Flowers, Swords and France

The banker's sudden question made Charles feel a little torn.

To be fair, as a person who foresaw the direction of history, he himself was also a little uneasy about being too close to Louis Bonaparte, and occasionally thought about what to do in the future. However, how can such a thing be said in person? Don't forget, at least for now, his family is the loyal servants of the future emperor. You can't just say that we may need to leave him alone... at least not now.

Fortunately, the big banker Baron de Bovan seemed to be able to sense Charles's mood at the moment and would no longer ask questions, "Mr. Treville, what I said today is all from my heart. I don't expect you to agree with me now, but I hope you don't take these words as wind around your ears..."

"Okay, I will consider your advice in the future." Charles felt secretly relieved, so he quickly agreed.

At this moment, the door opened again, and the servant who had been called away just now came back again, followed by Baron Bovan's children, and the servant followed the Baron's instructions, holding a bottle of wine in his hand.

The Baron waved his hand to signal the servant to open the bottle of wine, and then poured wine into the cups one by one, and then he told his children the decision he had just discussed with Charles.

After hearing his father's narration, Maurice was still confused, but he just agreed to it, while Laura seemed a little surprised and excited, and kept looking at Charles, obviously touched.

"In short. Now you are all grown up, and you should get more exposure to the world. And now you have the opportunity..." After the introduction, the baron finally told his children. "I usually have too many things to do, and Mr. Treville also has a lot of things to do, so in the end it is you who have to take care of the actual affairs. You must be careful and don't let us down. Do you understand?"

"Okay, Dad." The two agreed at the same time.

Then, Laura seemed to remember something and looked at Charles again.

"Mr. Treville. Fran and I were classmates and we have a good relationship. Since we may both have important responsibilities now, I would like to see her more often in the future. Is that okay?"

"Well, of course." Charles nodded, "However, I let Fran be the director just to give her a better arrangement in the future. I don't want her to do those complicated mundane things. Doesn't she like painting? Don't interfere with her. If there is anything important, just discuss it with Charlotte."

"Oh, of course." Laura raised her eyebrows slightly. "I just want to get close to her. Why would I bother her with those boring things?"

"Young people should communicate more. Increase our feelings, and we don't have to worry too much. Hehehe..." At this time, Baron de-Bovan suddenly interrupted. Then he raised his glass, "Come on, let's drink a glass first, for the future!"

"Cheers!" At his call, everyone raised their glasses at the same time.

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On the way back, the two young men of the Treville family sat in the same carriage. Although the weather had turned cold, they were so close that they did not feel the chill of autumn.

However, to Charles's surprise, Charlotte seemed a little depressed, as if she had something on her mind.

"What's wrong, Lolotte?" He whispered in Charlotte's ear in his arms, "You have already left that family, what are you unhappy about?"

Charlotte did not answer, but frowned slightly.

Charlotte could not help but become more curious.

"Charlotte... I am still a little worried about the arrangement of the baron..." After a moment of silence, Charlotte whispered, "Don't you think there are some problems with the rules he said?"

"What rules?" Charles asked back.

"It's the rule of the board of directors..." Charlotte answered, "Think about it, why did he set up a rule that only four votes are needed to make important decisions?"

"Because he is afraid that we will cheat secretly." Charles answered as a matter of course, "We have three votes."

"Then they also have three votes! He tied our hands and feet, but didn't he tie his own hands and feet? In my opinion, he is not that kind of person." Charlotte said coldly, "Aren't you worried? Through such a rule, he only needs to win over one person on our side, and he can do whatever he wants..."

"Win over someone on our side!" Charles laughed, "Everyone on our side is named Treville, will they help them? Will you?"

Charlotte looked at Charles coldly, without saying a word.

In the end, Charles, who was asking for trouble, had to slowly put away his smile.

"Okay, Charlotte, I know you don't like Fran very much, and I admit that Fran's attitude towards you is indeed problematic, but... after all, she is my sister. How could she help outsiders to deal with me? No, absolutely not. Besides, you know her well. She doesn't care about these things. I just want to leave her a large fortune in the future."

