How to build trust
Different people have different approaches to this problem.
Empress Midara's method is to exchange secrets with each other, and use them as excuses for each other.
Since Grace can become Queen Midella's ally, it means that this seemingly innocent girl actually has a deadly secret in the queen's hands.
With the handle, each other has the means to restrict each other, so that they will not betray each other.
Of course, the premise is that this handle must be real.
Colin played tricks last time, but later he discovered that Queen Midella was also dishonest.
Hey, they are all old silver coins.
I exchanged a loneliness.
However, Grace's words...
Ke Lin felt that this immature girl might not be able to fool Queen Midella like he did.
That's why he asked the question just now.
Grace glanced at Colin, but hesitated and didn't speak.
Ke Lin picked up the teacup and drank the scented tea in one gulp, saying:
"Earl Earl ran away, and you lost the chance to win my trust. But now, there is a new opportunity in front of you. Why are you hesitating?"
Grace helped Colin fill another cup of tea, and said tentatively, "My lord, when I formed an alliance with Her Majesty the Queen, Her Majesty used to exchange his secrets with me. I don't know you..."
Ke Lin smiled lightly, and said, "Of course. I'll tell you about the handle I gave to Queen Midella."
Grace obviously didn't expect Colin to be so talkative, she immediately lifted her spirits and nodded repeatedly.
"My gripe is—Charles St. Hilde was killed by me!"
Ke Lin handed over his "handle" without blushing.
Grace couldn't hide the shock in her heart. She was unwilling to kill Earl Evan before, because she was afraid of being contaminated with the blood of the direct line of the paladin family, but she didn't expect that the man in front of her...
Moreover, Charles is his wife's brother!
Grace really wanted to ask Colin, don't you feel guilty facing your wife at night
But from the beginning to the end, Grace never thought about whether Colin was lying to herself.
In her opinion, since Ke Lin was able to use this secret to win the trust of Queen Midella, it must be true.
Looking at Grace's wide-eyed eyes, Colin raised his hand and made an inviting gesture, saying, "It's your turn."
Grace took a few deep breaths, calmed down, and then asked:
"Master Earl, do you know why I didn't feel too sad when I learned that you killed Earl Bruggen?"
Colin's heart skipped a beat.
Indeed, Grace behaved a little strangely.
Originally, Ke Lin thought that the other party was pretending to be strong, making false claims with his father-killing enemy, looking for opportunities to assassinate and revenge.
But Colin has given her so many great opportunities to assassinate, but Grace has done nothing.
It would be fine if she was the counselor of Viscount Green, but Grace obviously had enough courage to be so calm after learning the news of her father's death.
Moreover, judging from the relationship during this period of time, Colin feels that Grace is more likely to be tirelessly trying to gain Colin's trust than to avenge her father.
If it weren't for the fear of being stained with the blood of the direct members of the paladin family, Grace would probably be willing to kill her fiancé to pay the nomination certificate.
This is not what a young girl should look like when faced with the murder of her father and her enemies.
"Why? Earl Bruggen treated you badly?" Colin thought, it couldn't be a ghost. Father's bloody story, right
Grace shook her head and said, "No, my father treats me very well, he loves me very much, and treats me like my own."
"Take it as your own?" Colin was about to ask if you could use words, but then he realized, "Isn't Earl Bruggen your biological father?"
Grace nodded, confirming Colin's guess.
Ke Lin quickly asked: "Then who is your biological father? And how did the queen know this secret?"
Grace showed the color of memory, and then narrated:
"Five years ago, I followed my father to Yulong City to attend His Majesty's birthday celebration, and that was also the first time I met Queen Midella.
When we first met, Her Royal Highness the Empress unabashedly showed her love for me, and even offered to teach me court etiquette in person.
Earl, you should also know that this is actually a hint that you want me to marry into the royal family.
My father was very pleasantly surprised. Although I also know that it is unlikely that I will marry Prince Harrison in my capacity, but even if I can marry a collateral member of the San Lorenzo family, it is a great deal for the Bruggen family. of glory.
So, that night my father sent me to the Queen to be taught.
But when my father left, the queen suddenly said to me—you are not Earl Bruggen's biological daughter!
At that time, I was so frightened that I didn't dare to refute the queen, but I didn't believe her words either.
But the queen asked me to go back and ask my mother, saying that I would get the answer from her.
After returning, I immediately found my mother and told her what the queen said, hoping to get a negative answer from her.
It's a pity that my mother's face changed drastically after hearing this, and then she had to admit that the queen was right, I am indeed not the daughter of Earl Bruggen... "
"Then whose daughter are you?" Colin couldn't help asking.
Grace shook her head, and her eyes were full of confusion: "I don't know either. I asked my mother, but my mother refused to tell me. I also asked the queen, but she also refused to tell me.
It just reassures me that she will not tell this secret to others, and for my peace of mind, she also specially shared a secret of her own.
Since then, I have become closer and closer to Queen Midella. Not only did she teach me court etiquette, but she also told me many things, including the open and secret struggles between the royal family and the church. A pawn will be of great use in the future.
I stayed in the Phoenix Palace for a whole year before I returned to the East Territory.
Before leaving, Queen Midella told me that someone would contact me in the future... So, when you appeared in Tinder City, I thought this person was you. "
"The queen never told me about your existence." Colin shook his head and said, then he thought of the Emperor Reinhard who liked to cuckold his vassals, and couldn't help guessing, "Could you be His Majesty's?" An illegitimate daughter?"
But as soon as he finished speaking, Ke Lin immediately denied his guess: "No, probably not. Emperor Reinhardt's cuckolding the people below is all fair and honest."
Grace nodded in agreement.
Indeed, if she is really the emperor's illegitimate daughter, she should be kept in captivity in the imperial capital at this moment. Earl Bruggen would not be ignorant, and would be foolish to raise her as his own daughter for so long.
"And your mother?" asked Colin again.
"Mother has passed away." Grace looked sad.
Well, another thread is broken.
"Then which family does your mother belong to?"
"Saint Landers."
"The Lord of the South?" Colin was a little surprised.
"Yes. But my mother is from a collateral line of the St. Landers family."
Colin was silent. He didn't know much about the southern border, so he couldn't deduce anything based on this alone.
Shaking his head, Colin decided not to circle around in this dead-end alley, and instead asked, "By the way, what was the secret Queen Midella exchanged with you back then?"
When this question was asked, Colin didn't pay much attention to it, because he estimated that what Grace got was a lie similar to - I am Vera's biological mother.
But unexpectedly, Grace's answer surprised Colin.
"His Royal Highness told me that Prince Harrison and Princess Judy are not the heirs of Emperor Reinhardt."
(end of this chapter)