And Lawrence, who was dozens of miles away from the Palace of Versailles, naturally did not know that the old king in the court had already favored him.

For Lawrence, how to further consolidate the relationship with Crown Prince Louis is the most important thing for him at the moment, although Lawrence has a life-saving grace for Crown Prince Louis, but if he does not take the initiative to continue to build a good relationship with Crown Prince Louis, this favor will only become a one-time favor.

Just after dawn, Lawrence was awakened by the chirping of birds in the woods, but when he returned to the room last night, everyone thought that Lawrence was seriously injured and did not come to bother.

After all, the blood stain on Lawrence's body when he returned to the castle last night really startled many nobles, but it was Lawrence who slept peacefully.

Of course, only Lawrence and Grosso knew that their injuries didn't matter at all, at best they were just some abrasions and sprained arms when they fell to the ground.

Grosso is not a doctor, but as the saying goes, a long illness becomes a good doctor, and for him, who is used to fighting, it is completely easy to deal with these small traumatic injuries on Lawrence's body.

However, in order to conform to the most widely circulated version of the story, Lawrence instructed Grosso to deal with himself as seriously injured last night.

Grosso also understood this, and the gauze wrapped around Lawrence's abdomen and chest like no money, and he also found a cane for Lawrence, and fixed his arms with simple splints.

"Grosso, this guy can't breathe around my chest."

Lawrence sat at the head of the bed and said helplessly as he looked at his upper body, which was tightly wrapped in bandages.

At this moment, there was a sudden knock on the door, and before Lawrence could answer, the man outside the door pushed the door directly and broke in, seemingly very eager.

This is exactly the worried Crown Prince Louis.

Lawrence saw that it was Crown Prince Louis coming, and was about to get up to greet him, but was stopped by Prince Louis and said:

"Oh no, no, no, dear Lawrence, sit down."

After that, Crown Prince Louis looked at the bandages wrapped around Lawrence's body, couldn't help but take a big breath, and then personally moved a chair to sit in front of Lawrence, and said:

"Are your injuries alright? Oh my God, it was so dark last night that I didn't even notice. ”

It was already dusk when Lawrence and his party encountered the wolf yesterday, and Lawrence had been fighting with the she-wolf for a while before Crown Prince Louis drew his knife to assist Lawrence, which also made Crown Prince Louis think that Lawrence's injuries were caused at that time.

In the eyes of Crown Prince Louis, Lawrence's injury was almost suffered for himself, because in the situation at that time, if Lawrence hadn't drawn his knife, it was probably himself who left the lone wolf.

Those few dukes and heirs would not be kind enough to risk their lives to save themselves, after all, Crown Prince Louis still has two younger brothers, and even if he dies, he will not lead to the extinction of the heir.

Thinking of this, the kind-hearted Prince Louis felt even more distressed after seeing these injuries on Lawrence's body, and felt that he had made the right choice to visit Lawrence early in the morning.

"Thank you for your concern, Your Highness, although it is a little uncomfortable, it doesn't matter, just rest for a while."

Lawrence's fingers ran over the bandages on his body, shook his head and said with a wry smile.

"Whew, that's good, that's good."

Crown Prince Louis also breathed a long sigh of relief when he heard this.

If Lawrence had an accident in order to save the crown prince, with the character of Crown Prince Louis, even if the outside world took it for granted, he himself would definitely not be able to do it.

After a brief greeting, there was a brief pause in the conversation, and Lawrence took the opportunity to look at the crown prince and think about how to maintain his friendship with him, after all, this kindness alone was not enough.

So Lawrence glanced at Crown Prince Louis, and after thinking that he was already interested in lock-making at this time, he deliberately added:

"Well, it's just a pity that for a while I won't be able to pick up a ruler and a compass. Oh, and I forgot to tell you, I'm still a mechanical engineering academic. ”

"Huh?" Crown Prince Louis blinked twice when he heard this, and immediately became interested, and asked:

"I really don't know this, what kind of machinery do you have research in?"

Lawrence tilted his head and thought for a moment, then said as he liked:

"Basically, it's fine machinery, like pocket watches, guns, oh, and of course, I'm also interested in locks."

Lawrence is not ashamed to say this, he was a conscientious mechanical engineer in his previous life, although his hands-on ability in this era is much worse, but the theory and future design in his head alone can definitely attract Crown Prince Louis.

After all, when it comes to lockmaking, Crown Prince Louis will not personally hold a hammer and do everything himself from the beginning of ironmaking, and most of the work he does is just assembly and design.

