Flowers, Swords and France
Chapter 187 The Long Night
Because of the economic pressure brought about by the war, dignitaries within the imperial government and the financial community have met many times to discuss solutions. Although the debates at these royal meetings have not yet reached a unanimous resolution, the current president of the Bank of France Count Argu had become a loser. Without revealing it, he had understood His Majesty the Emperor's decree and had no choice but to act in accordance with it.
After returning to his home, Count Argu wrote his resignation to His Majesty the Emperor that night in accordance with his promise, claiming that he was old and in poor health, so he wanted to bid farewell to all the troubles and return to a peaceful life.
On the day when the resignation was submitted to the palace, the entire financial and public opinion circles were in an uproar - at the critical moment when the empire was at war with a big country, Count Argue, who had been in office for more than ten years, suddenly chose to resign. People were shocked, and there was speculation that fierce internal debates might have arisen within the imperial government over the current situation.
However, unlike Count Argu, who left the palace dejectedly, his opponents were in jubilation.
On the afternoon when Count Argoux's resignation was delivered to the royal court, a large group of guests invited by the Baron gathered in the luxurious and grand mansion of Baron de Beauvin. This big financier, who had always coveted the position of president, Finally the day he was most looking forward to arrived.
Although His Majesty the Emperor has not officially accepted the Count's resignation, nor has he hinted at any successor, the Baron is convinced that this position belongs to him. He can finally fulfill his long-cherished wish and operate in this country without any scruples. Express your ideals.
And Charles was also present in person today, gathering with the Baron's lackeys to congratulate this old friend on his new victory.
Everyone was beaming with joy as they drank and drank, and the Baron was also in a very good mood, with a smile on his face that had been rare in recent years.
"Let us drink to His Majesty the Emperor!" After everyone arrived, the Baron took the lead in picking up the wine glass.
Others also picked up their wine glasses to congratulate the proud baron.
After the others had finished toasting, Charles came to the Baron's side.
"Congratulations, sir, you have won His Majesty's trust. He now believes that you are the best person to save the current economic situation of the empire." He deliberately lowered his voice so as not to be heard by those who were listening carefully around him. "His Majesty specifically told me yesterday that he hopes you will not betray his trust."
"It's up to us not to betray his trust." The Baron replied softly, "This important task is entrusted to us, and I wouldn't be able to complete it without you."
Under the illumination of the large chandelier, the hall was already very bright, but now it was full of reflections from the gold tableware, so it seemed that his eyes were a little confused.
"I will try my best to help you. Although the task is very difficult, I am very confident about it." Charles smiled, and then his voice became even lower. "Let me tell you another piece of good news. Before you take over the Bank of France, , His Majesty plans to confer you the title of Earl of the Empire, congratulations."
However, to Charles's expectation, the good news did not make the Baron overjoyed. His face was calm, as if the promotion of the title was not a good thing for him at all.
"Hmph, it's time for me to humiliate myself with the earl..." He sighed lightly. "Our family is not aristocratic, and we cannot pretend to be aristocrats. We don't want to pretend to be aristocrats. What's the point of getting such a title?"
Just as Charles was about to say something else, the Baron sighed gloomily, "Besides, no one can inherit this title anyway..."
Now Ciel didn't know how to comfort him.
Indeed, he no longer has a male heir, and his daughter is still imprisoned. Even if she has a grandson, she will only inherit the title of Duke Likanicht. What is the significance of this Count de Beauvin?
Only then did he realize that although the big banker appeared to be normal, he still had not been relieved from the pain of losing his son.
"Indeed, your contribution to the country and your status cannot be compensated by a count title." Charles finally laughed dryly, "I eagerly look forward to the day when you will be admired by the whole country after you have stabilized the economy of the empire. "
"If you have time to make such sarcastic remarks, you might as well get me a grandson as soon as possible." The baron sneered, but his mood seemed to be much better, "You haven't been paying attention recently. Have you forgotten your promise? ?”
Ciel's expression suddenly became strange.
"I have too many things to do recently and am exhausted both physically and mentally. How can I have time to do this kind of thing? I haven't even touched my wife much." He endured the embarrassment in his heart and explained to the other party, "Wait until I am less busy. I will come to see Laura more after that, but this kind of thing only depends on luck, and it doesn’t mean you can get it if you want it..."
As he spoke, he carefully observed the Baron's reaction. After making sure that the other party was not angry, he spoke again, "Besides, if the mother is depressed, the child will probably come very late. She has been living like that. The environment will have a great impact on her body and mind...so I think we might as well let her live back to her original place..."
