Flowers, Swords and France

The morning light on Sunday was clear and bright. Charles de Treville sat in the small reception room of the Marquis de Treville's mansion, staring closely at the chessboard in front of him. The sunlight shone through the glass window and gave the small room enough light.

"White knight d2-e4,"

Charles read the chess manual while fiddling with the chess pieces on the board.

"Black rook g1-g4"

As the game progressed, the battle became more and more intense. Charles also slowly immersed himself in the role of the chess player, savoring the fun of intellectual confrontation.

With his whole heart and soul, he did not notice that the door of the small reception room was quietly opened.

"White elephant d4*f6 captures the pawn"

Charles followed the chess manual and prepared to pick up the white elephant and move.

However, he found that there was a force competing with him for the chess piece. He glanced to the side reflexively and saw a slender white hand.

His eyes moved up along the hand, and Charles found that his sister Fran was standing next to him and looking at him. Fran, who is on Sunday, doesn't have to go to the studio to study.

"Sir, you seem to be very relaxed?"

"Oh, I'm fine." Charles answered casually, then took the chess piece and played according to the chess manual.

"You won't forget what you promised me before, right?" Fran looked at her brother with some anger, and her blue eyes were shining with worry and anxiety.

[There are two ways to say the second person in French, one is you (tu) and the other is you (vous). You are used when showing respect or alienation, and you are used between close friends. Fran uses you here to express a kind of resentment. ]

Charles finally turned his face away from the chessboard again.

"Of course I didn't forget."

"But the way you help me is to sit in the room and play chess?" Fran's words added some harshness, but unfortunately the soft and gentle voice eliminated most of this harshness.

Charles picked up another chess piece and took a step.

"My dear lady, you can't get anything done by being anxious, and the fact that I don't seem anxious doesn't mean I'm not trying my best to help you."

"So how far have you gotten?" Fran asked immediately, "Mary suffers there every day, and I can't sleep well every night when I think of this."

"It's almost there." Charles answered casually.

Just then, the servant knocked gently on the door of the reception room, and Charles called him in, then took the letter from the other party.

Finally it came.

Charles slowly opened the envelope and opened the letter.

"My dear friend, according to the information you passed on to me before, I checked it for you and now have some results:

The Marquis de Léoran has a sister who returned from exile in 1815. Later, she married a diplomat from the previous dynasty. The diplomat had a good income and left her a legacy after his death. Together with the compensation given by the government later, this lady has a large fortune.

Not long ago, this lady died of illness. After the notary's liquidation and inventory, the total amount of wealth was about 1.7 million francs... What is more noteworthy is that this lady also left a will - and it was a valid will written when the notary confirmed that she was conscious. This will confirmed her niece, Miss Marie de Léoran, as the only heir to her wealth - the reason is said to be because Marie was the only relative who took care of her during her serious illness.

In other words, Miss Marie de Léoran is fully qualified Inheriting this inheritance, he became one of the youngest millionaires in France. And, according to my investigation, the day after the death of this aunt, Miss Leoran was sent to a convent by her parents.

In addition, regarding the marriage issue you mentioned, since both parties are very secretive, I can't find out too many details. However, there is one thing that makes people concerned, that is, your cousin, Philippe, the son of the Duke of Treville, is working around, intending to let the Paris Civil Court transfer the management and ownership of the property to her brother, that is, his son-in-law, your future cousin-in-law, Count Leoran, because Miss Mary entered the convent to serve God.

So, I believe you can use your brain to guess the general situation of the incident, right?

I wish you a smooth solution to this matter, and remember to finish the book as soon as possible!

Your friend

Catherine de Perriette"

Charles slowly read the letter and constructed the last piece of the puzzle in his mind. The outline of the incident has been roughly formed in his mind.

"What's wrong?" Perhaps with some premonition, Fran asked her brother softly.

Charles looked up and looked at his sister carefully. Because of his slender figure, Charles was not much shorter than her even when sitting.

The girl looked at him expectantly with her blue eyes. Her thin but bright red lips adorned her fair face, like a person in a painting.

Charles reached out and touched his sister's soft and smooth golden hair. "Your friend will be back soon."

"Really?" The girl was surprised.

"Only a few steps away." Charles answered firmly. "And I'm afraid you will get a surprise."

"Surprise?"

"If you are lucky, your friend may become one of the richest girls in France..." Charles answered slowly, while taking the opportunity to continue stroking his sister's head (since she reached this age, Fran became more and more disgusted with her brother's actions of treating her like a child).

"Huh?" Fran was caught in surprise, completely forgetting that her brother took the opportunity to touch her head again.

