The Happy Life of a Duchess

After getting off the dance floor, Adele still felt a little uneasy.

What Leo said miraculously found approval in her heart.

Although it is not considered evidence, but after thinking about it carefully, it seems to be the case.

Adele couldn't refute it at all. Combined with what she knew about Miss Barry, all of this seemed to be extremely normal, completely understandable, and in line with Miss Barry's personality.

"This is really..." Adele couldn't help but sigh in her heart, "What is it called?"

"Jealousy really makes people extremely ugly."

Looking at Miss Barry again, her bright face and gorgeous clothes seem to have lost the "halo" that enveloped her.

After knowing the terrifying inside of a person, I can only feel that her every frown and smile are full of strong calculations and conspiracies, and it seems that she is not on guard all the time, for fear that someone will rob her of her beauty.

Obviously there are many ways to make yourself outstanding, but using despicable means to suppress one's potential opponents, destroying them when others are ignorant, and even killing an innocent girl for a lifetime, such a thing is really It is chilling and terrifying.

"What do you think?" Leo went off the dance floor with her, and asked her in a low voice, "Although there may not be all grounds, but you have to believe that Miss Barry's 'kindness' will definitely not be a good thing for you. , As for the son of the shabby Baron Prucker, he is not a good thing either, absolutely, definitely not a good marriage partner. With whomever you are with, you can live a good life with your own dowry and confidence. In this case, you would rather choose A guy with a lower status, but a good character..."

"However, I'm not confident whether those men who look honest and responsible, after marrying a beautiful and rich wife, will become 'horrible'... Although we are of this family level, of course your level Even taller, there are not many suitable men in such a circle, and many of them are also playboys of the game life, which is not affectionate, but if you can only choose a tall man from a short man, you should find a bottom line A little bit, at least he can maintain respect for his wife and prevent women from outside from being disgusting in front of him."

"However... If you want to live a good life, you still need to find someone with a similar status... In this way, you will have hope in the future. At least there will be no shortage of money and power. Even if you play your own way in the future, you will have the confidence..." Leo wanted to come I wanted to go, but I got myself into it instead.

Adele, who was worried about her marriage by her heart, showed a little bit of uncontrollable laughter.

Of course, she is also worried about her marriage, but she is not as far-sighted as Leo thinks. Seeing that the other party is so sincere in helping her, she can't help but feel warm.

"You don't worry about your own, but you worry about mine indiscriminately."

Adele patted her with a smile, and Leo stared at her reproachfully.

"Although I am indeed..." Leo slurred his words.

"But I actually have intentions, the kind that my father also counts."

"I don't think he's bad..." Leo didn't directly say who it was, and Adele didn't ask too much when she saw that she didn't make it clear, "Although I only met a few times, I have a good impression. When he comes over to invite me to dance in a while, I'll show you."

"Father also asked me to choose the one I like among so many gentlemen. I really hope that my love will come soon...but I think he is very good."

While Leo said that he was single and hadn't made a good decision, he couldn't help but praise a certain gentleman on the other hand.

Seeing this, Adele smiled knowingly, guessing that her heart had already made a choice for her.

The love between Leo and her husband seems to be highly respected in later generations, or they passed away unexpectedly during the honeymoon, which actually confirmed their excellent relationship. Under Mr. Hugo's concern and publicity, this relationship Instead, it becomes all the more real and real.

But Adele is not clear about the relationship between the two, but now that she is in this era, she will naturally have the opportunity to see the truth. If it is a real couple, she will certainly not be stingy with her praise, and will even try her best Help her avoid that disaster.

She already had several plans in mind.

The most convenient way is to let Leo learn to swim directly, but it does not mean that people who can swim will not drown.

And at this time, the noble lady, no one would learn this, and she was walking with her husband, so it must be... the other party is also a landlubber.

Adele silently disliked a man who couldn't even save her own wife. She really doubted whether she was suitable for such a lovely Miss Leo.

