Eagle's Glory

What responded to her was Bianka's bruised face and her ruthless iron fist sanctions against the rebels.

Amidst the frolicking, Agnes ended tonight's "journey".

There is no doubt that her journey was a tragic failure, and until the end, no one came to invite her to dance-but this is also very normal, the Duchess reprimanded Agnes, and Agnes contradicted the lady The news, because it happened in full view, has spread in a very short period of time.

Those young people who originally wanted to take the risk of teasing Agnes through gritted teeth, but after hearing the news, for the sake of their own future, they also had to hold back.

For many ladies who are jealous of Agnes, this is great news, no one will steal their limelight any more; for Princess Kadiyan, her purpose has also been achieved, she helped Egypt Degas temporarily prevented those mad bees and butterflies from provoking Agnes.

As the only victim, Agnes knew nothing about the inside story.

Although she had never expected to be a star in the social world, it was still a terrible blow for a young girl to suffer such a tragic failure.

Fortunately, she has always been an optimistic and open-minded person, and soon she adjusted her mentality, put her depression aside, and regained her usual vitality.

A few days later, she visited Edmond Dantès' residence again, and then told him that the teacher had arrived in Paris, and informed him that the teacher could see him at the place where they practiced fighting.

Edmund was overjoyed immediately, and thanked Agnes repeatedly.

After Agnes left, he didn't stay, but went directly to visit the Marquis of Treville's house.

He was soon received by the general.

"Bianca has come to Paris, and I will be able to see her soon." Upon meeting, Edmund briefly told the general what had happened.

He had already told the general about Bianka before, so the general also knew what Bianka had done, and he suddenly became energetic.

"How? Do you want me to mobilize people to arrest her?"

Of course Edmund also wanted to solve the problem in such a simple and trouble-free manner. It would be best to arrest Bianka immediately and secretly send it to His Majesty, and let him do what he wanted—but he still shook his head.

"No, it's too risky. Bianka is very skilled and won't be easily caught by us. If she escapes, we won't have a better chance. Besides...Miss Agnes will be there at that time By her side, if we act rashly..."

Speaking of this, the general also understood what the earl meant.

It's not that he is afraid of Agnes's skill, as long as there are many people and many guns, he will not be afraid of these two women no matter how good their skills are, but the problem is, if Agnes knows the whole story, she will not only hate her two women to death. Personally, even His Majesty would be hated by her - and this completely deviated from his plan.

So you can't do that.

"Then what is your idea?" So he asked the count directly.

"Let's not worry, I'll meet her first and relax her vigilance. If possible, I will try my best to find out her whereabouts, at least to get more information." Edmond Dantès replied, "Your Majesty It is also very important not only to find revenge on her, but also to find out who is behind her."

"Well, that's true." The general nodded, agreeing with Edmund's opinion, "Then let's observe her movements closely first. We couldn't find a needle in a haystack before, but since she came to Paris...we won't I will let her go easily, she must pay the price for her previous behavior!"

Next, the two discussed some specific details about Bianca, and then Edmund left.

After the count left, the Marquis de Treville stayed alone in the study for a while, and then he had his son called to him.

"Father, do you have any orders?" Edgar asked nervously as soon as he saw his father, his bones softened a little.

However, the Marquis de Treville did not reprimand his son today, but asked another question, "I have heard that the little girl Agnes was reprimanded by the Duchess of Berry, is it your fault? "

"Yes, Dad... I think it is beneficial to your plan to let her be ostracized by the social world." Edgar replied honestly, and then told his father that he deliberately targeted Agnes with the help of the princess. .

"You have done a good job. You have achieved your goal, and you have not exposed yourself... that's how you should do it." The Marquis rarely praised his son, "Hey, you still have some brains and means, but Why don't you want to use it where it should be used? You just want to have fun."

Edgar had heard the old man's nagging about iron and steel countless times, so he just went in one ear and out the other.

"Father, I just want to ask you something." Edgar boldly looked at his father.

"what's up?"

"Princess Kadiyang is useful to us, and has indeed helped me a lot... If our business succeeds, can we keep her instead of letting her go into exile?" He asked cautiously.

However, what he got was his father's sharp eyes.

