Whispering Poems

Chapter 352 Sophia Mansion

Sophia's mansion is located on the highlands facing the sea in the north of Lengshuigang City. Although it is called a mansion, it is actually an estate used by the royal family for summer vacation.

To the west of the mansion is the sea, to the south is the urban area of ​​Lengshuigang City, and to the east and north are the seaside forest farms used by the local nobles for recreation.Used for hunting and fishing, and also serves as an important source of native wood for Coldwater Harbor in winter.

Shad had visited Miss Galina's estate in Tobesk before, but hadn't had a chance to look around.He also visited the Lake View Manor when attending a banquet, but it was completely incomparable with the royal family's manor.

After the group returned to Sophia's mansion, the two scholars were arranged to take care of them temporarily, and Leizia would deal with their matters alone.

The princess was drenched all over, so she went to take a bath when she came back. There is a special bath in the manor that occupies a large area for members of the royal family to use.

Of course Shad would not be allowed to use that kind of bath, but Rezia specially arranged a room for him, and the bathroom in the room was enough for him to clean himself up.

But when the drenched Xia De got the clean clothes to wash up, the two young maids who came to deliver the clothes did not leave:

"What else do you have?"

The stranger asked in surprise, with the towel that was used to dry his hair just now draped over his shoulders.

"Your Highness, let us help you"

"No, go out."

Only then did Xia De realize that outsiders are not used to this kind of thing.

"You don't have to misunderstand, we are His Highness's personal maids, not in Sophia's mansion."

"go out."

Xia De waved his hand, he will not change the principle issue easily.Although the outsider hopes that he can adapt to this era, there are some things he hopes to stick to his principles:
"go out."

So the maids could only apologize and then turned to leave, and Xia De was able to take a hot bath in peace.

After Xia De changed his clothes, he thought that he could see Rezia immediately, but he did not expect that two other barbers, led by the manor maid, cut Xia De's hair. Can't see any difference from before.

Shad could not leave after this, and the servants, pushing coat-racks on pulleys, made him choose his coat, trousers, shoes, and hat.A person like Xia De, who doesn't care much about what he wears, chose a black suit at random, but at the request of the middle-aged maid with oppressive eyes, he had to try more combinations.

After choosing the clothes, I can't leave. It seems that the middle-aged maid who has the position of head maid took out a pair of Rhodes cards from the front pocket of her skirt, and wanted to bet Rhodes cards with Xia De:
"This is too exaggerated. What is the purpose of letting me stay here?"

Seeing him asking this question, the middle-aged maid who claimed to be Lia Hells replied shyly:
"Your Highness hasn't finished dressing yet, so let's find something for you to do temporarily. If the weather clears up, I can take you to the garden for a while, but it's still raining, and it's not convenient for you to visit other places in the mansion. .”

Only then did Xia De understand:

"Then I'll wait for a while. Speaking of which, don't you doubt my identity? Don't you want to know who I am?"

When he and Rezia came back, they entered through the main entrance of the mansion openly and aboveboard.

Ms. Hells showed a faint smile:

"You are the Hamilton Knight of Regard, and you saved His Highness's mother, Queen Diana. You don't have to worry about His Majesty knowing about His Highness's friendship. Do you really think she doesn't have enough trustworthy people around her?"

It seems that Xia De's impression of the so-called "princess" is still too limited by the stories of his hometown.

It was already twelve o'clock at noon this day when Ms. Hells led them to the restaurant.

It was still raining outside, and the small trees in the garden of the mansion could be seen swaying slightly with the wind from the floor-to-ceiling windows of the restaurant.

After changing the clothes that concealed her identity when she went out, Rezia Cavendish wore a fluffy blue and white princess dress, and sat at the main table in the restaurant waiting for Shad.The restaurant was not dark, the golden candlesticks on the long dining table were burning with fire, and the gas lamps with the royal family crest on the wall were also emitting light.

There is a huge oil painting hanging on the wall behind Rezia. The red curtains on both sides of the oil painting hang from the roof, and the golden tassels at the bottom almost touch the ground.In the oil painting is an old man wearing knight armor on a horse. Even outsiders can recognize him. This is the great-great-grandfather of Rezia, the great-grandfather of the current king, Larousse III the Flame Jumper, and the grandfather of Miss Galina. , Mir Cavendish, known as the "Red Lion".

He once personally led soldiers into the territory of Carson Rik, and killed the governor of the southern county of Carson Rik with a sword. He was the last known knight emperor before the prosperity of firearms. After being passed down, he is a true legend.

Xia De paused in front of the two doors of the restaurant before actually walking in.

Leiziya sat at the far end of the long table, looking at the rainy scene outside the window with her face on her face. Her red hair was carefully groomed and hung behind her head. On her right ear was the sage-level relic ruby ​​earring, and on her left ear was a ruby ​​earring. These are the small mermaid-shaped ruby ​​earrings that Xia De sent last time.

A silver diadem hung on his head, glinting in the light of the gas lamps.The girl with light makeup had a seductive pinkish-white complexion. Xia De couldn't recognize the lipstick of a good number, which made her lips look very bright.

Even though he had seen many aristocratic ladies who had put on make-up when attending banquets before, he had to admit that none of them was as dazzling as the princess sitting at the end of the dining table.

The servants pushing the dining cart were laying out the dishes, and what Shad saw was probably enough for him to eat three meals.Of course he wouldn't say anything about wasting food, but he regretted not bringing Mia along.

"Good afternoon, Shad."

Seeing Xia De approaching, Rezia stretched out her hand to indicate that he could sit on her right side.

"good afternoon."

Xia De also responded, and then followed the principle of "commenting the other party's clothes if you don't know what to say when you strike up a conversation with a lady", and praised in a low voice:
"This suit is really nice."

The princess showed a shy smile:
"Xia De, sit down quickly. I said on Monday that I would treat you to dinner, but you were too anxious to leave at the time, and now I finally have a chance."

In the end, there were only two of them sitting at the table, but there were eight dishes and two soups on the table.Xia De thought this was a lot, but Rezia told Xia De that she did not expect the two to come back at noon, so this was a hastily prepared lunch.

The rule of this era is that dinner is the most important meal of the day, and the big meal prepared by the princess for Xia De actually only appears at dinner.

(End of this chapter)