Lady of the Lord From the East

Everyone in the capital knew that Queen Mirabelle liked luxury, especially all kinds of jewelry and gorgeous clothes, and she was always willing to spend money on it.

But if you pay attention, you will know that the queen's fortunes in recent years have not been very good. This kind of bad is not only reflected in her unfavorableness, but also in her consumption.

As a princess, and a princess who has married a great country, even if she is not married to a king or a prince, she is still the intended future duke, and she is also one of the heirs to the Prady throne—if not, Mirabelle would also be. Won't marry him - Mirabelle also came with a large dowry at the time.

But Mirabelle has been married to Prady for ten years. She doesn't know how to run a business and has not inherited a big inheritance from her husband. She doesn't know how to restrain herself. It's almost a splurge, and if it wasn't for marrying the king, she couldn't support her current standard of living at all.

However, in recent years, the king has become more and more indifferent to her, and the reward is naturally less. Without the reward, the queen will have no income.

Although the queen has regained the king's favor recently and her rewards have also increased, most of them are luxury items such as jewelry, which are valuable, but it is impossible for the queen to sell them.

For the birthday banquet, the queen naturally needs to prepare a suitable dress. Although the king is willing to pay the fee, because the queen's taste is as luxurious as ever, in order to declare to everyone that she has regained the king's favor, her customized dress has exceeded the king's gift. She had to subsidize part of her expenses, and these subsidies used up all her remaining gold coins.

In the Queen's view, poverty is only temporary. When the banquet is over, all the gifts will belong to her, and she will have money by then, so don't worry about using it now.

But when she ran out of money, the queen realized that she had run out of essential oils, and if she wanted to buy it now, she obviously didn't have enough money.

This made Mirabelle, who was used to no one using essential oils for maintenance and incense, and who had recently increased the dosage, how could she bear it.

After punishing the maid she thought did not fulfill her duties, Queen Mirabelle couldn't wait to see the birthday present prepared by the Earl Williams family.

But the Count Felix Williams, who was once a little knight, clearly lived up to her expectations.

"Hasn't the gift from Sardinson County arrived yet?"

"Yes, yes, Your Highness." The maid who replied was uneasy, afraid that such an answer would attract the Queen's anger.

The queen angrily threw off the cup at hand, and the pottery cup fell to the foot of the maid. The maid was startled, but did not dare to escape, and the debris splashed onto her ankle and drew a bloodstain.

Fortunately, the sound of the water glass breaking not only alerted the guards at the door, but also several noble ladies who were in charge of accompanying the queen.

here we go again.

This sentence flashed in everyone's heart.

Recently, the queen has to lose her temper every day, and everyone around her is used to it.

Fortunately, Queen Mirabelle still knows how to restrain her temper in front of various noble ladies, so although Her Royal Highness has been angry every day recently, the maid who serves her has not received much punishment.

But the fact that Mirabelle desperately wanted to see Earl Williams of Sardinson as a birthday present because she had no money to buy essential oils, she naturally couldn't say it, so in the eyes of others, it was the queen. Because she has recently regained the king's favor and has become self-willed and arrogant, she naturally harbors a grudge against those who neglect her.

However, for the sake of the queen's recent momentum, noble ladies are also happy to flatter her.

"I heard that Earl Williams of Sardinson has arrived in the capital for a few days. He was seen shopping around with his fiancée. It seems that he is preparing for your highness's birthday party."

Of course, Mirabelle knew about Felix's recent actions, but she also sent someone to guard the house of Earl Williams, just to see when he would come to give gifts.

Now, almost everyone in the capital is staring at Felix, and everyone knows that he has thrown a lot of money for his fiancée.

"Earl Williams is really generous to his fiancee. I heard that he bought thousands of gold coins for the lucky lady just when he first went to the jewelry store." A young noble lady was slightly jealous. said.

It's not that nobles like them can't afford the money, but it's not the same for them to spend their own money and their husbands to buy them as gifts. Even before the proposal, her husband was not so generous and was willing to spend a hundred gold coins for her. Just fine.

Gold is really valuable these days.

But when it comes to Earl Williams, it is his fiancée that stands out the most.

"I heard that she is a foreign lady." In order to divert the queen's anger, the ladies began to discuss the girl whom no nobles had seen so far: "Many people who have seen her say that the lady looks foreign at first sight. People with black hair and black eyes, and skin color different from ours, I don't know which country they are from."

Another nobleman answered, "It won't be black, will it?"

