Quick Wear: Vicious female supporting role, right? She is really good at it.

Since the other party has already asked for a meeting, there is no reason for her to kick him out.

So Fang Li nodded to the maid and said, "Please invite the Duke in quickly. I will go to my mother's place right after I change my clothes."

The maid nodded and left in a hurry. Now the Duke and the Duchess were seriously ill in the Duke's Mansion, so all the affairs in the mansion were left to the young lady.

Therefore, they reported everything that happened in the mansion to the young lady, even if someone came to visit the Duchess.

Fang Li hurriedly changed her clothes and walked towards her mother's room.

As soon as I opened the door, I saw the so-called Duke Herbert. He was a middle-aged man in his 40s with blond hair and blue eyes.

He has a handsome appearance, regular features, and, very rarely, his hairline has not receded and his hair is quite thick.

He has maintained a good figure, at least he doesn't have the little belly that middle-aged men have.

His legs were very straight and he was not short. His temperament was very elegant, noble and refined.

At first glance, he is obviously a true aristocrat, not a nouveau riche like the Pope.

Fang Li first politely greeted the other party, bowed and said hello.

"Hi, Duke Herbert. I am Helena."

When His Excellency Duke Herbert heard her voice, he first pulled out a handkerchief from the front of his clothes, and pressed it a few times on the corners of his eyes with red eyes.

"You, hello."

The other party even stuttered when he spoke.

"I came to see your mother. I heard that she was seriously ill. I felt very sad."

Fang Li's mother, the Duchess, was still able to speak and was conscious a few days ago, but in the past few days, she has been lying drowsy in bed every day.

It has reached the point where I have to rely on liquid food to stay alive. There is no other way. This is the situation at the moment. There is no medicine. I can only endure it for as many days as I can.

Anyway, tuberculosis at this time is a fatal disease.

His Excellency Duke Herbert stood by the bed and looked at the other's sick face. He tried to endure it again and again, but finally he couldn't help it and stretched out his hands to cover his face.

A grown man just started crying in pain.

Fang Li looked at each other in confusion. She couldn't help but wonder in her heart what the relationship between the other party and her mother was.

Anyway, she doesn't believe in pure friendship between men and women, especially in this era.

Duke Herbert cried for a long time before he removed his hands. He first looked deeply at the Duchess, then turned his head to look at Fang Li behind him.

He looked at her and spoke slowly, "Your mother was very strong-willed throughout her life, and she always wanted to be the best in everything."

In this age where thinness is considered beautiful, she has the thinnest waist, the whitest skin, and is very well maintained.

Therefore, many noble ladies in aristocratic families disliked her very much.

But Herbert himself...

To put it bluntly, he was the Duchess's admirer, the kind he had admired since childhood.

In the previous generation, he had mentioned marriage to the Duchess, but was rejected without hesitation.

I didn't expect that the other party would choose such a man in the end. He got such a good wife, but he still messed around outside and had so many illegitimate children that everyone knew about.

Although the whereabouts of these illegitimate children were unknown in the end, Duchess Herbert felt heartbroken when she thought that the other party dared to treat his beloved woman like this.

After hearing what he said, Fang Li cooperated very well and took out a handkerchief to press on the corners of her eyes which were already filled with tears.

There's nothing I can do about it. It's because her acting is so good that she can make people cry in just one second.

"Mother has obviously become like this. There is nothing we can do. Please take care of yourself and don't be too sad."

She was so sensible that Lord Duke Herbert turned around and looked at her deeply.

Then he slowly walked towards her and stretched out his hand, as if he wanted to touch her cheek, but in the end he took his hand back.

His desire to touch his cheek was completely different from the Pope's desire to touch his cheek.

The other person was the kind of man who was lustful towards a woman, but Duke Herbert's actions were the typical expression of love and care from a father towards his children.

At this time, Fang Li didn't think so much. She just felt that the other party was the Duchess's best friend, so she felt sorry for the other party's daughter at this moment, and that was all.

His Excellency Duke Herbert first looked at Fang Li's hair, and then at her eyes.

He took a deep breath, his Adam's apple rolled heavily, and said to Fang Li.

"The Knights wanted to come over, but I suppressed them. As long as they don't have solid evidence, they can no longer come here to harass you. You just need to stay at home and take good care of your mother."

Fang Li finally understood that the reason why the Knights had not come to visit until today was actually because of the other party.

She was naturally very grateful for this. After all, with the other party's help, she no longer had to trouble the Pope.

That bastard Pope is so disgusting to him.

Fang Li looked at him and nodded heavily, "Thank you, Your Excellency the Duke."

Lord Duke Herbert looked at her and shook his head slightly, "You're welcome. After all, your mother is the woman I... I... have always admired.

She is seriously ill now, and it is my responsibility to take care of you."

After hearing his words, Fang Li was silent for a moment.

Okay, okay, although it's because of her mother's help, it's better after all.

After the Duke left, Fang Li slowly walked into her room. A group of ladies whose sons had died were still making a fuss at the spiral staircase.

Fang Li was too lazy to agree with them and simply went to her room to eat breakfast.

It wasn't that she would just let them make trouble, but she guessed that His Excellency Duke Herbert would definitely help her solve the problem.

Sure enough, before we finished breakfast, the housekeeper came to report.

“Hello, Miss Helena, the group of people who were making trouble downstairs have been taken away by Lord Herbert’s servants.

The Duke said he wanted to talk to them, but we don’t know what they were going to talk about.”

Fang Li raised her eyebrows. "Whatever, as long as you don't cause any trouble in our mansion, you can talk about whatever you want."

That’s great. If five or six more people died, she would be very close to becoming the Duke.

Alas, another extremely difficult task is about to be completed like this.