[Tess of the D'Urbervilles] Concubine Wan Gui counterattacks the doormat

Nat's body was covered with red welts. Lisa accidentally grabbed his arm, and he let out a "sizzle" in pain before everyone noticed.

It turned out that Nat was required to take a cold shower every day. In order to prevent him from catching a cold and getting sick, the director of the Jidao Temple "kindly" came to whip him every day to keep his body hot.Lisa was very distressed after hearing this. She always thought that she was the most unlucky, but when she saw those poor orphans in the Ji Taoist Temple today, she suddenly realized that she was already quite happy.

She raised her head and glanced at the lady who was lazily leaning against Alec's arms with her eyes closed and meditating, her heart was full of gratitude.

She has always looked at Concubine Wan Gui with colored glasses, because the history books commented on her being "jealous and ruthless" and conniving at courtier Wang to do evil and cruelty, but at this moment the woman on the opposite side used her marriage to protect Durbeyfield The family is a boat that is tossed by wind and rain. Although she only thought of herself at first, and at most her children, the family did indeed avoid the displaced fields in the original book because of her; Transfer to the man who has been hugging Concubine Wan Gui since he got in the car.To be honest, she still doesn't quite believe that he will give up the flowers and plants outside for a woman, maybe even the empress doesn't believe it, but for now, at least he can pretend to be stupid to please his wife, even though he He didn't care about the easy money he got from childhood, but he generously let poor relatives like them enjoy his wealth, so that she and her underage siblings would not be orphans in the cannibalism monastery just now.If this was just Alec's mask, then Lisa only hoped that he could keep this side on for a while, preferably...for a lifetime.

Alec seemed to have sensed it, and when he looked up, he saw Lisa's gaze. Since his wife was taking a nap, he didn't make a sound, but just blinked at Lisa. Lisa smiled kindly at him, and Alec was stunned.

Back at the manor, Nat naturally handed it over to Claire.

It was evening when Claire ordered the little boy to be washed, applied medicine, and changed into clean clothes before his mother.

The empress was interested in Nat's name, "Nat...a gift, who gave you this name?"

Little Nat was very grateful to the young but extremely noble lady in front of him. He didn't dare to look directly into her eyes, but lowered his eyes and replied cautiously: "If you go back to your lady, it was Mr. Gamfield from the Jidao Temple who made a contribution to her." I chose the name." After speaking, he hesitated, "If Madam doesn't like this name, I can change it to something else."

The empress just mentioned it casually, and didn't intend to care about his name, "...No, Nat is fine." She changed her position to hug the little guy.

"It's just Nat, the young master will be your master from now on, you have to take good care of him and protect him, his life is your life, you know?"

Nat carefully glanced at the little baby who was still spitting milk bubbles, "I will remember it in my heart, ma'am."

The empress was satisfied, "Okay, you can go out now."

Nat was taken aback for a moment. He thought he was brought here to be questioned about his stealing onions, but he didn't expect his wife to mention it, and he felt a little uneasy.

"Ma'am, I... didn't steal anything, do you believe it?" He blushed and mustered up the courage to defend himself.

The empress thought that he should retreat obediently, but she didn't expect to bring up this matter automatically. She raised her eyes and glanced at Nat lightly. For a moment, he felt a strong pressure, and the cold sweat that broke out couldn't help being wet Clothes that cut the back.

The empress looked back, "Nat, I thought bringing you back has already explained something, what do you think?" She chuckled, "Besides, does your stealing conflict with the fact that you belong to me?"

Nat looked up at his mother in shock.He didn't know that this matter that others seemed serious enough to be hanged was actually ignored by the mistress in front of her. What she meant... As long as he was loyal to her, no matter what he did wrong?Nat felt that the hostess still didn't fully believe him. He wanted to continue to argue, but for some reason, he wanted to cry because of her words.It was obviously contrary to what the pastor often taught them, and it obviously sounded outrageous, why did he feel so... moved?

He choked up and said, "... Ma'am, I'm going out first."

"Ah."

Seeing that his wife didn't look at him again, Nat hurriedly turned around and secretly wiped his eyes away, preventing her from seeing the tears in his eyes.

