Chapter 422: Fruit and Love
Two quarters of an hour ago.
Soft sunlight shines through the colorful crystal windows, rendering the queen's bedroom hazy.
Beautifully carved feather beds are littered with all sorts of clothes, deerskin sofas and wooden chairs are lined with dazzling dresses, but the large wardrobe is empty.
Catherine stood in front of a bright silver mirror wearing only a close-fitting corset and pants, and her bare snow jade slender feet.
The silver mirror carefully polished by the palace craftsmen truthfully reflects a beautiful woman with a bewitching figure and jade skin. Her eyes are like water, her red lips are delicate, her neck is long and graceful, her breasts are firm, her flaxen hair falls down to her waist like a waterfall, her slender waist sets off her round and full buttocks, and her snow-white legs are straight and slender, with smooth lines and a sense of strength. The combination of feminine posture and elegant and dignified temperament has formed an indescribable charm.
Catherine smiled at herself in the mirror, tiptoed around for half a circle, frowned again, and muttered, "Not tall enough, you need a pair of high heels...... But not too high...... Just half an inch lower than Victor. Well, just wear those bright silver heels...... The boobs are also not full enough...... What kind of dress should those high heels wear to compensate for this shortcoming?"
"Count Ariel, I need your advice. Catherine commanded without looking back.
A court lady with a long skirt reaching the floor appeared behind Catherine in a flowing stream. She has fiery red hair, a gorgeous appearance, a tall and plump figure, especially the strong twin peaks on her chest that almost tear out. Catherine looked through the mirror and stared enviously before looking away.
"Dear Catherine, your breasts are perfectly shaped, and this is by no means a shortcoming. Lady Ariel's fiery red lips leaned into the former queen's ear, and she laughed in a low voice, "As for what kind of dress to wear...... It's better to wear nothing!"
Catherine was startled, and when she saw the smile of her confidant and close friend, she couldn't help but be ashamed and annoyed, and gave her a fierce look, then sneered, stroked her hot cheeks, and almost whispered, "Now is not the time...... I'll have to repair my relationship with Victor first. β
"Your Majesty, what does your bathing have to do with Victor?" Ariel looked "confused" and said in surprise: "You... Would you like to invite Victor to visit the baths of the inner court?"
"Ariel!"
Catherine stamped her foot in anger and gritted her teeth, "I'm talking to you about business!" and then she reached out and pinched twice on the plump that she envied and hated. The two of them burst into laughter instantly.
After laughing for a while, the court lady of Ariel straightened her messy hair, restrained her smile, and admonished, "Catherine, I mean, you shouldn't have gone to see Victor. β
"We are not sorry for Victor, it was he who betrayed the kiteburg. As the mistress of the kiteburg, you don't have any reason to summon a betrayal attendant, and you shouldn't take the initiative to send it to the door and mend some relationship with him in a low voice. Even though he is now the lord of Randall, a noble moon elf nobleman. β
"Betrayal? I don't think it's the right word for Victor. Catherine calmly analyzed: "All his men have been killed, and even Lord Abel, whom I sent to pick him up, dare not take him away. In such a dangerous situation, Victor was very calm, and his response was impressive. What's more......" a sweet smile bloomed on the pretty face, and his tone was full of satisfaction and a hint of pride, "He didn't stay in Black Castle, and he refused the York family's solicitation. β
"Sylvia wants to turn Victor into a vassal lord of the House of York, and for this reason she is willing to hand over her share of the two iron ore mines. We were ...... I almost gave up on him at the time. Catherine lowered her head and bit her lip, and said in a gentle voice, "Anyway, Victor is now the lord of Gambis, a vassal of the king. He relied on the House of York, but what independent lord from Kite Castle didn't rely on a powerful neighbor?"
Have emotions affected your wisdom?
Ariel sighed secretly and said with a smile, "I just said bad things about Victor, and you can find so many reasons to defend him in no time. It can be seen that you have been thinking about this for a long time, but you only want to come to a conclusion that can exonerate Viscount Randall, and convince yourself that Victor still has a love for the Castle and Her Majesty the Queen, and he is only forced by the situation to ......"
"Enough!"
