Flowers, Swords and France

As the sun slowly sank into the horizon, night fell again, and the three young men of the Treville family returned to their country house. ( Pingnan However, because it was still early, Charles did not go back to his room to sleep directly, but took a bottle of wine to the balcony, looking at the starry sky in the distance and drinking by himself. He put the pen and paper on the table on the side, intending to write back to various people after drinking enough.

Several candlesticks were placed next to them, and the swaying candlelight made the night even more vague. There was silence all around, leaving only the chirping of frogs and insects, which was quite romantic.

If only there were electric lights, this was really an inconvenient era.

After drinking a glass of wine, Charles sighed in his heart.

After more than 20 years in this world, he sighed less and less.

At this time, he heard the light footsteps coming from behind.

"What are you thinking about, Charles?" Charlotte A greeting from Charlotte came from behind.

"Oh, nothing." Charles replied, "Just some small things."

"Really? Seeing you look so worried, I thought something big had happened again."

Charlotte came over with a smile, then sat down on the seat next to him, and then poured herself a glass of wine.

Then, she raised her glass.

Charles followed suit and drank a glass with her.

After drinking this glass of wine, Charlotte, like Charles, raised her head and looked up at the starry sky.

"What a beautiful night sky, Charles, didn't we often look at the stars like this back then? You also pointed out many constellations for me..." After a moment, she turned her head and looked at Charles with a smile, "Looking back now, it's just like it happened yesterday..."

Then, she gently grabbed She held Charles' hand and sighed softly, "What a pity. Now we can't see each other every day! We have all grown up. Time flies so fast."

Charlotte poured himself another glass of wine with his other hand. "No way, no one can stop the passage of time."

"Yes. No one can do anything," Charlotte nodded gently, "One day, I will be old and lose my current beauty...Charlotte, when that time comes, will you still love me?"

This question was so abrupt that it startled Charles.

What's wrong with her?

Charlotte quickly turned his head to look at Charlotte, and then he found that Charlotte's face was a little pale at this time, and she was looking at him steadily. Her usual smile was gone. She seemed a little sad, and there was something in her eyes that was hard to explain.

"Charlotte, what's wrong with you? Such a sigh is not like you."

"Charlotte, I want to ask you a question..." Charlotte ignored Charles and asked on her own.

"Okay, ask, I will answer everything I know." Although Charles felt a little strange, he nodded gently.

"If that day really comes, if...if I no longer have beauty, will you still love me? Will you still stay with me?" Charlotte lowered her eyes, not daring to look at Charles again, "Or...you have never loved me, but just...regarded me as a helpless burden under family obligations? A vase that can be placed next to you? Charles, answer me, only this time, I ask you, answer me according to your conscience, okay? "

After she mustered up the courage to ask this question, she quickly closed her eyes, as if waiting for the judgment of fate.

At this moment, Charles only felt a headache again. In the morning, she asked who to save when someone fell into the water, and in the evening, she asked if she loved him. What had happened to this girl today?

Charlotte, who was usually strong and arrogant, seemed to have disappeared today. This was too strange.

Suddenly, a mischievous idea flashed through Charles' mind-what would happen if I answered here "Yes, you are absolutely right!"?

He immediately didn't dare to think about it anymore. The experience when he was sixteen years old had already made him aware. Even though Charlotte looked so fragile today, he didn't dare to try what would happen.

"Did Fran say anything to you when you quarreled?" Charles finally realized something belatedly, and then he also held Charlotte's hand, "Don't take it to heart, they are just angry words."

"It doesn't matter, answer my question, Charles. "Charlotte still lowered her eyes.

It seems that Fran's words must have been very sharp and deeply hurt her, so she suddenly felt so insecure. Or, she had always hidden this sense of insecurity in her heart, but it was only stimulated by Fran. Charles made a judgment in his heart.

But no matter what, he knew how to answer.

"Silly girl, don't always be suspicious, how can I not love you?" Charles sighed, then stood up, walked to Charlotte who still closed her eyes, and then reached out to hold her shoulders, "We are going to spend our lives together, how can I randomly find trouble for myself? Listen, I love you."

"Although it's not as much as you love me", Charles certainly didn't say this.

"If my last name was not de-Treville, but another duchess, would you love me too? "Charlotte seemed to be relentless.

What did Fran say? Was it really that destructive!

Charles couldn't help but feel unhappy, really unhappy.

No matter what the reason is, no matter what, Charlotte is his wife who has made his decision. As a sister, Fran should respect his decision even if she doesn't understand it. How can this be done? Is that too much?

He didn't bother to say anything more.

"Open your eyes."

Charlotte opened her eyes subconsciously, and then saw Ciel standing opposite her.

Then, Ciel bent down directly, then put his hands under Charlotte's armpits, and then he violently lifted Charlotte up. Charlotte didn't resist, and the two looked at each other face to face.

"I can't answer this question, because you are Charlotte de Treville, a unique person that I love. Although you have all kinds of shortcomings, I just love you like this." Charles Staring at Charlotte. Say word for word, "I don't know why you are thinking so much, but I think it's enough. Don't bother me with these boring questions anymore. I have enough troubles. Can't you see?" ?" He glanced at the pile of letters on the table, "So don't worry, I will never leave you. Only death can separate us..."

After that, Charlotte couldn't help but say something else. He suddenly pulled Charlotte into his arms, and then kissed her heavily.

Charlotte's face was filled with incredible surprise, as if Ciel's answer had exceeded her expectations. Then, she closed her eyes and kissed Ciel.

Whether it was true or false, she no longer wanted to judge, since ancient times. Girls are always willing to be cheated, so what can be done?

After a long time, the lips of the two people slowly separated.

