Good-looking, not allowed to farm
Chapter 22
(One)
Donna lowered her head silently and did not answer.
Seeing this, the king couldn't help smiling, thinking that the reason why she treats the queen so well is because she loves herself, and thus loves the house and the crow.
And because I have just experienced Mrs. Laurie's aggressive and aggressive behavior, wishing the queen would die immediately...
Suddenly he found that the person in front of him was so simple, even though he had been favored before, he always kept his duty and did not do anything wrong.
For a moment, Sanfen's heartbeat turned into ten.
I just feel that the other party's current behaviors can be called amiable and cute.
King Richard felt sorry for her, and immediately stretched out an arm to wrap around Donna's waist.
Then, he pulled her into his arms and lowered his head to kiss her on the mouth.
At first, Donna was taken aback and wanted to refuse, but thinking of Judian's threats, she didn't dare to struggle and just endured silently.
However, the king seemed to be really interested. Regardless of the time and place, he pressed his body over and began to fumble with his hands...
Donna couldn't stand it any longer.
She began to push back non-stop, begging with panic all over her face: "Your Majesty, you, please let me go!"
But the king mistakenly thought that this was just another performance of inviting favor, a trick of refusal and welcome, so he began to appease him very cooperatively.
He whispered a series of sweet words skillfully in her ear, praised her pure and flawless soul, praised her beauty as unparalleled in the world, and said that her temperament was as noble as a goddess, and coaxed her, don't be afraid, she will be very gentle, Be very gentle with her.
Donna couldn't bear to listen to these at all.
Just now, she suddenly thought that she is still in the Queen's bedroom, and the Queen treats her well. If someone sees her... her heart is extremely flustered, so she directly raises her arms high and puts them in front of her chest. Going forward to push, desperately trying to push the king away, at the end, crying out anxiously, shouting: "Your Majesty—!"
King Richard finally stopped.
He looked at the tears on Donna's face in confusion, and he couldn't figure out what was going on: "Well, what are you doing? Didn't you come into the palace by yourself? Or, are you feeling unwell today? God! Donna, don't cry yet."
Donna's shoulders trembled and she couldn't say a word.
As the king said, it was she who asked to enter the palace herself, so she didn't know how to explain it, and she was ashamed and ashamed, and she was mad with pain in her heart.
King Richard was indeed a womanizer.
But he has always paid attention to consensuality, and will not force an unwilling woman.
At this moment, seeing Donna's state of mind, he was a little disappointed.
Moreover, as the king of a country, he has always been embraced by women on his own initiative, and he has never been rejected before, so he can't help but feel a little impatient and displeased.
So he said in a stiff tone: "I'm sorry, I didn't expect you to be unwilling. After all, your performance all the time..."
Speaking of this, Xu felt that the second half of the sentence was too harsh, so he stopped, only shrugged, and made a helpless look, but a hint of sarcasm appeared on his face involuntarily.
How could Donna not understand what he meant?
But how could she explain it?
Explain that her husband Judian coerced her into the palace?
Explain that he chose to enter the palace for the safety of his younger brother Levin?
He explained that he intended to obey, but because of his sense of morality, conscience, and friendship with the queen, he really couldn't do it...
In the end, she had nothing to say, so she could only cover her face with her hands and sob and cry non-stop.
King Richard was even less interested in seeing her so sad.
Although he is a kind monarch on weekdays, he has a temper after all. It's fine if he is rejected, but the other party just cries in such a ignorant manner, and doesn't come to apologize or ask for forgiveness. He ignored her, turned and left resentfully.
So Donna stood alone and cried for a while, her eyes were red and swollen, and her head was dizzy, before she finally stopped.
She silently thought sadly in her heart: "Am I going to suffer like this forever? What kind of person have I become now?"
"In the eyes of His Majesty, have I already become a whore who is clearly a bitch, but still pretends to be a bitch?"
"What will the queen think of me? She already regards me as a good friend who can talk about everything, but this friend is entangled with her husband!"
"Shameful! Shameful!"
"What face do I have to be her friend again! How can I have the nerve to accompany and serve her in the future?"
Thinking of this, her heart was about to break.
But even so, fate still didn't let her go.
The next day, Judian entrusted the palace servant to deliver a letter.
In his letter, he wrote in a very high-sounding manner: [Madam, since you have chosen to serve as an official in the palace, you should regard His Majesty's wishes as the first priority. How can you play your temper at will and disrespect the monarch? ]
After reading the letter, Donna felt even more desperate.
She cried again, and finally, silently made up her mind, raised her hand and threw the letter into the stove...
At this time, let's not mention the turmoil in the palace for the time being.
Just talk about the thieves.
Kukrops has a new plan.
In other words, he may have been planning this from the very beginning.
But it turns out that in the society at this time, there is such an unhealthy trend-everyone hates the countryside.
Therefore, the nobles have to live in the city for many years, so that it is enough to show their dignity.
But the consumption in the city is very high.
Moreover, comparisons are common in the upper class, and there are often unnecessary huge expenses.
This leads to...
Some big nobles with family backgrounds can barely maintain a decent life; but some small nobles with no family backgrounds, or whose ancestors squandered their family fortunes, can't afford daily life in the city at all.
To deal with this situation.
A unique class of groups emerged in due course.
These groups are usually small nobles. When there is nothing to do, they will choose to return to the countryside to live, which is called a vacation.
On the one hand, it is to save money and control myself not to spend it recklessly; on the other hand, it is also taking advantage of the time of "vacation" to quickly create some exorbitant taxes and squeeze out the farmers under my name. Force them to do everything possible and hand over money in a tight-knit belt, so as to gather wealth.
Wait until the most lively social season of the year.
These people will drive the carriage again, and with the money they have accumulated (squeezed) for half a year, they will happily leave the countryside and rush to the city swaggeringly, once again living a decadent life of luxury and extravagance.
Until the money wasted.
They will return to the countryside again and start a new round of squeezing the farmers to save money for the next squander.
in this way,
Repeatedly, non-stop reincarnation.
A class of nobles who did this, after a long time, got a unified name in private.
They are known as swallow falcons, or amateur hawks—small birds of prey that migrate regularly.
This is exactly what Kukrops is after:
A viscount named Blunt.
He has amassed enough wealth so far, and is preparing to set off from the countryside and drive to Wangcheng to participate in this year's social season in Wangcheng.
Compared with this, the act of robbing that silly boy Louis last time can only be regarded as a warm-up at best.
But this time, it can be called a big operation, a big job that can really make a fortune.
