Flowers, Swords and France

The prince frowned and looked at the queen, listening to her words quietly. After the queen finished speaking, he was still thinking for a while, considering the deep meaning of his wife's words.

He knew that his wife was right - under the current situation, Louis Bonaparte, who had just usurped the country and had not yet received stability, must have needed more support and recognition from the outside.

And now, in the whole of Europe, and even the whole world, is there any country that speaks with more weight than the UK?

"I understand what you mean, dear. In this sense, you are right. Louis Bonaparte must really hope to get our public support, and for this he must be willing to pay a lot of price." Shen Yin. After a moment of silence, the prince put his hand on his chin, "So... you are saying that we don't need to be too eager for this Treville, he will take the initiative to stick to him?"

"We shouldn't have been in a hurry in the first place. He came here so hard not just to see the scenery... The closer we got, the more he thought he could get more from us, so the more he "I don't seem to be active anymore." The Queen replied seemingly matter-of-factly, "I now understand that he is a cunning and greedy person. If you don't pay attention, he might take away everything in your pocket." ”

"So, what you are saying is that Treville deliberately kept his distance from us, and we followed his wishes and responded with the same indifference? Or at least acted less enthusiastic?" The prince finally understood the hidden meaning of the queen's words. "In this way, even if it is because of the pressure from Bonaparte, he will have to bow to us again..."

"Yes, that's it." The Queen nodded slightly. "Actually, I think so. The reason why this young man is aloof from us is actually because he really wants to reach a tacit understanding with us - just because he wants to do this, he deliberately pretends to be cold in order to Avoid being held in our hands."

"Hey!" After hearing his wife's judgment, the prince suddenly felt enlightened, "Are you saying that this bastard is deliberately trying to interest us? In fact, he hopes more than anyone else to produce some results and go back to his master. Taking credit?"

"Isn't that so?" the Queen asked with a smile.

The prince frowned, as if thinking about the conversation he had just had with Treville.

"This bastard is so cunning!" After a moment, he cursed again.

"You can't say that about others. They just do what they should do." The queen smiled and blinked, "Okay, don't believe everything I say. I just guessed based on intuition. What can I do? I don’t know if I can’t be sure!”

"No, I think what you said makes sense, my dear." The prince waved his hand to indicate to his wife that she didn't need to be modest. "It's been so many years. There seems to be no time when you're wrong about people."

The prince's words were not a deliberate compliment. In fact, although he usually seemed not very interested in national affairs, he also did not like complicated and trivial routine work. But the prince knew that the queen's mind was much clearer than anyone could see on the surface. At least. This kind of intuition is rarely inaccurate.

"Oh my gosh. Now you are very popular with others. Why did you look so cold in front of them just now?" Because you were praised by your husband. So the queen's face turned slightly red, and then she glanced at her husband with some dissatisfaction, "If only you were half as glib as Treville. What's the point of always being so serious... Look at these French people. How cute!”

"Huh, he's not just glib. All of these French people like to flirt with women. It's not like you don't know." Because his wife praised others in front of him, the prince shook his head disapprovingly, "So The French can't be trusted. They always have only a few minutes of enthusiasm. Even if we reach a tacit understanding today, they may change their tune one day."

"Isn't that what we in the UK are like? As long as necessary, we will leave these French people behind." The Queen raised her eyebrows, as if to defend the lovely young man, "Speaking of which, I think... Mr. Revell is different from ordinary French people. He looks polite and polite, but he is cruel at heart and can do anything if he is pushed. "

"I agree with this. Judging from the reports from France, he has always acted unscrupulously. He never looked down on his superiors or any standards." The prince nodded and agreed with his wife, "However, for To me, it's a good thing that he only respects strength regardless of principles - as long as he respects strength, he will know how lucky he is to have our goodwill... I will let him understand this. Don’t believe what else he can do to us?”

The queen did not refute the prince's attitude.

This couple has enough confidence in the strength and deterrence of their empire.

