The Happy Life of a Duchess

"No." Alexander said in a low voice, seeing that he couldn't twitch his hands and couldn't cover the wound.

"..." Adele looked at him silently, then shook her head, and looked at the servants, "Go and get clean gauze and water, and prepare some alcohol and medicine for scratches, and bring them to the room on the first floor. Penny, go get some clean clothes for him, we'll go to the room and deal with it."

"No, it's okay."

He was a little embarrassed, but there seemed to be something else in it.

Adele didn't answer him again, just grabbed his wrist, trying not to touch his wound, and led him into the room.

Originally, she wanted the male servant to carry him, but Alexander himself was unwilling and insisted that he could still walk. Seeing that he didn't seem to have hurt any bones, but only scratched the skin, she obeyed his wish.

"..." Alexander was still reluctant to part with his football, Adele stared at him, and he immediately settled down.

She was still angry, and obviously he didn't want to touch her brows either. Jenny and the others packed up everything cleverly, including all the desserts that should be taken back to the kitchen or eaten in the room.

After someone brought the things over, Adele personally helped him wipe the wound carefully.

Compared to rough-handed or careless servants, at least she did it carefully enough, but after helping him deal with the scratches on the palms of his hands, Penny came over with a full set of clean clothes.

"I remember there is still hot water." Adele ordered.

"It is definitely impossible to take a bath now, just wipe his body with a hot towel, and carefully wipe the muddy spots on his legs. After the hot towel has been wiped off his body, use gauze and alcohol to deal with it The wound, and then apply herbal medicine."

"I understand."

Penny's face was full of gratitude.

The change here has alarmed many people, especially Adele who asked for medicines to be brought over.

Adele's eyes swept over many servants, and finally her eyes rested on the butler.

She gave a signal with her eyes, and the old butler followed up alertly, and the two of them left the room together.

"You will also go in to help in a while... You don't need to do anything, and the work will be handed over to Penny and other servants." Adele did not ambiguously speak, and spoke very clearly.

"You should focus on seeing how many injuries there are on his body. Apart from the small arms and legs I just saw, are there any unhealed bruises or scars left. Although I am his sister, after all It's different from his male and female... Well, I will remember to remind Dad to arrange one or two male servants for him, he is also old, he may be embarrassed at ordinary times, and he will not let Penny take care of him."

"Miss is kind." The housekeeper praised, and then it should be.

"I'll take care of it, don't worry."

Finally, according to the housekeeper's observation, apart from the scars on his arms and legs, Stress Shanda had some other injuries on his back and thighs.

Adele was furious. She had always been very peaceful before, and she had never been so angry before, even when she kicked out some disrespectful servants. In everyone's eyes, she was still that kind and amiable noble lady.

But it turns out that she also has her own bottom line and temper. Although she is not physically strong, her temper is unexpectedly sharp, which even alarmed Mr. Duke.

This matter came to fruition very quickly, and thanks to Adele's growing relationship with him, he finally chose to trust her.

At a later date, he finally told her the truth.

Because of his status as an illegitimate child, Alexander has been bullied in the two boarding schools he stayed in.

He lived for a short time with his mother near Mont Sainte-Geneviev, and when he was old he was placed in the Votier boarding school by the duke, and he has endured bullying and separation from his mother ever since.

Later, when his mother died, he was taken back to Paris by the Duke, and he was randomly arranged to go to the Saint-Victor boarding school on Blanche Street. As a result, changing schools did not bring him good luck.

His little bastard with an inappropriate accent is still the one who was bullied at school. He endured loneliness and cold eyes, and he would fight back when he couldn't bear it anymore.

But the teachers at the school don't like him, they will favor other students whose parents come to bribe and talk, and only he will never be able to find his biological father to speak for him, and his biological mother has passed away, so he can only endure .

Knowing the reason, Adele blew up directly. She slapped the Duke's room so loudly that Armand tried to stop her but was overwhelmed by her aura.

"Dad, this is ridiculous!"

"What's the matter?" The Duke was still looking at the stone in the room, and he didn't realize what happened at all. He was a little happy to see her take the initiative to come over.

"Come here and have a look. I remember you have a ruby, which is about the same size and color as this one. Do you want to match it together to make a neck beam? How about using diamonds under the core frame in the middle? Make it detachable. A ruby ​​can be removed to make earrings, and if you don’t want to, you can buckle it on top of a diamond necklace as a big necklace..."

