Charles's office is located on the fifth floor of the mall, which is the dining area, and downstairs sells magical furniture and home decorations such as air conditioners.

It was late at night outside, the mall had closed after a day of noisy shopping, and Charles sat quietly on the soft and comfortable sofa and made himself a pot of tea.

It's been a busy day today, and Charles is exhausted.

In the morning, he walked around the mall with a group of bigwigs, and at noon his grandfather, Giuseppe III and Auston I, held secret negotiations on the establishment of a "weaving-garment consortium" between the two countries, in which he participated as the supplier of sewing machines.

In the afternoon, Queen Victoria and Queen Elle had a secret meeting about the overseas enemy, and he was called to attend as the person who captured Lena.

When it was time for dinner, he was called by old Charles again, during which he asked a bunch of various questions, and Elizabeth, who had eaten with him when he left after dinner, rubbed his head with a smile and told him to finish his work and go back to Osmanthus City early.

Just now, he and the Wright sisters had a small meeting about the work of Makross and agreed on the next course for the development of the group company.

Now he hasn't been able to rest, and the last group of people are ready to come to him, and after he is done, he goes directly to the station to take the train back to Osmanthus City.

There was a knock on the door, and Adonis and Rigoletto arrived.

As he entered, Rigoletto took a small half-step ahead of Adonis in the office.

Adonis only slowed down a little, letting Rigoletto enter the office.

Rigoletto's nose twitched slightly, and he immediately noticed a trace of perfume left in the room.

He first said to Charles: "Report to the boss, the results of today's opening ceremony are very good, and the response of customers and merchants is very satisfied. ”

Rigoletto then chirped and reported the various data in the mall today, and finally concluded: "It can be seen that the form of today is good, and the future will be better." ”

Adonis looked at Rigoletto, these data were just counted by the two of them in his office, according to Charles's arrangement, the work of the mall was mainly in his place, and he should have reported to Charles just now.

Although Adonis was a little dissatisfied with Rigoletto's robbery, he considered that he had been pitted to death by Charles, and Rigoletto often boasted that this mall was built by himself and Charles, he sighed in his heart and said, "Your Excellency Rigoletto is right. ”

Charles saw everything in his eyes, and he said quietly: "It's getting late, I'll make a long story short." ”

"It's been a hard work for everyone, especially Adonis, who has seen this place go from a barren meadow to a high-rise mall. ”

"I read the work plan you wrote, there is no problem in the general direction, and then you will implement it according to the plan, and you will look at the details of the problem yourself to solve. ”

"It's not early, Auston seems to have something to look for you, you go find him. ”

After Charles grunted this, Adonis's expression became a little lighter, and the expression on Rigoletto's face remained the same, as if Charles's decision to continue to let Adonis run the mall did not cause him to be dissatisfied.

Adonis left, and Rigoletto stayed.

Charles glanced at Rigoletto, pointed to the sofa next to him angrily, and said, "Sit down." ”

After Rigoletto sat down, Charles drank a cup of tea and asked him, "How are you at home?"

Court nobles like Rigoletto were the most affected by the change of royal power, especially when Giuseppe III held military power, and if the court nobles did not immediately pledge their allegiance to the new king, they might have a car accident at home the next day.

Not to mention that Rigoletto was previously the butler of Louis Dauphin, and the words to hang street lamps can be hung in a prosperous area.

Rigoletto was glad that he had caught Charles's line early, and when Louis returned from the disgraced kingdom of Bischberg last year, he immediately resigned, and immediately went to Charles's grandfather to sell shares in the second phase of the Peace Mall after leaving the family to have nothing to do.

"With your concern, everything is fine at home. Rigoletto said that his former colleagues had been more or less stripped of a sum of money, and that he was fine.

Charles took a closer look at this guy, and had to admit that Rigoletto still had the ability, but he had a problem with the love of drilling, and the occupational disease of the court nobles at this time.

He could also see that Rigoletto wanted to take advantage of the opportunity of the Peace Mall to get ahead.

However, this was not a problem for Charles, who said to Rigoletto: "Adonis is a man of Auston I, and he will help me here for the next two or three years, and Auston I will make other arrangements for him when the time comes." ”

"Adonis is very capable, if you can learn from him at forty percent, it is no problem to find a king to be a viscount, if you can pass on those knowledge, it is not impossible to become an earl in a few generations. ”

"He's been cleaned up by me before, so he's scared of me, but he's only afraid of me. ”

Charles stopped talking, picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea to moisten his throat.

