Under the warm clear sky of the Palace of Fontainebleau, the young blond girl Charlotte de Treville, with an arrogant air, loudly announced to all the children present that she had regarded the newly arrived Claire as her.
One's own friends and included in one's own protection.
The other children were completely confused and couldn't figure out what was going on, but under Xia Lu's power, they could only express their opinions in silence.
In this silence, Xia Lu also completed the task entrusted to her by His Majesty.
Although Kristel was still ignorant of her own life experience, Xia Lu, who was accustomed to observing words and expressions even though she was young, had roughly guessed her identity.
But this is not a trivial matter. Since His Majesty is not ready to make it public yet, she will certainly not be so bored as to talk nonsense on this issue.
At this moment, tears of emotion were already filling up in the eyes of Kristel, but she stubbornly refused to shed them. She looked at the child of her own age in front of her with eyes like clear water and a deep lake.
"Thank you." She looked at Xia Lu's profile, and then whispered to Xia Lu.
"You're welcome." Xia Lu turned her head and looked at her with a smile on her face. Then, she took Kristel's right hand.
"Okay, let's go somewhere else!"
Crystal held Xia Lu's hand tightly, as if she wanted to draw strength and confidence from it.
However, physical fatigue cannot be compensated by mental pleasure.
"I...I can't run anymore." She said with a little shame.
"Hahahaha..." Xia Lu couldn't help laughing again, and then she winked mischievously, "It's okay, then we won't run away!"
Then, she took Crystal's hand and left the grassland without looking back, leaving a group of children standing there in a daze.
The female officer who was originally responsible for receiving Miss Crystal could only helplessly follow behind the two children and let them enjoy themselves.
In this way, Xia Lu took Clestel and strolled leisurely in the vast and beautiful gardens of Fontainebleau. Although Clestel didn't know where this place was, she had been taught art and painting since she was a child.
Of course she can see that the gardens here are exquisitely designed, and the sculptures everywhere are equally exquisite. Being here is like walking in a painting.
Crystal looked around, and then asked Xia Lu in a low voice with a guilty conscience.
"Does this place...really all belong to my father?"
"Yes, it's his," Xia Lu said, spreading her hands in a hug gesture, "Everything... is his!"
"Dad, that's amazing..." Kristel couldn't help but sigh.
After a while, she suddenly fell into sadness.
Since there is such a big place to live, why do you have to separate yourself and your mother? Wouldn't it be better to live together...?
Of course, as a young girl, she couldn't understand how serious the problem in her mind was.
Of course, Xia Lu didn't know what Kristel was thinking at this time. She just saw that Kristel's face suddenly turned pale, so she wondered if she was tired from walking.
The child in front of him has silver hair and blue eyes, and his skin is so pale that it is almost transparent. He looks like an elf. It is normal for him to be weak.
"Okay, we've been walking for so long, it's time to take a rest." So she suggested kindly, and then took Crystal to the hot spring, and then the two of them sat by the pool to rest.
The water vapor generated by the fountain floated around the two people, and this refreshing feeling also made Kristel feel inspired again.
"Miss Kristel..." Xia Lu seemed to want to say something.
"Don't keep calling me like that...it's not like a friend." Christel interrupted her, and then she corrected her in a low voice, "Mom calls me Kellie, you can just call me that too."
Xia Lu didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but she still agreed to her request, and then she became serious again.
"Okay, Keli... I see that although you are here, you still don't know the basic situation, so I plan to tell you something. Logically speaking, I shouldn't talk too much about this matter, but after all, we
We are friends... This is a fountain, no one can hear us, and you have to remember not to say anything to others, okay?"
Seeing Xia Lu's solemn expression, Kristel nodded obediently, although she was still confused.
She felt that although the two were about the same age, Xia Lu seemed to know a lot more than she did, so she should obey the other's instructions.
"First of all, I want to tell you that this is France, France. You should know what it is, right?" Xia Lu looked at Keli with wide eyes.
"France..." Kristel chewed on this unfamiliar term, but soon her eyes lit up. "I know! It's a country! It's a big country. I learned about it in class."
She received a very complete education, which naturally included basic geography knowledge. The white-haired teacher once pointed to each country on the map tremblingly and explained their names to her.
However, it was not until today that she had a true understanding of this country.
"Actually, it's not that big, but it's good enough for Europe..." Xia Lu complained softly, and then continued, "Your father, the current ruler of France, His Majesty Emperor Napoleon II"
"Napoleon II?" Kristel asked blankly. "What is that?"
"What? They don't even teach you this? That's too much." Xia Lu frowned.
