Chapter Twenty-Four: Grenville. Richard

"What? How did he know I was here? "No! He's asking to see the owner of the manor! ”

"Oh! Then you can give him dinner first! I'll go see him when I'm done! "Yes!"

After asking Edward for advice, Lucy lifted her skirt to Elizabeth and Howard, bent over, and slowly exited the restaurant.

Lucy walked unhurriedly towards the gate of the manor, and when the other servants along the way saw Lucy, they all consciously stood on the side of the road and made way for her.

And Lucy also smiled at them, without showing a trace of arrogance, and returned the salute very politely.

"Look how lucky Lucy is! You can serve His Majesty the King! "Yes! And His Majesty's temper is still so good! The two young manservants, huddled in the corner, spoke in a tone full of jealousy, and from time to time swept Lucy's back as she walked.

Lucy didn't hear these things about her, and even if she did, she could only smile in her heart, and from the moment she became Edward's maid, she began to suffer the jealousy and hatred of all kinds of people, some of which were nothing, and they were used to their sisters.

Lucy twisted her waist and walked to the gate of the manor in a ladylike manner.

I saw a knight in his thirties, dressed in black and white aristocratic casual clothes, caressing a black horse with his hand.

The knight had long blond hair, his clothes were covered with dust, his face seemed to have a fresh blood mark on a twig or something, a two-foot-long thin sword hanging from his waist, a pair of thick fluffy cowhide boots on his feet and a smiling face, and a weathered handsome face with a hint of a smile, staring intently at his mount, a black steed.

This is the heroic knight in the romance novel!

Lucy walked up to Mr. Knight with a smile and made a lady's salute.

"Sir! The master of my house invites you to go in for dinner in advance, he is now taking care of some things, and will be there soon! ”

"Okay! Thank you for the invitation, but can you prepare some forage for my little friend first? The knight pleaded to Lucy.

Lucy looked at the dusty black steed, which was about five feet tall at the shoulder, a head above her head. Its black sideburns flutter in the wind, and an indescribable style is fascinating.

Even if Lucy didn't know what kind of horse it was, she knew that it was a good horse, no less good than Arthur's.

"Yes! Singh, lead this knight's horse to the stable, and let the groom take good care of it! Lucy greeted the knight politely, and then ordered a manservant who was guarding the gate to lead the horse.

"Please come with me, we've got a great dinner for you!" Lucy guided the knight to the diner, where the king usually enjoyed his own lunch, but Edward rarely needed it, and he had always liked the reunion of long tables.

By the time Edward had finished his dinner, he was taken to the parlor by Lucy, where the grizzled knight was already refreshed.

The handsome knight seems to have no intention of bathing, and exudes a fresh breath all over his body, which is a rare thing to have in this late medieval Europe.

As the king of England, Edward was very fond of bathing, so under his leadership, the entire royal family members and servants returned to bath almost once a week.

But among the European apologists, led by members of the royal family, they regarded bathing as the root of depravity, and many of them never bathed in their lifetimes, including the famous Charlemagne, Queen Victoria and a large number of other European monarchs, and they trumpeted this habit as their personal achievements! Not ashamed, but proud. It can be concluded from this that it is rare for a medieval woman to be able to be on someone, especially the buddies who traveled back to that time, and I admired and admired them very much.

This is mainly because people at the time believed that bathing was not good for the body, and they all believed that hot water would expand the pores, so that bacteria would be more likely to invade the body.

At that time, the aristocracy exuded poisonous gases all over their bodies, and even the most beautiful and handsome faces would be defeated by the smell of the stinking dead, and in order to cover up the stench on their bodies, they needed to use a lot of incense powder to cover it, so this is why French perfumes are famous all over the world.

This is why the Europeans at that time had such a strong interest in Asian spices, so the Europeans at that time did not take a bath, and it can even be seen as an important reason why they later opened up the sea and colonized everywhere!

Therefore, there are many factors for Europeans to start the Great Voyage, unlike some historical Xiaobai texts, once the Chinese do not have the Ming Dynasty's sea sealing order, they will start the Great Voyage, colonize the world, and move towards another peak.

The consequence of this vice-habit of the Europeans was the flu and plague that were prevalent in Europe at that time. It is reported that the city of London, which had a population of 100,000 in the mid-14th century, was affected by the Black Death, which swept across Europe, and suddenly lost one-third of its population, so it was even more dangerous to live in the city in the Middle Ages.

Until 1750, only 6% of Parisian palace houses were equipped with toilets. It wasn't until the late 18th century that doctors began advising people to wash their hands, face, and neck every day. Since then, Europeans have finally embarked on the road of frequent bathing!

Therefore, Edward could not help but have a good impression of him after seeing that this wandering knight had taken a bath.

"Knights from afar, I wonder if I will be lucky enough to know your name?" "Of course! Your Excellency Baron! "Edward had asked Lucy to reveal himself as a baron and not to divulge the fact that he was king.

In fact, the wandering knight is not a real knight, to be precise, it should be a quasi-knight, a reserve of knights, and generally a non-eldest son of a nobleman, who is kicked out of the house when he becomes an adult.

When the nobles were fighting, they liked to recruit such wandering knights, who not only had excellent qualities, but also prepared their own weapons and horses, which saved them a lot of money.

Of course, knights are not free, and after meritorious service, they have to be canonized with knight collars, and their goal is to become a real knight with a fiefdom.

And Edward called him a knight, which is a respectful statement.

"My name is Grenville. Richard, the Richard family from the Richard Knights of Southampton! Grenville said unhurriedly, his voice tinged with a hint of vicissitudes, and if it were a girl on the other side, he would have been bewildered by his handsome face and magnetic voice, but Edward was a woman.

"I am the eldest son of the Richard family, and my family was knighted in the battle for the royal family!" "Since you are the eldest son, how can you become a wandering knight?" Edward asked curiously.