Catherine stopped the countess and said angrily, "Yes, I'm trying to justify Victor......! You should know that both us and Victor need ladders to get closer to each other. After a pause, Catherine's tone slowed, "Victor has lived in Kite Castle for 5 years, I think...... He always had a little nostalgia for this place. β
"Dear Catherine, look at what you look like now. Ariel put his arm around Catherine's shoulder, raised his chin in the mirror, and said with a smile: "When I mention Victor, my eyes light up with excitement, and I defend him everywhere...... Like a diligent gardener, he wants to show off the 'fruit' he has cultivated, but he does not allow others to say that he is not good at all, and he is afraid that the 'fruit' will be stolen...... Becomes sensitive and suspicious, but also extraordinarily moving. β
The countess's voice changed and she said solemnly: "Your Majesty, I must remind you that this 'fruit' is not yours alone. Chief Tofowen has been busy with the 'fruit' all his life, and the Kite Castle has paid a huge price, and he is destined to belong to the August family!"
The "fruit" in Ereda's mouth is the interesting name of the high-ranking female knights for their little husbands and lovers.
The marriage of knights and nobles is based on the core purpose of inheriting the family, and has a stable structure of master and slave, strong and weak. Knight families generally arrange marriage partners for their younger children, so that they can cultivate a deep bond from an early age. But there are always exceptions. Some knights have lost their partners for various reasons, such as the husband and wife have been promoted to the same level of transcendental, the intimate and stable marriage structure has been lost, or the spouse has an accident in the middle of the journey, or the knight family has not found a suitable foster marriage partner, etc.
Faced with this situation, it is easy for male knights to find a suitable partner, while female knights are more troublesome, especially those silver female knights who have no heirs.
If the silver knight does not have an heir, her wealth and territory will inevitably be coveted by all sides, and all kinds of troubles will follow. Worst of all, the lack of an heir in the family makes the guardianship of the Silver Knights meaningless, and the inability to enjoy love and affection leaves their lives with regrets, thus weakening the connection with the real world. The lonely silver female knight is not to mention the impact on the gold field, but I am afraid that she will not even be able to live at the age of 100.
However, the Golden Knights have limited energy, and they can't handle too many mates. It is impossible for a haughty silver knight to put aside her pride and pursue a strong golden knight partner.
Whether it is high or not low has become a true portrayal of the marriage problem of the silver female knight.
Fortunately, the high-ranking female knight is as beautiful as a flower, and her youth is eternal. They have enough time to raise a suitable lover according to their own wishes.
A single high-ranking female knight solves the problem of a partner and heir by adopting the young son of a certain family. For many families, this is undoubtedly a way out for their young sons. And the female knights also enjoy the full pleasure in the process of raising their lovers, and they often refer to their little lovers as "fruits" and make fun of each other.
The "fruits" are generally cultivated by female lords, court ladies, and queen mothers like Catherine.
Catherine never thought she could cultivate the "fruit" herself, and as the young daughter of Baron Tyrrell, she was born a vine destined to climb the tree.
When she first arrives in Kiteburg, the Tyrells' daughter is uneasy, but Ryan and Roland help her quickly adapt to court life. The king's nobility, handsomeness, strength, easy-goingness, humor, affection, and a little childishness satisfy all Catherine's fantasies about her husband. She is deeply in love with Ryan, deeply in love with Roland, deeply in love with her family, deeply in love with Kite, and strives to make herself a qualified queen.
However, the towering tree to which Catherine was attached collapsed without warning. Having lost the protection of the tree, Catherine immediately sensed the malice in the kiteburg.
The four princes have always been attached to the vines of the Auguste family, and they are full of hostility to the newborn vines, and they are eager to get rid of them as soon as possible.
For a long time, the four princes and Auguste were married for generations, and they firmly held the throne of the queen and prince of the kite, and almost all the families of foreign queens or princes were driven out of the center of the kingdom.
Even August, who is pure-blooded like Roland, has been criticized by the nobles of the royal capital because of the matrilineal family, not to mention the Tyrell family with the backing of Wellington?
The court ladies and attendants in the Kite Castle are almost all from the four major princely families, and they and the king's heirs do not have the right to inherit the throne, but they can bear the surname of the princely family, and become the lord of the gambis, the general in the army, the knight of the internal government, and the secret knight. It can be said that the center of the kingdom is full of people from the four princes, including the Kite Fort.
The potential of the four princes shocked Catherine. However, the wise queen soon realized that the four great families were not attached to the king, but to the silver blood of the Augustian family, and any attempt to disturb the silver blood would be met with a strong counterattack from them.
