Flowers, Swords and France

Just when Julie was asking her sister for help because of her husband's affairs, her husband also came to the room of the elderly Count Dilion to seek help for his current difficult situation.

Under the guidance of the servant, Lucien Leflair came to the count's side. The old former Lord Privy Seal now squinted his eyes slightly, as if he was still sleeping. However, after Lucien came closer, the old man snorted softly, indicating that the old man was actually still awake.

Lucy looked at the old man quietly and fell silent for a moment.

Although he knew that he should softly ask the other party for help at this time, he didn't know what to say at this time and couldn't say the words his wife had taught him. So, this weird silence continued, and he stood upright next to the old man, like a soldier undergoing review.

The room was very quiet, only the babbling sound of the rocking chair echoed, as if someone was awake.

After a long silence, it was Count Dillion who spoke first.

"It seems that I have done something stupid, sir." The old earl said softly, still squinting his eyes.

After hearing that the count finally spoke, Lucien breathed a sigh of relief, but he did not answer and just listened quietly. Until now, he still didn't admit that he had done something wrong by disobeying orders before. But he was not here to argue today, so of course he could only continue to remain silent.

"As a soldier, disobeying the orders of superiors violates your bounden duty. You won't doubt this, right? However, this is not the stupidest thing to do." The count still looked at the wall clock on the fireplace with half-squinted eyes. "The most unacceptable thing is that after making this decision, there was no follow-up Let's talk about it! I knew what it was and was afraid that we would stop it, so I simply chose to act arbitrarily until something happened, then I said, 'Oh, I'm sorry, I've already done the stupid thing.' Not bad, Jean's wife was at a loss, which surprised us too..."

This accusation. Lucien lowered his head slightly - since he made the decision to disobey with the encouragement of Charles, in order to prevent others from shaking his will, he has never told anyone, including his wife, so in News was received that Lucien was imprisoned for disobedience. Julie almost collapsed. It took a lot of effort to recover, and running around allowed him to avoid the fate of being sent to a military court. However, although he is not subject to military law, this kind of disobedience will certainly be punished. He has now been relieved of all military duties, and may even be removed from the army.

Even to this day, he has not regretted his decision that day - at least I did not soil my hands, and my conscience. he thought secretly.

But, of course, he would feel a little guilty about his wife. And this kind of guilt made him just lower his head and listen to the reprimand of this noble master.

"However, I think that before you risk your own future, you already know the consequences you are going to face, right?" After a few accusations, perhaps because he was less angry, the earl's tone slowed down a lot, "So now I Such accusations don’t make much sense. Now, I want to ask a few other questions...As Julie’s husband, you must be able to answer me with your heart, right?”

He suddenly opened his eyes and stared at Lucien coldly, which made this soldier who was always fearless on the battlefield feel a little hairy. After a moment, he came back to his senses, and then nodded, saying that of course he would answer.

"Lucien, I want to know, what do you think of us now? Do you think of us as relatives, or do you think of us as aristocratic masters who are bossing around? Do you think of us as my grandson-in-law, or as a regicide?" Do you look at us with the eyes of a criminal’s grandson?”

The old man's first question gave Lucien a headache and he didn't know how to respond. Although this was also the first time he heard the other party not call "Mr. Lefrier", but "Lucien".

"I don't hate you now." After a long silence, Lucien finally spoke. He looked at the other person and answered seriously.

The implication is that I don't feel close.

Although he came to ask for help, he still decided to tell the truth, even if it angered the other party, it was better than telling lies against his heart to flatter the other party.

As he said himself, after nearly a year of interactions, although there was still the estrangement due to birth, he did not feel that the Dilion family was the domineering and arrogant people in the old legends. Noble Lord, so the original aversion to the nobility has been diluted a lot, but if we can completely treat them as relatives who share weal and woe, it is definitely not realistic.