When Alec came in, he was almost bumped by this frizzy little devil. He stretched out his hand to support him, and warned: "Boy, be careful!"

Nat opened some red eyes, "Good evening, sir, I'm going out, sir." After speaking, he hurriedly rushed to the door and left.

Alec was surprised, and turned to look at his wife, "What did you do to him, dear?"

The empress smiled and asked, "What do you think I did, dear?"

Alec didn't care about that little devil either, he just asked casually out of curiosity, and when he saw his wife was unhappy, he stopped mentioning it and changed the subject, "Okay, my beauty, give me the little guy, what should we do?" Going downstairs for dinner."

The empress is good at what she does.So the two went downstairs with the little guy in their arms.

"...By the way, what did you think of at the gate of Ji Dao Temple today?" Alec asked hesitantly.

"..."

"Who made you show such... nostalgic eyes? Woman, man?" Still couldn't help asking.

"..."

"Tell me, dear, tell me, tell me..."

"……man."

"What?!" Immediately, his eyes widened like a cat with fried hair, "How can you miss other men?"

In exchange for a chuckle from his wife, there was a trace of sweetness mixed with helplessness, "...idiot." The woman murmured in a low voice.

"I didn't hear clearly, who is it? Tell me again..."

The sound gradually faded away, only the curtains on the half-opened windows were swaying gently with the autumn wind, until they could no longer be heard.

*****

When Richard came as a guest, he brought two maids and two male servants with him. They seemed to advance and retreat politely, as expected, they were indeed servants of a noble family.Their little master, Richmond, was actually not very willing, but he still couldn't refuse his father's intention, so he had to bring these four people to visit the D'Urberville Manor like a child with a milk smell.

At this moment, he scattered all his anger on the poor prey.

Because behind the d'Urberville Manor is a large piece of primeval forest that is rare in the UK, so he couldn't help but propose to explore the forest as soon as he came. Alec took advantage of the situation and suggested hunting. The reason why riding horses appeared in this virgin forest.

Hearing a "rustling" sound from the bushes behind him, Richardmond turned around slowly with his horse so as not to startle his prey.He picked up the slow shotgun and stared at the dead branch-like antlers exposed outside the bushes through the calibration hole. The horse stepped lightly to the left and right, stepped on the dead leaves, and made a crisp sound. The sika deer was frightened and immediately ran forward in a panic.

This is the moment!Richmond seized the moment when the sika deer ran out of the bushes, and shot decisively.

"Bang!" There was a sound in the forest, and the birds started up one after another, and flew into the sky in flocks of "puchi puchi".

The male servant waiting at the outskirts of the forest immediately followed the sound and rode his horse to look for it. He found the prey that the young master had shot, threw it on his horse, and put the prey in the designated place.

The little fox that Alec had been watching closely took the opportunity to escape and disappeared into the dense forest with a bang.

Alec put down his gun helplessly, and looked at Richmond who was coming slowly on horseback.

"Hey, man, you scared my fox away!" Alec feigned disapproval.

Richardmond rode alongside Alec before pulling the reins to stop.

"Alec, are you a member of the "Glory" equestrian club?" He pointed to Alec's black forged silk vest with the "Glory" badge impressively embroidered on it, holding a whip.

Alec looked down and saw the vest that he had no intention of wearing today, "Oh, yes," he joked, "I'm from 'Glory'."

Richardmond was thoughtful, and the royal horse and Alec walked slowly, "Oh, my friend, are you interested in horse racing?"

Alec heard this sentence in his ears, thinking that Richmond was examining whether he was qualified to be his friend. After all, since the seventeenth century, horse racing has been called "the sport of the kingdom" by the British, and only nobles You are only eligible to play, but in recent years everyone has the opportunity to participate in this sport, provided that you have money.

"Of course, I like horse racing very much." Before he got married, he often hang out with some pig friends in the equestrian club, where there are good wine and cigarettes, and some beauties who want to get close to the rich. Ke was determined to protect the family he was increasingly attached to, so he never set foot in the club.

