Good-looking, not allowed to farm

(One)

Lady Laureys turned pale at the king's words.

She only felt that there seemed to be some heavy iron-like object in her heart, and she suddenly fell down. She was so panicked for a moment that she hurriedly asked, "What do you mean by this? What do you mean by making him for me?" A husband? Do you mean you don't love me? Do you mean you don't want your children? Why? Why should I marry another man?"

King Richard could not help showing a little upset after hearing her long series of interrogative words without panting.

But maybe because of the unborn child, he still tried his best to ease the impatience in his heart, suppressed his temper, and reasoned with Mrs. Lauris: "What are you thinking about? I am just for that child Well, you are the one to marry, madam."

Once again Mrs Laurel's eyes filled with tears.

She choked with sobs and complained: "You told me to marry someone else, and you don't want to recognize this child, so what are you saying is good for the child?"

"Because everyone knows that your original husband has been dead for a long time."

His Majesty the King explained to her unhurriedly: "In this way, this child must not be regarded as your husband's posthumous child."

"So, if you don't hurry up and get married, won't you be being found out... Well, you have a child with a man who is not your husband? In this way, it will not only hurt your reputation, but also make this It will be difficult for children to be human in the future, don't you think?"

"But... can't you marry me? If I marry you, won't everything be resolved?"

said Mrs. Laurels weeping.

"marry you?!"

King Richard couldn't help showing a horrified expression: "How could you have such a magical idea? What the hell! Could it be that you have forgotten? I already have a wife."

"But didn't you say that before? She is not what you like, but those courtiers forced you to marry! Can't you separate from her?"

Mrs. Laureys said, sobbing: "She can't even keep a child! What can you expect from her? Am I not better than her? Am I not more beautiful than her? Is she better than me?" Does your bed give you pleasure? Does she, too..."

"Okay, stop talking!"

King Richard hurriedly stopped her from venting, and said very calmly: "You know that this is impossible, the queen is the queen, no matter what, I will not touch her easily."

After sternly saying this warning, he softened his tone again: "And... my dear, you have to think more about me."

"Nowadays, the court is in turmoil and there are many state affairs. I have already racked my brains and upset about these matters. I really don't want to worry about your affairs any more."

"What's more, the charity toy store you opened before almost caused another riot, which aroused many complaints from the people."

"I don't want to blame you endlessly, but, in this period, if I have any bad scandals with you..."

"But, but they have already smashed up my shop!"

Mrs. Lauris cried frantically: "My store has been smashed! It's smashed to pieces! I have lost so much money and lost so much face! Isn't this kind of revenge enough? The group What on earth are the untouchables going to ask me to do!"

"Hey, ma'am, why do you always miss the point?" King Richard sighed, and his self-conscious patience was almost worn out by her again.

In the end, he had to say almost bluntly: "Let's put it this way, madam, I will never marry you."

"If you really don't want to marry, and you're not afraid of damaging your reputation, you can stay single like this. After the child is born, although I can't publicly admit him, I can give some money in private to help you raise him together .”

Now that we're talking about this.

King Richard simply added a few more words, and advised him very gently: "But... my dear, if you still have a little bit of motherly heart, you are willing to give this child an upright birth, so that he will not be born again and again. In the name of an illegitimate child, you are discriminated against and looked down upon! Then, you should listen to me. Agree to marry Louis, and after that, I will tell him to treat you better. "

Mrs. Laureys stood there dumbfounded, as if she couldn't even cry.

She finally understood her failure, and the queen's dream deepest in her heart was completely shattered into pieces.

--ah!It is impossible for him to marry me as queen.

——Even if I have his child, it's useless, because he has no intention of marrying me at all!

"Everybody's going to laugh at me for wishful thinking," murmured Mrs. Lawres, mortified.

Her voice at this time was so soft that it seemed to be whispering: "Those people inside and out originally liked to curry favor with me, but afterward, knowing that you don't want me anymore, they might ignore you Me, and everyone can embarrass me face to face..."

King Richard felt a little soft-hearted when he heard her say so pitifully: "But I won't let others embarrass you, don't worry too much."

He also casually comforted: "It's just a marriage, we can still meet often in the future."

