Chapter 32: A strange encounter with Mrs. Josie (1)

When I stepped on the land of the Night clan, I remembered that my father was killed in the battle with the Night clan, I didn't have any good feeling about this place, but Hunter told me that I can't do this job with my own emotions, this is what he said, "Miss Evelynn, even if you have your father's murderer in front of you, you Judge what he is doing now in an unbiased manner, because your memory is not what the king wants, it is now exactly what the king does need."
I let myself hide my hatred for this land and treat everyone here with an impartial attitude.
Once we landed, we checked into the closest hotel to the pier, which wasn't flamboyantly decorated and didn't have a lot of high society people, but Mrs. Josie told me that this is the best place to see if a community is good.
After we got our stuff organized, we had a short meeting in the men's room.
"Dear partners, our third stop is here, now I want to issue you this mission, because Evelynn joined, I think our work will go more smoothly, but because Evelynn participated in our mission for the first time, it is necessary to let Mrs. Josie first accompany her on the mission. " Hunter said as he stood in front of everyone.
The others nodded, and I stood up and bowed to them.
Hunter continued, "First, to explain again, our task is to investigate the real situation of a community, and we have to understand them most impartially. Secondly, we start with the people at the bottom of the hierarchy, and their reactions are the most realistic reactions of this community. Finally, each person has to write his or her summary every day, and then we get together again for discussion."
"If you have any questions please contact each other by cell phone."
"Okay."
Then all of us went back to our rooms to prepare, and Mrs. Josie and I were tasked to investigate the surrounding cosmetic stores, clothes stores, restaurants, and other places where ladies often appear, so we needed to dress well and put on gorgeous clothes. At this point, I realized why Mrs. Josie's room had so many aristocratic, or rich people's clothes!
As we walked out of the room, several other men had already departed, the door to their rooms closed tightly, and Mrs. Josie took my hand and said, "Miss Evelynn, let's go to the cosmetics store first! I heard that the cosmetics here are the most famous in Night clan, and also they will be supplied to the King."
"Yes, Mrs. Josie."
"Miss Evelynn, may I ask if you have studied cosmetics?"
"I'm sorry, Mrs. Josie, I haven't done much research on these."
"I thought you were a noble lady who would have studied cosmetics, it seems you were once a very simple noble lady!"
My heart was a little bitter, I certainly would not tell her that I was just a very poor Luna who married into the nobility.
We arrived at the cosmetics store, where there were a lot of people, mostly women, but of course a few men, all of them accompanying their wives, all of them tired, like they hadn't gotten a good night's sleep for days and nights, all of them sitting on stools at the entrance fiddling with their phones, sometimes carrying on a conversation with the person next to them.
We walked in and saw a group of women talking, as if they were interested in an item, while there was some arguing going on.
Mrs. Josie dragged me to the most crowded area, which she said was the easiest place to get information.
We stood at the back of the crowd and saw through a gap that three women were arguing in front of an eyebrow pencil as others gathered around them, talking.
Mrs. Josie asked a woman in a long green dress next to her, "Your dress is so beautiful, dear lady, may I ask what these three ladies are arguing about?"
Someone complimented her dress, the woman was happy, I could see that her face was well-groomed, the foundation on her face had dried and cracked, like she had applied many layers, the color of the dress was so special, the green base with red flowers, it must have been carefully selected.
She whispered to Mrs. Josie, "These three are all the wives of Minister Brecht, they usually don't get along very well, and today they were all here at the same time, and they all had their eyes on the shopkeeper's newly arrived eyebrow pencil, which is the only one available, and they all wanted to buy it! So they quarreled!"
"That's for sure! They've been fighting for Lord Brecht's favor, and I think they bought this eyebrow pencil because they must want to draw the most beautiful eyebrows and gain superior competition over others!" Said another lady standing next to her in a long pink dress.
Mrs. Josie looked at me and said to the lady in the long pink dress, "Lord Brecht must like best a lady who is already married to herself!"
I knew that Mrs. Josie was trying to get to the bottom of whether Brecht was married or not.
