A manservant with a plate of two glasses of red wine followed the butler into the living room, and quietly walked up to Isabel and placed a glass of wine on the small table, "Miss, your wine." ”

When the valet placed another glass of wine on the small table, he nodded at William, who was standing on the right side of Isabel, and saluted, "Mr. Parr." ”

William gave the valet a look to leave, meaning that he was now a Duke's court attendant similar to a knight's squire, not the eldest son of a Northamptonshire magistrate. Isabel took a sip of the sprinkling cup in disregard, and looked at the butler standing on her mother's side, "Bruce, you still have to carefully implement the rules I set in the past. During the annual Catholic holidays, parents, siblings, and the manor and maid who live on the manor house in the county, including you, can take turns to rest and visit their loved ones. ”

The butler nodded and smiled lightly, "Miss, I have been enforcing your rules. It's just that some people think that they are too far away from their loved ones' families and that it will be a long way to go back at a time. So, there are times when they are reluctant to leave the estate. ”

"Well, I understand. For those who don't want to go back, you can add more meat, vegetables, bread, cheese and ale during the festival. ”

"Yes, miss. What if some people deliberately do not go back to see their loved ones in order to covet this food? ”

"Bruce, you should be clear about where each thrive comes from and where their family is, right?" Isabel asked, still calmly.

"Yes, miss, I can remember the origin of each servant according to the list of servants."

At this time, Madame Sir understood what her daughter meant. After taking a sip of cider, he looked at Isabel, "Kid, I'm sure that after Bruce announced your order in public, everyone would be reluctant to go back for the food, even the servants who were not far from their families. ”

"Mother, you are right. Isabel listened quietly to her mother, shook her head with a smile and looked at the maid standing on the other side behind her, "Anne, if you were replaced, would you be willing to give up this food to visit your relatives?" ”

Anne Cook blinked, smiled and replied, "Of course I don't want to, miss. I can get so much food in the manor, but sometimes there is no fragrant meat to eat in the homes of my relatives, so I am reluctant to go back. ”

"Alas, in times of scarcity, a good meal of food is always worth more than human life." Isabel sighed in her heart, so she had to change her tone and instruct the butler, "Bruce, the rules still have to be enforced." However, all the servants in the manor received a portion of food during the festival. ”

Bruce agreed, and asked, "Miss, Pastor Maupham is still teaching Mr. Neville in the study, do you need me to ask the pastor and Mr. Neville to come over?" ”

"Well, you go and tell the others that the Feast of the Epiphany will be celebrated for three days starting today." After Isabel finished speaking, she glanced at her mother, who was sitting on the throne.

After the butler saluted and left, Antonia looked at her daughter with a kind smile, "Child, this is His Highness's order?" ”

"Yes, Mother. I guess His Highness is in a hurry to return to the realm to reunite with the Duchess. ”

"I thought Mr. William Parr wanted to come to Asker Manor for some roast wild boar on the second day of Ramadan."

As soon as Madame Sir's joke was finished, everyone present burst into laughter. William smiled a little embarrassedly, "Madam, Your Excellency asked me to come, and she said that I should meet my nephew John." ”

"Well, you should indeed meet with Lord Latimer's family and talk about something pleasant. After all, you've only been in the North for less than three months, and maybe you'll miss your father and sister in Northamptonshire. ”

"Yes, ma'am." William said yes and then said, "No, ma'am." In fact, during my days at the Duke's Palace, I have always demanded myself according to the guidelines of knightly squires. ”

Antonia was very pleased with William's answer, smiling and looking at her daughter's face. Isabel knew what her mother was thinking, so she just smiled, "Mother, this has always been the real purpose of Mr. Parr's coming to the North, he wants to be a knight loyal to His Highness and to His Majesty the King. ”

In the study at this time, John Neville, the eldest son of Baron Latimer III, almost jumped up for joy after hearing the butler's words. Previously, Pastor Maupham, who had taught him foreign Chinese, theology and classics, had planned to let him take French classes in the afternoon. However, when the course started, he changed his mind and decided to let him take a Latin course. However, John always lacked the enthusiasm he should have for learning Latin, and became lethargic and unable to lift himself up as soon as he took Latin lessons.

When he heard that his uncle William had followed his godmother to the manor, he immediately became a little excited. Coupled with the fact that he could play wildly for three days from now on, he was a little excited and didn't know whether to put his hands on the table and knock hard, or cover his head and scream a few times, or wave in the air like he was suffering from the plague.

"Ahem... Cough! At this time, John heard the pastor cough a few times, and quickly turned his head to look at the pastor Mappham, who was looking at him, "Pastor, Mr. Steward said... His Royal Highness announced that the people of the county could rest for three days to celebrate the festival, so ......"

The pastor put down the book in his hand and said solemnly, "The festival needs to be celebrated, but your lesson must not be delayed. John, after the festival I need you to finish all of today's Latin and French lessons. ”

"Yes, pastor, I see." John stood up suddenly, and with a very neat movement, he collected the books, quills, and papers on the desk. In the blink of an eye, he put all his study items into a linen bookbag, saluted the priest, and ran in the direction of the living room.

When he rushed to the meeting room in one breath, he saw his uncle dressed as a guard standing behind his godmother. Of course, he couldn't turn a blind eye to the other people present. With his lips tightly closed, he gasped for air through his nostrils, gently lowered his bookbag and walked steadily to the Madame Sir and saluted at a regular distance.

Then, he stood in front of his godmother Isabel and kept his body straight and saluted: "Good day, godmother." ”

"John, what lessons did Pastor Maupham teach today?" Isabel looked up at her muscular godson.

"Uh, this afternoon's class is French and... Latin lessons. At this time, John did not dare to have the idea of lying to his godmother Isabel.

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