Good-looking, not allowed to farm

(One)

The residence of Lord Dressel, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, is located in an aristocratic area close to the royal palace.

Almost all the families living in this area are old nobles, and the history of the family can be traced back to the time when the dynasty was first established.

At that time, the nobles were still very powerful, sitting on fiefdoms, and had some troops under their hands.

It's just that once a war breaks out in the country, they must bring all their soldiers and horses and rush to the battlefield immediately, participate in the battle without rejection, and be loyal to the king.

In other words, there is a cooperative relationship between the nobles and the king.

While the king granted privileges to the nobles, he also required them to perform military service.

However, as the dynasty gradually stabilized, there were fewer and fewer wars...

This cooperative relationship between the royal family and the nobles inevitably changed, and gradually moved towards confrontation.

The king can't tolerate someone ceding land to be king within the scope of his rule.

therefore……

Counting from King Richard to the front, several consecutive kings may only do one thing in their lives-weaken the power of the old aristocracy and strengthen the centralization of power.

When it came to Richard.

This thing is almost done.

The national army is directly under the command of the king.

The old aristocrats no longer need to perform military service, and naturally there is no army under their hands.

They still have fiefdoms in name.

But has lost the right to manage the fief.

The only remaining powers are status and money:

Status is a title that can be passed down from generation to generation;

Money is most of the taxes that can be obtained from the production of one's own fief every year.

But this way.

There is no need for the nobles to stay in the fief.

The privilege is still there, the obligation is gone.

With money in your pocket, you can spend it freely wherever you go.

As a result, these nobles gradually left the fief and gathered in the most prosperous royal city in the country.

They slowly lived a good life of 'taking money from the fief on a regular basis, and then eating, drinking and having fun in the royal city'.

long time.

A part of the old aristocrats did not think about making progress, spent too much, and ruined their family property. In the end, there may be only the noble name passed down from their ancestors and a nice-sounding title;

But there are also some old nobles who know how to make progress.

Like Lord Dressel, he will be an official in the court, with a high position and authority, and he is highly relied on by the royal family.

Therefore, don't look at Judian and the others who are calculating and joking about Mr. Dressel.

But in fact, the Dressel family has always been regarded as the most prominent and oldest family in this country.

Because of this, Jamie regained his spirits the next day, and when he came to Dressel's house, he suddenly became nervous.

Before that, he just wanted some benefits and found a backer so that he could gain a foothold in the royal city and live a stable life.

So, none of your business.

Whatever the Dressel family looked like was none of his business.

But now, he's about to join in.

Facing such a big and magnificent house with countless servants walking around inside, Jamie couldn't help feeling a little apprehensive, but then he thought: "Probably no one welcomes me here."

Thinking about it this way, he became calm again.

Fortunately, the Dressers didn't want to embarrass him either.

Lord Dressel probably didn't want to see him very much, so he didn't come out at first under the pretext of being busy with business.

As for Mrs. Dressel.

She remained expressionless from beginning to end, only commanding the servants, and took the luggage from Jamie's hand.Then, arrange a place for him to live step by step.

After tossing around in such a daze all morning...

When it was time for lunch, Jamie followed a servant and walked into the restaurant.

As soon as he walked to the door, he heard...

A slightly delicate female voice asked: "Mother, is he the father's illegitimate son?"

"Don't talk like that, Suzanne!"

Mrs. Dressel grabbed her daughter's hand and stopped her in a low voice.

Jamie looked over and found that it was a little girl about fourteen or fifteen years old.

She was dressed very much in line with Master Dressel's usual aesthetics. It was a well-regulated, conservative white long dress with long sleeves, and the neckline went all the way to the throat, so that nothing could be exposed.

Then, there was no jewelry on her body, and there was no trace of makeup on her face.

Although it's really not suitable for her to wear heavy makeup at her age.

But as far as a girl is concerned, such a simple dress is still too dull.

As for appearance, it's not ugly.

The most conspicuous place should be the eyes. The girl's blue eyes are very flexible, and they seem to be restless. Since Jamie came in, she kept looking up and down, staring at people over and over again, her eyes are very bold.

Then, Dressel-sama also had to appear.

His face was ugly, stern, and he didn't say a word.

Mrs. Dressel tried her best to improve the atmosphere, invited everyone to sit down, and tried to chat a few words.

She also gave a brief introduction to the pair who had inexplicably become brother and sister: "Well, this is my daughter Suzanne... Suzanne, let me get to know you, this is Louis... Well, yours, your brother. "

Susannah continued to look at Jamie curiously.

Then, she suddenly said a word of admiration: "You are so beautiful."

