Chapter 112 Chapter 112

"So, are you here to tidy up the room?" I tried to ask casually. "No!" she laughed, "I'll just mess up his little bit of order if I tidy it up. No, I'll keep the room the way he left it until he comes back. I want him to see me when he comes back." Everything is in the original place." Her face became serious. "However, this room is very tidy. I sent a page to look for you this morning, but he said you were out. I wonder if you heard any news from Ferry Town?" "Just some gossip," I replied. "So, what you heard should be similar to what I heard, but no one summoned me." She said coldly, and then she turned to look at me with pain in her eyes. "I got most of the information from Mrs. Qianxun, and she heard Regal's guard telling her maid. The guard told Regal that the envoy was coming, so they should also send the envoy See me? Don't they think I'm queen?"

"My queen," I reminded her gently, "in any case, this emissary is supposed to meet King Shrewd directly. I guess Regal sent the man at the king's door to let the emissary meet the king directly, but he didn't to see you." She looked up. "Then, remember one thing, two people can play such a stupid game without clapping one hand." "I wonder if other messages were lost as well." I speculated aloud. Her blue eyes turned a cold gray. "What do you mean by that?" "Carrier pigeons and signal flares, and a message from Ruin to Duanning. It stands to reason that at least one message would let us know that Ferry Town was attacked. Maybe one of the messages was lost, but all three did not Pass it on, is it possible?"

Her face was pale and she was startled. "The Duke of Bearns will believe that we ignored their cries for help." She put a hand over her mouth and whispered, "This is a conspiracy to slander Verity!" Suddenly her eyes widened, and then suddenly Yell at me, "I will never allow this to happen!" She turned and rushed towards the door, every movement full of anger.I could only jump in front of her and block the door with my back to prevent her from opening it. "My queen, I beg you to wait a moment! Wait a moment and think!" "Thinking of what? What better way to expose his treachery?"

"There is no chance of winning in our current situation, so please wait. You and I both think that Regal knows these things to some extent, and also conceals them, but we have no evidence, not at all. Besides, we may be wrong. We It must be done step by step, lest there be disagreements at a critical moment. We must speak to King Shrewd first, to see if he senses it, and if he agrees to let Regal explain it himself." "He won't!" she declared angrily. "He often loses his composure," I reminded her, "but only he, not you, can publicly accuse Regal. If you blame him first and the king supports him afterwards, the nobles will feel that the Zhanyuan family is divided. However, between them The world has been full of doubts and sowing discord, so since Verity is not here, we should not turn the Inland Duchy and the Coastal Duchy against each other."

She paused.I saw that she was still shaking with rage, but at least she took my word for it.I saw her take a breath, and I also felt that she was trying to calm herself down. "That's why he asked you to stay, Fitz. Help me see these things clearly." "How do you say that?" Now it was my turn to be shocked. "I thought you knew. You must be wondering why Verity didn't let you go with him. It was because I asked him who he should have as my advisor, and he said I should trust you." Had he forgotten about Chade?I can't help but wonder.Then it occurred to me that Kettricken had no idea of ​​Chade's existence, and that he must have known that I would act as an intermediary.I felt Verity's approval in my heart, and Chade remained in the shadows.

"Think with me again," Kettricken commanded me. "What happens next?" She was right.This is not an isolated incident. "We'll have visitors, the Duke of Bynes and his group of lesser nobles. The Duke of Prondi will not send an envoy on such a mission, but will come here himself to demand answers, and then all the coastal duchies will Will hear what kind of reply he gets. His coast is the most infringing area outside Buck Duchy." "Then we must have answers worth hearing," Kettricken declared.She closed her eyes and put her hands on her forehead, and after a while pressed her cheeks again, and I could see how she was trying to restrain herself.Dignity, she told herself, calm and sensible.She took another breath and looked at me. "I'm going to King Shrewd," she announced to me. "I've got to ask him everything, to find out the whole situation, and what he's going to do. He's the king, and he's got to know he's still sitting still." Throne."

"I think it's a wise choice," I told her. "I'll have to find him alone. If you're always by my side, it'll make me look weak and cause rumors of a split in the royal regime. Do you understand?" "I understand." Although I really wanted to know what Shrewd would say to her. She pointed to maps and other items I had kept on a table. "Can you find a safe place to put them away?" Chade's room. "Can." "Very good." She made a gesture, and I realized that I was still blocking the door, so I stepped aside.As she walks past me, the scent of the mountains that emanates from her body overwhelms me for a moment, makes my legs go weak, and curses fate to use these emeralds to rebuild the house instead of wrapping around her elegant neck. superior.But I'm very proud to think that even if I put them in her hands at this point, she'll insist that the emeralds should be used for disaster relief in Ferrytown, so I'll just have to sneak them into my pocket.Perhaps she could stir King Shrewd's wrath, and prompt Regal to take the money out of his pocket.Perhaps, when I return, these emeralds will still cling tightly to that warm skin.

If Kettricken looked back at me, there would be a Fitz blushing at her husband's thoughts. I went to the stables.It's always been a soothing place for me, and Burrich's travels have made me feel obligated to visit it from time to time, but that doesn't mean Hand needs my help.At this time, a group of people gathered in front of the stable door to argue angrily.A young stableboy holds on to the bridle of a large pack horse, another older stableboy tugs on the reins, trying to separate the horse from the pony, and a third in a suit The people in Ersi's costumes stood aside and watched.The usually gentle horse showed a painful expression because of the tugging.It won't be long before someone gets hurt.

I boldly stepped forward and pulled the reins from the frightened stable boy, while I also searched soothingly for the horse.It was a little rusty to me, but still calmed by my reassurance. "What's going on here?" I asked the stable boy. "They pulled the cliff out without asking. I take care of the horse every day and they don't even tell me what they're doing." "I'm ordered--" said the man who stood watching. "I was talking to someone," I told the man, then turned to the stable boy, "Did Hand tell you anything about this horse?"