Richmond caught a glimpse of the servant who came to look for him, and suddenly smiled at Alec and suggested: "Oh, then your riding skills must be quite good, let's have a small obstacle course, and we will use the previous What do you think of the bushes as a starting point?"

"Very happy," Alec replied.

The horses of the two stopped in front of the bushes. Richmond raised his whip high and began to count down: "3,2,1, [-], [-], start!" He immediately jumped on his horse and gracefully crossed the bushes , galloping forward quickly.

Alec did not back down, and the royal horse followed closely behind.

The cool autumn wind whizzed past their ears, and the two of them drove fast towards the depths of the forest one by one. Gradually, the servants following behind could no longer keep up with their speed, so they could only watch helplessly. As they disappeared into the woods, he took the reins and stopped.

Richmond felt that he had run far away, so he tightened the rein suddenly, and stopped with a "whoosh--". to Richmond's side.

"Is it over?" Alec asked over his shoulder.

Richardmond had a smile that Alec couldn't understand, "Yes, the game is over, but Alec, the game of your life is about to begin." He looked at Alec with a lot of meaning.

Alec looked puzzled.

In the afternoon, as soon as Alec returned, he asked the servants about the mother's whereabouts.

"Madam is in the conservatory with the young master and Miss Lisa." The servant who was setting up the dinner replied.

So, with indescribable excitement, Alec went to the greenhouse to look for his little wife, and he found his wife. He saw what Lisa said to his wife, and then he opened his arms and hugged his son.

"My beauty!" Alec couldn't control the excitement in his heart, he ran forward and wrapped his arms around the waist of the empress, and hugged her vigorously in circles.

Lisa felt that she couldn't be an annoying light bulb, so she said "I'll take Alston home first" and left with a sense of humor.

Alec secretly admired his sister-in-law's kind eyes, but when he turned his head, his excited eyes met his wife's calm gaze.

"Did something good happen?"

Alec's excitement subsided slightly due to the calmness of the people around him, and his sanity began to return.If it was before marriage, as long as he wanted, he would not hesitate to donate all his property, but now he is the man who wants to support his family, and he shoulders the responsibility of supporting his wife and children.So for a while, he didn't know how to speak to this intimate woman in front of him.

After deliberating for a while, he questioned: "Honey, if... I meet an opportunity, if I seize it and do it well, it will increase our wealth several times, but if you fail, you will never be able to live again." How do you choose to live such a comfortable life today?" After speaking, he anxiously waited for his wife's answer, and looked down at her holding his breath.

The Empress had no idea what Alec was talking about, so she simply asked, "What is the chance?"

"I..." Alec hesitated for a while, and simply said the cooperation proposed by Richmond today, "Richardmond is the youngest son of the Duke of Norfolk who came to visit yesterday, and he is willing to transfer his racecourse Give us, but he wants £120 million."

"Horse racetrack?" The empress didn't know much about this industry, she raised her eyebrows and looked at Alec, waiting for him to explain.

"Every year from February to November, there will be horse racing events. I haven't done statistics, but there are about two to three hundred events in a year on average, and the annual income can reach millions of pounds." Alec is excited. Extremely.

The empress has no intention of hitting Alec, but the fact is, "Alec, since the income is so considerable, why would Mr. Howard Jr. be willing to transfer it to you?"

Alec smiled sarcastically, "At that time, because the selfless Mr. Howard was eager to do something to improve the lives of the workers, he had to reluctantly transfer the racetrack that his father had donated to him."

The empress doesn't know much about business in this world, but it's a good thing for Alec to be self-motivated, so she didn't object, but just reminded lightly, "Alec, remember to solve the Duke of Norfolk's problem."

When Alec heard this, he knew that the empress had agreed to go on an adventure, and excitedly picked up his wife again and circled around.

"I love you so much, honey!"

The empress buried her face in Alec's shoulder, the corners of her mouth curled up unconsciously, and she did not deny that at this moment, her heart suddenly got better because of Alec's habitual confession.

The author has something to say: I lost my favorite, the author expressed that I am very upset, and decided to start abuse in a few chapters. . .