A fork in the road that only takes 80-90 steps to walk from the junction to the castle gate, and the Duke of Richmond would have stopped on the road? Isabel frowned and did not ask the valet again, but left the castle gate with such a question, and walked towards the fork in the road outside the castle without looking back.

About halfway through, he saw the Duke of Richmond standing on the left side of the road, asking a musketeer with interest, and beside him a man dressed differently from the northerners. Isabel never took her eyes off the Duke of Richmond, muttering to herself as she walked past the cavalry in front of her, "Isn't it?" Why does this married guy look like a curious cat? ”

When she came to the vicinity of the Duke of Richmond, the strange man saw her first. Slightly stunned, he looked up and down at her costume and the handguard sword at her waist, and finally nodded slightly, "Good day, miss." ”

After hearing the heraldic officer's greeting, the Duke of Richmond turned his face reservedly. When he saw the man he had been away from for a long time, his eyes lit up. And because of an excessive surprise, the expression on his face remained at that moment. Slowly, slowly, I couldn't help but bend the corners of my mouth, and even the corners of my eyes bent up, bending so much that I squeezed out my tears.

Isabel Walton also had a feeling of her heart racing when she met Henry. However, this feeling did not last long, and with a toothless smirk on his face, he nodded to Henry, "Good day, Your Highness." ”

Perhaps because he hadn't seen Isabel for a long time, the Duke of Richmond opened his mouth slightly, looked at her and suddenly said, "Isabel, I brought you a lot of gifts." I swear to God that you will love these gifts. ”

When the duke wanted to continue, Isabel hurriedly stepped forward, stared at the duke with both eyes and said in a deep voice, "Your Highness, what are you doing here?" This is not your castle. ”

The Duke of Richmond hurriedly twisted his face to the left, then to the right, and then looked at the wide-eyed heraldic officer beside him. Awakening and nodding, a refined and serious expression appeared on his fair face, "Good day, Your Excellency." ”

"Heraldic officer, you and the team go back to the castle first, I still have some matters to discuss with the Privy Counsellor." Immediately, the Duke of Richmond, in an unquestioning tone, condescendingly gave the order of the Duke of the Royal Family to the middle-aged male officials from the Heraldic Court and the accompanying guards.

"Yes, Your Highness." The heraldic officer nodded in agreement, he was very curious about the relationship between the Duke and Isabel. However, the other party is a royal duke, and he has little room to make a choice for himself.

The magnificent, extravagant and noble procession of the Duke of Richmond then continued in the direction of the castle, and the Duke of Richmond walked slowly with Isabel behind his back on the wild meadows on the left side of the fork in the road. The Duke of Richmond breathed a sigh of relief as the saber cuirassiers at the end of the line rode away from their horses.

After a while, he looked at the musketeers standing on the right side of the road with three steps and one post, five steps and one sentry, and then turned his gaze to the privy counsellor walking on the left, and said with a whispering smile, "Isabel, we haven't seen each other in a year, haven't we?" ”

Isabel paced gracefully in the same manner, looking at the Duke with blazing eyes, "Yes, Your Highness. ”

"Isabel, you... I don't understand why you think of me? I felt cold, as cold as a cellar. The Duke of Richmond was not pleased with her attitude.

Isabel watched the procession gradually move away with a blank face, and then whispered, "Your Highness, you are a royal duke with a status completely different from other nobles. If you want to establish your prestige in the court in the future, it is best not to easily show a smile that can only appear on the faces of inferior people. ”

The Duke of Richmond didn't speak, staring at her with his neck curled, "Even when I'm showing you my affection for you, I can't smile?" ”

"Your Highness, have you forgotten the fact that you are already married to the daughter of the Duke of Norfolk?"

The Duke of Richmond's mind reappeared of the scene when Henry VIII had a private conversation with him a few years ago, and when he looked up at the clear blue sky, he shook his head helplessly, "Isabel, I don't like Mary at all, you know it's true. ”

"I know that this is how many nobles view their marriages to their wives."

"Isabel, I don't want me and you to remain as dukes and privy counsellors."

The Duke of Richmond's intentions were already very obvious, and Isabel could not have been unaware. It's just that, for her part, she doesn't want to be the duke's mistress. Unless she can be made a duchess, she will never accept the duke's courtship. Thinking about the Duke's words, he came up with a word that suited the situation at the moment, "Your Highness, your marriage to Mary Howard was appointed by His Majesty the King. If you want to do something, you might as well wait until later, okay? ”

"Well, it seems that Your Majesty should still obey God's will." How could the Duke of Richmond, who is 25 years old this year, not understand the subtext of the Privy Counsellor.

As they spoke, the two of them had reached the courtyard of the guards and servants to the east of the castle entrance. The two captains of the guard, the butler, and the servants who had been waiting for the Duke of Richmond bowed and saluted the Duke of Richmond, and Isabel took advantage of the situation to have the Vice-Captain Peter withdraw all the musketeers who had welcomed the Duke back.

The Duke of Richmond changed into a duke's dress in a private room on the top floor and went to the lobby on the second floor of the castle. At this time, Isabel and the heraldic officer, who had already taken their seats, immediately stood up and saluted him. After the salute, Isabel came to the Duke's throne with a heavy face, and reported to the Duke in a loud voice, "Your Highness, today you have returned from the Scottish battlefield to the north, and I suggest that all the members of the Council and your retainers should come to the castle to celebrate the victory in the war with you. ”

"Very well, Advisor, is the celebration taking place at a dinner party?"

"Yes, Your Highness."

After the valet Eugene brought a glass of wine to his lord, the Duke of Richmond felt that Isabel's face was wrong, and he thought that the heraldic officer seemed to have said something to her. Holding the wine, he looked at the southern official standing on the left side reservedly, "Heraldic officer, you have already told the advisor that you are here to preside over the funeral?" ”

The heraldic officer stepped forward, nodded in greeting, and stated with a clear look, "Yes, Your Highness, after all, the funeral ceremony of Lord Walton's heir, Sir Ernest, takes four weeks to prepare, and then there will be a banquet. ”

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