"Mr. Russell will come tomorrow, and Mr. Palmerston will come too, and then they can weigh Mr. Treville together." The prince whispered with an inexplicable sense of comfort, "As for you, Speaking, he would be on pins and needles at that time, these two are not so easy to deal with. "

This Mr. Palmerston is the current British Foreign Secretary and a well-known figure.

When she heard her husband mention the name Palmerston, the Queen frowned slightly, obviously not satisfied with this person.

"Mr. Palmerston, you should have a talk with our lovely Charles." After a moment, she said calmly in an attitude that could not be explained for good or ill, "I think they two Quite similar.”

"I think so. Both of them are unprincipled, selfish and snobbish, and...both are dissolute." The prince nodded, obviously having the same opinion as the queen, "Okay, dear, I don't like it either. Palmerston, but... sometimes we have to learn to tolerate people we don't like. Besides, we don't have to tolerate him for long. Let him suppress Treville first."

"You can do whatever you want with your affairs, I don't care about it..." Her Majesty the Queen shrugged. "I hope you won't be too unfriendly to our guests."

Then, her face returned to the happy smile that she had just shown in front of Charlotte. I went out of town to play with Mrs. Treville, you can do whatever you want, anyway, you are always happy with this kind of thing..."

"We enjoy doing this just so that you don't have to worry about it." The prince replied with the same smile.

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After lunch, Charles took Charlotte back to his room.

Because of the fatigue from the previous journey and the unique tiredness of people after a meal, the two of them quickly fell asleep hugging each other and took a nap.

In the evening, the two of them slowly woke up.

Then, they learned from the attendant that the French Ambassador to England had requested to come to the palace to see them.

After Her Majesty the Queen decided to invite the Trevilles to stay at Buckingham Palace, she also sent someone to notify the French Embassy. After hearing the ambassador's request for an interview, she graciously agreed to the ambassador's request.

When the ambassador arrived at the palace, because the Treville couple were still resting, the Queen and his wife met the ambassador and talked with him for a long time. After Charles had finished resting, they sent their attendants to tell Charles the news.

Upon hearing this, Charles immediately rearranged his clothes, and then ran to the reception room to meet the long-awaited ambassador, Count de Longcroll, and other accompanying embassy staff.

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As soon as he saw the count, he warmly held out his hand.

"Mr. de Longcroll, I'm very sorry that you changed your scheduled itinerary. I didn't know that Her Majesty the Queen had made such a joke on me until I came to the UK!"

"This is a very encouraging joke, Mr. de Treville." The tall and thin Earl bowed to Charles, and then held Charles' hand. "Her Majesty does not treat everyone like this. Warmly, it is good news for you, for us and for France to receive such courtesy.”

"I'm quite happy that you can say that." Charles smiled and nodded, then motioned for him to sit down with him.

The ambassador to the UK can be said to be one of the most important positions in the French diplomatic community. Even considering his official position in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he should maintain at least a decent relationship with the other party.

Although Charles was very polite, the ambassador remained calm and just followed Charles's instructions politely.

, it can be seen that he is the kind of person who is not easily emotional, which is not disrespectful to Ciel.

"Mr. Treville, let's get down to business." As soon as he sat down, he said directly to Charles, "I just talked with the Queen and his wife for a while, and I learned from them that they have a very good impression of you and your wife. Good and very friendly to France.”

"Well, I also had this impression when I had lunch with them just now." Charles nodded, "They are full of good impressions of France, and they do not reject the current government."

"Sir, now that we have such a good first impression, we should not squander it." The ambassador said solemnly, "Next, please act according to our instructions. We must further expand our capabilities from this kind of The benefits you can get from good feelings.”

Um?

What does this mean?

He was probably worried that he would be discourteous in front of the Queen and his wife and offend them, which would in turn affect the most important relationship between Britain and France.

However, the real problem is not here.

What he is more worried about is probably that he will take the lead in "the greatly improved relations between France and Britain"... (To be continued...)