Natural black penetrates into infinite flow

The next morning, the servants got busy and the mansion was tidied up even more.

The Duchess told the butler: "The Duke will be back at noon, so you must remember to prepare his favorite meals, and don't make any mistakes."

Xia Mingchi smiled and nodded, "Yes."

A few days ago, except for a few key NPCs, there were almost no people in this European-style building.Now crowded with people, the mansion is lively.

At noon, the sun was shining brightly, and there was the sound of carriages at the gate of the mansion.

The Duchess held up her skirt and greeted her with a smile.

A bearded man with a rosewood cane took the Duchess's hand, kissed the back of it, and then hugged her.

【Duke Fisher, other than Prince Abel, the highest ranking person in the city. 】

The relationship between the Duke and Duchess is harmonious and beautiful at first glance.

Xia Mingchi heard the nun sneer, and when he wanted to reconfirm, Sister Mary had already stepped forward and saluted the Duke.

The Duke let go of his wife, nodded to the nun, and looked around again.

"What about the child?"

The Duchess said: "I'm sick again, I let her lie down in the room."

After finishing speaking, only a crying voice sounded.

"Father!"

Miss Fisher flew into the Duke's arms like a bird.

The Duke hugged his daughter around and took out his handkerchief to wipe her tears. His shrewd eyes were full of kindness.

"Hey, look, who dares to wrong the young lady at home?"

Miss Fisher bowed her head and said nothing, the Duchess opened her lips and frowned slightly, "Don't you think I control her too much? Hurry up and let her marry, so I can't see it or worry about it."

The Duke heard that it was a conflict between mother and daughter, Yang Tian laughed a few times, hugged his daughter with one hand, and led his wife with the other, and walked into the room.

Xia Mingchi noticed that whenever Miss Fisher appeared outside, her breathing became short of breath, and her exposed skin began to turn red, much like an allergic symptom.

Miss Fisher sat on the sofa, covered her mouth with a handkerchief and coughed twice.

The Duke asked, "Did you take your medicine on time?"

Louis, who was standing behind the lady, replied: "I watch the lady eat every day."

Miss Fisher took her father's arm and acted coquettishly, "I don't want to eat anymore..."

"How can I do that?" The Duke scratched the tip of his daughter's nose. "Not only should you listen to the doctor, but you should also pay attention to recuperate. Stay in the room honestly and don't go out."

Miss Fisher has some kind of illness that prevents her from going out.

"By the way," the Duke said to the housekeeper, "milk will be delivered from the ranch in the evening. You can count it and take it to the church as a charity tomorrow."

"Yes."

[The Duke of Fisher is a generous rich man. Every year, a few days before his daughter’s birthday, he goes to church to pray for blessings and give milk and bread to the poor. 】

"Father, I want to go too."

Miss Fisher looked eagerly at the Duke when she heard the door.

"No, you are too weak."

"But I haven't been to church since I was eight years old! You go every year, why don't you take me?! Church is not a taboo place, other people's children can go, but I can't!!!"

The young lady started crying immediately, the Duke changed his expression, exchanged glances with his wife and said, "Okay then... I'll take you this time."

Miss Fisher burst into tears immediately.

At first glance, it seems that she is just a spoiled and indulgent daughter of her parents, but Xia Mingchi feels strange. Does not going to church also have something to do with Miss's illness?

Duke: "How much did your mother pay for that dress for you?"

This sentence seems to be asking Miss Fisher, but it is actually asking the Duchess.

Sure enough, the Duchess pulled her face down.

"Of course it's the best for my daughter, but it's the money in my account, not the family's."

The Duke saw the ruby ​​earrings on Miss Fisher's ears again, and his heart ached.

"New jewellery? Don't you have enough jewellery? Buy it again, can you wear it..."

Madam was speechless, and before her daughter could speak, she said, "It was given by Mary."

Only then did the Duke smile, "That's good."

Interestingly, the most distinguished person in the city other than the prince would care about the cost of preparing the dress and accessories for the birthday party for his only daughter.

"Housekeeper, I found that a lot of roses under the annex have been picked. You arrange the gardener to plant new roses in the greenhouse. Otherwise, the empty space will not look good."

The wife was too lazy to continue explaining to her husband, and arranged a new job for the housekeeper.She seems to attach great importance to flowers, as if she has obsessive-compulsive disorder, and must plant the yard full.

Xia Mingchi agreed. He watched these NPCs go through the plot, and suddenly felt a pair of eyes staring at him, the eyes were greedy and hot.