For this reason, Cyclopes solemnly named this event Seizing the Falcon, which means capturing the wealth of the falcon.
All the thieves were very excited when they thought of the wealth, and they all raised their arms, clenched their fists, and responded enthusiastically.
Before the work was done, each eyeball had turned into a coin symbol, and they were thinking about all kinds of enjoyment after getting rich.
"Take the falcon?"
Jamie thought for a while: "This name sounds kind."
Then, he didn't care about other people's reactions, and only secretly made up his mind to take advantage of this large-scale event, open his eyes wide, take a closer look, and make sure to find a chance to fish in troubled waters and escape from the den of thieves.
But when he was thinking so wildly...
Kukrops started calling him again: "Jamie, Jamie, it's up to you this time."
He turned his head sideways, stared at Jamie closely with his good eye, and said in a command tone that could not be refused: "You find a way to hook that viscount out, as long as he can successfully place the order, we will have everything in the future." It's all easy to say."
Jamie originally wanted to be submissive and pretend to be a little obedient, so that people can relax their vigilance and facilitate some possible operations in the future.
But after hearing such a matter of course, I suddenly became so angry that my lungs were about to explode!
He suddenly had a vague idea, and he simply took advantage of the topic to get angry, opened his mouth and cursed: "Fuck, who the hell do you think I am? A solicitor? Why don't you do it yourself if you have the ability?"
Cyclopes looked at him in astonishment, as if he couldn't understand why he was so angry: "Well, my dear, you are a little behind in losing your temper, right?"
"It's really strange? When you were released from prison, and I only detained you, shouldn't you have expected it?"
"What do you think I've taken a fancy to you?"
"Isn't it because you were born handsome and well-born that you look good in both men's and women's clothes?"
"Besides, you are not asked to seduce men every day. If we are lucky, we can catch up with a lady, and you might be able to play a badass to cheat money and sex."
"It's just bad luck, the people you meet along the way are all nobles... But for the sake of money, don't pick and choose, pretend to be a coquettish beauty, and have a fairy dance together, isn't it good? ? It’s not that you didn’t share your money and let you work for nothing, what the hell are you doing now?”
"Okay, stop talking nonsense!"
"Be careful and I'll beat you!"
"Hold!"
Jamie had already vaguely guessed that his position in this gang of thieves was based on his appearance, but it still hurt his self-esteem to be so straightforwardly stated, and then threatened again in the end.
Originally, the three-point anger was just pretending.
But now, he couldn't keep his face from being talked about, but he was really angry.
But it's useless to be angry, because I know I can't beat it.
At last……
He rushed over, kicked the chair that Cyclops was sitting on violently to vent his anger, and then thumped and beat as if he was angry, pushing all the sundries to the ground, and finally Protrude.
In this process……
With only one long leg outstretched, Kukrops easily fixed the chair firmly.
Then, amidst the sound of beating, he asked loudly, "Where are you going?"
Jamie replied without looking back: "I'm going to find a lady, to cheat money and sex."
Kukrops smiled and did not stop him.
It's just that although he didn't try to stop him, he made a wink at the people next to him. Immediately, a thief came out cleverly, and then quickly chased after him to monitor.
Afterwards, Cyclopes slowly recalled the dispute just now, and whistled lowly.
He turned his head and chatted with the fellow thieves quite interestingly: "Hey! Did you see that? This little boy is so powerful! I'm so used to his temper, he even dared to point my nose and scold me."
(two)
On the other end, after Jamie ran out, he didn't run far.
He just pretended to be angry, and walked around circle after circle, taking the opportunity to take a closer look at the surrounding environment, terrain, and permanent residents.
Because these thieves all escaped from prison, and several well-known thieves such as Kukrops are still on the wanted warrant.
Therefore, every time they find a temporary den, they will spend a lot of thought.
You can't find a place that is too good, because it is easy for people to see through your identity and attract the police;
You can't find a place that is too remote and empty. If you are hunted down, you will have no place to hide when you run away.
Therefore, the best places are still the settlements of the poor at the bottom.
In several narrow and dirty alleys, there are often dense crowds and mixed fish and dragons.
The people who live here are all beggars, gangs of thieves, low-class prostitutes, usury hooligans, etc., a bunch of scumbags!
In addition, there are some street children who don’t know where they come from. They have big heads and small bodies, yellow and muscular faces, and sunken eye sockets. They look worse than stray dogs. They run around all day long, looking for food in trash cans...
This kind of place, let alone the police.
Anyone who is normal will not come.
So, while walking, Jamie observed silently, first took a panoramic view of everything, and then forced himself to memorize a few hidden routes.
After a while, he turned around and went back.
The thief who was in charge of watching him saw that he had no intention of running away, so he didn't go forward, only lingering from a distance.
At this time, seeing him walking back, he also went back together.
After returning, Jamie pretended to think about it again, as if he was willing to be the one who distracted the viscount.
Kukrops would not allow him to refuse, but it would be better if he could take the initiative.
So, I hurriedly praised a few words and promised generously that if this transaction is successful, I will definitely give him more money.
Jamie took the opportunity to make a request: "You have to find me a teacher first."
Because it wouldn't take much effort to fool a country boy like Louis.
But if you want to deceive a viscount, you must first work hard.
Jamie said eloquently: "Although beauty will play a role, but facing a woman of unknown origin, anyone with a bit of brain should take some precautions; but, think about it, if you meet Does this woman look like a noble lady of the same class as me?"
Cyclopes couldn't help being surprised: "Yo, yo, yo! What? Can you still pretend to be a noble lady?"
Jamie replied unhappily: "Nonsense! Otherwise, why would I specifically propose it? Besides, what's so great about the nobles? Since you plan to rob the nobles, do you think they are so noble and inviolable? You have to wear women's clothes, and for the sake of the plan to go smoothly, you have to dress up as a high-ranking person."
Cyclopes couldn't help laughing, and jokingly said: "I just said something to you casually, but in the end, I learned so many lessons from you. It seems that you are really not afraid of me now."
Jamie glanced at the past, and said hypocritically: "Aren't you the most loyal thief to your own people? Don't tell me I'm serious about doing things for you, and you still want to beat me for no reason?"
Cyclopes was very happy when he heard this, thinking that he had finally been convinced, let him accept his fate from now on, and wanted to follow him wholeheartedly.
So he smiled, and patted his chest again to promise: "Don't worry, follow me, and you will never suffer."
Jamie said hypocritically: "Well, I'm relieved!"
In fact, he thought bitterly in his heart: "Sooner or later you will be strangled! Only then will I be relieved!"
