"You can think of it that way."

After hearing the prince's meaningful words, Charles also abandoned his original relaxed and casual state at this moment, and his whole spirit tensed again.

He reaffirmed the fact that the people he had come to meet from thousands of miles away were indeed not ordinary looking couples, nor ordinary people, but the supreme rulers of this world empire, although in more sense of the word.

"I am very grateful for your kindness to us and to France." After a moment of silence, he bowed slightly to the prince, and then said no more.

He could see that the prince was a calm and pragmatic man, at least much more rigorous than his wife, so he took it seriously, for example. He didn't say much, but quietly thought about what to do with this man next.

Unlike the silence of the two men walking side by side, the atmosphere between the two women on the other side was much more harmonious.

The Queen brought Charlotte close to her, and she introduced the places she had passed along the way in the same cheerful tone as she had just used, interspersed with some interesting stories about her childhood here, which Charlotte listened to very charmingly, and asked the Queen some questions from time to time, which made the Queen laugh from time to time.

The maids next to them followed them without saying a word, and their stern expressions reminded people that this was a royal palace after all, and that Charlotte's treatment was extraordinary.

However, Charlotte talked and laughed with the queen as usual, which made these maids secretly admire in their hearts.

Charlotte didn't feel the honor she had received from the Queen. Not to mention trembling and fearing. In her heart, the queen is not a noble monarch who is a head above her. It's just a very kind lady who is a few years older, so she seems to be extra relaxed.

But. To be honest, she felt that Buckingham Palace was lackluster, so she just dealt with the queen and said some compliments casually.

The two of them talked and laughed so easily, but it also made Charles's heart feel a lot more relaxed - at least, it seemed that the queen had a good impression of Charlotte, and maybe she could earn a few impression points for her diplomatic career.

"You must be familiar with the furnishings, right?" After chatting for a moment, the queen suddenly pointed to the baroque marble carvings in the corridor and said to Charlotte with a smile. "A lot of the furnishings here were set up by Charles II, and as you know, Charles II was very fond of the French, so he used a lot of things that were popular in France at the time......"

Charles II was the third king of the English Stuart dynasty and was the eldest son of Charles I. After Charles I, who was executed by Parliament in 1649 after his defeat in the Civil War, was unwilling to lose his throne and absconded to the Continent to seek support.

Louis XIV, the reigning monarch of France at the time, gave him courtesy. He was given a lot of verbal support, but not substance. He also married his sister Henrietta to Louis XIV's younger brother, Philippe, Duke of Orleans.

In 1660, the British, fearing that England would relapse into civil war after Cromwell's death. He was brought back to his country and proclaimed himself king. During his reign, Britain and France had good relations and formed an alliance against the Dutch.

After his death, though. England soon became at odds with France, and fought against the Netherlands and the Habsburg League in the War of the Grand League, which began in 1688 – of course. In such a cordial and friendly atmosphere, no one would have thought to bring up this matter.

"yes. It is indeed somewhat familiar, and I saw a lot of these furnishings in it when I visited Versailles. Charlotte nodded, and then sighed as if indignant, "It's a pity that we don't see such beautiful furnishings in France anymore, and we French have abandoned it entirely...... What a glorious time it was, and yet we can only see the remains of them in the various palaces and castles...... What a shame! ”

"If you wish, you could have these things in your own home?" The queen replied with a smile, "I have heard that Monsieur Bonaparte has given you a royal palace...... Haven't you rebuilt it all over again with your own hobby? ”

This kind of point-in-the-spot remark made Charlotte speechless for a moment.

She didn't understand why the Queen said this, or what she was trying to convey from it, but one thing was clear: the Queen did seem to know the family well.

It should be a rare honor to think of calling his wife to the palace......

"As you know, my husband bought us a mansion, and I did rebuild it as I wished, but I was always not satisfied, because the cultural atmosphere of that era is gone, and today's designers only talk about art and change everything into a petty and cheesy ......" Thinking of this, Charlotte sighed with some dissatisfaction, "Well, the French will one day know what a glorious era they have left behind!" ”

Because of the strange tone of the queen's tone, Charlotte could not help but become a little cautious, trying to get rid of the negative impression of 'robbing the property of the royal family of Orleans' in front of the queen, but judging from the appearance of the queen and his wife, they did not feel any resentment about the couple because of this.

