Chapter 23 Return without Success

The Journey.

In the lower hall of the palace.

"Mother, what's wrong?"

Walking down from the upstairs, Irene saw her mother "Irina" in the hall.

With a slight smile, Irina took a step forward and approached her daughter who came in front of her.

She stretched out her hands and grabbed her daughter's hands.

"Why, can't I come to see you?"

With a slight curl of her lips, Irene snorted, "I don't believe it. Mother must have something to ask me."

With a helpless smile, Irina pulled Irene to sit on the sofa in the hall.

"I came here this time for something important, and this thing can only be done by you and Ellie."

Hearing this, Irene showed a look of as expected.

At the same time, Irene's eyes flashed with curiosity about the important things her mother said.

Everyone is curious, and Irene is no exception.

"Mother, what's the matter?"

From the pocket around her waist, Irina took out the "Heart of the Sea".

"It's so beautiful..."

Looking at the sapphire necklace in her mother's hand, Irene's eyes lit up.

"Does it look good?" Irina asked.

Irene nodded quickly and said, "It looks good..."

Speaking of this, Irene looked at her mother with hope and asked, "Mother, is it... is it for me?"

With a slight smile, Irina shook her head.

"Oh, no..."

Irene looked disappointed and her head dropped.

Seeing her daughter's lost look, Irina smiled.

"Although it's not for you, you can wear it..."

Can you wear it?

Her eyes lit up, but the next moment, Irene shook her head again.

"I'd better not wear it, mother. It's too dazzling. It's not appropriate to wear it in front of the regent. Besides, if I wear it and my sister doesn't, my sister will definitely be angry. Mother doesn't want to be blamed by my sister."

What Irene can think of, how can Irina not think of it?

"Don't worry, I'll tell Ellie, I let you wear it only because you're my sister. The reason I let you wear it is not just for the sake of looking good. If you wear it, you will take on the corresponding responsibilities. You must do this..."

Irina whispered to her daughter's ear, not knowing what she was saying.

"This... Mother, I'm afraid this won't work..."

As she spoke, Ellie blushed.

There was only shyness in her eyes, and she shook her head vigorously.

"Why not? You are my daughter, you have the beauty and the figure. Why are you afraid that the Regent will not like you?"

Irene lowered her head and whispered, "Mother, Ellie and I have been serving the Regent for more than a year. If the Regent was interested in us, he would have taken our bodies long ago, but you have seen it, mother, not to mention that the Regent has any ideas about us. The Regent has not even touched our hands. There is no desire in the Regent's eyes when he looks at us, but..."

Seemingly thinking of something, Irene secretly raised her head and glanced at her mother.

She seemed to have something to hide, and wanted to say something but didn't dare to say it.

"But what?"

Although a little disappointed, her daughter's final "but" rekindled Irina's hope.

On the Far Journey, the only people who knew the Regent best were her daughters.

Irene blushed, and seemed to be a little embarrassed to speak.

She leaned close to her mother's ear and whispered a few words.

Irene was stunned, and rolled her eyes at her daughter, and said unhappily: "Don't talk nonsense, Irene, you are really getting more and more unruly, and dare to tease your mother."

"Mother, I'm not lying, the way the Regent looks at mother is the way he looks at a woman."

Looking up and down at her mother, Irene curled her lips slightly and said: "This is not surprising, who said that mother is more feminine."

Irene was a little amused, how did she get to herself after talking about it.

However, after hearing what the woman said, Irene realized that the task assigned to her by the great sage Donald was not easy.

"Mother, the Regent is not someone a woman can tie down. Even if the Regent likes us, we will not wear the "Heart of Heilan" for a purpose. Mother, the Draven family is deeply trusted by the Regent. Don't destroy this trust for your own selfish desires."

At some point, Irene raised her head.

The shyness on her face disappeared, and she became very serious.

She was advising her mother because she noticed something was wrong.

Why did her mother let her wear the "Heart of Heilan" to get close to the Regent?

Does the "Heart of Heilan" have any special effect?

Seeing her daughter looking at her seriously, her words were full of doubt.

This made Irina feel a little emotional.

Her daughters have really grown up...

With a helpless smile, Irina explained: "Irene, it's not what you think. As for the purpose of doing this, I can't tell you, but I can assure you that this matter will benefit the regent without any harm."

It seems that the daughters can't go this way...

At this moment, Irina realized the difficulty of the task.

In a way, as a man, the regent is really impeccable.

In terms of power, he has stood at the top of the pyramid.

In terms of wealth, for the powerful standing at the top of the pyramid, money is just a bunch of numbers.

In terms of women, the regent seems to be a little self-disciplined.

The regent is obviously very young, and at this age, he is in a period of strong hormones.

But in the past year, except for her daughters and her, the regent has not seen a fourth woman.

Is the regent not interested in women?

No way...

"Mother, I should go back..."

It's been a while since I came out.

Although Irene felt a little puzzled by her mother's behavior, Irene didn't think much about it.

Irene knows her mother's character very well.

In the Draven family, although the father is the head of the family, he never takes care of things.

The mother is in charge, and the father has the title of governor.

Whether it is family affairs or planetary affairs outside, it is the mother who takes care of it.

In Irene's heart, my mother has always been a woman who is keen on power.

Now that everything on the Far Journey has started from scratch, Irene is not surprised that the mother wants to gain benefits from the Regent.

Since the Draven family was awakened, it is the mother who comes to see the adults.

There are naturally reasons for the adults.

This is a performance. Over time, even as a woman, the mother will be recognized by the Regent.

By then, the mother will not need to do things under the title of the father.

But can the mother really get what she wants?

In the society of the empire, women are just an appendage of men, and this has never changed for tens of thousands of years.

Even if everything starts from scratch, the social atmosphere of the empire will not change much.

Nodding with a smile, Irina said, "Go back, I have something else to do, it's time to go..."

Irina was not discouraged.

The daughters couldn't go this way, so they had to find another way.

"Mother, I'm leaving..."

Having said this, Irene stood up and walked towards the stairs leading to the upper floor.

Irina also stood up and watched her daughter leave.

She turned around and walked out of the palace until Irene's figure disappeared in the corridor.