Flowers, Swords and France

As if he was shocked by Charles's attitude, his cousin unexpectedly cooperated and let Charles and Charlotte go in. Then he carefully closed the door, and then motioned for the two of them to sit down in his seat. Beside the desk.

Because it wasn't bedtime yet, he was still wearing his casual clothes, which saved him from having to change his clothes again. There were only three of them in the room, and Charlotte's mother was not here - because the couple had always lived in separate rooms.

"What do you want from me, Charles?" He looked at Charles inquiringly, and then sat down himself. "What's the point of barging in so carelessly, you guys?"

"I was chatting with Phillip just now and found out some very interesting things..." Charles's expression was still very cold, his eyes were always on the desk, not looking at him. "So I wanted to come over and check with you."

"That bastard boy!" Upon hearing this, the young Duke Treville thought that Philip had just disrespected Charles and angered Charles, and immediately shouted, "Did he say anything stupid to you? Don't take it to heart. Go, I will teach him a lesson later, Ciel..."

"No, that's not it. Philip and I have a good conversation, so you don't have to worry." Charles shook his head, and then repeated, "I just want to confirm one thing with you..." "What on earth is that?" What's going on? Why are you so solemn, Charles?" The little Duke finally became serious because he sensed something was wrong.

"Have you recently hired a young man named Ezreal Walter?" Charles didn't want to delay, so he asked directly.

Upon hearing Ciel's question, the little Duke's eyes widened slightly and he did not answer immediately. Obviously very shocked.

Well, it seems to be true, Ciel secretly confirmed in his heart, and then a surge of anger suddenly rose in his heart.

I gave you a chance. He thought to himself, even clenching his fists tightly.

The reason why he was so angry. The first reason is to worry about the safety of himself and his family; the other reason is that now, it is difficult for him to tolerate others not taking his words seriously.

"Charles, do you know him?" After a moment of silence, the young Duke Treville asked Charles in a low voice.

"We are...acquainted, but not acquainted. Nor can we be considered friends." Charles said word by word, "What matters is not my side, but your side. Who is he?"

"That's who he is." His uncle replied with some doubts, "Why. Charles, have you ever interacted with each other before? Has he offended you?" Of course, Charles didn't want to reveal all the secrets about his family. Even if the person opposite is such a close relative.

"We will discuss this issue later. What I want to know is, why did you hire him? Do you know him? When did you know him? Who is he?"

"Even if you keep asking like this, I can't answer it..." The middle-aged man smiled bitterly, "To be honest, just a month ago. I didn't even know this person..."

"Ah? Dad, what's going on?" His answer confused Charlotte, who had been silent next to him. "Since you don't know him and don't know where he is from, why should you hire him? Is our family so short of people now?"

Under the gaze of Charles and Charlotte, the middle-aged man fell into unexpected silence. He kept silent and lowered his head as if he was thinking about something. The two looked at each other and finally decided not to speak. Wait for him to explain things clearly.

After an unknown amount of time, the little Duke seemed to have finally made up his mind. He slowly raised his head and looked at his daughter and prospective son-in-law beside him.

"Although I don't know him, I still know a little bit about his origins... But, Charles, do you really need to know that much?"...

His attitude made Ciel couldn't help but have some subtle feelings in his heart, but because the matter was so important, he still nodded hard. "This is very important, please tell me."

"Then, you two must promise me that you will never tell anyone else what I am going to say next, and you will never tell anyone else..." The little Duke's voice was very low, and he seemed to have some consciousness, "Because "This is about a person's reputation, can you promise me?"

The solemn attitude of the young Duke of Treville made Charles and Charlotte more and more confused. After they looked at each other again, they reached a tacit understanding.

"Well, okay, I can promise you that I will never tell anyone." Charles nodded, "I'm not a person who likes to talk, and I don't like to interfere in other people's affairs, but this time it involves me. So I have to ask, and I ask for your understanding.”

"That's good." The middle-aged man sighed, obviously helpless towards his daughter and son-in-law-to-be, "Okay then, I'll tell you all...Actually, this matter has to be discussed more than a month ago. Get up..." When he said this, he fell silent, as if he was hesitating on what to say.

