"Oh! Catherine, I didn't mean to!" After Catherine hit the table, Lady Anne, who was on the side, spoke in a voice full of apologies. But looking at the color of her eyes, there was not a trace of apology.
Anne Seymour is the wife of Edward's uncle, Edward Seymour Land, a snobbish woman.
Her figure was somewhat voluptuous, full of the flavor of a young woman, and she carried valuables of various colors, and under the light of the candles, her body looked flickering, and she easily became the focus of attention.
"However! My dear Lady Catherine, you are not worthy to wear this necklace!" Anne Seymour pointed her finger at Catherine's neck, "This is something that only the Queen of England has the right to wear, you are just a baroness!"
"It's mine, and why shouldn't I wear it!" Catherine's temper got stubborn, "I deserve it, and only I can wear it!"
There was a determined look in Catherine's eyes, but in the end, she hadn't suffered that much, especially with the embarrassment of already being her sister-in-law!
The bottom of her eyes began to mist up, and her long eyelashes were like roses with raindrops, causing those male nobles present to unconsciously gulp.
"My Lord Earl! How do you see?" The Countess of Hereford, of Herefordshire, frowned and wrung her hands around the Earl's waist in a tone of displeasure.
"This! This! I am lamenting our once Queen Majesty, who was not a good Queen Dowager, but a Baroness! Alas!" The Lord Earl of Hereford had a look of pity on his face, and he did not know whether it was a pity that she had become a baroness, or a pity that she had married someone else.
"Huh! Now that the Seymour family holds the power of England, how can a dowager queen be more powerful than one who becomes a Seymour?" The Countess's words were tinged with a bit of acidity, and in her heart she was disdainful of Catherine's disgraceful behavior.
Even if the western society is no matter how open they are, they will still hold contempt for a woman who has been married four times, even if she is a former queen, even if she is now a member of the hot Seymour family, she still can't manage the gossip of the nobles.
This was also the reason why she had invited Edward, after all, for Edward's sake, these nobles wouldn't go too far.
"In the entire Seymour family, only Edward and I have the highest status!" Lady Anne continued with unforgiving reasoning, "Besides, my status is higher than yours, I'm a duchess, while you're just a of a baroness! Just a lowly noble!"
"You are not worthy to wear this necklace, it is only to be worn by a high nobleman like me" Lady Anne's words were very sharp, almost as if she was cursing at Catherine's nose.
"My dear Mrs. Anne! Please take back your words at once!" Thomas Seymour arrived almost immediately, and before he could comfort Catherine, he addressed Lady Anne in a stern tone.
"Oh! my dear Lord Baronet, is it wrong that mine is the truth?" Lady Anne wore an innocent expression, with a hint of condescension in her tone.
Edward finally squeezed in, but it was someone's family business, so he was too embarrassed to come forward, so he was a spectator for a while.
"Yeah? Then why do I feel that yours are all wrong!" Baron Thomas's words were very impulsive, and for Lady Anne it was no less than slapping her in the face.
"Bullying your younger sibling in front of everyone this is what noblewomen are supposed to do is it not?" Lord Baron's fire was aroused by Lady Anne, and his words got heavier and heavier.
"Thomas! Is this how you bully a lady!" Edward Seymour, who was on the sidelines, finally stopped being a spectator and made a noise.
"So! My dear brother, where were you when your wife bullied my Catherine?" The Lord Baron did not give the Lord Duke any face at all, and directly blocked him.
"Thomas! Calm down!"
"Calm down? How am I supposed to calm down?" The more the Lord Baron became angry, the louder his voice became. His footsteps also walked towards Duke Edward, who in turn walked forward without letting up in the slightest.
"Thomas! Calm down! Calm down!" The arriving Marquis of Northampton, William Parr, hastily put his arm around the enraged Baron Seymour.
Gradually, the Lord Baron's heaving chest calmed, and his anger vanished into thin air.
But Edward, who was off the field, could see clearly that a large part of His Excellency the Baron's anger was not born for Catherine, but that Lady Anne's cry of Baroness, a cry of lowly nobility, deeply penetrated into Thomas Seymour's fragile heart like a sharp knife.
Thomas was the second son of Sir John and came from a noble family. From, his older brother was determined to be the heir apparent, and he has always been that second.
It was hard for his sister to become queen, and Edward Seymour became an earl, while he was only a baronet.
By the time Edward came to the throne, Edward Seymour was again a duke, while he was still a baronet.
When he gets a queenly wife, his brother instructs his wife to target Catherine, what a sad child!
"Sorry! Everyone! I lost my temper!" The Baroness straightened his clothes and resumed his former elegant form.
The Baronet took the weeping Catherine by the hand and walked slowly away from the place, a place that had disgraced him.
Lady Anne twisted her girdle proudly, put her arm around the Lord Duke, and left the place as well.
Apparently, winning the fight and stepping on the face of the former queen had made her feel extraordinarily comfortable.
And His Excellency, the Duke of Somerset, frowning at the distant Mr. and Mrs. Thomas, did not know what was in his mind!
Edward followed Mr. and Mrs. Thomas as they walked inside the castle, which made him feel like this was a good opportunity!
Closing the door to her room, Catherine followed Thomas into the room, her face still tear-stained, and it was impossible to look at her without feeling compassion.
And Edward sneaks up and puts his ear to the gate, trying to pry out some secrets.
"Catherine! Are you alright!" His Excellency the Baron asked with a concerned look on his face, "It's my fault for being weak, I'll let Edward give me an explanation now!"
His Excellency the baronet made a show of renewing his theory of the Duke of Somerset more, and Catherine drew him back even as she did.
"Thomas! There's no need for that! I can't ruin your brotherly bond because of me!" Catherine was all about Thomas.
Thomas also knew that Catherine would pull herself, so she didn't even put forth any effort, and sat down obediently as soon as Catherine pulled her.
"Catherine! You are so kind!" The Baron praised as he caressed her face.
"Thomas! Not today! I'm pregnant!" Kathryn twisted shyly and blushed all over her face.
"Catherine! Is this true! What a blessing from God!" Baron Thomas was stunned by the news.
Upon hearing this, Edward, who was outside the door, was also stunned!