1 Chapter 1: Coming to England
"The year, October 18th, the weather is rainy, almost the fifth year, and the weather here is still so unbearable, and I'm already nine years old, for God's sake! How many more years do I have to grow up!" Zhang Zhe wrote the diary viciously with his white hand, not caring in the slightest about the immaculate white paper under his pen. On the white paper, the slender letters were twisted and ordered from left to right, and a kind of script that was very different from today's popular Latin alphabet was spread out on the paper, which was neither English nor French as stipulated by England.
"Your Highness, it's time for lunch!" A young woman dressed in a maid's outfit rushed in with broken steps and said with a slightly panting breath. "En, I know!" Zhang Zhe helplessly agreed. It was well known that British cuisine was notoriously difficult to eat in the world, and even as a prince, the food was not much better!
Zhang Zhe closed the diary and hid it under his pillow, which was kind of a cover-up! Jumping down from the bed, Zhang Zhe followed the waitress with short legs to the dining room. Passing through a long stretch of corridor, the floor was covered with a layer of mahogany flooring, and the walls on both sides were filled with portraits of characters, each of them majestic and extraordinary. Of course, God his old man and his son were also on it, looking extraordinarily kind and pleasant.
After five years of time, Zhang Zhe has seen an unknown number of times, have made aesthetic fatigue, and now look at God are annoying. Not caring about the curtsies of the maids on both sides, he walked towards the dining room. "Zee!" The maid pushed open the door, only to see a middle-aged man dressed in a large number of gold jewelry, sitting on the seat of the long table with a big general's belly, staring at Zhang Zhe who came in. The face full of majesty then cracked into a smile, "Edward! Come quickly, today there is your favorite roasted lamb, made the way you like it!"
Who would have thought that His Majesty the King, who was so powerful on the outside, would have such a side. But Zhang Zhe was used to it, uh! Edward was used to it, who called him the only male heir of the entire Tudor royal family, and the most heir that Henry VIII got at the age of forty-six when he got a son in his old age. Sitting on the other side of the table was Edward's stepmother, Henry VIII's sixth queen, Catherine Parr. The Queen was sitting upright and smiled at Edward when she saw him, "Edward! Sit down, it's about to begin!" Catherine had no heir as of yet, so she made peace with Edward.
Henry VIII was born in the year and was the second Tudor king and Lord of Ireland. He had a male heir only in the year, and was so precious that he was made Duke of Cornwall and Earl of Chester shortly after Edward was born. And let two daughters as a nanny to take good care of him, from which can be seen he is definitely a patriarchal king,. However, Edward said he loved it.
Edward sat next to His Majesty the King, meticulously dining with royal etiquette, even though he was very much in the King's favor, he didn't dare to break the rules because there was a fat woman next to him who was watching him closely. The fat woman is his mother Jane Seymour's maid of honor, is now the royal family's head maid of honor, named Annasville, a very strict old woman, from watching his mother and Edward grow up, Edward saw her headache, but also can not be attacked, can only draw a circle to curse her constipation.
On the long dining table were several plates of roast goose, plus a pot of roast lamb, exuding a slippery yellow tantalizing smell. This is also a rare enjoyment for the medieval nobility, after all, the popular food practice at that time was just a big pot of stew and then add a variety of spices. Barbecue is also directly baked, is a test of the chef's level of culinary skills, the general aristocracy is not able to enjoy the barbecue of this dish.
Luckily, being a chef owned by the royal family of England is very good, listening to Edward's solution less than a few days, the roast lamb is almost done. So the whole royal family like this dish, every few days on this dish, Edward almost eat vomit. The good thing is that the royal family of England after the religious reform, confiscated a large number of church property, income is very rich, eat some lamb is nothing. Compared to the bitter French royal family to live is not bad.
After lunch, when the usual salute of farewell was made, Princess Elizabeth, who was sitting on the side of the lady, suddenly asked, "Edward! How has your riding skill been practiced lately?" "Not bad! I can already ride a horse and run." "Oh! Then let me check!" Because Edward had never been in good health, Zhang Zhe had started practicing riding skills to exercise himself when he first crossed over. After five years of hard practice, he finally went from a sick sprout who got sick after taking a few steps to a sprout who could run freely.
It may be that the self-contained disease belongs to Edward from birth to now, three days a disease, five days a big disease, almost never break, make Zhang Zhe deep fear out of the division is not quick to die first. So the body of the great ambition of Edward firm living to the present.
Henry VIII's preference for sons over daughters was so severe that Edward could do whatever he wanted, while Elizabeth was always required to learn ladylike manners and could not even play with her favorite horseback riding very often. Thus, the task of testing Edward's riding skills became a happy time for Elizabeth. On the other side of the Princess Mary as if she did not hear the general, still unhurriedly drinking the black tea bought from Spain heavy money, without a sound, showing the princess of the lady style.
Henry VIII lightly nodded his head, and Princess Elizabeth then made a bow, unhurriedly followed Edward slowly out of the restaurant, slow footsteps could not hide Elizabeth's joyful mood. Gorgeous restaurant door just closed, Princess Elizabeth jumped forward to run, before and after the position of a switch.
Edward helplessly shook his head with a disappointed expression. Her Highness, who was always aware of Edward, immediately frowned and immediately turned around to stand in front of Edward and crouched down. "Hello! Edward, are you having a problem with me?" As soon as Edward saw his sister's tone which could not come out truthfully, he hurriedly changed the topic. "Sister! Your riding skills can now be compared to a knight!" As soon as she heard the talk about her most proud riding skill immediately forgot to vocalize to Edward, and could not help but say smugly. "That's! Ordinary knights are no match for me, Uncle Hughes even praised me!" Uncle Hughes was the royal chief of guards, and Edward's riding skills were also taught by him.
Hughes Smith, the second son of a baron, stood out in a riot against border nobles. Killed three knights in a row and captured a viscount, thus Henry VIII was made a court baron with three estates, which is not a bad mix, compared to the usual wandering knights.