In fact, the Four Princes and Augustus were one family at all. This means that the idea of the strong and the weak and the virtue of loyalty still play a role in the four princes.
To become a hound must be torn apart by four stronger hounds, then you can only become the owner of the hound.
Catherine must put Edward on the throne, or she and her son will be cleaned up by the four princes as impurities in the royal bloodline. This is the fundamental reason why Ryan tried to replace Edward as crown prince and Roland refused to ascend the throne.
In the face of the bloodline protection mechanism of the entire royal family, even the Golden Knight Queen could not guarantee the personal safety of Catherine and Edward.
When Grand Duke Williams was pushed by the bloodline protection mechanism, Catherine got the bullet too. But her hole cards are too few and too few, and Roland can't get any strong support except for messing around.
Roland personally took care of Edward's diet and daily life. Catherine sleeps with her sword in her hands, but she always wakes up in her sleep, like a drowning person, trying to grasp any straw.
It was in this context that Catherine had her first time with Victor.
Catherine doesn't know what kind of feelings she has for Victor, but she certainly doesn't see Victor as a "fruit".
Later, Victor became a secret move for the queen, hoping that if the situation was out of control, she could exchange Victor's fertility potion for the protection of the god knight. But deep down in the heart of the Lady of Tyrrell, she fantasized countless times that Victor would save their mother and son from danger as a Juggernaut, and she still wrapped around him like a vine, relying on him, just as she had the best memories of the beginning.
When Victor awakens to his talents, his shadow finally overlaps with Catherine's fantasies and inspires the queen's long-awaited love.
However, the situation is different now. Edward was victorious in this struggle for the throne, and the crisis was resolved. Catherine, who was relaxed, missed Victor even more. Maybe she didn't realize that what she loved was just an illusion, an unknown spiritual pillar, but that didn't stop her from recalling the night with Victor in her dreams. She is like a young girl, sometimes sweet, sometimes sad, sometimes hesitant.
The feeling of being in love is like a glass of wine with an endless aftertaste, and the more you taste it, the more you taste it, and Catherine can't help herself.
However, it's not that simple.
Edward ascended to the throne, and Gambis had another king. The old spider lurking in the kite bunker finally told a huge plan, a plan that had been implemented for decades, a plan about elevating the royal bloodline.
Tofowen is a wizard who can purify the blood of knights. August got him and did what was to be done.
Since then, Auguste and the four princely families have seen an endless stream of high-ranking knights, knights, and apprentice knights. The strength of the Kite Castle has grown by leaps and bounds. However, Ryan's father and Tofer discovered a serious problem - the silver blood of the August family could not dominate so many high-ranking knights and the four princes whose strength had skyrocketed.
Unfortunately, Toferwen's sorcery couldn't help the Augustian family's silver bloodline break through its limits. When Tofowen dies of old age, the hidden danger of the weak and strong will eventually cause a catastrophe.
So, the old king and Tofowen devised a secret plan. They intend to cultivate the ancient golden bloodline and replace Auguste's silver bloodline.
Wimbledon became the main target of cultivation.
In order to achieve their ultimate goal, the old king and Tofowen set aside the Night Stalkers and secretly formed the Faceless, giving the Faceless Ones de facto control of the Night Raid.
Thanks to the combined efforts of the Facelings and the Night Stalkers, Wimbledon of Gambis became the subject of Toffowen's experiments. Sauron became a Silver Knight, while Victor came from a humble background but awakened the blood of the Moon Elves.
It's a pity that none of them are of the Golden Bloodline, but Tofer sees hope in Victor, and he secretly guides Ludwig to marry a naturally awakened Moon Elf noblewoman. No one expected that the eldest son of the Peter family would kill her.
The old spider was so angry that he vomited blood, but he was helpless.
Fortunately, Victor, who was regarded as a failure by Tofowen, was actually cultivated correctly by Sylvia, and the potential in his bloodline was fully released. Overjoyed, he risked revealing his identity to reaffirm Victor's bloodline potential.
The conclusion is gratifying, Victor will be transformed into a noble form of blonde hair and golden eyes in thirty-two years.
Tofowen is kind and kind on the outside, but he has a heart of stone, and even secretly set up a plot to kill the first queen Linda, just to train Roland Auguste. And Tofervan was loyal to Ryan's father. He followed the old king's orders and only allowed the king of Gambis and the Faceless Dead to participate in the plan, and even Roland and the Marquis of Golon did not know about it, and even became his pawns.
