Chapter 404

"Well, I think my mother and I share the burden." Leeteuk said. "However, in terms of familiarity with the personnel, my mother is better, so most of the time, my mother is busy and I am helping her."

"Okay, okay, I'll leave it to you. I'll feel more at ease."

"Alas, I pity your mother for not being able to see you grow up." With that said, Lucius reached out and touched Li Te's hair.

"Alas, Margaret has been with me all her life and gave up the pursuit of power. I have worked hard outside for half my life, and I just wanted to give her a reasonable condition, but I didn't expect the result, alas."

Of course Leete knew that Lucius was not talking about his current mother Mary, but her previous mother Margaret.

"It's okay, Father. I'm sure Mother will be very happy to see the life you lead now."

"Oh, are you happy? His husband almost doesn't remember her, how can he be happy?" Lucius smiled mockingly.

"Sorry, father, that's not what I meant..."

"I know, Li Te, you are a good boy. Of course I know you don't mean this." Lucius said, pointing at the table. "Get me a glass of water, Liteuk."

"Okay." Lit nodded, then stood up and poured Lucius a glass of water.

"By the way, Li Te." At this time, Lucius suddenly said as if he thought of something.

"What's wrong, Father?"

"No one at home should know about my situation now, right?"

"Except for brother Orson, Miss Vivian, and me, no one should know." Lite thought for a while, and then said.

"That's okay." Lucius nodded assuredly. "Okay, Li Te, you go out, I'll go down for a meal later."

"Okay." After hearing this, Lite left Lucius's room.

It was dinner time, and Lucius went downstairs to have dinner with everyone. This was the first time he went out in the past few days.

"Master, you have worked hard these days." At the dinner table, Mary deliberately flattered Lucius.

"It's okay, I'm lying on the bed, what's the trouble?" Lucius said, looking at Mary and Li Te.

"It's you two who take care of the housework for me. Thank you for your hard work!"

"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 and 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 whatever you have to do at home."

"I understand, sir."

The atmosphere at the dinner party became pleasant because of this news

got up.

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." Lucius sat down next to the tombstone and gently stroked the name on it.

"Is it your mother in here?"

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

Lucius took out a picture album from his pocket.

He unfolded the album and showed it to Lit.

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

"I asked the best painter in the imperial city to draw this. How about it, is your mother beautiful?"

"Yes." Lit nodded. This is not a fake. The girl in the portrait is indeed very beautiful, and her appearance is also three points similar to Lit.

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

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

"The name is very similar to yours, and the family that named you is really nice. Maybe this is destined." Lucius said, pointing at Lit.

"The child I used to bring, Orson, I made a mistake at the time. He is not our biological child, but he is also a very good child and has not lost our family's face at all."

As he said this, Lucius seemed to be talking, and also seemed to be whispering, expressing his nostalgia for his deceased wife.

It should have been a very touching scene, but Lit felt more and more that something was wrong the more he thought about it.

Because Lucius was becoming more and more emotional, which was not like 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 look sad when you mention her, right?"

"She must also hope that you will live better and better."

Leet comforted him and wanted to help Lucius up.

"Well, it's almost time." Lucius nodded and let Leet help him.

"I don't know if I will have a chance to come next time."

"I don't know if I will forget you next time." Lucius' tone suddenly became sad.

"Leet, do you know?" He seemed to have found someone to talk to, and said to Leet: "There were a few days before, when the disease was serious, I almost forgot Margaret's face. I was so afraid that I would really forget her."

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

Leet helped Lucius back home.

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

"Master, are you okay?"

"Oh, you hope I'm okay?" Lucius said so, and the servants dared not say anything, and hurriedly bowed their heads to apologize.

"Okay, Litt, just take me back to the house."

"Okay, father." Litt nodded, helped Lucius upstairs and sent him to the room.

Mary, who was upstairs, witnessed the whole process. She returned to her room, looked at Randall standing aside, and said with a smile: "Randall, have you noticed that the master's behavior has been a bit abnormal recently?"

"Indeed...it seems that the master has become more emotional." Randall nodded. "So, madam, do you think that the master may have some problems?" He said so, pointing to his head.

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

As she said so, Mary looked at Randall.

"Let's do this, Randall. Tell Vivian tomorrow to help me buy some jewelry in the market. I want to go and see what the master is like."

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

"Yes, sir." Randall bowed respectfully.

"By the way, Madam, you should take care of yourself recently. It's cold, remember to wear more clothes. After all, this child is your hope."

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

...

Early the next morning, Randall found Vivian.

"Hello, head maid." Randall said this and looked at Vivian.

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

"Uh, hello, Mr. Randall, what do you want to do with me?" Vivian was cleaning the glass. When she saw Randall suddenly looking for her, she looked at him with some confusion.

"It's like this, Madam Mary's jewelry is missing, and she's going to the market to buy a new one. She doesn't know much about the market, so she wants you to help her take a look and pick out some suitable jewelry."

As he said this, Randall took out a bag.

"There are a hundred gold coins in it, which is the private money of the madam. You can help her pick out some decent ones, but there's no need to pick something particularly expensive."

"Okay." Vivian nodded after hearing this, took the purse, and assigned the task to others. Vivian took the purse and rushed to the market.

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

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

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

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

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

"Master, the tea is here."

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

"That... Master, what did you call me just now?" Mary was stunned when she heard what Lucius said.

"Margaret, what's wrong?" Lucius heard this and looked at Mary in confusion. "I'm writing a document to the front-line troops. The war will start in a few days."

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

She took the letter from Lucius's hand, and the content of the letter was all about the war.

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

"Orson? Who is Orson?" Hearing this, Lucius looked at Mary strangely. "No, no! His Majesty the Emperor specially appointed me as a general. How could he change the commander in the middle of the battle? No, I want to see His Majesty the Emperor."

After saying this, Lucius quickly stood up.

"Master!" Mary hurriedly stopped Lucius. "This is Antica City, not Saint Laurent City!"

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

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

"Okay, Master,