The two looked at each other and smiled.
They all feel better.
Afterwards, the thieves visited around and actually brought back a teacher to Jamie.
The teacher's name is Mei Li. A few years ago, it is said that she worked as an actress in a big theater in Wangcheng.
She may have been a courtesan in her early years, but because she had no calculations and foresight in her heart, when she was in her prime, she only knew to have fun and spend time with those noble children. People who like the new and dislike the old look old and decrepit, so they are naturally abandoned at will.
When I was older, unfortunately I was reduced to this point, and I could only earn my daily necessities by doing laundry and cooking for others.
So, when the thieves invited her to come to class and promised to give some more money...
She didn't say anything, didn't ask anything, and agreed immediately.
Jamie learned a lot from her.
What makeup and acting, how to change the accent, and some common sense that nobles should know, etc.
The biggest achievement so far should be correcting the accent and learning the way people in Wangcheng speak.
After all, if you want to act like an aristocrat, you can't always speak like an old farmer in the country.
Meili didn't know that they were thieves. Seeing that Jamie was born handsome and quick to learn things, she felt a little pity for her talent.
She didn't dare to meddle in her own business, and only sighed during the teaching interval: "If you can make your skin whiter, you should be able to occupy a place even on the stage of the theater in Wangcheng."
Jamie wasn't planning on going on stage.
But I was always a little curious when I heard it, so I asked about the theater again.
Mei Li told him a lot of things, and also told him some interesting stories about the jealousy of noble children, and told him, usually those nobles, when they enter the theater, they put on a show, and what they usually like to discuss topic……
There is also the emphasis on the convenience of seating, for example, ladies usually sit in a box and must be accompanied by a man; the first two rows near the stage are usually for swingers who like to hold actors, so that it is convenient for them to sit on the stage. The actors joked and booed playfully; the middle seats a little further back were usually occupied by aristocrats of some status, who either came to watch the play seriously, or used the theater as a cover to talk about some shady things ;there are the mountain seats at the back, which are mostly bought by nobles with no money, or some people with low status.
In addition, the royal family also has special boxes in the theater.
Occasionally, the king would join in the fun and summon one or two beautiful actresses in the box...
Then, the teacher smiled and mentioned some things about his youth: "Don't look at me in such a mess now, in fact, I was very popular for a while. At that time, I played Marianne, and many noble boys and brothers came to praise me , even Earl Hudgins looked at me differently."
"Marian?"
Jamie heard the name very familiar, but couldn't think of where he had heard it before, so he couldn't help repeating it in a low voice.
"Yes, Marianne."
Meili sighed with great nostalgia: "That was really the hottest drama back then."
"It was indeed the hottest drama of the year."
Judian also agreed.
but then,
He changed his voice and added another sentence: "But it is not now."
Lord Earl Hudgins, who is Judian's father, was very upset.
With a straight face, he looked like a father: "You just say what you mean? Don't you plan to support me in investing in the drama "New Marianne"?"
"Father, please explain the truth!"
Zhu Dian said helplessly: "Since I know that I will lose money, why should I support it?"
"How come it will definitely lose money? Don't you know how popular it was back then..."
"That's right. That year, that year, that year!"
"Judian, do you have to insult your old father like this?"
Lord Hudgins blushed.
He yelled angrily: "God is above, I have never heard of such a thing. As a man and child, when the old father needs help, not only will he not help, but he will also mock him from the sidelines."
Seeing his father's distraught look, Judian thought it was a bit funny.
In the end, he thought for a while and said, "Okay, if you insist on investing, I can give you the money. But, I have a request."
"Let me hear what you say."
Lord Hudgins looked at him suspiciously.
Judian smiled and said, "It's not difficult, as long as you are free, bring the actresses from this play over and let me meet them."
Earl Hudgins' face quickly flashed a look of discomfort: "Are you going to pimp your Majesty again?"
When he said this, he looked up subconsciously: "By the way, where is Donna? Where is Donna? Where is my daughter-in-law? Isn't she at home?"
Judian first defended himself displeasedly: "I'm not a pimp, I just introduced some people to serve as errands for His Majesty."
Then, after a pause, he replied: "Donna is working for the queen, and she is serving the queen's illness."
Lord Hudgins didn't believe a word of it.
He looked at the face of his son Judian, full of doubts: "Tell me, who are you like? Although I can't be called a good person, I have never been as shameless as you!"
(three)
In the palace, Donna suddenly ran in front of the queen.
But this time, she wasn't as low-key as she was when she was sick a few days ago, she was unadorned, and her face was turned upside down again.
On the contrary, she was completely new from head to toe, her hair was neatly combed, her face was beautifully made up, and although she didn't wear much precious jewelry, she had a blue sprig pinned to the front of her dress. colored violets.
Queen Alisa and the attendants around her noticed something strange.
They couldn't help showing expressions of surprise and uncertainty, always feeling that something big was about to happen.
Donna walked over quickly, bent her knees, and knelt down.
Then she stretched out her hand to take the Queen's hand, raised her head through tears and said, "Your Highness, will you forgive me?"
Alisa has a gentle and kind personality, and because Donna did her best to serve her sick self before, she has long been regarded as a close friend.
At this time, although she didn't know what kind of painful ordeal this friend had suffered, when she was asked such a question, her first reaction was to answer: "Of course, no matter what you do, as long as you don't hurt others, I will forgive you."
"No, you shouldn't forgive me."
Donna covered her face and wept: "I have done extremely shameful things, and for a woman, I have done the most heinous things."
"However, no matter what happens, it will pass, as long as you are willing to repent sincerely."
The queen gently wiped her tears, leaned over and hugged her, and comforted her like a child: "Okay, stop crying, dear. You are so beautiful today, if you keep crying, your makeup will be ruined... What a pity! Now that we know it’s wrong, we can change it in the future.”
Looking up at such a benevolent queen, Tang Na felt ashamed and remorseful, and the tears rolled down one by one like pearls with broken strings.
"I really never wanted to hurt anyone...especially you." She murmured.
Then, the tone became fierce again: "His Royal Highness, listen to me! I know that after today, there will be gossip about me in this palace. Those are what I deserve, because I was so stupid and Despicable. However, even so, I still want to ask you, please believe me. From the beginning to the end, I respect and love you from the bottom of my heart, and regard you as my dearest and dearest person!"
Although the queen was confused, she was moved to tears by her sincere tone, and she couldn't help nodding: "I know, I know, you treated me very well, very well."