In fact, the Marquis of Goron was also aware of Auguste's bloodline crisis, and he invited His Royal Highness AndrΓ© to visit the Castle with the same idea of raising the royal bloodline. But why did he notice it? Why did he think of Andrei? Why didn't Roland give AndrΓ© the slightest chance?
Catherine shuddered at the thought of it now, and she had long since become a pawn of the old spider.
The shadow of the Divine Knight always hangs over the Kite Castle, and reclaiming the "fruit" from Sylvia's hands will surely provoke her thunderous rage. But how could August give up Victor at such a huge cost?
Catherine didn't dare to think about the next layout, but she had to think about it.
If Victor rejects Auguste's kindness, the Kite Castle can only destroy him. Before that, before the old spider fell, Kite Castle had to get his bloodline as a backhand.
Catherine was the executor of this plan.
Being able to linger with Victor is Catherine's dream, but the "sweetheart" may be in danger of her life and makes Catherine suffer.
With the noble feelings of saving her lover, Catherine said angrily: "Victor is not a 'fruit', he will not fall into the basket by himself, and I am not a fertility tool." Only true feelings can win Victor's trust! and feelings need to be cultivated, do you understand, the Faceless One?"
"As you wish, Your Majesty. I would be happy to take over from you and have a baby with Victor. Ariel said in surprise, "I'm going to tell the Chief your will." β
"Wait!"
Catherine grabbed Ariel, who was about to turn away, and said weakly and shyly, "Who said I wasn't happy......"
"Honey, you're right. I am a Faceless One, and one of the three Faceless Ones. But the Faceless have feelings, too! I love Ryan dearly, though he never took me to heart...... My love is gone, but I'm still alive...... Any idea what this is?" Ariel took Catherine's slender hand and placed it on his lower abdomen.
Catherine retracted her hand in shock and asked in surprise, "Are you pregnant?"
"Hmm. Ariel stroked his lower abdomen and said with a happy face, "A little life, from my husband." Although I still miss Lane, I also love the 'fruit' that I have cultivated with my own hands, and our descendants. Because I am a silver knight, it is my great honor and happiness to reproduce my bloodline. But I waited until my little husband became a knight before I conceived this life. β
"Dear Catherine, you have always treated me as a sister, and I have never failed you. Ariel looked Catherine in the eye.
Catherine was silent for a moment, then said softly, "Yes, you have always defended me and Edward in my most difficult times. β
"The Faceless One only obeys the orders of the royal family, and I will never betray you even if I sacrifice my life! Believe me, the fruit is not yet ripe, and now is not the time to taste it. Ariel said sincerely.
Catherine's face flushed with a bright flush, and she said angrily, "What are you thinking? I'm just going to see him as the Queen Mother." β
"My hair is waist-high. Ariel picked up Catherine's long hair and chuckled, "How long have you not been vindictive? two years, or three years?" Emotions overwhelmed reason, and in your current state, you couldn't resist Victor's temptation. As for Victor, hehe, the elven bloodline has never been resistant to beautiful things, otherwise His Majesty Ravin would not have possessed a legendary paladin. In our opinion, what's the difference between this and suicide? It's just that his luck is better, and Ellie didn't take advantage of his distraction to kill the killer. β
"You go see Victor now, what needs to happen will happen. Do you want to undo the efforts of three generations? Or do you want to use your fighting spirit now to eliminate the effects of the potions in your body? I will not stop you from having a tryst with Victor. β
Catherine sighed, closed her eyes, and whispered, "Well, I accept your advice not to see Victor." β
Ariel's jade hand caressed Catherine's smooth and flat lower abdomen, biting her ear, and laughing, "Honey, bear with me a little longer." One day, you will be able to get what you wish and have a noble child with Victor. β
At this moment, a court maid knocked on the wooden door and announced outside: "Your Majesty, there is a suspected conflict between His Royal Highness Roland and Miss Wellington, and it is in the lounge where Viscount Randall is located. β
Catherine perked up, and her eyes lit up and said, "Wait a minute, I'll go over." With that, she pushed Ariel away, picked up a white dress casually, dressed neatly, stepped on bright silver heels, and pushed out the door with her hair scattered.
Ariel stomped his feet in anger and whispered as he chased Catherine, "It's terrible to be a woman in love...... Wait until Victor is scared away by you, and see if you regret it. β