226 “(Quick Travel) Meat Eating Journey” Chapter 225

Chapter 225 Western Palace‧Whoring the Chief of Guards (18)

A month later, Wang Weijun returned to the court with a complete victory.

From the gate of the royal capital to the front of the royal palace, the entire street was densely packed with cheering crowds.The people gave flowers and cheers to the soldiers who returned victoriously, which they deserved.Margaery stood in the tower and watched from a distance as the brightly-armored new heroes came riding tall horses. Unfortunately, the one among them who should enjoy the greatest glory never came back.

Yes, she believed Arthur would definitely come back.Caressing her bulging belly, she felt confident.

It was impossible for that man to die, because when he left the palace to go to the army, he had ordered him: “Come back to me intact.”

He will never disobey Her Royal Highness the Princess’s orders.

“Your Highness, are you going back?” Allen walked over and asked softly.

Margery nodded, and the maids supported her from left to right, helping her to walk back slowly.She is now in her fourth month of pregnancy. Her belly is not very big yet, but she cannot show it in front of others.

Alexander announced to the public that the princess was ill, and then placed his daughter in the summer palace. He prepared a staff to allow her to raise the baby in peace, and only waited for the baby to be successfully delivered five months later.

After learning the news of Arthur’s disappearance, Margaery said nothing. She was neither grief-stricken nor disbelieving. She just said calmly: “I want to give birth to the child.”

Alexander naturally obeyed his daughter unconditionally. He didn’t know whether this was a good thing or a bad thing. His daughter finally stopped thinking about abortion, but the price was that there was no news about the father of the child.There is no news at all, so I’m afraid Arthur is gone.He and Anthony never said such things in front of Margaery, but they must have thought so in their hearts.

There was no way Arthur could survive in that situation.

Because of this, when it came time to reward based on merit, the reward given to Arthur was particularly heavy.Alexander made him a count at once, and his territory was still fertile and prosperous Constantine.It was originally the king’s territory, but the king took it out and gave it to a dead man. Everyone thought it was to win people’s hearts.A dead man will not fight for power, and because of the highest honor he received, the soldiers who participated in that war and had military honors were very satisfied. This was really a move that killed two birds with one stone.

No outsider would have thought that that territory was left to his grandson by Alexander.The child in Margery’s belly cannot be recognized and will be taken out of the palace once born.Alexander had secretly planned that when the child was half a year old, he would appear as Arthur’s posthumous son and inherit the title of Count Constantine.In this way, Lily can also feel at ease.

He always felt sorry for his daughter. Because of his willfulness, his daughter had been burdened with a burden that should not have been borne by her. The child kept everything in his heart and did not say anything. Could it be because his father was too unreliable.Alexander made up his mind that if Arthur could really come back alive, he would do everything possible to let Lily be with him smoothly.

His Majesty the King, who was meditating, did not expect that at this moment, His Royal Highness the Princess, who had finished watching the celebration parade, was sitting in a carriage returning to the Summer Palace, and half a mile away from the carriage, a horse was chasing her at a fast pace.

The whip whipped loudly, and just before the horse, which had galloped nearly a thousand miles, was about to collapse from exhaustion, it finally caught up with the carriage.

Margaery came out concealing her identity, so she was only accompanied by two maids and two guards. Allen, who was sitting on the carriage shaft, heard the sound of galloping horse hooves and ordered the driver: “Stop the carriage on the side of the road and make way for the people behind you.” After saying that, he couldn’t help but muttered, “Who is in a hurry? Now is not the time for a war…”

Margery was closing her eyes and concentrating when she felt the carriage slowly stop: “What’s going on?” She couldn’t help but frown. There was a rapid neigh of a horse from outside the carriage, followed by a loud sound of heavy objects falling to the ground. She sat up and was about to order the maid to lift the curtain when the door was suddenly opened.

A disheveled head popped out. It seemed to be a man. The full beard made it difficult to see his face. The clothes he wore were old and ordinary and full of dust.

“What are you doing?!” Allen didn’t react just now and was snatched to the car door by the man. He quickly reached out to pull him over.

“Stop!” the girl shouted coldly, her lips trembling. She wanted to speak, but she didn’t know why her throat was so tight that she couldn’t speak.In the surprised eyes of the two maids, she stretched out her hand and caressed the man’s face.

The man subconsciously wanted to kneel down, but she grabbed him by the collar.Wait, could this person be… Allen hadn’t figured it out yet. Then, Her Royal Highness raised her face and kissed the chapped lips under the disheveled beard.