Donna smiled again with tears in her eyes, and continued: "You have to trust me. Although I have been shaken shamelessly, I have never failed your trust, and I have never betrayed you. If someone says something about me in the future... ...such as..."
She struggled unspeakably, and finally said: "For example, my entanglement with the king, please believe me, please believe me! Please believe me!"
She said three times in a row, please believe me, and gritted her teeth in a tone almost swearing: "Please believe me, since you two got married, I have never had any contact with him..."
A look of shock flashed in the Queen's eyes, and tears could not help but fall down.
But she still held Donna's hand tightly, and said with tears in her eyes, "I believe in you, I believe in you. Don't worry, no matter what others say, I only believe in my own eyes and my own heart."
Donna's tense body suddenly relaxed.
She gently rested her head on the queen's knee, then raised the queen's hand, and kissed reverently on the back of the other's hand: "You are the best person I have ever seen, I wish I had known you earlier, We will be best friends, play the piano together, drink afternoon tea together..."
The queen raised her other hand and stroked her hair one by one: "It's okay in the future, let's play the piano and have afternoon tea together..."
Donna smiled sadly and said, "Thank you for your forgiveness, do you know? Thanks to your generosity, I can finally regain my peace of mind."
The queen showed a gratified look.
Then Donna stood up and said goodbye to her, saying that she would leave the palace from now on and would never come back to the palace again.
Although the queen was also very reluctant, but from the conversation just now, she had faintly realized that it was not good, so she didn't say anything to stop her.
She personally sent Donna all the way to the door of the bedroom, told her to be well in the future, and watched her go away.
However, the next day.
News of Donna's death came from the palace.
"When it was discovered, it was already drowned."
The attendant reported to the king and queen: "Mrs. Donna's body is floating on the water, she seems to be sleeping peacefully. The dress soaked in the lake water did not drag her down, but scattered on the water surface. Unfolded. The big curved skirt looks like the gorgeous tail of a mermaid... Some water plants, fallen twigs, and a branch of blue violets that have bloomed and faded are stuck to her body..."
After hearing this description, the king imagined the beautiful scene, and couldn't help crying for a while.
Richard has always been an extremely sentimental king, and he was still angry at Donna's rejection of him before, but after hearing such sad news, his heart softened again.
At this time, when I recalled the beauty's every frown and smile before her life, I just felt that if I could bring her back to life, let alone being rejected once, even being rejected thousands of times, I would be willing.
He was so sincerely sad, but he inadvertently glanced at the queen beside him, and was surprised to find that...
Alisa sat there motionless with a pale face, but she didn't shed a single tear.
"Are you a woman with a heart of stone?"
The king couldn't help asking angrily.
The queen slowly moved her gaze over, and her tone seemed to come from a very far away place: "Sorry, Your Majesty. I am a little unclear now... living in a daze like me, or being as crisp as Donna. Death, which one is better?"
Meanwhile, putting the tragedy aside for a moment,
Because there is a more exciting drama being staged far away from the royal city.
With the sound of horseshoes and the sound of wheels rolling...
Jamie knew that the Viscount Blount, who had been waiting for several days, finally arrived after they stepped on a little bit.
The past few years have not been good, and the world has gradually become less peaceful.
Therefore, whenever nobles go out, they must hire a team of people to protect them, in order to guard against those robbers who block the road.
Viscount Blunt was careful enough.
For example, now, he didn't want to stay at the roadside inn, he just wanted to hurry to Wangcheng.
However, people are tired and horses are exhausted, and there is still a long way to go.
That's why we stopped reluctantly, and decided to take a short rest before moving on.
Then, he took the trouble to order all the guards to be more vigilant.
After that, reluctantly, under the protection of a group of people, walked into the hotel.
Wait until this group of people is almost packed.
The Viscount Blount also lowered his vigilance a little, and sat at a table on the first floor of the hotel, ordered a bottle of wine and a few appetizers, sipping and resting...
Jamie came down.
While pretending to complain about the poor living conditions in the hotel, he walked down the stairs, and when he saw Viscount Blunt, he shouted joyfully as if he had met an acquaintance: "Ah, you, it's you, Aren't you Viscount Blunt?"
Viscount Blount was taken aback by his shouting, and when he looked up, he saw a conservative noble girl wearing a hat and veil.
Because the accent is from the Wangcheng side, and the tone seems to be very familiar to me, but when I see the person, I have no impression at all...
He couldn't help but be very puzzled: "I'm sorry, are you?"
"Have you forgotten me?"
Jamie stood at a distance that would not cause people to be nervous and defensive, and stopped.
Then, he pretended to be very disappointed: "We had a brief chat at the XX Theater in Wangcheng last year."
Viscount Blount stared at him intently, while trying to remember: "Uh... I do go to XX theater often, just talking... Sorry."
Jamie pretended to be in a hurry, stomped his feet, and put on a look of actively trying to help the other party remember, and kept reminding: "Think again, the person I was following was Uncle James, um, he was a What about the Baron. You chatted for a long time, but you didn’t pay much attention to me. It seemed that you were talking about changes in tax policies. I don’t remember much, and I don’t understand those things...Let me think about it, it seems to be... What number, um, ten? No, twenty? There seems to be some percentage..."
"5.00% tax?"
Viscount Blunt couldn't help but blurt out.
"Ah, yes, yes!"
Jamie clapped his hands happily, and smiled brightly at him: "You finally remembered!"
"Uh, yes, yes, I finally remembered." Viscount Blunt murmured.
In fact, he didn't think of anything at all, he just thought of a tax policy.
Just because this policy is a bit outrageous.
In general, everyone in the country is required to pay an additional tax, that is, to pay 5.00% of all property.
For no reason, who is willing to hand over 5.00% of the property for nothing?
Therefore, once the news spread, everyone paid attention to it, and usually chatted, and would discuss and criticize this matter.
But Viscount Blunt didn't realize this.
On the contrary, I feel that Jamie explained the matter clearly and logically, and there is also a location - XX theater (in fact, according to the introduction of Mr. Meili, few noble children do not go to the theater); there is also a character - Uncle James ( As we all know, shouting James, eight out of ten people will turn back); there is also the content of the conversation - tax policy (a hot topic that everyone discusses), these few elements that sound familiar, all integrated into Together, as if it really happened!
What's more, although you can't see anything through the veil.
But experienced playboys are used to identifying beauties from the subtleties.
Those smiling bright eyes, the looming high nose bridge under the veil, and the slender neck and slender waist...
Viscount Blunt's vigilance lowered little by little, but the smile on his face became more and more eager.
