Flowers, Swords and France

In the clear autumn wind and green grass of England, Edgar de Treville mentioned his sister-in-law in a complaining tone that seemed to be very troublesome.

"Hey, what's the point of her doing this? It's been so many years. We should all abandon the shadows of the past and live our own happy lives, right? But she refused to let go, and the result was not only for us Everyone was disturbed, and even she herself didn’t get any benefits.”

Charlotte's breathing suddenly became rapid.

"'Trouble'? That's it? Is this what you think of all this?" She stared at her cousin, "You really can't understand why she is so unforgiving to you? You really don't think you have committed a crime? What a big mistake?"

This cousin's actions of indirectly killing his wife, abandoning his children and running away from home were, in her mind, the culprit for "causing the Charles family to be so indifferent in their views that they were unable to become a noble orthodoxy." But now , but in front of her, he talked about what happened back then in such an understatement... This was really hard for her to accept.

Besides, regardless of this thought, she could not understand Edgar's view of his original sin this way, even if it was just from her position as a woman.

Although she didn't expect Edgar to cry and repent every day, even if he only had a little regret, it would make her feel a little more accepting - although it might not have much meaning to the deceased.

However... nothing.

In this man's heart, there is nothing but himself.

This is the kind of person who just now pretended to me that he loved me. Love my child?

When she thought of this, she suddenly felt an indescribable feeling of nausea. This feeling of nausea may not just come from being a pregnant woman.

"Same as you. I feel sorry for Agnes." She looked at her cousin coldly, "It's a pity that she didn't finish her work at once, so she wasted so long and wasted herself. How many years of youth!”

Because he didn't expect Charlotte to reply to him like this, a wave of embarrassment flashed across Edgar's face.

"Charlotte...you can't speak for an outsider, right? How can we Treville treat each other like this?"

Charlotte just looked at him coldly and said nothing.

But her expression already seemed to be asking, "Are you still worthy of saying that?"

The silence between the two people left Edgar speechless for a while.

After regaining his composure, he waved his hand again and made a gesture. It lightened the atmosphere.

"Okay, okay, kid, I know I did something wrong and caused you a lot of trouble... But, I am self-aware, and I know that since I can't bring you joy, I should remain silent. It is because of this consideration that I have been dragging you down and I have been disappearing. I have never asked you for anything except blessings. ! And if it weren't for Agnes and the unfortunate events she caused, I could have continued to disappear without causing any trouble to your happy life. So, can you really be so ruthless? Watching me get caught by Agnes and die tragically from a tragedy I didn't even intend to cause?"

Now Charlotte finally understands.

This cousin of his came to find him. Reminiscing about old times, blessings, etc. are only secondary goals - God knows how much emotion he has for himself and his children - the main purpose is just because of being pressed by Agnes. I just had to ask myself for help.

But she didn't want to save this "father" at all.

"Is that all you're going to say to me?" Yet. Under his questioning, Charlotte just glanced at the middle-aged man coldly, not hiding her disgust and boredom at all. "Then I'm sorry, but I don't want to hear it. There's only one thing I want to tell you, and that is that, like my husband, I believe we have done our duty to you and have no intention of doing anything to you...that is "We don't want to interfere with the matter between you and Agnes. It's your private matter. I follow my husband's advice and let you elders resolve it yourself."

To be able to make Charlotte, who has always had such a strong sense of family, say something like this shows that she already hates her cousin to the extreme.

"Deal it yourself...what are you talking about!" Upon hearing Charlotte's reply, a trace of panic flashed across the middle-aged man's face, and he was obviously still frightened by Agnes, "Haven't you heard of it? Agnes Alice is so cruel! If you let me face her alone, wouldn't that mean I'm going to die? Alice... If I had known how terrible her sister was, I wouldn't have married her!"

"That's your own problem, sir. If you don't even have the courage to face a woman, how can others save their lives?" Charlotte was not moved at all, and just looked at Edgar calmly. , "Of course, personally, I can only say that your life is nothing to regret."

After finishing speaking, she bowed slightly, saluted her uncle, then turned around and wanted to leave.