The woman in the blue dress next to him said directly: "Of course not! Lord Brecht's favorite is the one, the youngest and loveliest lady, listen to the maid in Brecht's mansion, the youngest lady is the most recent to live in the mansion, she is most like the young Lord Brecht, brave, decisive, cheerful and beautiful! "
The lady in the long green dress, afraid that we wouldn't know who the lady in the long blue dress was talking about, helped us by pointing to the woman who was facing us.
She is indeed very beautiful, is the kind of savage beauty, when she did not speak, like a goddess stunning, when she speaks, it is as if she is pampered, not at all being angry, but her voice is very sharp, cursing is very powerful, will give a sense of oppression.
Mrs. Josie said, "I still think the lady on her left is more elegant, like an aristocrat."
"Madam's eyes are really good, that lady is Lord Brecht's real wife, she has a noble birth and elegant temperament, but she doesn't seem to be particularly favored by Lord Brecht within the mansion, probably because she is two years older than Lord Brecht!" The lady in the long pink dress said.
"So that's how it is, it seems Lord Brecht doesn't like women older than himself! Then why did he marry this lady?"
After I asked this question, Mrs. Josie looked at me and affirmed to me that I possessed confidence.
The lady in the long pink dress looked at me and said with some surprise, "Beautiful lady, you are so young, you must not have been married! You probably don't understand how complicated marriage can be, especially when it's involved with nobility! I heard that Alfa let his niece marry him only after he received a gift from Lord Brecht, who would give Alfa rich money and beauty, and at the same time he would be relied on by Alfa!"
Mrs. Josie nodded in agreement, and the four of them chatted more cheerfully, even more, interesting than the three ladies' bickering.
I heard the words of that lady earlier and thought about my marriage. Although there was no political connection, what happened to me would not have been any easier than what happened to that lady. Men are fickle creatures, how can I trust them so easily? When they won't abandon you because of politics, they will also abandon you for any other reason.
That's how Mrs. Josie and those three ladies stood in the cosmetic store talking for almost three hours, I felt a little tired, but such work made me happier than before because I could always find my previous self in their words.
They have their unique perspective on life in bits and pieces, and while I don't agree with many of their ideas, I find them interesting. Sometimes their words inspire me, sometimes they make me laugh.
Mrs. Josie invited them to a nearby restaurant for dinner and exchanged contact information, which led to my admiration for Mrs. Josie's social skills.
All three of those ladies had their husbands with them, and they took their lady's things home first, and we all went to the liveliest restaurant in the neighborhood for dinner.
The three ladies seemed to be happy with this situation of being invited to dinner by someone else, telling more information to Mrs. Josie.
"Madam, so you are a guest here for pleasure! Then we have to tell you what the Alpha here cares most about!"
"Madam, your daughter doesn't have someone in mind yet! My son and she are very close in age, we can let them spend some time together!"
Of course, the daughter she was referring to was me, and for convenience, I pretended to be Mrs. Josie's daughter.
"Madam, do you know why our minister here has so many ladies?"
They told us about their community without any sense of crisis, and from their words, we learned that their community treated women with enough respect, something the king cared about, so they did well.
The rich people in their community can get several wives, but most of the very poor people cannot marry wives. Most of the people in their community pay tribute to the Alpha, and the taxes get higher every year. Most of the young men in their community do not like to join the army because it is very chaotic and the Alpha's practices often make them feel dissatisfied.
There was much, much more information to come and we returned to the hotel full of gains. Mrs. Josie taught me to take notes and we summarized the information from the day and waited for the men to return for a meeting to discuss.
We were sitting in front of the table taking serious notes when Mrs. Josie suddenly said to me, "I was shocked by your performance today, I didn't realize that you were so well versed in the way you talk to people and seem to know a lot about the military."
"Yes, dear madam, I have always been interested in the military and have learned a lot about it before, and I am really happy to receive your compliments. I am also very happy to have the privilege of meeting your superior social skills today!"
Mrs. Josie laughed out loud. It was the first time I had ever seen her laugh so brightly, and her laughter was so infectious that I couldn't help but laugh along with her.
Suddenly, there was a knock on our door and a strange man's voice rang out.
"May I ask if Mrs. Josie is here?"
Mrs. Josie was immediately alert, and I stood up with my fists clenched. Our four eyes looked at each other, and I didn't know what to do.