Then, she opened her eyebrows again, "In short, don't worry about it so much. You only need to know that your father is the biggest and most powerful person in this country. He can do whatever he wants within the national borders.
You can give whatever you want to whomever you want, and my family is his servants, that is, the people who want to fulfill his every wish..."
"Are you the fairy in the forest?" Kristel looked at Xia Lu in surprise.
Seeing that her words were so wonderfully understood, Xia Lu couldn't help but laugh and cry.
"In essence, it's almost the same. But unfortunately, our family doesn't know magic, so we can only try our best to complete the work..." In the end, she could only answer like this.
"Will my father be like the people in the fairy tale books and make demands on you that are difficult to fulfill?" Kristel asked worriedly.
"That's not true." Xia Lu smiled and shook her head, "What he's asking me now is to be your friend and protect you. I'm happy to fulfill it~"
Kristel immediately lowered her head with a blush on her face, feeling inexplicably moved in her heart.
It turned out that my father was already watching me.
"I'll thank him." She replied quietly.
Then she asked, "Then what kind of person is my father?"
"He is an amazing hero, a person who is truly making history." Xia Lu replied without thinking, "Because I know how valuable all the achievements he has accomplished are, I admire him very much. In addition to liking to scratch my hair
Apart from the fact that I hate this, I don’t have any other opinions. When I think that I will continue to carry forward everything he created as a descendant in the future, I can’t help but feel imaginative..."
Seeing that Kristel still looked a little confused, Xia Lu smiled and shook her head, "In short, he is a very powerful person, even more powerful than the Demon King."
Then she added, "And your grandfather is even more impressive today. Everyone will marvel at the legend he once created!"
Kristel blinked her eyes, with a look of disbelief on her face.
She didn't doubt that Xia Lu was deliberately lying to her, but these words sounded too false.
Are my father and grandfather so powerful?
"Then why can't I see them?" she couldn't help asking.
Xia Lu was speechless for a moment, then she looked at Crystal with a helpless smile.
Crystal was very familiar with this smile. The maid next to her who had taken care of her since she was a child would often look at her like this.
"How should I explain it to you?" That's probably what it means.
"I'm sorry... I may have asked a silly question, please don't mind..." She apologized hurriedly.
"No, this question is not stupid, but... it is too long to say, and I don't know how to explain it in a short time. In short, as long as you stay here, you will understand it soon."
"Okay..." Crystal nodded, knowing that she couldn't ask further.
Xia Lu stopped smiling and then became serious again.
"Next, I want to explain to you what you should pay attention to when meeting your father, because this is related to your subsequent status."
"My status..." Kristel thought for a moment, and then asked the other party, "You said that my father is the most powerful person in this country, then my mother should be the second most powerful person, and I am the third.
Awesome person, right?"
Xia Lu's expression instantly became very strange.
"Did I say something wrong again?" Crystal asked hesitantly.
Seeing the pitiful look on Kristel's face, Xia Lu couldn't bear it.
She knew these words were cruel, but as a friend, she should say them out to prevent Keli from suffering a loss.
"Kelly, your position may not be as secure as you think." After a moment, she said hard-heartedly, "Yes, your father is the most powerful person in this country, but he is ranked second.
Not your mother, but Her Majesty the Queen. Well, that is, your father’s legal wife, and... they have children, who are your brother and sister."
Kristel tilted her head and looked at Xia Lu, but she had no idea what she was talking about.
After a while, she sorted out the mess.
She thought of the most terrifying guess
"Mom, isn't dad's wife?"
Xia Lu was speechless and could only nodded slightly.
Kristel felt as if she had fallen into an ice cave, and her originally very pale complexion suddenly became even more lifeless.
"Then how was I born? Doesn't the book say that children can only be born after getting married?"
Xia Lu could only look at the other party with pity. "Sometimes it's not like this."
Crystal looked around blankly, but she didn't know what she should look at.
"Then what am I?" she asked in a low voice.
"You are the daughter of His Majesty the Emperor, and you are destined to be looked up to by all of us." Xia Lu replied, "This is an unchangeable reality. Since His Majesty has taken you over, that is what he intends to do."
"But, where is mom!?" Kristel asked loudly, "If mom is not dad's wife, then who is she?!"
This young child suddenly panicked instinctively. She suddenly realized that the world she was originally in had too many mysteries that were difficult to understand.
"Well...you will know about it later." Xia Lu still looked at her with a pitiful smile.
Then, she held Kelistel's hand again, "Kelly, I'm not telling you this to make you unhappy, but to let you know that whatever you need to do, I'm doing it for your own good.
."
"What do I need to do?" Crystal asked in panic.
