"I thought you were attending a banquet. There should be many people inviting you now, right?"
Queen Isabella looked at the people running on the horse farm and asked.
"Many people have invited me before, but I have never been interested in this kind of thing."
"You have to get used to social situations like this, especially after today, and I think Jessica will teach you."
Jenkins is not the kind of person who does not accept other people's opinions, but the current words have no meaning to today's scene. He chose to skip it directly. Since the purpose this time is to force the other party to change his mind, and he doesn't care about the means, then he can be a little more impolite.
But before using the priesthood of lies, he decided to have one last word with Queen Isabella. It's not that I have the expectation that the other party will be persuaded suddenly, but I just want to have an in-depth talk with the other party before the old man in front of me loses any meaning to me.
"This morning, no, it was noon. I was actually very surprised that you would directly announce me as the heir."
So he chose to change the subject and not talk about those meaningless things.
"So you're here to say thank you?"
"No, of course not."
The well-dressed maid replaced the original tea and snacks on the table and brought new cookies and teacups. Chocolate's eyes lit up immediately, and Jenkins took a small piece of something that looked like a rose cake and put it in front of his shoulder. The little cat sniffed it, then squinted its eyes and opened its furry mouth to bite happily. a mouthful.
Even without turning his head to look at his cat, Jenkins could guess its mood at the moment from the touch of its tail against the back of his neck.
"So you're here to ask why I'm doing this?"
"… It can be said like this."
Queen Isabella nodded, and said again after at least half a minute:
"If I say that I have really figured it out, I understand that Jessica cannot succeed, so I choose you to be my successor, and that's why I announced your right of succession in public, do you believe it?"
"Of course I don't believe it."
Jenkins shook his head almost without hesitation.
"Fine, you're not one of those fools who get carried away with joy, and that's fine."
She also acquiesced that she was not telling the truth:
"The young people nowadays are really amazing. I knew your plan in advance. I wanted to find loopholes in your speech, forcing you to not step down in public, so that there was no possibility of the speech continuing. I didn't expect your speech to be like this Success. And that Miss Fabri, who seems to be cooperating with you, pushed you to a high position."
Having said that, I took a look at Jenkins, but I didn't see any flaws:
"That's why I took the initiative to take a step back and let your aggressive punch fail. This is not a trick. For the king, this is just an ordinary drama in political life."
"Now that you know my plan, do you know what I want?"
"You want the crown on my head, not just promises."
Stand up and say:
"Come with me for a walk."
In addition to Jenkins and Queen Isabella, the old Duke Douglas Gerald, two maids and three royal guards who came in a hurry accompanied him. They were just following along, not participating in the conversation, and presumably responsible for making sure Jenkins didn't do anything.
A group of people walked along the artificially drawn boundary line of the racecourse, which was a line probably drawn by lime, which almost coincided with the wooden fence. The surrounding scenery is a boundless pasture. Because of the bad weather and fog, the mountains in the north can only be seen vaguely.
Looking up, you can see the wind and rain coming, maybe it will rain soon.
"I'm actually very curious. You have never shown any enthusiasm for power. It is probably not your intention to want to get the throne. But this time it is so urgent that it can even be described as impatience. I admit that you and Jie Sika's plan is very good, but this does not cover up that you suddenly changed your slow action plan. Can you tell me, what is this for?"
The conversation continued, and the topic still revolved around what happened in the morning. Jenkins can be sure that the six people behind can hear the conversation between the two verbatim, but since Queen Isabella is at ease, he will have no objection.
"It's about saving the world."
He was very straightforward.
"That's it."
The old man did not explain whether he believed it or not, nor did he continue to ask about the relationship between the throne and saving the world.
"Jenkins, I am too old to be compared to young men like you. Even when I took the crown, I was much older than you are now, and I can hardly recall when I was your age At the time, what were you thinking about?"
"At what age did you marry the late king?"
Jenkins asked proactively.
"19 years old, I remember this very clearly."
Half a century ago, the standard was about the same as it is now, and the age of 19 was probably just right. The age at which civilians get married is generally relatively young, but the first marriage of aristocrats is generally around 20 years old or even later.
"I don't have a love experience like yours. In your opinion, our marriage is probably a very standard political marriage."
Her face was as usual, and she was not sad or sad because of this:
"My family still existed at that time and did not experience the great plague 30 years ago. When my father and mother watched me get married, they were really happy, but I still don't know whether they were happy for me."
The two stopped for a while, waiting for the rabbit that suddenly came out of the hole in front to run away. That big gray fur rabbit was actually bigger than Chocolate, and seemed to be well nourished on weekdays. It originally wanted to run towards Jenkins, but was frightened by the chocolate "meow~" and ran away. Although Jenkins' cat is usually timid, he is very good at bullying rabbits.
"As for the first few years of marriage, my memory is a little fuzzy. I know this period of time is a very important time in your life. You will have a deep understanding of this after you get married. But I only remember that I gradually became the king's assistant. , to deal with those government affairs that I have never been in contact with. Yes, I didn’t understand anything at first, and I gradually understood some basic things through the teaching of my spouse.”
She glanced at Jenkins, which probably meant something.
"But at that time, I didn't need to bear the responsibility, or the responsibility was very small. After all, I was not a king, and I had enough time to learn and understand."
This must have meant something.
"But it looks like you've learned well."
"He taught well."
Queen Isabella rarely smiled in front of Jenkins:
"Those days are far away, but occasionally recalling them is really reassuring. I'm glad that God didn't make me completely confused when I was old. If even that memory is completely lost, I don't know. What do you rely on to support your own happiness?"
PS: It's not whitewashing, it's a decent farewell before the characters have no other great use.