As the morning sun slowly swept down the walls onto the couch, Fran finally finished dressing herself.

Her long blonde hair was parted in the middle and pinned to the sides, tucked into a hat adorned with floral ornaments, her face was carefully groomed, her white skin was bright red, her lips were painted bright red, and even her slender eyelashes were trimmed, giving her the charm of a grown woman.

Although the temperature is not very high now, the blue velvet skirt with a low neckline is open, revealing her fair skin and slowly developing figure.

At a time like this, her cousin desperately wants to look younger, and women her age generally want to make themselves more mature, and this change of mentality brought about by age happens to almost every woman.

However, since the morning, she has been looking out the window while putting on her makeup, and she can't help but do so, even though she knows that the person will not pass the road outside.

As she did not know how many times she had prayed silently, there was a soft knock in her room.

When she heard the knock at the door, her heart was like the proverbial "deer-rattle," and she stood up, grabbed the hem of her skirt, trotted all the way over, and then quickly opened the door.

That's right, isn't the young man standing at the door her brother?

"Good morning, Miss Tremier......" said Charles, with a very gentle smile, bowing to his sister. Sorry I'm late. ”

"You're finally here, sir!" With a smile from the heart. Fran gave Charles an exaggerated hug, "You're late today." I'm afraid you'll miss my appointment, I've never been to the British Museum. I don't want to delay my trip because of you. ”

"Well, how dare I break my appointment with you? It's just that there is a letter to reply halfway through, so I put it off, no way. Charles shrugged, "It's an unforgivable crime to delay your trip. ”

Since returning to London from the Duke of Wellington's secluded castle, Charles himself felt that living alone in the palace was too depressing, so he often ran out during the day to play with his sister.

In the past few days, they have visited many places together in this metropolis. Today, I'm going to visit the British Museum.

You can imagine how happy his sister is lately.

"Okay, since you're late, we don't need to delay." After hugging her tightly for a few moments, Fran finally let go of her hand and stood in front of Charles again, "I've already packed up, do you have to wait for anything?" Would you like to eat something more? ”

After all, he was still a child, and the thought of going out to play was so happy, Charles smiled in his heart.

But. When it was pressed on himself just now, it was definitely not something that a child could have...... After a few moments, Charles quickly halted his inappropriate reverie.

"Well, I don't need anything to clean up here. The carriage is right underneath and if you're ready, we'll be ready to go shortly. ”

"Sir?" That's when it happened. Suddenly there was a greeting from the hallway.

"What?" Sensing that it was his entourage's voice, Charles leaned out of the room. Then walked over.

Fran followed her out, only to find the attendant whispering a few words to Charles. Charles beckoned him to leave.

"Is something wrong, sir?"

"Charlotte has written to me, the messenger is here now, and he says Charlotte has some more messages to convey to me." Charles replied very succinctly. "When the messenger arrived at the palace, and when he learned that I had come here, he refused to wait for me there, and ran straight here."

"Message?" Fran was a little puzzled, "Is there anything inconvenient in the letter?" ”

"At Her Majesty's side, there are always words that are inconvenient to write on your hands." Charles smiled and gestured, then nodded at her and left the room. "I'll have to pay the messenger a little later, he's worked hard...... Don't worry, I'll be back when I go, our itinerary is as usual! ”

When he turned to leave, the expression on Fran's face suddenly changed from sunny to cloudy - the name Charlotte always struggled to put her in a good mood, let alone disturb herself at such a time, she could only hope that Charlotte would not write all the nonsense on the letter, and take up a little less of her time.

This time her wish did not come to fruition,

Charles's expression was strange, as if he had heard something strange.

"What's the matter, sir?" Fran looked at her brother with some curiosity, "Did Charlotte say anything?" ”

"She told me to write a letter at once, whatever excuse she may make, and call her back from the Queen's side, because ......," Charles paused slightly, feeling a little embarrassed, "because she misses me so much now, eh...... He said that he missed me so much that he didn't want to stay with the queen for a moment. ”

Charles was embarrassed and confused.

It's not that he doesn't believe that Charlotte doesn't want him - in fact, he's sure that Charlotte will miss him very much, but he didn't expect Charlotte to ask him to take him back so bluntly.

Generally speaking, Charlotte is not such an emotional person, she will be somewhat reserved, and she will never pull down her face to plead with herself, at least she will not say such embarrassing words in front of the messenger, I didn't expect it......

Sure enough, a woman's mind will change a little after pregnancy, right? He shook his head in his heart and sighed.

"It's really embarrassing to say so sensually in front of others!" Fran thought to herself.

