Ever since Li Aili introduced the concept of 'insurance' to the goblins, she has been blessed with the daily 'refresh' presence of Bank Manager Ruby in the office.
Goblin Bank Manager Ruby: "Could we insure every loan?"
Li Aili: "Okay, but who pays for the loan insurance? Who is responsible for claiming bad debts? And who is responsible for pursuing accountability for bad loan debts?"
Goblin: "..." [Damn it!]
Li Aili smiled and picked up her teacup.
Instead of racking your brains to find a solution, why not just pass the buck to the goblins, since they're bald anyway?
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"Your Highness, a hearing will be held this afternoon at the newly established Jade Court, and your attendance is required."
Li Aili's hand paused as she signed, her 'cat eyes' widening. "What hearing? Why didn't I know about it before?"
Joanna hesitated, then said, "I'm sorry, Your Highness, this happened so suddenly, we weren't prepared."
Li Aili was a little frantic.
Aniana suddenly interfered, turning her date into a "cold-air-generating machine." What should have been a nice date turned into something like strawberry shaved ice mixed with shards of glass.
The aftermath of this incident was that Arthur appeared to be in a bad mood for several days.
She cherishes her own husband, even if others don't!
Feeling a pang of heartache, I impulsively promised to skip work and go on a date that afternoon.
Li Aili desperately supported her head with both hands, "What hearing is in such a hurry?"
"The Druid Association is holding a marathon in the outer city—" Joanna drawled, as if organizing her thoughts for what followed.
Li Aili: "???" No, is this some kind of exaggeration?!
Now that Panticillin has been deified, does organizing a marathon require a hearing?!
She slammed her hand on the table and stood up angrily. Before she could finish speaking, Joanna finished saying, "The theme of the marathon is 'Back to Nature,' and the druids who participated were completely naked."
Li Aili: "..."
With a 'clatter,' she sat back down.
"The impact of this incident is very serious... not just on us, but also on too many unfortunate citizens who were caught off guard... we have seen a lot of, well, in your words, 'psychological attacks'?"
Li Aili: "…………"
Li Aili's expression seemed to freeze, her mind filled with a huge herd of naked alpacas—no, a huge herd of wildly running alpacas!
"Then, our city hall received a large number of complaints from citizens."
"The final decision of the city council meeting was that a public hearing must be held immediately for the Druid Association."
Joanna coughed lightly, "The hearing was brought up by the legal department..."
Li Aili's expression went from frozen to utterly hopeless, and then from hopeless to 'try to save her one more time.'
"Your Highness? Is this matter very serious?"
Li Aili pulled out her arcane communication crystal, looked up with a glimmer of hope, and asked, "Joanna, if you and your husband agree to a date, but the date involves attending a hearing together... do you think he can accept that arrangement?"
Joanna: "???"
Joanna understood.
Joanna fell silent.
...
In the afternoon, the Duke had already changed his clothes and sprayed on the newly released winter limited edition perfume from Tankar Elf.
Although he was sitting in the study listening to Shadow Demon report on some of the intelligence he had gathered, he could look out the window three times a minute.
The old butler, who came in to add tea, noticed this and smiled slightly.
The old butler's ears twitched slightly. "Oh, I think it's Madam who sent a carriage to pick us up..."
Before he could finish speaking, His Highness the Duke had already disappeared from the study.
Conrad couldn't help but facepalm. "Sigh, this is even more intoxicating than His Majesty's love life back then."
The Duke got into the carriage, and before the door was even closed, his young wife threw herself into his arms.
His blue eyes immediately softened, and he naturally pulled the person into his arms.
"I'm really looking forward to today's surprise date."
Li Aili froze.
The Duke felt the stiffness in the person in his arms and frowned slightly. "What's wrong?"
Li Aili immediately raised her hand, "I swear on the newly formed divine status of the God of Law, this is absolutely the most special date ever, one of a kind!"
The Duke believed him, and a smile involuntarily crept onto his lips. "I'm looking forward to it."
Twenty minutes later.
The Duke sat expressionlessly in his seat at the hearing, looking at the packed hall, and hesitated, then hesitated again.
Unable to hold back any longer, a vein throbbed on his forehead as he ground his teeth and asked, "The most special one?"
The dignified city lord shrank back.
The Duke laughed in exasperation, "Unique and unparalleled?"
Li Aili started pretending to be dead.
Fortunately, the hearing began at that moment.
The president of the Druid Association wore a dark green robe and held a long wooden staff with tender green leaves growing at the top.
The Minister of Justice personally presided over the hearing.
He picked up the gavel and struck it.
The hall immediately fell silent.
"Then, hold a hearing on the Druid Association."
After going through the basic formalities, the Minister of Law went straight to the point: "Mr. Gomilia, do you admit to holding an illegal and indecent event yesterday outside the Emerald City?"
Sitting in the trial seat, Gomilia remained composed, leaning towards the arcane loudspeaker: "I do not admit it."
A gasp rippled through the spectators.
I didn't expect this hearing to be so exciting right from the start.
The Attorney General tapped his gavel. “We have many witnesses here who are willing to testify against you, Mr. Gomilia.”
"Sir, let me remind you that denying objective facts at a hearing will do you absolutely no good."
However, Gomilia was not afraid at all and said, "No, what I do not agree with is some of the words you used."
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