Donna lowered her head silently and did not answer.
Seeing this, the king couldn't help smiling, thinking that the reason why she treats the queen so well is because she loves herself, and thus loves the house and the crow.
And because I have just experienced Mrs. Laurie's aggressive and aggressive behavior, wishing the queen would die immediately...
Suddenly he found that the person in front of him was so simple, even though he had been favored before, he always kept his duty and did not do anything wrong.
For a moment, Sanfen's heartbeat turned into ten.
I just feel that the other party's current behaviors can be called amiable and cute.
King Richard felt sorry for her, and immediately stretched out an arm to wrap around Donna's waist.
Then, he pulled her into his arms and lowered his head to kiss her on the mouth.
At first, Donna was taken aback and wanted to refuse, but thinking of Judian's threats, she didn't dare to struggle and just endured silently.
However, the king seemed to be really interested. Regardless of the time and place, he pressed his body over and began to fumble with his hands...
Donna couldn't stand it any longer.
She began to push back non-stop, begging with panic all over her face: "Your Majesty, you, please let me go!"
But the king mistakenly thought that this was just another performance of inviting favor, a trick of refusal and welcome, so he began to appease him very cooperatively.
He whispered a series of sweet words skillfully in her ear, praised her pure and flawless soul, praised her beauty as unparalleled in the world, and said that her temperament was as noble as a goddess, and coaxed her, don't be afraid, she will be very gentle, Be very gentle with her.
Donna couldn't bear to listen to these at all.
Just now, she suddenly thought that she is still in the Queen's bedroom, and the Queen treats her well. If someone sees her... her heart is extremely flustered, so she directly raises her arms high and puts them in front of her chest. Going forward to push, desperately trying to push the king away, at the end, crying out anxiously, shouting: "Your Majesty—!"
King Richard finally stopped.
He looked at the tears on Donna's face in confusion, and he couldn't figure out what was going on: "Well, what are you doing? Didn't you come into the palace by yourself? Or, are you feeling unwell today? God! Donna, don't cry yet."
Donna's shoulders trembled and she couldn't say a word.
As the king said, it was she who asked to enter the palace herself, so she didn't know how to explain it, and she was ashamed and ashamed, and she was mad with pain in her heart.
King Richard was indeed a womanizer.
But he has always paid attention to consensuality, and will not force an unwilling woman.
At this moment, seeing Donna's state of mind, he was a little disappointed.
Moreover, as the king of a country, he has always been embraced by women on his own initiative, and he has never been rejected before, so he can't help but feel a little impatient and displeased.
So he said in a stiff tone: "I'm sorry, I didn't expect you to be unwilling. After all, your performance all the time..."
Speaking of this, Xu felt that the second half of the sentence was too harsh, so he stopped, only shrugged, and made a helpless look, but a hint of sarcasm appeared on his face involuntarily.
How could Donna not understand what he meant?
But how could she explain it?
Explain that her husband Judian coerced her into the palace?
Explain that he chose to enter the palace for the safety of his younger brother Levin?
He explained that he intended to obey, but because of his sense of morality, conscience, and friendship with the queen, he really couldn't do it...
In the end, she had nothing to say, so she could only cover her face with her hands and sob and cry non-stop.
King Richard was even less interested in seeing her so sad.
Although he is a kind monarch on weekdays, he has a temper after all. It's fine if he is rejected, but the other party just cries in such a ignorant manner, and doesn't come to apologize or ask for forgiveness. He ignored her, turned and left resentfully.
So Donna stood alone and cried for a while, her eyes were red and swollen, and her head was dizzy, before she finally stopped.
She silently thought sadly in her heart: "Am I going to suffer like this forever? What kind of person have I become now?"
"In the eyes of His Majesty, have I already become a whore who is clearly a bitch, but still pretends to be a bitch?"
"What will the queen think of me? She already regards me as a good friend who can talk about everything, but this friend is entangled with her husband!"
"Shameful! Shameful!"
"What face do I have to be her friend again! How can I have the nerve to accompany and serve her in the future?"
Thinking of this, her heart was about to break.
But even so, fate still didn't let her go.
The next day, Judian entrusted the palace servant to deliver a letter.
In his letter, he wrote in a very high-sounding manner: [Madam, since you have chosen to serve as an official in the palace, you should regard His Majesty's wishes as the first priority. How can you play your temper at will and disrespect the monarch? ]
After reading the letter, Donna felt even more desperate.
She cried again, and finally, silently made up her mind, raised her hand and threw the letter into the stove...
At this time, let's not mention the turmoil in the palace for the time being.
Just talk about the thieves.
Kukrops has a new plan.
In other words, he may have been planning this from the very beginning.
But it turns out that in the society at this time, there is such an unhealthy trend-everyone hates the countryside.
Therefore, the nobles have to live in the city for many years, so that it is enough to show their dignity.
But the consumption in the city is very high.
Moreover, comparisons are common in the upper class, and there are often unnecessary huge expenses.
This leads to...
Some big nobles with family backgrounds can barely maintain a decent life; but some small nobles with no family backgrounds, or whose ancestors squandered their family fortunes, can't afford daily life in the city at all.
To deal with this situation.
A unique class of groups emerged in due course.
These groups are usually small nobles. When there is nothing to do, they will choose to return to the countryside to live, which is called a vacation.
On the one hand, it is to save money and control myself not to spend it recklessly; on the other hand, it is also taking advantage of the time of "vacation" to quickly create some exorbitant taxes and squeeze out the farmers under my name. Force them to do everything possible and hand over money in a tight-knit belt, so as to gather wealth.
Wait until the most lively social season of the year.
These people will drive the carriage again, and with the money they have accumulated (squeezed) for half a year, they will happily leave the countryside and rush to the city swaggeringly, once again living a decadent life of luxury and extravagance.
Until the money wasted.
They will return to the countryside again and start a new round of squeezing the farmers to save money for the next squander.
in this way,
Repeatedly, non-stop reincarnation.
A class of nobles who did this, after a long time, got a unified name in private.
They are known as swallow falcons, or amateur hawks—small birds of prey that migrate regularly.
This is exactly what Kukrops is after:
A viscount named Blunt.
He has amassed enough wealth so far, and is preparing to set off from the countryside and drive to Wangcheng to participate in this year's social season in Wangcheng.
Compared with this, the act of robbing that silly boy Louis last time can only be regarded as a warm-up at best.
But this time, it can be called a big operation, a big job that can really make a fortune.
