The Sensory Animals of Ston Hill

Chapter 143 Seeing Arundel Again

The Earl of Arundel has a mansion in the capital, not far from Crown Square, which also looks very impressive.Grace didn't know if he rented it or bought it.If he bought it, it must have been after marrying Mrs. Stone, otherwise he must not have been able to afford it, Grace thought meanly in her heart.

The Earl of Arundel also opened his garden into a public area, where people can speak, gather and discuss politics freely.Grace admired him sincerely, and while people angrily accused the nobles of living extravagantly, they couldn't help praising Earl of Arundel's garden for being so rich and beautiful.

Grace led the girls through people in short coats, found a man in a tuxedo, and said to him, "I want to see your master."

The valet asked him for an invitation, and when he knew he didn't have an invitation, he asked him to make an appointment.

Grace took out a gold coin with the royal seal of the palace from her pocket and stuffed it into the hand of the servant, "Go and report that Grace wants to see him."

Soon, he was taken into a drawing room, alone, and Eva and Anna were ordered to wait outside.

Sitting on Earl Arundel's sofa, Grace vaguely had a foreboding, feeling that the purpose of her trip might be difficult to achieve.

The door was pushed open, and the Earl of Arundel entered.Completely subconsciously, Grace stood up immediately.

He found that this man hadn't changed in any way, his position, political views, situation, status, everything had changed, but he himself was still so calm and elusive.

When the Earl of Arundel saw him, he said, "Grace, you are not the same as before."

Grace got straight to the point, "Help me convince His Majesty that I will let you be Prime Minister."

"impossible."

"Why! Isn't that what you have always wanted? You have worked so hard, and you have never been discouraged by any adversity. Isn't it all for that position? Or are you still angry with me? But this does not suit you character, I know that you are a person who cares more about the overall situation and does not care about these small things."

Earl Arundel actually smiled, "Grace, your eloquence has also improved."

Grace fell silent, "How can I convince you? It will be good for you if the king allows the nobles to pay taxes, isn't it? If you do this, you will become a real hero of the common people, and the people will love you, The king depends on you, the nobles are still under your pressure, everything you want can come true, why not?"

"It's not that I don't want to help you, Grace, it's that the king can't possibly agree. Our king is capricious and absurd, but he's not an idiot, and he knows he can't do that. The only thing he can do now is to pray that the nobles will help you in this battle." Victory can be achieved in the struggle against the people."

He was finally willing to say a longer sentence, but it made Grace's heart sink to the bottom.

"why……"

"From the moment he resolved to include in this assembly all classes of people from all over the country, he had no choice but to rely on the nobility."

"Are you blaming me for insisting on lowering the threshold for election?"

The Earl of Arundel shook his head slightly, his mouth as tight as a zipper.

"Why did you say that just now? Why can't the king do that? Didn't you also say before that we should learn from the British way? Why can't we complete this reform in harmony with the nobles and the people like the British king?"

"'We', listen, Grace, you're using 'we' too, but the 'we' in your heart and the 'we' I often say now are two different things."

"What do you mean?"

"We're in two camps, Grace, and that's all I can tell you, because our interests are in conflict."

"You treat me like an enemy."

The Earl of Arundel did not deny it.

It wasn't exactly a pretense, it was more of fear. Tears quickly welled up in Grace's eyes, and she repeated: "You and I are enemies."

His tears had some effect, and the earl of Arundel showed a little pity on his cold face, "I have been waiting for you to come to me before this. You always know where I am, don't you? I wrote you I sent two letters, but unfortunately did not receive any reply—”

"I haven't received it!" Grace looked anxiously at the earl, "I haven't received any of your messages! If I had received it, I would definitely read it carefully and write back, because I know you are always right Yes, you always have a way!"

The count showed a slightly surprised expression, "That's a pity." But his expression did not say so.Grace could see that he really didn't care because he'd had a better chance.

"It must be Your Majesty, he blocked your letter! But he doesn't have any objections to you, he just doesn't like me being too close with other men, especially a charming man like you." Grace walked tentatively When approaching him, she gently grabbed his sleeve first, and then pulled his hand further after seeing that he didn't show any disgust.He also remembered that the Earl of Arundel didn't like his skin being touched casually.

"Please don't be mad at me again," Grace said in a helpless and pitiful voice, knowing that she must look very touching now with tears in her eyes, "I regret it now, but I was too angry at the time." I was angry with you, because you gave me to the king. But in fact, I was more sad, because I really love you... But now I have understood, I have understood what you meant at that time, I know you like me too...and more than that, I now regret not following your advice in the meeting. I can't think of anyone else who could figure out a way out of a predicament like this except you. He is the wisest man I have ever seen." He had already completely leaned into the arms of the Earl of Arundel, and touched his chin with his lips on tiptoe, "My lord, please, I know I was wrong, please forgive me .”

The Earl of Arundel stroked his hair and gently pushed him away from his arms, "Grace, you are no longer suitable for this kind of thing."