"Is this answer enough?" Charles asked with a smile.

Charlotte didn't answer, but there was a slight blush on her face and a smile in her eyes. It was enough to form an answer, and Ciel felt relieved.

"I'll be leaving in two days. You and Fran can continue to stay here."

"Where to go?"

"Go to Normandy." Charles replied, "I came out this time originally because I wanted to go there to inspect the progress of the project."

After a pause, he lowered his voice intentionally and said, "Moreover, Mr. Bonaparte will be going there for a tour recently, so I can go there and have a look. The people he wants to meet there are not ordinary people. I will seize the opportunity." There’s nothing wrong with knowing a few…”

"You really can't forget Bonaparte." Charlotte sighed helplessly, "Okay, then it's up to you, I happen to be here to have some fun."

"In addition, my sister has recently been entrusted to your care. Don't let anything happen to her again." Charles warned, "You are also her future sister-in-law, so you should take care of her, right?"

"She's so old, I can't still be her nanny..." Charlotte just retorted with some displeasure, but suddenly she seemed to notice something again.

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What Charles just said is no less than directly saying, "You can take care of her freely during this period, I will not interfere."

"Charle, are you really willing to give up?" Charlotte looked at Charles curiously.

"I can't see anyway." Charles smiled pretending to be relaxed, but in the end he was still a little reluctant to let go. After struggling mentally for a moment, he finally added, "Just take care of it, but don't make too much trouble. She has been unlucky enough recently..."

"Pfft..." Charlotte laughed, roughly understanding the scale that Ciel had set for her. "Well, you really care about your sister."

"I can't help it, I'm just my sister." Charles sighed again. "If I don't take care of it, who will?"

"Okay, okay, I understand." Charlotte seemed to be in a very good mood at the moment and nodded in agreement to Ciel's request. "I will try to get along better with her during this period, so that you will always be satisfied."

"So satisfied."

Then, the two people sat back down and started drinking the rest of the wine.

"Speaking of which, grandpa is really old..." While drinking, Charlotte seemed to remember something, "My health has been very poor recently, and I don't have much energy to take care of things anymore. Dad has always been in charge. It seems like, maybe one day..."

She shook her head and stopped the ominous words that followed, "Char, the older generation are getting old, won't the Treville family have to rely on us in the future? My father is the only one left in the previous generation. He is usually so unreliable, and my brothers don’t have much energy...so we have to help him more in the future."

"Are you thinking of digging things from home so soon?" Charles joked with a smile.

"You can't say that, can you?" Charlotte's face turned red. "You help the family, and the family will give us enough rewards. Isn't that what we should do? We can't work for dad in vain, right? The one with the biggest future in the family now Isn't it you? Dad can only stay at home...I think it won't be long before you alone have the final say."

Charlotte is used to being the eldest daughter in the family. Even if she gets married, she still wants to continue to dominate the Treville clan. There is nothing wrong with this idea.

"The family doesn't need to care so much. Besides, even if you get married, who in your family dares not to take you seriously? As long as I'm here... If your grandfather is gone, even your father will have to give in. "Hold me? Just don't worry." Charles patted Xia gently. Lott raised his hand and then the other hand, pointing at the endless night sky, "You are my wife, and I will never let you speak out only among the Treville clan. It won't be long before you will also be heard in the entire society." The border and the whole country say it will be like this!”

"That's great, Ciel." Charlotte nodded slightly, as if she was fascinated by the prospect Ciel had described.

Although Charles's words seemed disrespectful, Charlotte did not feel anything wrong - she was satisfied that the man she loved was ambitious, ambitious and arrogant.

"Char, we will get everything in the end." She whispered to herself softly, as if she had remembered something, "No one can stop us. We will make those who humiliated us pay back tenfold! We will Let those people understand why aristocrats became aristocrats..."

What she was referring to, only she knew what was going on. What she said to Mademoiselle de Beauvin in the opera house that night, she kept it secret from anyone, she just waited quietly for the result, hoping that everything would go as she wished.

Two young people, under the quiet starry night, confided their love to each other and agreed on the future. It seemed such a warm scene, but it was mixed with so many other impurities. Isn't this what nobles are?

The two of them continued to drink and talk about interesting things from the past, and it was late at night before they knew it.

"It's already so late!" Charles took out his pocket watch, "Charlotte, you go to rest first, I have to deal with the documents."

"Wouldn't it be good to deal with it tomorrow?" Charlotte suddenly moved her face closer and looked at Charles with a smile. "Char, let's go rest together?"

Together……

After hearing this word, the heat of summer suddenly burned in Ciel's heart again.

Because it was summer, after returning home, both of them dressed very casually. Charles only wore a shirt with the cuffs open, while Charlotte only wore a thin silk skirt after bathing. From her perspective, the buds on her chest were looming.

"Last year, it was also here..." Charlotte's face was red, and because she was so close to her, Charles could also feel the burning sensation coming from her words and breathing. "We're like that too, aren't we?"

The hot wind made Charles's face tingle and made his blood flow faster.

"That's what you said!" He couldn't bear it anymore. After all, wasn't he still a young man in full health now?

Then, he stood up, hugged Charlotte and walked directly to his bedroom, "Don't beg for mercy tonight, girl!"

ps:

It's really been a bit deserted recently.

People who read it are not satisfied, and people who write it are not satisfied either... Well, it does seem like I am a little tired, maybe I am not suitable for writing?

Okay, let’s not talk about boring things.

This week will continue. Next week on November 1, the author will go out for three to five days to relax and unwind, so I will stop updating.

By then, uniform subscription should be available again, right? I will be in a good mood again...

Suddenly I feel so smart...