For the first time in her life, she walked into the labyrinth of Versailles, but it was as familiar as if she had lived in it for decades.

This court is both beautiful and elegant. It can do as it pleases, with its elaborate gardens to be admired by others, while at the same time presenting a certain indescribable majesty in a magnificent palace. It is a symbol of France, but it is beyond France; It can represent France, but it has its own rules of life.

In the midst of a large number of bejeweled people, she did not appear to have any joy, she lowered her eyes slightly, her snow-white forehead was as cold as ice, and she tried to imitate the posture of the Virgin in the church; She deliberately remained silent, just so that when she had the opportunity to speak, she would appear as beautiful as singing.

'My dear friend, what are you thinking?' It seems to be absent-minded. The friend next to him carefully looked at the fan in his hand and asked in a voice as thin as a mosquito, for fear of provoking any curious gaze.

'My dearest friend, I thought, what a beautiful place this is, the closest to Heaven is here!' I have to get here, and if everything here can't be all mine, I'll burn this place to the ground. ’”

After completing the scheduled work for the time being, the charr finally had a brief time to spare. So he picked up the manuscript that had not been touched recently, stayed in the study, and continued to write the novel he had conceived for a long time.

Although the young woman of letters, Miss Perriette, had written many times urging him, this was not the main reason for Charles's restart, for Charles had recently found that his fortunes had been much better than before.

The Duke of Treville returned to Charles the 300,000 francs he had received from Mademoiselle de Léoland as a reward, and Charles suddenly found himself making a windfall.

So, in fact, the Marquis of Tréville's family has no financial troubles for the time being, and the reason why Charles started again is just to spice up his mood in the midst of intense work.

After writing for a while, Charles put down his pen and planned to take a break. He picked up the cup next to him and drank the coffee that was nearly cooling.

"Sir, may I come in?" Fran's voice suddenly sounded outside the door.

"Of course." Charles replied immediately.

Since Fran was scolded by Charles for eavesdropping that day, her temper seems to have subsided a lot, and she has gradually become polite to her brother, which makes Charles really happy. She didn't have to go to class today, so it was normal to come over to play with her brother, and Charles felt that there was nothing to do now anyway, and it didn't hurt to spend more time with her sister.

Fran walked in immediately.

Today's Fran wears the usual plain white dress, which looks particularly delicate and lovely against the backdrop of the flower ornament on the neck. The two slender eyelashes resemble a pair of silk tassels. A trace of silky and docile fine blonde hair, like layers of staggered golden waves, under the fine white skin, pale blue blood vessels looming. This is the natural beauty of a young girl and the beauty that women can embellish.

Because of her young age, her shoulders were a little thin, and she didn't have a particularly noticeable bulge on her chest—but to some people it was a different kind of beauty.

This is my sister! Charles couldn't help but sigh in his heart, it's beautiful, isn't it?

"What's wrong, Fran? Is there anything you want me to do? In this mood of immersion in beauty, Charles's tone was much softer than he had imagined.

"It's nothing," my sister smiled, her smile was dizzying, "I just wanted to see you......"

Charles was puzzled at first, but soon he understood, and spread his hands.

"Oh, that's okay, you can read it casually, I didn't write much ...... anyway"

Maybe it was his smile that reminded Fran of something "not haode memories", and her sister's face suddenly flew red, and she lowered her head to flash her brother's gaze, and then walked up to her brother, muttering something in her mouth.

Soon, she ignored her brother, picked up the manuscript on the table, and began to study it slowly.

"If everything here can't be all mine, I'll burn this place to ......the ground," Zuihou seemed to admire a sentence that she particularly appreciated, and she couldn't help but read it along, and then sighed softly, "What an impassioned Madame de Pompadour...... Look at the courage and determination! ”

"But it's also dangerous." Charles replied softly, "Destroying if you don't get it is certainly not a very healthy idea. ”

"Then you still have to write like that?" Fran complained.

"The need to create characters." Charles replied confidently, "Readers nowadays just like the protagonist to have a little bit of courage, and I think it makes the protagonist's personality more distinct." ”

"You're really ......" Fran couldn't help but glance at her brother, then changed the subject, "Weishenme just wrote such a little?" I remember a few letters from the publisher. ”

"I've been busy lately, and I haven't had any ideas, so ......," Charles sighed, "so I'll have to put it there first......"

