"Shire ......"

Just as Mary was trying her best to tease or please her benefactor, Charlotte suddenly came to the reception room. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Of course, she had come to find her husband, however, the moment she entered the door, what she had meant to say had been put behind her for the time being.

For she found that Mademoiselle de Léoland, the private secretary of Marshal Treville, was in the drawing-room, and that she was so close to her husband that she seemed to be a close companion. Her face was now full of flattering smiles and a suspicious flush.

As a woman, Charlotte naturally understands what this young lady's style represents.

The original calm was replaced by shock in an instant, and the next thing was anger, and her brows suddenly rose.

Charles quickly recovered from his initial shock, and then suddenly felt that something was wrong.

Having lived with his wife for so many years, he certainly understood the emotional changes that Charlotte's expression portended.

He immediately retracted the smile on his face, returned to the plain and serious appearance he had just had, and then glanced at Mary without a trace, and then he was in a hurry, and handed Mary the record he had just filed from the desk, pretending as if Mary had come to him to get something.

"Mary, you can put this away." With great effort, he said to Mary in an extremely calm tone.

At this time, Mary did not react so quickly, and still looked at Charles in amazement, but she was used to following Charles's orders, and almost habitually reached out and took the thin notepad.

And at this moment, she finally reacted, and then looked back at Charles with some admiration in a teasing look, and then took the book into her arms.

"Yes, sir." She also replied in as calm a tone as possible.

"Hmm." Charles replied vaguely, and then looked back at Charlotte as if he had just noticed her.

"Charlotte? Why did you come to me? What's the matter? ”

Charlotte did not answer immediately, but continued to frown, looking between her husband and Mary with a somewhat stern gaze.

However, perhaps because she didn't see any clues, or maybe she didn't want to quarrel at this time, she finally slowly eased up, as if she was cooperating with her husband.

"Can't I come and see you?" However, there was a little thorn in her words.

"That's right! You can come and see me at any time. Charles quickly shook his head, and then smiled all over his face, "It's just that I'm a little weird, because you don't usually come to me at this time......"

And while the husband and wife were talking, Mary also retreated from Charles little by little, and she deliberately did not make any noise, so as not to embarrass Charles.

"I'm afraid it's because I've never been here that you feel like you're doing whatever you want, right?" Charlotte still seemed a little annoyed, so she didn't back down at all, and continued to taunt him, "Besides, I'll come and see again, God knows what you're going to do." ”

"I really don't understand what you're talking about, well, anyway, you just like to laugh at me, I know this, I can bear it, isn't that how married life is......" Charles shook his head, then pointed at Mary, "But, if you're talking about Mary, I called her here today, after all, she just took over from Miss de Beauwon, and there are still too many things to ask me about, so she will come to report to me lately, you know that, right?" Also, we have an important meeting today that we have to attend, so I'm going to coordinate my position with her now so that we don't get into problems. ”

Charles took the trouble to explain to Charlotte, and to be honest, he felt a little wronged now - if he had done something, he would not complain if he had been glared at by Charlotte, but he had not done anything today......

"Report ......" Charlotte lowered her gaze slightly, as if wondering if her husband was fooling herself by saying this.

"Yes, that's it," Charles immediately reconfirmed, and then urged his wife instead, "Well, what the hell is going on, you can tell me quickly, I'm going to go out later!" ”

Charlotte did not say anything more, but glanced at her husband and Mary again, but her brow quickly relaxed, and she finally did not pursue the matter. "It's Eugène's business."

"The matter of Eugène? What's up? Charles hurriedly asked.

is not only his cousin, but also his brother-in-law, so to speak, his own person among his own people. Because it is a young brother, Charlotte has taken care of him since he was a child, and it can be described as a deep feeling.

Moreover, compared with Charlotte's equally arrogant and arrogant brother Philip, Eugène, as a young son, was much more humble and respected both Charles and Charlotte.

When the first Duke of Treville died, disputes broke out within the Duke's family because of the disposal of the inheritance, Philip stood up clearly against Charlotte's inheritance of the family business, and also encouraged his father to stand up and oppose it, and Charlotte did not give an inch, and he did not hesitate to fall out with his father, but at this critical juncture, Eugène chose to stand on his sister's side, which shows the status of his sister in his mind.

For such a family member who clearly supports him, Charles naturally attaches great importance to it, and if he is willing to serve himself, then of course he will do everything he can to help. However, unlike the rest of the family, he seemed to be interested in wealth and power, and was only interested in the sea, and wanted to serve in the navy.

Although Charlotte did not understand her brother's idea of having a prosperous and wealthy family, but he liked to run to blow the sea breeze, Eugène insisted on his opinion after several persuasions, and finally Charles admired his will, so he helped him to serve in the navy, so that he could get his wish, and now he also serves in the fleet with the navy.

Charlotte didn't explain further, then glanced at Mary, who walked away in amusement.