But Grace didn't give up yet. He asked directly: "What if I sleep with you? Can it relieve your anger? You said that I am special. I guess you haven't met someone like me. Even if you have, I guess You won't be as beautiful as me..." He stuck back to Earl of Arundel's arms, raised his face, "You must be very busy recently, how long has the other side of your bed been empty? I can let you relax Wake up. You must remember that from before, you always enjoyed my body, and we can still be happy together like before."

The Earl of Arundel looked down at him, gently scraped his cheeks with his fingers, and then touched his lips after scraping back and forth a few times.Grace took the opportunity to squeeze her fingers together, kissed first, and then licked gently with the tip of her tongue.

He knew that the Lord of Arundel would be willing to sleep with a man if he could tolerate a man with spit on his fingers.He could still feel that the Earl of Arundel was shaken, and his seduction had taken effect. The calm man began to breathe a little faster, and lowered his head slightly towards himself.

But Earl Arundel suddenly withdrew his finger and said, "I want to respect you more now, Grace."

Grace withdrew from his arms in disappointment.He hoped that this man would still treat himself as a little thing, make love to him without paying attention, and then talk as he pleases, just a few words are enough, at least let him understand where he made a mistake.

"It's really unfair. You are now the most popular representative of the common people, but you were the one who insisted on shutting them out of democracy back then."

"Look at the situation, Grace, the situation is changing, and I will change with it."

"Then why doesn't His Majesty have such an opportunity?"

"The king is different. The king is unique." The Earl of Arundel was finally willing to answer his doubts. "I give up the privileges of the nobility, and I can withdraw from the noble class; but once the king becomes a king, he can only remain a king forever." ...reign and death, he can only choose one."

Grace opened her mouth, and it felt like a hand was stirring in his belly, making him want to throw up, but couldn't.

"You said that only one of the purses of priests and nobles can be moved. Is what you said then what is happening now?"

"Yes. I'm glad, Grace, that you always remember my words."

"But I didn't listen to..."

"If you want, I can arrange for you to go abroad. Many nobles have already left, exchanged their land for money, and deposited it in a British or Swiss bank. They can live well abroad."

Grace exclaimed in surprise, "Why are they leaving? It's not that bad!"

"If it wasn't that bad, why would you come to me? We are not united at home, and two countries are at war with us, and soon there will be a third, a fourth, and maybe we will be mistaken for Poland."

Grace was speechless, which was what he dreaded most.Then he was angry, "When the country needs help the most, those who have benefited the most from the country are so irresponsible to leave! The country is so short of money, but they deposit it in foreign banks—"

"Okay Grace, it's no use whining. Just remember that if you need help with this, you can come to me. But I hope you won't come so late next time."

Grace was completely stunned.After a long time, he shook his head and said, "I'm leaving." He was the one who persuaded His Majesty to invite the people into the national meeting, just like he persuaded His Majesty to be vaccinated, and he had to stay by His Majesty's bed all the time.

After walking a few steps, Grace couldn't help but turned around and asked, "Why can't we do what the British did?"

"Maybe it's because our people are smarter, maybe it's because they're hotter than the British, or maybe it's because our nobles are so incompetent and our commoners are too rich, or maybe it's because the Glorious Revolution itself was a lie and there was no such thing as bloodless revolution... that's all I can say. I don't know everything, Grace, and I don't want our country to be divided like this, in fact, that's what I've been trying to avoid. You said I was trying to emulate Lebanon. Seliu, I found that this sentence has an influence on me, and the interests of the country have become more and more important in my heart."

"Sorry, I didn't listen to you." Grace apologized sincerely.

"It's okay, I think differently now and I hope the changes are good now."

"To the majority?"

"Hopefully."

The count sent Grace to the door and opened the door for him himself, "Remember my words, anytime you want to leave, you can come to me, as long as it's not too late."

"Thank you."

"Grace," the Count called to him again.Grace turned her head, and the Earl kissed him on the forehead, "Good luck."

"Sorry, I can't wish you the same."

The Earl laughed. "I understand that we belong to different camps; but from a personal point of view, I never regarded you as an enemy. Again, good luck to you, Grace."

Unable to stay any longer, Grace turned around and walked quickly away from the man who had a great influence on him.They have all chosen a path and must go on.

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Note:

1. They have been talking about imitating Britain, talking about the Glorious Revolution in Britain, and wanting to establish a representative constitutional monarchy with a bicameral system.

2. The earl said that they would be regarded as Poland, which means that Poland was invaded by the three countries and divided up.The Earl really talked a lot to Grace, much more sincere than the love talk nonsense before, because he knew Grace could understand.He looked at Grace as if he was looking at students and children (after all, he has no reproductive desire and no real offspring), and Grace did learn many things from him.

3. "He can only choose one of dominion and death." This sentence was originally thought up by me, and there is no source... But when I read the materials later, I found that someone mentioned similar words in the speech at that time, so I marked it Go ahead and avoid trouble.

"A king can only choose between 'rule' and 'death'." - St. Just.