The Duke of Richmond, at the request of Lady Ripley and Mrs. Surrey, gave a general account of the morning meeting with Henry VIII. After the Duke finished speaking, Isabel Walton, the Lady of Ripley, pondered deeply, while Lady Surrey sat on one side, anxious about whether her husband, the Earl of Surrey, would suffer in agony in the Tower of London.

Time passed little by little, and Isabel, who was holding a wine glass, finally spoke, "Your Highness, I think that your majesty is saying this to you as well as to your good companion, Lord Surrey. ”

As soon as she heard her husband's title, Mrs. Surrey turned her gaze. The Duke of Richmond, on the other hand, looked at the Baroness with puzzled eyes, "Your Excellency, I... I don't understand what you mean. If it was addressed to Lord Surrey, His Majesty would have allowed the Lord to go to his bedroom......"

Isabel shook her head slowly, and said in a calm tone: "Your Highness, do you know that Your Majesty's current body... Your Majesty doesn't have a lot of time left. ”

"Isabel, Your Majesty doesn't have time? Why arrest Henry and his father when there is no time? "At this moment, Lady Frances of Surrey? Howard had complained about the surviving Henry VIII, and had not taken into account the ceremonial salutations of nobles and noble women in public.

"Don't worry, madam, if you want to see your husband, you can go now." Isabel did not want to make Mrs. Surrey sad or sad any longer, so she could only accommodate her.

The Duke of Richmond, who sat across from them, ignored the conversation between the two noblewomen, and was left alone to recall what his close companion, the Earl of Surrey, had done during the years and what Henry VIII had thought of him. When he recalled the defeat of the Count of Surrey in commanding the army in the French theater, he could not help but say, "Your Excellency, you mean that Your Majesty still has not forgotten the defeat of the Lord in the battle in France?" ”

Isabel slowly raised her arm, put the wine glass to her lips and took a sip of wine, but just looked at the Duke calmly, "Your Highness, the Lord is His Majesty's godson, and in His Majesty's heart, the Lord may be placed in the same position as you." However, the Lord's defeat on the battlefield was something His Majesty did not want to see. This is possible. ”

The Duke of Richmond shook his head, "However, in the battle against Edinburgh, Lord Hertford's army also suffered defeat. Not only did you not capture Edinburgh, but you also lost many good sergeants and knights, including your brother. ”

"Your Highness, these are two completely different battles. Edinburgh was not captured, and there is still a good chance that it will be attacked in the future. However, the defeat in France affected the kingdom's alliance with the Spaniards. You should know that Charles V's Spain was now the largest empire in all of Europe. ”

The Duke of Richmond still did not believe that Henry VIII would be obsessed with the defeat of his good friend on the battlefield, and argued to himself, "Well, even if Your Majesty will not forgive the Lord's defeat, the Lord is not at fault in other matters, is he?" ”

Isabel knew that the Duke would not easily give up every opportunity to save his best friend. In the same vein, she also believes that there must have been other reasons behind Henry VIII's use of the new coat of arms to kill the Earl of Surrey. In silence, he pondered the words of Henry VIII, "Remember who you are!" ”

"Identity, identity?! That's right, the Earl of Surrey is the same as the Duke, and he is also a descendant of the royal family. However, this was a tense period before Prince Edward's succession, and Henry VIII would never let any royal descendant interfere with the prince's succession. ”

"Henry VIII must have thought so, he was removing obstacles for Prince Edward to succeed to the throne."

"Could it be that the Norfolk family behind the Earl of Surrey really wants to inherit the throne? This question would only need to be questioned face-to-face with the Earl of Surrey or his father. ”

Thinking of this, Isabel hurriedly said, "Your Highness, I think we need to visit Lord Surrey at the Tower of London to find out more." ”

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The next morning, Isabel and Lady Surrey accompanied the Duke of Richmond to the Tower of London, a place where upper-class prisoners were held, which usually meant that the next step might be to go to the Greene Tower to carry out the execution, which was extremely frightening. Torture in the Tower of London – especially extremity – was a powerful weapon to deter criminals. In contrast to the dirty, overcrowded prisons where ordinary prisoners live, prisoners are often waiting to be transferred or executed.

Most of the high-ranking prisoners at this time could only reach the Tower of London by water, and would reluctantly land at the Watergate by the river. Day after day, year after year, this gate is known as the "Gate of the Traitor". Of course, family members visiting prisoners can enter the Tower of London by land.

Once inside the tower, the prisoners are arranged according to their title, status, and status: members of the royal family or descendants of the royal family will have their own separate rooms, and prisoners of other classes will be confined to remote towers near the curtain wall. Although the Tower of London may seem like a creepy "death prison" to many, it is, like other prisons, in that prisoners are entitled to special treatment if they are willing to pay.

Fast, the captain of the squire, plucked a small linen pouch from his waist and handed it to a prison guard outside the room. The guard flipped his pockets and nodded to his fellow guard next to him. The colleague quickly opened the iron lock outside the door, "Squeak! With a thud, the heavy iron door was pushed open.

When the person standing outside the door looked into the room inside the door, he saw the Earl of Surrey, a former noble descendant of the royal family, dressed in a white robe, standing alone in front of a small iron-barred window on the opposite wall with his hands behind his back, staring at the sky outside. When the Earl of Surrey heard the sound of the iron door opening behind him, he still looked up to the sky and said, "Are you here to take me to torture?" ”

Tears flowed down the cheeks of Lady Surrey, who stood behind Isabel, but she turned her face to the mottled stone wall to her right, desperately reluctant to lose her status as a countess in front of the prison guards. Isabel gazed at the decadent Earl of Surrey and closed her lips and nodded sideways at her squire captain.

"You can leave." Captain Fast said coldly to the two prison guards.

As the beneficiary guards left the hallway where the room was located, the three Isabel slowly walked into the cell. Captain Falst gently closed the door and stood guard with four sword-wearing squires. At this moment, the Earl of Surrey slowly turned around. When he saw the Duke of Richmond standing in front of him in duke-level clothes, he was a little surprised, "Your Highness, what are you doing here?" ”