#Sims4Tudor

[summerr-the-simmer]

Although it is late in his life, the king is happy to hear that his wife is expecting. As his son Henry gets older, he’s started to have doubts about his ability to rule...he seems that he might be a bit mad...so Gerold figures there’s no harm in having another child, just in case. He just hopes it’s a boy.

However, Queen Daisy sadly suffers a miscarriage. But, after she’d had time to grieve, and to heal, she and Gerold decide to try, try again.

[summerr-the-simmer]

Bathilde writes regularly to Reginald, as promised, but also continues to receive Zachariah at the castle regularly. She still likes him, but does not feel the stirring of passions she felt in the gardens with Reginald. However, she wonders: how important is passion in a marriage? Perhaps her instincts are misleading her...

Reginald writes her that his father Cassian has finally passed, after a long illness, and that he is now the head of household (Cinra passed years ago). He and his siblings, Isabella and Charles, will be heading home in a few months, and he wants to stop on the way to spend Christmas at Ashdown Castle. The king and queen happily agree and the plan is set. However, Christmas is still so far away. Bathilde does not know how she will feel then - but she’s looking forward to seeing her cousins.

The castle gains a new resident - La Baronesa Juanita Cortés, of the Spanish court - the newest lady-in-waiting at Ashdown Castle.

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The royals have family staying over, since they were passing Ashdown Castle on their journey, and Bathilde is soon, at her father’s insistence, getting to know her cousin Reginald. They soon drift away from the others, walking through the gardens. At first, she is set against getting to know him better. She wants to choose her own destiny. But they soon connect and they end up talking and laughing for hours. When Bathilde realizes how late it is and how long they’ve been gone, she says they must get back to the others quickly. Reginald smiles.

“We must continue on our journey tomorrow,” he says. “But when we arrive, I will send you my direction. Will you write me?”

Bathilde lowers her head and blushes a little. 

“But won’t it be improper? To have a correspondence with you?”

Reginald smiles, because now he knows she is feeling what he’s feeling.

“No. We are cousins, after all, are we not?

Bathilde nods. “Then, yes, Cousin Reginald. I will write you.”

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Tudor/Renaissance/Elizabethan CC

Here is the link to the google doc that shows where I got my CC for this era. Enjoy!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QNnwZAYWRtW5hK8t-pWJVVNzpT-5QkyMyHF-vN_pbgw/edit?usp=sharing