When the Grand Lord heard the maids say that Eva had come out of Lord Ferdinand's room in the morning, she was still a little incredulous.

Eva was a beautiful girl, but her beauty was like her birthplace, with an indelible roughness and savagery, the Versailles despised even the Parisians, and the Parisians despised all the provincials, and a woman from a small fishing village became the lady-in-waiting of the lord of the great county under the praise of the king, and compared with the daughter of the count, the daughter of the viscount, how could they be willing.

However, although Eva always laughed at herself as a silly girl who regarded love as her life, she grew up strong, like a boy, and with the connivance of her father and uncle, she could use a sword, a musket, could recite the Bible in Latin, and could calculate addition, subtraction, multiplication and division within a hundred—don't laugh, at a time when Louis XIV had not yet spread primary education to all parts of France, such an education was not something that everyone could see. Interestingly, her elders were mostly pirates and unseen stolen goods, and they were far more knowledgeable than the usual petty nobles, and they did not say what was the use of a privateer's daughter's daughter in learning these things, nor did she say that a girl should not play with knives and guns, and be taught by the priests with boys......

One of the most unsuccessful things about "Jack" is that he says that he has renounced his noble family name and natural position, and he always remembers that he is the son of an English admiral, and that after being a nobleman, he married Eva in order to gain the trust of the people of Dunkelke, but he did not understand her desires, and he regarded her as an ornament - if he would have asked more, or even been a little curious about the dagger and musket that Eva had put in the box, he would not have dealt with his wife so rudely.

"I thought you were going to be angry. The lord raised his hand and asked the maids to tie ribbons on their sleeves, and asked curiously, don't look at some girls like flowers and birds, the hierarchy between them is very distinct, such as the lady who helped her put on her long underwear is definitely the highest status in the room, and the one who ties the ribbon is another identity, although Eva is her maid, but at most she can only hand a comb or something.

Ferdinand is the eldest son of the Grand Duke of Tuscany, that is, the destined future Grand Duke, and his status is well worth the nobles betting on him to see who will come out on top - although unmarried women in this kind of competition are certainly excluded, but the Grand Princess's side also has a lady to serve, and when she said this, one of the ladies covered her lips and laughed.

Of course, the calculations of the nobles were no less than their husbands at court, but since there were no foolish men in Versailles, they certainly weighed the pros and cons—and contrary to what one might think, for an abrupt outsider, from the king's sudden promotion of an upstart to a married queen, they would find that the people of the court were not as harsh as the legend said. Vicious, but it's not out of kindness, it's that they're savoring the freshness of the former, after all, it's needless to say how boring these people who don't have to work on their own to survive, so they hardly get any definite attack until the novelty wears off.

Eva happened to be at this stage, and her own courage - how she escaped from the pursuit of the British, how she sent her husband to the gallows, and how she "accidental" The loss of the fetus in the womb had long been reported in Versailles, and the straightforward personality rarely seen among the Versailles, with light brown skin, thick black hair, and big sparkling eyes, also won her a lot of points (although the Versailles admired snow-white skin, but this was only for the aristocracy, such as Eva, who knew the origin of her identity, and wanted to cover up her origin by applying grease and powder, which would make people laugh), and she did not have too strong a sense of competition and ambition to get a husband back for herself in the court, but like one......

"A tourist who came to visit. A lady said this, and the maids nodded their heads, jealousy and slander also took strength and time, why should they be angry with an outsider who might leave Versailles in a few days, and they were quite satisfied that it was not any of them who would win the chase, and that Eva was at least a Frenchman.

"I just thought it was ......," the Grand Princess, sighed.

"The king has this idea," said the lady, who had commented on Eva as a tourist, "but the lady did not seem to have that idea." ”

This is also a reason, even if he is a criminal, as long as he is favored by the Sun King, he can get rid of all the charges and rise to the top, and he will be illustrious and glorious.

Just look at Madame Milady.

Eva is also a lady, and her future is even more uncertain, after all, their king has always chosen the royal wife as he pleases.

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"That's because I've already tried marriage once. Eva said to the Grand Lord, "I have fantasized about the sweetness of love and marriage, but, you know, it is like a child who, when she eats what she has in her heart, is disappointed to find that it is not so good. ”

"That's because you've had the misfortune of meeting a shameless spy. The Grand Princesse said.

"Not exactly," Eva pointed to the ground with her toes, "I chose him because I wanted to try a different life from my mother, grandmother and even great-grandmother, whose husbands were privateer owners, and when they left the house, it was months, even a year or two, a few years, and when they didn't come back, it was like they were dead, and when they came back, I had the impression that with the wet salty clothes and the smell of blood that couldn't get rid of it, it was all of them." ”

"So," she continued, "when I saw 'Jack,' of course I knew he was an Englishman, and I knew that he had left the army to make a living from sheep and fields near our village, and he looked like a farmer at that time, and I thought, maybe I can be a farmer's wife, because the boy around me is either a sailor or a soldier." ”

"I'm trying to understand," said the Grand Lord, "do you mean that you don't really love him?"

