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Chapter 211: Glory Be My Life
The Queen’s House
The place was just behind the lawn located within the Tower of London It was a row ofbrick and wood
The house had gable tipped roofs and dark broalls
In the night, the row of buildings appeared particularly eerie… especially since Chen Xiaolian and the others had just encountered a real fehost back then
They burst their way into the house Finding where Queen Anne had resided before was not too difficult – the place had long since becoe site In order to facilitate visitors, there were even text descriptions placed at the ready
The state of the house’s interior was deliberately preserved in the state of those froland
After Chen Xiaolian and his team of three burst into the house, they specifically checked the house Then, Chen Xiaolian breathed a sigh of relief
Hmm, there were no warrior ar to the description written on the sign, back in the day, Queen Anne had resided in this building Moreover, it was said that she was detained to the third floor and the attic
They walked into the house Although he only got a short glimpse of it, Chen Xiaolian was unable to restrain hih
It had to be said, the ti imprisoned here was indeed miserable
Even by medieval standards, this detainain, this was the location where a Queen was placed under house arrest, a once all-powerful Queen
Small s, dark and humid room, dilapidated furniture – oh well, it was said that all those were made in imitation of those items recorded in history
One had to admit, Henry VIII was indeed a very ruthless man
Back then, he was in love with Queen Anne In order to ard the Roman Catholic Church and show hostility toward the powerful Spain Hethe procedures involved in the world’s history of religion
Afterward, when his love for that woman faded, his actions were no less decisive! Si a male heir for him, he had her dealt with mercilessly!
Chen Xiaolian recalled the information that he had read before in the historical es placed upon Queen Anne was the charge of adultery
Queen Anne was someone who liked art Thus, after she was placed under house arrest, many poets and artists whom had had contact with her were all arrested and severely interrogated… in the end, to the absurdity of everyone, all of those people were forced to confess that they were in an affair with Queen Anne
Everyone? He he… …
Even so, Henry VIII still felt that was not enough He went further and charged Queen Anne with the accusation that she had an affair with her own brother!
In addition, she was also charged with treason… …
“This British Zhen Huan truly had a hed
However, she probably did not expect that her own daughter would, years later, ascend to the throne Furtherreatest Queen in the history of the UK, Queen Elizabeth I
“All right, Guild Leader Stop sighing and quickly find the entrance to the basement,” muttered Bei Tai after he saw the reflective expression on Chen Xiaolian’s face
Chen Xiaolian collected himself and joined the two brothers in their search
It was not easy to find a basement in this house
More accurately… they were unable to find one!
“That ghost wouldn’t have lied to us, would she?” Bei Tai swore
The surface area on the first floor was not that big There were sie, considering how small the place was, they should have found it
Especially for Lun Tai who had even gone so far as to check the fireplace
They rapped down hard on the shelves, cabinet and every inch of the stone floor
“I can guarantee that the ground beneath here is solid” Lun Tai exhaled and turned to Chen Xiaolian and asked, “Xiaolian, what do we do now?”
Chen Xiaolian’s expression was slightly distorted
Could the Queen have really toyed with us?
No! There on howl could be heard reverberating from the distance It came from the back side of the Tower of London!
Chen Xiaolian’s face turned taut
“I wonder how that Conan is faring,” said Bei Tai as he clutched his head “He had quite the sense of solidarity To think that he would actually help us hold back the dragon”
Chen Xiaolian carefully inspected the house and swept one glance through the house
He suddenly shook his head and said, “Move, move out!”
He rushed out froht behind hiot it wrong,” Chen Xiaolian’s eyes were fixed at a place located within the darkness
“Eh?”
“Think about it This place was used to detain the Queen, how could it have a basement? Further imprisoned, do you think she would have the opportunity to slip past the guards to enter the baseical,” replied a nodding Lun Tai
Bei Tai furiously spat out, “That fehost tricked us!”