For this reason, Cyclopes solemnly named this event Seizing the Falcon, which means capturing the wealth of the falcon.
All the thieves were very excited when they thought of the wealth, and they all raised their arms, clenched their fists, and responded enthusiastically.
Before the work was done, each eyeball had turned into a coin symbol, and they were thinking about all kinds of enjoyment after getting rich.
"Take the falcon?"
Jamie thought for a while: "This name sounds kind."
Then, he didn't care about other people's reactions, and only secretly made up his mind to take advantage of this large-scale event, open his eyes wide, take a closer look, and make sure to find a chance to fish in troubled waters and escape from the den of thieves.
But when he was thinking so wildly...
Kukrops started calling him again: "Jamie, Jamie, it's up to you this time."
He turned his head sideways, stared at Jamie closely with his good eye, and said in a command tone that could not be refused: "You find a way to hook that viscount out, as long as he can successfully place the order, we will have everything in the future." It's all easy to say."
Jamie originally wanted to be submissive and pretend to be a little obedient, so that people can relax their vigilance and facilitate some possible operations in the future.
But after hearing such a matter of course, I suddenly became so angry that my lungs were about to explode!
He suddenly had a vague idea, and he simply took advantage of the topic to get angry, opened his mouth and cursed: "Fuck, who the hell do you think I am? A solicitor? Why don't you do it yourself if you have the ability?"
Cyclopes looked at him in astonishment, as if he couldn't understand why he was so angry: "Well, my dear, you are a little behind in losing your temper, right?"
"It's really strange? When you were released from prison, and I only detained you, shouldn't you have expected it?"
"What do you think I've taken a fancy to you?"
"Isn't it because you were born handsome and well-born that you look good in both men's and women's clothes?"
"Besides, you are not asked to seduce men every day. If we are lucky, we can catch up with a lady, and you might be able to play a badass to cheat money and sex."
"It's just bad luck, the people you meet along the way are all nobles... But for the sake of money, don't pick and choose, pretend to be a coquettish beauty, and have a fairy dance together, isn't it good? ? It’s not that you didn’t share your money and let you work for nothing, what the hell are you doing now?”
"Okay, stop talking nonsense!"
"Be careful and I'll beat you!"
"Hold!"
Jamie had already vaguely guessed that his position in this gang of thieves was based on his appearance, but it still hurt his self-esteem to be so straightforwardly stated, and then threatened again in the end.
Originally, the three-point anger was just pretending.
But now, he couldn't keep his face from being talked about, but he was really angry.
But it's useless to be angry, because I know I can't beat it.
At last……
He rushed over, kicked the chair that Cyclops was sitting on violently to vent his anger, and then thumped and beat as if he was angry, pushing all the sundries to the ground, and finally Protrude.
In this process……
With only one long leg outstretched, Kukrops easily fixed the chair firmly.
Then, amidst the sound of beating, he asked loudly, "Where are you going?"
Jamie replied without looking back: "I'm going to find a lady, to cheat money and sex."
Kukrops smiled and did not stop him.
It's just that although he didn't try to stop him, he made a wink at the people next to him. Immediately, a thief came out cleverly, and then quickly chased after him to monitor.
Afterwards, Cyclopes slowly recalled the dispute just now, and whistled lowly.
He turned his head and chatted with the fellow thieves quite interestingly: "Hey! Did you see that? This little boy is so powerful! I'm so used to his temper, he even dared to point my nose and scold me."
(two)
On the other end, after Jamie ran out, he didn't run far.
He just pretended to be angry, and walked around circle after circle, taking the opportunity to take a closer look at the surrounding environment, terrain, and permanent residents.
Because these thieves all escaped from prison, and several well-known thieves such as Kukrops are still on the wanted warrant.
Therefore, every time they find a temporary den, they will spend a lot of thought.
You can't find a place that is too good, because it is easy for people to see through your identity and attract the police;
You can't find a place that is too remote and empty. If you are hunted down, you will have no place to hide when you run away.
Therefore, the best places are still the settlements of the poor at the bottom.
In several narrow and dirty alleys, there are often dense crowds and mixed fish and dragons.
The people who live here are all beggars, gangs of thieves, low-class prostitutes, usury hooligans, etc., a bunch of scumbags!
In addition, there are some street children who don’t know where they come from. They have big heads and small bodies, yellow and muscular faces, and sunken eye sockets. They look worse than stray dogs. They run around all day long, looking for food in trash cans...
This kind of place, let alone the police.
Anyone who is normal will not come.
So, while walking, Jamie observed silently, first took a panoramic view of everything, and then forced himself to memorize a few hidden routes.
After a while, he turned around and went back.
The thief who was in charge of watching him saw that he had no intention of running away, so he didn't go forward, only lingering from a distance.
At this time, seeing him walking back, he also went back together.
After returning, Jamie pretended to think about it again, as if he was willing to be the one who distracted the viscount.
Kukrops would not allow him to refuse, but it would be better if he could take the initiative.
So, I hurriedly praised a few words and promised generously that if this transaction is successful, I will definitely give him more money.
Jamie took the opportunity to make a request: "You have to find me a teacher first."
Because it wouldn't take much effort to fool a country boy like Louis.
But if you want to deceive a viscount, you must first work hard.
Jamie said eloquently: "Although beauty will play a role, but facing a woman of unknown origin, anyone with a bit of brain should take some precautions; but, think about it, if you meet Does this woman look like a noble lady of the same class as me?"
Cyclopes couldn't help being surprised: "Yo, yo, yo! What? Can you still pretend to be a noble lady?"
Jamie replied unhappily: "Nonsense! Otherwise, why would I specifically propose it? Besides, what's so great about the nobles? Since you plan to rob the nobles, do you think they are so noble and inviolable? You have to wear women's clothes, and for the sake of the plan to go smoothly, you have to dress up as a high-ranking person."
Cyclopes couldn't help laughing, and jokingly said: "I just said something to you casually, but in the end, I learned so many lessons from you. It seems that you are really not afraid of me now."
Jamie glanced at the past, and said hypocritically: "Aren't you the most loyal thief to your own people? Don't tell me I'm serious about doing things for you, and you still want to beat me for no reason?"
Cyclopes was very happy when he heard this, thinking that he had finally been convinced, let him accept his fate from now on, and wanted to follow him wholeheartedly.
So he smiled, and patted his chest again to promise: "Don't worry, follow me, and you will never suffer."
Jamie said hypocritically: "Well, I'm relieved!"
In fact, he thought bitterly in his heart: "Sooner or later you will be strangled! Only then will I be relieved!"
