The Sunday morning light was clear and bright, and Charles de Treville sat in the small reception room of the Marquis de Treville's mansion, staring closely at the chess board in front of him, and the sunlight shining through the glass windows gave the cottage plenty of light.

"Hakuba D2--E4,"

Charles read the game and fiddled with the pieces on the board.

"Black Car G1--G4"

As the game progressed, the battle became more and more intense, and Charles slowly threw himself into the role of the Yi, savoring the fun of intellectual confrontation.

With all his devotion to it, he didn't notice that the door to the small reception room was quietly opened.

"White Elephant D4*F6 Eats Soldiers"

Charles follows the chess game and prepares to pick up the white elephant and move.

However, he found that there was a force competing with him for the piece. He reflexively glanced to the side, and then saw a slender white hand.

Moving his eyes upwards from his hand, Charles found his sister Fran standing next to him watching him. On Sundays, Fran doesn't have to go to the studio to study.

"Sir, you seem to be very laid-back?"

"Oh, it's okay." Charles replied casually, then snatched the piece and walked on the board.

"You won't forget what you promised me, will you?" Fran looked at her brother with some irritation, her blue eyes shining with a mixture of worry and anxiety.

[There are two ways to say the second person in French, one is you (Tu) and the other is you (Vous), you will be used when showing respect or estrangement, and you will be used between more intimate friends. Fran is using you here to express a sense of resentment. 】

Charles finally turned his face off the chessboard again.

"Of course I haven't forgotten."

"But the way you help me is by sitting in my room and playing chess?" Fran added some harshness to her words, but unfortunately her soft, tactful voice made most of it soothing.

Charles picked up another piece and took a step.

"Dear Miss, you can't get things done by being anxious, and just because I'm not anxious doesn't mean I'm not trying my best to do things for you."

"So where are you now?" "Mary suffers there every day, and I can't sleep well every night when I think about it." ”

"It's almost there." Charles replied casually.

Just then, the servant knocked softly on the door of the reception room, and Charles called him in, and then took the letter from him.

It's finally here.

Charles unhurriedly opened the envelope and opened the letter.

"My dear friend, according to the information you sent before, I checked it for you, and now I have some results:

The Marquis de léoland had an older sister who returned from exile in 1815. She later married a diplomat of the former dynasty, who earned a lot of money and left her an inheritance after his death, which, together with compensation from the government, gave the woman a large fortune.

Not long ago, the lady had died of illness, and after a notary public's liquidation, the fortune amounted to about 1.7 million francs...... What is even more remarkable is that the lady also left behind a will, a valid will written during her lifetime, confirmed by a notary to be conscious, which identified her niece, Mademoiselle de léoland, as the sole heir to her wealth, on the grounds that Mary was the only relative of the lady to see her during her serious illness.

That is, Mademoiselle de léoland is fully qualified to inherit this inheritance and become one of the youngest millionaires in France. And, according to my investigations, the day after the aunt's death, Mademoiselle Léoland was sent to the convent by her parents.

In addition, as for the marriage issue you mentioned, since both parties are secretive, I can't investigate too many details. However, there is one thing that is of concern, and that is that your cousin, Philippe, son of the Duke of Treville, is on the move to get the civil court of Paris to transfer the administration and ownership of the property to her brother, his son-in-law, your future cousin-in-law, Monsieur de Count Léorang, because Mademoiselle Marie has entered the convent to serve God.

So, I believe you can guess the general situation with your mind, right?

Good luck with this and be sure to finish it sooner!

Your friends

Caterina de Perriette"

Charles read the letter slowly, and formed a puzzle in his mind, and the outline of the event had roughly taken shape in his mind.

"What's wrong?" Perhaps with some hunch, Fran whispered to her brother for a question.

Charles looked up and looked at his sister carefully, because of her slender stature, Charles was not much lower than her even when she sits.

The girl looked at him expectantly with her blue eyes. Her thin but fresh red lips adorned her fair face, like a person in a painting.

Charles reached out and touched his sister's silky blonde hair. "Your friend, will be back soon."

"Really?" The girl was pleasantly surprised.

"It's only a few steps away." Charles replied firmly. "And, I'm afraid you're going to get a surprise."

"Surprise?"

"If you're lucky, your friend will probably become one of the richest girls in France......" Charles replied slowly, seizing the opportunity to continue stroking his sister's head (since reaching this age, Fran has grown more and more disgusted with her brother's behavior of being his own child).

