Flowers, Swords and France

Charles was slightly embarrassed by his cousin's teasing, but just as he was about to say something, the other party had already left quickly. Obviously, Charlotte has made an agreement with her father to "give me all the kickbacks for Charles", and the other party has now retired.

However, Charles had no objection to Charlotte's hard work. Anyway, he didn't expect to get much money from Duke Treville. So, he just ate his dinner by himself - he didn't eat at all in the morning, and because he was having dinner with his companions and boss at noon, he didn't eat much, so he was already hungry.

Seeing Ciel devouring his food like this, Charlotte couldn't help laughing.

"Our cook is very good? Look how happy you are eating."

"Well, it's really good," Charles replied absently as he ate. "It's much better than the food in the ministry. I've lost my appetite eating there these days!"

"It's true that you have such a big budget and handle so much money..." Charlotte complained in a low voice, and then took another sip of wine. Then, she handed the glass of wine to Charles again. "With so much money, can't you make a better chef?"

"Who knows, I am not the only one to take care of the affairs of the ministry." Charles replied softly, then bowed his head and drank the remaining wine in the glass obediently, "Besides, spending a lot of money to do stupid things, this Isn’t it the government’s usual hobby?”

"That's true," Charlotte nodded slightly. Then he looked at Charles with a smile and said, "Charle, in that case. When we get married in the future, I will bring a cook from home? In this case, you won't have to worry about the cooks in the ministry..."

"Oh, of course that's good." Charles immediately agreed, "Then it's up to you, but will your father be unhappy?"

"I don't care if he is happy or not." Charlotte curled her lips.

After agreeing to Ciel's proposal. In other words, she had been planning for the future of the two of them a long time ago, and "a cook at home" was just another item added to the list of things she would take away after getting married.

To put it bluntly. Like many girls who are about to get married, she wishes she could empty out everything at home and fill it up in her new home.

Just like that, the two of them were eating together. While chatting one after another. From time to time Ciel would make a joke and make Charlotte smile.

"Charle, you seem to have lost a little weight recently." After chatting for a while, Charlotte suddenly reached out her hand and pinched Charles's face, completely ignoring the servants watching, "You have been too busy recently. Or do you have a lot of worries?”

"Both." Ciel felt that he was finally full. So he motioned to the servant to clean up the remaining leftovers, "You know it. I just got this position, so naturally I have a lot to do."

"Yes, of course I know. How can you people not be busy?" Because she drank some wine, Charlotte's face turned a little red, and her voice suddenly became softer. "You are busy." They are busy trying to please their bosses, competing with their colleagues, taking advantage of the government, and having fun everywhere... I’ve been watching this for so many years, don’t I understand?”

"Charlotte, don't say that, we really have a lot of things to do." Charles heard what Charlotte meant and quickly comforted her, "Besides, I'm not so busy, how can I give it to you?" How can we save money for our future if we find benefits for our family?”

As he expected, Charlotte's face softened as soon as she heard what he said next.

"Hmph, that sounds nice." Charlotte snorted coldly, pretending to be a little angry, "But I'll tell you the ugly things first. Entertainment is entertainment, so don't think about messing around."

Then, Charlotte straightened out Ciel's somewhat wrinkled tie, and then, with her soft and delicate fingers, made a "hanging head" gesture on Ciel's neck. "If you dare to learn those useless things, flirt with women everywhere, and cause some scandals every now and then, then don't blame me!"

The further she spoke, the more solemn and stern Charlotte's tone became, full of warning.

Sure enough, how could Charlotte be so gentle all of a sudden... Ciel smiled bitterly in his heart and sighed.

"Okay, I know." Charles gently squeezed Charlotte's hand, and then looked at her sincerely, "How can I have time to mess around with women now! I have enough worries. ”

After hearing Ciel's answer, Charlotte felt relieved at first, and then became a little worried about Ciel.

"What's the matter, Ciel? You're moaning like this. Is there any trouble?"

There are too many troubles, and I can’t tell you the most troublesome thing yet! Ciel smiled bitterly again.

