Such intense words made Charlotte and Her Royal Highness the eldest princess change color on their faces.

Charlotte was anxious and angry, she didn't expect her husband to refuse to let go at this time, everyone was about to die and said such harsh words to stimulate, she was afraid that Her Royal Highness the eldest princess would be angry, so she simply stood up, stopped between the two people, and then stopped Charles's tirade. "Charles, don't say it!"

Then, with some panic, she walked up to Charles, took his hand, and reminded him not to continue to irritate the dying old man.

Charles felt that something was wrong with him, and because he was excited to say something too much, he also retreated, and stopped being so harsh about the other party.

"Your Highness, my words are from the bottom of my heart, and although I do not expect you to agree with what I say, I beg you to believe that I have no particular ill will towards you - except that everything we say is an afterthought, because it is too late."

Her Royal Highness the Eldest Princess did not appear to be very angry, she at first only looked at Charles steadily, as if she was thinking about what he had said.

Then, she whispered to herself, "It's too late...... It's too late......"

After a moment, she suddenly raised her head and glared at Charles with that royal arrogance, "Sir, now that you are the victor, you feel that you have a victory, power and people, earth and stars, and even the sun, everything revolves around you, so you can speak wildly and show off your temporary victory before me......"

Her gaze was full of sternness, "But don't get too carried away. I've seen everything you've seen, and I've been through everything you haven't experienced, so I know. All you have at the moment is nothing but empty buildings, many people hate you, most people put up with you only temporarily out of fear and helplessness, and you have no real roots, but you have only come to power because you are good at deception and disguise, and you are tired of the turmoil - just like the lawless Corsican. But one day the people will wake up from the lies and dreams you have woken, and they will find how weak you are, and how weak the ruling machine you live by. They will forsake you, and cause you to suffer worse calamities than we do...... Maybe I won't see that day, but my nephews can. He'll see it for me! ”

"I admit that you have some truth in what you say, that our rule is not precarious, and that there are many enemies at home and abroad, but we at least know better than you and your relatives how to rule this country, which you have grown tired of in 15 years. And we'll do it at least longer than you. Charles stuck his head out of Charlotte's shoulders. Then he looked at the other without concessions, "But, even at that moment, your nephew doesn't have to think about coming back, unless he can also step over the corpses of a hundred thousand people by then!" ”

Louis XVIII, who was in exile, once wrote to Napoleon, who was still the first consul at the time, saying that as long as you welcomed the king back to restore the Bourbon dynasty, he could make you a prince and put you in power. And Napoleon wrote directly to him at that time, "You don't have to think about coming back." Otherwise you will have to step over the corpses of 100,000 people. ”

Napoleon's words were just to show the firmness of his will, but he didn't expect that his words would be turned into a cruel prophecy by history, and after making Europe bleed, Louis XVIII really came back with foreign cavalry to restore.

Now, Napoleon's political heirs continue to say this to Louis XVIII's heirs, and this time he certainly did not want the joke to come true.

He didn't expect that Her Royal Highness the eldest princess didn't flinch because of his words, but suddenly sneered.

"Really? If there is a day...... I even think 100,000 is too little for a thief, sir. ”

"Stop arguing!" Charlotte really couldn't control herself anymore, she struggled to move her body, and then forcibly dragged Charles back, back to the edge of the table, and then she pressed against Charles, so that he involuntarily sat down again.

Then, Charlotte walked back to the side of Her Royal Highness the eldest princess, and then hugged her, "Your Highness, please forgive us! Charles is too young to keep the etiquette ......"

It was only at this time that the two of them calmed down again, and then both of them regretted it slightly.

For some political issues, arguing so out of shape is really a loss of identity for two people.

As Charlotte tried, both of them fell silent, and the sudden quarrel ended abruptly.

