The Happy Life of a Duchess

Margaret arrived at Bailu Manor a little later than expected.

Adele awaits her arrival with her brother Alexander, and although the Duke has said she will not be remembered as another Duchess, in this home he still hopes to give her the favoritism that this resemblance brings. Something decent, not belittled like other prostitutes.

Adele saw that the Duke still wanted to at least pull her out of those depraved lives, develop a good habit, and give her a dowry to take care of her in the future so that she can have a good family.

There are no conscientious courtesans, even if there are very few such examples, most prostitutes cannot overcome the habit of relying on flesh and blood to sell their youth and easily obtain a good life. At the same time, they have also developed a very bad way of life. Vanity and luxury.

Adele has no prejudice against Marguerite Gautier, La Traviata, and even likes her a little more emotionally. At the same time, she needs to confirm the true attitude and thoughts of the Duke's father.

Even if Margaret really lived in Bailu Manor as her god-sister, she would still be able to face the new situation and think about a new way of life——

Although this road will be more difficult than the original.

She doesn't have much hope for women's life in this era, if she can really marry a desirable object, it will be a blessing among misfortunes.

The greater possibility is that she reluctantly married a man of comparable status, and the other party gave her enough dignity, but it was still impossible to cut off lovers and communication outside, and she would also have illegitimate children, and she could only enjoy it in a corner. Living a wealthy life, taking care of the children, even if you have no morals, you can also cheat and find two lovers.

Such things exist even in modern times.

She can only make herself as good as possible based on the existing conditions.

Right now, she has only one hope, and the first step to this end is to find a way to gradually change the meals at the Duke's Mansion, making these dishes more abundant and more in line with her taste.

The duke had no doubts about her taking the initiative, and in a way quite indulged her.

"Is she here?"

Hearing the sound of the carriage outside, Alexander tilted his head.

The relationship between him and Adele gradually eased, and the two were able to talk. After Adele realized that his character was not bad, it was just unavoidable to feel childishly unbalanced—there is no child who does not expect the love of his parents , regardless of origin.

At first Adele teased him to say a few more words, and later he would take the initiative to ask some things, and the two would occasionally have a picnic in the garden and drink afternoon tea together.

"Yes." Adele saw that another old butler's deputy had gone to pick it up.

Right now Margaret is more like a guest in the family who wants to get closer.

Having grasped this point, Adele breathed a sigh of relief, and told Alexander not to be too shameless—he has been quite noisy recently, and several servants have sued him.

The child hesitated to speak, but did not refute her words in the end. When Margaret arrived, she also called "sister" in a dignified manner.

Margaret is a slightly tall woman. She magnifies her advantages with the proper matching of the shawl and long skirt. She has a decent smile on her face and a beautiful figure, which is very sexy and coquettish.

She has a pair of very pure eyes. When Adele saw it, she was surprised and understood. In terms of appearance, she was somewhat similar to herself, but also somewhat different.

For example, her hair is a more solid color, a beautiful black, while Adele is a more French mixed brown and black.

Different from Adele's dark blue eyes, when one sees Margaret, one can be attracted by her impossibly pure eyes. The clear eyes and clear pupils seem to be able to see the bottom at a glance.

She was also a little surprised to see Adele.

She had heard about this daughter who was loved by the old duke for a long time, and even said that she was able to step here because of her favor.

But Adele's appearance is indeed somewhat different from what she imagined. This is an extremely beautiful and intelligent lady. Just a smile makes her understand that this is not only a decent lady, but also a very smart and clever lady. girl.

But after smiling, the biggest feeling she got was kindness, which is really rare for a noble lady.

It's not that she is not noble or elegant, but that she has a rare kind of peace and even gentleness that can be accepted by ordinary people like her or even lowly people. This alone makes Margaret very surprised up.

"Princess."

She took the initiative to salute, and Adele stepped forward to return the salute, and then introduced her with a smile.

"This is Alexander."

"Hello."

Margaret could see that this kid was a little hostile towards her, but she didn't take it seriously because there were many people who didn't like her.

Adele saw her confusion clearly, and she just greeted her with a smile. Objectively, she really couldn't do the arrogance and discrimination in the bones of some old nobles, and her ideology did not allow her to do so. .

"Just call me Adele."

"Margaret, just call me by my first name."

Margaret accepted the kindness.

