in2ebook Chapter 481 Can he still have children?
Chapter 481 Can he still have children?
After the rain, the road was rutted with deep pits. Even for the most luxurious carriage, it was very dangerous to travel on such a road, and the carriage was shaken violently.
But what is even more uncomfortable than this bumpy journey is that after leaving the east gate of Highgarden, there are many people scattered on both sides of the road, or on the high ridges of the fields farther away. They all seem to be villagers from the farms outside the city. Because a large number of God's favored ones are leaving the city today, for devout believers, this is a precious opportunity to come into contact with these God's messengers. Therefore, many people spontaneously gathered on both sides of the road, waiting to see the heroic figures of the God's favored ones, and maybe even receive the blessing of light.
But when they saw the black carriage in the front, those people's faces became cloudy and numb, and their eyes stared straight at the half-white face exposed in the window, and hatred flowed silently between those eyes.
The atmosphere was eerie and silent. The team traveling on the road seemed to be surrounded by moving scarecrows. Leila, who was riding a horse outside the carriage, tightened the reins with one hand to calm the restless horse, and in the other hand she couldn't help but clench the sword placed in front of her.
"Your Highness, stop looking. The wind outside is a little chilly. Please take care of yourself." Margaret, who was sitting opposite the princess in the car window, couldn't stand it after just a few glances outside. She gently comforted Catherine, who seemed unaware.
But Her Highness Catherine was in a rare happy mood in these days. When she met a gloomy farmer again, she even smiled. When she saw the other party's eyes become hateful and fearful, she hurriedly shrank back into the crowd, and then she obediently closed the car window to block out the hateful sight outside.
Margaret knew why the princess was so happy. Yes, despite the church's unwillingness to cooperate, His Highness had still assembled the team that was going to Ozler. Today they were leaving from the east gate of High Court and were about to set out for Ozler. His Highness was giving them a farewell party.
Her Highness Catherine should be happy, and she was also happy for her Highness, but when she thought about what would happen next, Margaret became worried.
"Your Highness, are you sure you want to do that?" The carriage passed a puddle and the two people in the carriage were shaken by the bumps. Margaret spoke after she sat firmly.
"Yeah." Since she couldn't look out the window to relieve herself, Catherine simply closed her eyes and rested.
"But you..." As the princess's counselor, Margaret felt a little reluctant when she thought of Catherine's possible situation. "You used the people's resentment to incite riots. No matter what the result is, they will always remember this hatred towards you. Maybe the opposition will always use this to attack you in the future. It is obvious that you did not collect the Eastern Expedition Tax at all."
"But I am extremely grateful to them for giving me this opportunity. Otherwise, I would have racked my brains to figure out how to lead the troops near the temple out of the city." Catherine closed her eyes and said calmly, "There is still a month and a half left. We really don't have time, Margaret."
Catherine was originally worrying about how to find the only chance, and her dear uncle the king was playing this kind of dirty trick behind her back again. When she heard Margaret's report, she almost laughed out loud. It was like someone gave her a pillow when she was dozing off.
Margaret clenched the silk handkerchief in her hand, "They are creating a stain on you."
"I understand." Catherine finally opened her eyes, but continued to explain the arrangements, "Let our people stay on the periphery and try not to let ordinary farmers get hurt. I will need them later."
Seeing that the princess was unmoved and determined to move forward with her plan, Margaret sighed silently and then reminded her of something else, "Your Highness, His Majesty the King has been attacking you frequently these days. I didn't understand it before, but since I found out about him, he..."
Catherine turned her gaze over, somewhat puzzled by her hesitation.
Margaret was several years older than Catherine and Lilith, and had been in the fame and fortune world of High Court for many years, so she had some different ideas. "I don't think he is just creating trouble for you, Your Highness. Once your reputation among the people is too low, someone might advise you to depose the Crown Prince."
Katherine raised an eyebrow.
Seeing that Catherine still didn't understand, Margaret had to be more straightforward, "Reproduction is the instinct of human beings, Your Highness. Before, His Majesty the King was in poor health, and it was difficult for him to even stay alive. But now that his health has improved, he may have thought about giving birth to his own heir."
"He can still give birth?!" This touched upon Catherine's blind spot. She looked at Margaret with her eyes wide open, and then couldn't help shaking her head, "Aunt Tservini can't possibly have a child with him."
"Men and women are different, Your Highness." Margaret was amused by Catherine's rare ignorance. "You should know the Campbell family, right? The old earl's only son died in a knight duel a few years ago, and last year he secretly had a child with his mistress. He is almost sixty years old, and the grandchildren of people of the same age are much older than his children. Many people are very persistent in preserving their bloodline."
"...but illegitimate children cannot inherit the title." Catherine frowned. She certainly remembered the Campbell family. The young man named Robin was beheaded by one of the twins in front of her.
"Of course." Margaret spread her hands. "But there is room for maneuver. He can find a poor collateral bloodline and have their daughter get engaged to his illegitimate son in exchange for the inheritance of the title. In this way, his illegitimate son can also get everything legitimately. This is not uncommon among the nobles."
Margaret looked at her princess and said earnestly, "As for His Majesty, I think he will come up with more ideas."
This was indeed a unique new perspective for Catherine. She had never thought about this issue before. No wonder she seemed to feel that in the past year or two, King George's hostility towards her had become more and more obvious, no longer hidden under the disguise of kindness as before. It turned out that his health had improved and his mind had become more active.
But - Catherine narrowed her eyes. She had never thought of giving up the throne to anyone else.
"Thank you for your reminder, Margaret." As she helped Leila get out of the car, Catherine thanked the attentive intelligence officer again, "But I don't plan to give him time. Everyone is busy, right?"
Margaret nodded nervously behind her.
The farewell process was still so cumbersome and boring. Under the gaze of the people, Catherine addressed the troops on behalf of His Majesty the King. After listening to these people swearing an oath to God, she finally sent them out of sight, wishing she could turn around in a circle to celebrate.
Next, they can focus on Lilith's matter. Catherine rubbed her brows on the way back in the carriage and felt more nervous than before.
"Those people seem to have gone back." She couldn't help but look out the window nervously.
When they were leaving the city, the team was so large and there were so many people watching on the roadside that a lot of time was wasted just maintaining order. But when Catherine returned, the roadsides were empty and there were not many people watching.
"Yes." Margaret nodded in agreement.
But when they returned to the city and saw that all the pedestrians were rushing to one place, they understood why there was no one on the road.
"…Who? Is she crazy? She demands a public trial in the King's Court…"
"Hush! They are from a royal family, with the support of His Majesty the King. They are also nobles. It is reasonable for them to ask for a trial in the King's Court, right?"
Leila was riding on her horse when she heard the conversation between the passers-by. She suddenly tightened the reins and turned to look behind her. She saw that Her Highness Catherine had already jumped off the carriage. The ground was full of flyers that they had not seen when they left, almost covering the floor tiles. Catherine picked up one, regardless of the dirt on it.
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