In the absence of reference objects, the painter could only ask the king himself for help. They were husband and wife and were most familiar with each other.

When he walked into the studio, Henderson saw Elaine.

He was a very delicate woman, strictly speaking, not pretty, but she had extremely white and even had a soft skin with a translucent feeling. Her round face was a little baby-fat and looked cute. She was wearing a pink long skirt, which was rough in texture and workmanship, but it matched her overall temperament. Henderson walked into the studio without letting the guards pass, and Elaine, holding the palette and paintbrush, was at a loss, and she saluted in a rather embarrassing and panicked manner. The awkward and subtle expression of female reserve made Henderson instantly fascinated.

He suddenly forgot the portrait of his deceased wife and asked Elaine if she could complete a work with herself as a model in five minutes.

In front of the king, she diluted the pigment with a large amount of toning oil in front of the king, and presented the image of Henderson on the canvas with watercolor techniques.

The composition is simple and accurately grasps personal characteristics. Henderson stared at himself in the painting, a little addicted.

He still remembers every detail of that day, including every word he said.

"I want to see this work."

She just painted it seriously. Every movement was beautiful, every stroke was extremely vivid. Henderson stared at her like this, unable to speak, and could not find any words to describe the stunning in her eyes.

Elaine also fell in love with Henderson. She knew that he was the king, but she did not devote herself to this love because of the other party's identity. She noticed something strange from Henderson's fiery eyes... To be honest, she was frightened at that time, but she quickly adjusted her mindset and continued to paint the Henderson who was far from being as fat as she is now. At most, she was strong and handsome.

During the first kiss, Henderson felt that he was breathing rapidly. This was a wonderful feeling he had never had before with his deceased wife. The kiss at that time was very hard, like two soft flesh that had nothing to do with each other. But unlike Elaine's kiss, she was more proactive and even rough in the process. She always held Henderson's face very hard, as if he was the most precious treasure in the world and was unwilling to leave for a second.

Such a deep kiss was so long that Henderson, as the king, trembled all over, lost all dignity and reserve, could not keep a clear mind and restraint, and could only accept it with a secret joy in helplessness and enjoy the infinite joy that followed.

People who are deeply trapped in the whirlpool of love always feel that all flowers bloom just for them, and the sun will always shine over them, and the sky will not be haze. As long as you love each other, there will be no difficulties that cannot be overcome.

One is the king and the other is the civilian. They are destined to have a beautiful ending. The more intense the love, the more painful it is. They must face the cruel reality.

At that time, Carris's father was still alive. The old duke had extremely persistent loyalty to the royal family. The scandal between the king and the painter spread inside and outside the palace. At that time, Henderson was young and energetic, and did not listen to anyone's advice, and wanted to take Elaine as his wife. The queen mother was so angry that she was about to go crazy, and other royal members also talked about it. They believed that the king's move was injustice and was beyond the normal "noble game".

Of course it is not a problem to like civilian women. It would be fine to play occasionally, but if Henderson is determined to upgrade "toys" to "queen", then it will touch the red line of the aristocratic circle and will definitely be opposed by everyone.

For the first time in his life, Henderson wanted to exercise his "power as a king". He planned to challenge the entire aristocratic circle for Elaine. Young people are always so flamboyant and wild, energetic and motivated. Whoever dares to stop me will kill anyone.

Elaine is dead.

She was wearing that pink long skirt and lay tightly on the river bank. After two days of disappearance, she was finally discovered. She had been soaked in the river until it was swollen, and her fat baby face looked even more round. She looked peaceful, with two obvious marks on her neck, and there were a few gnawing marks on her exposed legs and feet. They were dried mice and fish and shrimps... For them, the dead who soaked in the river were food.

When he learned the news, the only consciousness of existence in Henderson's brain was "revenge".

He roared out of the bedroom like a madman, shouting and summoning the guards, without wearing shoes, just running back and forth in the corridor barefoot, but found no response.

The guards seemed to have been magical, turned a deaf ear to the king's shouts, and turned a blind eye to his various actions. Even the captain who rushed over after hearing the news stood in the middle of the exit, as if a statue deliberately blocked there.

"I am the king, I order you to find the murderer!"

The Queen Mother rushed over and slapped Henderson in the face, angrily rebuked: "For a civilian, you have actually fallen into depravity. Don't forget, you are the king!"

Henderson glared at the opposite side with his swollen and painful face. He did not dare to turn against his mother, but understood why the guards refused to obey the call. He turned to the second best, stumbled towards the guard closest to him, and reached out to grab the man's melee's melee gun on his shoulder.

"Catch him!" The elderly Queen Mother rebuked again. Under her order, the captain of the guard and the soldiers twisted Henderson's arm and locked him into a narrow room.

For two days, Henderson stayed inside without eating or drinking.

The Queen Mother would come to see him every day and tell Henderson something.

She asked Duke Carris to kill Elaine. The old duke was the most loyal person to the royal family and was also angry at the fact that the common people bewitched the king. In order to ensure the purity of the royal bloodline, the civilian painter must die.

"You can't listen to me, but you have to understand who made you have everything you have now. Henderson, you disappointed me so much, but I think you can save it. If you can change your mind and abandon those unrealistic thoughts, you're still the king."

Henderson understood the subtext in his mother's words. It means that the crown is very likely to be handed over to someone else's hands. This is not surprising: she is a powerful fertility machine... Sorry, this statement is very disrespectful to the Queen Mother, but it is Henderson's true thoughts in his heart. If she feels that she is not suitable, she can change herself and choose another one of her sons to take the throne.

