Flowers, Swords and France

Under Ciel's strong push, others also showed unprecedented action. On that night, the participants summoned by Ciel made decisions one after another to show their patriotism and support the emperor and ministers. All your decisions.

Regardless of whether they are motivated by true enthusiasm or helplessness under oppression, since they have made such an expression, Ciel can be satisfied. He has achieved his goal through today's strong raid, and everyone has also achieved his goal. He once again established an image of himself as strong and undefeated in his mind. He didn't care whether others truly supported him, as long as they obeyed his words.

When today's meeting ended and the voting was completed, the party convened by Charles ended today. It was already very late at this time. Some of the guests present chose to leave during the night, while others simply chose to stay.

As a well-arranged reception place for Charles, there is certainly no shortage of places to rest and play, and the well-fed people who stayed here also began to enjoy their leisure and happiness here. As for Charles himself, under Mary's special instructions No one came to disturb the Lord Chancellor except Mary herself and Charles.

Although she wanted to be pregnant with Charles's child, Mary knew that she had other important things to do now, so she could only temporarily curb this idea. However, even so, she still flattered Charles and stayed with him all night. He is gentle and tries his best to please Ciel, which makes Ciel very happy.

It wasn't until dawn the next day that Mary reluctantly said goodbye to Charles and watched Charles' carriage leave this secret club and embark on the way home.

It wasn't until noon that Charles returned to his mansion in the suburbs. Because of the meetings and hustle and bustle last night, he was now a little tired, but also refreshed.

Originally he wanted to take a rest in his study, but as soon as he sat on the recliner in the study, Charlotte came over to him immediately.

"Char!" As soon as she broke into the study, she shouted directly to her husband.

"What's going on?" Charles half-opened his eyes.

"Why are you so tired? You looked like this early in the morning. What happened last night?" Charlotte looked at her husband worriedly.

"Hey... what else could it be? I didn't sleep well last night." Charles sighed, "I talked with a group of important people in the early hours of the morning, just to explain a decision of His Majesty the Emperor, and finally persuaded them to agree to implement it. … They had a huge backlash, and I had to use up all my energy. But luckily, it finally got done.”

After hearing Ciel's explanation, Charlotte finally felt a little relieved. Then she looked at her husband lying on the recliner, her brows furrowed slightly, and her tone became sharp.

"I'm afraid it's not just this that's consuming your energy, right? You went there with that Mademoiselle de Léoran, right? God knows how she tried to please you last night... Didn't she want to fawn over His Excellency the Minister? I think Not like that."

Since Charles became minister, he has been out on inspections or on official business a lot, and he is often very busy with affairs in the ministry, so it is common to stay up at night, and Charlotte has long been accustomed to her husband's busyness. But yesterday was different. She saw with her own eyes that Charles left with Mary.

When Charlotte said this, Charles immediately felt a sudden change in his heart. His expression remained unchanged on the surface, but his mind began to spin rapidly, wondering whether his wife knew any clues - because what Charlotte said is indeed a fact.

However, although he had a lot of thoughts in his mind, he made an impatient expression, "Okay, Charlotte, don't do this! Mary is a loyal assistant to our family. She has been serving us loyally for the past few years, and now He is also one of the assistants I rely on to perform important tasks. We should treat such people well and give them the rewards they deserve. You should not chill people with these unwarranted suspicions and attacks!"

"Hmph... do you think she just wants to be an assistant? I can tell by looking at her look. She wants to crawl next to you and be your glamorous mistress." Maybe she was thinking of the conflict with her yesterday. , Charlotte showed a disdainful smile, "I have seen a lot of people like her, and she is willing to pay any price to get a little wealth."

"I think you are too harsh. She is not this kind of person." Charles reluctantly defended Mary again, "Okay, let's not talk about this kind of thing. You came to me not just for her." Are you going to have a fight with me? If so, I won’t let you go! I don’t have the energy to waste my energy on your suspicions right now.”

Seeing her husband's impatient look, Charlotte lowered her gaze, as if trying to figure out the sincerity of her husband's words.

Although she was a little suspicious of her husband going out with Mary in private and not returning home all night, she didn't want to keep pestering her about this matter without any basis, making her husband angry and affecting the lives of the two of them - her husband had no obvious symptoms yet. Misbehavior may not be a problem as long as it is beaten.

"I want to tell you something so that you can be prepared." She was no longer as serious as before, but leaned close to her husband and said softly.

"What's the matter?" Charles asked immediately.

"We will have another child soon!" Charlotte smiled, bent down and whispered in Charles' ear, "I had this feeling before, but after you left yesterday, I asked the doctor to confirm it for me."

"Oh?" Charles was stunned for a moment, then excited again, and suddenly half sat up with joy, "Really? That's great! Charlotte... you've worked hard."