After Laura gave birth to the child, the Baron, who was already aware of her evil deeds, immediately turned against her. Fortunately, Charles was there to say good things. In the end, the Baron did not kill her to pay for his son's life, but he was still imprisoned. Living in a simple attic, he basically lived a life of poverty and isolation.
Charles had always been worried about this, fearing that the young lady who had been pampered since childhood would wither because she could not bear such treatment in life, so he tried to persuade the baron several times.
At that time, he was afraid that the baron would refuse, but now that he saw the baron encountering such a happy event and being in such a good mood, he felt that it was time for Laura to improve her living conditions.
"Why, are you here to say nice things to her again?" The baron frowned, looking a little annoyed. "Do you know how much patience it took for me to just leave her alive?"
"There is no doubt that she has committed a heinous crime. I am not interceding for her..." Charles persuaded the Baron patiently, "I am completely thinking about you. Now she has only the value of having children. , then shouldn’t you ensure the best conditions for her? Don’t you want one or two more children? Look, what a lovely child.”
As he spoke, Ciel pointed to Lianna, who was hobbling under the care of a wet nurse.
Liana has now begun to learn to walk. This baby with chestnut hair has very soft skin, a round face, and a cute face. She also makes babbling sounds.
Since Lianna was born, the Baron has doted on his granddaughter very much. He is almost never away from her whenever he is at home. Even during this banquet, he still leaves her in the hall.
The baron looked at the child, his eyes suddenly softened a lot.
"Think about it, if Laura lives an unhealthy life, the child we give birth to may not be so smart and cute, so I think... let her live a better life." Seeing that the baron had already moved, Xia I quickly struck while the iron was hot.
Charles certainly had his finger on the Baron's pulse.
No matter how tyrannical, violent and arrogant he is, now that he is old, he still likes the feeling of teasing his grandchildren just like any old man. This kind of nature can even outweigh hatred.
In order to get better grandchildren, what if you treat your enemies favorably?
"Okay, okay! Damn it, do as you say. I'll have someone take her back to her original place tomorrow. Is that enough?" The Baron interrupted Charles impatiently, "This You should be satisfied, right?"
Then, he glared at Ciel, "In that case, you should go and have a good time with her. Don't just brag and do nothing!"
Before Charles could answer, the Baron left him angrily, strode towards his granddaughter, and then teased Lianna in front of the guests, as if he wanted to vent his heart in this way. As if annoyed.
He helped Liana walk, and even let Liana sit on his shoulders. Under his influence, the grandfather and grandson laughed, showing no signs of their usual reserve.
The guests were all friends and confidants of the Baron, so they also gathered around the two grandsons, complimented the Baron and applauded them, adding to the excitement of the banquet.
At such a banquet, none of the baron's daughter and son-in-law were present, which made the guests feel very strange. However, these people were all smart people and no one would ask. Everyone agreed tacitly and was grateful for their kindness. Lord and friends add to the fun.
Although he had drunk a lot of wine and his face was covered with red clouds, the baron kept pouring wine for himself. Seeing that the host was so interested, the guests had no choice but to drink together and get drunk. Only Because Ciel was always busy with important matters and had a detached status, he drank a little less.
When he felt that his attendance had been enough, Charles followed the baron's instructions and went to Laura's residence.
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While Charles was talking to the Baron, Laura was also talking to another person.
The noise and laughter in the living room were very noisy, but when it reached here, it had turned into a faint noise. This kind of prosperity only accentuated the loneliness and monotony here.
The visitor who was talking to her at this time was none other than Mademoiselle Marie-de-Leoran, who had temporarily taken over her job.
This lady has been serving the Treville family since a few years ago and has won the trust of His Excellency the Minister. Today she also followed His Excellency the Minister to the Baron's house. In addition to congratulating the Baron on his glorious victory, Another more important purpose was to find Laura. After all, after joining the Railway Federation, she took over Laura's work and there were many things she still needed to communicate with her.
After seeing Laura's current appearance, although she had been mentally prepared for it, Mary was still a little surprised, because compared to the splendid and arrogant appearance in the past, Laura today has changed a lot.
Laura has lived here for a long time. She has been pampered since she was a child. Of course, it is very difficult for her to live in such a simple and deserted place. If it were not for the perseverance in her nature and the hope of a comeback in her heart, I am afraid that She could no longer survive.
Even so, she is still a little thinner than before, but her haggard face makes her proud and more charming. The plain white skirt she wears makes her already fair skin look even paler. Crystal clear under the dim candlelight.
