The Happy Life of a Duchess

"Would you like to see a place?"

The Duke's father wiped his hands with a hot towel lying on a nearby plate.

Adele quickly swallowed what was in her mouth, and then put down the knife and fork.

Mr. Duke raised his hand, indicating that it's okay for her to continue eating. Adele shook her head to express that she was fine.

"Yes, the newspaper seems to be able to achieve a small success. I think since it can achieve such a result for the first time, maybe it will get better and better in the future..." Adele explained with a smile.

"Plus, I'm not randomly looking for people to participate. I hired two helpers. They signed a contract to work for me steadily. I should provide them with a decent office space."

"Indeed." Mr. Duke nodded, "Since we want to run a newspaper and have readers willing to read it, let's go ahead, but—"

When he changed his style of painting, his expression was a little inexplicably subtle, and Adele followed suit, her heart aroused.

"I said why did he suddenly give me a list of house listings? I thought what he wanted to do, but it turned out to be to help you make up your mind..."

I am afraid that the gentleman is not the only one who can make the Duke's father speak in such a sour tone.

Listening to his complaints, Adele probably guessed what the matter was about, and then she smiled politely, not wanting to disturb her own father's anger.

Mr. Duke was very angry when he saw his precious daughter showing such an expression.

But he doesn't want to lose his temper with his precious daughter, and the guy who made him unhappy is not in front of him, besides, he can't really get too angry, if it really messes up the marriage, he won't have time to regret it——

So he could only hold his breath secretly.

Fortunately, with the resolution of a major worry, Mr. Duke's mentality became better and better.

Living to this age, it is enough to become an old man, and the body is still barely healthy. Occasionally, a little ailment is better than other people. Mr. Duke has already developed a set of habits for his health. There are also ways to resolve the annoyance in your heart.

He quickly talked about Mr. Duval in his heart, and felt that he was in a better mood now, so he looked at his little daughter again with a smile.

Apart from other factors, this marriage is good everywhere. He can nod his head to show that he is satisfied, and he has nothing else to worry about. His natural state will get better and better. Once the wedding is over, he will be completely free up.

"All right, all right." Mr. Duke waved his hands to her.

During this time, Adele had finished her meal and cleaned herself up.

She kept sitting upright, waiting for her father to finish the work of adjusting his mentality that he often did during this period, and then waited peacefully for the old father to finally relieve himself, and stop continuing those weird little temper and A dead end move.

"Since Mr. Duval has read some and understood it, let him take you there."

"I won't be that obtrusive guy anymore. Hey, it's better for the two of you to cultivate your relationship, but you still have to be measured."

Mr. Duke had to remind her:

"Don't make a baby too early, you know?"

The smile on Adele's face froze.

My old father seemed to think too much.

The reality is clearly that she wants something to happen, but her clever Mr. is obviously so smart, but deliberately skips this part.

Probably because of concerns, but Adele doesn't pursue the weird rule that she must have sex only after she gets married.

When the time is right, behave naturally.

Sex is inherent in human beings, and it is unnecessary to be overly suppressed in strange dogmas.

However, from the perspective of "protection", especially for the protection of legitimate children and women themselves, she can also understand, but occasionally a little anxiety will arise.

"I know I know."

"Hey, don't take it lightly."

The Duke's father was annoyed by her helpless response, but he couldn't talk about sex with his daughter frankly. At this time, the disadvantage of lacking a wife came.

Even if this is something that everyone is familiar with, and even most adults are familiar with, but it is necessary to explain something straightforwardly, I still have some concerns.

Especially as an old father, Mr. Duke doesn't know how to explain to his little daughter, to what extent, and how to keep the content out of bounds and not appear obscene...

"This is very important. It will affect your reputation and the possible impact after marriage..." the Duke's father emphasized to her, and Adele listened patiently and agreed.

Unlike the father of the duke who hesitated about the scale and did not give his daughter sex education, Adele was not shy in this regard, even if her father mentioned or even asked about her private life and sex life, she did not feel What a big deal.

But since the old father said this, of course she should show some face and listen carefully, even if she herself already understood the truth.

Later, Mr. Duke delivered the letter to Adele.

Mr. Duvall has rounded up five rental properties suitable for office space, just the right place for Adele to build an editorial office for the Ladies' newspaper.

Adele went through them one by one, and in fact the letter had clearly stated where, where, what advantages, what inconveniences, everything was clearly listed one by one.

