Volume 5 Days in the Sun 209, the submerged past
Lena Mandheling, the name Minna is not unfamiliar with it, and in recent years it has been
Isn't Alex's little aunt a saint in the Van A Central Church? Why is it here?!
Minna immediately turned to look at Alex, wondering what the hell had he done? Can the Holy Maiden of the Cult of the Illuminati be taken away casually?
After the excitement, Viscount Mandheling obviously thought of this problem, his face suddenly turned pale, and he glanced out of the door sharply, so frightened that Minna immediately retracted her head only to see him quickly pull his sister into the house, and at the same time whispered a few words to the family and the housekeeper behind him, and Atley's wife immediately covered her mouth and took the child into the house, and the housekeeper also motioned for the servants to stand down, and then followed, as if intending to tell something
Alex smiled and said loudly: "Father doesn't have to, my aunt came back this time with the permission of His Excellency the Bishop, and I was supposed to follow the Van A mission on the road, but halfway through, my aunt was anxious to see you, so I took her first."
Viscount Mandheling breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, but he still didn't forget to glare at his son: "Reckless boy! Why didn't you say it sooner?! Then he turned to his sister Elena: "Why didn't you write back beforehand?" I can send someone to pick you up" was a very different gentleness
Elena smiled faintly: "The matter was decided not long ago, just to go with the mission, and with Alec to take care of, I thought there was no need to trouble my brother to send someone, so I didn't write back Isn't it a surprise?" β
Viscount Mandheling complained: "Although it is a surprise, why do you think it will trouble me? I'm my brother."
Elena smiled a little embarrassedly and took her brother's hand and walked into the house
Minna watched them disappear behind the door, a little anxious, just now she heard Alex mention that Elena's return was allowed by the Holy See, but why didn't Esther get the news? If Elena is back, what about Princess Diana? She was eager to know the details of this matter, and hesitated whether to put the trick ball again, but this magic alchemy product is flawed, and can only be hidden from ordinary people, Alex, as a magician, will definitely notice it, and he will definitely be angry then, right?
While she was anxious, Alex suddenly turned around, and then smiled at the bushes on the side of the road, and Minna realized that he had found himself, so she had to pop her head up, wave her hand, Alex squeezed her eyes, smiled, and went into the house
Minna felt relieved and no longer in a hurry, she knew that Alex would definitely tell her the details afterwards
Seeing that there was no one left and right, she quietly avoided the front door of the Mandheling family mansion and slipped away
In the study of the owner of the Mandheling mansion, Elena explained the whole story of her return under the questioning of her brother
She did not return home temporarily, but never again, because Princess Diana was in poor health, and she had been bedridden since last year, unable to perform her duties in the Holy Virgin's place, and she was only a servant of the Holy Virgin, and she was not too young, so the Twelve Bishops of the Central See have been discussing whether to find one or two young Holy Daughters to replace them
Since the current King Valfred III ascended the throne, the royal family of East has written to the Holy See every year to ask for his sister to step down and return to China, but it is difficult to find a candidate for the Holy Virgin, and Princess Diana herself can not stay, so the Central Holy See has not let go, this year they have finally found a suitable candidate for the Holy Woman, and they plan to give an affirmative reply when Walfred III writes again, who knows that from the beginning of the year to the present, the former has not written to the new Holy Woman, and after the new saint officially took over the position, the Central Holy See decided to take advantage of this opportunity to come to the birthday place to let Princess Diana and Elena return with the mission, from now on, as long as the two former saints continue to follow the teachings and do not do evil, they will beI am free to be reunited with my family
There have been precedents in history for the Holy Maiden to return home after leaving office in old age, but the most recent one was more than two hundred years ago, considering the status of the former Saint Diana Princess, it is reasonable to do so, Van A did not prepare a rich gift, but I believe that the return of his beloved sister is already the most affordable birthday gift for King East
After hearing this, Viscount Mandheling sighed: "Although it is a good thing, isn't the Central Holy See too much?" It sounds like abandoning a person after using her" After a pause, he remembered one more thing: "You said that Her Royal Highness Princess Diana is not in good health, so how is she now?" It doesn't matter if you just leave her and come back first?! β
Elena still smiled faintly: "It doesn't matter, Her Royal Highness the Holy Maiden is not too bad, she is in good spirits along the way, she eats and sleeps normally, she has a few maids around her to take care of her, and there are monks who treat her at any time, and she doesn't need me by her side In fact, if she can't bear the fatigue of hurrying, she would like to come back early, she asked me to bring a letter to my family, please arrange it with my brother, I want to enter the palace tomorrow to see His Majesty the King."
"Okay, okay, leave it all to me" Viscount Mandheling agreed happily, leaning back, with a smile on his face, "I won't leave when I come back this time, it's good, our family will be able to live together in the future, just like when I was a child, I asked people to bring letters to a few children at night, telling them to hurry home and see their aunt, except for the eldest Arisen, you haven't seen any other children, right?"
