Flowers, Swords and France

It was almost nightfall, and the sun was sinking reluctantly to the west, leaving only the last half-hidden sun. The sky was filled with rays of light, as if the entire sky was burning. \u003c

The golden dim light shines into the room through the glass windows, making the originally ordinary furniture seem to be dyed in a blurry color.

In front of the huge floor-to-ceiling mirror, Charlotte kept caressing Ciel who was standing next to her in the mirror, with a peaceful smile on her face.

"Charlotte, is that enough? We have been delayed for a long time..." After standing for a long time, Charles finally felt that he was tired, so he looked at his cousin flatteringly, "Aren't you tired? ?”

"It'll be fine in a moment, Charles, I'm just doing it one last time." Charlotte replied softly.

"But you said the same thing half an hour ago?" Charles sighed helplessly, "Actually, you don't have to dress up so seriously, right? Not many people will pay attention to what I'm wearing anyway..."

"How can that be okay? We are the protagonists tonight. If we did it casually, it would be a joke!" Charlotte interrupted him directly, "Charle, don't underestimate the public opinion. Oh, if you make a joke tonight, you will be the laughing stock of all Paris in a few days."

"But I don't particularly care..." Charles whispered hesitantly, but in the end he shrugged, gave up his intention to persuade Charlotte to stop, and allowed her to continue.

Fortunately, this unspeakable suffering did not last much longer. At the moment when the sun finally disappeared below the horizon, Charlotte breathed a sigh of relief and ended the huge project she had carried out by herself.

"Okay. Ciel!"

Ciel finally breathed a sigh of relief and focused his attention on the mirror opposite again.

Oh, it’s really good!

A young man was reflected in the mirror. He had a golden hairstyle, wore an evening dress, and wore a ribbon and medal that he had recently received. He looked heroic. His face is very handsome. His expression was very calm, and he seemed to have the energy of a young man and the calmness of a politician.

Although I don’t know if it’s worth spending so much effort to dress up. But the appearance that Charlotte worked so hard to make was really good, and it even made Charles wonder if the person in the mirror was actually him.

"How is it, Charles?" Charlotte asked Charles in a low voice with a sense of complete satisfaction. As if she was waiting for Ciel to praise her.

She is wearing a white silk skirt today. Wearing a rosette on her chest made her exposed skin even whiter and translucent, and her golden hair was carefully tied into a bun, shining with golden light in the afterglow of the setting sun. She was radiant now, her whole body was filled with happiness and joy, and she looked even more beautiful.

"As long as you are satisfied." Ciel said deliberately with a straight face.

Before Charlotte could get angry, Charles immediately continued, "Of course, that's great. Thank you, Charlotte!"

"Why are you thanking me?" Charlotte smiled so hard that her eyes narrowed. "Okay, let's go together, the time is almost wasted!"

At this time, you know that time has been delayed... Charles smiled helplessly in his heart.

However, even so, he was very happy in his heart.

Then he reached out and took Charlotte's hand. "Well, let's go."

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When the two of them slowly walked down the stairs hand in hand, the already bustling hall in the Duke of Treville's palace became even more lively. The two protagonists, who had dressed up carefully, deserved everyone's attention. of admiration.

They are all dressed up carefully, so why are they just the two protagonists?

Perhaps in order to reward Charles for his recent contribution to the family, when Charles and Charlotte decided to hold a banquet at the Duke of Treville's residence, the Duke and his son were very cooperative and allowed Charlotte to hold a banquet in their own house. The house was full of things at will, and Charlotte naturally did not skimp on the budget, trying hard to make the first banquet hosted by herself and Charles beautiful.

Thanks to the efforts of the owner, the already exquisite and luxurious Duke's mansion was once again given a new look by the servants. The guests in the hall were all well-dressed, with men in formal wear and women in skirts. Under the illumination of the crystal chandeliers on the ceiling, they looked like jewels.

However, despite being the center of attention, neither Charles nor Charlotte had any stage fright and walked down the stairs leisurely.

When the two of them just walked to the hall floor and greeted the guests with a smile, they didn't know who started to make noises first. Suddenly the entire guests in the hall applauded, asking Charles and Charlotte to Can't help but smile at each other.

