Queen and Her Duke

"They told some funny things about you at sea,"

Vicia's tone was calm, and nothing unusual could be heard.

Her eyes flickered slightly, and Wen Lin didn't think much about it. Erbo and the others had already established a certain tacit understanding with her, and they should not expose suspicious information in front of Vicia.

Wen Lin's bedroom is on the uppermost deck of the ship, with a ceiling that she deliberately remodeled above her head.

Looking at the darkening night outside the window, Wen Lin pulled Vicia to stand up, walked aside and pushed the wooden board away.

The mechanism on the wooden board is connected to the wooden ceiling above the head. When Wen Lin exerted force, the ceiling above the head slowly retracted to the sides, revealing the transparent glass skylight that is tightly attached to the shell.

All of a sudden, bright starlight appeared above the head, twinkling and reflecting each other.

Compared with modern times, the stars here are more, brighter and more beautiful.

Through the transparent glass, a Milky Way runs through the sky.

Pulling Visia to sit down again, Wen Lin looked at the top of her head and said with emotion, "The starry sky over the sea is even more beautiful, like His Majesty's eyes,"

Visia turned her head to look at her. Wen Lin's expression was resolute and quiet at this time, her slender and thick eyelashes trembled slightly like fragile cicada wings, her nose was straight, and her soft red lips were slightly hooked.

Wen Lin's lips taste very good.

This thought popped out of Vicia's mind suddenly.

Recalling Wen Lin's vengeful kiss that night, Vicia thought for a moment, her white fingertips touched Wen Lin's cheek, and then slid until her chin slowly lifted.

Under the fingertips is the delicate and smooth skin, Visia slowly rubbed it, and slowly approached her under Wen Lin's dazed eyes.

The cold fragrance that is getting closer and closer diffuses from the end of the nose, and the breathing becomes urgent and short unconsciously.

At this time, Vicia was gentle and affectionate.

A sense of dryness rushed up from under Wen Lin's neck in an instant, and their lips were pressed together with only a slight gap.

Wen Lin could clearly feel the bursts of warm breath and the cool temperature on her red lips.

She closed her eyes abruptly, withdrew her hand with great force, and quickly put it on Visia's shoulder, pushing her away.

"Your Majesty," the voice was hoarse, with a hint of bewilderment.

In the momentary astonishment, Visia was stunned for a moment, then blinked, and the eyes that quickly regained clarity covered up the flash of loss very well.

She stretched out her hand and landed on Wen Lin's shoulder, then took down a leaf, and said nonchalantly,

"Your Excellency, you have fallen leaves in your hair,"

Watching Visia's calm expression, Wen Lin pursed her lower lip, and retreated a short distance pretending to be calm,

"Your Majesty, it's getting late, I should go back to the village, and you should go back to the royal court, too."

After a long silence, Visia nodded very slowly. She looked at Wen Lin with gentle and focused eyes, and then said in a low voice,

"Your Excellency, Guard, don't forget to return to the royal court for the formal award at noon tomorrow,"

Seeing some shame and embarrassment from Visia for no reason, Wen Lin nodded hastily, opened the door at a faster pace and walked out.

The outline of Wen Lin's back was gradually blurred in the darkness, showing a sense of running away in a hurry.

Weisia smiled silently, and Wen Lin's reaction was unexpectedly naive and childish, like the mist drifting over the mountains in the morning, waiting for people to take a step closer to outline and explore.

Elbow and his party were waiting on the deck.

Wen Lin took a few deep breaths, and after completely calming down, she stepped into the light from the shadows.

"Everyone, I'm back,"

Everyone gathered around tacitly, Wen Lin gave an overview of the current situation, and asked someone to take out the oilcloth and the gold coins in the box from the warehouse.

Wen Lin didn't even glance in the direction of her bedroom until she got off the boat.

After gradually walking away, Erbo and his party began to discuss,

"Young master, are you going to lurk beside Queen Vicia and wait for an opportunity to take revenge?"

"Even if you have gained the trust of Queen Vicia for a short time now, once she knows your true identity, she will never show mercy,"

"Thinking of love and grace has been engraved in the blood of the royal family of Plantagenet,"

"We have to find a way to find allies, to overthrow her, to overthrow the House of Plantagenet,"

"..."

Everyone you talk to me, talk non-stop.