"Even if you're busy, you should take care of your own business!" Fran still complained, "Otherwise, our family would have lost a lot of income......

Silly sister, do you know what your brother's true business is? Charles sighed in his heart again, of course, he would not say anything.

"Okay, okay, I know, I'll put some effort into writing if I have time in the near future." He smiled perfunctorily, and then habitually wiped his sister's head.

"That's good." My sister seemed to breathe a sigh of relief.

Then, she seemed to think of something again.

"By the way, the teacher's art exhibition will be held in two days, and he has selected a lot of my paintings......

Looks like that's why Fran came to find her today...... Charles understood. She's afraid she'll forget.

"Haode, I'll definitely go to see it then." He made a promise to his sister again, and then wiped her head again, "I will definitely witness my sister's battle for fame, don't worry!" ”

Fran was overjoyed, smiling so hard that her eyes narrowed.

"So I have one more request today."

"What requirements?" Something strange about the Charles.

"Wait until you come down to my room, and I'll paint you another portrait." As if she saw her brother's expression, she immediately explained, "Don't worry, I'm not going to take your portrait to the exhibition, it's just that I have been practicing my hand recently......"

Charles's initial nervousness was quickly dispelled, and he nodded in agreement without much thought. After all, Fran used to use his brother as a model for portraits when he first started to learn to paint a few years ago, and he has rarely done so in the last two years, and to be honest, he still has a little bit of a loss in his heart.

"Hopefully I won't let you down." He teased with a smile.

"How so......" Fran shook her head, "Brother won't disappoint, you're different from those people." ”

"Those people?" Charles was a little strange, "Who are they?" ”

"My classmate's brothers, or any other young man I've ever met," Fran said with a look on her face, "as if all of them had been drained of all their spirits by pleasure, and they were usually tired, and there was no peace on their faces, and even their facial features were crowded together, and some of them were wrinkled!" Either they are languishing, or they have no personality in their appearances, or they are all the same personality, and the young aristocrats of France are about to become the same! The resolute and proud spirit I saw in the portraits of our ancestors is almost gone. Brother, they are all different from you, none of them can compare to you! ”

"Hey, how can you talk like that as a girl? Don't say this to anyone easily! Charles was shocked.

"But you taught me those things since I was a child, if a man doesn't have that little ambition, it's just a residue!" Fran raised her head and looked at her brother with a straight face, "What position do you have to accuse me of now?" ”

"Uh......" Charles was at a loss for words.

Because the Marquis of Treville has been idle for many years, and the old marquis has devoted himself to the "restoration of the country" for many years, which has also consumed a lot of his money, therefore, although he has been careful to deal with the expenses, the marquis's family is still tight, not only the mansion has not been repaired for many years, and rarely buys any new furniture, even the servants at home have been compressed to the minimum, fortunately, several servants at home are basically veterans who have been brought by grandpa in the army and then retired, and they are more loyal to the old marquis, and they are also diligent. So you can save a lot of money in this area.

As for Fran, she did not hire a governess to teach her, as the ladies of other noble families did, but her brother was responsible for her initiation as a child—of course, Zuihou was actually a little careful on the part of her brother.

The thought of teaching her to read and read when he was a child made Charles want to laugh, but of course he quickly resisted the urge and put on a straight face again.

"My dear sister, now that you have reached this age, you are perfectly able to understand. For us, a girl with refined tastes, a girl who will be able to thrive in high society in the future, not only knows what to say, but also knows what not to say. ”

"You've always had so many big truths." Fran looked away, looking not very happy.

"Anyway, there are a lot of things you can keep in your heart," Charles sighed, "I can't hold it back, just tell me, don't tell others outside, it's too easy for you to offend someone in the social world, it only takes a sentence or two to make others hate you for half your life!" You are not too young, and one day you will enter the social world, and then you will understand the disadvantages of always telling the truth...... Words are too much to lose, and in any era, this is the truth. ”

"I see...... That's all I'll say to you......" Fran replied softly, "Xiexie, brother." ”

Seeing his sister so obedient, Charles breathed a sigh of relief. To be honest, being praised by his sister like this, Charles was actually very happy in his heart.

"Well, anyway, it's still free," he smiled and stood up, wiping her brilliant blonde hair again, "Let's go over now, you practice first." ”

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