Seeing that his wife finally reluctantly agreed to his proposal after weighing the pros and cons, Edgar was very happy.
The task assigned to him by his father was successfully completed at least at this step.
Moreover, he is not just a side character. Looking at the entire incident, it can almost be said that he was the one who caused it. He used his mistress, Princess Kadiyan, to suppress Agnes's social activities space; and then used Alice
The concern and distress for her sister finally led her to agree to let Agnes get further involved in political turmoil.
And with Agnes's character, as long as Alice nodded, she would definitely obey her orders, no matter how reluctant she was, she would grit her teeth and obey.
The best thing is that from beginning to end, he hid behind the scenes, manipulating the development of the entire incident like a puppeteer. Everything was under control without revealing any trace of himself.
It's no wonder that his father hates him so much. With his talent, if he is willing to devote his intelligence and energy to political conspiracy, why worry about the Treville family not being able to revive?
It's a pity that Edgar is still Edgar after all. He doesn't want to change, and he has no interest in joining a great cause. After getting the promise from his father, "As long as the children grow up, you can get away, and I won't care about you anymore."
While he felt guilty, he was relieved because that was the life he wanted.
However, it is not the time to finish the work yet, Edgar decided to lay the groundwork for what will happen next.
"Alice and Agnes are also our family members. For Agnes, my father and I are willing to make sacrifices. We only hope that she will have a bright future and she deserves this."
"Of course she deserves it." Alice replied categorically with great pride, "But it doesn't have to be so serious, right? Sacrifice... She doesn't need us to make any sacrifices. On the contrary, she has been helping us all the time.
"
"She was helping us before, but we may be the ones helping her in the future." Edgar was still stubborn. "Alice, don't forget, if we take Agnes to Switzerland, it will not only be His Majesty there, but also him."
My wife is there too."
After being reminded by Edgar, Alice also remembered. "Yes, Princess Teresa is here this time! I have never seen her before."
"Are you afraid of her?" Edgar suddenly laughed.
"Afraid of her? Why do we need to be afraid of her?" Alice was a little confused. "Although her actions show that she is a stubborn girl, I haven't heard of any bad deeds about her? It is said that Princess Theresa has a bad temper when dealing with others.
Isn’t it great?”
coming!
Edgar laughed secretly in his heart, but showed a trace of sadness on the surface, "If you think so, you are absolutely wrong. Alice, there is something I hid from you before, and Agnes must not have told you either."
You said, now I think I should tell you."
"What's the matter?" Alice asked quickly.
"When she was in Greece, Agnes met Princess Teresa several times. Although on the surface they got along well, I obviously noticed that Princess Teresa had a deep hostility towards her."
"Hostility? Why?" Alice frowned. "She...she has no need to be hostile at all. Agnes is such a person who has no fight against the world!"
Then, she stopped, because if there was any hostility between two girls of similar age, it must be...
"Jealous, she is jealous of Agnes." Sure enough, Edgar gave the answer, "Agnes is so outstanding and dazzling that she can only be overshadowed by her standing next to her, so she is jealous in her heart, and she is afraid of Agnes." Nice stole her limelight in front of everyone... In fact, Agnes did it. When I was in Greece, the members of the Knights around His Majesty all admired and fell in love with Agnes. Even His Majesty also praised Agnes's style, but how could she be happy to see it? So the relationship between her and Agnes is actually not harmonious."
After a pause, he changed his tone again, "Of course, I'm not afraid that Princess Teresa will have an attack in front of everyone and embarrass everyone. After all, Her Royal Highness is too proud of her status to be so rude, but thinking about it, she might turn a cold shoulder to us. ...For the sake of Agnes’s future, it’s nothing for me to endure such a little humiliation. I just want to remind you to avoid embarrassment in the future.”
Edgar deliberately provoked and boasted one point into ten, in order to plant a seed of discord between Princess Theresa and sisters Alice. Maybe this seed of discord will be used when needed. , will catalyze it into the fruits he wants to see.