"Things in our ministry are too troublesome. A bunch of civil servants are openly and secretly working against me and the minister, which has made both me and the minister very anxious. It's not as smooth as we originally thought... If that's all, we'll always have something to lose. There is a way to subdue this group of people, but...but we are in a lot of troubles now. There are too many people who are jealous of me, and they are always secretly thinking of stumbling upon us..."

Charlotte stopped talking when she heard Ciel started to vomit his bitterness, but soon she thought of something else and quickly stopped Ciel's words with her hands.

"Let's go back first and say there are many people here."

Then, without waiting for Charles to answer, she stood up and pulled Charles back to her bedroom.

As soon as he entered this room, Charles lay down on Charlotte's bed regardless of what he had done before. The soft mattress made him much more comfortable. Then, under Charlotte's questioning, he told about the troubles he had recently encountered at the Ministry and the Elysée Palace.

Charlotte listened quietly, until after he finished speaking, her face became a little solemn.

Those people in your department are too shameful! I'm even thinking of estrangement between you and the minister! She became indignant at what happened to Charles, "If you want to blame it, it's this terrible era that allowed some untouchables to climb to such a position, and they thought they could be on an equal footing with a Treville!" "

However, she also knew that such complaints were meaningless, so she just cursed and then fell silent. "However, you don't have to worry, we have plenty of ways to deal with them!"

Although Charlotte's thoughts are still extremely conservative, this look of being anxious and worried about herself really touched Charles's heart.

"Of course I'm not in a hurry. These are just minor troubles." Charles smiled.

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Then he told her the minister's idea.

"Mr. Dilion did give you a good idea." Charlotte breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this, and then she looked at Charles again, "Then, now you have to think of a way to place people in the ministry. "

"It's not that simple." Charles frowned slightly, and then expressed his problem, "Even if I want to find someone to help me, who can I go to? In the end, who can I trust? Too little.”

After a pause, as if he had thought of something, he immediately added, "I can trust you absolutely, but you can't help me put up a good show..."

"Even if you can't go to the government to show your face, can't I help you? Don't be stupid..." Charlotte's eyes flashed with joy, and it was obvious that Charles's idea worked, "Charle, you can think of a way Put Albert in. Isn't he your friend? Do you want him to be the deputy of some committee? Director, or deputy director, or something else, just let him be your confidant in the department. Isn't this the best of both worlds? He will be grateful to you, and you can use him to fight with those bastards. Dou, Albert is quite smart, I can tell even though we haven’t interacted with him a few times.”

"I've thought about what you said, but..." Charles still frowned, "Albert didn't go to college, doesn't know much about technology, and has no work experience. If I get him in, And given an important position, will others use this as a reason to attack me? "

After hearing his question, Charlotte glanced at him, as if she hated iron.

"Charles, I don't need to tell you that since two thousand years ago, how many appointments in the government have been bizarre? In comparison, Albert's is pretty good! As long as the minister nods, you are worried about this. What? Besides, you didn’t ask him to take charge of any important project. Just let grandpa and father help, find a few people who are really knowledgeable, and let him help. As long as he doesn't want to show off and be smart, can there be any big problems? Don't worry, my grandpa will. I’ve said it before, keeping your own people by your side is more important than anything else in the ministry.”

After hearing Charlotte's words, Ciel also fell into deep thought.

As expected of a political family, they are very familiar with making small moves. The Duke himself had been a minister back then and was very familiar with this business. I don’t know how much benefit he has made during his political career. I don’t know how much of the Duke Treville’s family’s land was purchased through the state. Came here.

They are indeed experts at poaching the country.

"Okay, thank you, I will do as you say!" Charles finally made a decision.

"You should have been like this a long time ago!" Charlotte smiled and scratched his face, "Okay, stop thinking about these troublesome things. Have a good sleep here tonight and take a rest?"

Looking at Charlotte's green eyes, Ciel's heart suddenly started beating wildly.

"Okay." He replied quickly. (To be continued...)