"Are you a donkey?" He interrupted his son impatiently. "If we succeed, what use is she to you? A lady who has lost her power is worth less than a captain! If you should go into exile, let Let her go into exile, keeping her will only make you be suspected of fornicating the Wang family for no reason, if you want to find a lover, don't you just pick it at random? "

After a pause, he remembered something, and added in a low voice, "But her son can stay first."

"But..." Edgar wanted to say something else.

But he knew that his father had always been domineering and would not change his mind easily, so he stopped.

He feels that this matter can only be decided by His Majesty in the end - as long as he is merciful, everything can be solved.

At this moment, the father and son heard the announcement from the servant.

"What? Agnes is visiting with a woman named Bianca?"　　

125, visit and emotion

Hearing the news of Agnes and Bianca's visit, Edgar didn't care. He didn't know about Bianca's existence at all, but the Marquis de Treville was shocked. He thought for a moment that Bianca knew about it. He and the earl's conspiracy were discovered, and now he came to ask the teacher for punishment.

But soon he calmed down. He felt that Bianka should not be so well-informed—besides, if she really knew, why would she come over and expose herself in person?

So he calmed down, and calmly ordered his servants to bring Agnes and Bianca home.

"Dad, who's that Bianca?" Edgar asked.

"Agnes' master." The Marquis blurted out.

But soon he came to his senses again. In theory, he should be as unaware of the existence of the other party as his son.

"Okay, this person has nothing to do with you, and you don't want to have anything to do with her, leave everything to me, just pretend you don't know anything!"

Edgar still had a lot of doubts in his heart, but he was used to obeying his father's orders since he was a child, so he didn't dare to ask any more questions.

"Okay, father, I'll go and tell Alice to receive them."

Soon, the Marquis and the Edgars came to the living room together.

Compared to the preoccupied father and son, Alice was much more excited. She hadn't seen Bianka for a long time, and she was already worried about it—plus, this was the first time Bianka set foot on the In a sense, her husband's family also gave face.

"Ma'am, long time no see!" As soon as she saw Bianka, she gave him a warm hug, "I'm glad to see that you still look good."

"Long time no see, Alice." Compared to Alice's excitement, Bianka was much calmer, and just reached out and hugged Alice indifferently. "I heard that you got married and gave birth to a daughter. I haven't had time to come and see you before. It's rare to be free today, so I came to visit and hope I didn't disturb you."

"How could it be? It's a great honor for you to come to us!" Alice shook her head with a smile.

Then, she looked back at her husband and the Marquis, "Edgar, Dad, let me introduce you, this lady is Ms. Bianca, she is Agnes' master and our family's benefactor in the past. "

Although they already knew it in their hearts, both Treville and his son pretended to be suddenly enlightened.

"So you are the master!" The Marquis de Treville bowed to Bianca, "I have always wondered who Miss Agnes's teacher is, but I didn't expect it to be a graceful lady, what a disrespect Already!"

"You don't have to be so polite, General." Bianca also politely responded to the Marquis of Treville, "I just know a little bit of tricks, and a person like you who has commanded thousands of troops is qualified to be called a master. "

Although she has an arrogant personality, Bianca is not a lunatic. She came to visit Alice today, not to quarrel or put on airs, so even if she looked down on the Marquis de Treville and his son, she would not show it clearly.

After all, she could turn around and leave after angering the general, but it would be difficult for Alice in the future.

"That's already a thing of the past. Now I'm just an idle retired general. I don't have a single soldier in my hands. I can only entertain myself by entertaining my grandchildren." The Marquis replied with a wry smile.

"Isn't this a kind of happiness?" Bianka also laughed, "To tell you the truth, I have traveled far and wide since I was very young, I have been to many places, and I have met many people. Those famous generals with brilliant achievements rose to fall, and finally turned into dust, compared to them who were unfortunately buried in the battlefield, isn’t it great that you can enjoy a stable and peaceful retirement life with grandchildren?”

"It makes sense for you to say that." The Marquis nodded, "However, you can also see, what kind of retirement life am I living now? The kingdom withholds my due annuity, making our family's life so tight, I worry about my family every day... What do you think is the reason? I fought for France on the battlefield, braved the hail of bullets and charged, but when I was old, I was treated like this, and even my family could not support me. This country Now right and wrong are reversed, there is no fairness and justice!"

