It's already August, and the weather is getting hotter, but fortunately, the small reception room has opened the shutters, and the cool breeze blows, and it is not particularly hot inside.

Today, Mademoiselle Marie-de-Léoltran is learning to play chess with Charles again, and Fran is watching.

After a while, Charles looked closely at the intertwined pieces on the chessboard, and suddenly nodded approvingly.

"That's a good step."

"Really?" Mademoiselle de la Marquis de léoland looked at Charles in surprise, "Don't lie to me! ”

"Of course, no lie, from a beginner's point of view, it's not easy to progress so quickly. I can see you've been putting a lot of effort lately, Miss Leolan. ”

Listening to Charles's compliment, Mary seemed to be particularly happy, and became even more delicate and lovely with excitement. "That means you're teaching me very hard, doesn't it? Also, call me Mary, don't come and go every time......"

"Uh...... All right. ”

Just as Charles and Mary were in the heat of their time, suddenly the servants came to spread the word that a guest had arrived.

"Matilda?" Mary exclaimed. "She's actually free today!"

Charles was also a little strange, not only strange that she came to visit, but also strange that she was visiting herself.

A few days ago, the incident of the Dilion family was coaxed for a while, and everyone speculated about the inside story, but the Dilion family has been silent, and everyone in Zuihou has no gossip to come up with a reason. As the enthusiasm cooled, everyone was now talking about something else.

Maybe it has something to do with it?

After a few moments, Matilda entered, and Charles was taken aback again.

Compared to the last time they met, the second lady in the Privy Seal's Mansion had almost changed: she was now wearing a slightly loose black dress, and a pair of dark tortoiseshell-rimmed glasses on her face, which almost covered the small half of her face.

What the hell happened to be so devastated? Charles was a little curious.

"Matilda, what the hell is going on......" Fran was also a little shocked, "Why are you dressed like this today?" ”

"I'm fine, don't worry," Matilda sighed suddenly, then found a seat and sat down. "It's not me who has the problem."

Charles didn't know what to ask, so he didn't say a word, waiting for the other party to find out.

"My visit didn't bother you today, did I. Treville?" Matilda's face was full of helplessness.

"Of course not."

Matilda's expression suddenly changed, and Zuihou changed to a self-deprecating smile. "There must be a lot of rumors about our family out there now, right?"

"Yes, indeed." Charles nodded dryly.

"Can you tell me about it?"

"A lot of rumors, which one would you like to hear?"

"The more terrifying kind." Matilda looked at the chessboard.

"Some people say that your family was burglarized that day, and some people say that your grandfather accidentally went off while playing with a gun and scared your sister." Charles said as he watched the other man's reaction, "It was also said that your father bumped into his daughter on a tryst with his lover......

Matilda spread out her hand and made a helpless gesture. "You've guessed this step......"

"Is it true?!" Mary next to her exclaimed.

"It can't be that serious, right?" Fran was also surprised.

"It's worse than that." Matilda replied gloomily, "It was an attempted elopement." ”

"Hah!" Fran and Mary took a deep breath at the same time.

Even Charles was a little shocked.

However, judging by all indications, it is indeed ...... I guess so.

So the man who stared at him that day was the lover who the young lady mixed in? And the look of Mademoiselle Delier on that day is easy to explain.

It seems that because she has found someone to talk to, Matilda's mood has relaxed a lot.

"My sister met someone for some reason and fell in love with him and wanted to marry him, but my father refused. So they plotted to elope. The man you noticed that day seemed to be my sister's lover. My sister kept an invitation and gave it to him so he could get in......"

"They failed?" Charles asked calmly.

"Yes, failed. Seeing his sister's performance that day, his father was very suspicious, and ordered his maid to keep watching her closely, and Zuihou found out......" Matilda shook her head, "My sister is indeed not a specialist in doing big things......"

Not every girl can do this kind of thing without changing her face and heartbeat, Charles thought to herself.

"After finding my sister slipping out of the hall, my father went out with her, and then happened to see the two of them getting along......" Matilda lowered her head, "Father took an opportunity and shot the man, hitting him in the shoulder and making him run. My sister is now being confined by her father......"

Zuihou's words, Matilda's tone is not known with fear or regret, maybe both.

"Did you make it this far?" Mary seemed frightened. "And the shooting ......"

"It's cruel!" Fran's face turned pale with horror. "Obviously they love each other!"

"That person's grandfather, who voted in favor that year, was a murderer." Matilda continued in a whisper. "My father strongly disapproved of my sister associating with him, let alone getting married."

[On January 18, 1793, the French National Assembly voted to sentence Louis XVI to death, and on January 21, Louis XVI was guillotined. The French used the term régicide to refer specifically to the members of the National Assembly who voted in favor of the execution of the king at the time. 】

"But with all due respect, aren't your family now serving the descendants of the king-killers? And it seems to be very dedicated," Charles teased maliciously. "I thought the Count didn't seem to care much about that......"

Yes, the father of the present King Louis-Philippe, the former Duke of Orleans who was a speculative revolution (he also wittily declared himself the Third Estate and changed his name to Philippe-Equality), who at the time also voted in favor of the question as a member of the National Assembly, was an undoubted regicide. So it is clear that the current king of France is a descendant of the murderer - if the charge is really necessary. Because of this incident, the Orleans lineage, which is a branch of the Bourbon royal family, has not been treated well by the immediate and conservative aristocracy.

