The old man laughed at Jenkins' naivety, and the book was safely placed in the gap between her and the sofa. Seeing what Jenkins wanted to say, he said:
"No hurry, you can discuss this matter with your friends, even with Jessica. As long as you think it is appropriate, you can always come to me and give me your answer. Of course, if you really want Sitting on the throne myself, fighting with me to make a mess in the country, and then taking over the Middleton family's inheritance in a fair and honest manner, I have no objection."
"I… "
bang bang bang~
An unexpected knock on the door interrupted the two of them. Jenkins closed his mouth and looked down at his cat. Queen Isabella picked up the book again, and then heard the maid outside the door say:
"Your Majesty, Miss Windsor wants to see you, and she brought her friends with her."
Judging from the voice, it was the maid who left after pouring tea for the two of them just now.
"How did Jessica get in here?"
The old man muttered, and then let the people outside the door come in. Then Jenkins and Isabella understood why Miss Windsor was able to get permission from the church to enter under such circumstances, because the friend following her turned out to be Jenkins' distant cousin Sigrid.
The two women did not expect Jenkins to be there, and their presence seemed to interrupt their conversation.
Jenkins picked up the chocolate and stood up, greeting the two ladies. They all nodded at Jenkins cautiously, and did not show too much intimacy with Jenkins in front of Queen Isabella.
"Come and sit."
Queen Isabella seemed to have no intention of continuing to talk about that topic with Jenkins. She asked Miss Windsor and Sigrid to sit down. In a group of sofas here, the old man sat on the long sand in the middle, and there were two seats on the right. personal.
Miss Windsor hesitated and looked at Jenkins. Sigrid had no intention of sitting next to her at all, after all, Jenkins' distant cousin already knew about the unsuccessful plan.
Seeing that no one had moved, the atmosphere in the study was a little awkward. Jenkins coughed and left the single sofa, and then said to the maid outside the door:
"Get someone to bring two chairs, softer ones."
While Jenkins is not the master here, his words are equally valid. Soon, two male servants came in from the door carrying red upholstered armchairs, put down the chairs as Jenkins requested, and then closed the door and left.
So Jenkins sat in the middle chair, Miss Windsor sat on the small sofa to his left, and Sigrid sat in the chair to his right.
"So, what do you want me to do?"
It wasn't until then that the old man continued to ask, and she continued to hold the book, but this time she wasn't really reading it, it was just a decoration in her hand.
Sigrid didn't speak, her expression was a little sad. Miss Windsor sighed and looked at Jenkins, as if this would give her the courage to speak. It turned out that Jenkins was also looking at her, so for some reason, he boldly said some rude words that had been prepared:
"I told Sigrid everything about yesterday. She wanted to come to see you, so I brought her here. Actually, I shouldn't comment on this, but this time... this time it was too much. It's too much, Your Majesty, what you did is wrong."
Queen Isabella looked at her but didn't speak, and then looked at Sigrid Capet. The girl with a sad expression said:
"I think this is probably the last time I will see you, I thought I really found my loved one..."
Jenkins suddenly took her hand, showing that the Williamette family is her real relatives. Encouraged by his actions, Sigrid bravely raised her head and looked at the old man in front of her:
"Sorry, I don't think I care whether I am related to the royal family. In fact, this reputation is a burden to me. If you want to murder me, someone will seek justice for me, but from now on , please don’t invite me to participate in any public activities, and please don’t treat me as your younger relative in public.”
She didn't say not to think of her as a Middleton, she still sees the Williams as kin after all, so not everything draws a line.
"Okay, I know."
The queen said, lowering her eyelids to look at the book in her hand, but she was obviously absent-minded. Although she wouldn't bring the book down, Jenkins noticed that she hadn't opened a new page for a long time.
"As an apology, I will put in my will..."
"Sorry, I don't want anything."
Sigrid said that this sentence greatly admired Jenkins. If it was him, he would definitely want it, and it would be good to donate all of it to fund the orphanage later.
"If you don't want it, then leave it to Jessica, I think..."
"Sorry Your Majesty, I don't want anything from you either."
Miss Windsor's eye circles were already a little red. I don't know if it was because of the other party's attitude or because she mentioned her own death.
The old man didn't continue to talk about leaving her property to Jenkins. She sighed, put the book that she couldn't read on the table, and after looking at the three of them, she asked:
"Jenkins, how are your talks with the Royal Army going?"
Another unexpected question, but one that Jenkins really can't answer. He has no time to pay attention to such trivial matters recently, which has always been dealt with by Miss Windsor.
"As long as you have patience, those stubborn old men in the army are easy to persuade, but those young and energetic officers will not be inclined to you because of their blood. What they care about is honor, money and power. Today's young people, It is much more realistic than when I was young. At that time, as long as I shouted 'for the motherland' and 'for justice' a few times, I could always attract a few stunned youths."
There seemed to be a sarcasm in the sentence that Jenkins didn't understand, but unfortunately Jenkins couldn't hear it. Of course, the above words should not have been told to them by Queen Isabella, after all, the two sides can be regarded as being on opposite sides.
"Jenkins, you can't let Jessica do everything, otherwise, is it your king or her? I heard that after she swore to help you, apart from meeting important people , basically don’t get involved in anything, not even as much as the princess of the Stuart family, that’s not acceptable.”
"What Jenkins wants to become is a king, not a bureaucrat who does it himself. It is normal for him to arrange people he trusts to handle those tedious things."
Miss Windsor said immediately.
"You really think so?"
asked the old man.
"Yes."
Miss Windsor raised her neck and said proudly, she had to admit that her neck was really beautiful.