Queen and Her Duke

After returning to the castle, Bessie and Namar were still arranged to serve Wen Lin, but their residence was moved to the White House.

Just like the last time, Vicia got off the car and hurried to the Council Chamber. After Mrs. Yaz asked something in a low voice, she brought Wen Lin into the White House.

Looking thoughtfully at the gilded gorse pattern and the flag of the three lions on the door of the next room, Wen Lin couldn't help but ask,

"Mrs. Yaz, forgive me, is there anyone living in the next room?

"Your Majesty Vicia lives here." She glanced at Wen Lin lightly, and Mrs. Yaz's eyes showed some deep meaning, and then said, "Miss Wen Lin, you can tell Bessie and Naman if you need anything. you."

A flash of surprise flashed across her face, Wen Lin nodded, opened the door and walked in.

It is more spacious and brighter than the original residence, and the configuration inside is obviously more complete and expensive.

Beautifully carved cabinets, tables and chairs, bookshelves, thick rugs, velvet beds...and a patio to enjoy the view.

Seeing that Wen Lin had no other requests or questions for the time being, Mrs. Yaz nodded slightly, saying goodbye and leaving.

After she left, Bessie and Namar, who had been following respectfully behind her, began to show joy.

Bessie: "Miss Wen Lin, I didn't expect us to meet again so soon."

Namaner: "Miss Wen Lin, the hot water is ready, you can take a bath at any time."

It was rare that Namar didn't remind Bessie to pay attention to her behavior this time.

Wen Lin shrugged mockingly, "I didn't expect us to meet again so soon."

Several people looked at each other and smiled, but Wen Lin didn't notice the excitement in Bessie and Namar's smiles.

His Majesty would often come to this bedroom to rest in her spare time. It was more like His Majesty's private study, where she would read various books unrelated to government affairs.

However, now that Wen Lin's residence has been arranged here, Bessie and Namaner both have a strong intuition that Miss Wen Lin is likely to become the next favorite of His Majesty's side.

This means that they can have more chances to be noticed by the nobles, which to a certain extent ensures that after leaving the palace, they can get a job with good pay.

Smelling the faint scent of flowers in the air, Wen Lin walked to the terrace and looked down at the carefully manicured garden.

Looking further into the distance, Wen Lin found that this room was almost level with the tallest spire of the castle, and could clearly overlook the structure of the entire royal court. At the same time, the dense tall trees on the side slopes could just cover the peeping eyes of others. sight.

Safe and private.

After confirming the surrounding situation, Wen Lin turned around and motioned for Bessie and Namar to lead the way to bathe.

Relaxed from the tense state, the exhaustion suddenly surged up.

The bathroom is on the innermost side of the corridor. Hot water and changing clothes are ready. When the door is opened, hazy hot air bursts out.

Submerging herself in the hot water, Wen Lin sighed comfortably.

The bathroom is not very big, with a small stained glass inlaid on the wall on one side, and the simple yet elegant structure seems to be exactly the same as the bathroom in Ampton Palace.

Those charming blurry images suddenly popped up in her mind, and when she thought of the new residence arranged by Vicia, Wen Lin felt a shudder in her heart, and immediately accelerated the movements in her hands.

After quickly washing her clothes, drying her body neatly, and putting on her clothes, Wen Lin walked out without hesitation.

Bessie and Namar just stood at the door and waited. Seeing Wen Lin coming out so quickly, they couldn't hide their surprise and asked, "Miss Wen Lin, has it been washed? Do you need something else?"

As soon as she walked out, she felt a deep coolness, and the heat on her skin dissipated. Wen Lin pretended to be calm and put her hands behind her back and walked into the bedroom, "After washing, I always take a shower very quickly."

Bessie and Namaner looked at each other with obvious confusion. Miss Wen Lin's bathing time wasn't so short before, didn't she?

However, Wen Lin said so, and they didn't struggle, questioning the fact that the guest was obviously not what a qualified maid should do.

After returning to the room, Bessie and Namanle looked at the tiredness on Wen Lin's face, and separately turned off the oil lamps in the room, leaving only the one in front of the desk, and covered with a warm yellow lampshade, the light Suddenly it got dark.

"Miss Wen Lin, we have left. If you need anything, you can find us in the small room next to the bathroom."

In the last time they got along, Bessie and Namaner had already figured out that Wen Lin didn't like being watched at night, and she didn't like being served by someone while she was bathing.

"Good night, two beautiful ladies," Wen Lin sat on the bed just made and expressed her thanks as usual.

The door was closed gently.

Wen Lin relaxed, the sound of the wind blowing the leaves outside the window could be vaguely heard in the quiet room.

The tiredness became more and more obvious, but Wen Lin's consciousness was extraordinarily clear. Thinking of all the things that happened between her and Vicia in the past few days, it was hard to fall asleep.

In a drowsy time, her eyes fell on the bookshelf, which was full of books.

Wen Lin walked over curiously, picked out a book at random, a very unfamiliar text, turned a few pages, and there were notes written in Golan beside it.

"As soon as people believe that there is some mysterious power that can bring prosperity or adversity, there is worship in this world. This is human nature."*1

Wen Lin took out several books one after another, all of them with different texts. Looking at the notes above, Wen Lin found that the contents were also quite different.

It involves religion, clothing, customs of other countries, and even a pirate story.

On the last page of the book, Wen Lin found this comment,

"Pirates often mean greed, plunder, and death, but there are exceptions, and perhaps freedom, unyielding, ambition."

Rubbing the ink with my hand, it is not difficult to see that it was written not long ago.