“No, it is likely that she did not lie However, our understanding and perspective is different from hers” Chen Xiaolian pointed toward a certain direction His fingers drew a circle as he indicated the surroundings “What she said was, her last place of residence…”
“You see, this so-called last place of residence, we only perceived onefrom those words We believed that those words meant the last place she lived in, this house
“However, that is the way of thought that ordinary people have Siht of losers
“However, we forgot that she was not an ordinary person She was the Queen, a highly placed aristocrat, a super fair and wealthy lady
“In her mind, her residence is not limited to the house where she had slept in The set of houses beside this one, the kitchen, the fireplace house, the bathhouse, even the church, all of them form part of this house’s set… all of them could be considered as her place of residence!
“For exa were to say where his place of residence is, he would certainly not say his place of residence is his bedroom Rather, he would say his place of residence is his entire palace!
“Thus, if we are to understand Queen Anne’s words through such a perspective… what she meant by her last place of residence… it referred to the surrounding vicinity Considering her aristocratic way of thought, she would view even the surrounding set of houses and facilities as part of her hoer pointed toward a certain direction He said with emphasis and a profound tone, “Which includes… there!”
Within the darkness of the night, Lun Tai and Bei Tai turned to look at the direction indicated by Chen Xiaolian
That was…
A chapel
…
“This place was meant for the imprisonment of prisoners Additionally, the ones imprisoned here were all criminals with lofty positions and statuses Due to the tradition in England, despite being criminals, their position as aristocrats afforded them special treatment For example… this chapel was meant for the i these criminals, they could also perform the funeral and cremation for those criminals here” Chen Xiaolian slowly continued, “So, this is a private chapel… I believe that Queen Anne must have considered this private chapel as part of her place of residence”
Pausing for a mo imprisoned, under what type of circu of those sent to keep an eye on her and hide so?”
“You mean… when she entered the chapel to pray?” Lun Tai’s eyes brightened
“The Western people attach great i or doing a confession, those beside would not disturb… perhaps it was at that uards to leave her side It is only at such a ti,” Chen Xiaolian said quickly
“If that is the case, what are aiting for? Let’s quickly enter and check it out!” Bei Tai was the first to quickly run toward the small chapel
The chapel was indeed very small
It had a typical Norht and the interior of the chapel was shrouded in darkness The sht source Even with the illuht, they were only barely able to observe the interior
The interior was extremely small It was probably only as small as an ordinary classroom… or perhaps even smaller
Additionally, a thick round pillar stood within, occupying part of the available space
Still, it had a very i, at least Its ceiling was arched
Round pillars curved upward to for within this chapel would cause one to involuntarily feel depressed
“Split up to look for it!” Chen Xiaolian spoke up Lun Tai and Bei Tai quickly split up to two different directions to start their search
Chen Xiaolian walked forward through the lanced at the statues placed in front as well as the candlesticks and ceremonial instruly used for holy water However, it had dried up
Chen Xiaolian glanced at the statues placed above and looked around
If there is a baseenerations Even if the Sword in the Stone was kept inside, it is likely that the later generations had taken it away… however, the systeive us such a kind of result
If so…
Chen Xiaolian’s , it is not the ordinary baselish and the word she used was ‘cellar’!
In English, there were tords for basement
One was the cellar One was the baseeneral, it described a forround
As for the word cellar, it was relatively sround wine cellar
In English, if you were to dig a hole under a house to put things, it could be considered as a cellar!
And Queen Anne had said cellar, so…
“Lun Tai!”
Chen Xiaolian called out Lun Tai eed from the left side of the chapel He asked, “What is it?”
“Did you find anything?”
“… … nothing at all,” Lun Tai replied in a rather anxious voice “I found a prayer rooht have figured it out!”
…
The chapel also had an underground cellar
Although it was very, very small
This place was used to store red wine
Ina rape wine for use
Even though this was a very small chapel, it also had a place to store wine – only, this wine cellar was very, very small!
At the side of the chapel was a room The entryway to the wine cellar was on the wall here All they needed to do was pull open a small hatch… however, the size of the entryas less than one ht Additionally, it could only accommodate half a person’s body
In other words, one would not be able to walk upright in side There were only a few barrels stored inside the cellar… naturally, it was presently empty
This was not an official base down the ground The size of the place was likely not o”
Chen Xiaolian handed Fearless War Axe to Lun Tai and rolled up his sleeves He said, “I will go in and look, you fellows keep guard”