"Brother Werther, if you gave me the little hedgehog to find out old things about the Duck family from me, then you can take the hedgehog back. I said I would tell you the old things I know, so you don't need to give me the hedgehog.
"Margaery leaned back on the chair, holding Zhizhi in her arms, tilting her chin, and staring at Werther arrogantly with her amber eyes.
The several-month-old little hedgehog was quietly eating vegetables in Werther's arms, looking very cute.
Werther stood there awkwardly, thinking, I do want to know the old affairs of the Dark family, but it has nothing to do with this hedgehog!
"I gave you the hedgehog just to get my elf Zhizhi back. You have been occupying Zhizhi for many days. You know, it must live in a sunny place and cannot stay in the castle all the time. If it comes tomorrow morning
If you don’t get exposed to sunlight outside, you will get sick.”
Margaery smiled happily, handed Zhizhi to Werther, and picked up the hedgehog: "Since this is the reason why you gave me the hedgehog, I will accept it, and Zhizhi will be returned to you."
Werther settled Zhizhi and said to Margery, "Margery, while we all have time now, why don't you tell me all the stories you know about the Duck family, as you promised me.
"
When Margery heard this, she pursed her lips, stared at Werther angrily for a while, and then said: "Sure enough, you still want to know something from me! Brother Werther, don't get carried away, don't do whatever you want just because I like you.
The earth uses me!"
"Hey, you promised me what you were going to tell me, right?" Werther said confidently.
"Then have you ever had a crush on me?" Margery stood up, put her hands on her chest excitedly, and took a step towards Werther.
Werther took a deep breath and said: "There is no love between men and women, can't you see that?"
"Uuuuuuu~ You bullied me again. I won't tell you anything! Ask Ain, he should also know some stories!" Margaery hit Werther's clothes with a small pink fist, but the force was too small.
Werther couldn't feel it at all.
"I also wanted to ask Ain, but he said he would take the knights to practice at night." Witte muttered.
Margery suddenly fell silent, pouting and sulking.
"Well, it doesn't matter if you don't say it. I'm going back to the bedroom first, and you should go to bed early." Werther said helplessly, preparing to go upstairs.
"Humph, I know you like Lina, but for some unknown reason, you haven't officially confessed your love to her yet." Margaery turned her back and her voice became very rational.
"Huh? How did you tell?" Werther stopped and looked at Margery in surprise.
"Haha, because I like you, that's why I can see this. In this case, it's useless no matter how much trouble I make." Margery sighed, turned around, and said, "At worst, I admit that you don't like it.
My truth is, I will continue to pursue you."
"Huh?" Werther said in surprise, "Are you going to continue?"
"Well, brother Witte, don't you know that if people from Notland can get the king's permission, they can marry multiple people~"
"Huh? There is such a rule, so why does my father only have one wife in each marriage?"
"That's because your father's wives are all daughters of big nobles. He was afraid of offending the big nobles, so he didn't dare to marry more. The reason why the king dared to marry a new queen was also because of the decline of the Majik family."
"So that's the case."
"Then, brother Werther, have you promised me to pursue you?"
"not at all."
"You are so stubborn. I know you want me to pursue you. Not only will I pursue you, but I will also take the opportunity to retaliate against you~" Margaery suddenly smiled evilly.
"You can fantasize slowly, I'll leave first."
"Wait!" Margaery grabbed Werther's clothes, "I don't allow you to leave, you must accompany me and listen to me tell you the unknown stories about the Dark family!"
"Well, just now you were blaming me for using you, but when I wanted to go to sleep, you took the initiative to say so." Werther held his forehead helplessly, "Just tell me here, and I'll ask Tom to pour you a cup of coffee."
"I want to drink black tea, and I also want to put out the chandelier above, leaving only a few candles."
"Are you going to tell a ghost story?"
"If you don't do this, I won't talk about it." Margaery folded her hands on her chest, turned sideways, and became angry again.
"Okay, I told them to do it."
After Tom and Wil arranged the hall in a way that Margery was satisfied with, Margery was willing to tell Werther the story she knew about the Duck family.
Margery held the little hedgehog and smiled strangely, her amber eyes reflecting the fiery red candlelight.
"I wonder where brother Witte wants to start?"
"First tell me why Ain hates Mrs. Alice so much."
Margery nodded, took a sip of black tea, and said slowly:
"To be honest, when I saw Ain for the first time in Daybreak Town a few days ago, I almost didn't recognize him.
It wasn't until he said his last name in front of you that I knew that he was the child of Commander Swade Knight. I met him when I was a child when I was a guest at Swade's house.
Commander Swade Knight was a subordinate of my great-uncle Duke Duke. Once, he offended Duke Duke for some reasons.
The next day, Knight Sward and his wife both died on the stairs of their home, stabbed in the vital parts with a sharp knife. At that time, Ain saw Agnes holding a knife next to the bodies of his parents.