The two looked at each other and smiled.
They all feel better.
Afterwards, the thieves visited around and actually brought back a teacher to Jamie.
The teacher's name is Mei Li. A few years ago, it is said that she worked as an actress in a big theater in Wangcheng.
She may have been a courtesan in her early years, but because she had no calculations and foresight in her heart, when she was in her prime, she only knew to have fun and spend time with those noble children. People who like the new and dislike the old look old and decrepit, so they are naturally abandoned at will.
When I was older, unfortunately I was reduced to this point, and I could only earn my daily necessities by doing laundry and cooking for others.
So, when the thieves invited her to come to class and promised to give some more money...
She didn't say anything, didn't ask anything, and agreed immediately.
Jamie learned a lot from her.
What makeup and acting, how to change the accent, and some common sense that nobles should know, etc.
The biggest achievement so far should be correcting the accent and learning the way people in Wangcheng speak.
After all, if you want to act like an aristocrat, you can't always speak like an old farmer in the country.
Meili didn't know that they were thieves. Seeing that Jamie was born handsome and quick to learn things, she felt a little pity for her talent.
She didn't dare to meddle in her own business, and only sighed during the teaching interval: "If you can make your skin whiter, you should be able to occupy a place even on the stage of the theater in Wangcheng."
Jamie wasn't planning on going on stage.
But I was always a little curious when I heard it, so I asked about the theater again.
Mei Li told him a lot of things, and also told him some interesting stories about the jealousy of noble children, and told him, usually those nobles, when they enter the theater, they put on a show, and what they usually like to discuss topic……
There is also the emphasis on the convenience of seating, for example, ladies usually sit in a box and must be accompanied by a man; the first two rows near the stage are usually for swingers who like to hold actors, so that it is convenient for them to sit on the stage. The actors joked and booed playfully; the middle seats a little further back were usually occupied by aristocrats of some status, who either came to watch the play seriously, or used the theater as a cover to talk about some shady things ;there are the mountain seats at the back, which are mostly bought by nobles with no money, or some people with low status.
In addition, the royal family also has special boxes in the theater.
Occasionally, the king would join in the fun and summon one or two beautiful actresses in the box...
Then, the teacher smiled and mentioned some things about his youth: "Don't look at me in such a mess now, in fact, I was very popular for a while. At that time, I played Marianne, and many noble boys and brothers came to praise me , even Earl Hudgins looked at me differently."
"Marian?"
Jamie heard the name very familiar, but couldn't think of where he had heard it before, so he couldn't help repeating it in a low voice.
"Yes, Marianne."
Meili sighed with great nostalgia: "That was really the hottest drama back then."
"It was indeed the hottest drama of the year."
Judian also agreed.
but then,
He changed his voice and added another sentence: "But it is not now."
Lord Earl Hudgins, who is Judian's father, was very upset.
With a straight face, he looked like a father: "You just say what you mean? Don't you plan to support me in investing in the drama "New Marianne"?"
"Father, please explain the truth!"
Zhu Dian said helplessly: "Since I know that I will lose money, why should I support it?"
"How come it will definitely lose money? Don't you know how popular it was back then..."
"That's right. That year, that year, that year!"
"Judian, do you have to insult your old father like this?"
Lord Hudgins blushed.
He yelled angrily: "God is above, I have never heard of such a thing. As a man and child, when the old father needs help, not only will he not help, but he will also mock him from the sidelines."
Seeing his father's distraught look, Judian thought it was a bit funny.
In the end, he thought for a while and said, "Okay, if you insist on investing, I can give you the money. But, I have a request."
"Let me hear what you say."
Lord Hudgins looked at him suspiciously.
Judian smiled and said, "It's not difficult, as long as you are free, bring the actresses from this play over and let me meet them."
Earl Hudgins' face quickly flashed a look of discomfort: "Are you going to pimp your Majesty again?"
When he said this, he looked up subconsciously: "By the way, where is Donna? Where is Donna? Where is my daughter-in-law? Isn't she at home?"
Judian first defended himself displeasedly: "I'm not a pimp, I just introduced some people to serve as errands for His Majesty."
Then, after a pause, he replied: "Donna is working for the queen, and she is serving the queen's illness."
Lord Hudgins didn't believe a word of it.
He looked at the face of his son Judian, full of doubts: "Tell me, who are you like? Although I can't be called a good person, I have never been as shameless as you!"
(three)
In the palace, Donna suddenly ran in front of the queen.
But this time, she wasn't as low-key as she was when she was sick a few days ago, she was unadorned, and her face was turned upside down again.
On the contrary, she was completely new from head to toe, her hair was neatly combed, her face was beautifully made up, and although she didn't wear much precious jewelry, she had a blue sprig pinned to the front of her dress. colored violets.
Queen Alisa and the attendants around her noticed something strange.
They couldn't help showing expressions of surprise and uncertainty, always feeling that something big was about to happen.
Donna walked over quickly, bent her knees, and knelt down.
Then she stretched out her hand to take the Queen's hand, raised her head through tears and said, "Your Highness, will you forgive me?"
Alisa has a gentle and kind personality, and because Donna did her best to serve her sick self before, she has long been regarded as a close friend.
At this time, although she didn't know what kind of painful ordeal this friend had suffered, when she was asked such a question, her first reaction was to answer: "Of course, no matter what you do, as long as you don't hurt others, I will forgive you."
"No, you shouldn't forgive me."
Donna covered her face and wept: "I have done extremely shameful things, and for a woman, I have done the most heinous things."
"However, no matter what happens, it will pass, as long as you are willing to repent sincerely."
The queen gently wiped her tears, leaned over and hugged her, and comforted her like a child: "Okay, stop crying, dear. You are so beautiful today, if you keep crying, your makeup will be ruined... What a pity! Now that we know it’s wrong, we can change it in the future.”
Looking up at such a benevolent queen, Tang Na felt ashamed and remorseful, and the tears rolled down one by one like pearls with broken strings.
"I really never wanted to hurt anyone...especially you." She murmured.
Then, the tone became fierce again: "His Royal Highness, listen to me! I know that after today, there will be gossip about me in this palace. Those are what I deserve, because I was so stupid and Despicable. However, even so, I still want to ask you, please believe me. From the beginning to the end, I respect and love you from the bottom of my heart, and regard you as my dearest and dearest person!"
Although the queen was confused, she was moved to tears by her sincere tone, and she couldn't help nodding: "I know, I know, you treated me very well, very well."
