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On the contrary, Agnes immediately regained her spirits. After all, she is a girl at heart. When she heard that four people could appear in the same frame in a painting, she was very interested.

Before Bianka could speak, she yelled out. "Okay! Okay! Let's do it like this? Teacher, don't you think it's very commemorative? It's rare for you to come to our place and become Xia Lu's godmother again. Wouldn't it be nice to leave some souvenirs for this? ?”

And Alice has no objection. For her, although she doesn't understand why the general suddenly became sentimental, it is always a good thing to let her husband show off.

Seeing Agnes cheering so happily, Bianca smiled helplessly. "Okay, so be it, I will grant your wish, General."

"Thank you for satisfying such a capricious request of an old man, ma'am." The Marquis de Treville bowed to thank him, "I am extremely honored that Xia Lu can get your protection."

Bianka didn't take the general's compliment to heart, but turned to look at Edgar, motioning him to hurry up.

Although Edgar was full of doubts, he didn't dare to neglect, and hurried to his room to get the painting tools.

The Marquis de Treville looked at the three ladies surrounding his granddaughter with a smile on his face, and his heart was full of pride in the success of the trick.

In theory, he could wait for Bianca and Agnes to leave before asking Edgar to take a portrait secretly, but in this case, he was afraid that Alice would become suspicious afterwards, so he simply decided to find a legitimate excuse on the spot to let his son Portrait, so that no one will be suspicious.

He appreciates his daughter-in-law and trusts her very much, but on the issue of Bianca and Agnes, he is not sure that Alice will stand on his side [-]%, so he simply chooses to use Alice together up.

In essence, he only trusts direct blood relatives, because the blood ties between family members are the strongest among human beings.

In the world, the only person he can absolutely trust is his own son, except for his elder brother who has been severing contact with him on the surface.

No, there is another person now... His cold gaze gradually settled on Xia Lu in the center of his sight, and then slowly softened.

He neglected to discipline Edgar in the past, and as a result Edgar became the foolish person he is now, which has become one of his lifelong regrets; but this time, he can definitely teach by precept and example, and train Xia Lu to be his best. Excellent offspring.

Maybe Alice will have a son in the future, but even so, the first grandchild is still of great significance to him, a precious gift from God, and the best compensation for his mistakes.

Just when the Marquis was thinking to himself, Xia Lu looked at her grandfather as if she sensed her grandfather's gaze, and smiled sweetly.

This angelic innocent smile almost melted the hard-hearted old general in an instant.

Xia Lu, my granddaughter, you will be proud of this in the future. You are only one year old now, and you are already serving your grandfather and the prosperity of our family. You are doing your duty.

The Marquis de Treville secretly wiped his wet eye sockets when no one was watching.

Soon, Edgar came back with painting tools, and sisters Alice and Bianca sat on the sofa as his models as promised—as for his daughter Xia Lu, she was placed on the On top of the coffee table in the middle.

It has to be said that the three women's looks are quite good, and their personalities and temperaments are all different. Just sitting there makes people feel pleasing to the eye.

Edgar is a very talented painter, he is best at figure painting (especially for those ladies and ladies), and at this moment, this excellent composition scene has inspired his brain The inspiration in the book made him instantly ignite the passion for creation.

He didn't know what Dad was up to with this, but...what the hell!Now I just need to obey my father's order and finish this painting, and I don't have to worry about the rest.

While looking at the women in front of him, he thought hard, and soon, he began to dip the paint with the brush, and then began to paint on the canvas.

For a painter of his level, once he finds the right inspiration, the rest is easy.

He put all his attention into painting, and as he kept moving the brush, simple outlines soon appeared on the canvas, and gradually these outlines became clearer and more details appeared.

Time passed unknowingly, and after an unknown amount of time, beads of sweat appeared on Edgar's forehead, and his eyes were fixed on the canvas in front of him, then he took a long breath and paused temporarily up paintbrush.

Right in front of him, an oil painting was almost finished.

Although it was taken at home, the background of the painting is not the house of the Treville family, but a beautifully decorated palace. Sisters Alice and Agnes sit on both sides of Bianca, and they are all dressed in 18th century. The rococo-style colorful costumes look luxurious yet feminine, as if they are attending some important celebration.

And at their feet, Xia Lu was also decorated like an elf, holding a bouquet of flowers in her hand, and looking at Edgar with a smile on her face—as for Xia Lu, there were butterflies flying every now and then and spring water.

Seeing that he had completed the work, Agnes immediately became curious. She walked to Edgar's side, and then carefully looked at the painting that Edgar had just completed.

"Ah! It's pretty!" She nodded approvingly.

Seeing Agnes's praise, Bianka immediately became interested, and she also came over, ready to see how she was painted.

——She has always prided herself on her beauty all her life, so of course she doesn't want others to paint her ugly.

Fortunately, she was not disappointed. After carefully looking at the painting, she also nodded, and then looked at Edgar.

"Well, it is indeed a good painting. There are no flaws in the composition and technique, and it has a lot of charm—Mr. Treville, it seems that your painting skills are indeed very good. Agnes did not praise you wrong."

Seeing her husband being praised so much by the lady, Alice was also very happy. She stroked Xia Lu's hair, then hugged Xia Lu, walked to her husband's side, and admired her like them.

"It's really well drawn."

While Agnes looked at the painting, she looked at her sister and teacher.

Then, on a whim, she lowered her head, leaned in front of Xia Lu, pinched her niece's face, "Xia Lu, Xia Lu, who is the most beautiful woman here?"

