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Leaving Raschel, Huey walked towards Bakler, the patriarch of the House of Dardanelle, who was now also chatting and laughing with a group of distinguished guests.

He noticed Huey's arrival, apologized to everyone, and quickly pulled out of the crowd.

"Is something wrong?" Buckler asked.

"Padgett is dead. Xiu Yi sighed, "He is also my teacher, but he was killed by the people of the Arcane Tower. ”

He gave a general account of what had happened, and Buckler was a little unimpressed: "If Raschel was willing to tell you all this, and did not correct you on the spot, it was not too bad. ”

"Nope. Huey immediately shook his head: "I can feel that Raschel is hiding something from me. Raschel and I are not friends, nor enemies, but rivals. Do you know what it means to be an opponent? It is the existence that does not need personal feelings, only wants to defeat you, purely for the sake of victory. If an opponent like this is sincere to you, then there must be a greater deception behind it. I don't know what Raschel was hiding, but he had something he didn't say, that's for sure. Paggett is dead, but how did he die, and how did Raschel do all this? We don't know. I think there's a secret here, and we have to find out. ”

Buckler looked around: "Why don't you ask Prince Richard, he should know more about the news." ”

Xiu Yi immediately shook his head: "If Richard knew about this, then he should have told me at the lunchtime." But he didn't, which means that he probably didn't know, or maybe he didn't intend to tell me at all, so it was useless to look for him. ”

He thought for a moment and then said, "While there is still time, we must find a way to find out about this matter at once, and I want to know all the things about Padget's death, how he died, when he died, and who died in whose hands." ”

"How? Unless you're looking for help from someone in the palace, are you going to go to the princess for this? But I'm afraid it's not a good time to get close to the princess. ”

Xiui pondered for a moment: "I know who can help us. ”

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Winrington Palace.

Bamela combing Avril's hair.

Since the Royal Garden incident, Baron Harden no longer served the Marquis of Barriman, but was directly asked by Avril to be a royal etiquette teacher.

Sometimes things are so wonderful, some people try their whole lives to climb the high branches may not be successful, and some people get a position that everyone is jealous of.

Although the royal etiquette teacher has little power, he is one of the few people who can get close to the royal family, and he is extremely close.

Baron Harden is old-fashioned and not very flexible, but his luck is not ordinarily good. He didn't even know that death had passed him by more than once in his head, and he was still living in a daily smug and thankful - he was a devout member of the Holy Spirit.

He believed that it was all a gift from the gods.

Indeed, sitting back at home, happiness falls from the sky, excluding those invisible threats, Baron Harden is indeed qualified to think so. The only wife who knows the inside story is very smart and chooses to be silent.

Baron Harden's job was originally mainly responsible for teaching the lady-in-waiting who was chosen by Avril royal etiquette, so that she behaved more like a princess. For Avril, the existence of a stand-in is necessary if the marriage contract is not dissolved for a day, and as for whether she can play a role, it is not a matter for her to consider. When people are drowning, they have to grab a handful of leaves from the river.

However, with the entry of Baron Harden into the palace, people soon realized that he knew all kinds of traditional and ancient royal etiquette well, and he could casually talk about hundreds of ways to eat, and tell the history of the etiquette of various dynasties for thousands of years, which is simply a living dictionary of etiquette.

He quickly gained reuse.

Since the royal etiquette teacher is a zero-distance contact with the royal family, Baron Harden's family has moved to live in the palace.

In her free time, the little princess would go and call the baron's wife over to talk to her, mainly about the days when Huy Glaire was a child.

"Hue was very quiet most of the time, like a girl, she blushed when she spoke, her voice was low, she never argued with anyone, and once Julia bullied him, and he hid in the corner by himself and cried, and then I coaxed him, when he was nine years old, and he was really cute. Bamela brushed Avril's hair as she reminisced about the past.

"It's hard for me to imagine Hue crying nose, it must be funny. Avril said softly: "He is such a smart person, he has his own ideas about everything, only he has the right to make others cry, how can others make him cry." ”

When she said this, her eyes were red.

Bamela was a little unbearable: "Actually, when I was a child, Xiu Yi often did stupid things. I remember that at that time, there was a plum tree in my garden, and Shue used to mark the plum tree with a knife, because he wanted to grow taller quickly. But one day he suddenly realized that he was shorter than the mark, which frightened him. He started crying, and when he was done, I became shorter, and I couldn't grow taller anymore. ”

Avril burst out laughing, "Oh my God, this is so interesting. ”

"It was very interesting, and then I told him that he didn't get shorter, but that the tree would grow taller, and it took him a long time to understand this, and he began to run to the wall again to make a mark......

"It doesn't sound like the one I know. Avril muttered softly.

"When you grow up, you change. Bamela sighed.