"It seems that the guests are in high spirits tonight?" Charles said with a smile.

Although he was lucky enough to be the protagonist of the glittering upper class for a while, Charles didn't feel very happy in his heart, but felt a kind of calmness that was even beyond his expectation.

However, even though he was not excited, since Charlotte was happy, Charles certainly would not spoil her mood, so he deliberately pretended to be in high spirits. After all, as long as she is happy, isn't that enough?

"Then let everyone have a good time, but don't spoil everyone's interest." Charlotte replied with the same smile.

"This is not my strong point..." Ciel hesitated slightly.

"Then don't do anything, just listen to my arrangements?"

"Okay, I'm yours tonight, beautiful Miss de Treville." Charles answered attentively.

"Not just tonight..." Charlotte blushed slightly. "You will always be mine, dear Mr. de Treville."

"Oh, yes." Charles nodded, "Indeed, Lolotte."

Hearing the long-lost "Lolotte", Charlotte's face became even redder. This was undoubtedly her happiest moment.

As if shy, she shifted her sight and looked at the guests she invited.

"What a perfect moment!" As if speaking from her heart, she sighed in a low voice, "It's just a pity that this is not our home after all..."

"We will have such a home by then, and it will even be more magnificent than this one." Charles replied in a low voice. "And you, you will be there to entertain our guests, like a queen, Lolotte, I will give you everything I can get."

Since this was Charlotte's happiest moment, Charles would certainly try his best to make her happy, but this was his original intention, so he was not joking.

"Oh, Charles!" Charlotte held Charles' hand, "Don't keep talking about this, you will make me happy to the point of breaking my heart!"

The original text is available at Six # 9 @Book/Bar!

"It's my honor." Charles also held the other's hand tightly.

Amid the applause and cheers of the guests, the two whispered and joked with each other, as if they had forgotten where they were.

However, they soon walked into the crowd, and the guests began to gather around and greet them.

Charles dealt with it casually with a decent smile, while secretly looking around the hall.

What made him a little regretful was that although the faces of the attendees were very young, he didn't know most of them very well - but this was not surprising, because Charles didn't like to attend social events, so he didn't know many friends in the social circle. Most of the people who came were Charlotte's friends - of course, there were also many people who came to join in the fun.

Like most social banquets, men and women in formal clothes were divided into small circles according to their own social networks, chatting and laughing with each other while looking at the organizer of the banquet. However, although they were guests, some of them looked at Charles in a less friendly way, obviously mixed with jealousy and envy.

Obviously, for such a famous high-class flower like Miss Charlotte de Treville, the flower suddenly fell into the hands of a master, and the upper class was undoubtedly filled with a kind of painful regret.

When he thought of this, Charles couldn't help but feel even happier - what man wouldn't feel flattered about this?

But to be honest, it's better to not know someone because there is no interest involved, so it can be easily dealt with. People you know are troublesome.

Because, immediately afterwards, Charles saw Joseph Bonaparte, who was also wearing a formal dress, among a group of people.

When their eyes met, Joseph Bonaparte immediately smiled and nodded to Charles cordially, as if he was going to come over and greet Charles.

Joseph Bonaparte's performance immediately made Charles' good mood disappear by half. He didn't want to waste his mood on pretending to be nice to him at this good time. What should he do to avoid him?

Fortunately, he soon found a solution - he found that his good friend Albert de Foa-Grai was walking towards him. He immediately gave Charlotte a look, and Charlotte also understood, and immediately took Charles to Albert.

"Albert, seeing you alone, I suddenly felt how happy I am." Charles greeted with a little sarcasm.

"Oh! What an enviable couple!" Albert's cheerful voice dispelled Charles's unhappiness, "Are you here to show off to a bachelor like me?"

"What? Are you jealous too?" Charles laughed, "If you are jealous, then find someone too?"

"Oh! Forget it!" Albert also replied with a smile, "I really don't know what's good about tying myself to another person!"

"Albert, I really don't know who can tie you down?" Charlotte said coldly, "Do you want me to introduce a friend to you tonight?"

"Oh? Sure!"

"Bah, are you serious? I won't do such a stupid thing!"

"Hahaha!" The three young men couldn't help laughing. (To be continued...)

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