Flowers, Swords and France

"No, no, I can't do this!"

After hearing Charlotte's additional suggestions, Charles suddenly blurted out.

After hearing this answer, Charlotte stared at Charles gloomily but seriously, not looking too surprised, but this somewhat gloomy atmosphere did make people feel a little uncomfortable.

"Why not, Charles?" Charlotte asked in a low voice. "Don't you think this is a win-win arrangement? If you think there is something wrong with what I said, please correct it?"

"Uh... um..." Charles was a little embarrassed. After all, Charlotte's advice was indeed reasonable on the surface. It not only rewarded the Count Dillion's family, but also made full use of people, and it could also free him from complicated affairs.

There was only one flaw-Matilda would go to Spain with her father, and it might be that he would not see her for a long time, and he was unwilling to face such a result.

After a while, Charles finally thought of a reason. "A young woman like Matilda must be fascinated by the prosperity here. Besides, she is now favored by the Queen. How could she be willing to abandon everything here and run to the poor and remote Spain? We shouldn't force her."

"If we don't ask, how can we know that this is forced, Charles?" Charlotte's words were full of sarcasm, "Are you unwilling to agree for other reasons?"

"Okay, then I will talk to the Earl, he will refer to your suggestion, and if he is willing to take Matilda there, then of course I will not object." Charles decided to use a delaying tactic to delay the matter. In the future, as long as the earl does not bring people over, even Charlotte will not be able to say anything, "Okay, Charlotte, you should be satisfied now, right?"

"Not too satisfied." Charlotte narrowed her eyes slightly, "You are reluctant to let Matilda leave you, right? That's why you are so fiercely opposed."

"No, I don't mean that." Charles denied categorically, "Please don't think too much."

"Well, leave this matter to me, you don't have to worry about it." Charlotte interrupted him sharply, "I will go and discuss it with the earl in person... You just wait for our good news."

Charlotte's resolute attitude surprised Charles.

He knew that the earl had always been greedy for profit and had a very weak character. If Charlotte really forced the order, the earl might really agree... That wouldn't work.

"Charlotte, I don't understand why you have to be so hard on Matilda... Well, we did let you down in some things before, but now it's all in the past, right?" Charles sighed, and then put down the letter in his hand, "If you can't forgive her, then at least you can turn a blind eye to her, right? Why do you have to oppress her like this? It will only make people think you are too arrogant..."

"Arrogant? Really?" Charlotte sneered, "I am very willing to forgive her, but she doesn't intend to let me forgive her at all... I just talked to her once."

"What?" Charles was shocked for a moment. "What did you talk about?"

He was really worried. Charlotte's mood had changed drastically compared to before. Did she know something about what happened just now?

"What we talked about was very simple. I asked her if she could give up her previous affair with you and let us both get out of this disgusting situation." Charlotte's face had become very ugly, "But she told me that she didn't intend to act according to my will - and said that it all depends on you. If you don't want to associate with her, then she won't continue to bother us. Her attitude is very... Charles, what do you think about this?"

Matilda! Well done! This was the first thought that flashed through Charles' mind. He was very grateful for Matilda's statement. God knows how much pressure he would feel when facing Charlotte.

But of course he didn't dare to show such an attitude. He could only look away awkwardly, not knowing what to say at once.

"Do you feel complacent? Are you proud of your charm, Mr. Treville?" Charlotte asked coldly, "Or are you glad that you didn't lose a precious relationship after all?"

"No, Charlotte, I haven't thought about it - well, there's no need for us to keep talking about this issue." Charles immediately changed the subject, "I know you are hostile to Matilda, and she did make you unhappy today. I will warn her family about this - but I don't think it's necessary to treat her like this just because of this. Let everything be the past. I will be careful not to provoke her again..."

He wanted to make peace, but Charlotte didn't plan to let him rest.

"Your promise, can you do it?"

I can't do it, sorry, I just had an affair with her... Of course, Charles didn't dare to say such an answer.

"Of course I can do it, and I have been doing this since we got married." He finally said, "Charlotte, I have always respected you and tried my best to please you, so I don't want you to entangle me with this kind of thing and make our lives unstable for no reason. I think this is unnecessary."

"Yeah, you've been trying to cater to me..." Charlotte got closer, and then looked at Charles angrily, "What about me? Haven't I been trying to cater to you? I've been I'm all trying to make you happy and make you feel that our marriage is worthwhile, not just a social event to make old people happy! Have you never felt my efforts? Or...or have you never? Do you really care about your past promises?”

