The day Hill's fever completely subsided, he was finally able to stay awake for a long time.
When Rhine came to see him, he saw the Duke awake. Hill Derek's long light blond hair had not been washed for a long time, and he had sweated repeatedly when he was sick. He looked extremely miserable at the moment, and his light blue eyes were wet, a pair of pitiful eyes. But his temperament is extremely resolute, which dilutes the softness of his appearance without appearing too sharp.
When Hill saw Rhine, he bowed to him politely to show his gratitude. Rhine was not in a hurry to talk to him, but said: "If your Excellency the Duke wants to freshen up, I will ask someone to help you."
Rhine didn't care about exposing his differences from other nobles. He didn't deliberately call his housekeepers and servants affectionately, but he also didn't treat them as real slaves when he called them. He subconsciously regarded them as ordinary employees. And he has no fear of others discovering the subtleties of his attitude.
It will happen sooner or later, there is nothing to hide.
Hill seemed not to notice and accepted Rhine's proposal very naturally.
Considering that Hill was now relatively weak and could not catch the cold, Rhine had someone prepare a bathtub, and specifically told John to pay attention to the water temperature, helping the weak Duke complete the cleaning work. The maid brought a clean towel to absorb the water droplets from Hill's blond hair. John helped Hill sit in the wheelchair, and Rhine personally pushed the Duke to bask in the sun.
The weather in early summer is finally not so cold in Kanno. The sun shone on Hill's blond hair, which was still a little damp, and quickly took away the moisture that the towel could not absorb, saving Hill from getting cold.
John brought a chair for Rhine, and Rhine sat down opposite Hill.
Hill took the initiative and said: "I'm sorry to cause you trouble. I think you can guess that although being assassinated was not my choice, falling in your castle was indeed my intention. I just can't think of anything else. Good choice.”
Both of them knew very well that if Rhine failed to save Hill, he would probably be in huge trouble. The Holy See, which had long disliked him, would find a reason to attack him, and the nobles from the surrounding territories would probably take the opportunity to assemble. Attack him and divide his land. Even if Rhine revives him, he may still be forced into a battle for succession.
To be fair, Hill was an opportunity for Rhine, but before that, he was an endless trouble.
There was only one reason why Rhine chose to talk to him calmly here. He believed that it was indeed Hill's helpless choice, a choice made to survive.
The two looked at each other quietly for a while, reaching a tacit understanding silently.
Rhine got straight to the point: "Why did you come all the way to Canno?"
Hill said: "For the execution of Gertrude Blaine."
He looked directly into Rhine's eyes. Although he was vaguely worried that he would lose Rhine's help because of these words, he had no intention of hiding it. His purpose was clear from the beginning. If Rhine did not dare to cooperate with him after hearing this, then the two forces should not be involved from the beginning.
Rhine thought to himself.
It was obvious that Hill Derek had been secretly collecting dirt on the Holy See. A noble lady was executed, this was the best opportunity. It is difficult for innocent civilians to arouse the sympathy of those ruthless nobles. Only the death of people of the same class as them can wake them up. Rather than letting them realize the darkness of the Holy See and wanting to overthrow it, Hill chose a smarter method - he wanted them to know that the power of the Holy See was so great that it could easily frame a nobleman. , and even deprived her of her life.
Then those stupid, aloof nobles will become nervous and fearful like sheep waiting to be slaughtered, thinking wholeheartedly of attacking first and destroying all the things in the Holy See, good or bad.
The idea of destroying the Holy See was too arrogant. Hill could only do it himself and did not dare to rely on others. Only then were the jealous younger brothers below him taking advantage of the situation and assassinating him while he was weak. If it weren't for Rhine, maybe he would have died like this.
Rhine said: "I think we have the same goal. Regarding Gertrude, you don't need to check anymore. I know everything you want to know."
When Palatinate entered his teenage years, he suddenly grew taller, and the ladies who originally liked his handsome face and his vast land became even more enthusiastic.
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Although Palatinate's face is still as pale as ever, because he is tall, standing in the corner is like a handsome and elegant vampire in vampire novels. It not only makes people feel dangerous, but also makes people get a kind of ultimate between life and death from the danger. romantic.
He became more popular than ever.
And something changed in Gertrude. The roundness that had not appeared on her body as a child came to her as a girl, and the gradually changing curves of her body made her stand out among the other ladies, making her plump and beautiful. The plump flesh on her cheeks softened the harshness of her features, making her amiable and cute. Although her facial features were not outstanding, in the words of a certain playboy who pursued her, she was "beginning to have the cuteness of a woman."
