That's it, one at the dining table and one at the fireplace.

One speaks, the other listens.

Shirley is a good talker, and she will tell all the interesting things that happened today in a very calm tone.

Gu Xiao is a good listener, he never bother, he just stares at the dancing fire in front of him, and listens quietly.

"Snow is getting more and more beautiful, and everyone praises her skin as white as snow. When I saw her, I seemed to be able to find the shadow of the little baby girl in her, the little baby girl babbling in the cradle. ”

"I have personally experienced the whole process of taking care of her, watching her grow from a little baby girl who can't speak to a slim little princess."

In Shirley's mouth, Gu Xiao heard a lot, talking about Snow White, talking about the ball, talking about the garden, but she didn't mention that name - Joseph, the man she loved twelve years ago.

When she mentions white snow, she will unconsciously show a happy smile on her face, as if the radiance of motherhood is swirling around her.

This couldn't help but make Gu Xiao a little puzzled, how could a person who loved children so much not think of having one with Joseph?

I thought of it and asked. According to Gu Xiao's opinion on the current relationship between Shirley and Hamlet, there should be no secrets between them.

Today, for the third time, Shirley had a helpless wry smile on her face.

There was a hint of spicy ridicule in that wry smile, but I don't know if the object of ridicule is the ignorant self in the past, or some man who can't do anything.

"I'm still a virgin, how can a virgin queen give birth to an heir?"

It turned out that Shirley and Joseph were in a platonic relationship, not that Shirley didn't have that desire, but that Joseph didn't have that ability.

Joseph, who had been overindulged in his early years and had two wives and many mistresses, lost his dignity as a man at an early age.

So in the past twelve years, no, it should be said that since they met, in the past thirteen years now, the most intimate behavior of the two has been holding hands and hugging, not even kissing. Joseph, who lost his man's self-esteem prematurely, did not even develop the desire to kiss.

After saying this, the atmosphere of the whole scene suddenly stiffened.

Gu Xiao couldn't know what kind of mood Shirley was in to share such a secret with herself as Joseph's nominal queen.

But after learning all this, a doubt in Gu Xiao's heart could already be explained.

That's why Shirley seems to age very quickly, only 28 years old to grow wrinkles, the whole person is like a flower that has not been moistened for a long time.

I can only say that everyone who understands understands it.

……

In the middle of the night, Gu Xiao was woken up by the system prompt, and sleepily took over the task of the second act.

[Act 2 Mission: Help the Vicious Queen obtain the Magic Mirror]

Description: No queen is complete without the Magic Mirror! Please find the Mirror of True Knowledge for the Queen. (But please don't expect too much from the magic mirror, you can never wake up a person who is pretending to be asleep)

Quest Tip: The Magic Mirror is easy to obtain, and you can easily find it in the Legacy of the Duchy of York. The magic mirror can only help the vicious queen preserve her beauty forever, and the true magic mirror can illuminate her heart. But the question is how to get the Vicious Queen to give up self-deception, ask the questions she really wants to know the answers to, and accept the brutal outcome.

Reward: 10 points

Seeing the content of the task, Gu Xiao's whole body suddenly became sleepy.

Sure enough, it's a treasure scramble type of quest.

At first, he was curious, and his life after entering "Snow White" seemed to be too comfortable, just as a life coach, he gave a suggestion, and he easily mixed up to 10 points.

Okay, now it's hard to capture a magic mirror with 'true knowledge' in the descriptor.

Judging from the quest prompts, it seems that the difficulty of this quest is not to snatch the Magic Mirror, which seems to be easily found in the legacy of the Duchy of York. The difficulty of this task seems to lie in convincing the queen that she will accept the answer to the question.

Ah wait!

Gu Xiao suddenly noticed a specific description in the mission: the 'legacy' of the Principality of York!

It is often the dead who can own the inheritance, and if that is said, the Duchy of York is shattered!

This clue, like a key, instantly solved many doubts in Gu Xiao's heart.

No wonder Joseph dared to snub Shirley, no wonder Shirley began to fall out of favor.

Joseph's pursuit of Shirley is a political game, and when the political goal has been achieved, it naturally loses the meaning of continuing to be passionate about Shirley.

So when the guard and the old gardener talked about Shirley, they would mention 'unworthy to be called a queen' and 'should not be called a queen'.

Joseph most likely thinks that Shirley has lost her value, and there is no need to continue to use the position of queen to envelop Shirley.

Even if he didn't say it explicitly, it should have revealed such a meaning between the lines. Otherwise, the person who was in the position of a guard would not have had the courage to say something like 'Shirley is not worthy of being a queen'.

Gu Xiao suddenly felt that the fog in his mind had dissipated, and the synopsis of the events in front of him had become organized and clear.

So why didn't the second act of "Snow White" be chosen at another point in time, but only now, twelve years after the wedding?

At this point in time, something major must be about to happen. The impact of this incident is so far-reaching that it can even affect the plot of Snow White as an adult.

For example, after the abolition of Joseph!

……

Early in the morning of the second day, waking up from the bedroom, Gu Xiao went to Shirley's bedroom early.

Pushing open the door of the dormitory, I just saw Shirley cooking food.

Shirley didn't make a complicated breakfast, toasted bread, fragrant veal steak.

The amount of food should be the size of two people, and it seems that after all these years, Shirley has long been familiar with the days of breakfast with Hamlet.

After breakfast, Gu Xiao put down the knife and fork and asked Shirley a question.

"Your Royal Highness, do you know where the legacy of the former Duchy of York is located?"

Princess, Duchy of York, inheritance.

Three sensitive words in a row bombarded Shirley's eardrums, causing her expression to collapse instantly.

She lowered her head slightly, trying her best to keep her voice calm.

"Hamlet, didn't I tell you many times that I would call my Highness the Queen in the future. There is no more Duchy of York, and there is no Princess Shirley. ”

Gu Xiao persistently repeated the question.

"Your Royal Highness, do you know where the legacy of the former Duchy of York is located?"

Such a question made Shirley directly break the defense.

"How many times have I told you! There is no more Princess Shirley! There is no more Duchy of York! No, no, no! ”

"Father is gone! The queen mother is gone! ”

"Woooooooo Only Shirley herself is left! ”

Two lines of crystal tears rolled down Shirley's face.