"I don't understand why you are so angry all of a sudden, but I really think that we shouldn't argue over such trivial matters." Charles lowered his gaze with some displeasure, "Okay, I still have a lot of things to do, so don't worry about it anymore. Let there be unhappiness between us, okay? I will go to Count Dillion and tell him what you said. If - if the Count really agrees with you, then let him take Matilda. Take it over."

"I haven't been willful since I got married, right? I'm really sorry for your evaluation of me..." Charlotte still didn't mean to give up, and still insisted on her opinion, "Then I need to be willful this time. For once, you must listen to me today, he must listen to me, and she must also listen to me! "

"This is unreasonable!" Charles frowned. "Pointless and unreasonable trouble!"

"Then I have to say, I have the right to make trouble without reason, sir." Charlotte's face was already red, and she looked at Charles angrily, "Of course you can still be your minister without me, but I also have mine. You are just borrowing things! Don’t forget that I am the owner of Giverny! Grandpa's heir! You have always taken it for granted that you command me, and I... I have always taken it for granted that you command me. It doesn't matter. I am willing to do this for you, but this does not mean that I can only be commanded by you, okay. Mr. Treville, what do you think should be done?"

"Are you threatening me?" Charles was already a little angry without knowing it, because he never liked the feeling of being threatened by others, even if the other person was his wife.

"If you insist on thinking so, then so be it!" Charlotte shouted loudly, "I want to see how important you take that young lady, and you won't give in even if it gets to this point. ?”

Charles was so angry that he was about to explode, but he suddenly discovered that when the quarrel between a couple reached this point, if it went deeper, there would probably be a huge disaster - and it was really difficult for him to quarrel with Charlotte now. Turn it over, both emotionally and financially. If Charlotte really insisted on her will, then...he really couldn't force Charlotte to change her mind.

"This is not a question of status, but... but a question of morality." After a while, Ciel finally slowed down his tone, "We cannot treat those who are attached to us with a rough attitude, otherwise it will frighten others. of."

"Morality... I didn't expect that you could speak this word openly in your mouth. I didn't expect that you actually regard morality as so important." Charlotte couldn't help but laugh again, "Then, I think It's not too much to ask you to trample on morality once for me. Haven't you trampled on it too many times? Charles, after we got married, I was willful only once, and I think you should let me pay for it. As you wish.”

Ciel was silent. After a long time, he bit his lip and then stood up simply. He didn't want Matilda to leave, and he didn't like the feeling when he was threatened - he didn't want to be controlled by others.

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"You are too emotional now. I don't want to argue. Now I want to be quiet. You should take a good rest here." Finally, he left these words and walked out of the room. "We will discuss this issue later."

"Ciel!" Just as he was leaving, Charlotte shouted from behind, but Charles did not stop and left here.

After Ciel left, Charlotte couldn't help but sit on a chair and wiped the corners of her eyes with her hands.

The reason why she was so tough with her husband just now was due to her lack of self-confidence and fear that her husband was really not interested in her interests and hobbies as Matilda said, and he was still thinking about Matilda. ——The reason why she wanted to drive Matilda away so strongly was to test her husband's attitude.

The result of the temptation was so unpleasant. Her husband made every excuse but was unwilling to do it. Even though she used such fierce threats, she still did not shake her husband's will. The facts contained in this really made her I felt a little shuddering in my heart.

After walking out of the room, Charles was still a little angry. He walked straight through the corridors of the palace with a straight face, and finally found Matilda. At this time, he didn't care about avoiding suspicion and took Matilda directly. Came to a secluded corner.

"Charlotte had a fight with you just now?" he asked directly.

"Yes, sir." Although she was a little surprised, Matilda nodded, and then told the whole story.

"What a pity. She also quarreled with me just now." Charles smiled bitterly.

It's so... unseemly, was Matilda's first thought.

In Matilda's opinion, Charlotte's actions were really un-noble. It was really rare for a princess, a future marquis or a duchess to fall out with her husband over such a thing.

But this is love. Matilda thought, and then suddenly she understood the other person's actions, and then she felt even more guilty. I got my hands on something she cherished so much...

"Why don't we just do what she says..." Matilda said half tentatively and half sincerely, "If you really fall out with her, it will not be a good thing for you."

"No, no, you don't have to go anywhere." Charles rejected her words bluntly, "I can't obey her just because of a few words. This is not my hobby."

"Sir..." Matilda didn't know what to say.

"I have been bad once, so I can't be bad a second time. It is more terrible to be irresponsible than to be bad." Charles raised his head and looked at the other person, "You don't have to be afraid of what she will do to you. I will protect you."

"Thank you..." Matilda closed her eyes slightly, obviously enjoying this answer. "I will admit my mistake to her, even if it is for you."(~^~)