The second half of the sentence...

Mrs. Laureys believed it.

Because her dream was broken only because she couldn't marry the king openly, and couldn't become the highest-ranking woman in this country. Deep down, she wasn't too worried that she wouldn't be able to meet the king at all.

This king has always been not particular about women's sex. When he meets a woman he likes, most of the time he doesn't care whether the other party has a husband.

Even, if there is a husband, maybe it will be a little more exciting to have an affair.

Thinking of this, Mrs. Lauris has already decided to agree to the marriage.

Although the king gave her another choice-or not to marry, he would give her money to help her raise children.

But she felt that this option was really redundant, and it was harmful but not beneficial.

Just because she was a widow who suddenly had an illegitimate child, even if everyone knew it was the king's child, her reputation would be ruined!

There are still some villains who are jealous of her, and they will definitely take the opportunity to spread rumors and make up all kinds of stories, saying that she messed with other men, and muddied her bad reputation even worse. !

If this trouble comes to the end, with the king's fickle and ungrateful temperament, and he is afraid of trouble, maybe it will really get in the way of face... From now on, I really won't come to see her again.

What's the point of that?

As for children, what use is a child who is not inherited by his father?

Instead of this, it is better to listen to his suggestion and get married first.

Wait until the baby is born before thinking of other ways.

But the promise is the promise.

The specific conditions still need to be discussed.

Thinking of this, Mrs. Lauris cheered up again.

She wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, and made a helpless and pitiful gesture: "Although I only have His Majesty in my heart, and no matter what, I will never fall in love with other men."

"But since your Majesty has already given you an order, I can only follow your wishes."

"But just please, for the sake of me and the child in my womb, please don't let me marry someone so casually."

Although His Majesty King Richard plays stupid from time to time, he is extremely shrewd in certain things.

Moreover, because his daily work is actually waiting for people to come to ask for benefits (title, money, official position).

Therefore, he is very familiar with the tone and demeanor of others when they make requests. When Mrs. Laurels speaks like this...

He immediately knew: "Oh, this is the stage of negotiating conditions!"

So, he put away all the previous soft-heartedness and pity, put on an expression of interest, and looked over with curious eyes.

Mrs. Laureys was unaware of the king's subtle thoughts, and said to herself, "Your Majesty, you should know that I am a countess!"

"Although that Sir Louis will be able to inherit the title of Lord Dressel in the future, but he doesn't have any title on his head right now."

"So...you can't let me, a countess, marry a commoner!"

King Richard immediately replied: "Don't worry about this, I plan to make him an earl in the near future. And..."

As he said that, he paused for a moment and then said in thought: "When you marry him and have children... Well, if you have the chance, you can also be named a duke. He should be worthy of it."

Mrs. Lauris didn't know about the background of 'Louis', so she mistakenly thought that the title of duke was purely prepared for the unborn child, for the convenience of the child's future succession to the duke. I kept thinking: "This is a promise to produce a duke! It seems that His Majesty still needs to pay more attention to his own flesh and blood... after all."

Therefore, when she continued to raise conditions, her attitude became more justified: "Well, there is one more thing... I'm ashamed to say it."

That's what it says...

But her tone didn't mean to be ashamed at all, instead she said frankly and directly: "My previous debts...Your Majesty, you can't just watch and let me, your lover, the mother of your future child , in desperation, do you want to be a poor indebted bride?"

"Besides, this child is your flesh and blood after all, don't you just ignore him at all?"

"So, even if I obey your orders and marry someone else, the money you promised to raise children..."

After hearing these requests, King Richard couldn't help showing a smile on his face, as if encountering something very interesting, he looked her up and down with his eyes, and whistled softly .

Then, under the extremely nervous and confused gaze of Mrs. Laureys...

He casually nodded and agreed to all the conditions, and then joked with a smile: "Ma'am, Ma'am, your child is worth carrying."

Mrs. Laureys was in a good mood now that she had her wish, and she did not care about the king's sarcasm.

She only opened her eyes wide, pretending to be naive and ignorant, but also tender and charming: "Because that is His Majesty's child! I love you so much, naturally I have long wanted to raise a healthy child for you." Now, the gods have finally heard my prayers and sent him to me."