Donna smiled again with tears in her eyes, and continued: "You have to trust me. Although I have been shaken shamelessly, I have never failed your trust, and I have never betrayed you. If someone says something about me in the future... ...such as..."
She struggled unspeakably, and finally said: "For example, my entanglement with the king, please believe me, please believe me! Please believe me!"
She said three times in a row, please believe me, and gritted her teeth in a tone almost swearing: "Please believe me, since you two got married, I have never had any contact with him..."
A look of shock flashed in the Queen's eyes, and tears could not help but fall down.
But she still held Donna's hand tightly, and said with tears in her eyes, "I believe in you, I believe in you. Don't worry, no matter what others say, I only believe in my own eyes and my own heart."
Donna's tense body suddenly relaxed.
She gently rested her head on the queen's knee, then raised the queen's hand, and kissed reverently on the back of the other's hand: "You are the best person I have ever seen, I wish I had known you earlier, We will be best friends, play the piano together, drink afternoon tea together..."
The queen raised her other hand and stroked her hair one by one: "It's okay in the future, let's play the piano and have afternoon tea together..."
Donna smiled sadly and said, "Thank you for your forgiveness, do you know? Thanks to your generosity, I can finally regain my peace of mind."
The queen showed a gratified look.
Then Donna stood up and said goodbye to her, saying that she would leave the palace from now on and would never come back to the palace again.
Although the queen was also very reluctant, but from the conversation just now, she had faintly realized that it was not good, so she didn't say anything to stop her.
She personally sent Donna all the way to the door of the bedroom, told her to be well in the future, and watched her go away.
However, the next day.
News of Donna's death came from the palace.
"When it was discovered, it was already drowned."
The attendant reported to the king and queen: "Mrs. Donna's body is floating on the water, she seems to be sleeping peacefully. The dress soaked in the lake water did not drag her down, but scattered on the water surface. Unfolded. The big curved skirt looks like the gorgeous tail of a mermaid... Some water plants, fallen twigs, and a branch of blue violets that have bloomed and faded are stuck to her body..."
After hearing this description, the king imagined the beautiful scene, and couldn't help crying for a while.
Richard has always been an extremely sentimental king, and he was still angry at Donna's rejection of him before, but after hearing such sad news, his heart softened again.
At this time, when I recalled the beauty's every frown and smile before her life, I just felt that if I could bring her back to life, let alone being rejected once, even being rejected thousands of times, I would be willing.
He was so sincerely sad, but he inadvertently glanced at the queen beside him, and was surprised to find that...
Alisa sat there motionless with a pale face, but she didn't shed a single tear.
"Are you a woman with a heart of stone?"
The king couldn't help asking angrily.
The queen slowly moved her gaze over, and her tone seemed to come from a very far away place: "Sorry, Your Majesty. I am a little unclear now... living in a daze like me, or being as crisp as Donna. Death, which one is better?"
Meanwhile, putting the tragedy aside for a moment,
Because there is a more exciting drama being staged far away from the royal city.
With the sound of horseshoes and the sound of wheels rolling...
Jamie knew that the Viscount Blount, who had been waiting for several days, finally arrived after they stepped on a little bit.
The past few years have not been good, and the world has gradually become less peaceful.
Therefore, whenever nobles go out, they must hire a team of people to protect them, in order to guard against those robbers who block the road.
Viscount Blunt was careful enough.
For example, now, he didn't want to stay at the roadside inn, he just wanted to hurry to Wangcheng.
However, people are tired and horses are exhausted, and there is still a long way to go.
That's why we stopped reluctantly, and decided to take a short rest before moving on.
Then, he took the trouble to order all the guards to be more vigilant.
After that, reluctantly, under the protection of a group of people, walked into the hotel.
Wait until this group of people is almost packed.
The Viscount Blount also lowered his vigilance a little, and sat at a table on the first floor of the hotel, ordered a bottle of wine and a few appetizers, sipping and resting...
Jamie came down.
While pretending to complain about the poor living conditions in the hotel, he walked down the stairs, and when he saw Viscount Blunt, he shouted joyfully as if he had met an acquaintance: "Ah, you, it's you, Aren't you Viscount Blunt?"
Viscount Blount was taken aback by his shouting, and when he looked up, he saw a conservative noble girl wearing a hat and veil.
Because the accent is from the Wangcheng side, and the tone seems to be very familiar to me, but when I see the person, I have no impression at all...
He couldn't help but be very puzzled: "I'm sorry, are you?"
"Have you forgotten me?"
Jamie stood at a distance that would not cause people to be nervous and defensive, and stopped.
Then, he pretended to be very disappointed: "We had a brief chat at the XX Theater in Wangcheng last year."
Viscount Blount stared at him intently, while trying to remember: "Uh... I do go to XX theater often, just talking... Sorry."
Jamie pretended to be in a hurry, stomped his feet, and put on a look of actively trying to help the other party remember, and kept reminding: "Think again, the person I was following was Uncle James, um, he was a What about the Baron. You chatted for a long time, but you didn’t pay much attention to me. It seemed that you were talking about changes in tax policies. I don’t remember much, and I don’t understand those things...Let me think about it, it seems to be... What number, um, ten? No, twenty? There seems to be some percentage..."
"5.00% tax?"
Viscount Blunt couldn't help but blurt out.
"Ah, yes, yes!"
Jamie clapped his hands happily, and smiled brightly at him: "You finally remembered!"
"Uh, yes, yes, I finally remembered." Viscount Blunt murmured.
In fact, he didn't think of anything at all, he just thought of a tax policy.
Just because this policy is a bit outrageous.
In general, everyone in the country is required to pay an additional tax, that is, to pay 5.00% of all property.
For no reason, who is willing to hand over 5.00% of the property for nothing?
Therefore, once the news spread, everyone paid attention to it, and usually chatted, and would discuss and criticize this matter.
But Viscount Blunt didn't realize this.
On the contrary, I feel that Jamie explained the matter clearly and logically, and there is also a location - XX theater (in fact, according to the introduction of Mr. Meili, few noble children do not go to the theater); there is also a character - Uncle James ( As we all know, shouting James, eight out of ten people will turn back); there is also the content of the conversation - tax policy (a hot topic that everyone discusses), these few elements that sound familiar, all integrated into Together, as if it really happened!
What's more, although you can't see anything through the veil.
But experienced playboys are used to identifying beauties from the subtleties.
Those smiling bright eyes, the looming high nose bridge under the veil, and the slender neck and slender waist...
Viscount Blunt's vigilance lowered little by little, but the smile on his face became more and more eager.
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