"Sir, I don't want to say that you have lived up to your surname, because you are in the same vein as your deviant grandfather, I can only say that you have inherited his ideas......" After a long silence, Her Royal Highness the eldest princess finally spoke again, and after the excitement just now subsided, her tone returned to her previous cry and was always weak, "But I want to tell you that you are not worthy of the care and love of the late Duke of Treville and Charlotte for you. When Charlotte came to me that time, she still recommended you to me, saying that although your mind is polluted, you have a very bright brain and some courage, and you can be the target of key recruitment...... Do you know what it means to say nice things about people like you in front of me? ”

This short sentence, maybe Her Royal Highness the eldest princess didn't mean anything else, just said that he deviated from the orthodox ideas of the two of them, and was sorry for the care of the two of them, but Xia Er looked away unnaturally when he heard it, and felt weak for the first time.

Because, he has a ghost in his heart, and his cousin doesn't care, but he has done too many things to be sorry for Charlotte, and he may continue to do it in the future...... This guilty mentality, he almost never exists for other people.

"Your Highness, what can be done? He was a hopeless traitor, but I married him, and I chose him...... It was chosen a long time ago. Charlotte did not notice his wavering, but replied in that secretly smug tone. This is the result of fate set for me, and I can only accept it silently. I only hope that he will cherish the love I have given him. And our family ......."

Charles grew more and more embarrassed, and he almost wanted to turn and run away, but it was only with great difficulty that he managed to appear as calm as usual.

"Kid, I'm really worried about you." The eldest princess glanced at Charles again, then looked at Charlotte with unease, as if worried about her future, "I'm not worried about your political disagreement. But when you open your eyes, how much do you care about others when you marry a man who is so selfish that he can abandon his family's reputation to Bonaparte? ”

Speaking of which. She seemed to think that she had gone too far, so she didn't continue, "Forget it, it's now." You both already have children. Why do I say these things...... Child, I will bless you with your grandfather when I get there, may God continue to bless you. ”

"Thank you, thank you......" Charlotte couldn't stop thanking the other party, her eyes suddenly filled with tears.

"Alright, now let's talk about another thing." Her Royal Highness the eldest princess reinvigorated her spirits, "You wrote to me before to say that the family's capital turnover is difficult now?" ”

"Yes. Your Highness. Charlotte nodded, "It's a bit embarrassing to say, too." After my grandfather died, our family ...... over the issue of inheritance Some quarrels broke out in our house. ”

"It's normal, I've seen a lot of similar situations." Her Royal Highness the eldest princess said with considerable understanding.

"In addition, in order to dispose of these inheritances, we have been counting and re-transferring them recently, plus we have to redistribute them, so the funds are very tight all of a sudden, and we really can't take out that money to repay the money that the Wang family deposited with us at that time......" Charlotte looked at the other party cautiously, "Your Highness, I ask you to forgive me for the time being, so as not to make our family's embarrassing situation worse......"

In fact, the Duke of Treville's family was not so difficult, under the auspices of Charlotte's father, the new generation of dukes, the division and transfer of property was relatively smooth, especially since he was still concentrating funds to invest in real estate - however, because Charlotte was now pregnant and had not officially taken over, she did not know this situation now, but felt that her family was already in danger, so she pleaded very sincerely. "Your Highness, as you know my father, he is also a loyal orthodox and has always been very loyal to the royal family, please ...... For the sake of our generational loyalty, please forgive us for a while......"

Her Royal Highness the eldest princess was silent for a long time before she asked. "When your grandfather is gone, is it painful?"

Charlotte wondered why she asked, but she answered truthfully, "He...... He walked peacefully, and he didn't think he had many regrets in his life. ”

"That's good, that's good...... He deserved to die like this. His Royal Highness seemed to be very happy, and breathed a sigh of relief, "Your grandfather was a capable minister at the time of the restoration, and he even stepped forward to help us in times of crisis, how dangerous it was at that time, he actually dared to protect our property, God knows what kind of risk he faced because of this!" Your grandfather was kind to us, we remember that. Considering your family's situation, we do have some discretion to do as well. ”

Hearing Her Royal Highness the eldest princess say this, Charlotte also breathed a sigh of relief.

