The next morning, Martha woke up early as usual.
After accompanying Jimmy to breakfast, she left the Doyle Manor.
Bianca and Maxwell saw her return to her usual appearance and relaxed a lot.
But they didn't know that Martha had been up all night last night, thinking about many things ...
...
Half an hour later, Martha arrived at the hotel where Louis was staying and took the elevator to his room.
She stood outside the door and hesitated for a long time, but held her breath and raised her hand and knocked gently on the door.
Louis opened the door and saw that the person standing outside the door was Martha, the surprise in his eyes flashed and he quickly returned to normal.
Martha came to him, it was expected, but he did not expect it would be so soon.
Louis returned to his senses and sidled up to make way for the woman standing in the doorway.
The woman glanced at him and sidled into the room.
Seeing Louis again, Martha was no longer as emotional as the last time.
After thinking things through last night, she now only wanted to settle things on her mother's family as soon as possible.
Martha sat calmly on the sofa and looked blandly at the man who had turned to sit across from her.
"I want to know everything you know."
Louis nodded gently, his bony fingers tapping the table.
"The Lucas family in Z Country is a big family with a hundred years of history, but because of something happened before, now stepped down."
"The Lucas family has many branch families. Though the family has deep roots and many people, but the head of the family can only belong to one person."
"Before your mother, it was the old Mr. Lucas who was in charge of the whole family. Later, at his death, the old Mr. Lucas named your mother as the next head of the family, but at the cost of sacrificing her freedom and marring the royal family of Z Country."
Louis paused, his eyes darkened, and there was a long silence before he continued:
"The symbol of the family is a badge with special pattern, that badge you may have seen, should be among the relics left by your mother."
"You do not underestimate that small badge, that thing is a symbol of the Lucas family's glory."
Martha slightly frowned, her mind unconsciously recalled the badge hidden in the night lamp.
So the badge hidden in the night lamp had such an origin.
She had been curious about the origin of the badge before, so she specially googled it, but did not find any information, which should have something to do with the mystery of this family.
Martha thought of this, and lightly asked, "So, my mother had been set as the next heir since she was a child. But she didn't want to be the Lucas family's heir, much less a caged bird, so she ran away, is that right?"
Louis nodded gently, looking at Martha with growing concern, fearing that the cousin in front of him would overthink it.
Martha was silent for a long time before she suddenly inquired curiously.
"Then why do some people want me dead?"
"Because those people don't want you to return to the Lucas family, and even more so, they don't want you to take over your mother's position and inherit the Lucas family's headship."
Louis paused, the air around him dropped steeply, his eyes gloomy.
The next second, his hoarse voice sounded in the room, solving Martha's doubt.
"Those people want you dead, but also want to find that badge."
Martha's eyebrows knitted a little tighter. Puzzled, she asked, "What's the use of that badge?"
"That badge means a lot, but I am not sure about its use."
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