"History always wants to play a joke on us, that's why it's cute, isn't it?" The queen was still smiling, "Take poor Charles II, and fortunately he has no heirs, otherwise it would not be me who is standing in front of you today......"

Poor Charles II was indeed a bit of a suffocation, the merry king had many mistresses and more than 10 illegitimate children, but because the queen could not have children, there were no legitimate heirs to the throne, so after his death, his brother James inherited the throne. And it was this King James II who completely ruined the Stuart dynasty and gave the Hanover royal family a chance to inherit the British throne.

It's just that when Charlotte lamented the old era, she suddenly said such a sentence, Charlotte couldn't understand whether the queen was careless and unintentional, or hinted that she did not reject this new era.

Does the queen look much smarter than she seems? Charlotte thought to herself.

"Oh, I forgot, you're from France, it's a country where you like to talk about everything, and of course you're going to like the old-fashioned style! Mrs. Treville...... Oh, I'll call you Charlotte, right? After strolling around for a while, the queen suddenly looked at Charlotte with interest, "I guess you won't refuse to call you that, right?" ”

"Of course you can, Your Majesty!" Charlotte, who was awakened, hurriedly replied, "It's really my indescribable honor to be called so by you!" ”

Of course, even if it is just from the point of view of etiquette, she will never call the name of Her Majesty the Queen.

"Okay, Charlotte......" The queen waved her hand slightly, signaling that she shouldn't be so nervous, "you're twenty-four, aren't you?" It's still quite late to get married. ”

Marriage at the age of twenty-four is an absolute early marriage in the West in the 21st century, but in the 19th century it was very late, and Her Majesty herself married at the age of 21, and then gave birth to her daughter, Princess Victoria, in less than a year.

And it's not because of someone's fault! Dragged on for so long!

At the thought of this, Charlotte frowned slightly, and then glanced sideways at Charles. "Well...... We actually agreed to get married a long time ago, but it was just because some things delayed time. ”

Seeing Charlotte so dissatisfied, the queen seemed to understand something, and then smiled even more happily.

"Sometimes, I'm really like each other, right?" The queen suddenly leaned to the side slightly, narrowing the distance between the two of them a little, and then lowered her voice, "I married my cousin, and you married your cousin......"

The Queen and the Prince are cousins, while Charles and Charlotte are cousins, and the age difference between the two couples is several months.

"But you've had several children, and I don't." Charlotte replied similarly in a low voice. "So I'm really envious of your ......"

However, at Charlotte's age, the queen had almost three children, and Charlotte had none. Even though she knew she had a lot of time left, Charlotte was still a little anxious.

This unfeigned envy made the queen happier than any compliment.

"It's okay, you're young, aren't you? Children will always have it. I have blessed you on God's behalf, and you will soon be able to have children as the crystallization of your love, inheriting your behalf. The queen was still smiling. My blessing is more useful than the Pope—I am the head of the Church of England, and my country is larger and has more subjects than the Church of Rome, am I not closer to God than the Pope? ”

"Then I'll borrow your auspicious words, Your Majesty!" Although she didn't think that the queen's blessing could be much better than that of the pope, Charlotte was still happy in the face of kindness.

As for the queen's disrespect for the church, as a French nobleman anyway, she didn't think much of the church and the pope anyway.

Seeing the two talking and laughing, the two men in the back slowly melted the gap between them.

"We are nominally brothers, but we are doing my brother's work...... the prince sighed suddenly, "I think you can understand my feelings, Mr. Treville. ”

"Well, what do you mean?"

"A son-in-law is always annoying, sir. My wife can do things that are justified in me, but I can't even do them on the sly. Prince Albert sighed, and then as if laughing at himself, "No matter how hard I try to serve this country, the people of this country still don't like me, and think that I have tried my best to come to England to touch their ......" (to be continued......)