Looking at the familiar handwriting, Adele couldn't help but sigh with emotion. Even with this sort of rules and regulations, the two seem to have similar tastes. One point is convenient for viewing, instead of a semicolon separating the content and writing it into one piece.

Although the relevant information has been sorted out, Adele still feels that she needs to go and see for herself.

Of the five locations, she crossed off two because the location was relatively remote and not very safe and the office was relatively small, and then counted a vacant location for her dowry.

The next day, she had already made an appointment with Mr. Duval, and contacted those homeowners to see the house.

If possible, she would like to buy the office directly instead of simply renting it, but judging from the prices offered by these houses, it may be that there is Mr. Duval's favor in it——

The prices given seem to be friendly prices, which are much cheaper than the general market prices of rental properties around.

In this case, it would be impolite for her to directly say that she would buy it, and it might affect Mr. Duval.

"Buy it?" Mr. Duval was surprised by her decisiveness.

"Yes, compared to renting, will it be more convenient to buy it..." Adele is actually not very sure.

The two sat in the carriage and went to the first place together.

"Yes, but it's not necessary."

He pondered for a while to explain.

"I don't know how long this newspaper can be held, but if it is really..." He paused for a while, his eyes fell on her face, Adele had a puzzled expression on his face, and he sighed slightly in his heart.

"If you write something controversial in the future, and it may be published in this newspaper, the time it can exist...is really doubtful."

Adele was taken aback, and Mr. Duval had a tolerant and helpless smile on his face.

"You really are... hey..."

She didn't tell Mr. Duval what she was going to do, but he also guessed what she might do and plan through some of her other words and actions.

When he knew this, what he thought of was not to stop her, to prohibit her from doing so from the root, but to find a compromise in it, one is to make himself strong enough to protect her, and the other is to make her look Don't be so "involved" so that if something happens in the future, she can also withdraw early and not let herself be affected too much.

"Have you thought this far?"

After a while, Adele smiled.

Seeing her smile, he knew that she was not upset by his actions, and he felt a little relieved.

Although I knew that she would not be angry because of some of his interventions and prescient actions-this is common among young people, impulsive and reckless, not thinking about the extremely bad results, but when I really said it , he will still be nervous, and will be afraid that she will be full of dissatisfaction with him because of this, thinking that he is "cowardly and incompetent".

"Please forgive me..." Before Adele finished speaking, Mr. Duval held her hand.

"It's me who should apologize. Please forgive my self-assertion. I am not a pessimistic and conservative person. Even like Armand, I had a very impulsive and blindly optimistic side when I was young, but the more things related to you, The more nervous and conservative I am, the more I can't help but want to think more, I want to think as much as possible to make things complete."

"Is it the accident that almost happened in the previous engagement that made you so anxious?"

Adele frowned slightly, even if a beauty frowned, she was still beautiful.

"No." Mr. Duval shook his head. "No."

"So, just about me..."

A helpless smile appeared on her face, as if she didn't know what to do with him.

"Are you flirting with me, my sir?"

"If you think so..."

Mr. Duval was originally serious, even a little bit worried, but when he heard her say that, he immediately laughed.

So Adele also laughed, and threw herself into his arms with a smile, and he hugged her naturally.

"It's okay, I don't mind at all," she admitted.

"Actually, I have to apologize to you, please let me finish, my sir."

"When I make these decisions, I think more about myself, the personal value I want to realize and some... wishes to do great things, but I should think more about other people, such as My fiancé, future husband, you."

"Perhaps because of my risky move, it will bring some... unstable effects to the whole family." She sighed, "When I was thinking, I really didn't want to think too much in that direction, so I could only When I said that when I acted, I tried my best not to take any kind of party and factional measures that seriously overthrow the rule... But I don't know how the authorities or the public accept it, whether it is politics or reputation. "

"I just really want to do something for all women, and I want to provide some new ideas for the poor and lovely women all over France. I hope everyone can realize that something is wrong and unite..." Behind her The words were not able to continue, and it was obvious that she had realized the problem.

Mr. Duval smiled very peacefully: "Yes, I have always believed that this is reasonable. Your ideas and demands, including what you want to express and achieve, are all reasonable, but we all know that if you Really go to the last step, it must be a change."

"It would be great if we could change those provisions or open up certain powers only at the legal level, if everything goes well, but when some people want to 'take' something from more people, there is no way. Admittedly there will be some struggle."

"I just don't want those turmoil to burn your body too much." He hugged her tightly.

"But these will all be considered by me for you."

"no!"

Adele sat up from his arms and looked at him seriously.