Therefore, Lucien's current perception of the Dilion family is very subtle: he does not feel close to him, but he does not hate it, but because of his past experience, he does not want to have too much contact with this family - just Unfortunately, many things in the world cannot go as one wishes.

"Oh?" After hearing his words, the Earl nodded slightly, indicating that his answer was expected. "So, do you want to hear my opinion on that?"

"Please tell me." Lucien nodded.

"To be fair, he is a good young man, but he is not so good that he is indispensable. I also don't think he is the kind of grandson-in-law I hope to have, and his final performance disappointed me even more." The Earl slowly said He said, as if he was not afraid of irritating the other party at all, "I want to Stick to your principles? Well, hey, principles... But if you stick to your principles, why don't you dare to tell us openly? The reason why you don't want to pester us is because you are more afraid of us, right? I don’t think we’ll take personal opinions into consideration, right?”

After a pause, he glanced at Lucien and continued. "I'm not angry at sticking to my principles - even though it sounds ridiculous, I'm most angry at being so arbitrary! Now that I've followed Julie back, I should understand that sometimes people don't live by themselves!"

In front of the somewhat excited old man, Lucien had no choice but to remain silent again.

"In the final analysis, yes, the prejudice is too deep. We always feel that we are selfish and look down on others. Yes, we are indeed selfish, but that is external. If we can't rely on each other as a family, then who else will Do you want to be selfish with outsiders? You can’t understand this, right? ? In this case, why don't you trust us?" The count continued to ask, and then he sighed softly, "Maybe we look down on all civilians because of our title. But we are definitely wrong. We are not contemptuous of civilians. Instead, he despises all people who have no brains and all people who do not People who plan well... In the past few decades, the person I admire most is an old subordinate of mine. He was also a commoner. When he was a child, his family had no power and nothing, but he understood that he wants, he sees what is best for him, his brain What a brilliant idea! He passed the semi-government fee program and went to middle school, and then he went to work for the government. Now... he has become the tax chief of Lyon! I have always had respect for this kind of awesome person, but... Can you have my respect now? No, no, sir."

[At the Lycée Henry IV, the top middle school in France at that time, civilian children could study on a semi-government fee basis after passing the examination.

After talking for a long time, the old man's face turned red with excitement, and he stopped breathlessly.

"Now that we have done this, there is no use in talking more. I am not interested in punishing anyone. Who is Julie's husband and the father of her daughter? I will find a way to help solve the current difficulties. In short, In the future, I hope to be able to think clearly about what is beneficial and what is detrimental.”

Although he had clearly received the earl's promise, Lucien's mood became even heavier.

"I'm sorry." He apologized subconsciously amid a sudden feeling of guilt.

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"I'm not the one I'm sorry for," the earl replied in a low voice, "It's me! I don't even know what kind of future I should have had!"

His words made it obvious that he was not disgusted with Lucien's decision, but was angry with Lucien's arbitrary actions.

"Even now, as long as we can repent and understand that we are not our enemies but our helpers, it's not too late. Don't you understand?!"

Lucien was stunned by these serious words. He looked at the count blankly, not knowing how to answer.

"Yes, I still have some concerns about the way to combine with Julie, but... that is past history, now, we should all look forward to it! I have forgotten all the unpleasantness before, can't I Forgot? Sir, don’t mess everything up and ruin everything that could have been yours!”

Lucien finally understood what the other party meant.

The old man suddenly raised his hand and motioned to Lucien.

Lucien stretched out his hand and took it. This hand was limp and wrinkled, but it seemed to be extremely heavy.

"My grandson-in-law," the count sighed softly again, "now we are finally honest with each other. Please keep it this way in the future. I want to guarantee that it will do no harm."

"..." Lucien thought for a while, and finally said it, "...more enlightened than I imagined..."

"That's because the unenlightened nobles have already been guillotined, or they have died together with their manors in the countryside." The Count replied with a sneer, "We are the last remnants of the old era, and of course we must understand what the new era is. "(To be continued...)