The Happy Life of a Duchess

The liveliness of the dance was beyond imagination.

Different from the ball held by Mr. Duval's house, the ball arranged by the Duke's father was obviously based on the scale and scene, and the whole Bailu Manor was decorated in a magnificent and magnificent appearance.

This is not completely in line with Adele's aesthetics, but it's just the old father's intentions, plus there is also the special purpose of showing the strength of the family in front of relatives and friends, and vaguely making a silent oath of strength and deterrence to the man's family. The meaning is, so Adele can understand all this to a certain extent.

Fragrant incense spread throughout the ballroom, whether it was the entertainment room or the dance floor, they were all exquisitely decorated.

Any vase or any kind of porcelain, gold and stone playthings, there are some bright things that can be pulled out to talk about, although even Adele herself doesn’t know the Napoleonic style or the Bourbon era decoration, after all, there are too many to count. Objects are displayed——

Adele hadn't even imagined before that the original Bailu Manor in the Duke's Mansion could be decorated in such a way that it was so extravagant that it dazzled the eye.

She subconsciously looked at her cousin Alvin who was about to inherit the wealth and the manor, only to find that he had a very peaceful social smile on his face.

She wanted to find something similar to self-satisfaction or satisfaction from his face. After all, most of the things in front of her could be inherited by him, but she had to express regret that maybe he was amazing at concealing himself, or It's because her level of seeing people is still a bit inferior, but she didn't see any similar emotions on his face.

Adele looked at her aunt Earl Stan and his son Mr. Stan again.

What surprised her was that the aunt and her brother were not too surprised, as if they were used to all of this, or in other words, they were no strangers to these things, as if they had known it for a long time.

"What's the matter?" Probably aware of her distraction, this Alvin cousin smiled at her, "Oh, are you not used to it?"

"A little bit indeed." Adele covered her mouth shape with a handkerchief, her voice was not too loud, and this brother's voice was not too loud either.

"But it's pretty good." Facing her undisguised look of a little surprise, he gave a short chuckle.

"Don't worry, I'm not that narrow-minded."

Alvin knew she was wary of him, but he hadn't shown anything too obvious, and Adele had always been very restrained, as if the two were controlling themselves rationally and testing each other's bottom line .

"It's more lively like this, and it can make Mr. Duke much happier."

Another point that Adele is clear about is that, of course, a lot of money has been burned while showing her heritage in this way, and to a certain extent, it is also a depletion of the property that this cousin can inherit.

But his calm attitude made her wonder if he was being too generous, as if he really had no grudges at all.

"And it can also show the magnificence of our family to the people in Paris. This is something only Mr. Duke can do." Something flashed through Adele's mind, but then it turned into a polite smile.

"Besides, this is also to show everyone that you are protected, and it will be good for you in the future." He looked at the relatives in Duval's hometown in C City, including Mr. Duval himself who was talking.

Aware of the gaze from this side, Duval's eyes fell on her habitually. He nodded to Mr. Alvin, and then looked at her with concern. Adele returned a bright smile to indicate that he was fine. Then he looked away and continued talking.

"In short, you don't have to think so much. Mr. Duke will not do anything to delay you. He loves you very much and treats you very well." He thought for a while and added, even though it was slightly rude.

"Much better than before... when your sister married Mr. Sessmann, and you do have a considerable advantage for being the last child, but I don't think it matters much."

Adele still had a polite smile on her face, and Alvin spoke to the point.

Soon someone came to play and chat with Mr. Alvin, so he said goodbye to her with a smile:

"Excuse me, I'll go over there, just call me if you have something to do, I will always be your elder brother."

"Of course." Adele showed the intimate voice of brother and sister knowingly, "Brother, let's go play, I'm going to dance too."

While looking towards Mr. Duval, Adele pondered in her mind for a while, and finally gave a reasonable explanation:

It was probably because they were all born wealthy, and they knew more about the Duke's father's property, so they were not surprised or showed any greedy look.

If it is said how deep the friendship between them is, Adele doesn't really believe it. After all, judging from her various experiences, she comes from a wealthy family and has seen all kinds of rich people before and after. She has no other experience. I have seen a lot of sophistication——

The only thing that can make the two sides look so harmonious and friendly is the interests.

It is impossible to have such a deep and touching friendship that is so deep that one’s heart cannot be moved even at the sight of the priceless family property. At least Adele has self-knowledge. The relationship between herself and her brothers can only be called friendly, but not capable. The point of ignoring this huge fortune.

But because she didn't mean to covet this family property.

First of all, she knew that she couldn't inherit it, and she also knew that her own money would not be able to support the family business. Unlike the situation where she could rely on some manager to manage it in the future, the current family property must be managed and maintained by herself. There are too many cases where one's ability has ruined one's family property;

Secondly, she doesn't feel that she can take on the responsibility of a big family. In fact, she is not such a person with a sense of family and surname honor, nor does she have such a huge ambition. It is like letting her accept family upbringing and complete resource tilt Under the circumstances, to sacrifice personal happiness and life, to marry a person who has no feelings at all, and then continue to live in the way of raising a lover outside. Put the interests of the family first.

She is a self-aware person, she doesn't have that much capacity, and she doesn't want to make her life like this.

She can enjoy a certain amount of wealth, and then happily find a way to realize her self-worth, and do what she wants to do instead of dedicating her life to the family, all in order to increase the wealth and reputation of the family, In this way, he became a screw called the helm in the family, and he had to manage other people in the family...

If she had no ambitions, that would not be the case.

Adele wants to do something big for women in this day and age, which is an amazing move.

