After an eight-day trek – well, actually on horseback, not at a particularly fast pace each day – Phoebe finally arrived at a hunting estate in southwest Wales, on the border with England, where property rights belonged entirely to the Crown of England, rather than to the English Parliament's electors, as is the case with most other royal estates.

It's still summer, but the wild animals here are fat and strong, and they are very suitable for the nobility to hunt, especially the wild ducks, hazel grouses, deer, and hares, which are less dangerous and easy to hunt, and are everywhere in the woodlands, lakes and meadows under the jurisdiction of the hunting estate. Of course, there are some other animals, such as coyotes, raccoons, badgers, weasels, foxes, lynxes, eagles, owls, porcupines, etc., but generally speaking, these prey either have a bad smell or are too fierce to hurt the nobles' valuable thoroughbreds, so under normal circumstances, the guards of the manor will clean these animals several times in advance, so that the nobles who come to the hunting ceremony every year have fun and play satisfied.

Again, in fact, the British royal family not only organized the final ball of the social season, but also organized various aristocratic activities, especially hunting activities in late summer and early autumn, so that the British aristocracy continued proudly and tenaciously after the development of British capitalism, and was still able to exert the influence of this class to a certain extent. As mentioned earlier, the argument that Britain does not need a royal family in the United Kingdom is actually not aimed at the royal family, but the system maintained by the royal family.

As mentioned earlier, some British nobles have taken a fancy to the "royal estates" run by Parliament, and they want to divide these properties, so they will support the abolition of the royal family to a certain extent.

But at the same time, the aristocracy also understood that if the partition process did not go as expected, the result would be that the unity that had united Britain around the royal family would be broken, and at that time, the nobles would not have much ability to resist in the face of the surging will of the commoners, and perhaps by that time, they would have more to lose.

As a result, all aristocrats, regardless of their intentions against the royal assets controlled by Parliament, were very enthusiastic about participating in various royal events. And Phoebe's succession ceremony itself is only one of the items in this hunting season event, the only special thing is that as mentioned earlier, the rules used in this inheritance ceremony are very old etiquette rules, not the etiquette rules that appeared after the Industrial Revolution.

For other nobles, although there is a meaning that the young Viscount Rorek wants to correct the name of the family (revenge on the royal family) through the inheritance ceremony, but for many people, it is also quite difficult, after all, this is not the rule of the Victorian era, but the rule of the earlier era, according to the Archbishop of Westminster and the royal ceremonial officer announced- The rules used for this ceremony were those of the era when Henry IV suppressed the Glendale rebellion in 1412, that is, the rules used by the Lancaster dynasty, and the Lorek family was the prince of Boas at that time, or the court nobles under the large landlord Glendale......

In fact, one of the reasons why the Lorek family cannot be fully integrated into the aristocratic circle in modern times is that this family has a history more than many hereditary aristocratic families, after all, when the Lancastrian dynasty began, Britain was not a seafaring empire, and many of the current hereditary nobles in Britain actually became hereditary nobles in the Age of Discovery.

But as I said before, the purpose of the royal family to keep the Rollek family was to suppress and reduce the resistance of the Welsh, after all, the same family killed the same family or something to start the most ruthlessly, the Lorek family and some other Welsh families also completed the task given by the English royal family very well, but after the passage of the annexation bill, the Lorek family and other Welsh families have become the next clear target in the eyes of the royal family and other nobles, hundreds of years, most of the Welsh families of the year are either gone, or taken away, or are cut from hereditary nobility to lifelong nobility, only the castle territory of the Lorek family is located in the northwest corner of Wales, This makes this family the only hereditary nobleman among the nobles that existed before Wales was incorporated into England, and this is another reason why the Welsh and the Lorek family are not intimate, after all, many of the original noble families that have been canceled hereditary titles are not completely empty, but the royal family is stuck and does not let them inherit the title, so their descendants naturally have no good impression of the only remaining Lorek family, which in turn has led the commoners to have a negative impression of the Lorek family, the traitor of Wales back then.

