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Chapter 128: Peace of mind

Such intense words made Charlotte and His Highness the Princess's faces change color.

Charlotte was anxious and angry. She didn't expect that her husband would refuse to give in at this time. He was about to die and he had to say such harsh words to stimulate him. She was afraid that the eldest princess would be angry, so she simply stood up, stopped the two people, and then stopped Charles' long speech. "Charles, stop talking!"

Then, she walked to Charles in panic, grabbed his hand, and reminded him not to continue to stimulate the stubborn old man.

Shire felt that he was doing something wrong. Because he was excited to say something too much, he retreated and no longer spoke so harshly to the other party.

"Your Highness, my words are all heartfelt words. Although I do not expect you to agree with what I said, please believe that I do not have any particular malice towards you, but everything we say is already an afterthought, because everything is too late."

His Highness the eldest princess did not seem very angry. She initially looked at Charles with a steady attitude, as if thinking about what he said.

Then, she said to herself slightly, "It's too late... it's too late..."

After a moment, she suddenly raised her head and glared at Charles with the arrogant unique to the royal family. "Sir, you are the winner now. You feel that you are sure of victory. Power and the people, the earth and the stars, and even the sun, everything is spinning around you, so you can speak wildly and show off your temporary victory in front of me..."

Her sight was full of severity, "But don't be too proud. I've seen everything you've seen, and I've also experienced everything you haven't experienced, so I know that at present everything you have is just a castle in the air. Many people hate you, and most people just endure you for the time being because of fear and helplessness. You actually have no real foundation, but because you are good at deceiving and disguising. And you can take advantage of everyone's tired of turmoil and get to power, just like the lawless Corsicans. But one day the people will wake up from the lies and dreams you weaved, and then they will find out how weak you and the ruling machine you rely on for living are. They will abandon you and cause you to suffer more tragic disasters than us... Maybe I can't see that day. But my nephew can see it, and he will see it for me!"

"I admit that there is some truth you said. Our rule is not stable. There are many enemies at home and abroad. But we have at least understood more than you and your relatives how to rule this country. You have made everyone tired of this rule for 15 years. And we will do it for at least longer than you." Charles stretched his head out of Charlotte's shoulder and looked at each other without any concessions. "But even at that moment, your nephew will not have to consider coming back unless he can step over the corpses of a hundred thousand people at that time!"

Louis XVIII, who was in exile, once wrote a letter to Napoleon, who was the first ruler at that time, saying that as long as you welcome the king to restore the Bourbon dynasty, you can be appointed as a prince and let you gain power. Napoleon wrote to him directly at that time to reply. "You don't have to think about coming back, otherwise you will have to step over the bodies of a hundred thousand people."

Napoleon's words were just to reflect the firmness of his will, but he did not expect that his words would have been turned into a cruel prophecy by history. After making Europe blood flow, Louis XVIII really came back with the foreign cavalry to restore the throne.

Now, Napoleon's political successor also continued to say this to Louis XVIII's successor, and this time he certainly did not want the joke to come true.

He didn't expect that His Highness the Princess did not retreat because of his words, but instead sneered suddenly.

"Is that true? If that day really happened... I even thought that 100,000 deaths of thieves would be too small, sir."

"Stop quarrel!" Charlotte really couldn't control herself now. She moved her body with difficulty, then forced Charles back, dragged Charles back to the edge of the table, and then she pressed against Charles. He couldn't help but sit down again.

Then, Charlotte walked back to the eldest princess and hugged her, "Your Highness, please forgive us! Charlotte is too young, so he is not good at observing etiquette..."

It was not until this time that the two of them calmed down again, and both of them felt a little regretful.

Such a quarrel over some political issues is really a loss of identity as two people.

With Charlotte's efforts and reversal, both of them fell silent, and the sudden quarrel ended suddenly.