The second Atre is still there, and now these children are probably out, the year is disobedient, I am going to get married tomorrow, except for the second child, the others actually refuse to come back to attend the wedding, hum! It's your sister-in-law who spoils them! β
Alex was drinking coffee silently, but Viscount Mandheling refused to let him go: "Alex is the most rebellious one!" If it weren't for the sake of him bringing you back, I wouldn't have spared him easily! Do you know what he did? I finally arranged a job for him, and he casually said that he would not do anything, and he would not even return home, and he was idle outside, and he boldly participated in any war! If it weren't for the blessing of the God of Light, he would be a pile of dry bones by now! finally earned some honor and came back, it was a good opportunity to participate in politics, but he actually refused again! is still messing with Xiao Tianjian's illegitimate daughter, it's really me off! β
As soon as he finished scolding, he remembered that his sister had love for that person in the past, and these words didn't just reveal her scars? I suddenly regretted it in my heart, and squeaked, "Uh... Elena, I didn't mean to mention that bastard, I just..."
"It's okay, brother," Elena's smile didn't change in the slightest, "that's all in the past, I was a little girl at that time, my mind was immature, I regret it now, I shouldn't let you grieve for me willfully"
Viscount Mandheling suddenly became happy: "You are right! There's no need to be sad about that kind of bastard! Now it's time for us to rejoice! You're home, I'm getting married again tomorrow, and all the happy things come together! β
Alex put down the cup and said in a good time: "Father, I have already told my aunt about tomorrow's wedding on the way, but my aunt seems to have her own opinion, would you like to hear it?" β
A hint of displeasure flashed across Viscount Mandheling's face: "I knew it! You must have said a lot of bad things in front of your aunt, right? Elena, don't listen to him, what does he know as a child? This marriage is very beneficial to our family, and hasn't the daughter of the Heddah family been with you for decades? Although she did some bad things under the pressure of her father and brother, after all, you have been good friends for many years, and their family is actually a victim, if it weren't for that bastard... Hum! β
Alex interjected, "Father, I heard that your bride's surname is not really Heda, but Francis, right?" β
"Shut up!" Viscount Mandheling said angrily, "That's what the young man said when he was in awkwardness!" The Heda family and our Mandheling family have been good friends since hundreds of years ago! We have lost our sister by the same person, and we are also facing the fate of decline due to the persecution of the royal family, and now is time to unite! If you are still my son, you will be the same as the one surnamed Xiao... Cardo's little girl breaks up! I will arrange the most suitable marriage partner for you! β
Alex raised an eyebrow, not refuting his father's words, but glancing in his aunt's direction
Viscount Mandheling had some bad premonitions, and hurriedly asked his sister: "Elena, you won't believe him, will you?" β
Elena was silent for a while before she said, "I don't know what benefits this marriage will bring to the family, but I..." she hesitated for a moment before she mustered up the courage to say: "I don't think that Rosalyn Hedda is my friend If my life was determined by my own childish mistakes when I was young, then she was the main cause of the final conclusion in the process of my decision!" β
Viscount Mandheling was stunned: "You... What are you talking about? Elena, I didn't understand."
Elena lowered her head and opened her mouth with some difficulty: "I am really ashamed to say these words in front of my brother today At that time, Rosalyn and I were actually not good friends, but because the two families were close, my father and uncle did not let us get along well, so when we were outside, we were often together by chance, and we met Xiao together... He was amazing back then! He was personable, intelligent, knew a lot of things we had never heard of, and if he was in a good mood, he would write great love poems for us... I knew he had many admirers, but I always felt special because there was no one more gentle and considerate than I was..."
She seemed to be caught in a memory, and suddenly felt a cool breeze blowing from her side, and suddenly woke up, realizing that it was made by her little nephew, and she found that the brother on the other side was ugly from his gesture hints, and she smiled, and led the topic to the point: "At that time, we actually knew in our hearts, in terms of identity and status, Princess Diana was naturally the highest, but the beauty was Mirabel first, I asked myself if it was quite gentle and considerate, What Rosalyn likes most about Xiao is her lively personality, we all thought that the final winner must be the princess, but we didn't expect Xiao to marry Mirabel, and then we learned from the princess that the first king made many excessive requests, Xiao refused to accept it, so he gave up the princess, the princess was not interested in this matter, not only for Xiao, but also for her father, and learned that the first king decided to be engaged to her for her, so she decided to go to Fana"
She turned to her brother and said, "Does my brother know who her fiancΓ© is?" It's the former head of the Hedda family, Rosalyn's brother! β
Viscount Mandheling's eyes widened: "I've never heard of this!" β
"Because the matter has not yet been announced, no one in the outside world knows that the princess dislikes the heir of the Hedda family because he is a notorious playboy
The first king felt unexpected, so he chose to become a saint
I don't know what Rosalyn thought, she came to me at the time and said that everyone is the same, so we should advance and retreat together, let Xiao feel sorry for us, so that he will remember us for the rest of his life, and said that if I don't agree, it will prove that my love for Xiao is not as deep as her I was sad about Xiao's marriage at the time, and I agreed in a moment of confusion, and I thought it was very great" She smiled self-deprecatingly, "It wasn't until I entered the Central Holy See that I realized what I had done, but it was too late by then, and I couldn't turn back..."
