Conquest帝国征程(12)

Out went Edward's Norman cronies, back came the Godwines stronger than ever. And Edward was now little more than a puppet king. He turned to the religious life, spending days in meditation and prayer, becoming, at last, "The Confessor", devoting himself to the foundation of his Benedictine abbey upstream of London, his Westminster. Impotence, though, has its uses. Godwine clearly had ambitions for the future. He'd foisted his daughter Edith on Edward to get a young Godwine as the next King of England. But Edward had his own ideas. Yes, he'd married Edith but he would never sleep with her. His revenge would be her childlessness.

爱德华的旧友流放处境，回来的是比以往更为强大的戈德温，此时的爱德华无异于一个傀儡国王，他把注意力转向了宗教生活，时间都花在了冥想和祈祷上，并最终成为了"忏悔者"。他全身心地投入到修建这个位于伦敦上游的本笃会教堂上威斯敏斯特教堂，尽管如此，无为并不等于无用。戈德温显然是个野心勃勃的人，他迫使女儿伊迪斯嫁给爱德华，就是为了让自己的外孙成为下任英格兰国王。但爱德华有自己的主意，他确实娶了伊迪斯，但却从未与她圆房，让她膝下凄凉就是他最好的报复。