When Edgar and Princess Cadillan quietly left Paris together, Parisian social circles were bustling as usual. No one talked about their departure, as if they had been forgotten.
Edgar put aside the fact that the princess was once very famous in the court of the Bourbon family. Many people were favored by her, and many people once patted their chests and said they would go through fire and water for her. Now when she leaves in despair,
However, these people all turned a blind eye and seemed to have amnesia.
This is not surprising. The world is inherently cold, and the princess who has lost her power will be shunned. In addition, Edgar and the princess are rumored to be involved in some counter-case. Although the government has declared that he is innocent, after all,
No one dares to cause trouble for themselves, so even if there are a few people who are nostalgic and want to give away their old friends, they can only choose to stay away under the huge pressure.
However, for the two old lovers who have suffered from the dangerous situation, all this no longer matters. They just want to leave the land of right and wrong quickly and enjoy their hard-won freedom again - of course, they may occasionally do so in the future.
I returned to Paris because I missed the prosperity, but even then I would never use my current identity again.
Therefore, Edgar de Treville and Princess Diana de Cadieu, two names that were once famous in social circles, disappeared forever from the prestigious stage of Paris.
But Paris doesn't care about this. After all, the social world is also a place where emperors and courtiers belong. Every few years or more, a group of "hot people" will be born in those famous salons. Parisians will fall in love with others.
Soon, people will be forgotten even faster. This is just a small aftermath of the great turmoil of 1830, and it is not a big deal.
Just two days after Edgar left Paris, Agnes, who had been reclusive in her manor, suddenly, accompanied by her mother, quietly came to Paris to visit her sister.
Compared with Charlotte's indifference when she was born, the Duke and Duchess paid "extreme attention" to the unborn child. After she entered the nursing stage, her mother personally accompanied her to ensure that the mother and child were safe.
Of course, this emphasis is understandable. After all, this unborn child can be said to be the family's talisman for the next few decades. There must be no mistakes.
When she heard the news that her sister and mother were visiting, Alice panicked. Fortunately, her pregnancy was not obvious yet, so she could still get over it.
She quickly entertained the two people, and then called her sister to her room alone.
At this time, Agnes was already four or five months pregnant, so her abdomen was obviously bulging, and her walking posture was obviously leaning forward.
"Agnes, didn't I tell you not to come over to see me? Why did you come here regardless of your own health?" She felt distressed and scared, so she asked her sister.
"I'm a little worried about you, so I came over to see you while I can still move around." Agnes looked at her sister with worried eyes, "Are you okay?"
Because she particularly disliked Edgar, Agnes came here only after hearing that he had left.
And she was extremely sympathetic to her sister's current situation. I won't talk about what happened before, but now for the sake of the future and to have one more child by her side, she actually had to endure the pain and humiliation and continue with such a husband.
She felt distressed just thinking about sleeping in the same bed, so even though she had difficulty moving now, she still wanted to come over and comfort her sister.
How did she know that the situation was not at all what she imagined.
Faced with her sister's question, Alice only felt a wry smile in her heart, but on the surface, she could only look like she was in pain and had mixed emotions. "I'm fine, at least the situation won't be worse. Now he's gone."
I left completely, and my nightmare ended. From now on, we can live our own lives, and no one needs to worry about the other person anymore."
Agnes was speechless for a while. After all, when her sister married Edgar regardless of the pressure, it was a great love and romance story in her eyes. But in the end, she never expected that just a few years later it would end in such a quarrel...
...In comparison, even if I am not destined to have a blessed marriage, it seems to be pretty good.
After a moment, she put aside these distracting thoughts, and then carefully asked her sister, "So...did your plan succeed? Will there be a second child?"
There will be, even in advance - of course Alice would not answer like this, she just shook her head sadly, "I don't know, he has only stayed for so long and just left, how can I be sure?"