Europe is close to Africa, although it is far apart, but it is very close compared to Eastern Africa. Black slaves have not yet appeared on a large scale in this era, but some will flow into Europe sporadically. Many nobles know what kind of group lives in Africa. people.

"It shouldn't be, the taste of Earl Williams will not be so bad." This is a lady who has been privately courting Earl Felix, but has not succeeded.

Although there is no racial discrimination in this era, the nobles are indeed a group of people who look down not only on the commoners, but also the existence of people from other countries, and the dark skin of black people is obviously not in line with the aesthetics of this era, these ladies can't wait to jump into the bleaching water Take a bubble to make yourself whiter, how can you accept dark skin.

The idle and bored ladies began to discuss which country Wei Wei was from. Unfortunately, Felix declined all invitations and did not send any invitations, so none of the noble ladies had ever seen the famous lady. .

Of course, no one doubts whether she is a noble or not. Although she has not seen herself, the inquiries these days are not completely fruitless. The nobles who are inquiring about the news all vaguely know that the sudden prosperity of Sardinson County is related to this foreign lady.

Thanks to the barons and their families in Sardinson, it is now circulating in aristocratic circles that "Earl Williams got rich because he got the essential oil formula from his fiancée".

The news has not yet reached Queen Mirabelle, but when she heard them talking about Wei Wei, Mirabelle began to wonder if she should summon her in advance, so as to give Earl Williams a hint to send her birthday gift earlier. come over.

After all, there are only three days left until her birthday banquet, and she must appear in front of everyone in the most perfect state. Without essential oil maintenance and aromatherapy, she will be the one who will be embarrassed!

As a result, this idea only appeared in my mind, and a servant rushed to tell her: "A gift from Lord Count Williams has arrived."

The group of noble ladies who were still chatting suddenly became quiet, and everyone looked at Queen Mirabelle who stood up suddenly.

It was only when the queen stood up that she realized that she had acted a little too eagerly.

She immediately adjusted her demeanor, said a word to them, turned around and left, not planning to take them to see it at all.

Originally, the ladies who wanted to see what the gift was brought had to saluted and left.

After leaving the room, the servant took out the gift list and handed it to Queen Mirabelle, who opened the parchment and browsed it eagerly, only to feel relieved when she saw the essential oil on it.

But then she found that the other gifts on the list were not the valuable jewelry she expected to see, but seemed to be various cosmetics and a set of clothes, and there were several words in them that she could not understand, and did not know what they were. .

Although it wasn't the things she wanted, Mirabelle wasn't stupid. The things she sent at this time wouldn't be a bad thing, especially one of the perfume (perfume), which moved her heart.

She nodded to the servant and said, "Take the gift from Earl Williams to my room."

The gifts given to the queen are all her private property, and the servant accepted this request without any hesitation.

The queen walked back to her room, and it didn't take long for the royal servants to come in with a large wooden box.

There were also several small boxes in the box, and the maid stepped forward to take them out, opened them all and put them in front of the queen.

Several boxes filled with bottles and jars are all cosmetics in terms of shape. In one box is a set of neatly stacked skirts, and there is a long small box next to it. A box of essential oils that she longed for.

Mirabelle picked up the card in the essential oil box and looked at it. She was satisfied that this and the integrated essential oil are both purified essential oils, which means that a bottle costs at least 100 gold, and she received ten bottles. Although the variety is not as much as before, the portion and quality are the best.

This box alone is worth all the gifts from other people, and other things don't attract her much interest.

"Wow!"

A maid suddenly exclaimed.

Mirabelle, who was holding the essential oil bottle and looking at the flowers and fruits painted on the sticker on the bottle to determine the type of essential oil inside, looked over in disgust.

When she saw the fan open in the maid's hand, she knew why the maid was surprised.

Fans are not completely unknown in Europe. The "holy fan" was popular in ancient Egypt a long time ago. It has a long handle that is taller than a person, and a gorgeous fan made of peacock tail feathers. It was only taken by people during sacrifices. A ceremonial fan stands on both sides of the altar to enhance the sacrificial atmosphere.

The fan that Mirabelle saw was just the right size to hold in her hand. The surface of the fan was glued with red fabric, and the sides were bound with golden lace. There were exquisite carvings on the fan bone, which looked more like a A work of art for people to play with.

Mirabelle immediately understood the usefulness of this thing. She took the fan and stood in front of the life-size metal mirror where the polished figure was clearly visible, and shook the fan to admire herself in the mirror.

She moved in her heart, and without looking back, she instructed the maid, "Take out that skirt and let me have a look."

"Yes."

