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"The doctor issued a death certificate confirming that Lord Latimer had died of a stroke. He seemed eager to sign the death certificate, and I think he must have noticed that the bottle was a little less. . . . Who can blame it? Everyone will think that he made a mistake, got the dose wrong, and as long as he doesn't want to lose his reputation, he will keep his mouth shut."

"The title of Baron Latimer was passed on to his eldest son, and I was given a considerable fortune. I moved from Baron Latimer's castle, and settled at a fine estate in Buckinghamshire."

"I spent three months in mourning for Lord Latimer, and after that I returned to society again. I am no longer young than I was when I was a widow, but I am now very rich. For men , Dowry can make a woman more beautiful, and its effect is far better than a gorgeous face, after all, a beautiful face grows old, but gold shines forever."

"Among my suitors, the most notable at the time was Sir Thomas Seymour, who was ambassador to France and Hungary until he was in his thirties, and who had just returned from the Continental Europe returns to England."

“In no time he was a regular at my Buckingham Palace estate and at my London mansion. I was hosting a salon at home every Tuesday and Friday, welcoming my friends over, and he was there every night before dinner. The first to arrive, and the last to leave after midnight... Soon we fell in love..." The first queen smiled self-deprecatingly, "At least on my side."

"When he was about to propose to me, I caught the attention of King Henry at a court ball, who was already very ill, and I think he took a fancy to my experience of looking after Lord Latimer. We have just Not long after we met, he started courting me and proposed to me within a month."

"Sir Thomas backed down immediately... But I don't think he can be blamed for this. Everyone in his situation at the time would have made a similar choice. He was sent to Brussels as an ambassador, of course, so that he would not be an ambassador. A stumbling block for King Henry. But let me tell you... there is no need for that at all." A mocking smile appeared on the corners of the queen's mouth, and that smile was so weak that it disappeared in an instant like a few raindrops falling in the Sahara Desert. "As long as the former king shows interest in me, he will run away like a frightened rabbit."

"For obvious reasons, I am terrified of marrying the late king...but who has the guts to refuse his will? I can only agree to his proposal."

The Lord Protector had been staring at the late queen coldly with that devouring gaze, and at this moment he finally interjected, "I think it's more than that, when you married the late king, you couldn't tell that you were a queen at all. Reluctant bride. Most of you in this room have been to that wedding, and I think we all still remember how eager you were."

A flash of red flashed across the face of the former queen, "I admit that I was indeed... a little interested in the status of the queen, and I still had a certain hope that I wanted to establish my influence with the late king, and Use that clout to do something good..."

"You're getting off topic, ma'am." Edward said coldly, "Let's get back to the topic."

"I'm sorry, Your Majesty." The first queen sighed.

"I was married to His Majesty late, and I have to say that my years in the service of Lord Latimer made me an excellent nurse, and the King was evidently very pleased with my services. He began to talk to me about philosophy and religion, and even Political issues, and I was able to use this opportunity to exert my influence."

"However, what happened in Scotland changed everything... When the first king was in a coma, I thought he might never wake up again. At that moment, I thought that the supreme power was within my reach... I could Become the Queen Mother Regent, transform this country according to her wishes, and make her a temple of civilization and reason, a model of religious harmony..."

"When the late king woke up, he seemed very dissatisfied with my performance. He began to doubt me, everyone, even you, Your Majesty, his son."

Edward didn't answer.

"You can imagine my horror at the time... the doom of the previous queens reminded me all the time, and I felt that I was going to repeat their mistakes. I have no great family, no children, and the old kings want to get rid of Aragorn. Catherine or Anne of Cliffs needed to think about diplomatic ramifications, but he didn't have to work hard to get rid of me, he would treat me like Catherine Howard and send me to the guillotine... It was the easiest way way."

"On our way back to London, Sir Thomas found me again, this time apparently at the order of his brother, the Earl of Hertford at that time wanted to be my friend." The first queen looked at the Lord Protector, "I was alone and desperately needed an ally... so I agreed to make contact with him."

"When we returned to London, the situation became more and more serious. The late king sent his vicious dog, Bishop Gardner, to investigate me." The first queen spoke bluntly, completely ignoring Bishop Gardner, who was standing by the side, who turned green. complexion. "He collected incriminating evidence from what I had written, and tried to associate me with the heretics and traitors who opposed the policy of the late king... He achieved great success. The king first reprimanded me at dinner, and then sent someone to Arrested my sister."

"At that time, everyone thought I was going to die, including this gentleman." She glanced at the pale-faced Duke Protector with disgust, "He was eager to get rid of me. I was almost doomed... the former king The order to arrest me has been issued, and I saved my life by crying and begging in front of his room regardless of my appearance... Maybe this is what he really wanted, to give me a warning that I will never forget, and let me understand myself status..." she said through gritted teeth, the hatred condensed on her pale face caused many people in the room to shiver.

"Through this incident, I recognized the face of this gentleman." She raised a finger again and pointed at the Duke Protector, "An unreliable friend is of no value. I decided to clarify the matter with him face to face. From then on we There is no longer any possibility of cooperation between them."

"We met in the garden of Whitehall Palace. It was a beautiful summer night, and the bright moonlight was the clearest I have ever seen."

"I told him bluntly that our cooperation is over, and I will not do anything for him anymore, and I no longer need any help from him. But the Lord Earl of Hertford stopped me and proposed to me Horrible proposal: He wants me to have some sort of... once and for all solution so I can be completely free."

