The Duke of Richmond, who did not love his wife at all, exercised his legitimate husbandly rights when he was with his wife. This was probably some kind of negotiation between the Duchess of Richmond and her husband, or perhaps it was for the purpose of obtaining an heir. In short, what happened during the time that the Duke of Richmond spent time with his wife, even Isabel Walton did not know in great detail.

The Duke, however, seems to have overlooked an important issue. If the Duchess Mary Fitzroy was indeed pregnant, she should also be by her side as husband and father. In addition, due to the level of medical care at the time and the extremely limited lack of postpartum health care for childbirth, no one could guarantee that the Duchess would not suffer from puerperal fever or other postpartum complications after giving birth.

Prince Edward's mother, Queen Jane Seymour, is one example of puerperal fever, as is Queen Catherine Parr, a well-known Queen of England. Although Isabel remembered the death of her good friend Queen Catherine, she remembered the death of Queen Jane Seymour very well. Of course, less than eight years have passed since the queen's death.

That evening, the two northern nobles camped as they passed through Northamptonshire. After riding for 4 or 5 hours, the Duke of Richmond felt a little tired and sat down in front of the campfire in the camp to relax his brain and body. Lady Ripley, who was sitting opposite the Duke, looked at the blazing bonfire with great interest, and suddenly looked at the Duke opposite and said, "Your Highness, if you are still very tired, tomorrow I can send someone to find the Sheriff of Northamptonshire, and ask him to arrange a camp for you that is more suitable for you." ”

The Duke of Richmond fiddled with the branch in his hand and shook his head slowly, "No need, Isabel, I think I still love this kind of short rest during hunting." ”

At this time, an attendant took down two wild birds from the barbecue grill of another campfire in the camp. When he handed it to the two attendants standing on one side, he said, "This is for Your Highness and Your Excellency." ”

Afterwards, two attendants came to Isabel and the Duke with plates. The Duke sniffed the aroma of the meat from the barbecue, and with a smile on his face, he shouted at the lady opposite, "Isabel, I'll hold a summer hunt when I return to Sherif Hatton, what do you think?" ”

Isabel took out a sterling silver knife and a fork from the saddlebag placed on one side, began to cut the meat of the birds on the dinner plate on the grass, and looked up and said with a smile, "As you wish, Your Highness." ”

The Duke, too, while cutting the meat of the birds himself, suddenly said to her again, "If Mary had indeed been pregnant, would she have died of a terrible woman's disease like Queen Jane?" ”

"God, this guy finally remembered his wife." Isabel muttered to herself, and replied unhurriedly, "Your Highness, this is God's will, and no one can go against it. ”

"If Mary is dead, will I not have to file a divorce bill in Parliament?"

Isabel was helpless about the Duke of Richmond's answer, and had no suitable words to answer him, but hesitated to say to the Duke, "Your Highness, no one wants to see this happen. At least after Queen Jane died of this disease, His Majesty wore mourning clothes for her for 3 months. ”

The Duke of Richmond tore a large piece of bird meat in his hand with his teeth, and after a few bites, muttered, "Well, that's because Queen Jane has produced a male heir for Her Majesty." ”

"Your Highness, what if the Duchess also gives birth to a male heir for you?"

"Well, I'll also dress her in a mourning dress for 3 months. No, a month is enough. Also, I will not wait for 3 years before taking a new wife, as Your Majesty did. ”

For a moment, a horrific scene of her death from puerperal fever suddenly appeared in Lady Ripley's mind. The hand holding a piece of sliced bird meat paused in mid-air, staring at the campfire and thinking about ways to avoid postpartum complications. The Duke of Richmond noticed her expression and stood up with a wink.

As he walked up to the baron, he sat down with a plate. Looking at the somewhat distracted Privy Counsellor, he asked in a low voice, "Isabel, what are you thinking?" ”

The baroness looked around for a moment, and when she didn't see her attendants by the campfire, she suddenly said, "Henry, if I had suffered from Queen Jane's illness while giving birth to an heir to my future husband, I would have died as a result." ”

The Duke of Richmond's eyes were wide open, and he swallowed and glared at her for a long time before he said, "No, you won't die." Did you know that Lord Westmoreland's wife, after bore him many children for the Lord, did not suffer from this... This woman's disease. ”

"Henry, I am also a woman, and God will treat everyone fairly."

"Uh, Isabel, then... You... It is also possible to choose not to give birth to an heir. ”

Isabel looked a little surprised by the duke's answer, shook her head and said in a heavy tone, "Don't give birth to an heir with your husband?" My engaged husband's Ripley family would be completely extinct in the North. ”

In fact, the Duke of Richmond could not come up with any effective solutions. If his wife, Mary, or his good companion, Madam Ripley, had died in childbirth, he would have had to give her a solemn funeral, put on mourning clothes, and mourn for her for a few years. At this point, neither of them had anything more to say.

I don't know how long it took, Isabel smiled faintly, "Henry, birth, old age, sickness and death are very normal things. Death may be the only way to heaven. ”

Turning his face to stare at the silent duke, he nodded, "Henry, I'm grateful that you've brought me to where I am today. Okay, let's not talk about it. Now we should turn to the affairs of the French who landed on the Scottish coast. ”

The Duke of Richmond quietly put the dinner plate on the grass, reached out to hold one of Isabelle's hands and stared at her, "Isabel, you are an important noble woman in my life, and I love to be with you. It's just that I don't want to see you hurt in the slightest. ”

Isabel lowered her head, glanced at the pale hand that was holding her hand, and nodded when she looked up at the duke again, "Henry, that's enough. I will pray to God that the Duchess will not be harmed. ”

In the subconscious mind of the Duke of Richmond, there was an idea that he very much hoped that his wife would die because of the birth of a child. Once his wife dies after childbirth, he doesn't have a lot of trouble to deal with.

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