"Then didn't you notice? After hearing the rules your father said, the lady immediately asked if you could continue to associate with Fran! She reacted quickly!" Charlotte sneered, "This father and daughter are very similar, both are as cunning as jackals!"

"Even if that's the case, what can we do?" Charles shook his head, "Don't worry too much, like I said, you are the one who makes the decision, I will talk to her later and let her listen to you."

"If you think so, be careful not to let her be contaminated by that family." Charlotte said bitterly, "That family is not a good thing, and there will be no good things if you associate with them!"

"I will pay attention to this." Charles nodded, "Okay, let's stop here about this matter. It seems that there is no problem with this arrangement at present. If there are any problems in the future, we will find a way to solve it then? Come on. Let's..."

After speaking, he hugged Charlotte tighter and kissed Charlotte's cheek.

But Charlotte still looked a little worried, and finally couldn't help but say another sentence.

"Charlotte, I always feel that you dote on Fran too much. It's not a good thing to dote on a girl too much. Girls are the most ungrateful creatures in the world. They take others' tolerance and dote on them for granted! They can't feel the hard work others put in for them, and they have no interest in feeling it. So, if you dote on her so much, you may not get the due gratitude..."

"Don't say that, it's too much! Aren't you a girl yourself?" Charles asked back with a smile.

"Because I'm also a girl, I know it too well." Charlotte answered decisively, and then she glanced at Charles sideways, as if she was very angry, "Look, my father dotes on me so much, much better than you treat me, but in the end, didn't I forget about him? How many times did I quarrel with him for you, a bastard? How much did I hurt him? That's right, I was ungrateful to my father for you. So, Charles, isn't that the case with girls?"

Charlotte's words made Charles speechless. This example is really hard to refute.

However, he still didn't quite believe what Fran would do to him. Charlotte was still too prejudiced that she was so worried. He thought to himself.

When he looked up at Charlotte again, he found that Charlotte's face was a little red. Obviously, what she blurted out just now made him feel a little embarrassed.

The original text is in the six # 9 @book/bar!

She was right. She really sacrificed too much for me. Charles sighed in his heart.

"Lolotte, after hearing what you said, I dare not have a daughter in the future. What should I do? Can we only have sons in the future? According to what you said, daughters are destined to regard their fathers as enemies..." With a bit of ridicule and a bit of sincerity, he made a half-seriously half-joking joke.

"Bah! Who cares about you!" Charlotte didn't expect Charles to suddenly say this, and her face became even redder. "I'm talking to you about business, why are you talking about this?"

"Isn't this business?" Charles answered with a smile, and changed the subject without leaving a trace. "In my opinion, why do we work so hard? Isn't it for the future family?"

"But I can't control this kind of thing. Whoever I give birth to is whoever I give birth to. What can I do..." Charlotte answered in a low voice.

Then, she suddenly came back to her senses.

The two of them were still talking about serious topics just now, why did they suddenly talk about this?

Forget it, since he doesn't want to continue this topic, then let's not talk about it. Maybe I am overthinking it. No matter how unreasonable that person is, he won't betray the entire family, Charlotte thought.

However... she was still a little angry with Charles.

She raised her head and looked at Charles. This man's smiling face suddenly became more and more hateful.

"You are really annoying!" She stretched out her hand and twisted Charles' ear heavily.

"Ah!"

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The commotion in the carriage did not affect the journey of the carriage. Charles first sent Charlotte to the Duke of Treville's house, and then let the carriage take him home.

Because it was late, he did not make too much noise, but went directly to his room.

"Sir." In the living room, he was suddenly stopped by his grandfather's personal servant.

"Ah, Jacques," Charles looked at him gently, "Has my grandfather rested? Is there anything?"

"The master has fallen asleep." The old servant replied in a low voice, "He wants me to tell you another news."

"What news?"

"The Duke of Norderien's family - well, that is, your mother's family, came to see him today."

"Ah?" (To be continued..)