In the early spring of 1045, William spent Christmas at Winchester Castle in England, and when the new year came, he had to devote himself to his busy work after enjoying a few free days.

Divide the meritorious nobles, take over and integrate the territories of southern England, preside over reforms, form the English Folk Army, and ease relations with the Anglo-Saxon nobility...... All of these matters had to be personally attended to by William, and most of them were in England, which made it impossible for William to return to Normandy.

William was unable to return to Rouen to reunite with his family, and his mother Arlette and fiancée Uraka complained about it, saying that Christmas was the most important Christian holiday, equivalent to the Chinese New Year, and that Christmas could not be reunited with his family, no matter what, and could not be forgiven.

However, his mother, Arlett, was a knife-mouthed tofu heart, and only complained casually, and after William took them to Winchester Fort for reunion, they naturally let go.

Joining Arlett and Uraka in Winchester was William's sister Adelaide. Morality. Normandy and her husband Edward. Edmondson. Wessex, the last member of the royal family of the Wessex dynasty other than Edward the Confessor.

Edward. Edmondson treated William very respectfully, even a little reservedly, and his long years in exile had made him develop a cowardly character, otherwise he would not have obediently cede the succession to the throne of England to William.

In the two years since he came to Normandy, Edward. Edmondson's attitude pleased William, who never showed any intention of competing with William for the throne of England, and after marrying William's sister, he was unusually deferential to William.

Therefore, William welcomed him warmly, and held a banquet for him, to which many Norman nobles were invited.

Edward. William was not dissatisfied with Edmondson's brother-in-law, although he was cowardly and not good at military affairs, he was very good at handling foreign affairs, and he was very good at reconciling nobles.

William's sister Adelaide was a great headache for him, and he observed that Adelaide seemed to have a good eye for Duke Rodrigo, and she always looked at Duke Rodrigo intently at banquets with a smile on her face.

"Could it be that Adelaide has a crush on Rod? Rhodes is a married man, and he has a three-year-old son, Rodrigo Jr., and if they are together, it's a scandal. William gritted his teeth and speculated.

Rodrigo, Duke of Munster. Morality. Vival is indeed better than Adelaide's husband Edward. Edmondson is not only one of the most important military nobles in the Norman Kingdom, but he is also the Duke of Munster and the leader of the second of the three legions, and the Duke of Rodrigo is younger and more handsome than Edward and Edmondson.

Although both are about the same age, Rodrigo is twenty-six years old, and Edward is twenty-six. Edmondson was twenty-eight years old, but one had a successful career and a successful family, and was naturally radiant and energetic, but the other had spent the first half of his life in exile for more than twenty years, and the whole person seemed a little old and depressed.

The most important thing is that Adelaide's husband did not fight and did not make a single star in the Norman kingdom, and William did not give him any noble titles and domains, which made Adelaide as a wife very faceless in the circle of court ladies in Rouen.

With her vain figure, she naturally set her sights on the young and promising nobles of the Norman kingdom.

The newly baked Duke of Munster, Rodrigo, is not only young and promising, high-powered, but also young, handsome and charming, coupled with a little Spanish exoticism with him, Rodrigo, who combines the above advantages, has become the target of Adelaide.

William could understand this, and it was understandable that his sixteen-year-old sister, after being disappointed in her husband, was captured by the charismatic Duke Rodrigo.

The reason why Adelaide is so obsessed with Rodrigo, William would also have to bear half of the responsibility, if it weren't for the fact that he had decided to marry his sister to Edward. Edmondson in exchange for him relinquishing his succession to the throne, and neither would Adelaide.

At the banquet, William glanced at Adelaide, but the other party ignored it at all, but took the opportunity to sit with Rodrigo, and had a good conversation with Rod, which seemed quite compatible.

Later, at the end of the banquet, Adelaide reluctantly approached Rhodes and extended him an invitation to go on a date.

"I'm sorry!" William stood up just in time to stand between the two, and despite Adelaide's objections, took her hand and turned away.

"William, what are you doing here?" Arriving in a no-man's corner, Adelaide broke free of William's hand and screamed.

"Adelaide, my sister, there's something I want to make clear to you." William looked at her with a serious face and said in a deep voice, "Do you like Rodrigo, Duke of Munster. Morality. Vivar? ”

"yes, I like Rodrigo, it has nothing to do with you, what's your business?" Adelaide asked rhetorically, frowning.

"You see, you are Prince Edward of England. Edmondson's wife, the sister of my Norman king, I will not allow you to do anything deviant, I will not allow you!

And Rodrigo is a family man, he has a wife and a son, and you are not allowed to get involved in destroying his family. William said with a wave of his voice resolutely.

"What's wrong with liking someone, do you have to stop it?" Adelaide's face was full of anger, and his voice suddenly rose several points, and he asked in a loud voice: "William, you always manipulate my life at will under the pretense that you are my brother, I was lost in Paris, and then you married me to a cowardly exile, and now you want to prevent me from getting love, what do you have to do to let me go!" ”

"......" William was silent, indeed in this matter, he did a very inauthentic thing, for the throne of England that he coveted, he married his only immortal to the exile of the Wessex dynasty, and he did not think about his sister's lifelong happiness in the slightest.

"Are you sure you want to pursue Rodrigo?" William asked again.

"I like Rhodes, I want to be with him, and no one can stop me!" Adelaide nodded resolutely.

"Alas...... I will ask His Majesty the Pope for a divorce, and this is the last thing I can do for you, my sister. William sighed, feeling guilty, and finally decided to help his sister one last time.

In the Middle Ages, the divorce rate in Europe was extremely low, with only two or three couples divorced in a year. At that time, people thought that divorce was a very shameful thing, and no one filed for divorce unless it was absolutely necessary.

Therefore, the divorce between the nobles was a scandal as soon as it came out, especially since the two were William's sister and the prince of England.

For the sake of his sister Adelaide, William is also under great pressure, and he is likely to intensify the conflict with the Anglo-Saxon aristocracy because of this incident, and the relationship that was gradually easing will be re-intensified, and it may also lead to war.

Even Edward. Edmondson would also stand up for the throne of England with the support of the nobles of the North, after all, the clay man also has three points of fire, he is very cowardly, but this does not mean that he will be humiliated.