"Sir, I don't want to say that you have let down your surname, because you and your rebellious grandfather are in the same lineage. You can only say that you have inherited his ideas..." After a long silence, His Highness the eldest princess finally spoke again. After the excitement just now retreated, her tone returned to her previous cry, always weak and powerless, "But I want to tell you that you are not worthy of the care and love of the late Duke of Treville and Charlotte for you. When Charlotte came to me that time, he was still recommending you to me, saying that although your thoughts were polluted, your mind was very sharp and he had some courage, and he could be the target of being recruited... Do you know what it means to say good things like you in front of me?"

In this short sentence, perhaps His Highness the Princess had no other meaning, but said that he deviated from their orthodox ideas and was sorry for their care, but Charles looked away unnaturally and felt weak for the first time.

Because he had a ghost in his heart, let's not talk about Grandpa Tang, but he had done too many things to be sorry for Charlotte, and he might continue to do it in the future... He almost never had this guilty mentality to others.

"Your Highness, what can I do? Although he is a hopeless traitor, I married him, and I chose him...I chose it a long time ago." Charlotte did not notice his shake, but instead replied in a secretly smug tone, "This is the result set by fate, and I can only accept it silently. I only hope that he can cherish the love I give him, and our family..."

Shire became more and more embarrassed. He almost wanted to turn around and run away. It was difficult for him to act as calm as usual.

"Child, I'm really worried about you." The eldest princess glanced at Charles again, then looked at Charlotte uneasy. It seemed to be worried about her future. "I'm not worried about your political disagreement, but open your eyes and see, you married a man who is so selfish that he can abandon his family's reputation and turn to Bonaparte. How much do he care about others in his heart?"

Speaking of this, she seemed to feel that she was saying too much, so she stopped talking, "Forget it, now you all have children, why should I say these things... Child, when I get there, I will bless you with your grandfather. May God continue to bless you."

"Thank you, thank you..." Charlotte kept thanking the other party, his eyes suddenly filled with tears.

"Okay, let's talk about another thing now." His Highness the eldest princess cheered up her spirits, "You wrote to me before and said that the family's capital turnover is difficult now?"

"Yes, Your Highness." Charlotte nodded. "It's a bit embarrassing to say that. After my grandfather died, some quarrel broke out in our family... for the issue of inheritance."

"It's normal. I've seen many similar situations." His Highness the Princess said quite understandingly.

"In addition, in order to deal with these inheritances, we have been counting and re-transferring recently, and we have to redistribute them, so the funds were very tight all of a sudden. I really couldn't take out that money to repay the money deposited by the Wang family with us at that time..." Charlotte looked at the other party carefully. "Your Highness, I ask you to give up a temporary grace and not to make our family's embarrassment worse..."

In fact, the Duke of Treville's family was not that difficult. Under the auspices of Charlotte's father, the new generation of dukes, the division and transfer of property were relatively smooth, especially since he was still concentrating funds to invest in real estate. However, because Charlotte is pregnant and has not officially taken over, she does not know the situation now. She only feels that her family is in danger, so she is very sincere in pleading. "Your Highness, you know my father, too. He is also a loyal orthodoxist, and has always been very loyal to the Wang family. Please... Please give us a grace for a period of time in view of the loyalty of our generations..."

His Highness the eldest princess was silent for a long time. After she asked, "Is your grandfather in pain when he left?"

Although Charlotte was a little surprised why she asked this, she answered truthfully, "He...he left peacefully, and he thought he had no regrets in his life."

"That's good, that's good... He deserves to die like this." Your Highness seemed very glad and breathed a sigh of relief. "During the restoration, your grandfather was a capable minister. He even stepped forward to help us in times of crisis. How dangerous it was at that time. He actually dared to protect our property. God knows what kind of risks he faces because of this! Your grandfather is kind to us, and we remember this. Considering the situation of your family, we can indeed do some treatment as appropriate."

Charlotte was relieved when he heard His Highness the Princess say this.

"So, how many years will it take for you to raise this wealth?" His Highness the Princess asked again, "I am about to die, and the property will be handled by Henry and people he trusts. He needs to master this wealth himself, and I hope you can understand it."