Agnes thought so, but the more she thought about it, the angrier she became and the more unwilling she became. Her sister had already lost so much. Wouldn't it be even more pitiful if she once again failed to achieve success?
So she was heartbroken and persuaded her sister in a low voice, "Then take a look first. If it doesn't work, find someone else who is pleasing to your eye and try again. Anyway, he just left. Even if the child is born a little later,
After two months, it’s hard for others to say anything... You can still get a child with legal status as you wish."
Agnes herself knew how outrageous her words were, so she blushed and felt ashamed as she spoke. If it wasn't because she was too worried about her sister, and she felt that Edgar had already done the first grade of junior high school, she could do the tenth grade.
Five, she would definitely not make such immoral suggestions.
Alice was also greatly surprised to see her sister actually making such a suggestion, not because it was shocking, but because it was she who actually said it.
She was willing to disregard her principles for me... Alice was moved.
"Thank you, I will consider it, Agnes. At this point, I really don't need to care about face. If it doesn't succeed, I will consider your suggestion..." At this point, Alice deliberately joked
Sister, "But it's difficult to find a suitable candidate in a hurry. So, do you have any ideal candidates? You can introduce them to me as a backup."
Candidate, ideal, candidate. Although they are all normal words, when used in the context of this moment, they seem particularly ridiculous, and even reveal a complete sense of immorality, so Agnes suddenly couldn't hold back.
.
"How could I have it? Do you think I would be thinking about this kind of thing all day long, recommending a lover to my sister?" She couldn't help but defend and complain, "I'm just giving you a suggestion. The people you know are better than others."
If I have more, there should be suitable alternatives."
"Okay, okay, I'm just talking casually. Don't worry." Seeing that she couldn't hold it any longer, Alice stopped teasing and quickly comforted her sister. "I'll take a look now. It won't take much anyway.
Time will reveal the results. Maybe we don’t need to make such calculations at all.”
Agnes nodded silently, with even more mixed feelings in her heart. Seeing that her sister was going to have another child with her husband who had turned into an enemy, she wanted to bless her, but she couldn't say it, but thinking about it carefully, her sister wanted to have one more child.
There is nothing wrong with the idea of keeping someone by your side to rely on in the future.
In short, all this is like fate, there is no way to avoid it, and there is no way to escape. I can only say that my sister is unlucky...
In order to prevent her sister from continuing to feel uncomfortable, she actively chose to avoid the topic, "Then you should take a good rest at home recently, and tell me if you have any news."
"Don't worry, I'm already this age, don't I still know how to take care of myself?" Alice replied with a smile. "It's you who have to be more careful. Agnes, this is your first time becoming a mother, but you have to be careful."
You must not be negligent, let alone move around any more. Otherwise, think about it, if something goes wrong with you and His Majesty gets angry, what do you want us to do?
So, let me emphasize to you again this time, if you sneak out to find me next time, then I will be really angry! I will thank you behind closed doors and won’t let you see me. I can do whatever I say
!”
Alice's words were so righteous and reasonable that Agnes did not raise any suspicion at all. Moreover, because of the "alternative" suggestion just now, she was filled with embarrassment, so she stopped asking any more questions.
"Okay, sister, I know... Really, you are so frightened about what you are doing, making it seem like I am doing something amazing..." Agnes smiled bitterly, "I have done so many amazing things since I was a child.
You didn't take the matter seriously, and now it's just the same as before, but you are all so nervous."
Agnes was not proud of her "coming into the family", but she still had some expectations for becoming a mother, so although she still didn't take it seriously, she was quite nervous and concerned in her heart.
Alice forced a smile and finally sent her sister away. After Agnes said goodbye, she breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, my sister found him as soon as Edgar left, otherwise it would have been really difficult to fool him.
However, this brought up a new problem. After Agnes gave birth, she would definitely come to him, and at this time, he would have to think of new ways to send her away.
But that was in the future after all. Now that she was exhausted mentally and physically, she just wanted to take a rest first and talk about the future later.