Ciel told Fran the information he had recently discovered.

After learning this situation, Fran's eyes were covered with a layer of white mist.

"They...they..." Fran repeated several times, "How could this be possible? Mary is their family! And...and Mary is so cute and kind!"

"In today's world, cuteness and kindness are not worth 1.7 million, my dear lady." Charles teased softly, and then he immediately added after seeing his sister's rather unkind eyes. "But Mary was unlucky and made a good friend, which she couldn't even buy for ten million and seven hundred thousand..."

After hearing her brother's compliment, Fran's expression finally relaxed a little.

"So what are you going to do now?"

"I plan to visit our cousin next and ask him, for the sake of the merciful God, to give Miss Leolan a way to live." Charles said matter-of-factly.

Fran stared at Ciel as if she were looking at a dirty canvas.

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"Well, if he doesn't listen, I threaten him that I will inform the newspaper about this. I know a lot of people in the publishing industry. And this is a big scandal, and the press will definitely pursue it. , then of course the two families will be disgraced, and the court will not be able to deprive Ms. Leolan of her legitimate rights under such great pressure from public opinion, right?"

Ciel explained his next plan.

Fran was finally relieved, but she still seemed a little worried. "Will the Duke of Treville and the Leolan family stop?"

"It should be no problem. Once this kind of thing comes out, the family's reputation will be ugly." Charles replied firmly.

"Okay." After thinking for a moment, Fran nodded, accepting her brother's opinion. "Then I'd like to thank you on Mary's behalf, sir."

"Oh, you're welcome, that's what I should do."

"Then..." Fran looked at a dirty canvas again. "Hurry up and take your hand away!"

Ciel smiled awkwardly, then picked up the black queen and took the next step on the chessboard. "General!"

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After returning to her room, Fran sat in front of her desk, resting her hands on her cheeks, thinking about the matter for a while.

Then she picked up the pen.

"Dear Matilda, please forgive me for using this title, which I thought I could call you since that day's conversation.

I remember your promise and want to thank you again for Mary. And now comes a moment that will test your commitment—you have the chance to save Mary from certain death.

As expected, my brother lived up to our expectations and found out the whole story: Mary's aunt passed away a while ago, and because only Mary had taken care of her during her lifetime, she made a will to pass all her inheritance to Mary. .

What a touching family affection this is! How many people are left in our time who can still perform such acts of kindness? God will eventually reward those who do good deeds.

However, we all know that there is evil everywhere under the sun. In order to swallow up this inheritance, Mary's parents actually sent Mary to a monastery! They are now stepping up their efforts to seize the property, and for this they even married my cousin's family. How despicable this is!

Fortunately, the Almighty God will not forgive such evil deeds, and then He uses our mortal hands to help justice. My brother is already doing his best to prevent this, but I am not very comfortable relying on him alone. So here I ask you to lend a helping hand and save this poor girl.

Your grandfather is in a high position and speaks his mind. Judges and magistrates who have received benefits must not dare to fool him. If your grandfather is willing to say something about this, then Mary's unjust case will definitely be cleared. rehabilitate.

Of course, my cousin has a very wide circle of friends, so your grandfather may not be willing to say a word. However, I heard that your grandfather often read letters to him because of his old age and frailty, and then recorded his comments (please forgive me, I said this while listening to my classmates chatting). Therefore, it must be a good idea for you. , shouldn’t it be difficult to write a ‘grandfather’s letter’?

But of course, this is just our last resort. If my brother is useful enough, we don't have to go to this step at all - I really hope that my brother can come in handy!

You said before that the new era has given us brains and allowed us not to be at the mercy of fate. Now that the opportunity has come to put your words into practice, you will definitely not back down, right?

From my brother's novel (he actually thought I had never read it! I can introduce you to read it when I have time...), I came to the conclusion that we women must not act independently like Du Barry and the Queen. attack. As long as we are united, there is nothing we can't do in France, right? God, if they had our minds at that time, how could France have suffered such disasters?

your presumptuous friend

Fran-de-Treville"

【The Countess du Barry was born a commoner. Later, she entered the court of Versailles and was favored by the king. She was the last mistress of Louis XV. She had a bad relationship with Louis XV's granddaughter-in-law and future French queen Marie-Antoinette, and the two sides had a fierce court struggle. After the death of Louis XV, she fell out of favor in the court and was exiled from the court by Louis XVI. In October 1793, the queen was taken to the guillotine, and in December, she was also sent to the guillotine. The two opponents who had been fighting for a long time in the palace died one after another within two months. 】

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