The King's Follower [Rebirth]

Edward needs a chance to communicate with Orlando, William's young great-uncle, but Hyacinth Manor is not the Hull Castle he is familiar with. In Hull Castle, the Crown Prince's bedroom and many rooms are connected by secret passages. He can use These rooms hide from other people and communicate privately with Orlando.But in the Hyacinth Manor, which I am completely unfamiliar with, I won't have these conveniences.

Then you can only talk in public.Edward sighed.I just hope that Orlando can hear the implication in his words, and don't let him bother to arrange another meeting.

After the dinner, everyone moved to the living room to rest and entertain, play cards and chat.Edward also went to the poker table and lost three games in a row. Finally, he raised his head with a smile and caught sight of Orlando's wife, Lily, among the crowd watching at the poker table.

"If I remember correctly, your father is Earl Parkinson." Edward said, "I remember Earl Parkinson was a good card player. Have you inherited your father's talent?"

Orlando's wife Lily hesitated for a moment, as if she couldn't figure out why the crown prince asked this question.Edward had no choice but to continue to say: "Come sit next to me," and explained to the others, "I'm really unlucky today. I need to find someone who is good at playing cards as an advisor. You can also find someone to be an advisor, after all We're not really gambling, we're playing cards for entertainment, it's more lively when there are more people, isn't it?"

The crown prince wants to play tricks at the poker table, and others can only cooperate.Of course, Lily would not let go of this opportunity to get close to the crown prince, and immediately sat down beside Edward, and carefully helped Edward read the cards.With foreign aid, Edward won five games in a row.

"It seems that you really got your father's true biography." Edward smiled, "I think everyone in the capital is unwilling to play cards with you."

Lily smiled: "Indeed."

"Oh, my dear Highness." A nobleman looked at the high stack of chips in Edward's hand, "How about lending me your staff officer for a game? If this continues, no one at the table will ever win again. Once. Playing poker is always interesting if you win or lose.”

Edward laughed, fiddled with a chip, shook his head, and said, "She can't lend it to you, I still want to talk to her and learn the skills of playing cards." Then, he threw the chip back and stood up , the other people at the poker table hurriedly stood up, "I'll stop here today, winning five rounds is enough, a person's luck has a certain amount, I don't want to use all my luck on the poker table. "

"These words are really philosophical." The noble just now praised immediately.

"I wish you all good luck." Edward nodded, and then said to Lily, "Do you want to take over my position, or do you want to chat with me over there?"

Lily immediately said, "It's an honor to be with you."

So Edward finally took Lily away from the crowd, and sat down on the empty sofa by the window openly.The topic started from the latest gossip in the capital, and after Lily seemed to relax, Edward asked seemingly unintentionally: "I remember that your husband, Sir Orlando, made great achievements in battle, why is he still only a major now? "

Lily's expression became stiff, and finally she forced a smile and said, "Maybe it's because he also caused the same amount of trouble."

"I don't remember Sir Orlando being a troublemaker." Edward pretended to be puzzled, "There must be some misunderstanding."

"Orlando doesn't often tell me about his work." Lily said.

"What a pity." Edward said, looking at William who was sitting at the other end of the room playing chess with others, Stephen was next to him, sitting beside him watching him play chess, "There is a fine nephew, Sir Orlando must be I think it’s a lot of pressure. But there’s nothing I can do about it.” Edward moved closer to Lily, “I think you know that William’s potential is quite astonishing, and it is imperative to become an eighth-level orc. You know why His Majesty arranged for him By my side?" Without waiting for Lily to answer, he immediately said, "Because he will be my right-hand man in the future, leading the army of the empire for me. However," he dragged his voice, and his tone was so light that he seemed to be sighing with emotion today Yes, "For a family like Abros, one is enough."

The marriage between Miss Margaret and His Majesty the King was carried out in secret. As the witnesses of the marriage, three members of the Letterman family, one is Miss Margaret's father, and the other two are her mother and father. Brother, and Orlando, being a great-uncle, knew next to nothing about all this and, like everyone else who was kept in the dark, thought Edward was the real Crown Prince.

Lily couldn't keep the smile on her face anymore.So, is this why my husband is always standing still?Because His Majesty wants to reuse his illegitimate son William?Thinking of this, Lily almost showed a hideous expression on her face.

"That's really unfair, Your Highness." Lily tried her best to relax herself, "Miss Margaret is just Orlando's niece."

"But in the eyes of outsiders, you are still a family after all, aren't you? But in fact, I don't agree with His Majesty's approach." Edward tilted his head and looked at the deep night sky outside the window, "How can the king's rule be in harmony with the nobles?" How about separating the family's support? It's a pity that I am only the crown prince now, and at most I can only take care of what happened in Somerset."

"You are so wise." Lily complimented.

Edward sighed: "Father actually loves his son. After all, William is my right-hand man. He is just worried that I won't be able to control it. It's just a hard work for you two. After all, Earl Letterman and the others already have the title and family property. It's also rich."

Lily could only laugh dryly.

Edward looked at the fire and fell into deep thought. A few minutes later, he suddenly said: "I don't like Earl Letterman, and neither does William. They ignored Stephen, which made William very dissatisfied and unwilling to have more contact with them. However," he said Looking at Lily meaningfully, "William really needs someone with actual combat experience to teach him. I heard that your husband has trained many soldiers, so he must know how to teach William."

"Thank you for your compliment." Lily's tone rose slightly, showing her confusion.

"Actually, I'm also very interested in how to educate little orcs." Edward looked into her eyes, "I really like this brother, maybe we can have a good chat?"

After speaking, Edward stood up and went to another card table.The words have come to this point, it depends on whether Lily and Orlando can understand what they mean.