"So I will release the hermit and Bohemond at once, and make a generous agreement with the leaders of the pilgrims. Correspondingly, you release Brenus as soon as possible. I still have important things to deal with, and now Gawain can go and pay homage to the queen. ”

In the small square outside the palace, Anna stood half a stone's throw away from Gawain: the guards and the eunuchs, separated them from each other, and listened with their ears sideways, lest they have any dangerous deliberations that had nothing to do with the subject of permission.

"Safe return from Italy, Gawain." Anna lowered her eyes and said.

"Yes, with the favor of the eldest princess, Gawain's expedition in Italy has always been smooth."

"In the edict and the letter of appointment given to you, all the thoughts of Komnenos and I are in it, and then your battlefield will turn to Asia." Then Anna laughed meaningfully, encouraging Gawain to fight for the Empire.

"The eldest princess's intentions, Gao Wen has felt it, and he will never break his word." Gawain said with a resolute look in his eyes.

The eunuch on the side, Nikdemia, clasped his hands, and couldn't see any reaction from him. But hearing this, Anna's delicate body trembled slightly, and then she fixed for a while, and then said to Gawain, "Yes, I believe in you. ”

"Please trust me in the future!"

At the same time, Dai Duo also leaned sideways, from her sister's back, with her little boots cocked, step by step, slowly walked to the docked shoulder, and secretly smiled and shook her hand at Gawain, then took her skirt and climbed into the shoulder, Anna didn't say anything more, and walked in together.

He was carried by a servant on his shoulders and walked along the path of the Brachna Palace. The guards and eunuchs crowded, and Gawain also walked. Under the "guardianship" of countless people, he came to the palace near the edge of the Imperial Garden.

The Queen's abode can be described as very secluded. This is also the inevitable fate of a failed coup d'état, and today Irene also learns that Caesar was betrayed by the Normans, escorted back, and tragically executed by her husband

So when they were all in the garden of the antechamber, Anna and Dedo walked to the room where their mother was sleeping, "Stop, my daughter, lest the cold and darkness of this place stain your noble purple robe and crown." Erin's cold voice came. Then her shadow, apparently flipped limply on the couch.

Anna's face was gloomy, so she stood awkwardly between the steps and the living room, while Daido took two steps forward and said, "Her Royal Highness, the new Grand Duke of Armenia, Stephen. Gawain, I have come to pay my respects to you. The eunuch smiled, and told the legend.

Obviously, Erin's figure straightened up in an instant. Through the curtain, she saw Gawain's iconic huge figure, kneeling in front of her.

"Her Royal Highness the Empress take care of her health, Gawain will soon follow the orders of His Majesty the Emperor. Went to Asia Minor to fight. Gawain lowered his head and said.

Then he heard the queen laugh miserably, and her words became unbridled. "Poor Gawain, I'm going to Asia and ride a horse everywhere in the dust and bloody battles. in the face of the pagans' sabers and arrows; Poor me, even if I am not reconciled. But I couldn't resist that man climbing on my body, and I had to give birth to seed after seed for him, and now I'm pregnant again, which is also a means and an excuse to imprison me, isn't it; And poor Anna, who has become the little canary in the man's cage, look at her crown and ornaments, and you will know how beautiful and luxurious her birdcage is. ”

"Mother" Anna did not dare to look up, and could only use a begging tone, hoping that Queen Irene would not continue.

And Nikdemia also quickly shouted, "Her Royal Highness has the gifts of the Lord and the Holy Apostle in her womb, and the time of the audience should not be too long, let Her Highness recuperate now." ”

Soon the queen's palace was in disarray, and the eunuchs and maids went in again, carrying flags, shoulders, and small luggage, to settle the two princesses. In the crowd, Gawain walked down the steps, and several palace guards remained vigilant, but still stopped him far away from his shoulder, and then Gawain turned around and saw Anna standing on the steps, looking at him, this kind of look happened to what he had said to the couple Merlot and Chiser in Barry City before.

But this kind of look, when it really appeared, made people's hearts feel painful, extremely painful.

"This is my father's mechanical bird!" Suddenly, the one hanging from Gawain's belt, which had just flown out of the palace curtain, was suddenly taken down by Dai Duo, who came out of nowhere, and the little princess stood there proudly, dangling the "trophies" in her hand, and smiled at Gawain with two pear vortices.

But soon, Dedo realized that she had not only ripped off the delicate toy, but had also pulled off Gawain's hanging bag, and in the silk bag, which could be seen through the cracks, a shiny braid was cut out of gold, and it was by no means owned by a Roman woman.

As soon as Dai Duo was about to ask, Gawain noticed it, quickly squatted down, smiled, and stretched out his hand to the little princess, "This mechanical device is really interesting, so I brought it out of your father's palace, hoping to study it well." ”

The little princess was not very obedient, but held it up, including the silk sac with golden hair, "My sister calls you a big barbarian, then it is useless for you to ask for this, because this kind of device can only be made by our Roman engineers." ”

"Then even if I borrow you, I'll pay it back soon, okay?" Gawain raised his forehead and stared at his blue eyes.

Eventually, Dai Duo laughed and placed both things in the palm of Gawain's outstretched hand, "Then even if I lend it to you, I have to return it - preferably in a year's time, I will come and pick it up myself." After speaking, several eunuchs hurriedly came over and pulled Princess Daiduo away, and then continued to kowtow to the "quasi-emperor's son-in-law" of the empire, and then pulled the little princess away, because the emperor specially instructed that the queen and the two princesses should not be too close to this "barbarian son-in-law".

Gawain quietly pinned the silk sac back to his belt, and then he turned again, only to find that Anna had disappeared from the entire hall of people who came and went

The gate of St. Atkins was opened again in the evening, and the priesthood rode up, hung his head, and walked out with some preoccupations, and Muzafiadin took the bridle and paced in front, and in the cold sunset, Gawain was full of restlessness and staggered, and returned to the camp of the Dalian army an hour later.

Soon, news spread in the camp, "His Excellency the Grand Duke has been recruited by the emperor as a little son-in-law!" ”

All the soldiers were excited, and soon Godfrey and Baldwin received the exact news, "The Emperor of the Greeks has not only allowed us to buy supplies freely, but also to move our camp to the palace of Juquintina. ”

As soon as these two pieces of news were combined, Godfrey sighed and said, "The priesthood has indeed made great sacrifices and sacrifices for the cause of the expedition to the Holy Sepulchre. (To be continued.) )