The fact that the governess became her father's mistress was a huge blow to Gertrude. The only consolation was that her outraged remarks did not displease the Palatinate.
On the contrary, the Palatinate showed considerable approval.
The excessive romanticism of the elders is still at the forefront even in this chaotic era. The Palatinate did not become a playboy under the influence, but went to the other extreme.
The Palatinate desperately longed for loyalty and single-mindedness, but he saw too many aristocratic ladies being affectionate towards him one second and flirting with him the next. Maybe the more people he attracts, the more praise he has for these ladies, but Pfalz doesn't want to be one of those guys who flirts with a lot of ladies and feels complacent about it.
The two of them seemed so incompatible among the nobility, but they became close friends who could truly understand each other.
Gertrude once wrote about the Palatinate in a letter: "Rhein, you may have many shortcomings. Compared with a mature and resolute man, you are too immature and often appear too indecisive. It's not that you dare not make a choice, you It's just that you are too aware of the responsibility behind the choice, and you hesitate to take it. But on this point alone, you are already better than countless boys of the same age. Their wantonness and recklessness are not true bravery, but ignorance of the world. Innocent cruelty. Your passion comes from the pity for the weak in your nature, and your cowardice comes from not wanting to hurt but not daring to stand out among the nobles. But one day, your kind nature will It will guide you to make up your mind to be a true warrior, rebel against these inhumane aristocratic rules, and bring a little light to this dark century. Of course, Rhine, you never have to feel too much pressure from these words of mine, even if you always lack That little bit ignited your own fire, and you are still the most lovable and lovable person in my heart.”
Every time he read another letter, Rhine's heart sank a little more. When he read the letter, his brows would sometimes be furrowed, and sometimes the corners of his mouth would be slightly raised, but in the end he would always return to a kind of silence and sadness.
Rhine thought that Gertrude was right about the Palatinate, and the fire in his heart was indeed lit for her. It's a pity that the noble's weak body prevented Palatinate from surviving the great grief in his heart, and he could not truly become the warrior Gertrude had expected until he passed away. But as Gertrude once said, even if the Palatinate passed away like this, he was still the most amiable and lovely person in her heart.
Rhine put away the letters as usual and was about to go back to his room to sleep, but saw Joseph rushing over. This old butler has worked at Blandings Castle for more than thirty years. He always keeps etiquette in mind and is never willing to lose his composure at any time. Although he was described as serious and his steps were steady at this moment, his vaguely anxious posture had exposed Joseph's nervousness.
Rhine frowned slightly and asked, "Joseph, what happened?"
Joseph whispered: "Duke Derek appeared at the door of our castle covered in blood. I just had someone carry him in. Master, what should we do now?"
The king of the Fran dynasty was named Derek, and the only person in the country who could be called Duke Derek was the king's eldest son, Hill Derek.
This is really a big problem.
Although as an earl, he had independent jurisdiction over his own territory and was not directly managed by the king. But the king in turn exercised control over the nobles who owned the territory by establishing a papal church on the lands of each noble and granting them privileges. Although Rhine did not want to get involved in the war of heirs prematurely, he could not allow him to withdraw his hands at this moment. In any case, Duke Derek could not die in his castle.
Joseph had sent for a doctor.
But Rhine couldn't wait. He also understood the current medical level. The most commonly used method was bloodletting. Derek was like this now. Just waiting for the doctor to come would cost him half of his life. When the doctor arrived, even better, the remaining half of his life would be gone.
Rhine took care of Derek's wound himself. Joseph was shocked and dissuaded him: "Master, what are you going to do?"
Rhine said: "The less people know about Duke Derek's appearance in Blandings Castle, the better. If you don't know how to save people, I can. You just stand by and help me."
Joseph hesitated.
Rhine put on a serious face and emphasized again seriously.
Although Joseph had watched Rhine grow up, he had always respected Rhine, and when he saw his persistence, he finally obeyed. As for Rhine's talk of rescuing people, Joseph didn't have much doubt. Although Rhine didn't like sports, when the old Palatinate was still alive, the father and son went hunting several times, and the treatment of trauma should have been done at that time. Learned. Joseph never doubted his little master's intelligence. He thought that he would listen to Rhine and take care of the Duke's injuries first, and then wait for the doctor to do the rest.
Rhine checked Derek up and down and found that they were all injured by sharp objects. Some of the wounds were deep and some were shallow, but luckily the fatal wounds were avoided.
Rhine simply disinfected the Duke's wounds with alcohol, bandaged all the wounds, and asked Joseph to watch and collect some herbs. When he and Hillier inspected the land before, he brought back all the herbs he could see and planted them, which just happened to be of some use now. But in this era of lack of medicines, the threat of infection is too great. If the Duke wants to survive, he'd better pray that those who stabbed him often clean their weapons.