Rigoletto had been in the court for so long, and he had a deep understanding of the sounds outside the strings, and Charles almost explicitly told him that Adonis would not be here for long, and if his level was enough, he would let him manage it here, and it would be of great benefit to manage it well. And Adonis is not a good stubble, he only didn't clean up Charles because he gave him face.

The air conditioning in the mall has been turned off, but the air is still quite cold.

Rigoletto couldn't remember how he had walked out of Charles's office, only to find that the sweat behind him and in his hair was chilling.

If it weren't for Charles's reminder, he would have planned to use his rich office fighting skills to snatch Adonis' position in the days to come, and then ...... Then he was slashed by Adonis.

On the second day of the opening of the Peace Mall, business was still booming, and even the elves came to buy things.

Five minutes before the end of work that afternoon, Rigoletto arrived at Adonis's office.

Adonis tilted his head and asked, "Is there something wrong?"

Rigoletto's face had an expression that only old buddies had when they met, and he said: "I received a coupon for a new restaurant in Greentown on my way to work this morning, but I can't enjoy the set menu alone, let's go have a drink together when we get off work?"

Adonis was stunned for a moment, he had already seen Rigoletto's ambition to replace him, and if he hadn't cared about Charles, Rigoletto would have been cleaned up.

However, Adonis is not afraid of Rigoletto's tricks now, and last night Auston I told him to see how he behaves here in the next few years, and if he behaves well, he will return to his home country and become a viscount again.

So Adonis, who had nothing to fear from Rigoletto, agreed to his invitation.

After work, Rigoletto took Adonis to Elizabeth's restaurant in Greentown, where he had last met Charles.

Adonis was slightly surprised when he saw the destination, he knew the place, but he had never been there.

Not long after the two arrived at the box, a fragrant roasted yellow crispy golden-skinned chicken was brought to the table.

"I heard that you and His Majesty Auston are childhood friends?" said Rigoletto, opening with a question that the nobles of the Relic Kingdom knew.

"I'm ashamed. "I was ignorant and betrayed your majesty's trust in me. ”

Rigoletto sighed: "If you can follow a promising Majesty, your future will also be bright." ”

"You're not like me, I used to be a stupid prince...... Alas...... It's all tears. ”

Adonis had heard about Louis Rebach before, and now he felt sympathy as Rigoletto poured out his past suffering.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Rigoletto suddenly said with a hint of crying: "It doesn't matter if I have suffered myself for so many years, but it is a pity that my children have also suffered." ”

Adonis asked sympathetically, "Is your family having a hard time right now?"

"yes. Rigoletto said helplessly, "We used to live only by watching the king's bounty, but none of us could have imagined that His Majesty was assassinated by an evil demon two years ago, and we became duckweed without roots. ”

"If it weren't for the fact that I happened to meet His Highness Charles that day, alas...... I don't know what will happen to my children in the future. ”

After he finished speaking, he poured himself a large sip of wine, and his face was full of fear and sadness.

At this time, Adonis casually asked, "Aren't you bringing your family to Greentown?"

Rigoletto was waiting for this sentence from Adonis tonight, and his face struggled for a moment, and he said, "I wanted to bring them in, but ...... Alas......"

Adonis asked curiously, "Do you have any problems?"

Rigoletto smiled bitterly and said, "If my child comes, he can only wait for me to die and inherit my small inheritance as before, and the child will not be able to integrate into the life of the elves." ”

"I'm afraid that the child will have a bad reputation if he doesn't have a bad reputation, it doesn't matter if my reputation is not good, if His Royal Highness Charles is implicated, then ...... Alas......"

"I also want to find a decent job for my child here, but the elf asks for ...... Alas......"

After he finished speaking, he continued to pour himself wine.

Seeing him, Adonis said, "Wouldn't it be nice to let your kids work here at the mall?" ”

"No!" Rigoletto hurriedly shook his head, "If His Highness Charles thinks I'm a cronyism and tries to overthrow him, my days will be over." ”

"Well...... "Well," said Adonis after a moment's thought, "how about you let your children come to me to help, there will be more and more work to come, and I won't have enough people around me." ”

"This ......," Rigoletto said, with a look of embarrassment on his face.

Adonis continued, "Don't worry, I'll explain this to Charles. ”

Rigoletto hesitated on the surface, and finally could only half-push and half-on-the-spot to respond.