The two maids held up the skirt, and Mirabelle found that the skirt looked pretty good. Although it was not decorated with jewelry, the fabric woven with gold silk was also very precious. The design of the chest was also a little special. It was popular last year, and it took too long.

"Your Highness, there is still this in the box." The maid took out several metal rings that were stitched together with fabric.

The metal ring looked a little weird, but fortunately, there was also an introduction card at the bottom of the box, and even how to wear it was drawn on it. The queen was so excited to ask the maids to help her put on the red skirt, which was used as a skirt supporter As it gets older, the skirt becomes a perfect fit.

Queen Mirabelle turned in a circle in front of the mirror. The large skirt drew a beautiful arc. Although the self-cultivation design was not so docile, it was enough to show her proud figure.

She didn't put on the dress that didn't look very suitable before, but the effect after the upper body was very good. Queen Mirabell looked at herself in the mirror, who was slender than usual, and she was very sure that if she appeared in front of the king like this , the latter will certainly not be able to take his eyes off.

What I have to say is that although this queen has a bad personality, she is really very beautiful, and she is very suitable for red with her blonde hair and beautiful beauty.

Seeing that she was in a good mood, the maids threw out all kinds of compliments without hesitation, which made the queen feel better.

The queen was wearing a red dress and holding a fan, and was reluctant to change it, but she changed it anyway.

She felt that this dress was more suitable for her than the custom-made gemstone dress. She hesitated whether to replace the dress she wore at the birthday party with this one, and saw the rest of the makeup again.

There are corresponding use cards in these boxes, but Mirabelle did not look at them, but called the maid: "Let someone pick up the fiancee of Earl Williams, and say I want to summon her."

Rather than fumbling on her own, it's better to directly ask the person who is most likely to know, and she is also curious about the lady from a foreign country.

It is an honor for any noble woman to be summoned by the queen. Although the summons came suddenly, she was not allowed to refuse. Fortunately, Wei Wei had a hunch that such a thing might happen, and she had been looking for it for the past few days. Dolores' new etiquette teacher, whom Allen helped to find, made up for the court etiquette, enough to cope with this interview.

After cleaning up a little, she got into the carriage and went to the palace. Felix took her all the way to the palace and said that he would wait for him outside.

The result was probably that King Prady, who had received the news that he was also coming, simply sent someone to call him over.

So the fiancée entered the palace together, and then separated in the hall, one to the king and the other to the queen.

Wei Wei was led by the maid to the queen's bedroom. Queen Mila Belle had already changed the dress. Before Wei Wei came, Her Royal Highness the queen switched between two sets of dresses, and finally decided to wear Wei Wei for her birthday party. As for the original custom-made jewel dress, she plans to have the tailor bring it back and modify it into a style that can use panniers. If it doesn't work, she will return it.

It doesn't matter if the other party will lose a lot of money.

Wei Wei bowed to the queen according to the etiquette teacher's instruction, and was glad that kneeling was not popular in Europe.

As soon as the queen saw her, she was sure that this was indeed an exotic noble, and I am afraid that her status was not low. Her demeanor was very elegant and skillful, her every move carried a noble air, and her temperament was even more noble. This is some big noble family. The daughters of gold may not have.

And her appearance is indeed the same as those noble ladies said when they chatted. At a glance, it can be seen that she is not from the Prady Empire, or even from any country she knows.

As a woman, the first thing Queen Mirabelle looked at was the other party's face. Wei Wei's beauty was a bit unexpected, but the queen was not jealous. She felt that she was no worse than her, and the queen felt that she was beautiful. Younger than the other party. It looks like a child who has not grown up, but she is much more beautiful. She even thinks that Wei Wei is a little dull and her facial features are not deep enough.

But the other party's skin made her very jealous. It was not the dark complexion of black people guessed in the gossip. Wei Wei's skin was fair, but it was not the same as the snow white they were after, but a kind of solidified grease. The color and luster are not only similar in color, but also in the degree of delicacy.

The queen's eyesight is very good, and the two are very close. She can easily see that the other is without makeup, and the skin without makeup looks better than her with makeup, which is very enviable.

But jealousy is jealousy, and Queen Mirabelle still remembers the reason why she recruited people.

She kindly greeted Wei Wei to sit down, ready to satisfy her curiosity first.

"I heard that you are from another country, which country are you from?"

"It's the Song Dynasty." Wei Wei replied respectfully: "It's the country of Si, my country is still there, and it's very far away from here."

Just talking about Da Song, Mirabelle didn't know where it was, but when she heard about Si Guo, she knew it.

