Before dinner, there were still many people coming to buy bread, but the long-term workers were already very good at their work, and Werther felt relieved, so he returned to the castle alone.
It was already dusk, and it was the time when the servants in the castle were busy. Tom was sitting on the big stone outside the castle, conscientiously working on the new elf room. The setting sun shone on Tom's dexterous hands.
His hands quickly wrapped the string around the skeleton of the elf room. Although the steps were complicated, they seemed effortless.
"Uncle Tom's craftsmanship is so skillful, I feel comfortable just looking at it." Witt praised.
"His Royal Highness is back." Tom placed the skeleton of the elf room on the ground, stood up and saluted Werther.
"It feels like everyone is very busy recently. Could it be that the castle has insufficient manpower?"
"It's just that I have to do the elf room these two days. Originally, some of my work was assigned to other people, so everyone seems to be working harder. In fact, there is not much work in the castle." Tom maintained a gentle smile.
, "Your Highness, I heard from Wile that the business of the bread workshop is very good, and now the quality of life of the people can also be improved."
"Yeah, things in the bakery are going well, and I'm very pleased. By the way, Uncle Tom, do you know much about Si Shan? For example, what kind of person is he, what are his hobbies, and what kind of people do he have in Duck?
What is the status of the family?" Witte asked.
"I only know that Mr. Sishan is the nephew of Duke Duke, and I don't know anything else. Why did His Highness ask him so suddenly? Did something happen?" Tom asked with concern.
"He came to Dawn Town and asked me about the workshop outside the workshop. I felt that he came with bad intentions." Witte looked at the sky in the distance, his eyes became deep, "I have to prepare in advance.
.”
"Your Highness is right. Si Shan came to Daybreak Town, but he was not in a hurry to come to the castle to find his daughter, Miss Margaery. Maybe his target is you." Tom thought for a while and then said, "But His Highness has been growing up since he was young.
Growing up in the palace, how could you not know about Lord Si Shan?"
Werther could see that Tom had no doubts about his identity now, but was just curious. All he had to do was think of a lie to cover up the matter.
"Well, I used to be indifferent to these things, but now that I have become a lord, I start to think more about them."
"In this case, your highness might as well ask Wile. He likes to inquire about other people's affairs so much that he may have some knowledge about this kind of thing." Tom gave his own suggestion, "But Wile is at the well.
Fetch water, maybe you won't see him for a while."
"Well, that makes sense. I'll wait until he's done with his work before asking him."
After entering the castle, Werther fell directly on the sofa, with his hands under the back of his head, lying flat on his back, his brown eyes staring at the motionless chandelier on the ceiling, but his mood seemed to be turbulent, and he kept thinking about the afternoon in his mind.
What happened in the bakery.
The hall was empty at this time, the maids were cleaning on the second floor, Potter was preparing dinner in the kitchen, Ivan was treating the sick long-term workers at the new farm, Lina and Margaery were in their bedrooms, and York
He was guarding outside Margery's bedroom. Such a quiet hall was just the right time for Werther to get lost in his thoughts, but after thinking for a long time, he couldn't figure out what Si Shan wanted to do here.
"What is Si Shan's purpose in coming to Dawn Town?" Witte frowned slightly and muttered to himself.
"Your Highness, what are you talking about here?
"Wyle came over after fetching water, rolled up his sleeves at his elbows, put his hands behind his back, bent over and looked at Werther curiously, "I didn't go to the bakery this afternoon, did something happen?"
Werther sat up from the sofa, focused his eyes on Wile's face in front of him, and said seriously: "Sishan came to the bakery today, and his attitude was very bad, as if he came to inquire about my situation."
"What!" Wile exclaimed in surprise, "Master Sishan is a member of the Dak family. He has always been in cahoots with Duke Dak, your stepmother. This time he comes to Daybreak Town, obviously to deal with you!"
"I suspect so too. Now that I have gradually secured my position as Lord of Daybreak Town, Duke Dark will definitely want to send someone to oust me from this position. However, Mrs. Alice has yet to see any results, so he
Just let your nephew come and deal with me. I want to ask you, how is Si Shan?"
Wile stretched out his hand and touched his chin, looked diagonally upward, thought for a moment and said, "Other than vicious, I can't think of any more appropriate words."
"Tell me about him."
"Your Highness, you don't even remember him." Wile sighed helplessly, "A famous poisonous scorpion in the court."
"Wait a minute, the secretary is Margaery's father after all. Let's go to the study to talk about these things so as not to be overheard by her."
After Werther and Wile entered the study, Wile thought for a while and said:
"Let's start with Si Shan when he was young, but I heard the old servants in the palace discuss everything about him when he was young.
