A dance banquet carefully prepared was inexplicably disjoyed by Liu Chengying.

After the guests left, Henry IV walked into the study with a cold face, pacing back and forth.

"Coventry, you damn old man, it's all your bad idea!"

Coventry knew that in this situation, he had to stay calm and never think according to his wishes, otherwise if he was not careful, the family would fall into a catastrophe.

"Your Majesty, this matter is just an accident, it will not affect your major affairs, and it may even develop in a favorable direction. ”

Henry IV was stunned for a moment, then stopped, "Hmph, you stupid old fellow, you still have to quibble even now! You have lost all the face of England!"

Coventry, who was sophisticated in the world, easily caught the change in his tone, "Wise Your Majesty, I swear to God, I am not quibbling, you can think about whether Earl Liu's attitude towards Margaret is somewhat different from that towards others." ”

At this point, he knew that the next words must not come out of his own mouth.

"Hmm... It's a little different, but what does that mean?"

Seeing that Henry IV had taken the bait, Coventry's heart was half relieved, and then he pretended to be embarrassed and said: "Your Majesty, there is a sentence that I don't know whether to say or not......

Henry IV walked to the back of the desk and sat down, pointed to the chair opposite Coventry and said, "Sit down and speak!"

"Thank you for your kindness, my majesty"

Pretending to express his gratitude, Coventry sat down upright, "Your Majesty, do you think Uncle Liu is the kind of person who has a long relationship with children?"

"He's not, the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom is not stupid. ”

Coventry nodded, "But why did he show affection when he faced Margaret?"

"Didn't he say that Margaret resembles his old man?"

"What if, I mean, Count Liu's deceased is dead?"

Henry IV stroked his beard and fell into deep thought, and after a while he said to Coventry in a cold tone: "What do you mean by saying so much? ”

Noticing the change in his tone, Coventry felt that he was a little too pretentious, so he quickly sat up straight and said with a serious face: "Your Majesty, you are right, Margaret does look very similar to Count Liu's so-called old man, and that painting is the best proof of this." ”

"Well, what else?"

"And then there is the so-called old man who is absolutely very close to each other, and I bet in the name of God that the man in the painting is either the wife of Count Liu or his lover, and she must be dead. ”

Seeing that he was sick and began to play around again, Henry IV said dissatisfiedly: "I repeat, don't test my patience!"

Coventry swallowed and hurriedly continued, "As long as I can convince Margaret to accompany Count Liu more, it will not be difficult for me to take him down." ”

Henry IV glanced at Coventry with his peripheral eyes and said with a sneer: "Do you think that the face of England tonight is not enough?"

"Wise Your Majesty, have you forgotten that whoever holds the sword of the king has the right to speak, this wise saying?"

After saying this somewhat transgressive sentence, Coventry closed his eyes and said no more.

After a long time, Henry IV suddenly threw him a sentence in a gloomy tone, "Remember, some words will kill people if you talk too much......"

At the same time, Margaret sat alone on the swing in the small garden, her mind full of Liu Chengying's shadow.

She didn't understand why she thought of that exotic man. Obviously, it's just the first time they've met, and even what the two of them say adds up to less than three sentences, but they can't help but think of him.

"Alas~I'm so irritable~"

She sighed faintly, got off the swing, slowly raised her head, looked at the moon in the sky, and muttered something that only she could get.

What happened at the dance banquet had a great impact on Margaret. That incredible portrait completely turned her worldview upside down, and it was impossible to imagine that a man from the far East would have a lover who looked so much like him.

If it weren't for the girl's black hair in the painting, she would even directly recognize her as herself.

"Your Royal Highness, why haven't you gone back to rest?"

Margaret, who was in a trance, was interrupted by Hannah's words, she breathed a long sigh of relief, and said to Hannah, who was hurrying over: "Hannah, are you saying that what Count Liu said is true?"

Hannah, who didn't know why, didn't understand what she was asking at all, so she had to answer according to her own understanding: "It should be true, he is so rich, and he has a lot of subordinates and big ships." ”

Margaret was amused by her, "You little money fan, I didn't ask you if he had any money." ”

"Oh, what is Your Highness asking?"

"I~ What I asked was, he said that I looked a lot like his old man. ”

The greedy Hannah looked at Margaret and felt that she was hypocritical, thinking that she wanted to do so much, as long as the other party had money. The earl of the Ming Kingdom was so rich, he would have secretly climbed into his bed if he had changed himself.

With unwillingness, she deliberately said the opposite, "Who knows~ Maybe it's all nonsense made up by him, I heard that Orientals are heretics, and their words can't be believed." ”

Margaret shook her head slightly, "But what about the painting? And he doesn't have to lie to me, my father has already decided to marry me to him, and it won't change anything if I don't lie to me." ”

"That's hard to say, who knows what the hell that heretic has in mind. ”

"Forget it, don't think about him. Margaret felt that she couldn't make sense of her, so she stopped the conversation and sat back on the swing.

Hannah cleverly walked behind her and helped her gently swing the swing, "That's it, what do you want him to do, I've heard that the customs of the pagans are very strange, Your Highness, you must not marry him." ”

Hearing the word "custom", Margaret suddenly lowered her face, "I heard the tradition of the country, the bride will marry her maid with her, and she will also become her husband's legal lover, and if the maid gives birth to an heir, she will also get a certain inheritance." It's horrible, I can't believe there is such a terrible custom. ”

"Your Highness, are you telling the truth?" Hannah's eyes lit up when she heard Margaret's words, and she didn't feel terrible, but felt that this was an opportunity to turn over.

Margaret thought that she was also very disgusted by this custom, so she went on to explain, "It was the professor of the Academy of Sciences who told me, and he also explained that the people of the country attach great importance to innocence, which I agree with very much, and this is in harmony with the teachings. ”

The flame of hope that had just been ignited was ruthlessly extinguished by Margaret. Hannah, who was only 14 years old, had sold her first time to a palace guard for a silver coin a year earlier.

She now wants to die, holding a glimmer of hope, and hurriedly asked, "Your Highness, what would happen if there was no innocence?"