BXBX NOVEL Chapter 258: laura
In other words, in Europe, the most sought after marriage partner by noble children is neither a young and beautiful unmarried noble lady, nor a wealthy daughter of a rich family. .
Nobles, they basically do not lack money and power. Although food and drink are not as good as China at this time, compared with ordinary people, they are a heaven and an underground.
Once people have no worries about life, they worry about their family inheritance and future.
And heirs are what they are after.
With the advent of the Age of Discovery, fortune and misfortune depended on each other. Although it brought a lot of wealth to Western Europeans, it accelerated the spread of diseases, and various life-threatening diseases bloomed all over Europe.
So, in this era, it is a matter of life and death for a woman to give birth to a child.
Either died of dystocia, or died of various postpartum diseases such as bedding fever, the mortality rate was extremely high.
So, the surviving widows, and the widows with a child, are very likely to continue to have children, at least higher than those young noble ladies.
Besides, most widows will inherit the wealth of their ex-husbands. Therefore, marrying a widow will not only get one person, but also a lot of wealth, killing two birds with one stone.
So, after learning that Miss Laura Alexander was widowed with her child, most of the aristocratic children in London, and even England, buzzed around Laura like bees.
For them, the widowed Miss Laura Alexander is definitely a blue chip stock.
Not only does she have long light blue hair, a plump figure, and a straight nose, she also has fair skin and beautiful skin, with a protruding figure, like a ripe peach.
The only fly in the ointment is that she is about five and two feet (1.7 meters) tall, much taller than most nobles in this era.
This small shortcoming is not a problem. More importantly, her father is Faris Alexander, who is trusted by two generations of kings. He is currently the speaker of the House of Commons and the Privy Council. His power is hotter than those of the great nobles.
Marry her, you will have a future and wealth, and you will be a winner in life directly, and it is not an exaggeration to say that you will reach the sky in one fell swoop.
So, for more than a year, all kinds of noble children gathered like bees seeing flowers, disturbing her restless.
Faris also had some headaches for his daughter who asked for help. In desperation, he took her to the office and used her clever mind to become his own exclusive secretary to handle documents and record appointments for him.
"Laura, it\'s been almost two years. Aren\'t you planning to remarry?" Looking at the beautiful daughter, Faris thought of her marriage, and he thought about it for a moment, and tried to persuade him to repeat the words many times.
"Father, you don\'t need to worry about this matter. I\'m free to measure it. You\'d better deal with this mountain of documents!"
Laura blinked her bright eyes, covered her ears, shook her head in a funny way, and directly refused.
"But, I only have one daughter, you! You are..."
"Okay, okay, Honorable Speaker, your daughter doesn\'t need to worry about you now, England\'s affairs are the most important thing!"
As soon as Laura heard this sentence, she immediately interrupted and changed the topic.
"Look, His Majesty the King asked you to make a decree to encourage shipbuilding, so that England\'s ship level can develop rapidly!"
"And this article is asking the Privy Council to regulate the price of food in England so that it can return to the normal level three years ago!"
Laura tore a few documents at hand, and a crisp voice suddenly rang out in the office.
Hearing these decrees of the king, Faris frowned more deeply, the wrinkles on his face were folded like waves, and a few silver hairs on his head could still be vaguely seen.
Seeing this, Laura slowly stopped reading aloud, rubbed his shoulders lightly, and loosened his muscles and bones.
"Okay, Laura, you go out, I will handle it by myself!"
Faris cheered up, twisted his neck, and said to his beautiful daughter.
"Okay! I\'m going out first, you take it slowly! This is also your obligation as the Speaker of the Privy Council! Goodbye, my dear father!"
Laura stepped out of the threshold with long legs. Before leaving, she lightly parted her red lips and said mischievously to Faris.
"Alas—" Facing such a daughter, Faris could only let out a sigh of relief.
In the office, the sound of "Zi Zi Zi" writing sounded again, and Faris started working again.
"Huh! Workaholic!" Laura waved her long legs and walked step by step to the front desk of the Privy Council Speaker\'s office, where she sat in her own small office.
Just as he put his hips close to the seat carved with patterns, at this moment, a young secretary in his twenties quietly walked over with a cup of tea that was currently popular in the upper class.
"Laura, are you thirsty? Come, here is the tea I brought from home, try it!"
A cup of fragrant and steaming porcelain teacup was placed in front of Laura, which made Laura involuntarily take a breath, immediately refreshed, with a blush on her face.
"No need, Devereux, I\'m not thirsty yet, besides, I\'m going home, drink it yourself!"
Laura straightened her expression, put on a show, cleaned up a few things on the desk, and directly refused.
"Well, okay! Go back and rest first!"
Devereaux looked a little embarrassed, neither standing nor sitting, and finally choked out a sentence, his face was slightly rosy.
Then, he stomped his feet lightly, turned and left.
Laura glanced at him, then lowered her head and tidied things up carefully.
The other male secretaries who were about to show their attention, who were eager to try, suddenly calmed down, their faces darkened, and they turned to do their own things.
"Boom, boom, boom!" There was a sound in the office, and no one wanted to stop her, nor did they dare to stop her.
Standing up, Laura twisted her slender waist, picked up a light small bag, and then walked to the door, dismissing the people peeping from the side, and left directly.
In front of the Palace of Westminster, the carriage that belonged exclusively to the Alexander family was parked. The groom sat on the eaves of the carriage, watching his young lady approaching, and hurriedly removed a small stool.
"Miss!" The groom nodded honestly.
Laura nodded slightly, and then got into the carriage with her support.
For those suitors, Laura is very clear about their thoughts. The first time she was blind, she found a short-lived ghost. She must be careful this time.
Thinking, she thought of her one-and-a-half-year-old daughter, who couldn\'t help showing a loving face. The combination of maternal brilliance and beautiful face can fascinate people.
(end of this chapter)