The Happy Life of a Duchess

Thanks to Adele's foresight, her grasp of information is quite good.

Taking advantage of this initial advantage, she successfully created a good reputation for herself and her magazine, and then successfully created a successful and positive external image of the salon, which attracted everyone to want to participate.

Between Adele and the members of the salon, not everyone is very close and familiar.

But just as she did when it was held for the first time, she carefully selected the initial batch of participants, first ensuring that they or the families behind them represented different areas to some extent, such as Leopoldina The reason why Hugo ruled out being his good friend is also the reason why she came from a literary family.

There are other nobles, either with deep roots and deep families, such as Mrs. Dressel and Mrs. Castellana, or with special backgrounds, representing military and political families, such as Mrs. Costa. Ancient blood, and the military background of her husband's family.

Then, under such conditions, she screened again to ensure that too extreme or very strange candidates would not appear in their salon, thus affecting the entire atmosphere.

Finally, those people who may have some conflicts in the family, or some important people have certain preferences or have special friends, etc., will also be taken into consideration.

If it is a hostile relationship, especially tense to the point of irreconcilability or frequent disputes when getting along, then you can only choose one side, especially if there are some family origins in it.

But if one of the parties and the lady of the other party have a slight quarrel because of jealousy or other minor conflicts, but it will not affect the overall situation, the two parties can still smile at each other in public, but only in the Some kind of competitive relationship, after consideration, if both of them are excellent and meet her screening criteria, Adele will also select both of them at the same time.

For example, Mrs. Miller, some of the people who participated in the salon had conflicts with her, but she lived a dissolute life. Although she is a courtesan, there are many people who follow this style, and she herself meets the requirements in many aspects. Adele chose her in the end.

It turns out that this Mrs. Miller was more active and willing to say, less taboo, and a great inspiration to other People's sense of competition, more people actively and passively participated in it, and she is indeed a fine person.

Normally speaking, women always think about whether to invite her to a niche salon gathering. She knows this well. Except for the group of "similar" who messed around with her, many others actually disdain to be with her. Contacts.

They would invite her to serious balls or something, but they were not willing to bring her to some of the more niche private parties.

Although Mrs. Miller herself doesn't care about having a good relationship with the same sex, she still has a bit of affection for the person who handed her the olive branch.

Her attitude towards Adele was very polite, of course not flattering, but she was so kind to save face, and Adele was naturally more polite when she came out.

Mrs. Miller can taste this, and naturally the two of them get along more harmoniously.

Others don't give face, but Adele's face is still useful in front of her. This kind of trust is also a kind of consolidation of Adele's prestige for others.

Seeing that Mrs. Costa, who is the most difficult to get along with in the circle, or Mrs. Miller, who is reckless, have played with Adele, and they can be polite and harmonious with each other, which can explain the problem.

Gradually, they became a circle of top ladies and ladies.

——There are more and more people who want to come in.

"Got it, got it." Adele waved her hand, "I have to write a reply to my father first, and you will report to the study later, right?"

Adele suggested to Mrs. Lude and the old housekeeper.

She knew that the time for the servants and the master to eat and wait was different. This time period was almost when they rested and had a light meal in private, and then one or two hours later, it was the master's turn to have a formal meal.

Adele also just received a letter from her father and Countess Stan, who had already set off for the beach, and wanted to relax.

In the morning, she was busy managing the second issue of the newspaper, the operation of the cloth shop, and the affairs of the manor.

In the past, the butler and others could do it for him, and the Duke's father was in charge of the general direction.

Now that the burden is on Adele's head, despite the help from the housekeeper and others, she still feels a little bit hard.

Especially now that it's summer, since Adele doesn't go to other places for vacation, she has to spend the summer in the manor.

What is the constitution of the manor with the owner's family and without the owner's family? It is completely different, and it is also different from the social season.

During the social season, the entire manor is busy with various activities, and it must maintain the best appearance for receiving guests, while at the same time conforming to the owner's intention and taste.