She put down the comb in her hand and said to Avril in the mirror, "Well, look how beautiful our little princess is." Today you must be the most beautiful girl in the whole theater. ”

"But I don't care, what matters is whether the person I want to see can see it. Avril replied sourly.

She didn't know if Xiu Yi would appear at the Grand Theater today, in fact, if he did, it would often mean disaster and trouble. This made her feel conflicted.

At this moment, a maid from outside hurriedly came in: "Your Royal Highness, someone wants to see Lady Bamela." ”

"Who?" Avril was surprised.

"It's said that it's a servant in the Harden family, and there are some things in his hometown that need to be reported. ”

"Where are the people?"

"Outside the palace. ”

"Well, take him into the reception room, and tell him that his wife will come soon. ”

"Yes. ”

The maid withdrew, and the princess turned to Bamela and said, "There is a man from your hometown, go and meet him." I remember that I would change into nice clothes and go to the Grand Theater with me, and the time was about right. ”

"Yes, Your Highness Princess. Bamela stooped down.

When she exited the princess's bedchamber, Bamela was puzzled. She knew very well that no one could come to her hometown to visit them. For when they left Southwil, they dismissed almost all their servants. The baron's estate was leased to a wealthy local gentry, who would give them an annual income. At that time, Harden's family was actually exhausted.

Who could be pretending to be her servant to find her? A name suddenly popped into Bamela's mind, and her heart skipped a slight beat, and her steps quickened.

Bamela hurried to the living room, a strange-looking and rustic man was looking around stupidly, and after seeing Bamela, the man asked tentatively, "Mrs. Harden." ”

"Yes it's me, who are you. ”

The man did not answer, but took out a crystal ball from his bosom: "Your friend asked me to send you a gift." ”

On the communication crystal, Huey's face appeared: "Mrs. Harden." ”

"I knew it was you, why did you come to me?"

"Padgett is dead, you know what?"

"Pagett?" Bamela exhaled softly, "How can this be? ”

"I need you to test the princess's tone for me to see if she knows about it. ”

Bamela was a little nervous, but she still nodded: "The princess should not know about this matter, because I was with her just now, and from the tone of her voice, it doesn't look like she knows that the commander of her guards is dead." ”

"Then we need to go deeper. I need to know how it happened, when, where, and who was involved. Can you help me?"

"Well, I'll do my best. ”

"I'll leave this crystal ball for you, and the people I sent will teach you how to use it. Mrs. Harden, I'm sorry to trouble you to do this, and trust me to hurt any of you, but I don't have much time, and I hope this gets on as quickly as possible. ”

"I understand, Huey, but call me Bamela next time. ”

“...... Yes, Bamela. ”

Communication was cut off, and Bamela hurried out of the parlor. She had never experienced anything like this in her life. What was especially bad was not what she was going to do, but that she didn't know what she was looking for.

What should I do? Bamela couldn't think of a way for a while, and she was a little anxious.

Since marrying Baron Harden, Bamela has taken care of the children every day, and the only thing she is good at is probably the various aristocratic rules that her husband taught her.

Etiquette? Yes, etiquette!

Something suddenly occurred to Bamela.

She quickened her pace.

The people in the palace had been preparing for the princess's trip for a long time, and Baron Harden was the main head of travel etiquette.

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The more backward the era, the more rules of etiquette there are.

Before the establishment of the Reims Empire, the 6 most powerful countries in Peking University were the Bauhinia Dynasty.

In the past, the Bauhinia Dynasty, during the period of centralized monarchy, had strict requirements for etiquette to an extreme level. In the history of the Bauhinia Dynasty, there was even such an incident: one morning, Empress Katrina found that the quilt on her big bed was covered with dust, and under the queen's questioning, the matter was gradually passed on to the palace attendants, who passed the responsibility to a thousand or two, saying that cleaning the dust was not within their scope of duty. The people went to the foreman of the chamberlain, who was in charge of the drapery and the tapestry, and the latter, after hearing about the accident, made it clear that it was none of his business. After two days of inquiry, it was discovered that when His Majesty was not sleeping with the Queen, the Queen's large bed was to be treated as furniture, and therefore should be the responsibility of the attendants in charge of the furniture.

There is also one thing, which is to be born in the body of another queen. Queen Edna once ate a roast beef and thought it tasted good. She was eager to ask for more, so she glanced at the attendants who were waiting for her, and then ticked her finger at one of them, and ordered him to come to her side. Then he said to him, "This is roast beef, right?" and the waiter replied, "Yes." Then the queen was embarrassed to say that I liked to eat, and the conversation ended completely.

In fact, after this, Empress Edna was punished. Because she made two mistakes. One: She talks casually while eating, which affects her image. Two: She shouldn't have hooked her fingers at her courtiers, which is also very rude.

However, things like this gradually disappeared with the founding of the Reims Empire. The main reason for this lies in the tone that the Rose Monarch once set when he founded the country: core, efficient.