Master Dressel immediately coughed a few times, with a look of displeasure across his face.

Mrs. Dressel patted her on the back hard, and reminded her sternly and disapprovingly: "Susanna, it's too frivolous to talk like that!"

Embarrassed by this, Jamie didn't know how to respond.

Fortunately, a large group of servants filed in and started to serve food, and this was considered to be a distraction.

Jamie looked at the dining table silently. Since he didn't know the dining rules here, he didn't dare to touch it for the time being.

After seeing that everyone picked up the napkins, he carefully picked up the napkins. Then, he noticed that three forks were placed on the left by the servant, and two knives and three spoons were placed on the right. Big and small glasses...

"Is it necessary to engage in so many tricks?"

He couldn't help complaining in his heart: "Actually, I only need two small wooden sticks to solve everything."

But for now, I still have to pretend to be calm and calm.

Therefore, during the entire meal time, he would wait for others to do it first, and then imitate it before doing it.

at the same time,

The Dressel family also watched him silently.

The Dressel couple knew that the boy in front of them had been living in a backward country, so they were very worried that his words and deeds did not meet the requirements of nobles, and he was even too rude to discredit the Dressel family.

Can wait until the meal is finished.

They found that the child was very cautious, although his movements were slow and unfamiliar, but he made no mistakes from the beginning to the end.

Master Dressel's depressed mood finally improved a little.

Therefore, he gave an accurate arrangement rarely and happily: "Next Friday, I will introduce you to everyone at the banquet."

Jamie had no problem with that.

So, things settled down.

The couple are well aware of the life experience of the illegitimate child.

But with the king's words, even if he was reluctant in his heart, he couldn't openly react too much.

It's just that the two's daughter, Suzanne, couldn't help but have another idea.

As the only daughter in the family, she was raised purely and knew nothing about the details of this matter.

So after this incident with Jamie...

When she was surprised, a new world seemed to open up to her mind, which was usually strictly restrained by her parents, and she couldn't help but have a very rebellious thought: "Father talks about rules and rules all day long, but in the end, he is such an illegitimate child." Jumped out of nowhere... Huh, it can be seen that this rule is just for talking! If you really abide by it, you will be a fool!"

Master Dressel felt bitter.

Master Dressel is wronged!

But what can he do?

You can't accuse the king of lying.

Anyway, after this battle.

The serious and majestic image of her father completely collapsed in Suzanne's heart.

But oddly enough...

The girl was not disappointed with her father in private, but rather excited about it.

One day, while no one was paying attention, she suddenly stopped Jamie, looked at him with bright eyes, and asked a series of questions:

"Is your mother as beautiful as you?"

"What does she do?"

"I don't mean to offend, but is she the kind of legendary woman who just... has a lot of people adoring her?"

"What kind of dress does she usually wear? Does she put powder on her face?"

Jamie was taken aback by the question.

Then, without waiting for his answer, Susannah asked eagerly, "Have you ever met Mrs. Lauris? Is she born beautiful? I heard that even His Majesty the King loves her, and for her, even at the expense of snub the queen."

At this time, Jamie didn't know much about the complicated relationships among the nobles in the royal city.

Hearing this, he subconsciously asked, "Who is Mrs. Laureys?"

"Don't you know Mrs. Laurels?"

Susanna replied in surprise: "She is His Majesty's lover."

Jamie continued to ask: "Are you curious about her?"

"It's not a curiosity, but she can charm the king." Susannah felt a little embarrassed.

Jamie raised his eyebrows, faintly aware of the little girl's subtle thoughts.

He immediately made a tentative joke: "What? Are you trying to charm someone too?"

Susannah blushed suddenly.

She looked around and found that there was no one around, so she grabbed Jamie by the corner of his clothes and dragged him aside, and then said innocently: "All ladies in the court have lovers, so I want to I can find one in the future. Or, I can be someone else's lover, if he is as beautiful as you... Louis, you know? I dare not say that to people, but you are different, because ...In short, can you understand me? Your mother and father must have been in a similar situation back then, right?"

Jamie couldn't help smiling at her, and called out very kindly: "My little sister."

Suzanne raised her head when she heard the words, and was stunned just looking at his handsome smiling face. She couldn't help thinking shyly, "If you weren't my brother, I would want you to be my lover."

"It is said that my mother died very young."

"what?"

"I grew up in the countryside without father or mother."

"What do you mean?"

"It means that when a girl becomes someone's lover, that's what she wants."

"Such?"

"Hiding in the countryside with a big belly to raise a child, and then dying early, the child born has no father or mother, and grows up like an orphan."

"what!"