"I originally wanted to pair that ruby ​​with gold to make hairpins..." Adele was dazzled by the luster of the gem, and answered subconsciously, but then realized something was wrong.

"No!" All of a sudden, her anger dissipated a little, she calmed down, and she had time to think, "Don't you know about Alexander's injury?"

"Didn't you fall today?" Mr. Duke was very indifferent, "There is no boy who does not fall, and nothing will happen if he falls, so don't waste your energy on him, I have never seen you care so much And me……"

"Dad! Is this the same thing?" Adele gave him a nonchalant smile, "Did you know he was bullied at school?"

"Bullying?" Mr. Duke put down the gemstone, and picked up the authentic pigeon blood stone from the velvet-bottomed display box.

"This is just right for you to make a ring, and the size is also suitable. I just remember that you still have an old ring. The quality of the gemstone is not good, not as good as this one. I will change it for you. I have to arrange it for you before the social season. Good. My daughter will look good when I wear a whole set."

"Father!" Adele felt that her suppressed anger had returned, but it was impossible for her to vent her anger on this priceless stone, that was her abnormality.

"Then what do you want to do?" Seeing that she was really unhappy, he put everything down, glanced at a box of eight high-quality red gemstones of different varieties, and looked at her with a smile.

"Let the classmates who bullied Alexander apologize, and let the biased teachers apologize." Adele took a deep breath, "Then change him to a school that can accept him normally."

"Yes." When Mr. Duke agreed, Adele was stunned, it went so smoothly that it was unbelievable.

"Alexander's surname is Juradi after all, so it's impossible for people to bully him unclearly, but his identity...you know, it's unavoidable. In addition, I also heard some things from their teachers. ...inconsistent content, but..." Mr. Duke put his hands behind his back, and while she was a little surprised, he slowly reached out and rubbed her hair.

"Since it's my sister's wish, I won't refuse... As I said, as long as it's reasonable, I can get it for you, even if it's unreasonable. It can be done for you too."

"It's just that since you were young, you rarely asked me for advice." The Duke's face was a bit sad, as if he had thought of something, but in the end he still didn't review her childhood with her.

"...I'll take care of this matter."

The Duke glanced at Alexander, who was secretly listening at the door, and then at Adele, with a smile on his face again:

"Go back and ask your cousin to take you to the Suss store. If you don't understand, ask her or Armand. Later, I will ask Armand to ask if you want custom-made jewelry. For you You can keep the pearls and gemstones or make them into finished products, tell her what you want. In short, try to deal with them before the social season starts, and I have prepared some for you, if you don’t have time, you can just buy ready-made ones.”

"Okay, I see, thank you Dad."

Adele saluted him and said goodbye to him, feeling somewhat inexplicable in her heart.

The follow-up of this matter was told to her by the housekeeper, but judging from Alexander's uncontrollable excited little face, he should have gotten a result that satisfied himself enough.

"Those who bullied me, I have called back." These words coupled with his smug expression, Adele couldn't laugh or cry, but the luckiest thing is that his school will be changed to the side of Notre Dame de Paris after the spring A boarding school under the control of the church, from the outside evaluation, at least better than his previous one.

Adele made up her mind to write letters with him often and visit him more often, not only to go by herself, but also to take the duke father, who was out of tune, to go with her.

The original owner also used to study in Saint-Denis's school. She didn't come back until her body became weaker and she was not allowed to continue studying. She moved from Bailu Manor to a nursing home not long after.

As an orthodox princess, the Saint-Denis Girls' School she attended was a noble school, and it was difficult for a boy with Alexander's status to study in a noble school. After all, the right to knowledge and education was only in the hands of a few people.

Within two days, Adele received an invitation letter from cousin Marianne Onley.

She knew it was time for her to go out and socialize.

The author has something to say:

The prototype of Alexander is Dumas fils. This experience is Dumas fils' own experience. It is my tribute to the giant in the original book (if it is not handled well, it will be my fault). Be fair.

Dumas was first sent to the Votier boarding school on Mont Sainte-Genevieve, and later transferred to the St. Victor boarding school on Rue Blanche.His recollections of life at both boarding schools are horrific.In his last novel "The Clemenceau Incident", he mentioned the pain in his heart when he broke up with his mother and the discrimination and abuse of his illegitimate child by his classmates in the boarding school.

Suss Store: A famous fashion store mentioned in the original book at that time.

Saint-Denis: A small city in the north of Paris mentioned in the original book, where there is a girls' school of the Legion of Honor.