Hearing the suppressed cry behind him, Charles also felt very bad, and he silently took Agnes down the corridor to prepare to return to the living room just now.

"I thought I would have to face a violent storm, but I didn't expect it to be so easy." Agnes suddenly said, "He was more restrained than he had imagined, only sad but not losing his mind. ”

"No one will be happy to see someone who kills their only son." Charles replied with a little unpleasantness. "You're being a little too mean to him."

"Is this still my fault?" Agnes sneered, "Did I kill your father for no reason?" ”

“…… I didn't mean that, of course you have your reasons, so we don't want to mention it anymore now. Charles sighed at the end. Let this matter go through completely, and no one should mention it again. ”

Agnes was one of the people responsible for the tragedy, so she was able to say a few words to him in a good voice, and to tell the old man where Edgar was buried, and not to ask for too much.

"yes, then let it all pass." Agnes nodded slightly, the snarky look on her face just now suddenly disappeared, but she looked a little stunned, "Now that everything is over, you have become an indispensable and excellent person for the country, I think Alice will also be very pleased." As for me, I can finally live my life to my liking. ”

"Well, I congratulate you." Although Agnes is theoretically his 'father's killer', Charles thinks that Edgar should have died sooner, otherwise he would not have delayed Agnes for so many years.

yes, it's been too long.

He looked at his aunt in front of him.

Although her face is still fair and smooth, with a residual youthful afterglow, there are already slight wrinkles at the corners of her eyes, and it is obvious that she has begun to go downhill.

Suddenly, he felt a little stunned.

yes, who am I to rep her? She is the victim, and she is the one who pays the most. Even I should thank her for solving a problem for us.

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have talked to you like that." He bowed slightly, then apologized, "I sincerely wish you a happy life in the future." ”

"Finally, you still have the last bit of conscience." Agnes smiled slightly, "By the way, there's something I want to ask you. ”

"Excuse me?" Charles was a little curious.

"I've heard something about you, huh...... Compare the negative things. Agnes hesitated for a rare moment, looking a little embarrassed. I'd like to check with you. ”

"What's the matter?" Charles was still confused, "You...... As you know, no one in our line of work will inevitably do something less honorable, and each of us has a lot of political enemies, so it is inevitable that many people will say bad things about us, and I ask you not to take it seriously. ”

"No, it's not a political thing, I don't care about the issues that you politicians are fighting for, it's dirty enough anyway, everyone knows that there are no good people in Vanity Fair, and what others say about you is none of my business, what I want to say is something else." Agnes shook her head, "I've heard you've had a good time in private, and you've been dealing with a lot of ladies, right?" ”

Belch......

For a moment, Charles didn't know how to answer, he subconsciously denied it, but he couldn't say anything in front of his aunt's sight, she seemed to have heard a lot of rumors, and there was no point in denying it.

"Not a lot." In the end, he could only give such an ambiguous and ambiguous answer. "There are only one or two who have been very close to each other."

"You're really ......," Agnes frowned.

I haven't seen him for ten years, and the person in front of him has grown from a teenager to a young man, to a powerful person, and has done a proud deed. However, he has also become a prodigal who attracts bees and butterflies like other young people, and while chasing fame and fortune, he also indulges his own desires.

She is not a child who doesn't know anything, when she was by her father's side, she also knew that most of the best people in Vanity Fair attracted bees and butterflies, although she watched him grow up since she was a child, and loved him from the bottom of her heart, but she could only face the reality, he was completely different from the teenager in her impression.

It's just that...... She still finds it a little hard to accept.

"Don't you feel guilty? Charlotte loves you so much. Finally, she couldn't help but ask.

"I ...... I do feel a little guilty sometimes," Charles finally nodded after a moment's hesitation, "I do feel sorry for Charlotte. ”

"Yes, of course you're sorry for her, she loved you, married you, gave birth to your child, and was willing to spend her life with you," Agnes sneered, "but what about you, what do you use to repay her?" Just betrayal in private? Don't forget, no matter what she does to others, she is very chaste to you, do you want to find a better wife than this? ”

"I know what you say, I know ......" Charles nodded again, "so I'll compensate her with everything I can give." You see, now she is the focus of the whole social world, and the wives of the whole country envy her status......"

"What a compensation! Do you think that you can offset the debt of love with money, status, and title? Agnes couldn't help but raise her hand and pluck his ear as she had done back then, "When did I teach you to do this to others?" Can't you return loyalty with loyalty and treat your wife wholeheartedly? ”

"I'm sorry, I can't."

"What?" Charles' answer was so crisp that Agnes didn't react for a moment.

"Yes, I can't, I'm very sorry." Charles sighed, then suddenly reached out and took the other man's hand, and walked to the window of the corridor on the second floor.

At this time, the sound of music downstairs and the sound of people's conversation rushed straight into their ears, so that it was not noisy.

