His Excellency the Count of Grandet

Why are the de Aubrion family in Charleston?We have to say that this has an inseparable relationship with their own degree of death.

As Mrs. de Aubrion said, Aubrion is considered a descendant of a family (regardless of whether he has fallen or not), and he can speak in front of the Count of Artois.But worse than many other nobles who fell in the Revolution, the last captain of the line had died long before that.

For M. de Aubrion, this would leave him with only one title of Marquis hereditary.But in fact, he can only be called a viscount, because the marquis must have a territory worth at least [-] francs.

Doesn't sound like much, right?But M. de Aubrion was too poor to afford even that.

The first reason is that his annual income is only [-] francs; more importantly, he was hotheaded back then, married a woman who was well-known in the social world, and spent money (otherwise [-] francs would be very expensive for an ordinary family. still enough); the last one is the worst - he also has a rather ugly daughter at his knees.

Anyone who knew what was going on in M. de Aubrion's house felt that Miss de Aubrion was hopeless.Because, if a woman grows up like her withered dragonfly, she never needs to expect a man to favor her; and a father can't even afford his wife's expenses, so he doesn't want to buy a dowry for his daughter.

——Then where can I get married?

But mothers don't think so.Although she was almost desperate when she saw her daughter, she still hadn't given up completely.She spent a lot of time on her daughter's dress, finally creating artificial femininity on the airport-like flat body; Stretch out your feet to divert other people's attention.

and so on and so forth.If you write down all the methods, you can open a museum to teach mothers all over the world how to dress up and sell their daughters.

Madame de Aubrion took all this painstaking effort for one purpose only—to entice a wealthy son-in-law.

Because there was no way her husband would be able to come up with enough money for her to squander without looking.The Aubrion family has fallen, and there is no way to find a way out. Of course, the only option is to find a son-in-law.

If M. de Aubrion had some of the habits of his master, the Comte d'Artois, who regarded the common people with contempt, neither did Mme de Aubrion.To her, the appearance and family background of her son-in-law are all floating clouds, and the most important thing is to have money!

The money is enough to help the Aubrion family pay off their debts, and the money is enough to support their family of three in the future!

Compared with the future where she can still spend money lavishly, what is face?

That is why the de Aubrions are here now.Because Mr. de Aubrion's only remaining property is in the West Indies; in order to fill his wife's shortfall, this time he cut down the sugar cane on it and sold it, of course he had to go through the customs of the importing place.

And because of this, at this time Madame de Aubrion was very active in introducing her daughter to the two men who were almost frozen. "Come on, Mary, come down quickly, don't be shy!"

M. de Aubrion was not impressed by her solicitous, almost obsequious tone.How can they say that they are all nobles, why should they bow their knees to the French who met by chance? "How could you..." He complained halfway, his eyes glanced over Charles' side inadvertently, and suddenly got stuck.

……etc?This impatient young gentleman looks a bit like the Duke of Chartres...?

Madame de Aubrion, who was trying to pull her daughter out of the car, did not see the sudden change in her husband's face behind her. "Oh, yes, hurry up..." she rambled, with obvious excitement, "don't keep the gentlemen waiting..."

The expressions on the faces of Charles and Ferdinand could no longer be described with black lines.Ferdinand's social circle has always been high, and he has never seen such a shameless woman; as for Charles, he can swear that he underestimated Miss de Aubrion——

He knew that this young lady was ugly, but he didn't expect it to be so ugly!

A dilapidated family with debts, a father-in-law who looks down on others, a mother-in-law who only spends money, such as a wife whose flowers are like flowers...

Where is the brain broken to marry this kind of woman? !

Just as Charles roared silently in his heart, Mr. de Aubrion, who was overly shocked, finally came back to his senses. "Please forgive my presumptuousness, are you... Your Excellency the Duke of Chartres?" When he said this, the previous arrogant look was completely gone, and his back was still a little bent.

After being named, Ferdinand flew over with a sharp eye.Even if it is the king, he is not so disdainful when talking to him, he has learned a lesson today!You must know that Aubrion's job is a servant, and he must have seen many high-ranking officials. His eyesight shouldn't be so bad!Even if he wasn't a duke, he wouldn't have a good impression of such a condescending person!

Charles understood instantly.Ferdinand didn't have many aristocratic habits, and he could even be considered sympathetic, but this only made him look down on the Aubrion family even more. "You go back first, and leave it to me to deal with it, Your Excellency the Duke."