After hearing this, Alice also frowned, feeling very sad for her sister.
It is clear that Agnes has never had any malice towards others. She is so pure and innocent. Why is the world so malicious towards her? Whether it is Bourbon or Bonaparte, noble women do not have noble hearts. Instead, they are jealous and suppress their own. younger sister.
Is this world already so cursed and so depraved that it really cannot tolerate even a trace of a holy soul?
No, because of this, we cannot be discouraged. Agnes must have the brightest future, so that there can be justice in the world.
Because she was angry and sad, she remained silent for a long time. It was not until a long time later that she answered her husband in a calm and calm tone, "We can't control what other people think. It's not Agnes' fault. If she is annoying because of her excellence, we can't control it." Jealousy, that is our glory!
Our allegiance is to His Majesty, not Princess Teresa, and we have not asked for her favor. If she is friendly to us, of course it is best; if she treats us coldly, it doesn't matter, we don't need to force it! In short, I have seen Your Majesty, based on my impression of Your Majesty, Your Majesty is a wise leader who can distinguish right from wrong. As long as we sincerely serve His Majesty, he will be grateful to us. We don’t need to be afraid of Your Highness, even if she really becomes our queen in the future. She can't do whatever she wants."
These words were so graceful and courageous that Edgar couldn't help but admire them.
Although the remarks just made were all to deceive his wife, because of Agnes' incident, Princess Theresa would definitely be resentful towards the Marquis of Treville and his son, so Edgar could actually resonate with it.
My father said that politics is about trade-offs. Investing in Agnes means sacrificing Princess Teresa's favor. This is a gamble that cannot afford to fail.
"You are so right, how noble!" He couldn't help but clapped with both hands, "Alice, I sincerely thank God for bringing you to me... My father also gave me a stern warning just now, and I should listen to you more in everything. Opinion."
Hearing such praise from her husband and father-in-law, Alice was both happy and shy, "How many talents do I have? I just try my best to help my family. You are everything to me."
Seeing his wife's reddish face and the rippling look in her blue eyes, Edgar suddenly felt a pain in his heart.
God, what have I done?
In order to cover up the panic and shame in his heart, he lowered his head and picked up his daughter.
"Look, you lucky little guy!" He stroked his daughter's cheek and teased her in a doting tone, "When you grow up, the whole world will open up for you...
Because your elders will prepare everything for you."
Xia Lu also giggled, stretched out her tiny arms, and scratched her father's face as well.
As an aristocratic family, people tend to prefer sons because they can pass on the family name and family business. However, although Edgar now has a son and a daughter, he only gives his father's love to his daughter. To him, the illegitimate son is just a piece of cake.
It was just an unexpected product after a happy night. If the Marquis of Treville hadn't strictly asked him to pay attention at all times, he wouldn't even bother to ask where the child was sent.
He failed to live up to his father's expectations and his wife's love. Only in front of Xia Mian, he hoped to play a good father.
Seeing the intimate interaction between her husband and daughter, Alice also smiled softly.
"Yes, we will definitely prepare everything for her."
While the Treville family was worrying about the mission assigned by His Majesty, Edmond Dantès was also worried about the task assigned by His Majesty.
However, he was concerned about something else.
During this period of time, he has been active in and around Paris. With the help of the Marquis of Treville and the Marquis of Noirtier, as His Majesty's special envoy, he has been connecting people everywhere and gathering supporters of the Bonaparte family.
, and select people you can trust as potential helpers for future actions.
As time went by, he gradually put this job on the right track, and gradually formed an underground organization that could operate secretly. Among them, some people were responsible for liaison, and some were responsible for lurking, each performing their duties in an orderly manner. Edmund Tang
Tas discovered that he really has a talent as an organizer.
In addition, he is also preparing for another major event, which is his plan with Mr. Bovan, the director of the Bank of Poncena.