"Did you hear that? It's noisy, isn't it? Because there are too many people. Yes, there are too many people, and there are more and more of them. I have many subordinates and many friends who are loyal to me, and through whom I seek power and achieve my own goals. Now their future and their hopes are all on me, they advance and retreat with me, I am glorious and developed, they will be able to follow the soaring, I lose power, they will definitely have no hope...... I...... I'm not alone anymore, can I do whatever it takes to shatter their hopes? No, I can't! Again, for some ...... Well, for some of the women I admire and love very much, I am the same, they are either my assistants, or they have helped me a lot, they have given me too many things, and they have placed too many expectations on me, I can't say that I can put it aside, I have to do it to the end for their expectations, yes, I can't give up now, I can only go with the conviction of a sleepwalker until the end! ”

"What a crooked reasoning! According to you, you are responsible? It's obvious that he can't restrain his desire to show mercy everywhere, but he talks as if he is doing something good! Agnes laughed angrily. Is the way to repay those women is to cheat on their wives behind their backs? Can't you find happiness for them in other ways? No, don't lie to yourself, you have a way, and the reason why you don't have so many is not at all for any high-sounding reason, but for your personal desires! You do all the debauchery behind your wife's back to satisfy your lusts, just like everyone else. ”

"yes, you're right, I'm that kind of person. Maybe there's a way to get them to leave me and still be happy, but I don't want to choose. Charles lowered his voice, but his tone was firm, "I'll just enjoy them staying with me." I tried to say goodbye to one of them, but ...... Oh my God, it was so uncomfortable, I didn't want to taste that feeling again. You can despise me, but that's what I think, I just want to keep them around. If you curse, curse, I'm a cheeky bastard and will continue to do so in the future! ”

"Is there any pleasure that your wife can't give you?!" Agnes asked loudly. "Are you a husband like that?"

"I'm sorry, but that's the way it is...... Charlotte is as good as Charlotte, but I can find other pleasures in others. Charles replied calmly, regardless of how brazen his words sounded. If they want to be around me and have a different kind of fun with me, why should I change that! ”

"Smack!"

Agnes couldn't hold back any longer, she waved her hand, and then hit her face with a heavy slap, her hand strength was not as strong as ordinary people, and she naturally didn't think about controlling the strength when she was angry, so this heavy blow made Chardon can't help but cry out in pain.

was questioned and slapped in person, in the past few years, everyone has flattered him, how can anyone treat him like this? This long-lost feeling made it difficult for Charles to adapt for a while.

However, Charles did not intend to turn against his aunt, so he had to bear the blow silently.

"Charles, when did you become like that?" Agnes's expression had become very grim, not only was her face flushed, but her hands were trembling slightly. "Look at yourself, how do you be a good husband and father like this? I really didn't expect it...... I really didn't expect ......."

"I'm telling you the truth, Aunt Agnes." Charles replied earnestly, "Of course, I don't expect you to fully understand my decision for your part, but I would like to ask you not to tell Charlotte what I said, lest it upset her and make waves in our lives." You see, I can't be a perfect husband and father, but I can try to be a decent husband and father. ”

"What do you do? By deception? Agnes asked rhetorically. Is it true that playing a good husband and father in a wife and son is what you should do? ”

"If you can only rely on deception, then deceive, even if it is a dream woven by deception, it is better than the cruel reality, isn't it? Besides, I didn't completely deceive her, I respected her very much after I got married, and I had obeyed her in everything except for this little thing, and Charlotte at least enjoyed a glory that no one else could match, and no one in our family dared to quarrel with her, wasn't that enough? Charles endured the pain on his face as he whispered, "I'm not justifying myself, I know it's evil for me to do so, but I'm obedient to my wishes." ”

"That's really ......" Agnes had nothing more to say, and she found herself more worried and bitter than angry.

Before she knew it, she suddenly remembered his father, the same bohemian man.

Grandpa is like this, father is like this, how can a child not be like this? She thought to herself.

This family is so evil by nature, but it is an unpleasant fact that they can attract female moths to fight the fire every time.

Do you want to follow your father's path again? Will the tragedy of that year be repeated?

It's horrible.

"I see, and now it seems impossible for you to restrain your desires and be single-mindedly loyal to Charlotte, as she did to you, right?" After a long silence, Agnes asked in a low voice. "You've been outspoken about your thoughts, and you're going to keep doing it, aren't you?"

"Well, I love her very much, but I can't be loyal to her wholeheartedly, so I have continued those relationships despite the guilt I feel at times, and I have made amends for it." Charles sighed, "It will be like this in the future." I won't say these things to Charlotte, and I want you to keep them a secret from her as well, because ...... Well, it seems too cruel. ”

"You ......," Agnes tried to say more, but in the end she said nothing.

She had understood that it was impossible to make him wake up with verbal criticism, this man was conceited and arrogant, and he had become more stubborn because of power and the courtesy of others, and since he had made up his mind, he would probably do it to the end.

Is this how suffering and tragedy should be perpetuated from generation to generation?

Maybe he's right, Charlotte doesn't know these things better, God knows what's going to happen.

It's just that there is a generation of things, and even if there is any tragedy, she doesn't want to care. At the end of the day, both Charlotte and Charles are members of the Tréville family, not her immediate family, and she doesn't have much control over them.

But there was only one thing, and she felt she had to interfere.

"I don't live in an illusory world, and I know that many people are like you, but they at least have a bottom line, Charr, I want you to understand that even as an Imperial Minister, there are some things that you must not do, so take my advice to you. Not only will you lose everything, but you will also let everything your wife and son have come to naught and become a laughing stock. ”

After throwing her handkerchief in Charles' face, Agnes turned away.

"Mark my words, or it won't be a slap in the face." (To be continued.) )