Agnes abruptly left, leaving Charles alone in the hallway, watching her back as she traveled.

Although there was still pain on his face from time to time, he was not angry, he only felt a little crying and laughing.

His face was still swollen, and it was obviously inappropriate to go back now, so he had to hide in a room first, and wait until the swelling slowly subsided before coming out to see someone again.

He had been away from the marshal for so long, and everyone present today wondered in their hearts what had happened, but when he returned, no one came to inquire about him, as if nothing had happened.

"Charles, how's Grandpa's doing?" Charlotte saw that his expression was a little abnormal, and hurriedly approached him and asked, "Didn't Agnes have any conflict with him just now?" ”

"There is no conflict, although Agnes does not like grandpa, but after all, she still maintains the most basic respect for an old man," Charles shook his head, "Grandpa was not angry with her, but just asked about the place where her father's bones were buried, and planned to ...... Well, I'm going to send someone to bring his bones back and bury them. ”

"What?" Charlotte's reaction was bigger than Charles thought, "He's going to bring Edgar's bones back?" So what else did they say? ”

Charlotte is directly responsible for Edgar's death, and can even be said to be the main mastermind, so she is a little sensitive to this, for fear that Agnes will accidentally leak the matter.

"It's nothing, it's just something like that, Aunt Agnes told Grandpa where she buried Edgar." Charles shook his head, "Now that Grandpa is alone, he is a little sad, wait for us to pay attention to our words and don't irritate him anymore." ”

"Okay, I got it." Charlotte knew it. "I'll take good care of my grandfather."

Then, the couple Charles and Charlotte held hands and came to the center of the hall, where they became the center of everyone's attention.

To the melodious sound of the music, they began to lead the dance, and the others also danced in pairs.

However, because of his heavy heart, Charles's dance steps were not smooth, but fortunately, with Charlotte's cooperation, no flaws were revealed.

"Is there anything bothering you, Charles?" Charlotte asked, leaning next to her husband. "Why are you so uncertain?"

"I'm thinking about something important, sorry." Of course, Charles refused to say what he was worried about, so he had to talk about it casually.

"As Your Excellency the Minister, you are really conscientious, and you can't even relax at such a moment?" Charlotte laughed a little sarcastically. "Come on, you can't devote all your time to work, can you?"

"I'm sorry, Lolot." Charles leaned into her ear and kissed her gently.

Agnes' questioning of him did strike him a little, and he felt a little sorry for his wife once more, though it was only hypocrisy at best.

"Don't mess around, everyone is watching us now!" Charlotte's face turned a little red, and she pushed him away, "Okay, okay, I really can't help you, you can think whatever you like, but even if it's outside of the gods, we have to finish this dance." ”

Charles barely managed to restrain himself, and then finished the dance with Charlotte.

Perhaps because of the attention and intimacy with Charles, Charlotte is now radiant, she is already very beautiful, and now she has some motherly looks, and she is even more attractive.

When the two of them finished dancing, they stopped dancing and returned to the couch in the corner of the hall to rest.

"Friend, sometimes when I see the two of you, I really think that getting married is not so scary." Albert suddenly leaned next to them, and sat down on his own.

"In that case, then knot? Do people like you still need to be afraid of not having a marriage partner? Charlotte gave him an angry look, and poured herself a glass of wine. Do you need to envy us? ”

"Then you're really right, I really don't have a marriage partner right now." Albert shrugged his shoulders, "Hey, it's hard to find a good woman in this world now......"

"Don't talk nonsense, in fact, you just have too high a vision, so you can't look down on others, and you're just willing to play." Charlotte coldly interrupted his exaggerated exclamation, "Otherwise, with your current status, where else can anyone not find it?" ”

"Alright, okay, don't gossip like that," Albert smiled again, "and now I think I can wait." ”

"Wait, how many years do you have to wait?" Charlotte sneered.

"Albert, you're not young anymore, it's time to settle down." Charles was also on hand to help.

"Huh? How did you come together to rebuke me? You couple are terrible too. Albert laughed, "Well, let's not talk about it anymore, Charlotte, how did you think about that?" ”

"Which thing?" Charlotte asked rhetorically.

"The Queen's business? How did you think about it? Albert asked again.

"What is the Queen's business? You can make it clear, huh? Charlotte was even more confused.

"What, don't you know?" Albert looked strange. "No, word has spread among the officials of our ministry that His Majesty intends to appoint you as her chief female officer after the Empress arrives in Paris and marries. Don't you know? ”

"I, going to be a female official for the future Majesty the Empress?" Charlotte looked incredulous, and reacted almost subconsciously, "Let me flatter a Bonaparte's wife?" It's just ridiculous! ”

Albert shrugged his shoulders with a "I knew you would say that" expression.

After a moment's pause, Charlotte immediately regained consciousness.

"I've never heard of it, what the hell does that mean?" Charlotte turned to look at Charles, "Charles, are you hiding something from me?" ”

"Ah, Your Majesty did tell me about it, huh...... He felt that it was best for the queen's attendant team to have some noble ladies from noble families to add glory to his court. Charles explained to her with some embarrassment, "You see, he was the first to think of our house. ”

This so-called female officer is completely different from a real maid, and does not have to do any work to serve people. In many cases, it is just a court title, and it is not even necessary to be by the queen's side all the time, and in the courts of continental Europe, only the high noble families and even the royal family are qualified to fill it.

Louis Bonaparte, like his uncle, was very fond of getting involved with the old family and taking off the mud hat on his head. However, because of his family, he has always been unpopular with the old nobles (and even less favored by the old nobles than his uncle), so he has always wanted to expand his court influence, win the favor of the nobles, and form a sufficient female official team for the queen, which is naturally one of the steps.