"Huh?" Fran was so amazed that she forgot that her brother had taken the opportunity to touch her head again.

Charles told Fran what he had recently discovered.

Upon learning of this, Fran's eyes were clouded with a white mist.

"They...... They ......," Fran repeated several times, "how can this be?" Mary is their family! And...... And Mary is so cute and kind! ”

"In today's world, loveliness and kindness are not worth a million or seven million, my dear miss." Charles teased softly, and then immediately added when he saw his sister's rather unkind eyes. "But Mary is lucky and has made a good friend, which can't even be bought for ten million and seven million......"

Hearing the compliment from her brother, Fran's expression finally relaxed a little.

"So what are you going to do now?"

"I intend to pay a visit to our cousin next, and ask him to give Miss Leolan a way out for God's sake." Charles said with a look of course.

Fran stared at Charles with the eyes of a dirty canvas.

"Well, if he doesn't listen, I'll threaten him that I'll tell the newspaper about it, and I know a lot of people in the publishing world. And this is a big scandal, the press will definitely chase after it, and then of course the two families will lose face, and then the court will not be able to risk such great public pressure to deprive Miss Léoland of her legitimate rights, right? ”

Charles explained his next steps.

Fran was relieved, but she still seemed a little uneasy. "So the Duke of Tréville and the Leoland family will stop?"

"It should be no problem, once this kind of thing breaks out, the family's reputation will be ugly." Charles replied firmly.

"Okay." After thinking about it for a moment, Fran nodded, kind of accepting her brother's opinion. "Then I'll do it for Mary, sir."

"Oh, no thanks, that's what I'm supposed to do."

"So......" Fran said back to looking at a dirty canvas. Don't hurry up and take your hands off yet! ”

Charles smiled awkwardly, then picked up the Black Queen and stepped out of the next step of the game. "General!"

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Back in his room, Fran sat down at her desk, her hands on her cheeks, and thought about things for a moment.

Then she picked up the pen.

"Forgive me, dear Matilda, for I thought I could call you that since that conversation.

I still remember your promise and again want to thank you for Mary. And, now is the time to test your commitment – and you will have the opportunity to save Mary from a doomous situation.

My brother did not live up to our expectations and found out what happened: Mary's aunt had passed away a while ago, and since Mary was the only one who had taken care of her during her lifetime, she made a will to pass on all her inheritance to Mary.

What a touching affection this is! How many people are left in our time who can still do such good deeds? God will eventually reward those who do good.

However, we all know that there is sin everywhere under the sun. In order to swallow this inheritance, Mary's parents actually sent Mary to a convent! They are now stepping up their efforts to get their hands on the property, and they are marrying my cousin's family for this, how despicable it is!

Fortunately, God Almighty will not forgive such evils, and then He will use our mortal hands to uphold justice. My brother is already doing his best to stop this, but I am not very relieved that my brother is alone after all. So I ask you to lend a helping hand and save the poor girl.

Your grandfather is in a high position, and he speaks with great words, and the judges and magistrates who have taken some advantages will not dare to fool him, and if your grandfather is willing to say a word about it, then Mary's unjust case will surely be cleared.

Of course, my cousin was very travelling, and maybe your grandfather might not be willing to say a word. However, I have heard that your grandfather is old and faint, and you often read letters to him and record his approvals (excuse me, I was listening to the small talk of your classmates), so it must not be difficult for you to write a 'grandfather's letter'?

But, of course, this is just our zuihou trick, and if my brother is useful enough, we don't have to go this far at all - I hope my brother can come in handy!

As you said before, the new era has given us brains and allowed us not to be at the mercy of fate, and now that the opportunity to put your words into practice has come, you will definitely not back down, right?

From my brother's novels (he actually thought I had never read them!) I can introduce you to it when I have time...... I came to the conclusion that we women must not be like Durbarry and the Queen and attack each other. As long as we are united, there is nothing in France that we can't do, can we? God, if they had our minds at that time, how could France have had the calamity that followed?

Your presumptuous friend

Fran de Treville"

[Countess du Barry was born as a commoner, and later entered the court of Versailles to gain the king's favor, and was a mistress of Louis XV's Zuihou. She had a bitter rivalry with Marie-Antoinette, Louis XV's granddaughter-in-law and the future Queen of France, and the two sides engaged in fierce court battles. After the death of Louis XV, she fell out of favor at court and was banished from the court by the enthroned Louis XVI, and in October 1793 the queen was guillotined, and in December she was guillotined, and the two rivals who had fought for a long time were killed within two months. 】

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