"Welcome to Bailu Manor. I've heard about you for a long time. I'm so glad to meet you."

Adele took the initiative to hold out her hand, and Margaret accepted it with a smile, and it was all appropriate in dealing with people.

"I heard my father talk about you earlier. At that time, I thought, if there is a girl who looks like me, it would be really bad..." Adele winked at her mischievously, "Like a sick girl!" Yangzi is not a good thing, I was too sick at the time, a good and healthy girl like me is not a good thing..."

"..." Margaret heaved a sigh of relief, at least judging from the funny words, Adele didn't mind this matter, so she also showed a little smile.

"You are such a good-looking lady, whether you are like me or I am like you, you are lucky."

Margaret also had a pure mind to be able to say these words.

To thoughtful people, it seems that she is deliberately clinging to the status of the princess to put gold on her face.

But just because Adele saw that she didn't mean anything in this regard, she felt that she was an unexpectedly "innocent" girl.

To be fair, Adele is younger than her, and she really thinks better than anyone else. It must be that the later ones are like the previous ones.

Only those who are infected by money and power, from a secular point of view, will have a series of "polite" under "social rules", and her sincere praise is completely like a child who is "unworldly".

There is no distinction between good and bad. If you want to adapt to the society better, you need to have some sophistication, but if this innocence is placed on a prostitute, it will be even more rare.

The smile on Adele's face deepened. She didn't dislike Margaret's words at all, but she felt cordial in surprise.

Margaret is indeed, as the book says, a prostitute who is pure and kind in nature, does not covet vanity, and bows her head to power.

The heroine Adele likes has her own charm as a heroine, and her emotional favor is not given to the wrong person.

Adele seldom talked during meals, but only today, she rarely talked more.

Margaret was also surprised by her, but after the conversation, after realizing that she was treating each other sincerely, she couldn't help feeling warm in her heart.

Both of them were surprised and delighted by each other's true temperament and talents, but they couldn't talk more because of their different identities.

Although Margaret is pure and kind, she is not ignorant of reason. She even has a sense of self-defeating despair about her own identity.

Because she didn't want to make her worry too much, she took the initiative to express that she would move out in the future, and thanked Mr. Duke for his kindness.

The two had been warm for a few days. Adele originally wanted to show her her cooking skills, but she heard that she took the initiative to bid farewell to the Duke and went to the new residence she just bought.

"That's it..." She was silent for a while, then looked at Jenny, "Who handled it?"

"What do you mean?" Jenny looked puzzled.

"Is it because she didn't have a good time here?" She frowned and changed the question.

"Although you let everyone treat Miss Gautier as a guest, there are always a few people who talk dirty in private."

Jenny is one of the few people who can quickly accept Adele's ideas. It is better to say that everything about her is based on Adele's attitude.

When Adele was confused about how to deal with La Traviata, she also adopted a conservative general resistance concept, but after Adele accepted the other party, Jenny changed her attitude as quickly as possible, instead of sticking to the original secular idea .

Although she didn't quite understand why Adele didn't mind her—there were ups and downs and hesitation, but in the end she still settled in kindness, but thinking that this young lady had such a good temperament, she seemed to understand something.

"...It was my initial hesitation that killed her."

Adele sighed inwardly, reflecting on herself.

"Miss, you can't treat her better, she's just a courtesan after all." Jenny had to remind her.

"No matter how good it is, it can't be too special. Unless everyone's ideas are changed together, it's not a good thing for Miss to do that special case by herself."

"..." Adele paused as she washed the tomatoes, and quickly skipped something in her mind, but she also knew that this so-called free thought had not penetrated into every aspect of women's lives.

Even if it is now said that Margaret was forced to become a prostitute because of her poor father, at least she should have basic sympathy for her, it is just empty talk, and no one will believe it.

"Invite her over to play later."

She sighed.

"Oh, by the way, remember to ask Alexander to come over. There are too many servants who have complained in the past few days. What happened, I have to ask him what he thinks in person, and I can't just rely on the servant's one-sided words. "

"Okay miss." Jenny immediately agreed, then remembered again, "Miss, can you read the letter for me? It was sent to Sister Burns and distant cousins. Sister Burns asked me to choose my words to keep things close to the relatives over there." connection."

"Is it the one in England?" Adele turned her head and asked.

"Yes, the nun asked me to write to that little niece called Helen Burns, who is already at school."