"Isn't that good? It may not please Her Majesty......" she said deliberately, in a very understandable mind, "let her stay there for now, it won't be too long anyway." ”

"No, why would you want to do that? Since Charlotte has clearly told me what she wants, then she must be very urgent, why should I break her heart? Charles shrugged. Differing opinions were expressed.

He was in a very good mood, and you could tell from the smile on his face. "It's okay. We've been currying favor with Her Majesty long enough, and I don't need to grovel to her anyway. Now my wife wants a real break. Then I'll give her ......"

Fran opened her mouth to say something more, but seeing her brother so happy, she had to swallow the words again, "Well, since you said so......"

After some sad lessons, she didn't dare to upset her brother now.

"Well, I'll write later, don't make Charlotte angry." Charles' spirits were so high that he didn't pay much attention to Fran's expression. "What's the best reason to find? Well...... So be it, and I will say that I am going mad with my thoughts about her, and of the child in her womb, that I am compelled to beg the Queen to let my wife go back to this poor husband soon. What do you think? That's good enough, right? Presumably no one wants to embarrass a young husband who is about to become a father, right? I don't think Her Majesty could say anything if she wanted to find fault. ”

With his cheerful explanation, Fran's face became more and more stiff, and she felt a little clogging in her throat, but she still managed to resist the extremely uncomfortable feeling of vomiting.

They're about to become parents, and they have everything they want. And I don't have anything......

"Well, there should be a very good reason, Her Majesty will definitely allow it." She replied with little interest.

At this time, Charles finally notices his sister's unnatural behavior. And it quickly became clear why she behaved the way she did.

"Ah, I'm sorry." Charles subconsciously apologized, though he didn't know why he needed to apologize.

After the awkward atmosphere continued for a moment. Charles decided to change the subject, "Okay. Do you have pen and paper here? I'll finish writing quickly and pass it on to the messenger, so as not to waste our precious time. ”

"I've got it here. I hope you'll be able to finish it soon! Fran replied sullenly, then retrieved pencil and ink from the drawer of her desk.

Charles didn't care about her attitude, nodded his head in thanks, then walked to the desk and sat down, picked up a pen and paper and dipped it in ink, and began to write.

His handwriting was very free, and Fran liked to read it very much, and had copied it for many years (to the extent that it could help reply to the letter), but today she did not want to read it, and walked away directly-because she knew that there must be a lot of fleshy words in the letter, and she did not know if she could contain her anger after reading it.

She walked to the door, intending to wait for the hallway, but when she got to the door, she noticed that her friend Mary was also walking from the hallway.

It can be seen that she has also dressed up, but it is not elaborate, as if she just consciously wants to set off her close friend and hastily perfunctory.

"Mary! You've come just in time! Fran beckoned happily, "Sir is here, I'm about to call you, let's go to the British Museum today, I've heard a lot of strange things in it, haven't you been fascinated for a long time?" ”

However, to her surprise, Mary did not think very excitedly, but her face stiffened a little, as if something terrible had happened.

"Sir...... Is the gentleman coming? She replied in a low voice, then gently peeked into the room.

"yes, it's already here." Fran nodded first, then looked at her a little puzzled, "What's wrong with you?" ”

Mary took two deep breaths, then stared at Fran gravely. "Sir may not be able to spare time now, someone will come to pay a visit."

"Someone else is coming to see you?!" Fran frowned a little annoyed, "Why are these people so unpickable?" Do you have to make us unhappy for them to be happy?! ”

Mary didn't answer, but looked at her, as if she wanted to see something in it, and her expression was a little strange.

It took her a moment to figure out why Mary's expression was so strange - Charles would have come at this time, and few others would have known about it beforehand. With his status, if you really want to find him deliberately, you will also make an appointment with his subordinates first-that is......

Are they coming for me?

Fran's eyes widened slightly.

At this time, she understood what Mary meant—although they were friends, they had no responsibility to disobey them, and she had to report this to her brother if she had encountered such a thing, but she was not sure if this was another new conspiracy of Fran, so she came to inquire about it first.

"Listen, my friend, there's still time, and if that's what you knew beforehand, then tell me what the hell is going on, and I'll think of a countermeasure for you, lest the gentleman be upset." Mary said very seriously, "Really, I don't like you to quarrel anymore, and I don't want you to do stupid things again......

"But, my dear friend, this ...... I don't know what's going on! Fran replied with a little tears and laughter.

"Really?" Mary was still a little suspicious.

"Really!" Fran couldn't help but reach out and pat her on the shoulder, "You don't believe me like that?" Okay, who the hell is it? ”

"It's an old woman and a young man, and you can see that you are well educated." Mary's expression was still very strange. "They're coming for you, and they'...... They claimed to be members of the Bonaparte family. ”

"Huh?" (To be continued......)