The content of this plan is very simple. Mr. Beauvain persuaded Mr. Poncena and other bank executives to adopt an economic strategy of tightening money, thereby driving domestic financial trends, causing turmoil in the Paris financial order, and then triggering nationwide economic turmoil.
Since they finalized the plan, Bowang has been running up and down, using all his abilities to try to complete the plan.
However, the stakes are so high that Mr. Poncena and other senior executives are still hesitant. Moreover, given the size of Poncena Bank, it is still quite difficult to realize this plan perfectly.
Therefore, Edmond Dantès and Bowen can only do it step by step.
The purpose of messing up France's national financial order is on the one hand to create a better environment for His Majesty, and on the other hand it is also for some of his personal grudges, which cannot be known to others.
During this period, Edmond Dantès, through Bowen, deliberately monitored all the operating conditions of Tangglar Bank. They also bribed the bank's internal staff and recorded almost every money transaction of Tanglar Bank.
, as well as every important depositor and business object.
At the same time, they quietly absorbed a large number of Tanglar Bank bills at high prices, using this as ammunition for a thunderous strike.
For Edmund, he has three life-and-death enemies: Count Fernand de Morcerf, Prosecutor de Villefort and Danglars. Although the first one is the biggest enemy, he cannot move it for the time being.
, did not want to settle things so early; secondly, because of the Marquis of Noirtier, he could not take action for the time being; then, Danglars could only bear the initial fire of revenge.
This fierce fire will definitely burn Tanglar to the ground, and everything he has accumulated in the past twenty years will be burned away.
There is no doubt that this is a public revenge, and although His Majesty will definitely agree to it after knowing it, Edmond Dantès still does not want others to know.
As a successful banker, Bowang knew very well the principle of "keeping client confidentiality". He knew that whether his dream could be realized or not depended to a large extent on the future success of the Count of Monte Cristo, so he tried his best to
He tried to flatter Edmond Dantès and cooperated with all his actions without even asking about his motives.
If the Count wants to overthrow Tanglar, then he must overthrow Tanglar. As for why, that doesn't matter at all.
During the intermittent meetings, Edmond Dantès and Bowen were talking and planning. Unknowingly, a sophisticated net was woven by the two people and spread towards Tanglar, who was still ignorant.
Today, Edmond Dantès was invited again to Mr. Bowen's home and received the same warm reception as before.
After the screen retreated, Bowang took Edmund to the study and mentioned the two people's plan again.
"Mr. Earl, I have good news for you." Bowang's chubby face showed a hint of pride, "After my unremitting persuasion, my boss has relaxed his attitude. He agrees that we need to be conservative recently.
As for the business policy, with his nod, my colleagues can easily comment on it. Now is the opportunity for us to finalize the decision!"
"The final word?" Edmond Dantès asked the other party.
"Yes, in order to strengthen their will and create pessimistic expectations in the market, I think we can take action on Tangglar Bank first." Bowang nodded, "Tangglaer Bank is not big or small, if it
If we fall into a serious redemption crisis, pessimistic expectations will form in the market. When we tighten money, the pessimistic expectations will immediately turn into panic reactions, and then it will be time for us to show off our skills!"
On the one hand, Edmond Dantès was excited about the breakthrough of the plan, and on the other hand, he was overjoyed that Bowen took such good care of his own face.
Obviously, he took the initiative to destroy Danglars in order to avoid the embarrassment of avenging public and private revenge.
No wonder this guy is able to rise through the ranks, he is truly amazing.
"Then I'll thank you for it," Edmond Dantès replied calmly.
Looking at Edmund's attitude, Bowang knew in his heart that he had forgotten his favor.
In order to maximize the favor, he handed Edmund another piece of paper, "This is the important depositor of Tanglar Bank that we found out. Can you take a look and see if there are any friends of yours? If so.
, you can hint them to stop loss in advance.”
Edmund took it over and looked at it, and immediately noticed the name on the front row.