The corners of King Richard's lips curled up slightly, and he continued to tease: "I used to hear that the two great ways to confuse human beings are love and faith. What a coincidence! What you said today actually combined these two great ways. The doors are all assembled."

(two)

Unbeknownst to Jamie, there are two people plotting to make him a turtle.

Recently, he has been doing some small favors to Mrs. Helena within his capacity.

For Marianne's sake.

This lady miraculously made a lot of female friends.

Some of them came here purely because of their fame, and came to find them by themselves;

There are also some who suddenly ran to the backstage while watching a drama. After exchanging a few words with each other, they came back together.

These female friends generally have a certain financial foundation, otherwise they would not have the money to go to the theater.

But their status is not particularly high, so they can be friends with actresses like Mrs. Helena.

But in any case, to be able to get together because of "Marian", everyone's three views are at least the same.

Therefore, as if they had finally found a like-minded partner, they had to sit together to drink tea from time to time, chat, communicate, exchange feelings, and talk about the various reasons that caused Marianne's tragedy.

Then one day, I don't know who started it, and actually talked about some things in reality...

"A girl in my neighbor's house used to work in a bakery, but the boss said that the work she did was very little and easy, so it was decided that starting from next month, she would not be paid any more wages, and only gave her some bakery. leftover bread."

"This kind of thing is quite common. I have a friend who works as a female worker in a sewing workshop. Her salary has been cut by more than half recently."

At this time, another girl interrupted suddenly: "Isn't this just like what Marianne has experienced?"

In the play, the reason why Marianne's child died of freezing and starving is that she was owed a meager salary.

Then, another person sighed and said: "Sometimes, everyone says that drama is exaggerated. But in fact, there is no difference between reality and drama."

Having said that, their emotions are inevitably depressed.

Lady Helena is no exception.

In fact, when several people left, she was still immersed in this helpless and sad mood...

Later, when Jamie asked, she couldn't help bringing it up.

"Strange! Why is everyone more enlightened than me?"

Jamie thought to himself: "I've been thinking about all kinds of calculations in my head all day, but you're thinking about how to help others every day, what a ghost!"

But thinking about it, looking at Mrs. Helena's sullen look...

Jamie still wanted to comfort her, or give some advice: "Well, let's put it this way! Yesterday, the queen told me that she wanted to set up a help club."

Mrs. Helena raised her head curiously: "Help Society?"

"It's similar to helping women in distress, but that's the Queen's and the official's business, and we have no right to intervene."

Having said that, Jamie hesitated for a few seconds, not sure whether he should continue talking.

But in the end, he still said: "Actually, those friends of yours, if you are interested... I mean, you can also form some similar associations."

"association?"

"Maybe it can be called a labor union... How should I put it, simply put, it is to unite everyone and make an appointment to advance and retreat together. In this way, if the boss tries to default on wages again, everyone will agree with each other and no one will go. Give him work."

Lady Helena looked at him in astonishment.

Jamie flinched again, and murmured, "Well, I shouldn't have told you that."

But Lady Helena smiled: "Why not? Sounds like a good idea."

Next...

She actually started working hard on it.

With the help of the play "Marian", I screened out some people who shared the same views, and then pulled them together to form a crude association.

Because the number of people is too small, the scale of the guild cannot be achieved.

So it is called the Women's Association for the time being. The initial purpose is to help the women around me. The daily activities are to teach everyone how to read; to help girls in difficulties find jobs and prevent them from falling into unbearable situations; and from time to time. Tell them some short stories about self-improvement, and call for unity...

In all honesty, Jamie thought it was a drudgery that didn't do much good.

It is difficult for the people of this age to unite.

There are too many poor people, and people don't have any backbone in the face of hunger.

As a simple example, they may have worked hard and just helped a girl get a job.

But when I turned around, there was actually a nobleman who fell in love with her, and wanted to find her back as a lover, so he resigned within three days of working, and lived a canary life supported by the nobleman ever since.

You can't blame her for this.

Everyone wants to live a good life.

It would be fine if she could really be taken care of by that nobleman for the rest of her life.

But everyone knows that she will grow old, and nobles will like the new and dislike the old.

