After a long absence, they stared at each other for a long, long time, no one wanted to say a word, and no one wanted to break this long-lost tranquility. Finally, the young woman, who is a wife, takes a step forward, is close to her young husband, and stretches out her delicate right hand and gently slices it over his face. The husband slowly reached out to hold his wife's hand, and a wicked smile flashed on his resolute face.

Then, the husband stretched out his right hand and gently placed it under his wife's shoulder blades, and at the same time withdrew his left hand and quietly placed it on the popliteal fossa behind the knees of his wife's legs. With his arms hooked up, he easily held his wife horizontally in his arms. Affectionately looking at his wife in his arms and walking towards the room that would only belong to two people......

It is a very beautiful and favored way of hugging, one of the symbols of the word romance. It should be said that this kind of hugging is very suitable for the Duke and Duchess of Richmond after their reunion. Isabel, who was standing on the back left side of the Duchess, kept imagining that the two of them would perform a live version of the princess hug in the next second.

When countless seconds passed, no matter how much she widened her eyes, she didn't see a romantic picture. All I saw was that the duke and the lady were facing each other at a distance of two steps, and made an elegant aristocratic etiquette to each other.

Then, puffing up his chest and looking straight ahead, he uttered a devastating word: "Honorable lady, your beauty makes me no longer afraid of the fatigue of the journey, and your nobility makes the evil in the darkness disappear, and you are the torch that guides me forward in the darkness." ”

Did the Duke fall from his horse and break his brain when he returned? Sounds like a knight courting a married noblewoman to a legal wife? Mary also felt that her husband's behavior today seemed to be very strange, and she still smiled and whispered: "Thank you for your kind words, Your Highness has worked hard all the way, please let me accompany you to the living room to rest." ”

The Duke of Richmond nodded with a smile and walked towards the main door on the stairs. Isabel, who was following Mary, shook her head several times, desperate to find a reason to run away from the mentally ill aristocratic couple.

"What's wrong with Henry today? He didn't speak to me like that when he was at Arundel Castle. Mary kept her voice as low as she could, and said to Isabel as she walked beside her.

Isabel glanced at the duke, who was two or three steps away from her and Mary, and was always walking towards the hall with his head held high, and gently squirmed her lower lip, "I don't know, you can ask Your Highness in person later." ”

After everyone present followed the Duke of Richmond to the parlor, little Beard Smith, who was about to speak to the Duke about the completion of the new estate, was about to speak, when he felt a slight tug on his sleeve.

When he looked back, he saw his father old Beard standing beside him, and saw his father glaring at him, "Today is the day when the lord and the lord's wife get together, go home with me." ”

"Yes, father." Little Beard had no choice but to agree.

Soon, all the retainers bowed and left one after another, leaving a private space for the lord and the lord's wife. Isabel was about to take advantage of the opportunity to escape, but as soon as she turned around, she heard the Duke's voice behind her, "Your Excellency, I remember that you still have important business that you want to see me alone, right?" ”

"Damn, what the hell is this redhead kid trying to do?" Isabel stopped, turned around and smiled lightly, and was about to speak, but the Duchess turned her head to look at her husband, "Your Highness, I can wait until you have finished discussing business with Your Excellency the Advisor. ”

Mary stood up and saluted before the Duke, and then left the drawing room with Amy and Kelly. Henry's gaze followed his wife and maid as they disappeared outside the parlor, and he immediately stood up and walked down the stairs of the main seat.

"Eugene, bring me and your Excellency two glasses of wine." After turning his head and calling out to the valet standing in the distance, Henry walked up to the Privy Counsellor as if he had changed his head and laughed: "Isabel, can I satisfy you with my meeting with Mary today?" ”

Isabel suddenly realized and snorted lightly: "I knew there was a problem here." Henry, who told you to do this? ”

"Mrs. Frederick, I was invited by Sir Herbert this morning to have a glass of wine at Darlington Castle."

"Hell, what's going on with Yuphimia?!" Isabel cursed her sister and tried to find out what had happened from the duke, "What did Madame Frederick say to you?" ”

Eugene walked in through another door in the living room with a plate of red wine in his hand. When he approached Henry and Isabel, Henry took a glass of wine in one hand and handed it to Isabel, "Madame Sir, oh, it was your sister who told me that when I met a woman of high nobility, I should praise her for her excellence. ”

Isabel took the wine glass and glanced at the other party: "Henry, Mary and you have sworn before God, she is your legal wife, why do you still pursue her like a knight?" ”

"Well, Mary is also a noble woman of high rank, and I think I should praise her."

"Well, whatever you want to do, today is the day you are with your wife, Mary, and you should have a good day with her."

Although Isabel was unusually calm, Henry sensed a hint of dissatisfaction, "Isabel, are you trying to tell me something?" ”

"That's right, but not today."

Henry took a sip of red wine, "What if I have to know right away?" ”

Isabel smiled lightly, "I'm sure you won't be happy with the Duchess after knowing what I want to say." ”

"Really?" Henry pondered and walked back to his throne and sat down, "Isabel, if it's a matter within the realm, you must tell me right away. ”

Isabel replied solemnly, "Yes, Your Highness. Beard Smith, the merchant who oversaw the construction of Goodwood Manor, has returned, bringing the good news of the completion of the estate. ”

"It took three years to finally build it." Henry stared into the other's eyes, but put down the wine glass in his hand, "You are willing to tell me now, is it because it cost a lot of money to build the manor?" ”

"Your Highness, this will affect your mood when you meet Madame."

Isabel felt relaxed as she walked out of the living room, and a smile appeared on her face. He glanced at the two male servants standing outside the door of the meeting room, and instructed one of them, "Go and report to the Duchess, my meeting with His Royal Highness has ended." ”