As soon as Gu Xiao's eyes flickered, the whole person came from the royal palace of the Kingdom of York to Joseph's palace.

With those two talismans in his hand, the climax of the first act, the wedding of Shirley alone with flowers, seems to be just yesterday.

But Gu Xiao has been keenly aware that a long time has passed in the story of "Snow White", which can be found from Princess Shirley's appearance.

At this time, Shirley was no longer the princess of the Duchy of York who had just been married, her fair cheeks were dyed with a faint yellow, and there were a little crow's feet at the corners of her eyes.

Her face was not as immature as it had been, and her skin was wrinkled, like a pot of flowers that had not experienced rain and dew for a long time, and was about to die.

Gu Xiao's eyes flashed with curiosity, but he understood that this was not the best time to ask questions.

He pulled one of the guards past him, interrupting the chatter with the slave girl, and asked about the time in turn.

"Guard, let me ask you, how long has it been since the wedding of the queen and the king?"

The guard officer was pulled by the sleeve, and at first he was full of shame and nervousness, thinking that he had slipped away to chat with the slave girl while on duty, and was discovered by others.

But when the guard turned his head and saw Gu Xiao's face, his nervous expression was swept away, although he still maintained the superficial respect, Gu Xiao could feel the disdain hidden under the respect.

I only heard the guard say in a weird way: "Wedding? What's the wedding? It's just a commoner woman, who wants to climb up to our majesty the king. Nor do you look in a mirror to see if your master is worthy to be called a queen! ”

Gu Xiao's eyebrows furrowed, feeling that the development of things had exceeded his expectations.

In his prediction, even if Shirley severed the father-daughter relationship with the king of the Duchy of York, she would still be a 'former princess', and Shirley's father and mother would not just look at her in times of crisis.

Joseph is bound to look down on Shirley, even if he does not follow Joseph's plan and use Shirley as a pedal to pry off a benefit from the Duchy of York, he will not treat Shirley lightly.

At the moment, it seems that Shirley has lost power in Joseph's palace for a long time, and even an unruly guard dares to be yin and yang in front of her guards.

Out of prudence, Gu Xiao did not choose to attack at this time, but glanced deeply at the guard and turned to leave.

He quietly left the palace and, with an old gardener, found out part of the truth.

"You mean Queen Shirley? Oh, my fault, I shouldn't have called His Highness by the king. ”

"But that His Highness once took care of me and saved me old Charlie once, so I still habitually call that Highness by the king."

"It's been since the wedding, let me count, 1, 2, 3...... Nine years have passed. The little princess Shirley at the beginning has now become a qualified wife. The girl who was held in Queen Shirley's arms at the beginning is now more and more delicate. ”

"The little princess who was raised by Queen Shirley, because she has skin like snow and looks very similar to Queen Shirley when she was young, so we are all willing to call her Snow White, which means a girl with skin like snow."

"In two years, it's Snow White's coming-of-age ceremony, time flies by so fast, and in the blink of an eye, another princess will be introduced by the queen and move towards a social ball. This was how Queen Shirley was introduced to the balls by her mother, and later met His Majesty Joseph. ”

Gu Xiao nodded, indicating that he had understood. But the doubts in my heart have not been answered.

From the old gardener's mouth, Gu Xiao only saw Shirley's truth, kindness and beauty. But if it wasn't for Shirley doing something that made her fall out of favor, how could she have fallen so far?

……

At night, Gu Xiao followed Shirley back to the palace together, like a shadow behind Shirley.

Pushing open the creaking and aging door, Shirley stepped into the room, skilfully completing the process of filling the charcoal, lighting the fireplace, and lighting a candlestick.

Her movements were so skillful that Gu Xiao thought that she had recognized the wrong person.

Filling charcoal and lighting a fireplace should be the skills that any maid must learn and be proficient in, but not a queen.

Turning around and looking at Gu Xiao's surprised expression, Shirley showed a helpless wry smile on her face.

"I thought you should have gotten used to it, Secretary Hamlet. The first step for a commoner queen is to learn to take care of herself, isn't that what you taught me in the first place? ”

Hamlet, what a strange name.

Gu Xiao couldn't help but think of the little princess with a happy smile on her face, jumping up and calling him 'Brother Hamlet'.

As if it was a body memory, Gu Xiao's body moved on its own. Entering the dormitory, he placed the hunting bow and longsword that he always straddled behind him on the worn weapon rack, took off his cloak and put it on the back of the chair, and then sat on the sofa in front of the fireplace, and his body automatically assumed a comfortable position.

This set of actions was smooth, as if Gu Xiao had repeated it countless times in the past.

Gu Xiao knew in his heart that it was not 'himself' who had repeated this set of actions countless times, but his character card 'Hamlet' had repeated this set of actions countless times. Presumably, for most of the past nine years, Shirley, without Joseph's company, would have kept Hamlet here.

The two have a dinner, and Hamlet continues to insist that he not be served, but instead sits cross-legged in the corner in front of the fireplace to eat. For Hamlet, the little space in front of the fireplace is all he can do in this dormitory.

A helpless wry smile appeared on Shirley's face again.

"Hamlet, I have told you how many times that it is impossible for the king to come to me again, and it doesn't matter if you eat at the same table as me. But you do it every time. ”

Gu Xiao could feel that the character card he used, Hamlet, was a knight who really demanded his knightly virtues. He would keep a proper distance from the married woman, and even if he had to enter her dormitory because he needed to protect her, he would not get too close to her.

But this has nothing to do with Gu Xiao, and Gu Xiao is not Hamlet. Hamlet is just a character from the past who has disappeared into history, and now he is just a character card.