Looking at the Duke's pale face, Rhine still felt that he should do something more. If he tried very hard to survive, what would it mean if he helped
Rhine helped the Duke sit up and tried to channel the true energy into the Duke's body. There was very little Qi in his body, and it was even more difficult to transfer it to others. In the end, just a little bit of Qi passed away like a gossamer.
Rhine's face turned pale and he felt a little weak. He sat holding his head for a while before he recovered. He didn't know if it was a psychological effect, but he always felt that the Duke's complexion looked better than before.
Duke Derek was a distant and insignificant person to Rhine. But in terms of connection, I can still barely find a little bit of it.
Rhine guessed that the Duke did not hate the Holy See, but at least he would not like it.
Hill Derek was the son of King George and Queen Bridget. At that time, George took office not long ago, when he was young, strong and had lofty ideals.
The power dispute between the king and the pope has been around for a long time. As we all know, when a king ascends the throne, he is crowned by the pope. After the pope crowns the enthroned king, he must bow to him as a sign of respect. The Holy See seized on the coronation and tried to prove that the papal power was superior to that of the king. The king seized on the fact that the pope bowed, emphasizing that no one could offend the king's majesty.
King George was once an idealistic king who took an extremely tough stance and wanted to suppress the Holy See. However, after several rounds of wrestling, the Holy See came out on top. In the end, the Holy See criticized Queen Brigitte for her religious issues, forcing King George to declare his marriage to Queen Brigitte invalid and marry another Princess Mary of the neighboring country Winter. The weak King George failed to resist the pressure and finally succumbed to the Holy See and had to send the old Queen Brigitte back to her hometown of Motus.
Not long after Brigitte returned to Motos, she died of illness. At that time, Prince Hill was twelve years old, a time when his memory was clear and he could distinguish good from bad. News of Bridget's death returned to Fran, and King George made Hill a duke and selected a large piece of fertile land as his fief. Fran has always followed the primogeniture system. As long as Hill is alive, no other prince can inherit the throne. It would be better if King George or Hill gave them titles and lands after they succeeded to the throne. If not, their lives would soon fall into decline, and they would not even be as good as a landed earl. Although King George began to grant titles to several princes after Hill, the size of the territory was too shaky compared to Hill. No wonder some people couldn't help but attack Hill.
Rhine thought that it might not be an accident that the Duke fell outside his castle. It's not that Duke Derek got himself into this state and collapsed in front of Blandings Castle. But perhaps it was on purpose that he found himself in front of the Rhine Gate in search of help.
When Rhine was thinking about this, Joseph came back, and the herbs had been prepared by the maid as Rhine said. However, it was puzzling that John had not brought the doctor back for a long time. Usually it doesn't take so long for John to hire a doctor for Rhine. What doctor would hesitate to treat the soft-tempered Earl
After hearing what Joseph said, Rhine knew what was going on and said, "Butler, go find John. If anyone asks, tell me that I am sick. Just bring a doctor back to see me."
Joseph was a little confused and didn't know whether he should ask.
Rhine took the initiative to explain: "The doctor hasn't come yet. There should be some big shots over there. I'm afraid it's related to the Duke's injury. John can't handle this kind of scene. Joseph, you have to go and bring him back. The one who pretends to be sick is I’ll be fine.”
Joseph understood the meaning of Rhine's words, felt quite frightened, and hurriedly went to pick him up.
Rhine glanced at Duke Derek one last time, hoping that his willpower would be strong enough to survive this.
After taking this look, Rhine went back to his room. Because of his troubled brothers, he had to pretend to be sick. Fortunately, Western medicine cannot take a pulse, and there are no useful instruments in this era. Pretending to be sick is just a piece of cake for Rhine.
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Rhine broke out in a cold sweat on the bed, and his face was pale. When Joseph came back, not to mention the doctor he invited back, even Joseph thought Rhine was really sick. The doctor could only make a diagnosis based on these symptoms, and prescribed some prescriptions for Rhine that he thought were a bit ridiculous.
But Rhine still pretended to be weak and nodded cooperatively.
The doctor left quickly. According to John, when he was sending the doctor out, he found that his eyes were wandering around the castle, as if he was looking for something.
Joseph understood immediately and thought that luckily the master was alert. Then he looked at Rhine with some worry, and found that his face gradually became rosy again, not at all as weak as before.
Rhine explained: "I just spent some energy pretending to be sick. I'll get better after resting for a while."
Joseph naturally did not question his master's words, but nodded clearly.
Duke Derek stayed in Blandings Castle like this. He lay in a daze for a few days and woke up several times. Although he fell asleep again later, in Rhine's eyes, he was already 80% alive.
This Duke is really a perseverant person, and Rhine is very willing to lend a helping hand to such a person.