"Okay, stop being so pretentious, Dad, tell me quickly." Charlotte seemed to have aroused her curiosity, and couldn't help but start urging her father, "What happened at that time?"

"Hey, it's actually nothing serious. I just received a letter..." Her father shook his head gently, "It was sent by Princess Kadiyang."

"Princess Kadiyan?!" Even Ciel couldn't help but fall into astonishment.

"What did the letter say? Dad?" Charlotte asked immediately.

After meeting and talking in Giverny, Charlotte had some respect for the princess, so she became more and more curious.

"That letter... How should I put it? Apart from some old talk and polite words, it only said one thing, that is, she wanted me to help her son... You all know that, right? Since the death of Prince Kadiyan , The Kadiyang family is now extinct, and no one can inherit the throne, so I was shocked, really shocked. "

Charles and Charlotte looked at each other. Although they had guessed that Princess Kadiyan had an illegitimate child before, they did not expect that this guess was true and was confirmed in such a strange way.

"I'm not exaggerating. I was really shocked. You couldn't understand my shock at that time!" The little Duke emphasized several times to describe his mood at the time. "If I hadn't seen the handwriting and signature, I would have been shocked." I really can’t believe a word of it!”

"In other words, the princess wants you to take care of her illegitimate child?" Charlotte asked in a low voice.

"Yes, that's it. I couldn't believe it at first, but... in the end I had to accept the reality," the middle-aged man sighed. "This reality is that the woman you admired and admired when you were young is now in your life. After entering middle age, she suddenly wrote to you to tell you that she had an illegitimate son and asked you to take care of him... I really don't want you to have the opportunity to experience what this feels like..."

Charles looked at his sighing cousin and felt suddenly enlightened.

"In other words, Mr. Ezreal Walter is actually the illegitimate son of Princess Kadiyan."

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"Yes, that's it." The little Duke nodded, "Princess, please ask me, for the sake of old friendship, to take care of this young man, so that he can slowly stand out and have an identity that can establish himself in society."

"What does this mean?" Charlotte was a little confused.

"Don't you understand what this means? She wants me to take this young man and make him stand out and become a small official or diplomat in the future. Then she will slowly and secretly transfer most of her property to him, so as not to At that time, it fell into the hands of some distant relatives." The little Duke sighed with a look of sadness on his face. A hint of melancholy appeared in the ground, "In the letter, she said that she felt that she was getting older, so she kept pleading with me to seize the time to help. Her words were so sad and sad that I felt so distressed that I wanted to cry... You said, She has already mentioned this, can I still refuse to agree to this request? "

"That's what you men like. You will agree to anything as long as you say a few soft words." Charlotte suddenly glanced at Charles, obviously not just talking about her father. "I've finally seen through you."

"Don't say that, Charlotte, this is our style!" Her father smiled bitterly, "Anyway, I agreed to her request, then called the young man over, and hired him after meeting. , prepare to support you in the future.”

So it turned out that Ciel finally understood the whole story.

Although I was a little shocked when I first heard it, if I think about it carefully, it is not strange for the princess to do this. The Treville family is now very wealthy, so it should be considered a good idea for the princess to entrust her illegitimate son to her cousin. Chosen.

In addition, since the young man is the illegitimate son of Princess Cadillan and is now relying on the favor and help of the young Duke Treville, he should not pose any threat to their family, so Charles is secretly relieved. .

Perhaps, the act of approaching his family in the first place was just because of this young man's curiosity?

"In that case, it's okay." After thinking for a moment, Charles nodded, "Okay, sir, I have no comment on your chivalrous demeanor, and I don't want to interfere. It seems that I was just worried in vain. It’s okay now. Also, you can rest assured that I will never tell anyone these things.”

"Well, that's good. I was really worried that that person would offend you just now." The little duke seemed to be relieved. "If that's the case, then we have to put the promise aside and fire him."

"It doesn't seem like there's much to do. It's just that I worry in vain." Charles shrugged.

"By the way, who is the father of the illegitimate child?" Charlotte suddenly asked.

Her father frowned, then lowered his gaze.

"I don't know, she didn't tell me, and I didn't ask."