But if you know it, you know it, and there is still no way to stop it.

Therefore, it is not a good thing to be involved in this kind of association.

But Mrs. Helena smiled as usual: "Everything has a beginning!"

"It's like there is a big puddle in front of you. Everyone is used to taking a detour, but if this continues, the puddle will always be a puddle."

"But if one day, someone took the initiative to fill it with a handful of soil, then more and more people might follow the example of the first person. It doesn't take much, just everyone fills it with a handful of soil... ..."

"Over time, this puddle can always be filled."

"So, for now, we just need to do what we can and get the job done. As for whether we can succeed in the future... my dear, don't worry, time will tell everything."

So Jamie complied with her request and helped her write a lot of promotional materials.

It's just... considering that a man is mixed with a group of women, it's really not very nice to say it.

When he wrote those promotional materials, the pen name continued to use Jessica.

So come and go!

Jessica somehow became the vice president of the women's association.

Jamie: ...I obviously didn't even show my face from the beginning to the end!

This was later known by Macomb and George.

Recently, Earl Safire did not contact them either.

The two of them patiently continued to wait for the so-called opportunity...

George is okay, as usual, he can only sigh in a foolish manner: "Jamie is amazing no matter whether he is a man or a woman!"

Jamie: ...Thanks, but no girls.

As if he could turn into a woman.

It was Macomb who discovered another skill of his.

He took those promotional materials, first boasted, and then began to hope that he could write something else. First, he asked: "What do you think of our country?"

Then, a series of questions came crashing down like hailstorms:

"What is wrong with this country?"

"Why do you work so hard, but still can't get enough to eat?"

"Is it about the nobility?"

"Is it a question of taxes?"

"Is it the king's problem?"

"So, if there is a new king, will things get better?"

Jamie didn't know.

He fled away from this endless questioning Macomb, just when he was rejoicing...

His Majesty King Richard summoned him.

The majesty said with a smile: "Come here, I want to tell you a very good thing."

Jamie was curious: "I don't know what a good thing is?"

Then the king said, "A beauty is in love with you."

Jamie blinked, and said to him deliberately and lively: "In fact, since I got rid of the identity of an illegitimate child and became the son of Lord Dressel, there are indeed quite a few beauties who have fallen in love with me, because they all look forward to becoming a child in the future." What about the Countess? Your Majesty, let me tell you an interesting truth. Once a man has a title, he will immediately have many charms that he has not discovered himself!"

King Richard was almost amused by him.

He took a document from the table, tapped Jamie on the shoulder affectionately, and then said with a grin: "Oh, don't pretend to be so slick with me! Don't worry, the beauty this time is absolutely It’s true. Because she doesn’t need you to become a countess, she is already a noble countess herself.”

Jamie looked at the king suspiciously: "Oh, then why did she fall in love with me?"

The king was almost amused by him again: "Don't be so unconfident in yourself! Why don't you ask who the beauty is?"

Then he uttered the name of Mrs. Laurels.

Jamie: ...

After a long time, he stammered and said, "This... this, I'm afraid it won't work."

The king pretended to be surprised: "What's wrong?"

Jamie replied embarrassingly: "I heard that this lady admires His Majesty..."

The king said calmly: "But after all, I have a queen, so I have to live up to her affection."

Jamie struggled again and said, "Even so, since she has her own heart, I'm not okay..."

"She's interested in you now, too."

The king interrupted his refusal and told solemnly: "Under my persuasion, she has changed her mind and thinks you are very good!"

"Well, to tell you the truth, it's a little hard for me to imagine."

"But it's true. Now she's falling in love with you, her mood has changed drastically, her abdomen is slightly protruding, and she still feels dizzy from time to time..."

"Oh, I get it! Is it because I still can't eat meat, and even if I smell a little bit, I feel nauseous?"

"Exactly! So..."

"So, so what?"

"So, I hope that you can get married as soon as possible. It's best to hurry up and don't exceed this month."

When Jamie heard this, he was very worried: "Is it so urgent? Could it be that if it exceeds, will there be an accident?"

King Richard replied very gently: "The accident will be born in a few months, but the bride may not be able to wear a corset."