Chapter 133

"No, no, these are all things within one's duty." Mary said this and smiled.

"By the way, Master." Mary said this, and suddenly said: "I have it."

"What?" Lucius heard this

, looked at Mary in surprise. "Are you pregnant?"

"Yes, I couldn't believe it before, but now that I think about it, I must have been pregnant for three or four months."

Although Mary and Lucius had been sleeping in separate rooms for the past few years, they occasionally slept in the same bed.

It's just that Mary, who hasn't been pregnant in the past few years, got pregnant at this time, which is really strange.

But Lucius didn't think much about it. Once he heard that he was going to have another child, his mood immediately improved a lot.

Although there is no saying here that having children is a blessing, having children is always a good thing for wealthy families.

Even Li Teuk became a little happy when he heard that he was going to have a younger brother or younger sister.

"Okay, our Stranik family is really prosperous." Saying this, Lucius smiled happily.

Then he looked at Leeteuk.

"Then Madam, just rest more these days and arrange more arrangements for Li Te to do if you have anything to do at home."

"I understand, sir."

The atmosphere at the dinner party became cheerful because of this news.

After eating, Lucius took a walk in the courtyard with Vivian's company to recover.

Just when Leeteuk thought everything was going for the good, there was a sudden knock on his door early the next morning.

Opening the door, Lite found Vivian standing at the door with an anxious look on her face.

"No, no, no, Master Li Te, I was going to go to the master's room this morning to see how he was doing, but I didn't expect that the master was missing!"

"What? My father is missing?" Lite woke up immediately after hearing this. She quickly changed her clothes and ran downstairs.

After searching for a whole morning, Li Te finally discovered Lucius standing on a grassy field under the leadership of Virgil.

"Sir, he used to come here occasionally." Virgil explained to Li Te next to him. "Master Orson told me. He said that the master's former wife, Lady Margaret, is buried here."

"Although I don't know why the master came here on a whim, but if the master suddenly disappeared at home, he would probably be here to remember his deceased wife."

"Oh." Lite sighed after hearing this.

Buried here is Lucius's deceased wife, who is also Li Te's biological mother.

"Father, he... still values ​​​​love and justice too much." Li Te said this, full of respect for Lucius's attitude.

"Okay, Master Li Te, go and see the master quickly. It just so happens that you have a reason to go there."

"Yeah." Lit nodded, and then walked in the direction of Lucius.

"Father, what are you doing here?" Li Te said, approaching Lucius.

Lucius turned back blankly, looked at Li Te, and then made a "shh" gesture.

When Lite saw this, he immediately fell silent.

"Margaret usually likes to read quietly." With that said, Lucius sat next to the tombstone and gently touched the name on it.

"Is this mother inside?"

"Yeah." Lucius nodded. "It's your biological mother, your real mother."

With that said, Lucius took out a picture album from his pocket.

He unfolded the album and showed it to Li Teuk.

This is a portrait of a woman. In the portrait, the girl is smiling calmly and looking at the viewer.

"I asked the best painter in the imperial city to draw this. How about it? Isn't your mother pretty?"

"Yes." Li Te nodded. This was not a lie. The girl in the portrait was indeed very beautiful, and her appearance was very similar to Li Te's.

"The more I look at you now, the more I think you are just like Margaret." Lucius said this and put away the portrait. "Speaking of which, it's been so long since you've been back and I haven't taken you to see your mother yet."

"Margaret, look, this is our child, Lite."

"The name is very similar to yours, and the family who named you is really kind. Maybe this is destiny." Lucius said this and pointed at Li Te.

"The child I often brought with me before, Orson, I admitted wrongly at the time. He was not our biological child, but he was also a very good child and did not disgrace our family at all."

As he said this, Lucius seemed to be talking or whispering, expressing all his thoughts about his deceased wife.

It was obviously a very touching scene, but the more Leeteuk thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong.

Because Lucius was acting more and more emotional, unlike his usual behavior.

"Father, it's almost time. We should go back to eat."

"People always have to look forward. Father, mother doesn't want you to always look sad when you mention her, right?"

"She must also hope that your life will get better and better."

Li Te comforted him like this and wanted to help Lucius up.

"Well, it's almost done." Lucius nodded and let Li Te hold him up.

"I don't know if I will have another chance next time."

"I wonder if I will forget you next time." Lucius' tone suddenly became sad.

"Li Teuk, do you know?" He seemed to have found a person to talk to, and said to Li Te: "A few days ago, when the illness was serious, I almost forgot Margaret's face. "I'm so afraid that I will really forget her."

"It's okay, father, isn't your condition getting better now? It's okay..."

Li Te helped Lucius back home.

At the door of the house, several servants saw Lucius coming back and hurriedly came to greet him.

"Master, are you okay?"

"Oh, you hope something happens to me?" Lucius said so, which made the servants dare not say anything, and they quickly lowered their heads and apologized.

"Okay, Li Te, just take me back to the house."

"Okay, father." After hearing this, Li Te nodded, helped Lucius upstairs and into the room.

Mary who was upstairs witnessed all this. She returned to her room, looked at Randall standing aside, smiled and said: "Randall, have you noticed that the master's behavior recently is a bit abnormal? "

"Indeed...it seems that Master has become more emotional." Randall nodded. "So, madam, do you think there might be something wrong with him?" With that said, he pointed to his head.

