Looking at my anxious and confused expression, a smug look appeared on Margaret's face.

She hooked my arm and gently tugged, saying:

"Alright, alright, I won't tease you anymore. Let's go home."

"Um...okay..."

Feeling helpless, I held my forehead and walked forward with Margaret's arm.

About half an hour later,

Margaret and I arrived in front of a gorgeous white mansion.

This is Margaret's home and also the residence of the Prince of Wales, the highest ruler of the Principality.

Strictly speaking, the entire Graham Clan County is actually my family's territory. The traditional capital of the Principality of Wales is Gathear City, twenty miles to the east. In theory, that should be the Prince's residence.

But for security reasons, the Prince would rather live in the manor in my family's territory, rather than moving into the heavily guarded castle in Gathear.

After all, with the existence of my father - that old bastard, Graham Clan County can be considered the safest place in the whole kingdom of Britain in some sense.

Though I am somewhat reluctant, I have to admit that the old bastard is quite powerful. Sometimes, even the Pope of the Eternal Holy Capital has to accommodate him.

Under his protection, no one dares to take action against the Prince in Graham Clan County.

You might wonder why the distinguished Prince of Wales cannot even live in his own residence?

Of course, there is a reason for that.

In fact, Margaret's father holds not only the title of Prince of Wales but also a more prominent one - the first in line to inherit the British throne.

The title of Prince of Wales is just a customary one given to crown princes.

As Queen Elizabeth III's eldest son, the Prince was made heir apparent upon his birth, becoming the legitimate heir to the British throne.

Initially, this was indisputable.

However, as time passed, Queen Elizabeth, who has been on the London throne for more than 60 years, still remains energetic, handling state affairs with the same charm as her youth.

My father once said that for a long time, Queen Elizabeth has been ranked together with the Eastern immortal, Golden Toad, as the first place in the "Battle for Eternal Life," and it is unknown when the outcome will be decided.

For a country, a long-lived and healthy monarch should be a good thing.

However, Queen Elizabeth's longevity has put Margaret's father in an awkward situation.

By the time Margaret was born, Queen Elizabeth was already 83 years old. In the long years prior, most of her children had left the world before her. The last remaining Prince found himself in the embarrassing position of being the "Crown Prince of Sixty Years."

Even worse, at the time, the 60-year-old Prince had no descendants.

Seeing the monarch of Britain and the heir both white-haired and elderly, some people with ulterior motives began to stir.

For example, the Queen's youngest cousin, the Duke of York. Then just 40 years old, he was the youngest and the only remaining member of the royal family among the Queen's generation.

When it seemed that the Queen's bloodline was nearly extinct, the ambitious Duke of York brought his 5,000 private soldiers to the capital and, with a group of nobles, forced the Queen to abdicate. They demanded the Queen to pass the throne to the Prince immediately and appoint the young and capable Duke of York as the new crown prince.

Under the joint pressure of the nobles, the Queen once wavered and even drafted a decree of abdication, preparing to pass the throne to the Prince and appoint the Duke of York as the crown prince.

But just then, an unexpected event happened.

The Prince of Wales's fifth wife miraculously became pregnant and gave birth to a healthy baby girl on the Prince's 60th birthday! This baby girl was Margaret.

In this way, the British royal family welcomed a legitimate heir. The overjoyed Queen immediately announced her hard-won granddaughter as the second in line to the throne. The Duke of York, who originally held this position, became the third in line for succession.Seeing the throne within reach slipping away from him, the unwilling Duke of York and his supporters devised a malicious plan - they decided to poison the newly born princess, completely clearing the obstacle between themselves and the throne.

Later, a palace maid bribed by the Yorkist faction poisoned the princess's milk, but accidentally poisoned the queen who was feeding the princess.

Afterwards, the assassinations targeting the princess and the queen caused a great uproar in the kingdom's court and political circles.

Although various clues pointed to the Duke of York and his supporters as the culprits,

Considering the Duke of York's status as "Britain's second most powerful general" and the influence he has cultivated in the London aristocratic circle in the past few years... Queen Elizabeth, who did not want to drag the country into a civil war, had to symbolically execute the servants who had poisoned the milk, without thoroughly investigating the matter.

At this moment, for the young princess, the prosperous capital was as dangerous as a monster with a gaping bloody mouth! In the shadows of the magnificent palace, the Yorkists' conspiracy and venomous snakes were hiding at all times...

Therefore, in order to protect her granddaughter's safety, the Queen used the excuse of "sending the crown prince to take up his post in his fief," and sent the prince and his family to Wales to stay away from the whirlpool of politics in the capital and to protect Margaret from the hands of the Duke of York.

However, the Duke of York was not so easily discouraged. In fact, he had tried several times to assassinate the prince on the way to Wales, intending to completely eliminate the father and daughter.

The last assassination... if it hadn't been for the fact that it was accidentally thwarted by the girl's father, the old scoundrel.

At this moment, this young lady beside me might not have existed.