"Although what he said was quite tempting, I immediately rejected him... This thing is really terrible, murdering a king... The Earl of Hertford just used me as a pawn, asking me to take chestnuts for him That's all."

"However, what I didn't expect was that he actually grasped the truth about Baron Latimer's death. When he hinted to me that he knew everything, I knew that I had no other choice but to be his pawn."

"Three days after this conversation, the Earl of Hertford sent me a vial containing the familiar red liquid. I had no more doubts, the fact was before me that he had mastered all The truth." The first queen sighed.

"I spent half a year in anxiety, and the urging of the Earl of Hertford became more and more frequent. Not long before Christmas, he hinted that if I didn't do anything after Christmas, then my secret would be made public... I know He has completely lost his patience."

"At that time, all the diet of the late king was handled by me, so it was easy for me to add poison to his food and drink... Three days before Christmas, the late king started to have a high fever and became more and more irritable. Angry. You must remember how he insisted on being at the Christmas celebration."

Edward nodded, "I remember."

"On the night of December 24th, Wang Qiang cheered up and prepared to participate in the celebration. His doctor prepared a refreshing potion for him. I brought the potion into the room of the late king and served him to drink it."

"There will never be a better chance... I put five drops of poison in that potion, and the late king had had a stroke before, so he didn't need as many doses as he did with Lord Latimer to make him suffer another stroke. "

"I watched the late king drink the potion, and the refreshing potion took effect quickly, and the late king seemed to cheer up a bit, but I noticed the flush on his face, the subtle signs in the dim candlelight It's almost completely invisible."

"The former king's servants came in to change his clothes. When I bowed and left, I noticed that the blood vessels on his temples were throbbing violently. I knew that another stroke was about to happen."

"I went back to my room, took out the vial containing the poison, and opened the lid to pour the contents into the ashes of the fireplace...but suddenly I changed my mind, and a voice in my head Said to me 'Maybe you'll need this later'! So I somehow put the bottle away, and now it's finally coming in handy."

She reached out her hand to feel under the pillow, and found a small glass bottle, which contained the red liquid that the Queen had just described, which looked like fresh blood.

Edward took over the bottle from the previous queen. The bottle was made of crystal and the cap was pure gold. The liquid inside had been used up a lot, and there was still about half of the bottle left.

"I sat on the chair in my room and began to wait quietly." The first queen continued, "Everything was so quiet, as if I was the only one left in this huge palace, I could even hear my heartbeat .However, to my surprise, the heartbeat didn't sound any different from usual, and it didn't seem intense or rapid at all."

"Suddenly there was a noise erupting from the same place, like the rolling thunder coming from the dark clouds on the horizon seen far away from the sea. There were hurried footsteps outside the door, and I took a deep breath to make myself appear as if nothing had happened. "

"The door to my room was slammed open and an appropriate look of surprise was put on my face for a split second."

"The one who came in was the late king's servant. He looked out of his wits and lost his mind. When he told me that the late king had another stroke, he looked like he was about to pass out at any moment."

"When I rushed to the late king's room, just in time for the late king's doctor to announce the news that the late king had suffered a stroke, he didn't notice anything."

"The doctor's rescue lasted for several hours. Frankly speaking, I was always in fear, for fear of being seen... The doctor later announced that the late king would wake up. I was really shocked at the time, but he said that the late king When I woke up again, when his oil was exhausted and the lamp was dry, I breathed a sigh of relief."

"I think His Majesty is very clear about the following things. The king woke up after a long period of coma, announced his will and passed away. His Excellency the Earl of Hertford did not get what he wanted after all, but he got the protection of a Duke of the country. The title was nothing more than a consolation prize. I got a large inheritance again, and more importantly, my freedom."

"I moved to Hatfield Palace from London when my old lover, Sir Thomas, reappeared. He told me that his love for me had never changed, and that we would have died if the king hadn't taken it away. After becoming husband and wife, he begged me to give him a chance to renew his relationship."

"Sir Thomas can be very charming when he wants to seduce a woman...I admit I was persuaded by him that I was not old enough to be a widow forever. It didn't take me long to say yes to him Proposal."

"I knew in my heart that when he married me, he must have had the idea of ​​using me to get closer to the royal family... However, I didn't expect him to be so blatant. When he found that it was difficult to realize his ambition of climbing through me, He immediately abandoned me like a shoe, without even considering the child I was carrying in my belly!" The dry eyes of the first queen suddenly burst into tears, "What is even more unbearable to me is, My husband shamelessly seduces my step-daughter Princess Elizabeth under my roof, without any moral restraint, and uses his prodigal methods on a girl who has just grown up... It is disgusting !"

"He felt that he had won the favor of the princess, so I became a stumbling block on his way to heaven. He wanted to get rid of me, and he wanted to scrape a sum of money from me... I rejected him, it seems that he must be iron He wants to get rid of me, even his own child!" She held up the swaddle with both hands, "my child's father has my child's blood on his hands... He poisoned my sister, my child , Now I don't live long... This is God's will, it is his punishment, he wants to destroy these sinful families, so let them kill each other like those powerful people in ancient Rome... It's like a deck of cards The house was built, and God blew lightly, and everything fell apart..." The corners of the queen's mouth were foaming, trembling, and fell into a state of delirium, "The Tudor family, the Seymour family, the Howard family and the Darius family. The Deli family...you are all guilty, you cannot escape...this is God's will, it is his judgment! You are fighting each other, but you have made me a victim, and my children...I curse you ..."

There was a hoarse panting sound from her throat, blood foam mixed with white foam flowed from the corner of her mouth, she fell straight on the bed again, and there was no more sound.