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After bidding farewell to Alice with her mother, Agnes returned to her own manor.
However, she was not completely idle. On the next day, accompanied by her mother, she came to Fontainebleau again.
Agnes's arrival startled Agron, and he quickly asked someone to place her, and then he ran in front of Agnes.
"Agnes, why did you come here by yourself? Didn't I tell you that I have given you a long-term leave and let you have a good rest at home?" he asked quickly.
"I missed you, so I came to see you." Agnes replied with a smile.
Agnes' words made Agron both happy and a little guilty.
Ever since Agnes was pregnant and about to give birth, Agron would take the time to come over to see her every once in a while and comfort her.
However, since he had so many things to do, it was naturally impossible for him to go see her every day. As a man who was about to become the father of her child, this was indeed a bit unreasonable.
"Sorry, Agnes... I will check on you more." With guilt, he apologized to Agnes, and then sat next to her, "If you want to take a walk here, then come, I
I can accompany you."
In fact, Agnes was not protesting to Agron, nor could she really understand his difficulties.
However, the palace has always been a place where gossip is flying everywhere. There are various rumors every now and then. Now that I and my sister have been offline for a long time, my sister was kicked away, so it is inevitable that some of my sisters have lost power or even fallen out of favor.
Gossip.
If she were alone, Agnes actually wouldn't care about such rumors. She just thought of how helpless her sister was now, so she couldn't bear to turn a blind eye to it, and even thought of arousing Agron's guilt.
, to clear the way for my sister.
After Agron greeted him for a while, Agnes finally got to the point.
"Actually, I went to see my sister yesterday..." Agnes sighed softly with a sad and sympathetic look, "You should know that just a few days ago, Edgar had left
He left Paris and has been living in exile since then."
"Yeah, I know." Agnes was shocked when he heard that Agnes actually ran to see Alice.
But looking at Agnes's appearance at the moment, she had probably been fooled by Alice. He breathed a sigh of relief again, otherwise he really wouldn't know how to explain it.
"So, now my sister has almost nothing..." Agnes said, taking the initiative to move closer to Agron, "Don't you think she is pitiful? Her husband ran away with someone else, leaving a mess behind.
She cleaned up, but now her relatives have turned against each other and almost nothing is left. What will happen next?"
Agnes's emotion made Agron want to laugh in his heart. Your sister will always have more solutions than you, and she will never feel sad about it.
But on the surface, he could only choose to see through it without saying anything. "Yes, it is indeed quite pitiful, but what can she do? There is nothing she can do when she encounters such a person."
"Then can't you give her a little help? Your Majesty?" Agnes asked cautiously, "Although I know that she did make a big mistake, and I can't defend her, but I believe that she
I already know in my heart that I was wrong, and she is still useful to you. Hasn't she served you so many times? Now that this storm is over, let's see if you can... forgive her.
?”
"You mean, you want me to forgive her for manipulating intelligence and falsely accusing her husband?" Aigron asked, "Am I not kind enough to her now?"
Agnes couldn't refute this, and she simply stopped reasoning, "Then can't I ask for mercy from you again? Your Majesty, I ask for very little from you, so just treat it as my request this time.
Just a gift."
Seeing Agnes's pleading eyes, Agron secretly lamented that he was surprised that so many kings were manipulated by their favored concubines and ministers. This kind of "begging for mercy" expression really satisfies people's desire for power.
Weak-willed people will even take whatever they want, and then indulge those around them without any inhibitions.
Fortunately, Agnes is not such a person. She really wants very little, and what she takes the initiative to ask for this time happens to be something she has promised to give long ago.
She finally played tricks, but in the end she was still being played by those around her.
When he thought of this, Aigron felt a little sorry for her.
Hey, what a cute and admirable silly girl.
"I promise you, I promise whatever you say." Aigron spread his hands, "Silly girl, are you happy now?"