This is a half-truth and half-false complaint from the Marquis. On the one hand, he is deliberately showing weakness to Bianka, and on the other hand, he is indeed really aggrieved.

According to the regulations of the army, as a general, even after retiring, he will still have a considerable pension for retirement. However, because of his political stance, the Marquis de Treville was forcibly retired after the restoration, and Pensions were also deducted by half as punishment.

Of course, this pension can't support the huge expenses of the Treville family, and he didn't like it at first—but to the Marquis who cherishes his reputation, this is still a great humiliation, so much so that he has been brooding in his heart .

The Marquis deliberately said this in front of Bianka, in order to make the other party feel that he was a bad old man who complained after retirement and only knew how to complain, so as to lower the other party's wariness of him.

After all, he has already regarded Bianka as an enemy in his heart, and he may turn his face at any time in the future, so the more he makes the other party underestimate him now, the more convenient he will be in the future.

"This is the way it is in this world, General, you should relax." Bianka still showed a cold politeness, "At least you have such an outstanding son and daughter-in-law, and a beautiful and lovely granddaughter, which is enough to comfort you old age."

As she spoke, she glanced to the side a few more times.

Although she didn't say it clearly, the Trevilles and Alice are both experienced people, so why do I need her to say it clearly?

Alice suddenly realized, she finally understood why Ms. Bianca would visit her house on purpose.

It turned out that it was not for himself, but for Xia Lu...

She suddenly looked at Agnes with some concern, and Agnes nodded with a smile, then clenched her fists and shook her sister, saying that everything was by herself, so there was no need to be afraid.

In just a few seconds, several people completed a tacit communication with their eyes, and Alice was slightly relieved.

"Wait a little while, I'll bring Xialu here so you can see it." Alice said to Bianca, and went upstairs.

Just as she was going upstairs, Bianca's attention focused on Edgar.

Logically speaking, Edgar was a handsome and seemingly talented young man, and he cared a lot about his appearance. Even when he was at home, he had carefully groomed himself. No one could find fault with his appearance.

However, Bianka already had preconceived ideas and looked down on Alice's husband long ago, thinking in her heart that "this guy is not a good person at first glance."

And Edgar immediately noticed Bianka's gaze.

He immediately put on his most skilled smile, "Madam, I'm sorry that I didn't hear any information about you from Agnes before, so I neglected you a bit, please don't mind."

"No, of course I don't mind." Bianka remained indifferent. "I never seek fame, and I don't care about compliments from others. It doesn't matter if you don't know me."

Edgar could feel the other party's contempt for him, and he was a little annoyed for a while, but since she was an elder respected by Alice, and she must be very skilled, so he didn't dare to show it, but still put on a smiling face, It seemed that he didn't mind the other party's negligence at all.

Agnes didn't give a detailed introduction, but from the other person's accent, he could tell where she probably came from. "Are you Italian?"

"Yes, that's right." Bianka nodded, "Sister Alice and I met when they were in exile in Italy."

"Italy, it's really a place full of cultures, I've always been yearning for it!" Edgar immediately shouted exaggeratedly, "To tell you the truth, Alice and I went on a honeymoon trip when we were newlyweds. As for Italy, as a painter, I have a deep affection for many places there, and I must pay homage to them.”

Then, he talked to Bianca on his own and Alice's travel experience in Italy, inserting a few interesting things he encountered during the trip from time to time.

Bianka didn't want to pay attention to Edgar at first, but as a guest, she had to express something to the host, so she chatted with each other. Unexpectedly, because Edgar was very talkative and knowledgeable, Not long after, Bianka started a serious chat with him, and told him a lot about her Jianwen.

It never occurred to her that although this seemed to be a chat, the Marquis de Treville standing next to her had been silently remembering every word she said, trying to infer her information from the clues.

Although Edgar didn't know what his father wanted to do, he had been hinted by his father before that he should try his best to use Bianka's words, because Bianka was not wary of him--it turned out that the Marquis was really hot, and the truth of the matter The development is just as he expected.