Cumbersome etiquette makes people respect and alienate the royal family, but the worst thing is that it becomes extremely inefficient. Therefore, starting with the Rose Monarchy, the royal family did not attach as much importance to ceremonial traditions as the next.

The royal family may not be efficient because of this, but it is true that many people do not follow the rules because of it.

There is never a shortage of old people who support tradition, and there are always some people who lament that young people nowadays are less and less ignorant of what the rules are, and Baron Harden is the most typical example - he eats by etiquette. This rigid gentleman is full of rules of etiquette, and in his opinion, there is no majesty in the palace without rules. Many people appreciated his point of view, and most of them were some of the more powerful old men in the palace, and they promoted him for this reason, but unfortunately the baron did not change anything because of this.

At this moment he was giving orders to the herald in the palace: "When Your Majesty's carriage passes, the Princess's chariot must wait twelve meters away from His Majesty's chariot, not too close, not too far. When entering the Coliseum, the Lord of the Rings must open the door outside, and only after the Princess's car has passed. All ladies today only need to use curtsy for royalty, but be sure to pay attention to the depth of the knee bend. ”

The herald was a little alarmed: "Lord Harden, you can't ask all the nobles to do what you tell them to do. ”

Baron Harden immediately became distressed: "Alas, people nowadays are more and more ignorant of what the rules are. ”

It was at that time that Bamela came over.

She first bowed to her husband from a distance, and then came to stand a meter away from her husband's side, her eyes resting on her husband's eyebrows, which was a perfect etiquette to see her husband.

"Honey, you seem to be missing something. ”

"What?" Baron Harden asked his wife.

"Flag bearer, shouldn't the commander of the guard be in charge?" asked Bamela, with wide eyes.

"Oh, you mean the Kurza ritual, the traditional travel ritual? It's so old. ”

"But it's really good, and it might make you get a higher weight. ”

"That's right. Baron Harden rubbed his hands, and he instructed the herald, "Go and call the chief of the guard, I need him here." When it comes to image, he's qualified. ”

"This ......" The herald had a headache: "Lord Pagett is no longer the chief of the guard, in fact, we don't have a chief guard now, it is the deputy chief of the guard who takes care of everything." ”

"Why?" said the baron.

"That's not something I should know, maybe you can ask Her Highness the Princess. ”

"I'll go. ”

Bamela stopped her husband: "It should be the lady who asks the princess." ”

"Excuse me, Bamela. The baron shook his wife's hand with infinite gratitude.

When Avril heard that Bamela had asked for her chief guard at the behest of her husband, she looked at Balmela with some surprise. After thinking for a while, he replied: "Padgett is no longer my chief of guard, he made a mistake and was locked up by me, I'm afraid it will be impossible to perform that Kur rite, so let's give up." ”

"He's in custody?" Bamela covered her mouth.

It seems that things are not simple, Avril does not know that Padgett is dead, and Huey obviously does not know that Padgett was a prisoner before he died. She didn't understand what that meant, but she knew she probably had to find a way to tell the princess about Padget's death at once, and then tell Hue about it.

It's easy to inform Huey, but how do you let the princess know that Padgett is dead?

Bamela racked her brains desperately, God knows that this woman had never had such an experience of intrigue and secret calculations before.

At that moment, her mind suddenly flashed: "Is it for Xiuyi?"

Avril sighed and nodded, "Do you know what Padgett did behind my back? Cross now has evidence of Chaklei's collaboratorship in his hands, and I have a legitimate reason to arrest him. Interestingly, I can't hold Huey for capturing him, but for protecting Huey's allies. Lo and behold, motives and excuses are often contradictory. In fact, I just hope he doesn't bother with Hue again. ”

I'm afraid he won't be able to find trouble anymore, Bamela sighed, "I remember you once told me that Pagett was Huy Glare's vindictive teacher. Maybe Xiu Yi doesn't want you to do this to him?"

"You think Huey doesn't like me treating Padgett like this?" Avril was a little surprised.

"It's just a personal opinion, and Huey has always had a lot of respect for his elders, especially those who used to be nice to him. I think with Hue Igler's recent performance, if he wanted to deal with Padget, maybe he would have done it a long time ago, right? Maybe he still has some kindness to Lord Padgett in his heart?"

Avril paced back and forth, and after thinking for a while, she finally nodded: "Then let him go, I won't do anything that Xiui doesn't like." However, he can't be my chief guard anymore, so Kurli should give up. ”

"I'll do this, time is running out, Her Royal Highness the princess is about to leave. Bamela said.

"You?" Avril was a little surprised, thinking for a moment and nodding her head, "That's fine, he's locked up in a secret prison in the Royal Garden." You release him and come with him. ”

"Yes, Your Highness Princess. ”