Arthur…Arthur…she repeated over and over again in her heart, you are back, I know you will come back.

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Arthur, who was judged to have died in the battle, came back. Suddenly, many people in the government and the public were shocked.No matter what the nobles with different thoughts thought, after the news spread, everyone among the people was jubilant.

Arthur’s heroic deeds have long been spread, and people feel sorry for such a young and brave warrior. Wouldn’t it be a great thing for him to return intact?

The investiture ceremony originally planned to be held for Arthur at his funeral was moved to the royal court. From then on, Arthur officially became Count Constantine.Thinking about how he was originally just a slave at the lowest level, but now he has become a great nobleman with a wealthy territory. No one can talk about such a legendary life without being speechless.

But none of this is as important to Arthur as Her Royal Highness the Princess.

As soon as the investiture ceremony was over, he left the ball on the pretext of an old injury and secretly rushed to the summer palace.While his horse was parked in the garden, Margery was reading by the pool.

The afterglow of the setting sun was like a layer of liquid gold, making the smile on the girl’s lips become softer and softer as she pondered.Her belly is not very big yet, and the round and undulating curves make the girl’s body full of the soft brilliance of motherhood.Arthur couldn’t help but look at her dreamingly, until she spotted the man standing not far away, raised her eyebrows and smiled: “Arthur, what are you doing standing there?”

“Your Highness,” Arthur walked over quickly, “It’s getting dark soon. Let me help you into the house.”

“Yes.” The girl nodded and obediently let the man help her up.His big hands were wrapped around her waist, like a porcelain doll, cautiously and attentively.

“Don’t be so careful,” she couldn’t help smiling and rolling her eyes, “The child is fine now. He even kicked me last time.”

Arthur’s eyes seemed to light up for a moment: “Really?” He couldn’t help rubbing his hands, “I, Your Highness… I can…”

The girl knew what he wanted to say, so she grabbed his hand and put it on her belly: “You touch him.”

People who come back from the battlefield are always a bit cold and stern, but Arthur leaned down and put his ear on the girl’s belly, and seemed to have turned into the silly big dog again: “I heard his heartbeat.” He raised his head excitedly, and the gentle light in his eyes almost drowned Margaery inside, “Your Highness, can you hear it too?”

“Yeah.” Margery agreed with him softly. It’s great that he’s back.

He almost didn’t come back. Arthur, who stayed to cover his men, was cut off from his horse by the enemy. At that time, he thought he would not survive.What supported him was his determination to go back and meet Her Royal Highness the Princess. He struggled to crawl out of the pile of dead people, dragging his bleeding waist, abdomen and left leg, and managed to crawl to a place where there were people.

He was taken in by a hunter who lived in an inaccessible forest.Since there was no medicine, Arthur had to endure the ulceration of the wound and the high fever caused by inflammation.Just like this, he was confused and sober intermittently. A month later, he survived.

No one believed that he could survive, neither the people in the royal capital nor the hunter who had been guarding him.But His Highness must still be waiting for him. Even if he feels in a daze that he can’t survive, he knows that His Highness must believe that he can survive.

“Are you tired, Your Highness?” Arthur helped Margaery sit down by the bed. “You can rest for a while. Dinner will be ready.” He turned around and was about to go to the kitchen to check on the preparations for dinner, but his hand was grabbed.

“You have to leave soon,” the girl said softly. “After the investiture ceremony is held, you will go to the fief.” Arthur is no longer her captain of the bodyguard, so naturally he cannot be by her side at any time.

Arthur knelt down, his thin lips fell on the back of the girl’s hand and kissed her softly: “I am willing to serve you forever, no matter when.”

“Fool,” the girl smiled and tapped him on the forehead, “I still expect you to marry me. How can you be qualified to marry a princess when you have been staying by my side all this time?”

“Your Highness…” Arthur raised his head, as if he couldn’t believe it, and was too excited to speak.

“Don’t get me wrong,” Margery lowered her eyes and caressed her belly subconsciously, “It’s not because I like you, I just don’t want this child to be known as an illegitimate child.”

As soon as she finished speaking, she was kissed.The man’s kiss was urgent and passionate, but his hands carefully held her waist to prevent him from crushing her.”Your Highness, Your Highness…” Arthur murmured hoarsely again and again, “I never dared to think… that I would have such a happy day.”

The girl leaned softly in his arms, holding her small hands around his neck: “Do you want… to be happier?” Arthur was a little puzzled, and then his big hands were grabbed and pressed on the girl’s towering breasts.