"Don't! No! ”

"Be nice, be obedient, Fran." Charles called softly, "Brother, this is for your ......"

"Don't! No! "It's getting louder.

"Okay, it might be a little uncomfortable at first, but bear with me, and you'll be comfortable later."

"Just don't! You let me die! Let me die! Fran still resisted loudly.

"What stupid are you talking about!" Charles raised his voice, "Listen to my brother!" ”

"Don't listen! Absolutely not! ”

Charles's patience was almost worn out.

"You should take medicine when you're sick, shouldn't you?" Charles used a slightly reprimanding tone, "Also, don't talk to your brother under the covers, it's not good for your health!" ”

"It's just to cover the quilt, just don't take medicine!" The quilt was getting tighter and tighter, and it was still trembling slightly, showing how excited the owner was now. "I don't want to see you, you get out!"

Because she had been hanging out in her thin pajamas for so long last night, and had experienced so much emotional stimulation, Fran naturally caught a cold the next day, and it seemed to be quite serious, so Charles sent someone to ask for leave from the studio to let her sister recuperate at home.

"Alright, don't be angry, Fran." Charles sighed softly, "Let's just assume that nothing happened last night." ”

"You still remember!" Fran's reaction was even more intense, and there was even a faint cry, "You're satisfied!" I just often hide from your manuscripts, and now you can be proud! Wow......"

"Uh......" Charles didn't know what to say, so Zuihou reluctantly said, "Actually, if you want to see it, I'll let you watch it, don't ...... like this"

"That's what I'm going to do!"

"Anyway, since I already know, let's look forward......" Charles sat on the edge of the bed and gently patted his bulging head under the quilt with his hand, "Don't be angry, hurry up and take your medicine and have a good rest." ”

Under the rhythmic light tap of Charles, the trembling of the quilt gradually stopped, and Zuihou regained his composure. "Really?"

"Really, you can watch it as much as you like in the future, you can see it if you want to, and if you want to look at it secretly, you can also treat it as if you don't know, okay?" Charles replied softly.

After waiting for a while, the voice came from the quilt again. "After that, you must pretend that you don't know, and you are not allowed to break in while I am in the study!"

Even if I pretend not to know, I don't actually know, so can we all deceive ourselves together? What kind of thinking is this girl? Charles had some doubts in his heart, and he realized that he didn't understand his sister more and more.

Yes, as her sister grew older, she became more and more a standard, elusive French woman, a reality that Charles felt bitterly.

God, what did I do wrong, weishenme to incur such a punishment? Must watch my sister turn into another creature little by little? He lamented inwardly.

"Well, I don't know anything." Because of his loss, his tone was extremely lonely and gloomy, "Nothing happened." ”

"Don't talk and don't count!" His answer made Fran give up her resistance, and the quilt faded down little by little, revealing her delicate face, which was slightly haggard due to her illness, but even more pitiful because of it.

The girl's timid eyes made Charles forget his dissatisfaction with her for a moment.

This is my sister!

He reached out and gently stroked Fran's white forehead.

Then, he picked up the potion bottle on the dresser next to him and gently brought it to his sister's lips.

Unlike the future era of advanced medicine, doctors in this era can do quite limited, and the equipment can only be described as rudimentary, using all kinds of potions to treat diseases, God knows how useful it can be. However, Fran only had a common cold this time, and Charles asked the pharmacist for the one that people used most commonly, so there shouldn't be any problems.

Fran opened her lips and obediently drank the potion her brother had handed her, her tongue turning slightly pale from the disease, much to Charles' distress.

"You have a good rest first, and I'll come back to see you in the evening." Charles, who had finally completed the task, breathed a sigh of relief and turned around and walked out of his sister's bedroom.

It was almost lunchtime, so Charles headed straight to the restaurant, where he found his grandfather waiting for his meal.

The Marquis de Treville, dressed in a simple black flannel tuxedo and a starched white blouse, sat upright in his seat. He kept flipping through the recent newspaper in his hand, although he never looked at Charles, and the momentum of not being angry and arrogant still made Charles a little awe-inspiring. His neatly trimmed gray beard added to that seriousness.

Charles walked gently to the table and sat down quietly, ready to eat.

"Reading the newspapers lately, there has been more and more criticism of the government. Here and there. "Just after Charles was seated, the Marquis suddenly spoke." Some criticize the government's incompetence, some criticize the government's ineffective response to local disasters, and some criticize the government's ...... for being too condescending to foreign countries."

"This shows that there are more and more complaints from all walks of life, doesn't it? This shows that the control of the current government is declining more and more, and even the liliang that guides and deters public opinion is about to be lost. ”

"No, Charles, you have to look through the phenomena to see the essence." The Marquis replied coldly.

"Huh?"

"My family subscribes to several newspapers, some of them are conservative, some are pro-government, and some are radical republican. Yes, newspapers or any other media have their own position - although each of them claims to be neutral and objective. If you look at one separately, you won't get anything but brainwashing, and if you put it all together and compare it in a calm manner, you will find a lot of interesting things. ”

"For example?"