The Wang family's decision to transfer wealth from the Duke of Treville's family will not be changed. Of course, her death is only one of the reasons, and it is also an important reason for Charlotte to marry her cousin. It is not that she could not trust Charlotte, but because since she has married Charlotte, she is no longer regarded as the core party member. Since this is the case, such a huge wealth cannot be held in her hands.

"We...we want to replace these wealth little by little in about five years." Charlotte quickly told His Highness the Princess' plan. "Charles told me that the government has issued a decree that will confiscate all the wealth of the usurper in France. The land, securities, and other property of his descendants will be confiscated and auctioned. We will buy these property at a low price, then transfer it out at a high price, and exchange the wealth that we owed you before and return it to your family. Of course, in order not to cause too much criticism, it will take several years to operate this cause."

Driven by this group of people, the government issued a decree not long ago to confiscate all the property of the Orleans Kings and then re-auctioned. This confiscation and auction soon became a carnival for the upstarts to divide their wealth, and Shire naturally participated in it. To be honest, this kind of game is a business that really makes a lot of money, and he took the place he lived in through this method.

His Highness the eldest princess was stunned at first, and then suddenly burst into laughter.

"Okay... OK... Take all the wealth he has accumulated for his descendants throughout his life. That guy can't sleep in hell, right? Hahaha... That's great... That's it!"

Amid her laughter, Charlotte finally felt relieved, then turned around and looked at her husband, thanking him for proposing such a best-of-two-world solution for himself, which would neither harm the Wang family she had always respected nor her own mother's family.

Then, Charlotte discussed with the eldest princess the payment method of this wealth and directly transferred it to the Wang family's bank account in Austria or the UK. It was of course impossible. It was necessary to use some methods that were much more attendees.

The Treville family will transfer the land obtained at low prices to other companies in some time in the future. Then these companies invest these funds into banks in several European metropolitan cities as investments in various false reporting projects, and then through other funding transactions, they will finally transfer them to the Wang family's account. In this way, no one knows where the funds came from and why they left, except for the few people actually handled.

After the negotiations, Charlotte became more energetic because the stones that had been pressing on her body disappeared, while His Highness the Princess seemed to have overdrawn her remaining energy and seemed a little powerless.

Charlotte spoke with her for a while, and then he reluctantly said goodbye to her until it was already night.

At this moment, His Highness the eldest princess suddenly asked the servant to hand over a small box to her. Charlotte opened it and saw a diamond badge in the shape of a lily flower inside was shining brightly.

"Child, this should be the last time you came to see me," she handed the box to Charlotte. "I think I should leave something for you and your first child. This is the badge I often wear before, and I will give it to you and him."

Charlotte almost cried again, and finally managed to hold it back.

Then she called Charles over.

"Young man, I still hate you." She glared at Charles again, "But you are Charlotte's husband, so I still wish you good luck. I hope you can survive when Bonaparte falls. Please treat her well, thank you."

"I will." Shire replied briefly.

There was another long silence, and the two of them looked at each other again.

"Versailles, how beautiful it is." The eldest princess suddenly raised her head and looked at the void, but her eyes were dissipated. "Don't you love it? I can still see it, my father, mother, younger brother, relatives, your ancestors, and so many people... They are all there, looking at us... Would you not love it?"

"I love it too, Your Highness." Charles lowered his head slightly, "But I'm sorry I'm a realist, I know it won't come back. If I had been happy to be the prime minister for your ancestors a century ago, and now... I hope I can let you close your eyes quietly and fall asleep with that era."

The eldest princess closed her eyes silently.

Another long silence.

"You don't have to wait for a long time," she said quietly after a long time, "I can feel that vitality is passing rapidly from my body...people are going to bury me."

"Although I cannot attend your funeral, my wife and I will silently recite the eulogy for you in my most compassionate way, Your Highness." Charles bowed gently to her, "Thank you for your care for our family." (To be continued.)
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