Viscount Mandheling suddenly felt a little difficult to breathe: "But this kind of thing... It's the same with Rosalyn, right? You're all victims, if not that bastard..."
"Brother!" Elena was a little excited, "We are aristocrats, how many girls like us can marry their sweethearts?" In the end, wouldn't they all accept the family's arrangement? There are so many people who like Xiao, I should have known that he was just a dream to me! I was ashamed, I was so dizzy, I was wrong! She covered her face with a handkerchief and wept silently
When she left home, she was only sixteen or seventeen years old, the same age as flowers, but now she was full of silver hair, once delicate skin, now as old as dry bark, her youth in this life was buried, in the first days when she arrived at Van A, she kept regretting her reckless impulsiveness, as time passed, her mood calmed down in the daily reading of scriptures, and gradually got used to it, but when she returned home today, the regret all came out, and she couldn't stop it
Viscount Mandheling couldn't help but cry: "So, it's all Rosaline... But she's about the same age as you, so she regrets it, right? Why don't you write back? If we ask the king...", thinking that the king at that time might not be willing to agree, he changed his words again: "At least, after the current majesty ascends the throne, we can make a request, he has always eliminated the princess to be able to come back"
Alex replied in place of the aunt who was still crying: "My aunt once thought about doing this, but she was discovered by Rosalyn when she was writing a letter, and she was tortured The young lady, probably a person with an extreme personality, thinks that she can't get it, and she shouldn't let others get it, she seems to have gone to Fana after a big fight with her family, her father has almost cut off relations with her, she probably thinks that she can't come back, so she also opposes her aunt's return Since then, she has been preventing her aunt from writing letters home, and also under the pretext that her aunt wants to practice, The people sent by our family were prevented from meeting my aunt, so she was never able to communicate directly with the family for a few years."
"What?!" Viscount Mandheling never expected the truth to be like this, he always thought that his sister was too sad at that time, so she would cut off contact with the outside world, and he was so angry that his hands trembled: "How dare she... Abominable woman! β
Elena wiped away her tears, raised her head and said: "When she was at home, she had learned swordsmanship, and her body was stronger than me, I couldn't resist her, Her Royal Highness the princess once noticed it, but I was deceived by her, I have been suffering from her, until I became an official saint and followed Her Royal Highness, the situation is a little better, because of her personality, she has not been recognized by the bishops, and her temper is getting worse and worse When the king ascended the throne and wrote to the bishop about the princess's abdication, she didn't know what to say to the princess, The princess refused to return to China, I was really scared, I often avoided her, although she could not be promoted, but she was always in charge of our food, clothing, housing and transportation, I write to you, you must always pass her inspection... She didn't seem to want to go home, so I couldn't come back until she died, and then I had to stay..."
She silently wiped away her tears, and then reluctantly smiled: "Actually, I got used to it later, and when I got older, even if I came back, it seemed to have become meaningless..."
"How can it not be meaningful?!" Viscount Mandheling interrupted her excitedly, "At least you can live with us!" Are you going to wait until I'm dead before you come home? You ruthless sister! β
He vigorously hugged his only sibling, and kept crying Alex beside him, and he also looked a little sad, and persuaded in a low voice: "Father, my aunt has traveled a long way and is already very tired, why don't you let her rest first?" β
Viscount Mandheling let go of his sister, wiped away his tears, and personally sent her to the room that had just been cleaned up, and when he saw that his youngest son seemed to have something to say, he waved his hand: "Let's talk about it tomorrow, I'm tired"
Alex paused, smiled and turned to leave
Viscount Mandheling returned to the room, thinking of his sister's suffering in the past few decades, and his heart was extremely sad and thought that the daughter of the Hedda family was the murderer who caused all this, and even the surname Hedda became disgusted
A soft white arm wrapped around his neck, and the warm fragrant nephrite behind him calmed the resentment in his heart slightly, and when he turned around, a pair of beautiful purple eyes were looking at him tenderly, and asked, "What's wrong?" Tomorrow you are going to marry Helen, why do you seem so troubled? β
"Perbi," Viscount Mandheling hesitated, then said, "there will be no wedding tomorrow!" β
(I've been overdoing it lately, sorry sorry...) Who remembers this woman? οΌ