"Didn't you find out? In the newspapers that have taken an opposing stance, the criticism of the government has become more and more vague lately, not blaming the bad deeds of a specific event or a specific person, but questioning the legitimacy of the existence of the government itself...... And their sales are not decreasing? ”

"This shows that years of agitation have gradually had an effect, and people are no longer disappointed and disgusted with a certain part or a certain person of the current dynasty, but the very existence of the dynasty?"

"Yes." The old Marquis agreed with Charles's reasoning this time, "People are born to criticize the government anyway, and the key is where this criticism is concentrated." If a dozen years ago everyone in France was questioning the legitimacy of the existence of the current government, but now they are arguing about whether the authorities have done something well or not, whether someone has done something bad, it means that the government is safe today. ”

"You have a point." Charles acknowledged the Marquis's opinion.

"Blessed Monsieur Todd-Bourbon-Orleans, France has now been reduced to a country of moderation, and there is no longer the glory of the past, and it is our mission to restore her to her glory."

[Since Louis Philippe, Duke of Orleans, who is the youngest member of the Bourbon royal family, ascended the throne of France, he changed his surname to Bourbon-Orleans]

Hearing this taunt, Charles couldn't help but laugh.

In his speech to the French Parliament in 1831, the current king, Louis-Philippe, included the phrase "This government is on a middle-of-the-road course", meaning that his government intends to follow a middle course that is neither radical nor conservative. Since the king was not liked by both Bourbon orthodoxy and republicans, his political opponents often quoted this phrase and made an extension to mock the disrespectful king.

"Well, we will restore the glory of France." Charles repeated his thoughts, then picked up his glass and gestured to his grandfather, and the two of them took a sip of wine together.

Then the two began to eat, and they were silent for a while.

The Marquis, because of his age, had very little to eat, so he quickly finished it, and then he continued to read the newspaper while Charles continued to eat the rest of the food.

"Already coaxed Fran?" The Marquis suddenly asked without raising his head.

"Well, it's finally coaxed, she's finished drinking the medicine now." Charles nodded in confirmation, "However, because she has a cold, she doesn't have any appetite right now, but she has come to lunch." I'll bring some food later......"

"Hey, it's okay...... the marquis breathed a sigh of relief, "Today's children, all of them are very delicate, they catch a cold in three days, and they don't take care of their ......."

Although the words seemed to be vigorously blaming his granddaughter, the marquis's concern and love for his granddaughter were still beyond words.

"Yes," Charles echoed his grandfather's statement, "Fran's body is a little weak, so she needs to take good care of it. ”

"You children, none of them are worry-free!" The Marquis let out a sudden sigh, and then looked up from the newspaper to examine his grandson carefully. "Eventually, though, they all looked like each other...... I'm too old to have much energy to look after you. Charles, you are an older brother, and you are an adult, so take care of your sister, who is too young to understand the world. ”

Charles looked back at his grandfather and replied in a sincere tone.

"I'm going to work hard for it all my life."

"Good." The Marquis nodded in approval. "Charles, remember this man's promise! I'm already old, I'm afraid there are not many years left to live, if one day I'm gone, you two must support each other, don't dilute the family relationship because of time, you know? ”

"You're still in good health, how can you say such a thing!" Charles was in a hurry.

"Come on," the Marquis pursed his lips and smiled self-deprecatingly, "I'm already 70 years old, and even if I'm in decent health now, how much can I hope for?" ”

Charles was momentarily speechless.

"Don't worry, each of us will have such a day after all." Seeing that his grandson was a little sentimental, the marquis smiled and comforted, "The important thing is to live well now!" If I don't see my grandchildren living a good life, old Victor won't close his eyes! ”

"Definitely." Charles replied.

"You should also pay attention to what I told you that day." The Marquis brought up the previous matter again and continued to advise. "Find a woman with money and a bit of brains as soon as possible, and continue the blood of Tréville - although France is very short of such women, there are still a few ......"

Ahem, Charles lowered his head and continued to eat, not daring to answer.

"And Fran, she's not very young now, and we should have thought about her future sooner - don't forget that your grandmother was only 16 when she married me, and I was still repairing shoes in Düsseldorf......"

Düsseldorf is a city on the Rhine River in western Germany, where many French aristocrats fled during the French Revolution and were forced to take up many "lowly jobs" that they had despised. 】

Charles didn't respond on the surface, but he was a little confused inside. He knew in his heart that in fact, what his grandfather said was true, and there was no problem in this era, but deep down in his heart, there seemed to be someone who kept asking himself.

Can a married sister still be considered a sister?

After a moment he was taken aback by his reaction, how could he have such a strange idea? Of course Fran will always be her sister? No matter what happens, it always will be.

But...... If you really marry someone else......

Just as he was caught in a strange entanglement, the servant's messenger saved him.

"Two of Miss's classmates have come to visit her?" Charles asked.

"Well, one of them said he wanted to thank you in particular." The servant replied.

Charles vaguely understood what was going on.

"Then let them in, and I'll go meet them." Relieved, Charles fled the restaurant, and from his inner tangle.

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