"Miss J can only act alone for half an hour, and half an hour after being called away by Queen Isabella, she returned to me because of the failure of her ability.
She told me what happened, His Majesty seemed to have seen something and asked her to stay inside the house and not go out. She objected for a while, then imprisoned herself in the room, drank the water sent by His Majesty, then pretended to be in a coma, her soul returned, and told me what happened, "
"So now in Queen Isabella's view, I don't have Jessica by my side today as a helper."
Jenkins nodded, and the girls understood what he meant.
Instructing the coachman to leave, Jenkins hugged the chocolate in his arms, looked at his home from the window, and couldn't help but sigh:
"Maybe by the time we go home, I'll be the king of this country."
He wanted to use this sentence to make everyone relax, but when he said it, he felt like he was lamenting the unlucky soldiers who went home after the war and got married, so he added:
"Even if you can't become a king, you must be able to reach a certain deal with Queen Isabella."
It was still early, but the road in front of the city hall was almost blocked by various carriages. Sensitive people smell the wind and realize that there are many people who are definitely not simple in this speech, so no one wants to miss the big event that will happen today.
In order not to let Queen Isabella know that Jessica was not actually kept by her, Jenkins drove the carriage into the backyard of the city hall, and all the talents got out of the carriage.
Next, Jessica will temporarily stay with Hathaway and Britney, and will appear again when the time is right. And Jenkins said goodbye to them, and saw Dolores and Alexia in the corridor with Julia.
Alexia's clothes are very ordinary, which fits the persona of a tutor and a personal assistant. Dolores is dressed up. She is the heir of the North Country, so she must pay attention to her clothes when she travels.
"How are you getting ready?"
asked Yani Stuart, the eldest princess who followed Dolores as she learned from her father what would happen today.
"no problem."
He nodded, and asked Dolores again:
"Where's your father? Has His Majesty Salhi II not come?"
"Father is going to be late, he's upstairs in another meeting."
Dolores pointed to the top of her head, and Jenkins looked at Alexia again, who asked the same question as Princess Yani:
"How are you getting ready?"
Inexplicably, Jenkins actually understood that she was asking about Wang Hun.
"I've already gone to see my friend in the sky, and everything is ready."
The short lady nodded too, and then it was all right. She wasn't too worried about the next thing, probably because she had confidence in Jenkins.
Dolores and Alexia had to wait to enter the arena with Salhi II, and Julia also stayed to take care of Dolores, so only Jenkins continued to walk towards the venue with the cat alone.
Later, he met Marquis Mihail and Count Hessa who seemed to be deliberately waiting around the corner. Before today, the meeting between the two parties was very sensitive, so it was Britney who passed the news. But it's time for a showdown soon, and now there are not so many taboos about meeting each other.
"How are you getting ready?"
Marquis Mihail also asked the same question. The two important naval officials were used to seeing big scenes, and their psychological qualities were much stronger. But at this time, they had to meet Jenkins for the last time before they could rest assured.
Both the Marquis and Earl were dressed in military uniform, with medals on their breasts that Jenkins did not recognize. The two of them attached great importance to today's speech, and their faces were quite serious.
"Don't worry, everything is arranged."
"Why didn't you see the lady from the Windsor family?"
Count Hesha asked again, looking around hesitantly.
"She won't show up until later."
The Marquis and Earl did not travel with Jenkins, and the two sides went in opposite directions.
Jenkins continued to walk forward and met Bishop Parode and Duke Madeleine who were talking at the top of the stairs. Duke Madeleine is one of the few duchesses in the kingdom, and she is already very old. She had lived in Norland for a while in her youth, and seemed to have known Bishop Parode.
Seeing Jenkins appear, the old prince smiled at Jenkins, and left with his attendants and servants. The priests of the church consciously took the handles in the surrounding corridors to prevent anyone from eavesdropping on the ensuing conversation. Bishop Parode asked Jenkins with a natural expression:
"is that OK?"
"It's okay, don't worry."
"We have already got through with other churches. Although not all will support you, at least no one will object. Relax, Jenkins, what you are going to accomplish is something that the church has never thought of in the entire eighteenth century."
That is to say, the Holy Son of the Orthodox Church becomes the king of the secular kingdom.