Henderson chose to surrender.

After all... Elaine is dead.

He later discovered that the so-called "king's power" was just a joke. There were too many things that could not be controlled, and his control over the country was far less stable than he imagined.

The most obvious example is the army. The influence of the Kalis family is deeply rooted in every corner of the Kingdom army. Whether it is the current duke or the old duke, they are living signs in the Rhine army. Almost all generals are students and juniors of the old duke. They can refuse to obey the king's orders, but keep the words of the duke's casual command in mind and implement them resolutely without any discount.

This is not a fantasy, but a terrible, serious reality.

The Queen Mother finally passed away.

On the night after the funeral, Henderson stayed alone in the bedroom and drank two bottles of fine wine in one breath.

"Mother" should have been a name full of warmth and kindness, but her desire for possessiveness and control over power was too strong. Looking at the white and round moon outside the window, Henderson, who had drunk eyes, suddenly felt a wrinkled face on the moon.

With a satisfied smile, he raised his wine glass and wished him: "Goodbye, you damn bitch..."

Henderson took back control of the kingdom bit by bit. He did it very secretly and spent a lot of patience. Instead of starting directly from the top military leaders, he turned his attention to business and civil affairs, and gradually weakened the influence of the Kalis family by constantly reducing military expenditures under reasonable excuses. On the other hand, Henderson strengthened the promotion of subordinate officers. He personally served as the dean of the Officer School, in order to personally award medals to the officers and enthusiastically invited them to the royal dinner... These personal practices achieved good results. With the death of the old duke, the young Kalis inherited the title, and the king finally had his own imperial guards in the army, rather than the counterfeits who had the title of imperial guards but would not obey orders.

If you want to get it, you have to pay.

All this in secret needs to be covered up. Henderson is not sure what the Carlis family would do if they knew their plans. Therefore, he has become unrestrained from early on, eating and drinking, and mingling with different women every day.

Only fat people and waste will not be taken seriously. And waste is not enough. The saying "invincible appearance" has existed since the civilized era. Henderson is a handsome man. If he wants to fundamentally reduce the attention of his opponent, he must make fundamental changes. His method is very simple——eat hard and try to gain weight.

Five hundred figs, one hundred vegetable garden birds (grilled), half garlic roast lamb legs, double foie gras, unique Southern Bay pie, apple pie, six different flavors of cheese, a basket of grapes, more than three wines…

Obese people always give people the impression of being "stupid". Henderson succeeded in doing this. He gained weight until more than 160 kilograms, and his chair was crushed several times by his extraordinary weight. Only then did he feel that it was almost the same and instead eat in a normal way.

Of course, it is based on the standards after obesity.

No one will value a fat man, especially a fat man who has a silly smile on his face all day and will change to food no matter what topic he talks about.

Although he is the king.

The efforts were finally rewarded. At least now, Duke Kalis wanted to send troops to attack the northern giants and had to get the king's consent. Otherwise, even if he and his family had a huge influence in the army, they would not be able to do this. Henderson held the financial power firmly in his hands, and he could completely control the specific number of troops he could send.

Rhine is a powerful country. Not to mention a mere million troops, even if this number doubles, there will never be any problems with the logistics supply.

As for the statement that other kingdoms took advantage of the situation in the north and attacked Rhine under the stable war situation in the north, it was even more a joke. Henderson calculated that even if all the regular troops in the country were all eliminated, he would have enough money to recruit enough people within a week to form new troops.

The combat effectiveness of the new army is definitely not as strong as that of the veterans, but it is because of the large number of them, and ants bite the elephant to death.

All these things are exclusively Henderson's secrets. He set up another secret warehouse outside the treasury. This is the profit generated from normal taxes, such as material interception, additional parts of new taxes, and the construction of underground commercial networks.

This includes Elizabeth's business.

Callis knew nothing about it, and Henderson would never share these secrets with him.

He is my enemy!

Your father killed my favorite woman.

Although Henderson had no feelings for his current wife (Suxin), he still fulfilled his duties as a husband and the king. To the former, Henderson gave care and care, at least he could maintain the seemingly harmonious relationship between the two parties, and he also had a child, the prince Mokel.

For the latter, Henderson injected all his feelings into Mokel. He is my son, and I probably only have such an heir in my life.

Obesity has brought many bad negative effects. Many years ago, Henderson found that his health had deteriorated sharply. Perhaps it was severe fatty liver or various complications caused by too much fat in his body. He was not afraid of this because he was mentally prepared. Henderson brought his son by his side and taught him step by step how to be an excellent king, instilling his past experience, lessons, pain, joy, hatred, and all the good things into Mokel.

He felt that he had not had much time.

It is gratifying that this child has a strong personality and is a person who never admits defeat. He works hard to learn everything his father taught and can understand his father's joys, anger, sorrow, and happiness. He is relatively distant to his mother and much closer to his father. Because he usually likes to wear black clothes, he is also called the "Black Prince" in the palace.

All of this today was Henderson giving his son a lesson.

He hugged Mokel tightly, hugged the person he loved most in this life except Elaine, and murmured to himself: "My son, you must be strong, but you must also learn to cry while being strong. You have to try and know the meaning of crying. Remember this sentence from me: A prince who does not cry will never become an excellent king."

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The Holy See, the capital, Gabriel, underground.

The Pope stood near the door of Laboratory No. 6 and looked at the man soaked in the pool water in the middle of the room with interest.
Chapter completed!