The Duke of Treville, who looked very unhappy, quickly left, and only two people were left in the dining room facing each other.

But the dinner continued.

Then came the highlight of the dinner, when the servants finally brought the foie gras. It was a rare opportunity to fight local tyrants, and of course Charles was honest and unkind, and ate them piece by piece.

Charlotte didn't eat much as before, just quietly looked at the young man opposite. Her right hand gently stroked a strand of her blonde hair that was hanging down, and a smile appeared on her face.

It wasn't until after Charles had eaten for a while that Charlotte spoke.

"Charles, you're still as fond of telling jokes as you used to...... Grandpa is rarely so angry that he loses his temper......"

Charles smiled back.

"I'm afraid it's mainly because of the major setbacks you've suffered in the past, which has made him feel bad."

"Hey......" Charlotte sighed softly, "a major setback...... Indeed, when my grandfather received the report of the firefight that night, he was so angry that he lifted his desk......"

To make the Duke of Treville, who has always been moody, angry like this, seems to be a big enough blow. However, Charles was certainly happy.

However, judging from the time, his previous visit to the Duke of Treville was just a few days after the arrest and firefight, and at this time, the Duke of Treville had no abnormalities at all, and there was not even a trace of emotional fluctuations. Charles thought to himself that this skill of nourishing qi was worth learning.

Charlotte sighed and stopped talking, didn't even touch the utensils, and just quietly continued to watch Charles eat. For a moment, except for the sound of the collision of the Charles' cutlery and the footsteps of the servants carefully lowered, there was an eerie silence in the restaurant.

After this silence lasted for a while, Rao Yichar's cheekiness could not stand it anymore. "Don't you have something important to tell me? The question of cooperation. ”

"Let's talk about it when you eat happily first, we still have time today, don't worry." Charlotte still smiled, "Our Treville family is very hospitable, even if it is our own relative, although it is a pity that this relative does not receive us with the same enthusiasm......"

Charles was as good as he could, ate a few more slices of foie gras, and then spoke.

"Now I've eaten almost, you can say."

"You're really not polite at all." Charlotte shook her head slightly, her smile tingling with helplessness and a hint of hidden joy.

"To get down to business, how are you going to bring down Mr. Soul?" Charles asked calmly.

"It's still an acute child." Charlotte smiled and nodded.

Then, the atmosphere of the whole restaurant seems to change. Obviously she is still the woman in gorgeous clothes, and she is still the same smile, but the fierceness in her eyes makes the temperature around her seem to drop a little.

This is Charlotte who is getting serious.

Feelings are feelings, and careers are careers, and it seems that they also know the difference.

"You must also know that although my grandfather has rejected many invitations from the current government, he still has a good relationship with many of them, right?"

The opening statement was a bit abrupt, causing Charles to pause slightly, but he quickly changed his mind.

The Duke of Treville has retired from the government since the July Revolution and has repeatedly turned down invitations from the present government, yet he has been very close to some powerful figures.

At first, Charles thought it was just a way for a retired politician to maintain his influence, but now it seems to have a completely different meaning.

Either to spy on political intelligence, to incite the wavering, or both. It seems that this was the main motivation for the Duke of Treville to remain in close contact with the top of the political hierarchy after his semi-seclusion.

Thinking of this, Charles nodded and waited for his cousin's next words.

Charlotte finally got started, and she slowly spread the foie gras onto the bread and gently put it into her mouth with a fork. She didn't speak until she had finished eating.

"Our king, Bixia, hates his prime minister. Although he usually hides it well, grandpa can see it. This is the most basic premise for us to be able to bring him down. ”

"But as far as I can see, our king, Bixia, or this dynasty, is very dependent on Mr. Sirte." Charles calmly put forward his opinion.

"You're right. But ......," Charlotte replied with a smile, "because our king Bixia depends on him, we hate him." It is not uncommon for a monarch to hate the person on whom he depends, because the presence of this person makes it appear that the monarch is nothing more than a foil. Every monarch who is not smart enough will hate himself for being a foil......"

"And the wise monarch understands the benefits of hiding behind the scenes." Charles added to the remark.

"That's right."

The two men looked at each other and smiled at the same time.

In the past, this is how they talked about ancient and modern China and foreign countries.

Charles continued to eat a piece of foie gras, which whetted his appetite.

"In other words, in fact, our king Bixia is actually very jealous of his prime minister, because his influence and power are too great?"

"Exactly." Charlotte smiled and nodded.

Charles thought about it carefully, and then accepted this statement, after all, it is not uncommon for powerful ministers to be suspicious of the monarch, both ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign. "And then, with this undertone, how do we go further?"

Charlotte looked at Charles gently.

"If you have been dependent on another person, even if you hate it in your heart, the monarch may not abandon him, right? Just like Louis XIII and his prime minister, Cardinal Richelieu. ”

"I think so too."

