"Sinloth, why didn't you come yesterday?"

When Sinloth met Madame Butterfly in full costume at the gate of the Doge's Palace the next day, the first thing he received was Madame Butterfly's complaint. But perhaps the lady herself did not notice that in addition to complaining, there was more resentment in her tone.

"Because Ellie wants to go out and ......"

Without hesitation, he sold his daughter, and the earl, who came to the governor's palace alone, smiled awkwardly and looked behind Madame Butterfly. Like Sinloth, Madame Butterfly doesn't have that cute figure like a doll: "Why, Christina won't come?" ”

"Like the one in your family, it's too willful. It's a shame that you can endure it......"

After escaping for a day yesterday, it seems that all the little lazy worms in Avery have been seduced out. I knew I was going to have a party today, but I was still lying in bed and refusing to get up. After hesitating, Xinlos let the little girl go.

And at the mention of that daughter, who was a headache, Lady Rosa immediately put the matter of Sinloth's absence yesterday behind her. The woman fanned her feather fan a little irritably, and her tone was full of dissatisfaction: "The dead girl is crying and shouting and refusing to come, I'm doing this for her good." ”

For all aristocrats who have the slightest idea, communication is a very important part of life. Lady Rosa may be right, but with her relationship with Christina...... Forget it. No matter how good the starting point is, after such a bad relationship, a correction may become the source of a contradiction.

"Occasionally, wayward children are more cute, this beautiful lady. I wonder if I will be lucky enough to join you today? ”

The Count bent down exaggeratedly. She held out her hand to Madame Butterfly. Since Xinluo wanted to protect the two children, Rosa stopped talking about the things that made her depressed. Madame looked at the Count's outstretched hand. There was something moving in my heart. But until the end, Madame Rosa did not reach out and take the white palm.

"It's not a good habit to flirt with a widow."

……

Britannia is much smaller than the other six provinces, but even so, when Governor Allen is really recruited from all over the territory, he can still recruit a lot of troops.

In general, Britannia is divided into five counties: Ireland, England, Scotland, Iberia, and Brittany. Except for Brittany, which was directly under the governor, which could produce a standing army of 50,000 on its own, the other four counties were cobbled together. Seventy or eighty thousand troops could be mustered together -- of course, not all of them could be on standing, and a considerable part of them were farmers who had just laid down their hoes.

Although he was nicknamed the countryside by the citizens of the central province, the fighting power of the countrymen who faced the Normans all the year round was absolutely not to be underestimated—although in every sense, the mobilization of the whole territory could raise less than 150,000 troops, which had already made His Excellency Allen very shameless.

But it can't be helped. This is what the sub-envelope system looks like.

England is in a crisis of succession, and although Alfred's children and grandchildren are still slapping the table and spitting at each other for the time being, it is obvious that so many troops summoned to England by them are not just used to support the scene. A civil strife in England is about to break out. In this case. Obviously, they can't be expected to contribute much.

And it is clear that, for his own purposes, Governor Allen is not ready to stop. He was certainly annoyed by the civil strife in England. But a weak England is always more in line with the Governor's wishes than a strong England.

This is true for England. Ireland is also only slightly better. With the exception of Desmond, who had signed up to join Duke Eddard's camp at the beginning, the other counties in Ireland had more or less armed conflicts. Duke Ed was at this time when he needed to use force to assert his majesty and position. Naturally, it was impossible to send many men to answer the call, even if he knew the cruelty of the Normans.

On the contrary, the situation in Scotland is slightly better.

As for Iberia...... The era of being called the "twin kings of Spain" is long gone. At this time, Spain was in a critical period of power struggle between the son-in-law and the father-in-law, and the two relatives had to guard against each other, but also against the Portugal next door. In this case, there is obviously no time to be distracted.

His Excellency Allen is getting older, and although he is still in good health, his spirit is always much worse than when he was younger, and he is much more hesitant to act than before. However, this situation will obviously attract the attention of His Excellency the Governor, and it is foreseeable that when the Norman crisis has passed, there will be a bloody storm in Britannia.

And this time the gathering was spontaneously held by the nobles who had arrived in Rennes in advance. Like Sinroth, the nobles who were far away from Brittany had to take advantage of the opportunity to walk around with their allies and enemies whom they hadn't seen for a long time.

Allies pull relations, enemies also spit on them.