Okay, now we have become Princess Mononoke.
"Ms. de Beauvin, long time no see." After the initial surprise, Mary quickly regained her composure and said hello to her.
Laura didn’t say hello to her, but just glanced at her indifferently.
When she was caught in the gaze, Mary couldn't help but feel a pain in her heart.
When she was studying painting with this eldest lady, she had already had enough of his arrogance and rudeness. She didn't expect that it would become like this now, and she still wouldn't change her attitude.
It's no use sympathizing with you, Mary thought to herself.
Although she had never sympathized with the other party in the first place.
"I want you to know that after you are temporarily unable to continue your previous job due to personal matters, I am now taking over your work. I came here today just for some work-related matters..." Mary suppressed the disgust in her heart. He continued as calmly as possible, "I have to He said, you are a very rigorous and hard-working person, so it went very smoothly when I took over. I also worked very hard to continue your work, and finally lived up to everyone's trust, but... I still have some things I need to know from you. Just for a moment, so as not to be deceived by some villains.”
She didn't wait for Laura to answer, and directly placed some documents in her hand on the table in the room, "I have summarized these questions, and the relevant attachments are also listed in it. It is already late now, you can do it tomorrow Just give me your reply and send it to me when the time comes.”
After saying that, she was ready to leave. To be honest, she didn’t want to stay with Laura any longer.
Regarding Laura's current situation, she was not just gloating about her misfortune, but felt a little bit sad about the death of a rabbit.
But deep down in her heart, she was quite happy to see Laura, who was so arrogant and arrogant back then, reduced to where she is now.
"It seems that you are very proud of yourself." Laura said coldly, "You must be very happy to replace me."
"I'm not so happy, miss. I'm just performing my mission. Being entangled with so many things makes me tired sometimes. But in order to repay your trust, I can only grit my teeth and persevere. Please help me, so that I can complete my task." Mary replied with a straight face, "Actually, I understand your current mood, but I want... please adopt the proper attitude so that the cooperation between our two families can proceed more smoothly. After all, it’s good for you too, isn’t it?”
Mary's patient persuasion only made Laura even more unhappy.
"Our two families?" She frowned, "I'm sorry, when did our family cooperate with yours?"
Mary only felt another pain in her heart.
"I mean sir, after all, I am serving him." She quickly changed her words, "Please, for your sake, please cooperate with me as much as possible. I'm sorry to bother you."
Seeing Mary say this, Laura finally looked better. "I'll do what I should and I'll return the document to you tomorrow."
"Thank you!" Mary finally breathed a sigh of relief, "Then I'll take my leave now and see you later!"
"Wait a minute!" Just as she was about to leave, Laura suddenly stopped her.
"What else is going on?" Mary was a little confused.
"I want you to do something for me." Laura's expression became a little strange, "Since you are taking over my job now, you should be able to come in and out of my place justifiably... You want to ask you to contact me A few people, I haven’t heard from them in a long time.”
In her previous work for her father, Laura deliberately recruited a few people as her subordinates. However, Laura was suddenly imprisoned by her father, so all contact with her confidants was cut off. Now Laura wants to communicate with them. Restore contact.
As long as she can establish some channels of communication with the outside world, no matter how tight the prison here is, she will eventually be able to escape from the dilemma of isolation.
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"I'm afraid I can't fulfill your request..." Mary immediately shook her head, "I can't do this kind of thing behind your back."
"You don't think that when I say please, I'm really asking you, do you?" Laura looked at the other party sideways.
Mary's hands squeezed hard.
This guy has already reached this point and is still so arrogant.
"Sorry, I thought you should understand the current situation better." Mary didn't want to quarrel with the other party now, so she just replied sarcastically, "You have been deprived of your position now, and I think your original subordinates should also I won't listen to you..."
"You are just our slave, how dare you talk so much?" Laura looked at Mary coldly, seeming a little impatient, "You just have to carry out what we say, don't ask here and there, this It won’t do you any good.”
"'We'? Now that you are in jail, you still want to order me around?" Mary couldn't bear such harsh words. She retorted, "I don't know when you became my employer's wife..."
"So are you rejecting me??" Laura interrupted her.
"What if I refuse?" Mary was not polite.
"Then I will let Charles punish you." Laura's tone was a little sinister. "You are just doing my job. Don't really think that you are a person now."