For Phoebe, the commoners are just like that, and the nobility is actually the same thing, the reason why she needs this title is also said before, Phoebe has expected that the new group with Onclaude as the core has been noticed by many people in the United States, and it can't develop as fast as before, so Phoebe needs to find an external force to loosen the constraints for the development of the new group, and one of these external forces is her noble title.

You must know that high-ranking nobles can recommend lifelong nobles to the queen, although they are all low-level titles, and the highest is only a sporadic number of people who have obtained the baronial title, but in general, it is still rare and expensive, especially the United States has been ridiculed by Europe...... Phoebe even knew that there were many people in the United States who valued her succession to the title more than those around her, and this had provided many unexpected benefits to the small circle of diplomatic bloc formed with Onclaude as the core - people want fame when they are rich, both ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign.

In any case, after Phoebe arrived at the hunting manor, she did not go directly to the audience according to the rules, nor did she immediately communicate with other nobles, but went to a small Roman bath under the guidance of the royal guards- In the pre-Lancastrian era, England still inherited a lot of rules handed down from the Roman Empire, such as aristocrats can not speak English, but must know Latin, and for example, frequent bathing, etc., until more than 100 years later, the Black Death epidemic in London, the British resolutely did not bathe for more than 100 years.

And Phoebe came to take a bath, with the intention of following the rules, with the help of the maids provided by the royal family, to wash away the dust, and the royal family had to check whether the nobles returning from the expedition were impostors, and whether they had injuries that could not fulfill their noble responsibilities - after all, sometimes the royal family would marry the princess to a meritorious nobleman, if the nobles were injured, it would not be fun for the princess, and there might even be worries about her life, and if the princess had a worry about her life, it would naturally cause turmoil in the kingdom......

Although Phoebe is a female heiress, since she has chosen this classical etiquette, she naturally has to follow the rules of classical etiquette, so Phoebe enters the water for the second time in front of someone she doesn't know.

Of course, as Phoebe's personal maid and the chief maid, Barbara is bound to be present, and her main role in this bathing process is to assist the maids sent by the royal family to help Phoebe clean her body - after all, she has been riding a horse for many days before, and according to common sense, no matter who she is, she is spoiled.

That's right, according to common sense, this is true, but due to Phoebe's special physical state, her oil and perspiration functions are precisely controlled by her, and the bacteria that fall on Phoebe's body surface will also be "eaten" by her, and cannot form a bacterial protective layer that decomposes sweat and oil, naturally, when Phoebe is untied like a lobster, revealing the tender meat inside, everyone finds that the smell on Phoebe's body is mainly from the condensation of water vapor on the inner wall of the armor, and the slight rust smell.

It's not that Phoebe was negligent, but Phoebe understood a long time ago that she couldn't simulate the right microflora to break down sweat and oil, which in turn produces the same sweat smell as ordinary humans, so she had Titan develop a spray based on the culture of oil-eating and sweat-eating bacteria in the soil - many large short-haired mammals, such as short-haired cows, horses, deer, etc., like to roll on the ground to clean their bodies, and the essential reason for this is that some of the soil has such bacteria.

Of course, this technology is also not the first of its kind, this is the typical human flash brought to her discrimination, in the United States there is a doctor of biology is developing this spray, and for Phoebe, who has more resources and technology to implement it, it is not difficult to guide Titan to make this spray that uses biological means to eliminate body odor. As for the existence of this spray, Phoebe has told the royal family before, although Phoebe does this at first glance a little unruly, but Phoebe's behavior is not to conceal her identity or the like, but to maintain the dignity of the nobles, so it is not a break in the rules, after all, she just has less smell on her body.

