Back at Den Burg Castle, Marin rested for three consecutive days and didn't get up until noon every day. This has been running around for nearly half a year, and it is really tiring. In addition to physical exhaustion, there is also mental exhaustion. Fortunately, everything was over, and Marin gave himself three days off.
For three days, apart from sleeping in the dark, Marin spent time with his family and Angela. Marin also seemed to see that the old Hoffman couple looked down on Angela. It's not that Angela is not beautiful enough, but that Angela's status is a bit low.
Generally speaking, whether it is ancient China or ancient Europe, they all pay great attention to matching families. Of course, after the rise of the imperial examination system in ancient China, this situation has changed to a certain extent. For example, some wealthy families will marry their daughters to some scholars who are able to study well and get fame. However, this is also a good match in disguise. Because some scholars with humble backgrounds, if they are strong enough in the examination room, can become high officials in the future, and they can still be in the same family as those high-ranking officials and noble families in the future.
In Europe, the situation is even more serious. Generally, the king's marriage partner is the princess of another country, and he will not choose the daughter of a prince in the country.
Of course, there are also marriages between kings and some dukes. However, those dukes are all dukes of autonomous duchies, equivalent to the kings of small countries. As for those dukes who do not have an independent territory, they are not qualified to marry the royal family. Only a few daughters (except the eldest daughter) of the former King Edward IV of England, because the Tudor dynasty replaced the York dynasty, were married to domestic dukes and earls. Because, these princesses basically belonged to the "princesses of the previous dynasty", and the glory is no longer, and no princes from other countries are willing to marry them.
Marin is now a baron of an autonomous barony. Although he is a lower-level nobleman, there is still a gap between the lower-level nobles and the lower-level nobles.
For example, although the knight class is only one level lower than the baron, the difference is huge. Because barons can be hereditary, and knights have to be canonized again every generation. If any generation of knights does not meet the requirements of the lord above, they may not be able to be canonized.
Therefore, the baron has been rich for generations, but the knight is not sure. Therefore, the baron class is not comparable to the knight class at all.
Generally speaking, an autonomous baron like Marin is quite popular. You know, baronies are generally not autonomous, but subordinate to those dukes and earls. And many children of baron families also went to serve as guards or officials in the court of the duke or earl to assist the duke or earl. According to the usual practice, the heirs of these barons will often become the subordinate officials of those dukes or earls. And those baron sons who have no right to inherit start as bodyguards, and if they are capable, they will be granted official positions, and if they are not capable, they will continue to be bodyguards. But generally, these baron sons who work as bodyguards can often get the title of a formal knight after a long time, but they don't have a fief, unless they are very good bodyguards and get to the captain level.
The baron's daughter is generally married to the baron or the baron's heir. Of course, there were also daughters of barons who married sons of dukes or earls who had no inheritance rights. Generally speaking, this is because the baron's daughter is too beautiful, or the baron is very capable and has become an important minister of the duchy or earl. Moreover, the non-inherited sons of dukes and earls, because they have no inheritance rights, are no better than barons despite their high status. Even if they don't get fiefs, they are not as beneficial as barons with territories. Therefore, it is not too surprising to marry a baron's daughter.
However, it is not very likely that the baron wants to marry the daughter of the duke or earl. Because, the daughters of dukes and earls are generally married to great nobles or heirs of great nobility of the same status, and it is rare for the daughters of dukes or earls to marry barons. Moreover, the princess is also very sought-after.
Therefore, generally barons or baron heirs marry the daughters of barons of the same level as wives.
The old Hoffmans obviously thought the same way, so they looked down on Angela who "comes from a down-and-out knight family".
Although Angela is pretty and well-behaved, the old Hoffmans just look down on Angela because of their strong sense of family status, thinking that she is not worthy of Marin.
Marin also saw this, but he didn't say anything. After all, the old Hoffmans didn't stay here all the time, so they could do whatever they wanted. Moreover, Marin can't tell the old Hoffman couple "this is the family of the future Pope"...
Therefore, Marin planned to live a while and find a way to make the old Huffmans accept Angela. After all, when Marin gets married, the old Huffmans must be present and agree.