However, although he was happy, he didn't have the ecstasy he had when he first heard that his wife was pregnant. After all, the first time is the most precious. After becoming a father, his wife's pregnancy again is not so exciting, not to mention that this is his third child!

Seeing Charles' "ordinary level" excitement, Charlotte, who wanted to surprise her husband, couldn't help but feel disappointed, and she couldn't help asking again. "Why, are you still not satisfied? Didn't you want a child before? If it weren't for you, I wouldn't want to suffer that year again! After giving birth to the child, I realized how happy it is to live my original life!"

"Lolotte, I am very grateful to you, really." Charles immediately hugged, "We have always been small, and in our generation, we have the responsibility to make this family flourish. I am very happy... The two of us have taken on this responsibility and did not disappoint grandpa and ancestors... Thank you, Charlotte, you have made me qualified to face them..."

"That's more like it!" Seeing her husband's expression, Charlotte finally calmed down, "So do you want a boy or a girl this time?"

"It doesn't matter, as long as it's our child, it doesn't matter whether it's a boy or a girl." Charles smiled and played with his wife's hair, "Besides, I have both now, why should I care?"

"Both?" Charlotte looked at Charles in confusion, not quite understanding what he meant.

Uh... Charles' heart suddenly tightened, regretting his slip of the tongue, and then he immediately smiled.

"What I mean is, as long as we continue to live in love, we will definitely have many children, both boys and girls, so why bother with this one?"

"You... you really are, what nonsense are you talking about!" After being teased by Charles, Charlotte's doubts immediately disappeared, leaving only some inexplicable shyness, and she pushed her husband hard.

"How can this be considered nonsense? This is what a couple should do, isn't it?" Charles continued to tease Charlotte, "Charlotte, you are the heir of our Treville family and my wife. You are born to have everything, including children. In this regard, even if I can't let you surpass Her Majesty Queen Theresa, I also want to let you compare with Her Majesty Queen Victoria..."

"You are talking nonsense again, you are not ashamed to say such things all the time!" Charlotte rolled her eyes at him, but her eyes were full of smiles.

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

Her Majesty Queen Theresa was not actually the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, but her husband was. However, because of her achievements, everyone was used to saying so. She and her husband loved each other all their lives and gave birth to more than a dozen children - including the beheaded queen Antoinette. Her Majesty Queen Victoria and her husband had an even better relationship and now had several children. Charles said this on the one hand to flatter and elevate Charlotte's status, and on the other hand to hint that he wanted to expand the family of Treville with Charlotte, which was not prosperous.

It is no wonder that when Charlotte heard Charles say this, she was shy and happy.

"How can it be called crazy talk? This is our duty, isn't it?" Charles still laughed and teased.

"Okay, I don't want to tell you these crazy things, let me tell you the rest of the story." Charlotte couldn't help pinching him, "You take a rest first, we will go to Dad's house for dinner in the afternoon, he asked someone to invite us yesterday."

"Oh? Is that so?" Charles nodded quickly. "Okay, I understand."

Charlotte's father, naturally his father-in-law Philippe de Treville, has inherited the title of Duke because the old Duke with the same name has passed away, and has also inherited the mansion that the old Duke had carefully built when he was alive.

But that's all he can inherit. According to the old Duke's will, his granddaughter Charlotte is the main heir to his huge estate, and the Duke is more like a beneficiary of annuity, receiving a fixed subsidy from the estate every year and living in the mansion.

Although the Duke and his eldest son Philippe were somewhat difficult to accept and rebounded when the will was just announced, it seems that the Duke has accepted his father's arrangement and continues to live his life of luxury without complaint - because he feels guilty about his father, and after all, he is still his father, so Charlotte is very generous to the Duke and is happy to reimburse his father for bills and expenses. After confirming that there is no worry or impact on his quality of life, the Duke is also happy to be idle.

As in the past, the Duke often entertained guests, sometimes even his daughter and son-in-law, especially after Charlotte gave birth to a son. Charles did not find it strange.

So, after Charlotte gave her instructions, she left the study and did not disturb her husband's rest. Charles also fell asleep on the couch again to recover his tired spirit.

In the evening, he was woken up by Charlotte who came back, and after a little freshening up, he followed Charlotte to Charlotte's mother's home, the Duke of Treville's residence.

"Oh, look! Our big shot is finally here!" After hearing the news of Charles and his wife's arrival, the Duke of Treville immediately came over and stood in front of his daughter and son-in-law enthusiastically.

Then, while hugging his daughter, he smiled and looked at Charles, "Charles, you finally have time to come! I feel like I haven't seen you for a long time!"

"I've been a little busy recently, sorry..." Charles shrugged. "But this time I brought you my grandson, you can let him make up for his father."(~^~)