"First of all, you have to please your father. This is the basis for everything in the future. But I don't think it is difficult. You are so beautiful and cute, and what father would be willing to hate you? Besides, I can clearly feel that in His Majesty's heart
If he feels guilty for you, he will definitely compensate you to the best of his ability..."
After a pause, even though there was a fountain as cover, she still lowered her voice and leaned into Kristel's ear, "Her Majesty the Queen, you have to be careful. Although Her Majesty the Queen has a good temper.
Man, but who can say clearly about this kind of thing? As His Majesty’s daughter, you are not hers. You will stay here forever. There is no guarantee that she will not have any thoughts in her heart, so you must be respectful to her.
, you have to please her, otherwise your life will be very difficult... Well, there is also your brother Francois, he is the crown prince, the person destined to inherit the throne and the empire, he may not
I will like a sister who appears out of nowhere, so you have to be polite to him. I will also help you on this issue, because he is quite intimidated by me. If you have any unpleasantness with him, just tell me.
Come on, I will find a way to reconcile it for you."
After she finished speaking, she smiled again, "Anyway, Keli, I'm not scaring you, I'm just reminding you of how you should behave in the future... Now that you've come here, the future is already here for you.
It’s a golden and smooth road, you just need to do these few things, and then you can enjoy everything you deserve, and I will try my best to help you.”
Kristel listened to Xia Lu's words quietly, still not quite understanding.
But she could feel Xia Lu's seriousness.
However, there were some thoughts in her heart that she had never had before.
Although she is not familiar with worldly affairs, Crystal is a very sensitive and intelligent child, so on the first day she came to the palace, she received so much information that it was impossible for her not to be touched at all.
"I want to please Her Majesty the Queen...the person who took away my mother's position?" she asked hesitantly.
"Actually... you can't say that you snatched it away. After all, Her Majesty the Queen has been engaged to your father a long time ago. Although I don't know who your mother is, I think she wouldn't have come earlier." Xia Lu replied awkwardly.
, "Also, don't say this kind of thing again in the future. If others hear it, it will only bring you trouble."
"What can you do if you hear this? Send me back to my mother? That would be great!" Keli almost cried, and then glared at Xia Lu resentfully, "How can you possibly understand me...
?”
"No, Keli... you are wrong, I understand." Xia Lu sighed softly, and then grabbed her hand, "Because my father also did similar things. I also have a mother who is not my mother.
The younger brother born."
Kristel immediately opened her eyes wide and looked at Xia Lu. "You too..."
"Yes, no one will be happy when something like this happens." Xia Lu looked at Kristel with a smile, and then continued, "But what's the point of being sad again? What has happened has already happened.
,,After all, it has already happened, and we can't change anything if we are sad. In this case, it is better to accept the reality...and then live better, for ourselves and for our mother. Think about it, your mother took you
How much expectations have been placed on you by sending it here? If you let her expectations fail, how sad will she be? So, even if it is for her, you should live well and get everything you deserve.
"
Under Xialu's advice, Crystal was speechless again.
She didn't understand why Xia Lu had so many thoughts even though she was about the same age as her, but she could tell that Xia Lu was really trying to comfort her.
The two of them had a common experience, which made the distance between her and Xia Lu even closer.
Xia Lu kept holding Kristel's hand until she was sure that her mood had stabilized before she spoke again.
"Okay, I've told you everything I need to tell you. Just take your time and read the rest. As for now..." She blinked, then smiled playfully, "Go and enjoy your life.
Let’s go~”
After saying that, she pulled Crystal and continued walking along the garden path.
After walking for a while, Xia Lu took her to the palace building, and then under the guidance of the female officer, they came to a suite together.
This suite is where Kristel lives.
After entering the room, Kristel kept looking at the luxurious furnishings around her. It was like a dream she had never imagined.
"Do you feel less uncomfortable?" Xia Lu asked her with a smile.
Then, she raised her skirt and saluted to Chrisstel as a farewell, "Okay, my mission has been completed today ~ Chrisstel, let's see you tomorrow."
However, just as she was about to turn around, she was held back by Crystal.
"Don't leave, okay?" Kristel looked at Xia Lu and said to her almost pleadingly.
Xia Lu looked at her with confusion.
"Whenever I see my mother, she will hug me to sleep at night, and I will feel at ease." Kristel whispered, "Xia Lu, I am very scared now, I ask you to stay with me."
Xia Lu looked awkwardly at the female attendant next to her, who didn't know what to do and looked at a loss.
Time passed by second by second, but the expectation in Crystal's eyes did not decrease by half.
So, the blond girl showed a charming smile and nodded.