Although the new suitors were not serious about their pursuit, they still brought real trouble to Gertrude. It was obvious that she did not like the large number of complimentary words that the young masters and knights could utter casually. Moreover, the popularity of the Palatinate made it more difficult for her to get along with the ladies. Gertrude could not get along well with the ladies who talked with guns and sticks, and she did not expect to hear those guys in the men's crowd just for the sake of sex. Compiled words of praise.
Palatinate accepted Gertrude's complaints good-naturedly and begged her for forgiveness gently, and Gertrude's depression easily dissipated.
There were many courses to learn in the Palatinate, including geometry, arithmetic and astronomy, which Gertrude had been interested in. After Gertrude learned about it, she happily asked several questions, and Palatinate answered them one by one according to the knowledge taught by the teacher. Except for geometric arithmetic, Gertrude refuted all the others and said them clearly.
The Palatinate was not ashamed of this, nor was he curious about the sources of Gertrude's knowledge, and after carefully considering what Gertrude said, he wholeheartedly believed many of the bold assumptions in her words.
What seemed to Gertrude to be common sense that had already been tested, to the Palatinate, were indeed bold assumptions.
But Palatinate found these hypotheses quite interesting, and if the hypotheses were established, many strange phenomena could be explained.
The enthusiasm and humility of the Palatinate inspired Gertrude's greatest enthusiasm. As if she wanted to vent her frustrations through teaching knowledge, she tried her best to teach the Palatinate all kinds of physics and biology. , chemistry, geography and other knowledge. It can be seen from the letters written by Gertrude that she was not an expert in any one field, but she had some basic knowledge in each field. These things are brought out in a systematic way, but as long as you meet a person who is smart enough, or someone who is particularly sensitive to this, you can benefit a lot from it.
There is no doubt that Palatinate was a smart man. He may not have reached the standard of genius, but his understanding of many scientific theorems allowed Gertrude to find the joy of being a teacher. Occasionally in her dreams, she even imagined that she and the Palatinate would introduce the advanced civilization of that era into this dark century.
In their daily teaching interactions, the intimacy between the two has reached a new level. In the past, it was an intimacy between children's playmates, a relationship in which they whispered only to each other, but now it has escalated to admiration for each other's abilities in academic exchanges. This intertwining of intimacy and admiration gave the two people a slightly different feeling for their once pure good feelings.
The Palatinate, which had maintained a distinctive enthusiasm for Gertrude from the beginning, was instead excessively insensitive to such minutiae.
Obviously, Gertrude realized the change in her feelings before he did, and unconsciously began to care about the ladies around him.
In the past, Gertrude would not have asked in her letters which girl's skirt was nice or whose waist was slim. When Rhine saw this, he knew it was the girl's petty thoughts, but Palatinate did not know it. He wrote back a letter saying that he had not noticed it. When Gertrude felt a little relieved, she added another sentence, saying that she would pay attention to her in the future.
So, in the next letter, after discussing the academic issues of interest to the Palatinate as usual, he wrote down his observations generously: Miss Bryan's skirt is the prettiest, Miss White's waist is the thinnest, and Miss Black's Her hair is the most attractive.
Gertrude was so angry that she didn't reply to him for a long time.
Palatinate didn't know what he had done wrong and thought something had happened to Gertrude. He had always known that Gertrude and Viscount Braine often had conflicts, and he was afraid that she would be imprisoned again this time. After writing several letters without response, the Palatinate decided to go directly to Viscount Braine to help Gertrude. Virtue pleads for mercy.
After Palatinate came to the door, he saw Gertrude who was reading a book. Gertrude was both happy and surprised to see the Palatinate, but she was always overjoyed. Palatinate was a little aggrieved and wondered why Gertrude didn't reply. Gertrude's anger dissipated the first time she saw him, and she couldn't help but talk to him affectionately. Palatinate was originally a gentle man, but when he saw Gertrude like this, he forgot his grievances and talked to her happily.
Viscount Braine is the most happy to see this scene.
The old Palatinate was an only son in the Rhine. If his daughter could marry, he would be the in-law of the Count of the Palatinate in the future. For this reason, Viscount Braine relaxed his restraint on Gertrude. Gertrude took this opportunity to discuss many scientific issues with the Palatinate, and even went out to see the current university.
The relationship between the two grew up rapidly in such activities, which was the most beautiful stage before breaking out. The sentences written by lovers who are not yet together are comparable to natural poems.
This ignorant and beautiful interaction lasted until something happened to the old Palatinate couple.
The death of the couple was caused by a vicious jealousy incident. Both husband and wife were involved in it, each for different objects, which greatly damaged the reputation of the Palatinate family.
Palatinate had to inherit the title, become the master of Cannor, attend to the funeral of his parents, and think about how he felt about the death of his parents amidst everyone's whispers and secret slander.
Gertrude did not let him mourn and hurt himself alone, and stood up neatly.