Chapter Five Hundred and Seventieth IX The Sour Smell of Miserliness

It has been a month and a half since Mary went to Spain. Although they haven't seen each other, they still talk frequently.

It's just that in the past two days, Li Zitao could hear some resentment in her tone.

At first, he thought it was his problem, but after asking Lu Qiang privately, Li Zitao knew it was not his problem.

It was because of Elizabeth, the sister-in-law was bullied, and even his wife was also angry, that is to say, his wife was bullied.

"Rocky, remember to ask for leave for me!" At 10 o'clock in the evening, Li Zitao picked up his coat and went out, leaving Rocky who was just about to go to bed with a dazed expression on his face.

Big brother, it's only been two days since the holidays ended, are you sure you're here for school?

"Let Gulfstream One get ready, I'm on my way to the airport." Li Zitao's car was equipped with a wireless phone, and he dialed the number of the secretary's office directly.

The secretary on duty received the news, first notified the crew, and then connected to Ava's phone to pass the news to her ears.

When Li Zitao arrived at the airport, the crew was making final preparations, but Ava, wrapped in a windbreaker, had already arrived.

"Boss, where are we going?" Ava asked this question the first time she saw Li Zitao.

"Spain!" Fifteen minutes later, Gulfstream One took off and disappeared into the night.

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"Let's get out of here, this place will only drive you crazy!" This magnificent and beautifully decorated manor was like a steel cage for Elizabeth.

It would only make her suffer humiliation and torture. Before she came, Mary never thought that her life would be like this.

In the past 50 days, Mary only saw Duke Hornberg once, and it was when he was drunk.

Mary didn't want to mention the frivolous language anymore, but she couldn't accept that old woman's confinement and humiliation of Elizabeth.

As a duchess, Elizabeth couldn't even get 500 pesetas.

No one invited her to the ball, and she lived the same life in the manor every day, which was equivalent to a life of imprisonment.

I have to accept the ridicule of that old woman and listen to her mercy. Does my father know this?

"Mary, I can't leave, and where can I go?" Elizabeth said numbly.

She has long been used to this kind of life. She no longer cares about her husband's neglect, her family's cold-eyed ridicule, and secret gossip.

At least she can still wear exquisite clothes, live in a luxurious manor, have carriages and attendants in and out, and don't have to worry about what to eat.

As the heirs of the royal family, they had different missions.

Some were lucky and some were unlucky, and she just happened to be the unlucky one.

Mary looked at her sister distressedly. She had a rich life, a seemingly glamorous ostentation, and an identity that was respected and envied.

But this kind of mental injury is more cruel than what happened in adulthood. These days, she can no longer bear it just as a spectator, let alone Elizabeth who bears it.

The two were talking,

The door was suddenly pushed open, it was the butler of the Duke's Mansion.

"Princess Adelaide, good afternoon. His Excellency Marquis Charlie Lee has arrived and is waiting for you in the living room." The butler said with a bow.

"Charlie?" Looking at his sister, the two met face to face, thinking, 'Why is he here? '

When he saw Mary, Li Zitao immediately showed a bit of distress in his eyes, and stepped forward to support her arm and blamed him: "You look haggard and thin!"

Mary looked up for a moment, she was obviously fine, how could she be haggard and thin?

But when she saw the teasing in her husband's eyes, and then thought of the baroness sitting on the sofa, the Duke's mother, Mary suddenly said, "Is there any, maybe I'm too tired."

Marquis Li, the princess is well taken care of here, probably due to the hard work of giving birth just now. "The Baroness said with a straight face.

"Oh?" Li Zitao looked back at the mean-faced, small-eyed and big-mouthed old woman, and asked in surprise, "Why is it not like this at home? Could it be that the maids didn't take good care of them?"

Elizabeth didn't see that the two were singing a double reed, and explained; "The Duke's mansion is full of servants, they are very dedicated, it must be because of me..."

"Strange, where's the maid I sent?" Li Zitao looked directly at the baroness and asked.

"How can those vulgar country women deserve to stay in the duke's mansion!" The baroness gave him a disdainful look, as if to say, "You too. '

"Well, so that's the case." Li Zitao nodded, and continued; "It seems that the servants in the Duke's mansion are all of noble origin?"

The baroness swallowed for a moment, but cast her eyes hard on Elizabeth. Where did they think it was?

"Ava, write these down. I think the public will be very curious about the life in the Duke's Mansion. The sales of the newspaper this month will definitely be very good."

Li Zitao casually gave instructions to Ava who was beside her, and she really opened the notebook and recorded it.

"How dare you... this is my home, not America." The baroness jumped up and pointed at Li Zitao and shouted.

"That's right, this is not my home, so why wouldn't I dare?" Li Zitao looked at her with a smile, and said in a cold tone; "Don't forget, I am the Marquess of the British Empire."

To give you three points of face, I really think of myself as an onion.

Not to mention that his property is not in Spain, even in Spain, with his current status, the king will give him some face.

A baroness, mother of a duke, really thinks she is the empress dowager!

All the servants and bodyguards he sent were driven outside, and they were not allowed to approach the manor within five kilometers. It was really a domineering style.

Mary and Elizabeth wanted to go out, and they had to look at her face when they used a carriage, which he really saw.

"Haha, Charlie, we meet again." Just when the scene was deadlocked, Duke Hornberg came in from the door laughing.

"I came to see my wife. I didn't expect to lose weight and haggard. The food in the Duke's Mansion doesn't seem to suit my appetite."

For the sake of the Grand Duke, he was very enthusiastic when we met before, but now his wife has been bullied, so he is so enthusiastic!

Duke Hornberg stopped, put down his arms that wanted to hug him, and said coldly; "Perhaps the princess is used to American food and doesn't like Spanish food."

"Really? I thought it was because the Duke's mansion was too poor to afford the materials. I heard that the daily meals are noodles and bread. Tsk tsk...

Let me know if you need it, and I can send some beef and seafood over. These worthless things are given to the servants in my house. "

Hearing Li Zitao's sarcasm, Duke Hornberg twitched angrily, pointed at him and said, "Irreverent fellow, you are not welcome here, get out."

"The air in here makes me sick. It smells sour and stingy, or you smell like fish."

Li Zitao held his wife's hand and was about to leave, but Mary stopped, looked at Elizabeth and said, "Follow me."

"Elizabeth, go back to your room." The baroness shouted loudly.

For this cowardly woman, she thought she knew very well, what else could she do besides crying in self-pity?

Looking at her husband's cold eyes, the baroness's sarcasm, and Mary's begging and caring eyes, Elizabeth raised her arm and grabbed Mary's hand.