"So, how many years will it take you to raise this money?" Her Royal Highness the eldest princess asked again, "I am already about to die, and the next property will be handled by Henry and people he trusts, he needs to control this wealth by himself, I hope you can also understand." ”

The royal family's decision to transfer wealth from the Duke of Treville's family would be irrevocable. Of course, her imminent death was only one of the reasons, and Charlotte's marriage to her cousin was also an important reason. It's not that she can't trust Charlotte, but because now that she's married to Charles, she is no longer regarded as a core party member - in that case, such a huge fortune can't be in her hands.

"We ...... We want to replace this wealth little by little in about five years. Charlotte hurriedly told Her Royal Highness the eldest princess her plan, "Charles told me that the government has issued a decree that all the wealth of the usurper in France will be confiscated, and the land, securities, and other property of his descendants will be confiscated and auctioned. We will buy these properties at a low price and then transfer them out at a high price, and from there, we will replace the wealth we owe to your family and return it to your family, of course, in order not to cause too much criticism, it will take us years to run this business. ”

Under the impetus of this group, the government had recently issued a decree to confiscate all the property of the royal family of Orleans and re-auction it, and this confiscation and auction soon became a carnival of wealth sharing among the nouveau riche - and Charles naturally participated in it, and to be honest, this kind of game was a really lucrative business, and he took it from his own place of residence.

Her Royal Highness the eldest princess was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly burst out laughing.

"Good...... Good...... Take all the wealth he has accumulated all his life for his children and grandchildren, that guy won't be able to sleep in hell, right? Hahahaha...... That's great...... That's great...... That's it! ”

In the midst of her laughter, Charlotte finally relented, and then turned back to her husband, thanking him for proposing for herself such a way to achieve the best of both worlds, without harming the royal family, whom she had always respected, or her own mother's family.

Then Charlotte discussed with the eldest princess how to pay for the wealth, which was of course impossible to transfer directly to the royal family's bank account in Austria or England, and had to be done in some way that was much more accessible.

In the coming period, the Treville family will transfer some companies to transfer the land obtained at a low price to other enterprises at a high price, and then these enterprises will invest the funds in the banks of several major European cities as investments in various falsely reported projects, and then transfer them to the Wang family's account through other capital exchanges, so that no one knows where the money came from or why it went except for a few people who actually handled it.

After negotiating this matter, Charlotte disappeared because of the stone that had been pressing on her body, so the whole person became more energetic, but Her Royal Highness the eldest princess seemed to have overdrawn the remaining energy, and the whole person looked a little weak.

Charlotte talked to her for a while, and then did not reluctantly bid her goodbye until it was already nightfall.

At this moment, Her Royal Highness the eldest princess suddenly asked the servant to hand her a small box. Charlotte opened it to see a diamond badge in the shape of a lily flower.

"Son, this should be the last time you'll see me," she handed the box to Charlotte, "I think I should leave something for you and your first child, it's the badge I used to wear, give it to you and give it to him." ”

Charlotte almost cried again, and it was hard to hold back.

Then, she called Charles over as well.

"Young man, I still hate you." She glared at Charles again, "But you're Charlotte's husband, so I wish you the best of luck and hope that you will survive when Bonaparte falls." Please be kind to her, thank you. ”

"I will." Charles replied briefly.

There was another long silence, and the two men looked at each other again.

"Versailles, how beautiful." The eldest princess suddenly raised her head and looked at the void, but her eyes were already dilated, "Don't you love it?" I can still see it, my father, my mother, my brother, my relatives, and your ancestors, and so many others...... They're all there, they're all watching us...... Would you not love it? ”

"I love it too, Your Highness." Charles bowed his head slightly, "But unfortunately I'm a realist, and I know it can't come back." If a century ago, I would have been willing to be a prime minister to your ancestors, and now ...... I wish I could let you close your eyes quietly and sleep with that era. ”

The eldest princess silently closed her eyes.

There was a long silence again.

"You don't have to wait long," she said quietly after a long time, "and I can feel the life force rushing out of my body...... People are going to bury me. ”

"Although we cannot attend your funeral, my wife and I will silently recite the eulogy for you in the most sympathetic way possible, Your Highness." Charles bowed lightly to her, "Thank you for taking care of our family. (To be continued.) )