If you ask her, Leo can also try that kind of officer. Although there are many officers who mess around, there are also good-natured ones. Adele knows a few of them, and they are all related to their family. They have enough status and good looks. Enough and definitely able to swim, Kong Wu is strong enough to lift Leo up without any problem.

It's just that I don't know if Mr. Hugo, as a writer, will have some prejudices against military officers. Adele thinks he won't. After all, military officers are also popular for everyone to choose their husbands at this time. .

If I have to say it, I'm afraid that Mr. Hugo's family has no connections with the military officer, and the circle is different. Naturally, when choosing a son-in-law, they can't choose that one.

The circles are different, and they can't even be invited to the dance party.

It is only at this kind of very large ball that more strangers will come, for example, when the circle of literati and the circle of military officers appear on the same stage.

At other times, Adele reckoned that Leo rarely had contact with them, but if he participated a few more times, he would naturally get to know a few more officers, and everything would be fine once he got acquainted, which is no big deal.

However, Mr. Plucker, who is not willing to die, still came to her.

Adele was annoyed, and after thinking about it, she still had to give this self-righteous guy some color.

"...I have always been in favor of this. Of course, I also thought that ladies should always be more chaste. After you have a partner, there is no need to contact those other men, but look at it now, it is always There are some women who are not safe enough..." Adele almost vomited when she heard that, and Leo couldn't hide the awkward smile on one side of her face.

"Mr. Prucker, do you know how to play cards?" Adele said suddenly, and she gave Leo a look. Fortunately, Leo also understood her, but his understanding was a bit crooked.

"Yeah, suddenly I really want to play cards...how about we play cards, Adele."

Today's dance will last from afternoon to night until the wee hours of the morning, and most people will not continue dancing.

Both Adele and Leo danced a few times, because they met a suitable partner, so they simply talked on the sidelines, thinking about the time and then danced a few more times——

Mainly to avoid the annoying Mr. Prucker.

"Oh, of course, we can play together. I have achieved a little success in this regard..." Mr. Plucker immediately picked up, "In the club, I have always been..."

"Then we can take a small gamble, I haven't played for a long time." Adele smiled and looked at Leo, and winked at her secretly.

Leo finally understood that Adele didn't want to hide and play cards with her, but wanted to play cards with Mr. Prucker.

but……

She was also very hesitant in her heart, after all, she didn't know her true level.

"What are you talking about?" Morgana just got off the dance floor, and her brother Armand followed her.

"We're talking about playing cards..." Leo followed up, Morgana hesitated, looked at her brother, Armand paused first, then nodded in agreement.

"Then let's go together."

Adele smiled and looked at several people. She knew that Armand's level of gambling was good in the original book.

Mr. Prucker's rhetoric turned into bragging about his superb poker skills. Adele just smiled and said nothing. Leo pulled Morgana and asked her how her poker skills were in a low voice.

Leo felt that he was a person with bad luck and average card skills. Morgana also shook her head and said that she was not good at cards, but she knew that Adele's card skills were getting better and better. The kind that people have praised, but she hasn't played with the gentlemen yet, and with Mr. Prouck's boast, she is not sure.

Morgana heard from the whispers with Leo that Adele was upset and wanted to "punish" Mr. Prucker. She also felt that the other party was not a gentleman, but rather annoying, so she should be unlucky. Long memory, better stay away from Adele—

Adele would choose anyone better than someone like him!

"elder brother."

Morgana pulled Armand's sleeve secretly and whispered to him.

Armand still doted on his sister very much most of the time, although he was particularly confused in the later events, but before that, his love for his sister was half-hearted.

After knowing that Adele wanted to punish the annoying Mr. Prucker, his unexpected and trembling eyes fell on Adele. Adele happened to turn around and glanced at him with a half-smile. He immediately Withdrew his sight.

Although he slandered in his heart that the princess was really difficult to get along with and was very difficult to mess with, but he did not refuse his sister's request.

For some reason, he always had such a strange fear of Adele, maybe it was because he didn't get along well when he danced for the first time?

Anyway, he was a little afraid of Miss Adele, who had a sharp mouth that could silence him and was sweating profusely.

