If the first woman Isabel met in 16th-century England was this passionate, youthful and lovely 16-year-old girl, she would never have believed that this girl could become the queen of England in three years.

At the age of 19, Katherine Howard had the wealth and glory of the royal family, and was loved and revered by her subjects wherever she went. Later generations of royals are probably rivaled only by Diana Frances Spencer, the youngest daughter of Viscount Edward Spencer from Norfolk.

Although Diana, who came from an aristocratic family, married Charles, Prince of Wales, at the age of 20 and received the title of "Princess of Wales", her husband was the future King of England and had a great responsibility to carry on the royal bloodline. Charles was able to marry her because Diana was the only young unmarried woman from an aristocratic family who was suitable to become a princess at the time.

Not to mention that Princess Diana had 7 lovers and 7 love histories in and out of marriage, and finally ended her short life in a car accident. But, no matter what, her fate is much luckier than that of the Catherine Howard in front of her.

Isabel, who came from later generations, is basically a feminist who pursues equality between men and women. Therefore, she is more sympathetic to Catherine, who is full of personality and is not afraid of royal power to pursue love. She felt that there was nothing wrong with Catherine pursuing her love, and there was nothing wrong with having an affair with the person she loved before marriage, even sexual contact.

So, what led to the tragic end of this young girl being imprisoned and guillotined after 5 years? Perhaps it was because of the different times, the submission of women to men, or the acceptance of the royal marriage that cost her death for the sake of wealth, glory and power.

Surprisingly, Catherine in the 16th century and Diana in the 20th century fell victim to royal political marriages belonging to the Kingdom of England in different eras.

Isabel couldn't remember Catherine's complicated background, but now she knew that the girl was from the Norfolk family. The nobility and people of England knew the prestige and status of the Norfolk family in the kingdom, but Catherine behaved like a girl from a country gentleman or a Yoman family.

Now, she is conflicted about Catherine's presence. On the one hand, she wants to help this young and ignorant girl, and on the other hand, she can't change the girl's fate. In desperation, she could only choose to go with the flow and let Catherine spend these 5 years freely.

Stood up and walked to Lady Surrey's seat, picked up his custom-made longbow, and looked at the innocent future queen: "Catherine, you are here alone today?" ”

Catherine saw her pick up the longbow and followed her to the bow training ground with some curiosity, "My step-grandmother, the Duchess, sent me here. ”

"Step-grandmother, Duchess? Well, it should be the wife of the Duke II of Norfolk. So, she lives with the Duchess? Isabel's brain was racing as her hands smoothly pulled the bowstring and landed a heavy arrow.

Unusually easily, he pulled the bowstring with the three fingers of his right hand wearing a three-fingered glove, leaned the bowstring against his right cheek, and stared intently at the arrow target 60 feet (about 18.3 meters) in front of him: "So, you live with the Duchess?" After speaking, the three fingers of his right hand were released, and the heavy arrow off the string flew towards the target at high speed and directly hit the red bull's-eye.

"Isabel, how did you do that? Your bowing skills are stronger than those of some nobles I've seen. Catherine's eyes widened in surprise as she stood outside the arrowway.

Isabel held the bow in her left hand and stood outside the ray and looked at her calmly: "Maybe." Catherine, what about your parents? Why didn't you come with your parents? ”

She shifted the subject very cleverly, and Catherine, who did not understand human feelings, really followed her thoughts. His face became a little embarrassed, and after thinking about it, he whispered: "My father served in the Calais territory, and for a while... It is not possible to return to your home country. So, I've always lived with my step-grandmother. ”

After speaking, the delicate little face immediately bloomed with a smile again: "Isabel, although I don't know archery, but I see that you seem to shoot very easily, can you... Let me try? ”

"Teach her archery? It shouldn't have any effect, right? Isabel hesitated to acquiesce to her request. As Catherine stepped into the archery, she reached out and handed her the bow in front of her.

"Isabel, this bow of yours is so strange, I think it's a little different from the longbow." Catherine asked curiously as she took the longbow.

Isabel smiled lightly and took a step back to the left of the archery: "This is the longbow I asked the archmaker to make. After all, I am a woman who cannot be compared to men. ”

"That's right. It's a pity that we, as women, can't enjoy what men can enjoy. ”

"Catherine, what do you mean?"

"Well, what do you mean? Let me think about it, it should be a knighthood... Land... Love? That's right, it's love. Catherine finally remembered a few words she had seen from the book, and then she held the bow in her left hand and the bowstring in her right hand: "Is that so, Isabel?" ”

A quiver with a dozen or so heavy arrows was tied to Isabelle's back, but she didn't intend to draw an arrow and hand it to Catherine, but nodded kindly, "Yes." However, in order to become proficient in the use of a longbow, it is necessary to practice drawing the bow for a long time and to maintain correct posture of the hands, arms and body. ”

"God willing, why do you have to learn so much?"

Isabel crossed her arms over her chest and slowly paced back and forth beside her: "Whatever you want to learn, it will take a while to learn. It's like coming from the north to the south, and you have to spend a whole day riding to get to the city of London. ”

Catherine understood her words and smiled, "I'm grateful you can tell me this. I couldn't learn anything in Lambeth Palace, and my step-grandmother didn't care about me and the other children. ”

"You live in Lambeth Palace with your step-grandmother? Who are the other children? ”

"Yes, Lambeth Palace is on the Thames. Other children... Nothing, all children from the house of a step-grandmother's relative. ”

When she heard this, Isabel immediately understood what kind of environment Catherine lived in. The residence of the Duke and Duchess of Norfolk is probably similar to that of later orphanages, where many children of poor relatives lived, including Catherine, who was also poor.