Wen Lin smiled helplessly, condensed a stern and majestic momentum, and said loudly,

"Everyone, she is not Henry VIII. Don't implicate her with hatred too early. I will take revenge. After finding out the truth of the year,"

"At least, our biggest enemy right now is the Holy See, and Queen Vicia will be our loyal ally against the Holy See,"

Everyone suddenly fell into silence, and they looked at each other strangely. Ever since the young master on the boat approached the cabin holding Queen Vicia's hand, they felt a strong sense of something wrong.

No, it should be that from the moment the queen came to find them, she felt something strange.

The aloof queen was unexpectedly friendly and friendly in front of them.

Like a conspiracy.

Pete tugged at his curly hair irritably, and retorted indiscriminately, "Could it be that you were also conquered by Queen Vicia's charm?"

Wen Lin didn't answer, but began to rationally analyze the current situation with them.

The Sutherland family's hatred for the Plantagenet royal family originated from Henry VIII, but no one knew the truth back then. Instead, more clues now point to the Holy See.

The royal family played more of a role in fueling the flames.

Wen Lin speculated that it was because Mrs. Guinevere exposed something or ability that made the Holy See crazily coveted, and then threatened the royal family of Golan.

"Everyone, shouldn't our ultimate goal be to wash away the stigma on the Sutherland Lion Flag?" Wen Lin suddenly said in a deep voice,

"I hope we can all be fair again

to return to that native land,"

"And Queen Vicia, she can help us,"

Everyone fell into silence.

For the Sutherland family, known as the Great Wall of the North, treason is a great irony.

They are sharp blades against foreign enemies and shed blood for the royal family of Golan. However, the tragedy of the year and the news that the duke and duchess died at the bottom of the sea have made them dare not expect to be able to wash away their crimes.

30 years, so they have been waiting for so long.

When Wen Lin mentioned it suddenly, everyone's eyes lighted up quietly. Erbo suddenly touched Wen Lin's shoulder with a rare heaviness and determination.

"You are the only blood left by Sutherland, we will always follow you, and we will wait for the day when we return to the north,"

Looking at the group of people in front of her, Wen Lin turned her head away suddenly, hatred and loyalty to Sutherland made them persist until now.

But they were old, really old, their young and strong bodies became old, and gray hair appeared on each of their heads.

Wen Lin thought, since they can't be driven away, let them spend the rest of their time safely under her protection.

After making a half circle around the village, Wen Lin brought Erbo and his party to the entrance of the village.

Brown had already cut the branches and was eagerly waiting for Wen Lin to come back.

Seeing Elbo and his party behind Wen Lin, Brown's eyes flickered a few times, but he didn't ask any more questions.

"Your Excellency Wen Lin, the branch has been cut, what should I do next?"

Signaling Bach and Bam, who were holding tarpaulins, to come forward, Wen Lin said softly, "Fix the branches on the stone fence around the house, cover them with tarpaulins, and make a few more fires, so that it shouldn't be cold at night." up,"

In case of heavy rain at sea, Wen Lin would direct the crew to set up tarpaulins, and the crew who knew what to do consciously picked up branches and started to build simple frames.

Brown's eyes rolled and turned, and he quickly guessed a little about the identity of Elbow and his party.

Your Excellency Wen Lin came from the east by boat. I heard that her ship and crew were detained by His Majesty Vicia earlier. These should be His Excellency Wen Lin's crew.

But why are His Excellency Wen Lin's crew members familiar with Golan people?

Brown, who couldn't think of a clue, simply didn't think about it anymore, left and right were not important matters.

He picked a few more people and went with the crew to build the brackets.

Tore a piece of paper from the parchment, Wen Lin bent down and began to write something on the stone.

Brown's work was very efficient. When Wen Lin finished writing and raised her head again, the oilcloth had already been laid.

Everyone in the village was either standing or sitting, all facing Wen Lin's direction in unison, watching her quietly.

Hand the paper to Brown and motion for him to read it to everyone.

On it, Wen Lin clearly wrote down Wen Lin's rights, the obligations that the citizens need to fulfill, and the arrangements for the territory and the people in the next two months.

The oilcloth that was erected later to block the wind and keep warm was obviously Wen Lin's order.

