CHAPTER 84 (1) - Have You ever Served His Majesty?

He was simply not visiting the Empress Palace, but he was still a father who knew the doings in the Imperial Palace very well. She asked him, "How did you know about that?"

"Just because someone chooses to lead a quiet life does not mean that person lives by covering up their ears, Lizzy." The Marquis of Grochester laughed in a low voice. "And I have also heard that His Majesty is showing interest in you these days."

"… Did you plant a spy in the palace or something?" As if it was something amazing, Patrizia chuckled as she asked, and the Marquis of Grochester just shrugged his shoulders.

"Everyone can learn that much. It is not some incredible knowledge. Rather, that means this was not just a rumor that I heard, then?"

"It is just a passing interest, Father. Even if his favor stays with me, I would not know when that favor will leave... like it did with the Marchioness of Ethyller, for example?"

"That is the wise attitude, Lizzy. Originally, monarchs are all people like that."