"How is it possible, even if it is a farmer, there are many farmers around Dunkirk, and he is an Englishman," Eva said with a smile, "I married him with a hot heart, and he told me that he wanted to have a peaceful second half of his life, and that he would have many children with me, and be buried in the land of Dunkirk, and I believed it at that time." ”

The Grand Princesse took her hand, and Eva looked at her: "Thank you," she said, "But don't comfort me, look into my eyes, Your Highness, when he tried to kill me, my anger outweighed my love for him, and when I knew that he was a spy, my hatred of him crossed the nature of a mother," she took the Grand Lord's hand and placed it on her lower abdomen, and her eyes shot a bright light:" He also thought that with the surname and property of the nobility he could keep my children, but he was wrong, the children of the enemy are also my enemies, how could I let him grow up eating my blood? Even if it is against canon law, I will cut off everything that is related to him—the pain and hatred that breed in love may not be possible, but the disgust that grows in my blood and family can do it. ”

Her father, grandfather, and many people around her were privateer captains and crews, and on the sea, privateers were pirate ships, and as the ancestors of pirates, the British and the French had always been mortal enemies, and if 'Jack' was just a retired soldier of the new model army, just a farmer, Eva would not have decided to that extent, but because he shouted out his identity, it was impossible for his children to continue to live.

"But that's your child too. The Grand County Lord couldn't help but ask.

"Because it's my child, Your Highness, and it's my mother's property," Eva said coldly, knowing that it was possible for the Grand Princesse to enter into a marriage contract with the King of the Spaniards, and as a Dunkirk, she also disapproved of it, but there were so many things involved, she wasn't a smart person, but she wasn't stupid either, and knew that these things weren't within her reach," and," she couldn't help but say. If I had left the child, I would never have let him know about his origins, that he had the slightest connection with his father, and that the child should belong to the mother, because he was detached from our bodies. She was close to the Grand Lord, and Eva felt that she could say a little more to this noble girl who had always cared for and loved her: "Any man can be the father of a child, but their mother will always be us." ”

After saying this, she closed her eyes and took a deep breath, she could feel the big lord's hand clenched, "But here, I still ask the Virgin Mary to bless us, Your Highness, and hope that we can still retain the right to make a choice." ”

"May the Virgin Mary bless us. The Grand Princesse said.

"If," Eva said suddenly, almost to the point of rudeness, and leaned into the Grand Lord's ear, "if things do turn out that we don't want to see, Your Highness, I am willing to leave France with you." ”

The Grand Lord's eyes widened.

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The princess thanked Eva for comforting her, and even felt that if she really wanted to marry Spain, to a country that was hostile to France, she might really take Eva, Eva was a warrior, and other noblewomen might not know, but she knew.

What she didn't tell Eva was that she wasn't so afraid, really, a few years ago she had heard that she was going to be married to Carlos II, a crippled, dying fool who wept and trembled like a sacrifice to the altar, and couldn't think of what she would have done, if it weren't for her father and uncle who found out about it and let her take a lesson with Princess Celestia - more like a lesson to inject the poison of politicians into the pure bud - as a matter of fact, if the "teachers" who taught them They will probably be ecstatic to have the opportunity to marry into another royal family, because the queen, the crown princess may be the closest outsider to the peak of power, and if they are replaced by someone else, unless they meet a tolerant king like Louis XIV, but their faith, origin and connections are enough for them to run well for more than ten years......

Just like an ignorant young child who only cries and runs away when he encounters a wolf, a strong hunter will be overjoyed when he sees a wolf, and the current lord is not afraid of the mission he will face in the future - she may be married to Carlos II, Carlos II's ugliness and deformity are still there, not gone, but for her now, it is no longer an important matter.

She even heard Eva's point, a brave and, of course, vicious lady who was willing to go to Spain as her maid-in-waiting, apparently with the heart of being Gideth's maid (note 1), and she even hinted to the Grand Princess, if things really reached the point of no return, that the Grand Princess, the wife of King Edward I of England (note 2), could commit murder.

Thinking of this, the big county lord was shocked and wanted to laugh, if she really wanted to marry to Spain, maybe Eva would be the best choice compared to these noble ladies around her who were impeccable in manners and conversation.

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There is an update in this chapter today, and it should be noted that the addition is in this chapter, and the time for adding a change is about 8 to 9 o'clock in the evening.

Because there have been relatives coming in the past two days.,To entertain.,So the update time is a little unstable.,I'm sorry.,But I promised that there were twenty-five chapters added this month.,There must be twenty-five chapters added more.,The fish will never release the pigeon!

Note 1;

Judis, a Jewish noblewoman, bravely infiltrated the enemy camp when the Assyrian army surrounded the Jewish city of Baituria, lured the Assyrian general Holophanes, drunk him and beheaded him, and finally freed her city and its people. In the painter's brush, the maid around Giudis often occupies a very important position, and is Judith's indispensable helper, with the same supreme courage and perseverance as Gidic.

In the Easter Egg Chapter, I posted an oil painting with the theme of Judis, you can take a look if you are interested, this is my favorite oil painting.

Note 2: The she-wolf of France, Princess Isabella, the wife of King Edward I of England, because Edward I was a bit of a kiki and even indulged his concubine to tease and hurt him and Isabella's son, Isabella and her lover (yes, she also did) forced the palace to seize power, and a few months later, Edward I was killed in captivity - well, one thing has to be said, in folklore, this king who loves blue faces and not red faces and rivers is ...... The red-hot iron chisel pierced to death, which the author had described before the piercing, and it is said that the nearby residents heard the terrible wail......