And Angela is not stupid, she seems to have thought of the possibility of marrying Marin. To be honest, she also lived very comfortably in Den Burg. At least, it was much better than the days of fleeing in Italy.
Moreover, Marin was also very kind to him, not only fully satisfying her materially, allowing her to eat delicious Chinese food and wear nice clothes every day, but also often telling her nice stories, which made her very happy every day. If possible, Angela hopes to live such a life every day. However, Marin went out several times to do errands, which made Angela very lonely and anxious. Because, although the maids in the castle are attentive, no one can make her happy every day like Marin. It was because of Marin's departure that Anjia suddenly realized how important Marin was to her.
As the daughter of Archbishop Rovere, who is good at conspiracy, Angela is not a stupid woman who is completely ignorant of strategies. It's just that Archbishop Rovere protected her too well before, which caused her pure temper. But after going through the terrible experience of almost falling into the hands of the enemy and being killed last time, Angela seems to have awakened some talents...
She knew that the old Hoffmans might be the future in-laws. Although, the old Hoffmans usually live in Hoffman Manor, not with Marin. However, if you want to marry Marin, you must obtain the consent of the old Huffmans.
It's not that Angela doesn't want to marry Marin, but she clearly understands that under the current circumstances, marrying Marin is probably her best choice.
As the illegitimate daughter of a bishop who was hunted down by the pope, Angela's identity is not visible right now. Without being able to prove that she is a noblewoman, it is very difficult for Angela to marry a nobleman.
For example, her younger sister, Felice, could not disclose her identity, and Felice, who was only 14 years old, had no choice but to marry the son of a vulgar country landowner because she had nowhere to live with her mother Lucrezia. , in exchange for the landlord family’s taking in their mother and daughter.
Angela is currently facing the same problem as her younger sister Felice—that is, she cannot and dare not disclose her identity, and cannot prove that she is a noble girl. Therefore, now that Angela is going to marry, it is difficult to marry a knight, let alone a baron.
Although, she looks pretty. But in this era, there are no women of noble origin, and it is too difficult to marry a nobleman. At most, a pretty commoner girl could marry a wealthy non-noble merchant. Or, you can only become a nobleman's lover and be taken care of...
For Angela now, being able to marry a baron lord like Marin is definitely lucky. Moreover, Angela really likes this big boy who treats her very well. Marin not only cared about Angela's life, but also kindly helped her forge the identity of the knight's daughter, clearing away the identity obstacles for their union.
Now, Marin and Angela, one is willing to marry, and the other is willing to marry, which is really a concubine. However, the baron is rarely willing to marry the daughter of a knight. Unless it is a bad baron, he will marry the daughter of a knight. A baron like Marin who controls such a large territory and has so much money, let alone the daughter of the baron, can also marry the daughters of some impoverished earls, as long as they are willing to pay some benefits...
Therefore, Angela is also worried that the old Hoffmans will prevent Marin from marrying her. For this reason, Angela, who had begun to awaken her strategy talent, began to try her best to curry favor with Mrs. Mary. As for the old Hoffman, not only was it difficult to deal with, but also, since men and women were different, it was inconvenient to please him. At most, he could only give him some gifts.
However, Angela is now dependent on others, spending all of Marin's money, how can she have money to buy gifts for old Hoffman? So, clever Angela, began to specialize in Lady Mary. Moreover, Mrs. Mary is also a very gentle and beautiful woman, who is easier to talk to. Unlike the old Hoffman, who kept a straight face all day long, as if others owed him a lot of gold coins, Angela was a little afraid to approach him.
As a result, Angela quickly tried her best and entered the mode of "pleasing the future mother-in-law". She circled around Mrs. Mary all day long and told Mrs. Mary the fairy tales Marin told her. Fortunately, these stories are all brought about by the memories of Marin's previous life. Otherwise, if you tell the story that Mrs. Mary told the original Marin, it will be "playing with others"...
Following Angela's strategy, Madam Mary also fell into entanglement, because although she looked down on Angela's background, she was very satisfied with Angela. So, she was entangled—whether she agrees or not to allow this girl to become her daughter-in-law