It is impossible for gladiators who can only sleep in the wild not to be grateful. In the eyes of most nobles, serfs and slaves are human-shaped livestock, and they don't care about their lives at all.

Originally, there were still some gladiators who despised Wen Lin's female status, so they sat upright involuntarily.

"..."

"Everyone can get their own land for free. In the first year, the lord will rent out the seeds, farm tools, and livestock needed, and use [-]% of the harvested grain as rent,"

"When working for the lord, you can get five to thirty copper coins as a reward every day,"

"..."

"Sturdy young adults also need regular military training to protect the lord's territory,"

"..."

"In addition, all land rent apportionment tax, mill tax... and a series of taxes and license fees will be canceled within five years, and only [-]% of the food tax will be charged,"

After reading this, Brown was stunned in disbelief.

From the first article, he read it with horror. This is not a normal relationship between the lord and the people. His Excellency Wen Lin is really too kind.

Doing so is basically wasting a lot of gold, how can [-]% of the food make up for the previous expenses.

Brown wasn't sure whether it was Her Excellency Wen Lin who was too rich, or she simply didn't know what the [-]% grain tax meant.

Really unheard of.

Brown turned his head and stared blankly at Wen Lin, wanting to confirm if she made a mistake.

Everyone in the village also looked at Wen Lin in disbelief, and the whispering made the village noisy.

"Free distribution of houses and land farm tools, I really heard right?"

"Can you get paid for farming the land for the lord?"

"You don't need to pay miscellaneous taxes, just [-]% of the food tax is enough?"

"My God, aren't we dreaming, is this a paradise?"

"..."

After the shock, there was an uncontrollable ecstasy. It was common for the common people and slaves at the bottom to be recruited by the nobles to do coolies. If they could eat two meals a day, it would be a great thing, and now they are still paid.

Turning a blind eye to Brown's burning gaze, Wen Lin looked indifferent and raised her hand to signal, "Keep reading."

The village fell silent all of a sudden, Brown frowned, and finished reading with a choked breath.

After everyone calmed down from the ecstasy, emotions of anticipation and disbelief quickly surged.

Wouldn't this be a lie deliberately compiled to make them stay sincerely?

After thinking for a while, everyone overturned this possibility. They had nowhere to go but waited to die in the arena. There was no need for the lord to deceive them.

But even the most innocent children couldn't believe it.

As if knowing what everyone was thinking, Wen Lin stepped forward and said loudly,

"Tomorrow I will arrange

to sign a contract with you."

Once the deed is signed, everything Brown has read just now will have the force of law.

Although Wen Lin has absolute judicial power over everything in the territory, if the contract is signed under the witness of the star room court, once Wen Lin violates the contract, even nobles will be severely punished.

Erbo faced the direction where Wen Lin was standing against the light. He calmly accepted everything that seemed absurd in front of him, and murmured uncontrollably,

"It's really like, it's really like, this is the real aristocratic demeanor, I seem to see the Duke and Duchess,"

Someone nearby echoed Elbo in a low voice, "Yes, the Duke and Duchess were so kind back then. Our young master is a natural leader just like her father,"

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Cool and abstinent business woman vs paranoid petite pervert

"Pervert," said Jiang Shangxue, who was imprisoned, her eyes were flushed with disgust.

"Hey, I'm only perverted to you," Shi Wu's hoarse voice was madness gushing out of his suppressed calmness.

The big bull in the business world, Jiang Shangxue, transmigrated into a book, and became the vicious stepmother in an indescribable novel.

The fate of the stepdaughter in the book was rough, and her childhood was miserable. Because of a deliberate approach by the male lead, she embarked on the path of a paranoid villain who coveted the male lead. In the end, she was co-designed by the protagonist to lose everything and die on the street.

Jiang Shangxue is the biggest stepping stone on the villain's growth path.

After being successfully seized by the villain Shi Wu, he was locked in the basement and tortured desperately for three months. In the end, he was sent to a mental hospital and lived a miserable life.

Jiang Shangxue, who transmigrated into the book, looked at the well-behaved and ignorant stepdaughter, who couldn't be connected with the image of the vicious and coquettish villain. She didn't make up her mind, and raised her daughter confidently.

Only gradually, she discovered that she regarded the villain as her daughter, but the villain... um...

The world is raining heavily, and I live for you alone.