But from the perspective of the family, what she thinks is not to add glory to the family, not to work hard for the surname to last forever, but to "eat radish and worry about it" to do other things, to some extent it is Very substandard.

For a moment, Adele seemed to understand the point of her cousin, Alvin, who was not very familiar but seemed very familiar and friendly.

For the sake of the peace of the surname Juradi, with the relatively strong lineage of Duke Juradi in the family, he can completely make a decision that is more partial to their side. This is a certain degree of family resource inclination.

On the contrary, perhaps it was something the Duke's father had discussed with him, and Adele tended to exchange interests.

The duke's father gave him the title and part of his assets in accordance with the law, and invisibly gave his last daughter who had no inheritance rights a little protection, ensuring that after his death, she would also be able to get the asylum of the surname Juradi.

Adele was valuable in her own right, and her engagement to Mr. Duvall, as well as her marriage, was another act of proving her worth.

Mr. Duval is a promising person, and so far, being his wife will be a very glorious status. On the one hand, this matter itself, on the other hand, is entrusted by the Duke's father. Under various influences, As the next heir and the helm of the family, cousin Alvin is not stingy with this kind of financial resources and "wrist power", and he also showed his favor to protect Adele——

From a personal point of view, his move is not very cost-effective, after all, he is the one who takes money for nothing, but for the stability of the family and of course to stabilize Duke Juradi, he made some appropriate actions. Concession, but the relationship between the family has become stronger.

She finally understood where her cousin's occasional smiles and friendliness came from.

It's no wonder that when his Duke father talked about these things, his attitude was quite calm. It seemed that they had already negotiated.

"What's the matter?" Mr. Duval dismissed the people around him.

When the people around Adele saw him approaching, they also found an excuse to disperse with a knowing smile.

He paid a lot of attention to and understood Adele, so he naturally noticed that although she was still in a social state, she was a little distracted.

"I just suddenly felt that my brother was an interesting person."

Duval took her hand, kissed the back of it lightly, but did not let go of the hand he held.

"Mr. Alvin?" He smiled.

"Indeed, he is more interesting than Earl Stan."

Her other cousin is unwilling to inherit the title immediately because his mother, Countess Stan, is still alive. If he inherits immediately, the halo on his mother's head will be removed and transferred to his wife's head .

But everyone will still habitually boast that after his father died, he was called "Earl Stan".

He already has the property in his hands, but he is not in a hurry to inherit the title, even though it is only a gap between an application to the king - there is another theory that he may inherit the title because he has been away from the top aristocratic circles in Paris for a long time Time may be downgraded, so I have not applied for it for a long time.

Adele has not verified the latter possibility. She also heard the gossip rumors from Marianne as if she was gossip. The only person with the most promising future in the entire Juradi family who is still in the top circle in Paris is her father Jo. Duke Rady.

But as long as he procrastinates with the excuse of "for his mother", he will always be Earl Stan in everyone's mouth. As for whether he is in the future, everyone will not be so shameless.

"He has been able to suppress this younger brother who has the status of earl, and he can also control other people, including his wife who is not very harmonious and maintains a friendly relationship with the family behind his wife..."

Mr. Duval explained to her in a low voice. Obviously, he was not completely ignorant of her family's situation, even better than she himself. There were some things that Mrs. Lude and others were unwilling to explain to her. , Of course, it may also be that they themselves don't understand.

"...he has a lot of drive and a lot of 'talent'."

Adele heard him sum up her brother in this way.

"If it's not..." He was vague about the content behind, "Maybe it can be compared to the situation of the Barry family to some extent."

"What do you mean?"

Adele was aroused, she approached him intentionally, expressing that she wanted to hear, this gesture was clearly what he had to say, and Duval also understood her meaning, so he could only smile helplessly, and put her half in his arms .

He was close to her ear, like a lover whispering. As the protagonist of the ball, although everyone talked about their own things, they would pay some attention to the host's side. Seeing them like this, I have to feel the good relationship between the two of them. .

Who would have thought that they were talking about these things, let alone that Mr. Duval would tell a woman about these things...

"After the Great Revolution, France was a bit chaotic, the whole country, not just the political arena."

He spoke in a low voice, breathing against her ear, it was obviously a very serious content, but she still had a strange sense of ambiguity, and in such an occasion, she was a little strangely shy.

"I personally think that the position of our Majesty the king...is not very stable."

"..." Adele accidentally heard his blunt remarks, she almost subconsciously squeezed the handkerchief tightly and opened the fan in her hand to cover up the lips of the two talking.

But she also knew that no one would notice if the two of them were doing it so covertly.

"But if it was a hundred years ago, it would be any one who was not the last Bourbon king..." He laughed, as if trembling in her heart, she glanced subconsciously, but found that his face could not be more gentle His expression changed, as if he was whispering to his lover.

"Perhaps, this is the most suitable era for them."

He meant something.

For a moment, Adele couldn't figure out whether he was implying the Barry family, or her cousin who had a big picture and family values.

"..." Adele narrowed her eyes slightly, "Do you know something?"

"Aren't you going to dance, Miss Adele?" He stood up straight and invited her to dance, and Adele noticed that the dance invitation music had already started.

"Of course." Although she was still thinking about the previous topic, she could also quickly enter a false social state.

The smile on Mr. Duval's face deepened a little.

When she entered the dance floor, she suddenly heard him say something quickly, she subconsciously looked sideways, and he looked at her with a normal smile, as if asking "what's the matter".

She laughed too, then straightened her expression and stood firmly in the center of the dance floor.

"Doctors are visiting more often than usual."

That's what he said just now.