"Really? It's a coincidence, and I'm actually very interested in that. It's a pity that no one in the aristocratic circle likes these things. ”

Crown Prince Louis's eyes lit up and he said excitedly:

"I have a workshop in the Palace of Versailles, so be sure to come and see it when your injuries are healed, and maybe we can make some amazing works together."

Lawrence nodded, knowing that Louis XVI had indeed set up a hardware workshop in his palace during the time of the crown prince, and hired many locksmiths to work in it, and the most skilled locksmiths were even allowed to enter and leave the palace at will.

Of course, Lawrence was also confident that he would take this right to enter and leave the dormitory at will.

After discovering the common interests of the two, Crown Prince Louis also became cheerful and outgoing, constantly telling Lawrence about his recent innovations in the lock-making process.

Lawrence also listened patiently, and from time to time used his knowledge to ask some questions about the design of Crown Prince Louis, and also briefly described the design of some locks in later generations to Crown Prince Louis.

It wasn't until the birdsong in the woods outside the castle had subsided that the Crown Prince Louis realized that the two had been talking for too long, and said with a sigh of relief:

"Oh my God, I'm sure you're a master locksmith, and the design of that pin lock you're talking about is so interesting that I can't wait to see how it works."

Lawrence smiled and nodded, after all, the marble lock was a lock device invented in the middle of the nineteenth century, and of course it could attract the locksmith crown prince, so he pretended to regret and said:

"Actually, the lock is still on the blueprint, but I think I can work with you to make a prototype."

"Really? Great, I'll write you an invitation when I get back, and you can come to my dormitory when you get there. Oh, of course, after your injuries healed. ”

When Crown Prince Louis heard this, he was even more excited, after all, it meant that the intricately designed pin lock would be born in his workshop, so he excitedly extended an invitation to Lawrence.

Lawrence nodded happily and accepted the invitation, and at the same time breathed a sigh of relief, with this level of relationship, at least he could maintain his friendship with Crown Prince Louis for a long time.

...

"Look, it's Crown Prince Louis here."

"He's Governor Bonaparte, oh—he's badly wounded."

"Alas, after all, in the face of a whole group of evil wolves, it would be lucky to be able to pick up a life, but he is really brave, I can't do this."

"Hmph, I think he came forward to curry favor with Crown Prince Louis, you look at the intimate relationship between the crown prince and him."

"Come on, if you face a pack of wolves, you probably won't even be able to hold a sword."

When Crown Prince Louis and Lawrence came to the breakfast hall together, the two of them immediately became the focus of the nobles in the audience, even some nobles who had finished the breakfast dinner and were ready to continue hunting today, and immediately turned back when they saw these two.

The Duke of Choiseul, who was in the center of the crowd, also squinted at Lawrence, nodded to him meaningfully, and greeted Lawrence with the white wine in his hand.

Most of the young and unmarried ladies looked at Lawrence with obsession, and in their eyes the valiant young foreign governor was worthy of being their imaginary spouse both in rank and in character:

"I've heard that he came from a broken earl family, but it's not easy to become the governor of Corsica."

"But it's not just that, it's said that he can also fight with soldiers, oh my God, I really want to see him in a military uniform, I must ask the best painter to paint that scene."

"Ah, I already want to write him a letter."

...

Even some of the bold ladies had gone straight to their fathers or brothers, hoping that they would come forward to express their wishes for marriage to the handsome governor of Corsica.

Crown Prince Louis held Lawrence with one hand and waved to everyone with the other.

When everyone praised Lawrence's bravery, they inevitably brought Crown Prince Louis with them, which also greatly satisfied the vanity of the crown prince, a sixteen-year-old boy.

After all, for Crown Prince Louis, this is very rare, not through his identity to be praised by everyone, but through his own actions to be recognized by people.

Bathed in the sound of everyone's discussions, Lawrence and Crown Prince Louis also looked at each other and smiled, supported each other, and didn't care about any etiquette rules, just found a table and sat down directly, and began to feast.

Halfway through the breakfast, many savvy aristocrats who were aware of Lawrence's political value came up to greet Lawrence and introduce themselves.

They also understand that Lawrence is now a popular person next to Crown Prince Louis, and for those nobles who want to climb up, it is undoubtedly very important to tie up the role of Lawrence.

Even some of the nobles who were not in a position to come forward assigned their men to send greetings to Lawrence, and politely invited Lawrence to visit their manor mansion in the future.