"Hey! Charlotte! Wait, listen to me again!"

A middle-aged man's slightly suppressed shout came from behind her, but Charlotte was unaware of it and just turned around and walked forward.

In this place, she was not afraid that her cousin would cause any trouble.

"Do you really want to make your husband suffer? Don't force me, I can really do it!"

However, before she could take a few steps, she was caught by these words and froze.

She slowly turned around and looked at her cousin again. The semblance of good relationship that the two people maintained just now has completely disappeared, leaving only the indifference of being wary of each other.

"What do you want to do?"

As time passed by second by second, the original pleading and grief on the middle-aged man's face slowly disappeared.

In the end, all that was left was a sneer with arrogance and sarcasm.

"Good niece, there are some things that uncle didn't want to say at first, because saying it would hurt everyone's feelings... But since you are so heartless to me, I have no choice but to tell you clearly - where is this place, the two of us? Everyone knows very well that if I am forced into a desperate situation, can't I find a few people to talk about my situation? In this case, even if I die... …but my words will also be left behind. Do you really hope that a big news will suddenly break out across Europe, letting everyone know that the father of the famous Mr. Charles de Treville is an evil man? A debauched villain with no remorse? He himself was the victim of a family tragedy... Come on, there are some things we can't..."

As he spoke, Edgar suddenly stopped talking, because he suddenly discovered that his daughter-in-law's eyes were as cold as the cold wind when he looked at him.

After a moment of silence, the frozen atmosphere was broken by Charlotte.

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"Are you threatening me...and your own son? If I don't save you," Charlotte asked carefully. "You are incompetent and cowardly, and you want us to bear the consequences for you?"

"If you must say so, then I admit." There was no shame or embarrassment on his face. "Although it is a bit unseemly to do this, we can only be decent while we are still alive, right?" ?”

This bastard...this bastard! How shameless! How dare you threaten us... How dare you go against us!

Charlotte didn't have an attack on the surface, but the anger in her heart had set off a wave of anger. Under the influence of this anger, a trace of flush appeared on her face.

If she had a gun in her hand now, she really doubted that she would kill this old bastard with one shot.

No, no, I have to calm down...calm down...she kept telling herself in her heart.

Killing is not allowed now. Although she doesn't mind killing someone for her husband, if she kills someone in Windsor Castle, even an "unidentified painter", once exposed, it will become a huge scandal that will shock the entire Europe.

So, no matter what, she must now stabilize Edgar and swallow the bitterness of being threatened.

"Well, it seems that you have understood the truth, niece." Seeing that Charlotte didn't say any more, Edgar was obviously relieved, and the charming smile appeared on his face again. , "Don't worry, uncle, please, this is just this once. I have already received a sum of money from the Duchess of Marlborough. As long as I can safely escape Agnes' tracking this time, I can stay abroad again." !”

Charlotte still didn't answer, but Edgar didn't mind and continued.

"In fact, what you have to do is not difficult. I can see now that Her Majesty the Queen values ​​you very much. Although I don't know whether she really likes you or just to please France, this is not important at all. So...as long as Tell Her Majesty the Queen that there is a group of French people who are dissatisfied with the Charles and the new government. The Queen will definitely take the deceased's plan to do harm to you very seriously. When the time comes, let the British arrest them - at least it will be able to slow them down. And what big deal is this to you? It’s just free help. You don’t even need to tell Charles to save him from worrying, right?”

Charlotte still didn't answer, just nodded silently, and then left.

"I will always be grateful to you, madam." Edgar saluted her back diligently and watched his niece leave.

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"Come here right away. I have a major task for you. You must rush here as quickly as possible without any delay. There is no need to report it to sir for the time being."

After returning to her room, Charlotte wrote a note to Kong Ze without any hesitation.

If Charles still maintains a superficial courtesy towards Kongze, Charlotte, who has always been proud, has always treated him like a domestic servant, even at this moment without exception. (To be continued...)

ps: I have been having a hard time at work lately and have a lot of other things going on, so the updates are not very stable. Sorry... Tears