他知道这个谋臣深得国王宠信，因此决定试一试。

He knew this was a famous adviser to the king, so he decided to follow his words.

如果你的父亲，连这点小小的侮辱都不能容忍的话，他就不配位列三公，受到三代帝王的宠信。

If your father had not been able to withstand a little humiliation from time to time he would never have reached his present rank or been trusted by three successive emperors.

事件的发生是因为国王的意愿，因为宠信的说情，因为人们的泄密或意图报复，因为敌人的密谋。

Things happened because the king willed them; because favourites interceded; because people leaked secrets, or wanted revenge; because enemies plotted.

在第三领地，迎接他的是儿童簇拥的手捧十字架的神甫，他承蒙伯爵宠信，教儿童识字、信奉宗教。

In a third place he was met by a priest with a cross, surrounded by children, whom by the favour of the count he was instructing in reading and writing and religion.