The corners of Charlotte's mouth twitched up slightly, and she drew a perfect smile.

"Charles, how do you think a monarch can abandon the man he has always relied on?"

Charles thought for a moment, then replied.

"In two cases, one is that he feels that everything has been achieved and that he no longer needs this person......"

"On the other hand, he feels that the person he relies on is powerless and has failed to live up to his dependence, so he hates this person even more." Charlotte gently picked up Charles's words.

"We can't do the former......" Charles continued.

"But we can do the latter."

"Oh, I see." Charles nodded. "You mean to create unrest and make King Bixia deepen his suspicion and disappointment with Sirte, and Zuihou replaces him."

Charlotte shook her head, then replied. "More than that, Charr."

"Oh?" Charles was a little curious. "Anything else?"

Charlotte's smile grew thicker, with a hint of mystery and obscurity.

"What if...... Charles, I mean what if...... How would you ......feel if you were the number two man in a government, who had been the Minister of Foreign Affairs for seven years, who was trusted by the king and respected by his colleagues, and the man above you was still in front of you all day long, with no sign of dying of old age? ”

Charles narrowed his eyes slightly.

He understood that Charlotte's assumption was not about himself but about someone, but he still followed Charlotte's tone.

"Oh, if it were me, I'm afraid I'd be impatient."

"Will you find a way to remove the stone from above?" Charlotte asked.

"Maybe."

Charlotte spread her hands. "So that's the basic situation."

"So, you mean, that Mr. 'Charles' has been impatient to wait and is going to take Surtra down?" There was a hint of suspicion in Charles's tone, "And then he came to ask the royal party for help?" ”

"Not really, that gentleman wouldn't have been so stupid." Charlotte smiled again and shook her head, "He is just secretly contacting some influential members of the House of Representatives and the House of Lords, intending to use them to attack in a roundabout way, and at the same time make trouble, and fan the flames in front of King Bixia, so that Soult will lose the capital and opportunity to continue to be entrenched in that position in a short time." It's just that, unfortunately, some of the people he contacted were some of our secret members. ”

"So you're going to help him?" Charles then asked.

"Yes, forts have always been easiest to breach from within. It's hard to get an unaware helper to do this together, so what if weishenme doesn't do it? After getting rid of Mr. Sirte, that gentleman was much easier to deal with. Charlotte raised her eyebrows slightly, thinking that she was just talking about which dress to buy.

Charles muttered for a few seconds.

"What should I do?"

"The Duke of Treville has contacted the gentleman."

As if seeing Charles' expression, Charlotte made a gesture. "Of course, it was through a reliable member of ours who didn't know about it - although my grandfather was never exposed, his political leanings were more obvious, and it was easy to arouse the suspicion of that gentleman, and thus undone his achievements."

"Good." Charles approved.

"Our man, who promised to help him. And what he meant was to create a few controllable incidents in and around the royal capital, in order to provide his people with a pretext to attack the prime minister......"

"Controllable?" Charles repeated.

"If the chaos is too big, it is not the prime minister but the entire cabinet who should be responsible, which is easy to understand."

So what exactly is he going to do about it? Also, how should we cooperate and how should we intervene? ”

"It's not clear that our guy doesn't have the full trust of the other party, and the other party is probably in the preparation stage." Charlotte smiled bitterly and shook her head, "Grandpa called you to mean that everyone should first establish a preliminary cooperation intention, and if we can negotiate, we should prepare as soon as possible, so as not to be able to do anything in a hurry when the matter comes." ”

"Very visionary idea." Charles nodded in acknowledgement.

Then he ate a piece of foie gras from Zuihou. "I'll take this to the people on our side. Personally, I agree with this collaboration. ”

"That's great." Charlotte laughed with relief. "Looks like this dinner is worth it."

"So, is there anything else to say?" As Charles prepares to take his leave, he wants to go back and digest what he's gotten for the day—not just food, but also to talk to his grandfather about what's next.

"And one more, Charles." Charlotte's voice suddenly changed slightly. "It's my personal business."

"What?"

Charlotte's eyes were filled with a warm smile again, and the sharp Charlotte just now seemed to be just an illusion.

"Promise me that between the two of us, only the two of us, will never attack each other, okay?"

Charles lowered his eyes.

No, it's not two years ago, what the hell has become of both of them now? Even just now, what were you talking about? Everyone is not the same as it used to be.

"Charlotte, at our age, can we still trust other people's promises? Even if I promised you, what's the point? ”

"What if I would believe it?" Charlotte smiled.

Charles smiled as well. "What if I'm not willing to commit? Personally, I don't want us to draw our swords against each other, but if the day comes when I have to, I'm going to have to do it. So you get the idea, right? What about you? Will you do it? ”

Charlotte's smile slowly took on a little bitterness and inexplicability.

"Maybe?"

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