Lawrence also patiently accepted these greetings or invitations with a smile, and who knows if it will be useful to these people in the future.

However, just as Lawrence and Crown Prince Louis were receiving these kind greetings, they suddenly heard a loud and arrogant voice from the crowd:

"Your Royal Highness, it's great to see that you're okay, and if something happens to you, your brother will be very sad."

As soon as these words came out, the nobles present were stunned, not knowing who dared to say such a rebellious word in front of Crown Prince Louis, after all, everyone knew that Crown Prince Louis also had two younger brothers who threatened his succession to the throne.

The little nobles who were in front of Lawrence subconsciously turned their heads to look at the speaker, but after seeing the man's face clearly, they immediately put away their surprised expressions, and hurriedly moved out of front of Lawrence to make way for the man.

If it is this person, he does have the capital to be arrogant in front of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

Lawrence frowned and looked up at the man, only to see that it was a young man about the same age as Crown Prince Louis, estimated to be about the same age as himself.

Although he also had a smile on his face, it was a typical smiling face, and his body was still shaking slightly, and his eyes were fixed on Crown Prince Louis, without any respect at all.

When Crown Prince Louis saw this man, his brows suddenly twisted, and he looked at him almost through gritted teeth, but said nothing.

Seeing that Crown Prince Louis ignored him, the man laughed contemptuously twice, then turned his gaze to Lawrence, and said with even more disdain:

"And this governor from Corsica, you refused my grandfather's offer that day, I thought you had some great ambitions, but it turned out that you were going to be the crown prince's dog, and I was disappointed."

With that, the man snorted coldly, and left the banquet hall with his entourage without looking back.

When the man's back disappeared at the door, Crown Prince Louis sighed, glanced at Lawrence, and said directly:

"I know what you're asking, he's Count Falcone, an arrogant and arrogant playboy and an abominable bastard. Every time I saw him, I wanted to vindicate Judas. ”

"Count Falcone? An earl so arrogant? Lawrence asked, frowning.

Crown Prince Louis said helplessly:

"His grandfather was the Duke of Richelieu, and he is also the son-in-law of this generation of the family, if nothing else, he will be the fifth Duke of Richelieu in the future."

"No wonder..."

Lawrence nodded slightly, no wonder he dared to be so arrogant in front of the crown prince, with the power of the Duke of Richelieu, even if the crown prince Louis reported these things to Louis XV, Louis XV would not care too much about the disputes between these young people.

After all, the Count of Falcone did not do anything wrong to Crown Prince Louis, and the mere disrespect of words was not enough for Louis XV to imprison the heir of the House of Richelieu in a dungeon.

And the reason why Count Falcone is so hostile to Lawrence is probably that Lawrence rejected the reminder and solicitation of the Duke of Richelieu before, and instead threw himself into the side of the Duke of Choiseul.

It's just that in Lawrence's memory, the fifth Duke of Richelieu in history should be only four years old at this time, obviously not the Count of Falcone, and it seems that there are still a lot of changes in between.

"Alas, it's disgusting."

Thinking of the face of Count Falcone, Crown Prince Louis couldn't help but sigh, but there was nothing he could do.

For the indecisive and cowardly crown prince, the ability to draw a sword to help Lawrence last night was already his highlight moment, and as for how to deal with Count Falcone, he was completely confused.

Lawrence looked at Crown Prince Louis with a little helplessness, and it seemed that the crown prince's political ability was really quite mediocre.

"However, this may be a good opportunity to further woo Crown Prince Louis."

Lawrence cupped his forehead thoughtfully, pondering.

As long as he can help Crown Prince Louis take revenge on Count Falcone, the relationship between the two will undoubtedly be closer, although this will lead to a tear with the Duke of Richelieu, but Lawrence, who has decided to fall to the side of the Duke of Choiseul, does not care about this.

On the contrary, as long as Lawrence has a better relationship with Crown Prince Louis, the Duke of Choiseul will pay more attention to Lawrence, after all, his relationship with Crown Prince Louis relies on Lawrence as an intermediary. In this way, Lawrence was able to use the power of the Duke of Choiseul to gain more benefits.

"Come to think of it this way... It's a worthwhile act. ”

After making up his mind silently, Lawrence patted Crown Prince Louis on the shoulder, leaned into his ear, and whispered seductively:

"Your Highness, do you want this bastard to suffer a little?"

"Huh? Of course I thought about it, how could I make him suffer? Crown Prince Louis became interested when he heard this, and asked repeatedly.

"Let him bleed."

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