And the male entourage who followed Phoebe, the smell of each of them was simply stinking for hundreds of miles, including Geoffrey and the royal family's etiquette inspector, so no one questioned Phoebe's use of this kind of deodorizing spray that was not sold on the market and could be regarded as a specialty of the Lorek family, but there were many people who were a little anxious to meet with Miss Lorek Viscount to discuss how to buy this spray, and it was best to sell this spray only to nobles......

After many days, Phoebe was stripped naked again, and stood in the small Roman baths, allowing Barbara and the two royal maids to put their hands on her, according to etiquette, this bath could not be done by herself, and had to be done by the maids - as mentioned earlier, this also meant to check whether the nobles and the heirs of the nobility were in good health.

Barbara didn't take the opportunity to rub oil on Phoebe or anything, but seriously helped fulfill her accusations, while a royal maid was not, obviously very concerned about Phoebe's lack of hair, and got closer to see if there were pores, Phoebe had to say: "I was born with little hair." ”

The maid raised her head slightly, quickly looked at Phoebe for a moment, then lowered her head again, and said, "Yes, I will report it truthfully." ”

Barbara couldn't help but roll her eyes when she heard this, but she had been told the task of the royal maid before, so she didn't say anything, and the other maid said softly as if she knew that the atmosphere was a little awkward: "Miss Lorek, your skin is so good, Oriental skin is indeed more delicate." ”

"Hmm. Phoebe nodded lightly and did not answer.

Barbara, on the other hand, glanced at the hand of the maid behind Phoebe, and said in her heart: Phoebe is whiter than the white man!

The maid in front of Phoebe stood up at this time and said to the royal maid behind Phoebe, "Shut up!"

The maid behind Phoebe hurriedly lowered her head and continued to help Phoebe clean her body, and the maid in front said at this time: "I'm sorry Miss Rorek, we have also learned this set of rules, and many aspects are still very rusty. ”

Phoebe nodded and did not speak, while Barbara nodded secretly in her heart: This girl in front of Phoebe is still quite sensible.

The maid in front also nodded, and said, "Miss Rorek, according to the news of the heir of the Viscount Rorek family that was determined before, I need to check your pupil color, can you please look at me?"

Phoebe nodded, and the maid stared at Phoebe's left and right eyeballs for a full minute, then took a step back, and a female officer on the side of the bath nodded: "Confirm that it is Miss Phoebe of the Lorek family, with dark purple pupils, healthy and scarless......"

The maid Rory talked about a bunch of Phoebe's physical characteristics, which made Barbara roll her eyes when she heard it, but she was also thinking in her heart: Phoebe didn't have a mole or birthmark on her body, and she really didn't notice it before, so she must observe it carefully when she has a chance in the future......

While Barbara pondered inwardly, Phoebe glanced at Barbara in confusion. Because she had discussed with Barbara before, she was not allowed to eat her own tofu during the ceremony, and she couldn't even think about it, Barbara behaved well during the baptism before, but Valerie ate Phoebe's tofu, which caught Phoebe off guard...... And Barbara was obviously acting quite well just now, why did she suddenly have that kind of erotic emotion that Phoebe could completely distinguish?

And Barbara is looking at Phoebe's body unscrupulously at this time, if anyone notices, they must be able to understand that Barbara is eating ice cream with her eyes, but if this is the case, everyone will definitely doubt the relationship between Barbara and Phoebe - fortunately, at this time, in addition to Phoebe and Barbara, there are only three royal maids around, one continues to touch Phoebe behind Phoebe, and the other is looking at the female official who is recording on the edge of the bath, and no one notices Barbara.

However, Phoebe knew that she couldn't let Barbara continue, after all, they were all undressed, and if Barbara showed some obvious features on her body because she was thinking too much, it was very likely to show her stuff. So Phoebe took advantage of the maid in front of her to pay attention and blew a long breath into Barbara's eyes, which immediately attracted Barbara's attention, and then Phoebe glared at Barbara again, so Barbara instantly understood what Phoebe meant, lowered her head and rubbed her nose......