Silk country's silk is a very popular fabric in Europe, but it is also very rare. Even Mirabelle, who was a princess, has never seen it a few times. She only has a silk dress and a few handkerchiefs in her wardrobe. It's enough to make many people envious.

Moreover, as the queen, she recently resumed her relationship with the king. Mirabelle heard from the king that the Mongolian war that the kingdom of silk and everyone in Europe feared, and she won the news.

So although it is far away, that country cannot be ignored. God knows that the Silk Council will not develop to Europe like Mongolia.

After learning about Wei Wei's origin, Mila Belle's attitude towards her changed a lot and became more cordial and warm. She carefully asked how Wei Wei came to the Prady Empire and how she was with Fei. Lix, who was in love, heard Wei Wei say that her family was sad for her when she died of illness on the road, and when she heard her meeting with Felix, she sighed with glowing eyes that the scene must be very beautiful.

It should be said that she is a woman who can successfully seduce the king and become a queen. When she really wants to please someone, Mirabelle's every move is very sincere and true, and people can't imagine what kind of woman she is in private.

If Wei Wei hadn't already inquired about this queen, she would have been deceived.

However, there was no conflict between the two of them. The queen showed her favor, and Wei Wei naturally accepted it.

Soon Mirabelle turned the topic to gifts.

"Those things should be your idea, right?"

Wei Wei cooperated and asked with a look of surprise: "How did Your Highness see it?"

It was the default gift that she had indeed prepared.

Mirabelle smiled tenderly: "Count Williams has a reputation for being inexplicable, but the whole king knows it. If this gift was prepared by him, where would he prepare these things."

Wei Wei nodded, and that's true. Felix's original plan was just a set of precious jewelry and essential oils handed down from his family's ancestors.

But she couldn't say this, so she could only smile embarrassedly.

Mirabelle didn't care about her reaction. She continued, "I love the gift you prepared. That dress is really beautiful."

"As long as you like it." Wei Wei continued to laugh: "That's the clothing of a country I saw on the road, where they are all fashionable to wear large skirts like this, with thin waists, they look very nice."

Mirabelle was surprised: "Isn't it the style of the silk country?"

Wei Wei shook her head: "Our country's clothing is very different from Prady's, and because of the warm climate, the clothing is relatively thin, which is not suitable for the current climate."

"Is it all made of silk?! I heard that people in the Silk Country wear silk."

Wei Wei: "Not everyone, only nobles and officials can wear them."

There are similar restrictions on fabrics that can only be worn by nobles in various European countries.

Mirabelle took advantage of the situation and said, "If I have the chance, I really want to take a look. Do you have any clothes with you?"

Wei Wei said with a sad face: "Yes, although I'm afraid I won't have the chance to wear it in the future, but it's a thought to keep it."

Mirabelle patted her hand on the table comfortingly: "It's not that there is no chance to wear it, I heard that the Duke of Devonhill will hold a make-up party soon, with Felix and Ellen's relationship, the Duke's family will definitely invite you, can you wear them soon?"

The makeup banquet, Wei Wei had never heard of it, but the Queen's news should be accurate.

In this case, she also needs to do some preparations here.

And what Mirabelle said next is the key point: "I'm going to wear the dress you gave me at the birthday party. I don't know what you're going to wear at that time?"

Does this mean to keep her from stealing the limelight?

Wei Wei said with kindness: "After I came to the capital, I found that the dress I prepared didn't quite fit the fashion, so I bought another suitable one according to the fashion. It was a long white dress. I liked it very much."

Therefore, no matter it is style or color, they will not collide.

Mirabelle smiled with satisfaction, and then talked about the remaining gifts.

She asked the maid to bring all the things, put them on the table, and then said to Wei Wei, "Come and tell me how these things are used, many of which I don't quite understand."

Wei Wei got up and said, "Why don't I help His Highness with makeup? The maid is watching from the side, so I can learn faster."

In Europe, it is a privilege for women from noble families to serve the queen.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, she will simply raise her status a little more, so that no one will make irresponsible remarks about her origin.

Mirabelle had this in mind, and immediately smiled: "Then I'll trouble you."

"It's an honor to serve you, so let's start with cleaning, shall we?" The queen was indeed beautiful, but the rich aroma of essential oils could not hide her heavy body odor.

Wei Wei has endured for a long time.

Coming from a colder country, she didn't like bathing very much before, but Mirabelle, who recently increased the number of baths because of the frequent use of essential oil massage, immediately nodded: "I'll listen to you."