover this, and the blonde girl had only spent a little over a month to discover it.

It was as if she was satirising that he was not loyal enough to His Highness Ryan.