"It's all right, Mademoiselle de Léoland is our loyal friend, and it doesn't matter if she knows these things, and she will never spread them." After Mary left, Charles said to Charlotte as if complaining, "It's easy to chill when you do this." ”

"Do we have to tell others about our family affairs?!" Charlotte was impatient, and almost scolded Charles, apparently still angry at what had just happened. "Why should she know this?"

The reason why she suddenly stopped pursuing what had just happened was not because she had completely given up her suspicions about her husband, but because there was no real evidence now, and it would be a shame to quarrel with her, and Charlotte did not like to be a messer, nor did she want to interfere with her husband's affairs - after all, she also knew that Mary was now one of the loyal pawns of the Treville family, and was trusted by Marshal Treville.

But if she doesn't pursue it, she still has a thorn in her heart, so as soon as Mary walks away, she becomes angry with her husband.

"Okay, okay, if you don't say it, you won't say it, that's fine." Charles shrugged his shoulders smugly, "Now that she's gone, you should tell me what the hell is going on, right?" I'm really busy leaving. ”

"Eugène recently told me that he heard some rumors in the navy that we might be at war with some great power in the open sea......" Charlotte lowered her voice and explained to Charles, "So, he wants to go to the fleet that is the easiest to fight with the enemy in the future, and then be a captain inside......"

"To be a captain? He's still so young, huh? "Charles is in a bit of a stump.

Undoubtedly, with the power and prestige of the Trevill family, even the navy can exert influence and take care of Eugène, but it is one thing to be a naval officer, and it is another thing to manage a warship, you must know that the captain is the soul of a battleship, and he is tied to the life of the entire battleship. He liked this cousin very much, but he didn't want to joke with the life on it with a battleship.

Charlotte apparently understood her husband's difficulties, but she decided to get him to say yes. "Anyway, please try your best."

"But aren't you worried? If there is a fight, the guns will not have long eyes......" Charles tried to persuade Charlotte, "for his personal safety, it is better not to take this risk." ”

I told him the same, but he said he was not afraid, and begged me to help him...... If that's what he's insisting, can I refuse him? Charlotte shook her head, her eyes full of the eyes of a sister who dotes on her brother. And what reason is there to refuse him? Isn't this the heroism of our ancestors? Now I'm very proud of Eugène and want to fulfill him. Shire...... Don't you appreciate such a spirit? ”

After a pause, she said words of comfort to herself, "Besides, seeing such a heroic performance, God will bless Eugène, your grandfather braved the rain of bullets and charges back then, didn't he survive in the end?" ”

"Well, I do appreciate it." Charles nodded, deciding to agree to his wife's request to help Eugène realize his ideals. "Okay, I'll find a way to communicate with the Navy - besides, I'll ask Grandpa to help, I think as long as we work hard, we should ...... There should be some hope. ”

That being said, he wasn't sure.

"Then please, Charles." Seeing that Charles finally agreed, Charlotte also breathed a sigh of relief.

However, she immediately changed her words, "There is one more request, there is about Eugène, but it is my personal own. ”

"What?" Charles asked again.

"Didn't you run a lot of industry organizations when you were a minister? Pick one and find a way to insert O'Régan into it, so that he can have something to rely on. Charlotte replied in a low voice. Make a little more hidden, don't let him be in the limelight, let him live in peace......"

Charles looked at Charlotte slightly puzzled.

"Don't doubt it, Eugène never asked me for such a thing, I took the initiative to do so." Charlotte shook her head and dismissed Charles' speculation, "I'm just thankful for his current situation, you know, he's a young son, and Dad and Philip don't seem to care much about the way he looks, if we don't care about him anymore, he'll be in a lot of trouble in the future...... He's my own brother, and I've got to leave something for him, or else what will people think of me? I don't want to go myself. ”

Charles pondered for a moment, then nodded again. "Well, it's not a very difficult thing, I recently started a nautical industry association below, I can put him in any shipping company below, it just happens that his industry is on the right path! And no one would pay attention to him. ”

"Great, Charles......" Charlotte was obviously very pleased with Charles's simple appearance, reaching out and hugging her husband's head, then kissing Charles, "Thank you." ”

"You are my wife, and fulfilling your wish is what I should do." Charles smiled and wiped her hair, then said goodbye to him, ready to go to the hanger to pick up his coat, "Okay, there's nothing else for me to do now, right?" Then I'm leaving......"

"Wait!" Charlotte stopped him suddenly, "I want to say a few words to Mademoiselle de Léoland,"

"Huh?" Charles was a little stunned.

"Just talk about it for a while, just a little thing." Charlotte said calmly.

"But......" Charles hesitated.

"It's nothing, it's just a few words, and it won't delay you much." Charlotte still didn't mean to discuss, but said directly and firmly. "Alright, you can wait here for now."

"Charlotte......" Charles wanted to say more.

"You love me, don't you?" Charlotte asked, looking up at him.

"I absolutely love you." Charles had to tell his wife again.