So Ain believed that Duke Dark sent Agnes to kill his parents. Ain even made a fuss in front of Duke Dark's house. Duke Dark wanted to execute him, but Alice begged for him.
He accepted his love and let him live.
With the death of the Swade Knight Commander, the entire Swade family also gradually declined, and finally Duke Dark took possession of the Iron family house and drove Ain out."
"Why did Mrs. Agnes intercede on behalf of Ain?" Werther asked.
"Because Aunt Alice is a good friend of Ain's mother, and her aunt used to love Ain very much,"
"So that's it. Then was it really Mrs. Agnes who killed Ain's parents?"
Margery shook her head: "I don't know, but one thing is known to everyone in the Dark family. Ain's parents did die because of Duke Dark."
Werther pondered for a while and then asked: "I remember that you told me in the evening that my father had hoped that Mrs. Agnes would come to the palace as a butler?"
"Yes, many years ago, the king did have this idea. This story is quite complicated. Brother Witte, you must be mentally prepared before listening to it~"
"It's okay, just tell me."
"When you were born, the king was already tired of the former queen. At that time, the status of the Majik family had not been weakened. The king could not marry another woman because of Duke Majik's face, so he lamented and sighed every day.
The Duke of Dark wanted to take this opportunity to send his daughter to the king to be his mistress, so as to find an opportunity to replace the former queen.
The first mistress that the Duke of Darke chose for the king was his eldest daughter, Agnes.
Agnes was a famous beauty in Notland when she was young. She had a straightforward and lovely personality and was good at cooking. She easily won the heart of the king."
"Straightforward and cute?" Werther was shocked. The contrast between Mrs. Agnes when she was young and now is too great.
"I heard that she was really cute when she was young.
Originally, the king wanted to give her a position as a caterer, so that she could stay in the palace and be the king's mistress.
But at this time, Duke Dark's youngest daughter Emmeline Dark became jealous of her.
Emmeline is the current queen, and her methods back then were really insidious.
Emmeline has loved the king since she was a child, but she couldn't compete with the queen for the position of wife, and couldn't compete with her sister for the position of mistress, so her heart began to twist."
"Oh my God."
"Emmeline first begged Duke Darke to let her replace her sister as the king's mistress, but Duke Darke refused her.
Later, Emmeline thought of a way. She bribed a handsome valet of her family and let the valet get close to Agnes.
Agnes soon fell into the love lie spun by the manservant, so she no longer wanted to be the king's mistress and wanted to be with the manservant.
Duke Dark disagreed with her decision, so he tried every means to break them up.
However, Agnes loved this manservant even more. Under Emmeline's persuasion, she took a lot of gold and silver and eloped with the manservant overnight.
After the Duke of Darke learned of this, he was disappointed with his eldest daughter's elopement and angry with his younger daughter's actions, but he had no other choice but to send his younger daughter Emmeline to the king.
Unexpectedly, Emmeline actually attracted the king's attention and successfully became the king's mistress. Within a year, she gave birth to the second prince, and two years later, she gave birth to the little princess.
Later, the Majik family declined and the first queen committed suicide. Emmeline was successfully promoted to queen. At the same time, the Duke of Dak took possession of the Majik family's territory and property.
On the other side, Duke Dark found the whereabouts of Agnes and the manservant, killed the male servant, sent Agris and her child Wright to Dawn Town, and asked Agris to marry the old knight of Dawn Town.
command.
Until then, Agnes had not thought of killing anyone. Until one day, Emmeline told Agris that the manservant had been bribed by her.
Agris believed that the manservant was only coveting her property with her and regretted that she had fallen in love with the wrong person, so her heart began to become twisted and she agreed to many of Duke Dark's requests, including killing the old knight commander."
Werther was stunned when he heard this. He wanted to drink coffee, but accidentally let the coffee pour directly on his clothes perfectly.
"Brother Werther, why are you wasting coffee?" Margery laughed at him.
Werther's mood at this time could no longer be described as shocked. This mood was several times stronger than shock.
In addition to the complex entanglement of love and hate, there are also several important doubts in these matters.
How did Ain's parents die, and why did Mrs. Alice appear next to their bodies when they died?
There may be important secrets hidden here.
"By the way, in the year when Ain's parents passed away, was Agnes already working for Duke Dark?" Witte asked.
Margery thought for a while and said, "Yes."
"If that's the case, then when Agnes showed up at Iron's house, was she completing the task assigned by Duke Dark?"
"Maybe it is, maybe it's not, because Aunt Agnes often goes to the Iron house as a guest, and she might just happen to be there at that time."
Werther sighed and thought, Duke Dark's methods are vicious, I must find his weakness as soon as possible.
"Brother Werther." Margaery suddenly stood up, "Let's go back to our respective rooms to sleep. Tomorrow I will still think of ways to retaliate against you~to avenge you for hurting me~"