The danger lies in the polite chat, but Bianca didn't realize it. It was the first time she saw the Treville father and son. The impression of the father and son was mediocre, and Edgar was just an ordinary man. The aristocratic young man who is still in the middle of nowhere, apart from having a good skin to deceive Alice, he really has no advantages-but he is not a bad person either.

If Agnes had told her all her previous experiences, she might have drawn a different conclusion, but in order not to let her secret out, Agnes kept her secret from the teacher, and by accident, Bion Ka made a judgment that doomed her forever.

While the two were chatting, Alice came back with Xia Lu in her arms.

This one-year-old child has blond hair that is as smooth and shiny as silk, blue eyes that are watery, and skin as delicate as ceramics, which immediately attracted Bianka's full attention.

Bianka interrupted the conversation with Edgar rudely, then walked straight to Alice, staring at Xia Lu.

And Xia Lu didn't admit it. Although Bianka in front of her had a serious expression, she was not afraid or crying. Instead, she smiled and narrowed her eyes, making her even more cute.

"Alice, you did give birth to a good child." Bianka stretched out her hand and stroked Xia Lu, her slightly rough hand stroked her smooth and delicate face, "She will definitely become a great beauty in the future .”

"That's right, teacher, I've always said that, you still don't believe me!" Agnes also walked up to her sister at this time, and then replied with a smile.

"Such a cute child, he will be very successful in the future." Bianka caressed Xia Lu and asserted, "Alice, if she needs my help with anything in the future, just tell me, I will Try to help her—does she have a godmother?"

Alice is half happy and half worried. The happy thing is that her daughter will have such a strong protector in the future, and it will be smoother in the future. The worry is that Bianca wants to copy Agnes's life experience again and make her daughter deviate from the famous lady. trail of.

Although she has no problem with her younger sister's hobbies, she doesn't want her daughter to fight and kill.

"It's her honor that you are willing to be her godmother, of course." She first agreed, and then changed the topic, "However, ma'am, Xia Lu is relatively weak, and may not be suitable for learning swordsmanship in the future..."

"How could it be unsuitable? With such beauty, she must be suitable." Bianka said firmly her fallacy, "But don't worry, your sister volunteered to be her teacher, so I will not intervene for the time being. If she can't teach well in the future, then I'll take over again."

Isn't that completely indistinguishable... Alice immediately became anxious and asked her father-in-law for help.

Then the Marquis de Treville ignored his daughter-in-law's appeal, but heaved a long sigh as if touched by something.

"Hey, what a beautiful picture... Three such beautiful ladies, and my granddaughter, distributed in a ladder of ages, representing the most beautiful stages of a lady's life... Edgar, don't you find it interesting ?"

"Father?" Edgar didn't find it interesting, but was stunned, as if he had heard some ghost story.

It's not that what my father said is wrong, but that it's too unlike what his father said - in his mind, his father basically has no interest in any art, and it's impossible for him to say something like this .

The Marquis de Treville gave Edgar a dark look, and then continued to put on a look filled with emotion, "Ma'am, I made you laugh... Hey, once you get old, you can't help it. A lot of emotions, seeing you like this, I am really touched."

Although it was a bit embarrassing, Bianka and sister Alice couldn't help being a little proud of being praised by the general like this.

"Edgar, aren't you a painter? Draw a picture and write down this scene as our family heirloom." The Marquis de Treville ordered to his son. "Jesus waited for the three sages, and my granddaughter was surrounded by three ladies... Well, this is really a great fate. I will show off to Xia Lu when she grows up."

Of course he was not out of grief, but to confirm with His Majesty.

Although the person who attacked His Majesty claimed to be Bianka, what if someone reported a false name on purpose?Didn't His Majesty find the wrong person for revenge?Waste of resources.

So he wanted Edgar to draw a portrait for His Majesty, so that His Majesty could confirm that this Bianka was the "Bianka" who assassinated him.

He observed the situation calmly, and finally made this request in the name of "commemorating this moment".

He believed that Bianka would agree - since she liked Xia Lu so much, how could she refuse a grandfather's request?　　

126, painting

Hearing the Marquis de Treville's request, Bianca was stunned for a moment. She just came to visit Alice's daughter by the way today, and she never thought of being portraited.