"If you can ask your husband to punish me, then you can try it." Mary also laughed, "But I'm afraid you can't do it. I'm afraid you have forgotten that now is no longer the time for you to give orders... …”
After finishing speaking, Mary pretended to lament, "Hey, seeing how troubled you are now, I am very sympathetic. If you can be kind to me, I would be happy to talk to you more... It's a pity that now, I don’t want to tell you much more, but don’t worry, I will complete your work well.”
The anger in Laura's heart could no longer be suppressed, and she thought that as long as she could escape from the cage one day, she must let the other party know how powerful she was.
At this moment, there were thumping footsteps at the door. Charles knocked on the door first, and then walked in.
"Are you all here?" Charles was a little surprised, and then immediately returned to normal. "Laura, I have good news for you... Well, what happened to you just now?"
It was only now that he realized that something was wrong with the atmosphere between the two of them.
"Nothing, we were just discussing work issues." Laura immediately replied, "What good news do you want to tell me?"
"Starting from tomorrow, you can move back to your original residence." Charles did not ask further questions, but walked up to Laura with a smile, "I'm sorry, I can't set you free now, but... I I think as long as we persist to the end, there is still hope.”
Yeah?
Laura was overjoyed by the sudden good news.
Just being able to move back to that palatial abode, improve living conditions, and get rid of this damn place is certainly something to cheer about.
What's more, with more servants around, she has more opportunities to establish a channel of communication so that she is no longer isolated.
Perhaps, he can still find some way to overthrow his father's suppression of him.
Amid the despair, there is now a glimmer of hope.
As long as he gets rid of his father... everything can be returned to his hands.
Just get rid of the father.
"What, Laura?" Seeing Laura looking a little dazed, Charles quickly shook her shoulders.
Laura walked out of her complicated thoughts. She looked at the handsome blond young man in front of her and found that he was so cute. The dim candlelight added a dark yellow glow to his body, like It's like the prince she drew in her paintings when she was a child.
When he was in the most difficult situation, he did not laugh at himself, and he was the only one who did not turn a blind eye. Instead, he tried his best to protect himself and tried every means to improve his living conditions.
Moreover, the two of them have such a lovely daughter - there will definitely be more in the future.
Only we deserve to rule the world.
Along with the surprise, a burning desire came to my mind.
She suddenly hugged Ciel's shoulders, and then put her head into his arms.
It had been too long since she had enjoyed the caress between two people.
Ciel was a little shocked at first, but soon smiled bitterly and ruffled her hair.
"Sorry, I just got this now."
"No, that's enough." Laura said muffledly into his chest.
Then, she slowly raised her head and looked at her lover.
"Dad must have told you to fulfill your promise, right?"
"Well... I did say this..." Ciel felt a little embarrassed.
"Then, just in time." She glanced coldly at Mary who was secretly jealous next to her, "Shall we play together?"
"Huh?" Charles was surprised.
"I don't want a child now, so let's use her as a container." Laura said calmly, "This is our slave. We can manipulate her however we like."
"Hey...!" Before Charles could react, Mary shouted, "You!"
"Shut up, you don't have the right to speak!" Laura interrupted her, then reached out to grab Charles' tie and gently untied it, "Charle, let's enjoy a good night..."
Charles looked at Laura blankly, as if he didn't understand why she did this suddenly, but his breathing became slightly faster.
To be honest, if it was really possible, he would be looking forward to it...
"Okay, let's try." Finally, he nodded, "But you can't treat Mary like this. If she doesn't want to..."
Mary was a little angry and wanted to refuse, but after thinking about it carefully, she felt that she should not refuse her husband's will.
Especially, she didn't want to lose to this hateful enemy.
So she nodded silently.
Soon, with a rustling sound, the skirts of both people were taken off. The two crystal-white bodies suddenly seemed to brighten the room.
Originally, Mary was not a very shy person, and she was open-minded when alone with Charles, but when other people were present, she felt inexplicably a little ashamed.
However, just when she was still struggling with what to say, Laura suddenly pressed on Mary. Before she could cry out in pain, Laura blocked Mary's words with her lips, and then moved her hand towards Mary. Slide down and explore, and finally gently knead it to the pedicle.
Mary, deeply stimulated, couldn't help but tremble all over and moaned slightly. She did the same thing, unwilling to admit defeat. For a moment, both of their bodies became hot and flushed.
Charles' blood boiled, and he couldn't bear it anymore. He knelt on the bed and suddenly pressed against Laura's back.
"Hmm!" When the hot thing entered her body, Laura couldn't help but hum a sound of pain and satisfaction. She squinted her eyes slightly, as if she was swallowed by the heat.
Then, she turned her head and kissed Charles.
This night was very long
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