It stands to reason that today's gathering is a great opportunity. However, considering that Ellie was a little scared to attend a small party a few days ago, Xinlos was finally reluctant to let her daughter participate in such a large party directly. Even if you want to train her, you should take it step by step, and it would be bad if it caused any psychological shadows.

Compared to the previous few days, the Governor's Palace was obviously much more lively. Although the meeting had not yet begun, the nobles had already gathered in the governor's palace. Some of the nobles whispered, some glared angrily. Xinluo traveled all the way, but in front of him showed a picture of life.

Although they did not hold hands, Madame Butterfly and Count Van Zhuo, walking side by side, caused a small commotion in the crowd. The lady is as glamorous as fire, charming and moving. And the men, although slightly weak, are elegant and quiet. Madame Butterfly is better, although it is a partial, after all, it is a member of the wealthy Habsburgs, but the man next to her is too strange. Except for those nobles who had a relationship with each other, no one else knew Sinlos.

Madame Butterfly's new husband?

Despite what the onlookers thought, Cynroth and Madame Butterfly kept moving straight towards their goal - albeit in a hurry, today's gathering was the best opportunity to test the results of the recent special training. Shanaido should be more nervous than they are. Before the party officially began, the two had to encourage the girl.

"If it weren't for this Norman threat, I don't know how many years it would have been like this opportunity for everyone to get together. Everyone has their own demands in their hearts, and they don't trust each other, alas...... Wait, why is Juana here too......"

Suddenly, Madame Rosa stopped. She looked at a corner in amazement, her eyes full of incredulity. When Sinlos turned his head to look, he saw two maids standing in front of a young noblewoman, one on the left and one on the right, one of them grabbing one of her hands and restraining her movements. And the noblewoman, though richly dressed, had a miserable look on her face.

"I'm sorry, Cynroth......" Madame Butterfly waved her feather fan, a little anger flashing through her eyes. She sighed softly and apologized to the Count, "I saw a friend and wanted to go over and catch up with her...... You go find Shanaido first. ”

Sinloth followed Madame Rosa's gaze and looked at the young lady. Looking at the noblewoman's attributes, the Count seemed to understand something.

Name: Juana

Diplomacy: 0, Finance: 1, Military: 0, Conspiracy: 0, Knowledge: 1

Traits: Schizophrenic, incompetent, demon-possessed, loyal, famous

Schizophrenia: Mental problems have plagued the person's family since his great-grandmother. And as the inheritor of the bloodline, this person cannot avoid it. There is no doubt that she has gone crazy and cannot use common sense to reach out to her.

Incompetence: Even if her mother hired the best teachers for her and gave her the best education, it still does not change that she is a complete waste.

Demon Possession: She is demonically possessed, and at certain times will attack anyone in front of her regardless of the occasion. Of course, out of reverence for the person's mother, people rarely mention these things to their faces. It's just that behind the scenes, everyone is secretly talking about whether this young lady is possessed by a demon......

Loyalty: No one loves her husband more than she does, as the fanatical believers love God in the most sincere and complete way. Even if he betrayed him most completely, she still loved him.

Daughter of Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile, she is undoubtedly a famous woman. Despite her insaneness, there is still no one to take her place as the Grand Duchess of Spain.

It was not too surprising that the Duke of Spain personally came to the Doge's Palace, and it was surprising that the Spanish Grand Duchess turned out to be a madman. Other than that, this lady's attributes are simply outrageously low - a certain creator god is in a special situation, and he is an incarnation.

Rosa quickened her pace, and she parted the two maids a little roughly, hugging the panicked young lady.

“…… Rosa? ”

"It's me, Juana...... How are you doing lately? ”。

"I'm fine, my husband loves me very much......" Juana hugged her best friend she hadn't seen for a long time, the trepidation on her face gradually faded, revealing a reassuring expression, "He really loves me, you see, this is the ...... he gave me"

For some reason, Cynloth felt a pang of air in his chest. (To be continued......)

PS: Juana is the daughter of the twin kings of Spain and the last native queen in Spanish history...... Well, this is not a historical area. To put it simply, it is the story of a woman who loves her husband very, very much, and meets a scumbag father, a scumbag husband, and a scumbag son...... I'll get to that later, but I won't go into details.

To put it simply, it's like Mariana did to Cynroth - speaking of which, what Cynlos is doing now is actually the same as Juana's husband, except that the second goods still have a little conscience, so he feels guilty.