And in summer, in such a hot season, not to mention the servants below, even Adele herself is not willing to engage in too many activities in the manor.

However, there are still various problems that come with it. The curtains and tablecloths are replaced with summer styles, and some gold ornaments and other displays need to be replaced with new ones. These are all trivial matters.

The most troublesome thing is the daily life of Adele and everyone in the manor. Although ice is stored in the cellar, due to changes in the weather, there are new rules for both food and ice use.

Of course, Adele can't use any spoiled food, and the servants won't give her such problematic things, but on the other hand, the storage time of the stored food will be greatly shortened, and Adele herself likes to eat seafood, so It is even more difficult to eat fresh seafood in summer...

When there is no master, these expenses can be omitted, and there will be fewer things to do, but with the little master, it is natural that everything should be done in accordance with the proper standards, and Adele has to nod and look over it one last time.

After all, she will be responsible when she gets married in the future. In order not to be fooled by her husband's housekeeper and servants, she has to go through it by herself and know what she knows.

"Miss, Mr. Duval has written to you."

Jenny rushed over, and Adele took it, and went to the study to read and reply.

It wasn't until Adele took it and took it apart that she realized that Mr. Duval was here to ask her where she wanted to live in the future.

He has taken a fancy to three manors that can be purchased, all of which are large and good places. After they are settled as soon as possible, he will renovate and decorate the manor according to the two people's preferences.

In this way, in the remaining half a year, it is impossible to rebuild a manor, but it is still possible to renovate part of it.After Adele gets married, if there is still room to renovate, you can make arrangements.

Both of them have quite a few manors under their names. Adele at least has two, and Mr. Duval also owns them. The two of them can change places at will, and they can live comfortably and then move back.

"Which one should I choose..."

Adele is very concerned about the three places, after all, it is her future home.

She is also very happy that Mr. Duval can take such an extra step to take care of her mood.

The letter still contained a very appropriate description, but Adele always hoped to see it with her own eyes.

After hesitating for a while, she wrote this wish in the letter. As for how to operate it, let Mr. Duval worry about it.

It's been another busy week.

Adele received another letter from her friend Morgana.

Mr. Duval invited her to his home in the name of Morgana, but in fact the purpose was to take her to see the better manor in the picture but he was still hesitating.

At the beginning, there were three choices, and after repeated discussions between Adele and Mr. Duval, they finally decided to take Adele to see two of them that were favored by both of them.

One is in the suburbs of Paris, which is not far from the city. It doesn’t take too long for a horse-drawn carriage, but Mr. Duval may take a little longer to work in a car, but his work does not strictly require commuting to and from work. The time, basically, is that if the higher-ups ask him for something, he will go there on time, otherwise it doesn't matter if it's one or two minutes in the evening, it's just that he is used to being on time.

Adele likes this place because it has both the tranquility of the countryside and the unique luxury, and it is said that there is a beautiful big lake, and two people can go boating together, etc.

There is also one in the city, which is the biggest advantage. It takes less time to travel, but the size is slightly worse than that in the suburbs. It belongs to a small and exquisite manor.

In terms of price, the two places are about the same, but Mr. Duval didn't tell her the exact amount, and he didn't want her to feel any burden.

"Please come in."

Adele responded while reading the letter.

"Miss." Jenny and Mary came in carrying things, and there was quite a lot of movement.

Adele looked up from the desk and watched the two move in surprise.

During this period of time, she has been working in the study or something, everyone is used to it.

"Have you forgotten?" Seeing her surprised face, Mary quickly explained, "This is something that Madame Daumier sent for you to see."

"Ah, cotton cloth!" Adele reacted and stood up.

"Is that all?"

What is brought in is a very small part of the output, and the ones here belong to the most refined wave of sample goods.

"Mrs. Daumier will come over in the afternoon..." Jenny reminded her, "You said you wanted to take a look in advance, so we brought in some samples directly."

"Oh yes, I'm going to forget about it."

Adele slapped her head, thinking of yesterday's casual sentence.