Armand silently affirmed in his heart that when he chose a wife, he would definitely not dare to choose such a powerful girl, just like the woman he was thinking of, she was gentle and lovely, and the occasional mischievous tricks would not appear sharp, on the contrary, she would appear to be more agile it's -

Adele didn't care how thick his filter was, but instead, she was full of fighting spirit, and she just wanted to beat Mr. Prouker to the point that he wouldn't be the loser.

The final ones who decided to go to the poker table were Adele, Leo, Pruc and Armand.

Morgana ran away from her brother without a stand, and sat next to Adele to encourage her.

Mr. Prucker did not realize the seriousness of the matter at the beginning. At the beginning, everyone just started betting with a few francs, but there were winners and losers, and the gap between them was not widened.

But Adele, the one with the highest status present, had a good time, so she started betting a few gold louis lands, and now it's hard for others to pretend that they didn't see it.

Adele provoked Mr. Prucker with words more than once. Even if this gentleman who kept his face was reluctant, he had to maintain a confident false smile, pretending to be indifferent, and followed the betting.

Leo was also hesitant at first, after all, she was no better than Adele and didn't have so much pocket money, but seeing him so unhappy made her happy, so she let go of her hands.

It's not that Morgana can't understand, she quickly changed seats, moved to Leo's side, and bet on Leo's side, but said that she thought Leo's luck was good, and she wanted to follow to win. Money, it doesn't matter if you lose.

As a man, Armand bets as much. He is also a man with good face, and he is ashamed to pay less than the two ladies.

As a result, because of his unintentional behavior, another man present, Mr. Prucker, had to bet a little more, and instead he bet the most. Adele and Armand spent about the same amount of money, and Leo and Mo Jia The sum of Na's two shares is almost the same as other people's.

In this way, the field seems to be balanced, but the total number adds up to fifty or sixty louis.

You know, this is a hand of cards, not the result of playing for most of the day.

"Miss Juradi, I thought..." Pluke's expression turned a little ugly, and he realized that he had instead become the person who lost the most money present.

"What, don't you want to play?" Adele pretended to find out just now, "Oh, of course I know, it's always embarrassing to lose money, even though it's only a few dozen louis, I didn't care much... ...that's all right, if you want to go dancing, that's too..."

"No, no, of course I want to continue." He interrupted hastily.

Adele then showed a very satisfied smile, smiled and continued to nod the chips on hand, and was the first to dump ten louis into it.

Pluke, who followed the betting, had no choice but to keep a stiff face, and followed suit with ten bets.

It never occurred to him that Miss Adele, who seemed to be quiet at first, was so good at cards that she almost never lost in the next few rounds.

He had to think in his heart, after marriage, she would definitely not be able to gamble so carelessly, what if she lost all her family property?

If Adele knew his greasy mentality, she would only hate herself for not winning a little more.

On Leo's side, there is Armand who releases water from time to time. After all, Morgana's money is also invested in her, so Leo and Morgana basically have the same results. There are losses and wins, but the amount is similar. Adele Most of the winning money came from that unlucky Prucker.

Morgana laughed happily beside her, and looked at Leo from time to time, both of them were as happy as a little mouse stealing lamp oil, Armand couldn't understand what the two of them were laughing about, he was busy Sending cards to Leo without letting myself lose too much, my mind is all used in card counting.

"Are you playing cards?"

Just after the end of the round, Duval's voice sounded, and he came over with a wine glass, and he didn't know how long he had been watching.

Adele was so absorbed in the joy of winning the cards that she didn't notice it at all.

Hearing the voice, she raised her head and smiled with him, who also nodded in response.

Armand's heart trembled, and after realizing that his betting chips were getting bigger and bigger, he felt panic, for fear that his father would be angry and disappoint him. According to his impression, his strict father usually did not allow him to gamble.

Morgana didn't think too much, and quickly explained the situation, her words were full of admiration for Adele's card skills.

Duval nodded when he heard the words, and only looked at his silent and stupid son:

"stand up."

The author has something to say:

Armand: Don't, don't hit (kneel down)

Duval et al.: ?