Louis?

The man had already put on a new suit and a neat tie, and stood tall and straight in front of the servants. His demeanor was not like that of a doctor in a clinic, but that of the owner of a mansion.

After being discovered by the housekeeper, Louis did not move his eyes, but nodded politely.

Being so aboveboard made Xia Mingchi blush inexplicably.

[The butler looked shy, and on his handsome face was the distress and lovesickness of falling in love, which made Louis's heart skip a beat. 】

[Louis' favorability for you has increased to 53%. 】

The cold mechanical voice is full of emotion.

Isn't it... that's okay? ?System, you did not install a strange patch, did you?

[We are a serious game, this is the plot of the copy. 】

The young lady was helped by Jin to rest in her room again, the Duke went to the front hall to discuss the sale of the Southern Manor with other attendants, and the Duchess arranged for the housekeeper to deliver some sweets to his daughter.

It is a baked muffin made by a pastry chef invited from the palace. The milk is mixed with the freshness of the fruit.

Xia Mingchi went upstairs with the silver dinner plate and heard that Miss Fisher seemed to be arguing with Jin. He couldn't see what was going on inside and could only listen to the system's narration.

"My hair...you hurt me...you old woman!"

【Jin Jiji combed Miss Fisher's hair impatiently, and even tore off a few hairs. 】

"Let's get used to it as soon as possible, I will take care of you from now on."

Although Jin is the dowry of the duchess, she is a servant in the mansion after all, how dare she treat the lady like this.

[Miss Fisher clutches the back of her head, her eyes bursting with anger. 】

"I'm going to tell mother!"

"Go ahead. The gloves I found the other day were of the finest lambskin, with the finest sapphires inlaid. Robert of the ranch is only a milkman, and he can't afford a pair of these in ten lifetimes without eating or drinking."

"Miss is really doing this. She put it all on Anne. Do you think Madam can't see it? She is doing it for you, so you can do it yourself! Honestly wait until you get married, don't think about stealing a man yourself, there is no such thing Possibly. Even if the other party is an aristocrat, the Duke and Madam will not agree!"

After Xia Mingchi entered the dungeon, she hardly saw Jin open her mouth, but she said so much today.And these words, including the attitude towards the young lady, without the acquiescence of the madam, she would never dare to do so.

It's just that what the wife showed was arrogance and love for her daughter, perhaps because Miss Fisher's tryst with her lover touched her mother's bottom line.

【Miss Fisher has never been treated like this before, and she cries bitterly in front of the dressing table. 】

"No! My father and mother love me so much, they will definitely let me marry the one I love!"

"Then try it!"

【Jin sneered, counted the time, and knew that the butler had almost delivered the dessert, so he opened the door. 】

The older maid's face was expressionless, she glanced at Xia Mingchi, took the plate out of his hand, and closed the door again like a robot.

The lady's angry voice came from inside: "It's muffins again, I feel like throwing up when I smell muffins! Why do you have to take things I don't like!"

"Did you remember wrongly, the lady said, the lady likes muffins the most."

At dinner time, the side door notified that the milk was delivered from the ranch, and asked the housekeeper to check it.

Xia Mingchi was stunned when he saw the driver. Isn't this Robert who was imprisoned in the Iron Maiden?

When the torch was extinguished, the victim had almost no vital signs.Even if he was rescued, his body would have been stabbed to pieces theoretically.

Sweating profusely, Robert unbuttoned the top buttons, exposing the intact skin on his chest.

[Robert, the dairyman, unloads the milk pail, and he's working hard. 】

Does he have a twin brother or something?

【No. 】

Who was imprisoned in the Iron Maiden that day?

[Robert. 】

Xia Mingchi thought the system wouldn't answer this question, but he didn't expect the cold mechanical voice to say so.

Robert died, but still kept working.Is that how you understand it?

【…】

Xia Mingchi counted the milk buckets, "There are 29 in total, thank you for your hard work, let's go to the kitchen and eat something before leaving."

The butler greeted him warmly, trying to find something from Robert.

Robert waved his hand and got back into the carriage.

Xia Mingchi stopped him: "Two sheep in the sheepfold died, how is the pasture managed?"

Robert waved his hand blankly again, let out a strange "squeak", waved the reins, and drove the carriage away quickly.

The sound is very like a mouse. Is this Robert a mouse?

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System: Thank you for the invitation, a butter patch has been downloaded.