Chapter 50: The Dinner

Colorful flags are flown all over the city because today is the anniversary of the king's accession to the throne. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Several major avenues were already full of troops, and idlers and others were stopped on the periphery, and if they wanted to pass, they could only go to other places to detour.

The day before yesterday, the king did not attend the duke's dinner because he was seriously ill, but fortunately he finally got better last night, and it was the first time that the court doctor had seen such symptoms after so many years of practice, and since the king was safe and sound, the celebration could be held smoothly.

Gwynlith was in her room preparing her costume for today's celebration.

For this celebration, the court craftsmen spent half a year making these three sets of royal gowns for the Queen Mother, all of which were made of the most expensive and delicate fabrics, soft and smooth to the touch, and sewn with purple gold silk for needlework.

The styles of the three dresses are different, today's celebration ceremony is more serious, and Gwen wears this dark gold dress correspondingly, highlighting the calm and solemn temperament as a whole.

"Your Majesty has really been blessed by the gods of nature, and your body will be healed as soon as you arrive at the celebration, you can see the faces of those imperial doctors, one is uglier than the other, and I can't tell why. A maid outside the door whispered to another maid, this morning she saw His Majesty go to the morning court, the whole person's face was not as good as before, and she walked a little shaky, but it looked like the situation was almost better, and it would be completely fine in a day or two.

"Well, I heard about it yesterday, but what is wrong with your majesty? Why can't even the imperial doctor find the reason?" Another maid had already heard of it, and it was the first time she had seen such a strange thing.

"Don't you have to do things?" Gwen scolded sharply, it was difficult for her to take care of these maids talking about some court affairs on weekdays, but she didn't want to hear anyone talk about this matter anymore, and the more people talked about it, the more she thought about it, and that was not something she wanted to see.

The maids live in the palace all the year round, how can they not understand this kind of words, they can only obediently close their mouths, the king's illness is swallowed in his stomach, and he will never talk to others again, once he says it and the queen mother knows, they know very well what the consequences are.

There is no shortage of new things in the court, such as the celebration that begins today will be the talk of the town for a long time to come, and such a trivial matter as the king's illness will soon be forgotten by everyone, and perhaps everyone will not care about it tonight, because on the first day of the celebration will be a banquet for all the visiting princes, even as court ladies-in-waiting, they will be able to enjoy the food in the corner of the banquet.

Gwen came back to her senses, the displeasure on her face slowly faded, today is an important day, and she can't let such a thing affect her mood.

"Jenny, go and see if Princess Amy is ready. Gwen sent her maid over to take a look, and in a moment it was time to set off, and Amy had better be dressed.

"Yes. The maid turned and departed.

The ceremonies are not held in the castle, but in the Holy See of the God of Nature, where the bishop prays and blesses, then goes to the jousting arena, where the knights perform riding and fighting, and in the evening there is a dinner.

Today's martial arts arena is real swords and guns, last time the Conan knights were just a performative competition, but now it is the knights fighting for honor. No matter what casualties there were in the end, no one could say anything about it, and if Knight Conan had lost his life in such a situation, Gwynlith would not have gone to such great lengths to win over the relationship with the Duke.

After putting on the gown, Gwen chooses a crown encrusted with rubies, which she rarely wears on weekdays, but the ceremony requires the members of the royal family to reflect the dignity of the royal family, and the crown is a symbol of power, so it is essential.

"Queen Mother, the princess is almost ready. The maid came back after inspecting the princess and said.

"Alright, let's go. Gwen looked in the mirror and everything was perfect.

Amy was already standing in the garden waiting for Gwen.

"The Queen Mother. Amy saluted when she saw Gwen. She hadn't spoken a word to Gwen since the dinner with the Duke that day, and Gwen hadn't gone to her, and the two of them had completely different ideas about the marriage to the Duke.

Gwen's purpose from the beginning was to make Amy a duchess and increase the connection between the local duke and the royal family, but now it is just a matter of changing the object from the Knight of Conan to the Duke himself, plus the matter of the Knight of Conan, Gwen naturally will not change her mind.

On the other hand, Amy, through the brief contact that night, was not disgusted with the Duke himself, but the knight she liked, not his father, did have similar faces and personalities, but it would never make her suddenly change her mind and like the Duke.

"Amy, you're so beautiful today. Gwen praised. Amy's own image was originally one in a million, but now with a purple dress, the whole person looks even more noble, compared to the appearance when I was resting in bed a few days ago, it seems to be two people.

"Thank you, Queen Mother. Amy responded. Most of her beauty was inherited from Gwen, not only her, but also Connor, with blond hair and blue eyes, only Leon and his sister looked like King Jamie, with slightly curly brown hair and dark brown eyes, and the four of them stood together, and no one would mistake their blood relationship.

"You can't miss the afternoon tournament. Gwen reminded Amy in advance that the tournament might cause her bad memories, but it was also one of the ways to draw in her relationship with the Duke.

There are not many opportunities for the two of them to get in touch, only these three days, after three days, the princes will return to their own territory, if the marriage goes smoothly, it is easy to say, if it doesn't go well, the king can only let the king personally order the two to marry, as long as Amy can give birth to an heir for the duke, everything is worth it.

"If this is your order, I will obey it. Amy knew that reasoning was a completely unworkable thing, and in the end it was just a little more angry, and since everything she did was the same result, she had to accept it happily.

"Amy, you can't talk to me in that tone. Gwen was a little upset when she heard Amy's answer, when did the relationship between their mother and daughter become so stiff, and a sentence should be described as a command, didn't she know that she was doing it entirely for her good?

"Yes, Queen Mother, I will participate in the afternoon activities. Amy replied.

"Very well, I will arrange for the Duke to sit next to us in the afternoon, and you will have to communicate with him more. Gwen began a new arrangement.

"Yes. Amy replied mechanically.