Chapter 52 Chapter 52 is simply ridiculous

Are you coming now? Not now, but soon.I must do one thing first. can i go too No.It's not safe.Be quiet now and get away from my thoughts. I confronted the guards bluntly at the gate.Yes, a woman came this morning on foot.It is some people who have to walk this road rain or shine because of business.queen?The guards exchanged glances, but no one responded.I said maybe there was a woman with a thick cloak and a hat over her face so no one could see who she was?White fringe on the hat?A young guard nodded.Embroidery on the cape, and white and purple frills?They exchanged anxious glances.There is indeed such a woman passing by here, but they don't know who she is, but since I mentioned those colors, they should know...

In my icy tone I scolded them for being a bunch of idiots.Unidentified people can pass through our city gates without inspection?Would they not have seen the white fur and purple embroidery, and guessed that it might be the queen?No one to accompany her?No one to serve as her bodyguard?Especially after yesterday's events?Buckkeep is such a good place, it is incredible that no infantryman can accompany the queen to Buckkeep in a snowy day.I kicked my partner away, leaving the group to blame each other. This part of the road is really difficult.The cold wind was blowing capriciously, and I had to use my cloak to cope with the unpredictable wind direction.The snow kept falling, and the wind kept blowing up the thin ice that was frozen on the ground, causing it to spin and slide into my cloak.The partner was also very unhappy, but still struggled to walk through the thick snow.Dangerous ice covered the rough road beneath the snow, and the mule succumbed to my stubbornness, trudging along sullenly, and I blinked the snow off my eyelashes, urging it to go faster.The image of the queen lying in the snow covered by flying snowflakes kept invading my heart.What an absurd idea!I firmly told myself.It's ridiculous!

I caught up with her once I got to the outskirts of Buckkeep.I know her back, even if she is not wearing purple and white clothes. She moved through the snow with graceful indifference, as if her mountainous upbringing had made her immune to the bitter cold, just as I was immune to salty breezes and humidity. "Queen Kettricken! My queen! Please wait for me!" When she turned around and saw me, she stood there with a smile, and I slid off my partner's back and stood beside her. I was relieved to see that she was unharmed, but this feeling of relief made me understand How worried I am. "What are you doing here alone in this snowy day?" I couldn't help asking, and added later, "My queen."

She looked around, as if only now noticing the wind and snow around her, and turned to me with a regretful smile.She wasn't cold or sick at all, but was rosy from walking, and the white fur around her face set off her vivid blond hair and blue eyes.In this silvery white, instead of being pale and lifeless, she showed a golden and pink vigor, with piercing blue eyes.Yesterday when she rode her horse she looked like death, and when she washed the corpses she had killed with her own hands, she was so sad.But in the snow here and now, she is the happy girl who escaped from Buckkeep and walked on the snow. "I'm looking for my husband."

"Alone? He knows you came on foot like this?" She looked rather surprised, then raised her chin and said, "Isn't he my husband? Do I need to make an appointment to see him? Why can't I walk alone? Do I look so incompetent that I will go to the company?" Lost on the way to Deer Castle?" She kept going, and I had to drag my partner to keep up with her, but he wasn't excited at all. "Queen Kettricken," I said, before she cut me off. "I've had enough of you." She stopped suddenly and turned to look at me. "Yesterday was the first time in days that I lived on my own terms, and I don't want that feeling to go away. If I want to visit my husband while he's at work, I should visit him. I don't know the ladies How would it feel to go out like this, whether on foot in this weather or otherwise, I didn't know if they would follow, so I went on my own. My horse was hurt yesterday, and The rough roads are not good for animals, so I didn't ride a horse. It all makes sense. So why are you following me and questioning me?"

She chose bluntness as a weapon, and I accepted it readily, but still took a breath, and then answered her in a polite tone: "My queen, I followed you to make sure you were unharmed. Since there is only one The mule is here to listen to us, so I might as well just say it. Are you so quick to forget who is trying to take Verity's throne in your own mountain kingdom? Will he be slow to plot? Do you believe both Was it just an accident to get lost in the woods the night before? I don't think so. Also, did you find him pleased with your actions yesterday? Quite the opposite. You thought it was something you did for the people, but he thought you were plotting Power grab. So he muttered in exasperation, then decided you were going to be more of a threat than ever. You gotta know it all. So why did you make yourself the target of the sword? No one will find you in this place !"

"I'm not an easy target," she retorted. "A highly skilled archer can hit the target in such a strong wind and snow. As for the knife, well, I have a knife too, want to launch an offensive? I But it will fight back!" She turned around again and walked forward. I continued mercilessly: "And what happened? You killed a man, and you caused an uproar in the castle, and Verity had to chastise his guards for their negligence that put you in danger." ? Then, what if the killer's sword skills are stronger than yours? If I drag your body out of this snow, what kind of consequences will it bring to the Six Principalities?" I swallowed and added a sentence , "My queen."

She slowed down, but still raised her chin and asked me softly, "If I sat in the castle day after day, growing weaker and blinder like a maggot, what would happen? Zi Junqi, I am not a pawn in the chess game, I just sit on the chessboard and wait for the player to make a move. I am... a wolf is watching us!" "Where?" She pointed at it, but it disappeared like swirling snow, leaving only a ghostly laugh in my heart.After a while, the wind mischievously transmitted its scent to the mate, and the mule snorted and tugged at the thickest rein. "I didn't know we were so close to the wolves!" Kettricken said in surprise.

"It's just a city dog, my queen. Maybe it's just a dirty stray dog ​​sniffing through the village dumps for something to eat, and it's not afraid of anything." Don't you think I'm not hungry?I'm hungry enough to eat this mule. Go back and wait, I'll be right over. The garbage dump is far away and full of seabirds and their droppings, among other nasties.This mule should be fresh and delicious. Go back, I tell you.I'll bring you some meat later. "Fitz Horse?" Kettricken asked cautiously.