Quick Transmigration: Losing All Standing and Reputation - Chapter 69

[Chapter 69 Glory Recovery (1)]

Palatinate likes to read, but it is mostly poetry, not science or philosophy, not even some human geography. On the contrary, the vacant position on the bookshelf seemed a bit abrupt, which made Rhine a little concerned.

Rhine picked out a poem at random. The book was full of traces of reading, and there was a letter in it, signed Gertrude Breen, the lady who was burned to death, the love of the Palatinate.

Rhine hesitated for a while, but still took out the letter, and found it all by time in various poetry collections. Unexpectedly, there were not only letters from Gertrude, but also letters from the Palatinate to Gertrude, which somehow returned to the Palatinate.

He is not someone who likes to spy on other people’s privacy, but from the short and frightened words of the servant, Rhine developed a little sympathy for the two who had never met. If he could, he was willing to do something as a Palatinate.

From the books he read and the attitude of his servants towards him, Rhein had probably figured out the character of Palatinate. Handsome, distinguished, young, with a whole Blandings Castle and the tax power of Cannor, he was the most popular bachelor in the whole of Cannor. But he is shy, timid and affectionate, and it is difficult for him to have a good impression of a girl who is as enthusiastic and unrestrained as his mother. Instead, he falls in love with Cannon’s famous strange girl – Gertrude Brian.

The two met for the first time when the Palatinate’s parents were still alive. Gertrude attended the Palatinate family ball with his father, Viscount Brian. The Blaine family at that time was like the Palatinate now, but the Palatinate still had at least the whole of Canno as its territory, but the Blaine family had only a few failed manors, and they still maintained their decency.

Miss Braine’s appearance was not very good. At the age of her early ten years, she attracted the attention of Rhine Palatinate with an overly calm attitude.

Palatinate stepped forward to strike up a conversation, and the attention of the young lady present was focused on that corner. Miss Braine was obviously dissatisfied with this situation.

Palatinate’s approach failed.

Of course, Miss Braine was polite to him, and she obviously didn’t think she could offend the little gentleman after judging the situation, but the coldness said it all.

Palatinate, who had been a sensitive boy since then, retreated awkwardly, looking only at the indifferent young lady from a distance.

The dance party is lively and messy. The two hosts of the banquet are not serious people themselves. By the middle of the night, the scene was already unsuitable for these young masters and young ladies.

Palatinate hesitated whether to go back directly to the room or find a clean corner to hide, but looking at Miss Brian, he still chose to find a clean corner, and when he passed the lady, he summoned up the courage to issue an invitation .

This time, Miss Brain didn’t reject him. Obviously, she disliked this scene more than him.

The two stayed in a quiet corner for a while, and suddenly heard an ambiguous sound outside the door. Palatinate glanced stiffly outside the door and found that it was Viscount Brian, who was making out with a famous courtesan at the banquet. This discovery embarrassed Palatinate, and he subconsciously went to see Miss Braine.

Miss Bryan obviously saw the two people through the gap, her expression was extremely calm, neither anger nor shame, her eyes were so calm that it was a bit stinging.

After finally waiting for Viscount Brian to think of changing to a more comfortable place, Palatinate apologized a little dejectedly: “I’m sorry.”

Miss Brian was a little surprised. She looked at Palatinate, as if she didn’t know what to say, and after a while Cai said: “Oh, I don’t think this is something you need to apologize for. It should be that I feel rude for my father.”

Palatinate was still extremely depressed, his head was lowered, and the slightly curly hair on his head was messed up. , Gertrude didn’t realize until this time that he was a very beautiful teenager.

Palatinate thought, Miss Braine should have no good impression of him at all, but when he looked up, he found that the young lady always looked cold and warm. He hesitated for a moment, then said, “Miss Braine, I mean, are you willing to communicate with me? I really want to make friends with you.”

Gertrude looked at his beautiful black eyes and nodded. Dao: “It’s my honor to have a friend like you.”

Palatinate and Gertrude began correspondence.

Gertrude is indeed a very special lady. She hates the chaotic life of the nobles, and hates the jealousy between the young masters and young ladies. She is even less interested in reciting poetry. All the entertainment activities of the nobles are difficult to arouse her interest. .

She hated nobles and was hated by other nobles. She was not very good at covering up her emotions, so she won a title – the strange lady of the Blaine family.

Rhine read several replies from Gertrude, and found that her knowledge far exceeded that of ordinary young ladies. It was too conservative to say that, and some of the things that were faintly revealed in it made him feel that it even exceeded the general level of this era.

Rhine had a guess in his heart.

The knock on the door interrupted his thoughts. Rhine collected the letters, put them in the collection of poems and put them back on the bookshelf, intending to read them next time. Palatinate and Gertrude, the traces of these two people in this world, he would like to know.

It was the footman John who knocked on the door, and he brought news that Hillier, a knight and friend of Palatinate’s men, came to look for him.