Incidentally, the former Duke of Orleans was guillotined by the Jacobins in November 1793 and found nothing.

Matilda was a little embarrassed. "Didn't the Duke of Orleans force him at that time......" Seeing that Charles was about to say something rebellious, she hurriedly made a gesture to stop her, and then continued, "Well, let's not dwell on this issue. Not only was his grandfather a murderer, but he also had no property or status...... My father looked it up, he was a former officer, he had served in North Africa before, he fought bravely, he had received several medals, and he had also received the rank of captain. But because he was denounced as a radical republican, he retired from the army a year ago......"

"That means he has no money and no status now, so your father is adamantly reluctant to marry your sister to him, right?" Charles concluded.

Matilda's lips moved, as if she wanted to say something to justify, but Zuihou nodded dryly. "Yes, that's it, and I don't see any loosening in his attitude."

"Your sister must have pleaded many times, otherwise she wouldn't have taken this step."

"Yes, my sister has begged my father many times, but my father has flatly refused," Matilda's face was very gloomy, and there was even a little tremor in her tone, "There was a big quarrel between them, and my father was so angry that he would rather marry my sister to a fool than let her marry that person." I was really stunned, my father had never been so angry, and my sister had never cried so much......"

"I'm honoured, Miss Delion." Charles said suddenly.

"Huh?"

"In your eyes, I'm better than an idiot, and I appreciate what you say about me." Charles thanked him solemnly.

Matilda burst out laughing, and the gloom on her face dissipated a lot.

"You really found out, that's right, I plan to match you and my sister, if my sister empathizes and doesn't fall in love with you, then all the problems will be solved directly? It's a pity......" she shook her head gloomily again, "it's too late." I really didn't expect that my sister was already planning to do this kind of thing that day! ”

"It looks like they're really in love." Charles calmly assessed.

"And now, what are you going to do in your family?" Mary asked.

"It's a mess," Matilda bowed her head, "my sister has been crying ever since she was arrested, asking her lover how she was doing, if her life was in danger, and refusing to eat; And her father also ignored her, and seemed to be planning to find someone to marry her sister off...... Either send my sister to a seminary. ”

"It's cruel...... "Fran looked at her brother. Will your sister accept this fate? ”

"I don't know, maybe...... No......" Matilda frowned, "maybe...... Maybe...... God, maybe she's going to die! ”

"Oh God!" Mary exclaimed, too.

"And what are you going to do?" Charles remained calm, "Surely you're not here today just to tell us about the scandals in your house, with all due respect?" ”

"Scandal?" Matilda smiled wryly again, "That's right, it's a scandal indeed. But ......"

Her expression suddenly became solemn, with great determination in it. "I value my sister's life more than the scandal! The father now seems to be planning to leave the daughter alone, but ...... But I'm going to take care of it, I'm going to rescue my sister! ”

"Well, rescue!" Fran and Mary answered at the same time.

Girls are always defenseless in the face of such romantic stories.

Charles stopped the two girls from heckling with his eyes. "And how are you going to save it?"

Matilda took a breath, then replied solemnly.

"I'll let my sister run out of the confinement first, and then you take her away."

"How do you get her out? She should be being watched very closely now, right? Charles questioned.

"Of course, she has to be honest for a few days first, and numb the servants who are in charge of guarding her at home. And ......" Matilda suddenly looked up at Charles, "Mr. Treville, what do you think of my glasses?" ”

"Well, it's beautiful, the black tortoiseshell frame with your white skin gives you a mysterious intellectual beauty, every reflection of the lenses can make people's hearts shake, compared to the grace and luxury brought by your previous thin gold wire frame, the current glasses give you a different kind of charm...... However, I recommend that you change your eyes every few days and don't use the same one all the time, so that your temperament and charm will be unstoppable. Please don't question my judgment, I'm a professional glasses lady who evaluates bricks, that's right......" Zuihou said in a whisper.

Matilda's face suddenly flushed, and then she almost shouted.

"What stupid are you talking about! I mean, can you see my face completely under such heavy glasses! ”

Charles recovered from his excitement and found that his sister was looking at him with the familiar eyes of a broken canvas, and even Mary, who had been looking at her with adoring eyes, looked at her with a strange look.

"Uh...... Don't mind, I just ......" Charles' face was a little embarrassed, and suddenly he thought of something, "What do you mean.................. Change?! ”

"Yes, I use these glasses these days, and then I visit my sister every day to familiarize my family with my outfit and movement. Then, in a few days, I'll go in and change clothes with my sister and let her run out! My sister and I are not much different in appearance, and we are about the same height, so if we change our clothes, we shouldn't be immediately noticed. Matilda clenched her little fist. When the time comes, you will be responsible for answering outside, and some of the walls and iron fences of my house are out of sight of the mansion, and on the day of the operation, you cut one or two of the fences in the place I designated, and my sister will be able to escape......"

Charles listened silently as Matilda methodically stated her jihua, and was amazed in her heart.

So, in fact, before coming here, Matilda's Jihua had already started to implement it? This chick is really not easy!

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