"Yeah." Mary said. "To be honest, I didn't want to think about it, but Orson and Lite have repeatedly covered it up and only arranged for their confidants to serve the master. Are they afraid that we will find something unusual?"

Saying this, Mary looked at Randall.

"Let's do this, Randall, tell Vivian tomorrow and ask her to help me buy some jewelry from the market. I want to see what's going on with the master myself."

"After all, I am also the master's wife, and I have the right to know all this."

"As you command." Randall bowed respectfully.

"By the way, madam, you have to take care of your health recently. It's getting cold, so remember to wear more clothes. After all, this child is your hope."

"You don't need to tell me, I know it."

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Early the next morning, Randall approached Vivian.

"Hello, head maid." Randall said, looking at Vivian.

After the old maid retired, Vivian, as Orson's personal maid, was promoted to the position of head maid.

"Uh, hello, Mr. Randall, do you have anything to do with me?" Vivian was cleaning the glass when she saw Randall suddenly come to her and looked at him with some confusion.

"It's like this. Mrs. Mary's jewelry is missing and she is going to the market to buy a new one. She doesn't know much about the market and would like your help to take a look and choose some suitable jewelry."

With that said, Randall took out a bag.

"There are one hundred gold coins here, which are considered Madam's private money. Just help her choose something that is acceptable. There is no need to choose something particularly expensive."

"Okay." After hearing this, Vivian nodded, took the money bag, and assigned the task to others. Vivian took the money bag and rushed towards the market.

On the other side, after Mary saw Vivian going out, she walked to Lucius's door. She knocked on the door twice and then walked in.

In the room, Lucius had already gotten up and was sitting on the desk writing a letter. He looked no different from usual.

"Master, are you up yet?" Mary said in surprise when she saw Lucius's appearance.

"Yeah." Lucius nodded. "Bring me a cup of tea."

"Okay." Mary said, went downstairs, brought a cup of tea upstairs, and placed it next to Lucius's table.

"Sir, the tea has arrived."

"Well, thank you for your hard work, Margaret." Lucius said, taking a sip from the teacup.

"Um...Master, what did you just call me?" Mary heard Lu Xiu

After Si's words, he was stunned for a moment.

"Margaret, what's wrong?" Lucius heard this and looked at Mary suspiciously. "I'm writing a letter to the frontline troops. There will be a battle in a few days."

"Wait a minute, sir, what are you writing?" Mary said, showing a surprised look.

She took the letter from Lucius's hand. The content in the letter was all about the war.

"Master, the war was over some time ago." She said this and put the letter back. "Oson is leading the team on the front line and has pushed back the orcs."

"Orson? Who is Orson?" Lucius heard this and looked at Mary strangely. "No, no! His Majesty the Emperor specially appointed me as a general. How could he change his commander midway? No, I have to see His Majesty the Emperor."

With that said, Lucius quickly stood up.

"Master!" Mary quickly called Lucius. "This is the city of Antica, not the city of Saint Laurent!"

At this time, Lucius was shocked, and then he sat down.

"Wait a minute, madam, go out first and let me think about it alone..."

"Okay, sir, I'm going out first." Mary saw that the time was almost up, so she walked out of the room, leaving Lucius alone in the room.

"What should I say? Madam, how is the master's condition?" After returning to the room, Randall looked at Mary and asked.

"As I guessed, the master's mental condition is not good now, as if he has dementia." After saying this, she sighed.

"No wonder Orson and the others don't want me to have contact with the master. Are they afraid that I will leak the news? Or are they worried that I will take advantage of the opportunity?"

"I don't know." Mary shook her head, then looked up at Randall with a look of determination. "But this should be our best chance."

"It just so happens that Orson and Litt have given me another perfect excuse."

"Let me think about it. The two children deliberately concealed their father's illness for the sake of inheritance, and kept it from their mother, so as to control the affairs of the duchy." Mary said this, tapping the table lightly with her fingers.

"If His Majesty the Emperor knew about this, it would be a serious crime, right?" At this time, Randall added on the side. "At that time, they might even lose the right to inherit the duchy, and the only one who is qualified to inherit the duchy is the child in your belly, right?"

"Well, and my child can't manage the duchy when he is young. At that time, the actual ruler of the duchy will be me." Mary said this, revealing a smile.

She is an ambitious woman, and she has always regarded the Duchy of Antica as her own possession.

When Litt had just returned, she wanted to take the opportunity to incite Orson and let the two brothers kill each other, but Orson unexpectedly rejected her proposal and was ready to support Litt instead.

In this case, don't blame Mary for being ruthless and attacking both of them at the same time.

As long as their reputation is destroyed, the power of the Dukedom will naturally fall into Mary's hands.

Thinking of this, Mary hurriedly wrote a letter and prepared to send it to Saint Laurent City.

At this time, Mary's door was also knocked.

Vivian returned home with the jewelry she bought in the market.

"Madam, this is the jewelry you entrusted me to buy." Vivian said, put it on the table, then stepped back two steps, bowed to Mary, and left her room.

At this time, Vivian saw that the time was almost up, so she walked towards Lucius' room.

At this time, Lucius was still sitting in a chair in a daze.

"Master, good morning." Vivian said this and glanced at Lucius.