Jenkins nodded to Bishop, who patted Jenkins on the catless shoulder twice:
"Sages protect you, St. Williams."
After that, without asking any further questions, he led the young priests accompanying the church to another corridor and joined other members of the Church of the Sages.
Jenkins was not nervous at first, but after talking with the bishop, he felt inexplicably flustered. Not serious, just a little flustered.
He took a few deep breaths and continued to move forward. The conference hall arranged this time was at the corner of the second floor. The entire conference hall occupied a part of the main building and tower of the city hall, so it appeared very large.
Not long after leaving the stairs, Jenkins saw Sigrid again at the next corner. She was the only one here, waiting for Jenkins.
"I've heard about today's events from other people in the church."
The rare costumed girl gave Jenkins a hug, which made Jenkins feel the touch he shouldn't have felt:
"Relax, I will pray for you."
She also noticed that her embrace was too warm, but she didn't blush.
"What does the Church of Nature think of my being king?"
Jenkins hugged her back naturally, and then straightened his bow tie. But Sigrid reached out faster and helped Jenkins straighten his crooked black bow tie.
"How else can I look at it? Some people think that I also have the right to inherit, but to be honest, I am not interested in this. When she wanted to let the cultists kidnap me, I declared that I would give up everything. And your order of succession, indeed above me."
The algorithm of Fidetic Tri's inheritance order is very complicated. With the same blood relationship, older people are of course higher than younger people, but men's inheritance rights are higher than women's by default, so Sigrid's inheritance order is even higher. Under the three Williamette brothers and Robert.
"Are your parents coming today?"
Sigrid asked again.
"I invited them, but Mary and Robert didn't want to come, and Newman and John were not allowed to come. John complained to me about it when I went home to visit yesterday."
"They just don't want to put their families in danger, and that's fine."
"There will be no danger, everything will be fine."
Jenkins assured.
"Then I wish you success."
As she spoke, Sigrid tiptoed and kissed Jenkins lightly on the lips. Jenkins touched his lips, looked at her in surprise, but smiled in relief.
There were not only people waiting for Jenkins in the corridor. Others who attended the speech saluted very politely after seeing Jenkins. At the door of the lecture hall, Jenkins accidentally met Queen Isabella and her party, followed by the young Duke of Rochester and the loyal Duke Douglas.
A group of people came from another corridor. They participated in another meeting before nine o'clock. Of course, the forward route of Jenkins who had just arrived at the city hall was different.
"Oh, look who this is, Jenkins, you're here?"
Queen Isabella greeted Jenkins with exaggerated enthusiasm, and then extended her right hand to Jenkins.
Jenkins followed the hand-kissing etiquette taught by Hathaway, kissed the golden ring on the outside of the white gloves, then straightened up and said:
"Today's speech will be wonderful."
"Then what is the subject of the speech?"
In order to prevent the sudden collapse of the tulip business, only a small number of trustworthy people knew the subject before the speech began, which of course did not include Queen Isabella.
"About flowers."
"That's a really good topic."
The two parted ways after saying hello, and Jenkins was going to the next office to finalize the details of the speech, including the time, the drinking water he needed, and the order of entering and exiting.
Queen Isabella and the two dukes will wait in another office. They will not enter first, but will appear after everyone is seated.
Seeing that Jenkins had entered the office, the Duke of Rochester leaned forward cautiously, trying to speak in Queen Isabella's ear, but she stopped him immediately:
"Needless to say."
"But… "
The young Duke hesitated, and then looked at Duke Douglas, who was Queen Isabella's steward when she was young, and could be regarded as the right-hand man of the current king of Fidetictree.
"There's really no need to say much."
The old prince said the same thing.
"Every word we say is likely to be heard by him, so what is the need to say?"
After hearing his explanation, the Duke of Rochester stopped asking, but still asked uneasy:
"If that somewhat unrealistic news is true, then today..."
Jenkins didn't expect his actions to be completely hidden from Queen Isabella, so they knew what would happen today and it was within the plan.
"It doesn't matter, if he really has such ability, so what if I give him the crown?"
Queen Isabella said, and then walked in another direction under the guidance of the servant.