Rhine sighed a little. If he could read all the letters, he should know more about this Hillier. However, the correspondence between Palatinate and Gertrude over the years has been too much, and Rhine couldn’t read it all in a while. He simply gave up the idea and read it every day as if he knew friends. it is good.

Rhine took the things the manservant was preparing to bring up, and went downstairs to see the knight. Hillier was a young man with blond hair and blue eyes. He didn’t wear heavy armor and looked extremely handsome. As soon as he saw Rhine, he stood up, smiled at him, and saluted: “Good day, Count Palatinate.

Rhine nodded slightly at him and said, “Good day, Hillier.” Rhine

guessed that Palatinate and Hillier were indeed good friends. Except for the formal greetings when they first met, Hillier quickly became Start calling him “Rhine”.

It turned out that this trip was arranged by the Palatinate and him. At that time, Gertrude had been burned at the stake by the Holy See. Hillier thought it was a sign that his melancholy friend of the earl had come out.

Rhine’s intuition was not what Hillier thought, but he failed to speak out. Butler Joseph prepared the horses for the Rhine to travel, and John led them out. The stirrups had long since passed from the east to the west, and Rhine refused John’s support and mounted the horse easily.

Hillier’s eyes lit up and said, “Rhine, have you practiced riding these days? This hand is really beautiful.”

Rhein shook his head, as if he didn’t want to talk more, so John didn’t need to follow. This wasn’t the first time. John and the housekeeper didn’t say anything. They just asked Rhine to take care of himself and not go to places that were too messy.

Rhine noticed that although John and the butler also maintained a respectful attitude towards Hillier, this respect was too superficial and seemed rather odd. Hillier didn’t know whether he didn’t notice it or didn’t care, and stood beside him giggling.

Rhine lifted the reins, and the horse moved, with Hillier following him. It wasn’t until the two of them walked a little further that Hillier squeezed the horse’s stomach lightly, took two steps forward, and walked side by side with Rhine.

With just this action, Rhine understood. He knew it, and he knew the disregard beneath the seemingly respectful surfaces of the butler and John.

Hillier said: “Rhine, why do you go to inspect the fields so well, do you suspect those farmers are deceiving you?”

In recent years, the harvest in the fields has been extremely limited. Palatinate is a soft-hearted person, and Gertrude supports his decision. He has lowered the rent again and again, and the income of the Palatinate family has dropped sharply. There has been no war in the past few years. Naturally, there is no property plundered from the defeated side. The entire Blandings Castle is only a face.

Hillier thought that Rhine could not hold it any longer and wanted to increase the rent.

Rhine didn’t speak, just looked at the wild flowers and weeds on the side of the road in a daze. Seeing him like this, Hillier naturally made up some things in his mind, and said in surprise, “Did that Miss Braine ask you to do this?”

If Rhine’s guess is correct, this Miss Gertrude, who is unwilling to complicity, is indeed very likely to do such a thing. You can see from Hillier’s reaction. He also thinks so, so Rhine said: ” There is nothing else I can do for her, I just want to see for myself.”

Hillier said: “I am also very sorry for the lady. She is a little strange, but she should not be punished so harshly. It’s just that I don’t understand , what do you like about this young lady? In terms of beauty, she is not as good as Miss Lawrence. In terms of knowledge, Miss White is the best at reciting poetry. In terms of style, it is even more ridiculous. Miss is more charming than her.”

Rhine immediately lowered his face and said, “Mr. Mike Breen, you are too rude.”

Only then did Hillier realize that Rhine was really angry, and he was a little helpless. It stands to reason that after so many years, he should have known that Palatinate is true love for Brian, but he has never been able to accept this. In his eyes, Miss Bryan’s strengths are really lacking. If you have to say it, it can only be regarded as a little special, and if it is weird, it can be regarded as a kind of special. What man would truly love such a lady? Especially a man like Rhein-Palatinate. Whether as his knight or his friend, Hillier couldn’t help but be a little jealous of Rhine, a man with a handsome face, a noble identity, and a merciful nature who could easily be liked by women. Hillier never believed that he would really like that. A weird lady.

He even had darker thoughts. Perhaps the kind-hearted Rhine also has the inferiority of a man. He made an unknown bet with some aristocratic young masters, which is why he pursued such a young lady so enthusiastically and sincerely.

It was only today that Hillier knew that his friend was truly fascinated by Miss Braine.

Hillier said with some embarrassment: “Oh, I’m sorry, my friend, I didn’t mean to offend Miss Brian.” The expression on

Rhine’s face did not improve, but he still said: “Hillier, I hope you know, love A young lady is not only fond of her face, her style, and even her talent. You should also love her character, her temperament, and even her soul.”

The author has something to say : This world may be longer (but I estimate that it may not be long…)

If you want to skip it, you may have to raise it for a long time

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