At that time, he had not yet worked in the palace. He was just a young master of the Duck family. He was somewhat famous among the nobles because he was good at cooking.
The Duck family is a large aristocracy, and Duke Duck is the most powerful person in the family. If members of the family want to obtain an official position, they must obtain Duke Duck's consent.
Not every member can be valued by Duke Duke. Some family members cannot be assigned official positions or fiefs. Although they have no worries about food and clothing, they can only be idle nobles for the rest of their lives.
The Master Sishan, who was still just a young master at that time, did not get the attention of Duke Duke. He was not satisfied with being a young master for the rest of his life, so he tried to please Duke Duke and wanted him to bring him into the palace.
There were many members of the Dark family who wanted to join the palace, but Duke Dark had no reason to choose him. He was interested in the position of the palace cook, and in order to let Duke Dark know that he could make a sharp blade, he recommended him to do it.
Si Shan, he actually poisoned the old Si Shan in the palace who was at odds with Duke Duke, and still had the ability to escape unscathed.
As a result, he was appreciated by the Duke of Darke, but he still could not take the seat of waiter, because at that time the Duke of Darke planned to leave this seat to his daughter Agnes.
You also know what happened later. After Agnes eloped with the valet, he became the new butler."
"Are these just rumors?" Witt asked.
"Yes, Your Highness, neither of us were born yet, so we did not experience these things personally."
"Then have you ever experienced his cruelty personally?"
"Of course!" Wile opened his eyes wide, "I was just about to tell you."
"Well, tell me then."
"When you were in the palace, in order to please the Queen, the Master would occasionally put some food that would damage your body or chronic poisons into your food. Isn't this vicious enough?" Wiler said as he recalled, "No.
However, since you practice magic, none of this can harm you."
"There are such things." Witte thought carefully, "Mrs. Agnes is just a nobleman without an official position in Daybreak Town. It is impossible for Si Shan to come here to discuss court affairs with her. In all likelihood, he is here.
Discuss how to oust me from the position of lord."
"I think so too, Your Highness."
"Serve me some food first. I'll have to eat before I have the strength to fight with them."
At this moment, Margery ran down from the second floor. She ran to Werther on her gold-encrusted high heels, shook Werther's arm, and asked with her beautiful amber eyes: "Who are you going to fight with?"
, also tell me~"
"You can't know these things." Werther gently took his arm out of Margaery's hand and smiled faintly, "Sit down at the dining table and prepare to eat."
Margery looked at Werther blankly and said: "Your attitude is so cold today, as if you are deliberately avoiding me. Who are you going to fight with? Tell me, is it a member of the Dark family?"
Werther looked at Margery in surprise. Although he tried to control his emotions, his eyes still betrayed him.
Margery's face turned gloomy, and she sneered and said: "Looking at you, I guessed it right. Do you know why I am angry? It's because you took the grudge between you and the Dark family out on me.
"
"I never associated the Dark family with you." Witte explained, "You are different from them."
"But your eyes are clearly dodging, which shows that you are prejudiced against me in your heart!" Margaery couldn't help but take a step back, put her hand on her chest, tears glistening in her eyes, "Or as you said, you
You don’t have any prejudice against me, but you are hiding something from me. You have difficulties and cannot face me.”
Werther's eyes widened slightly, and he could feel that Margaery seemed to have guessed something.
Margery took a deep breath and closed her eyes gently: "The reason why you are so unnatural when facing me is because of my father. York had already discovered my father's carriage in the town and came to tell me.
I originally thought that my father was going to take me home, but he didn't come to me, so I guessed that he was going to Aunt Alice to discuss how to get rid of you."
"Margery, it turns out you know about this." For some reason, Werther felt a little nervous at this time. He didn't know what kind of attitude Margery would maintain.
"Don't worry, brother Werther." Margery opened her eyes and looked at Werther seriously, "I was just worried that you would no longer pay attention to me, so I was so excited. Since I am your friend and admirer, I won't
Betray you."
Werther looked at Margery firmly and said: "The Dark family has done many evil things. I can't just sit back and watch. Moreover, they are always against me and even want to kill me. I can't just sit back and wait. I hope you can understand."
Margery's eyes were filled with tears, her expression was a little bitter, and then she closed her eyes and shook her head desperately, trying to get rid of the sadness. Then she slowly opened her eyes, with tenderness in her eyes: "I understand you
My mood will not stop any of your plans. I just hope that you can be merciful when necessary. If you can't, I will retaliate against you severely~"
After the air was silent for a while, Werther suddenly looked happy and said, "No problem, let's eat."
"Yeah!" Margaery wiped her tears and sat down at the dining table happily.