"Then wait." Charlotte glanced at him unmistakably, then turned and walked out of the room.

At this time, Mary was waiting in the hall outside the reception room, preparing to go with Charles to attend an important meeting of the Railway Federation, but she was not waiting for Charles, but Charlotte was the first to come out.

Madame Tremville, who had been carefully groomed, was still very beautiful and dressed in graceful and luxurious clothes, but as she approached, Mary felt more and more panicked.

"Madame......" When Charlotte walked up to her, Mary had to smile and greet her reluctantly.

The relationship between the two of them has not been very good, because of the close friendship with Fran, and because she has become Charles's wife, so Mary has always been a little dislike her, and the so-called respect is only superficial, and Charlotte can certainly feel it.

"Mademoiselle de Léoland, I have a few things to say to you." Charlotte looked at Mary with a calm and strongly dissatisfied look.

"Please show me, ma'am." Under the human roof, Mary had to respond to Charlotte with a seemingly respectful expression.

"The scene I saw just now was very uncomfortable." Charlotte looked at her and said coldly, "I'm afraid your behavior is a little inappropriate." ”

"I'm sorry, ma'am, but ...... We've always gotten along like this, and Mr. doesn't like people to be too respectful to him. Mary smiled cautiously, "He thinks that majesty does not come from putting on a face, but from the ...... in action."

This explanation, no matter how you hear it, has no other meaning, but it doesn't show any malice from the outside, but it is uncomfortable enough.

"Do you think I'm making a fuss about nothing? No wife would like to see what you have just done to her husband. Charlotte frowned slightly, "No matter how clever you are, you should understand your own status, and what you should and shouldn't do?" ”

"I ...... I don't quite understand what you mean. "Mary deliberately pretended to be stupid and delayed time, hoping that Charles would come out quickly and save her from such an embarrassing situation." If you are saying that I should not have treated sir so kindly, then ...... Then as long as the gentleman says so, I will obey. ”

Here we go again!

Charlotte's anger was even more aroused, because not long ago someone had responded to her with almost the same words.

And the current person is more impatient than that person.

"Mademoiselle de Léoland, I don't want to say anything to you now, you have a good surname, but you have not done much to deserve it...... But I know it's not your fault, you've been unlucky, and you want to do something to get out of your bad situation, and I can understand that to some extent. Charlotte looked at the other party coldly and said word by word, "You are very clever, but I hope that this cleverness will be used in the right place and do what you should do......"

Charlotte's contemptuous look made Mary's heart full of anger.

"What do you mean by what you should do?" She put away her smile, which was not very enthusiastic, and asked in a low voice.

"Isn't that obvious? You have won the favor of Marshal Tréville by virtue of your ingenuity, and let him help you carry you, then you should repay your kindness and continue this work without thinking about anything else. Charlotte sneered, the sarcasm in her tone almost overflowing, "It's enough for you to please his grandfather, why bother your grandson?" I advise you, do what you should do now, lest you fall short of each other and be harmed by your own wit! ”

If it were an ordinary person, I am afraid that I would not understand how mean the ridicule is, but Mary can understand it.

It is precisely because she can understand that the humiliation and anger are even more irrepressible.

What did she think of me? Seduce the old man to get a lover of glory and wealth? And now the prostitute who is trying to seduce her grandson?

The blood on her face faded almost instantly, and she looked at Charlotte with wide eyes.

"Oh, feel like your pride has been hurt? Why? Isn't what I'm saying the truth? Charlotte didn't care about the other party's anger at all, but sneered, "Since you can do it, why are you afraid of people saying it?" If you're afraid of what people say, then you'd better understand your duty and stop doing stupid things, understand? ”

Mary lowered her head, her whole body trembling slightly, and clenched her fists so that she did not burst out.

"I don't know what my duty is, ma'am." She gritted her teeth and said, "Yes, I do owe the favor of the marshal and the gentleman, but only those with sinister intentions can arrange others indiscriminately, and I have always done my best to serve the Tréville family......"

"Well, I suppose, you should be able to understand who brought everything you have now, right? Look at yourself, how different is it from our domestic servants? Charlotte still didn't give up on Mary, "I don't want to be angry with you, because you're not qualified." ”

"Not qualified......" Mary repeated in a low voice, almost hateful, gritting her teeth.

Any insult that hurts her is not as profound as this "unqualified", and it will not arouse such a strong hatred from her.

"So, please keep in mind what I said, don't upset me, and don't do anything stupid." Charlotte saw that she had spoken thoroughly enough, and she didn't want to argue with this servant anymore, so she waved her hand and motioned for the other party to leave. "Remember, next time I find out that you want to be coquettish, you can bear the consequences."

Huh, stupid thing? I've done so many stupid things! I'm going to keep doing it! I'm going to make you regret treating me like this today!

Mary roared in her heart full of hatred.

But on the surface, she admirably suppressed her anger, then sank down and greeted Charlotte slightly.

"I see, ma'am." (To be continued.) )