This is undoubtedly an affirmation in disguise.Mr. de Aubrion trembled all over, his head was so low that only his back could be seen; while Mrs. de Aubrion froze while keeping her daughter out of the car and turning her head, her face full of dismay. Confidence, tongue-tied; it was a pain to Mademoiselle de Aubrion, for she was swaying up and down with her foot still in the carriage.

Ferdinand was exactly what he wanted. "Hurry up." He patted Charles' forearm, "I'll let them wait for you."

them?which of them?They who are with His Excellency the Duke must be easier to offend than the other, right?

Mr. de Aubrion complained endlessly in his heart, and finally vaguely remembered the investigation group that was going to America that had been rumored in Paris a while ago.Because there was no one from the Earl of Artois, so he only listened to it, and felt that His Excellency the Earl was unhappy, so he didn't dare to ask in detail——

Those are the most famous rich men in France!It is no surprise that the Duke is here!Then which shining local tyrant did he ignore just now?

After seeing Ferdinand's boots disappear out of the corner of his eye for a while, Mr. de Aubrion dared to raise his head. "What happened just now was a misunderstanding. My wife has no intention of offending you. But, what should you call me?"

Charles raised an eyebrow.Yo, now you have "misunderstood" "you"?It seemed that he was in the favor of Ferdinand, you know the old gentleman didn't even bother to give him a look just now. "Grantai in Paris." He said directly. Anyway, his obvious target would be found if he didn't say anything. "Since it's just a misunderstanding, I'll leave first and don't bother."

He lifted his legs and walked away, very fast.Madame de Aubrion wanted to say something at first, but after she had fully digested the surname Grandet, Charles had long since disappeared.

"Grandet!" She almost screamed with excitement, "Is that the one I imagined? Then he is Charles? In the past two years, almost all mothers who have daughters to marry have talked about this name!"

"All?" Mr. de Aubrion originally wanted to blame his wife for her recklessness, but his attention was temporarily taken away. "what do you mean?"

This rigid person will die of stupidity one day!

Madame de Aubrion hated iron for steel.Just because her husband has been unable to turn his head around, the Aubrion family is getting poorer and poorer!They can't even afford the fiefdom, so what's the use of that vain title of Marquis?

"You really haven't heard of it, have you?" She said hastily, with a whimpering voice because she was too fast, "The Grandet's house in Paris was originally a wine wholesale business, and later became a wine specialist for the army." Suppliers, gold is drilled into their house as if they had eyes! Charles is the only young master of the Grandet family. He knows many famous people, and it is common for him to go to and from the palace! How can you not remember such a person well? "You're so stupid!

But she did not expect that if M. de Aubrion had been smarter, he would not have married her back then; it is exactly what kind of pot and lid are made for each other.

At last M. de Aubrion's rusty brain gave a creak. "He's... the one who can..." Because he was surprised, he couldn't speak clearly, "that can make Monsieur Lafitte of the Pergo Silver Company hand over all the gold to the Charles who opened the factory? I heard Your Majesty likes him very much!" Very rich, no doubt; and a celebrity before His Majesty the King!

"Isn't that right!" Madame de Aubrion quickly answered. "It was a godsend opportunity just now! But you are lucky to let them go away like this!"

It was fine if she didn't say it, but as soon as she said Mr. de Aubrion, she thought of her previous words. "Think about how you spoke to His Excellency the Duke and Master Grandet just now? There is a Marquis succession in the family? And a captain? Do you think they are rare?"

Although the words of the hostess usually prevailed in the Aubrion family, Mrs. de Aubrion recalled these boastful words, and wished she could pack herself a few minutes ago and send her to heaven——

Naturally, Charles and Ferdinand would not be interested in the things she boasted about!This is good, the first impression is all bad!

But it was impossible to ask Madame de Aubrion to admit defeat. "But maybe," she said bluntly, completely irrational, "Your Excellency, it's all right, the Grandet family's background is there, they are common people! Even if His Majesty awards them titles in the future, then we will be the only ones." A pure nobleman!"

This pleased M. de Aubrion greatly. "That's right," he said complacently, "that's why he came to ask to marry our daughter."

Just when the couple fell into delusion about the future, Miss de Aubrion, who had been unable to intervene until now, finally couldn't hold on to the difficult posture of being unable to get off the ground. Her legs shook and she fell off the carriage, making a loud noise. Noise, smoke and dust scattered.

At this time, Charles had already reached the side of the main road, and suddenly felt a faint hair on his back.He shook his body, trying to get rid of that feeling - want to marry him?It also depends on whether he agrees or not!

The author has something to say: Victor: And me! [sharpening the knife