In addition, the queen is of noble birth, and she should indeed form a luxurious team of female officials for her, so that she is worthy of her identity.

"Then why didn't you tell me?" Charlotte asked.

"Uh...... You were pregnant, and I didn't want to irritate you with that. Charles shrugged, "On second thought, I thought you wouldn't want to say yes, so I just ...... Well, politely declined Your Majesty. ”

As he spoke, Charles glanced at Albert secretly and scolded him for not speaking out with a big mouth, and Albert made a grimace to apologize to him.

He was telling the truth, Charlotte had always looked down on the Bonapartes, and Charles thought that why did Charles use this issue to block his wife? So he simply refused on behalf of his wife, but Louis Bonaparte did not give up now, he still wanted to use the surname Treville to decorate his queen's court - besides, if even his loyal Tréville family refused to produce this person, the other noble families would definitely have reason to refuse, and the matter of forming a female official team became very difficult.

"It's not good to refuse Your Majesty in this kind of thing, their family is very face-heavy." Charlotte was slightly worried.

"Oh, it's okay, I think it's just a small thing, even if Your Majesty is not happy, I will not lose favor with him." Charles smiled and shook his head, "Okay, don't worry Lolot, let's continue dancing." ”

Charlotte didn't answer, but lowered her head in contemplation.

"Your Majesty will be very unhappy with you...... Charles, there is no need for us to contradict Your Majesty on such matters. After a moment, she suddenly looked up and said.

The sudden change in her attitude surprised the two friends and looked at each other.

"Charlotte, what do you mean......" Charles asked tentatively. Do you want to accede to this request? ”

"Yes, it doesn't hurt to promise them, anyway, I don't really have to flatter Her Majesty every day." Charlotte smiled slightly, "So that everyone doesn't have to be embarrassed, and I can also get myself a nice title." ”

"Oh no, Charlotte, you really don't have to." Charles shook his head repeatedly, "You are my wife, and I will never let you have to do anything for me." ”

"You're so complacent, Your Excellency." Charlotte was still smiling, "I promised this, it's for my benefit, just by the way, I took you into account." ”

"Aren't you dissatisfied with Your Majesty?" Charles smiled wryly.

"Of course I'm not satisfied, I still look down on them. But even if you look down on him, he is still His Majesty, and we have to deal with him seriously. I'm even more dissatisfied that you didn't even mention anything to me, and you just refused for me, and it's such a big thing! My dear, where are you putting me? If Albert hadn't lost his words, I wouldn't even know about it now! Charlotte seemed a little angry, and suddenly made a straight face, "Maybe you think it's for my good, but actually?" Are you treating me like a servant? Think you can make decisions for me? No, that's not good, no. ”

"I'm just ......" Charles tried to plead, but didn't know how.

"I am willing to make sacrifices for you and listen to your advice because I love you and am willing to help you in any way I can, not because I have to obey you—I am your wife, but not your servant." Charlotte looked at Charles quite solemnly, "In fact, if I don't know it, you have forgotten that I am actually the heir in my grandfather's will?" The family should be headed by me, and the wealth is in my name, and you should have followed my instructions! ”

"Also...... You don't have to say it so seriously......" Charles was embarrassed to be told so badly in front of his friends. "Alright, Lolot, it's my fault, I apologize to you, I'll never hide this from you again—and I really don't mean anything about it."

"I believe you have no malicious intentions, but this is just wrong, and you must prevent it." After he begged for mercy, Charlotte's tense expression finally relaxed, "Next time, if this kind of thing happens again, I won't show mercy to you." ”

"Good, good...... I was wrong......" Charles continued to apologize.

"Then you can tell Your Majesty in the past two days, just say that I am very happy and can't wait to become Her Majesty's female official." Charlotte didn't intend to chase him hard, and when she was done, she picked up her glass and poured herself a sip of wine.

"Okay......" Charles sighed, then poured himself a glass of wine as well.

Albert didn't speak all the time, watching the couple's interaction, and by this time, he couldn't help but laugh and pour himself a glass of wine as well.

"Now you know that marriage isn't that pretty, right?" Charles made a foolish joke with his friend.

"No, because of you, I want to get married even more." Albert laughed, "What a lovely tenderness, I can't help but be ashamed of you." ”

"What the hell are you two muttering?!" Charlotte drank lightly, then picked up her glass, "Here, cheers, everyone." ”

"Cheers." Three wine glasses clashed.

"I didn't expect you to think that way, Charlotte." After drinking the wine, Charles couldn't help but sigh. "It's me...... It's that I'm too confused. ”

"You've always been smart, but you just always think you're smarter than you really are." Charlotte glared at him, "Okay...... In fact, it's normal for you to think so, even if I was a year ago, I'm afraid I wouldn't have made such a choice. ”

"So why change your mind?" Albert asked with interest.

"Because of responsibility...... Because of the final responsibility. Charlotte closed her eyes slightly, as if recalling something, "The Trevill family must prosper more in our hands, since I have abandoned the ideals I have insisted on for more than twenty years, I have turned my back on the Wang family...... Then I have to make the same performance to prove that I made the right choice, otherwise...... Otherwise, what is the meaning of my life? And I also have to think about our child, I have to pave the way for him, who told him to have a careless father? ”

Then, she opened her eyes and glared at Charles, "What have you been watching me do?" Weird, isn't it? ”

"No, Lolot......" Charles shook his head, "not weird, just cute, cute, really...... It's so cute. ”

It would have been nice if it had been like this in the first place, he thought to himself. (To be continued.) )