Turning around, Wen Lin slowly looked around

Looking at the whole room, she walked slowly to the wardrobe, opened it, and saw all the luxurious and precious clothes, including formal dresses and loose clothes.

Closing the cabinet door, Wen Lin pursed her lips.

There are all kinds of signs that show the traces left by another person.

The rumored Her Majesty Vicia is not only good at horsemanship, archery, eagle control... but also masters many languages.

The answer seems self-evident.

The oil lamp was shaking, and Wen Lin seemed to see Vicia sitting in front of the desk in a trance, holding a quill in her long fingers, writing these words with concentration and seriousness.

The closer you get, the harder it seems to be attracted.

The more patience, restraint, and calmness, the more inexplicable emotions surging in the bottom of my heart.

Wen Lin's heart gradually picked up the rhythm, and for the first time she clearly realized that she might not just admire Vicia.

But what else is there?

Is it love?

As soon as this idea came up, it was mercilessly denied by Wen Lin. Talking about illusory love with a monarch is no different from being slaughtered.

She must not put herself in such a dangerous and embarrassing situation.

I don't know how long I've been standing there, when familiar footsteps came from outside the door, and the light in Wen Lin's eyes flickered quietly.

She walked slowly to the door, her hand against the door, and she listened to the footsteps outside the door, the sound of conversation, the sound of the door closing...

Wen Lin thought that she would continue to fall into chaos, escape, and entanglement, but unexpectedly, after the slightly dull sound of the door closing, her particularly calm thinking seemed to slowly return with the suddenly quiet air. .

Between her and Vicia, it originated from mutual use.

It is a relationship that is tightly attached to interests and strong.

They all know clearly that this limit cannot be easily crossed.

Her thoughts were stagnant for a few seconds, and Wen Lin suddenly thought of the promise she had made to her in Ampton Palace, that she would always bow her knees and never betray her.

And apart from the blurry pictures in the bathroom for a few moments, she and Vicia have no other intimate entanglement.

It seemed that the thick fog that had been bothering Wen Lin was slowly being cleared away.

The wind blew her fingertips slightly cold, and the logic was clearly deduced in her mind.

The time, place, a clear understanding of herself, and the subsequent revengeful actions of Vicia all seem to point to the fact that no intimate entanglement really occurred between them.

As for the promise she made in Vicia's mouth, Wen Lin suddenly laughed, but there was no warmth in her eyes.

Use all available opportunities in order to achieve your own goals, this is the way of doing things that is in line with Queen Vicia's style.

Brushing off the broken hair that fell from her forehead, Wen Lin walked back to the bed unhurriedly, sighed, and fell into the air very lightly.

A high wall stood invisibly between her and Vicia again.

On the second day, Wen Lin was woken up early by the movement from the next door.

There was a hazy drowsiness in his eyes, and he rubbed his eyes several times, but it didn't go away.

The sunlight outside the window was thin, and the lush trees seemed to have fallen into the ink that had not yet completely melted, covered with a dark color, and it should not be six o'clock.

Wen Linfu closed her eyes again. It was already in the middle of the night when Vicia came back from the council hall last night, and she woke up so early today. It seems that something troublesome happened recently.

Several guesses quickly flashed through her mind, Wen Lin thought about it randomly, until Bessie and Namare knocked on the door.

As before, wash up, eat breakfast, and then decide for yourself what to do with the rest of the day.

Wen Lin was in a very embarrassing position in the royal court. She didn't have a clear position and could only pretend to be an Oriental guest.

And Vicia is often absent because of government affairs, and at the same time, in order to avoid it, Wen Lin will not take the initiative to find her.

This is not a long-term solution.

Wen Lin thought about it. According to the current situation, she will stay in Brunz for a long time. She can't be so passive all the time. A fixed territory and reliable citizens are essential.

She decided to find a time to talk to Vicia about this matter. After all, it should not be difficult to exchange a few pieces of land on the outskirts of the capital with a boatload of gold that she had confiscated.

Inevitably, Wen Lin thought of Yinhe Village.

The hygiene awareness and hygiene situation in the village are not optimistic. Although this is a very common phenomenon on the Europa Road, and Wen Lin was mentally prepared, she was still shocked after seeing it with her own eyes last night.

After owning the territory, this is an urgent problem that needs to be solved.

Looking at the wine on the table, Wen Lin raised her eyebrows slowly. She reached for the wine jug, opened the lid and took a sniff.

The existence of spirits means that distillation technology has emerged, and there is a great possibility to produce alcohol.

Wen Lin once worked in a remote ethnic minority tribe in China, and saw a witch doctor inside a well-tight pottery container and a semi-enclosed earthen stove to make a simple distillation tool.

And through the accumulation of many practices, the concentration of alcohol was successfully controlled within the effective sterilization range.

If alcohol can be made in this era, it can be used not only in medical treatment to treat traumatic abscesses, but also in daily hygiene to disinfect and sterilize.

In the long run, it is a good thing that benefits others.

The author has something to say: Tui Jiyouwen "After receiving the invitation letter for horror, I was bound to the goddess" by Jianghan

Another: Don't try to purify alcohol by yourself, it's not that easy, and it's easy to have a safety accident. The novel and the third time should be separated.

In the next update, if there is none at 11:30, there will be none. I have to study how to fiddle with alcohol. It may be too late.

I originally promised to update it today, so I'll make it up tomorrow~ Bow, and the update time will be fixed.

Oh six o'clock

*1 Refer to "On the Demonic Acts of Witches and Warlocks"