Count Eustace led the remnants of the Flemish back to Boulogne, where his wife, Madame Edda, came with their three sons to meet him, and Eustace took off his helmet, and the family recognized the Count with great joy. His wife had tears in her eyes: "Thank God, Your Excellency, you are safe." ”

The eldest son, Eustace, led his two younger brothers, Godfrey and Baldwin, to salute his father, and the earl stroked their foreheads one by one, and said with some sadness: "Father is ashamed that he could not win back the territory of England for you. ”

Godfrey, the second son of the Earl, suddenly replied: "Lord, father, we will win back a kingdom for you!" ”

Just as the Earl of Boulogne was reunited with his family, in Normandy, as the days shortened and the leaves turned from green to gold, the Earl of Mercia finally decided to rebel, King William did not fulfill any promises, and the marriage was never mentioned again, and in the north of England, the Norman-appointed Earl Kopsig was killed by Oswoolf, the grandson of Uhtred the Brave, and the war gradually began. Moka and some of the Englishmen left Normandy, and the Earl of Mercia smuggled across the Channel while King William was on his way to Caen.

Edgar still lived in the Norman court, and his family lived in seclusion in a monastery of St. Catherine, almost forgotten by the crowd as ordinary exiles. The former nobleman of England, the sister of King Harold Goldwinson in Anjou, the grandson of King Cnut returned to the main parish of Aquitaine, and the Edgar family became more and more accustomed to the life of the principality, especially Prince Edgar, who almost completely became a Norman, and was canonized as a knight with the Earl of Mann in the summer, and the Normans also regarded the skilled Earl of Oxford as one of their own, and King William was ready to let him participate in the war against Brittany.

As the stone fort of Caen grew taller and taller, King William inspected and decided to establish the Duchy's court here, followed by Walter of Longueville, his flag bearer, and the crow banner fluttered in the autumn wind. At this time, the east galloped in, dressed in armor and armor, as anxious as a spark, it was the Robert knight of Beaumont. When he approached, he reported to the king: "Your Majesty, both Moka and Earl Edwin have returned to England, and here are the letters they have left. ”

The king opened it, and the letter said that they had just received the news of their grandmother's death and were now rushing back to England to attend the funeral, hoping for the king's understanding. King William remembered the brothers' grandmother, the Venerable Lady Godiwa, the benevolent woman who once rode through the streets of Coventry without a strand of horseback, and was rumored to have the most gorgeous long hair among the ladies of England and was known for her generosity in donating works of art.

The death of this noble lady seems to have been a bit too coincidental, and even more worrying is the threat posed by the return of two powerful nobles to England, the situation in the north is slowly spiraling out of control after Oswoolf kills the Count of Benicia appointed by the king at a banquet in Newborn, and the news from the envoys of the King of France is somewhat subtle, and King Philip is obviously dissatisfied with the power and ambition of the Duke of Normandy, and is likely already in contact with William's enemies in Brittany and Anjou, these potential threats cannot be left unchecked.

The Count of Bois Boulogne had just been repulsed, the seeds of rebellion were everywhere, and the Anglo-Saxons were hated by the Anglo-Saxons for their atrocities in England, and their nobility may have failed, but this violent people was by no means completely subjugated, and King William knew very well that in order to rule the Normans, to subdue the rivals and conquered subjects, it was necessary to continue to use troops. The Normans were called again in the autumn, and the king himself led the nobles and their attendants to inspect the camp. After a purge of the army, shepherding the horses, and the whole army boarded the ships and sailed to the other side of the channel, Madame Maude, although pregnant, personally financed a Flemish fleet to follow the king across the sea.

Some of the English returned to England with the King's army, while Edgar's family was left behind to return to Rouen, accompanied by the Bishop of York. Due to the Earl of Mann's care, Edgar was free to leave the court, but because the Earl of Mann had to regent on behalf of the king, he could not be seen in normal times. After Christmas, the Duchy sent a group of reinforcements and supply fleets across the Channel, and Edgar volunteered to participate in the expedition.

The Earl of Mann had a very good impression of Prince Edgar, a seemingly effeminate young man who showed the spirit of a northerner on horseback, and was much more generous even at court than his own brothers. Robert himself ordered that the Edgar family be allowed to cross the sea with William Mallett's troops, and this elite Norman army would escort the noble Wessex royal family to England, and their presence in the Norman camp would deal a major blow to the morale of the rebels.

With the supplies well prepared, the fleet began to sail across the sea to Calais, and Edgar saw the familiar channel again in this era, and the Norman commander William met Edgar before going to sea, William's mother was English, his sister was married to the son of Lady Godivar of Mercia, and the Earls of Moka and Edwin, who were now rebelling in the north of England, were his nephews, and even Edith, the wife of the dead King Harold, was his niece. Edgar asked the older knight about the situation in England, and William replied casually: "There is still chaos in the north, most of the lords are in rebellion, the king is still in London, and the army will be sent after spring, and this time our fleet will be reinforced from Dover to the East Anglia region, under the command of Bishop Bayo." ”

While we were talking, the crow flag of a ship was swept down by a strong wind and fell right next to the rope that was about to load the horses, causing a commotion, and William looked apprehensively at the sea, where the wind was high and the clouds were clear, and a few silver gulls were fluttering.