[Agnes is playing tricks, according to legend, at the wedding of Paleus and the sea goddess Thetis.All the gods were invited to the wedding except Eris, the goddess of discord.Eris held a grudge, and presented a golden apple to the guests at the wedding, with the inscription "To the fairest goddess".The three goddesses with the highest status and the most beautiful status among the goddesses-Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite could not settle for this golden apple. 】

"Hahahaha!" Bianka was amused by the apprentice's words, "You really have a thick skin, Agnes."

And Xia Lu seemed to be amused by her aunt, she giggled while hugging her mother tightly.

"It seems that my granddaughter has already given a clear answer—" the Marquis de Treville joked.

"No! I'm not convinced!" Agnes immediately yelled, "She's playing for selfishness!"

"Agnes, stop messing around!" Alice glared at her sister, "Do you have any opinion on Xia Lu's sentence?"

"Okay, I have no objection..." Agnes stopped immediately, "Sister, you are the most beautiful woman here!"

Under Agnes' gag, the atmosphere in the room became very warm, and even the serious Bianca couldn't help showing a smile.

She had always liked the sisters Alice and Agnes very much, and now she saw that Alice was living a happy life after getting married and had such a beautiful daughter, and she felt quite relieved in her heart.

Although she disapproved of the fact that the Marquis de Treville was a Bonapartist, her political stance did not affect her preferences. She was willing to serve as Xia Lu's protector in the future and protect this lovely child from growing up healthily.

In this way, the Marquis de Treville, in the image of a warm hostess, graciously entertained Agnes and Bianca who came to visit, and invited them to stay for dinner at his home.

After dinner, Bianca and Agnes bid farewell and left.

Alice reluctantly bid farewell to her sister and lady, but when she returned to the restaurant, the Marquis de Treville gave Edgar an order.

"Edgar, please draw another copy of the painting you just made. We will give it to His Majesty as a gift. We will keep it at home and make it our collection."

"Huh?" The husband and wife were surprised at the same time.

"I took a look, and Edgar's painting is quite good, which is enough to be called a work of art." The Marquis de Treville explained in a low voice, "If this is the case, why don't we just present it to His Majesty? He has a look at our family's loyalty to him, and by the way, let him see what Xia Lu looks like now."

This was originally the Marquis de Treville's plan, but he seemed quite excited at the moment, deliberately pretending that it was a temporary idea.

This was to paralyze Alice—in the view of the Marquis, since he couldn't hide it from Alice anyway, he might as well use his plot in front of her to show his magnanimity.

"This...isn't that good? They are all members of our family." Alice hesitated, "And, there is Ms. Bianca, she doesn't like being watched by others."

"What's the problem? As long as we don't say who she is, let's treat her as an ordinary lady who attended in friendship." The Marquis de Treville smiled, "Think about it, Edgar put Xia Lu's paintings are so beautiful, and she is highly sought after by you, His Majesty will definitely love her very much after seeing her—"

Alice must have never imagined that her father-in-law actually had such deep scheming, she only regarded it as a general and couldn't wait to let His Majesty remember Xia Lu in his heart.

And this is what she wants to do—since her family's future will depend on him in the future, she must try her best to get closer to her personal relationship with him. I will take care of Xia Lu.

As a mother, why doesn't she want to see Xia Lu become the most watched star?

"Well! Since you think this is appropriate, then do it this way!" Alice nodded.

The Marquis of Treville gave Edgar a wink. Although Edgar was still full of doubts, he did not dare to disobey his father's order, so he followed his father's order and began to copy the painting just now again.

It was easier for him, and he was done in no time.

"Son, you've done a good job." After he handed in the copy to his father, the Marquis de Treville, who was in a good mood, patted his son on the shoulder, "You've done a great job for His Majesty."

"Really? I hope he will like it." Edgar didn't understand why his father was so serious about it, but he also hoped that his paintings would be valued.

..............................

The next day, the Marquis de Treville visited Edmond Dantès in a carriage.

The count immediately received him, but the count soon discovered to his astonishment that the marquis did not come empty-handed, and the servant behind him was still carrying a picture frame.

"General, who is this?" He was a little confused.

"You will understand after looking at it." The Marquis de Treville pointed to the canvas.

Edmund Dantès walked to the frame with doubts, and then looked at it carefully.

Soon, he discovered that he knew all three people in the painting—Sister Alice and Xia Lu.

But the problem is that there are four people in the painting, who is the fourth one...?

There was a flash of inspiration in his mind, and he suddenly understood something.

"Is this Bianca?" he asked immediately.

"Mr. Earl, you guessed right." The Marquis de Treville nodded lightly, without showing any complacency, "She visited our family yesterday, and then I took the opportunity to find an excuse to ask Edgar to draw I made a picture and put her on it."

Edmund Dantès understood the Marquis' intentions after only a little guesswork. "Are you going to take it to His Majesty for inspection?"

"Yes." The Marquis nodded. "If we recognize the wrong person, it would be too absurd, so we still have to let His Majesty decide—"

"That's right! I completely agree with you." Edmund Dantès agreed deeply.

While admiring the Marquis's means and wit, he continued to appreciate the paintings.

I have to admit that Edgar's painting skills are really good, even if those "purposes" are put aside, as far as the painting itself is concerned, it is still a masterpiece.

Edmond Dantès doesn't know much about art, but he has an instinctive level of appreciation, and Edgar's Majesty, the three beauties are almost lifelike, and each has its own temperament. The most rare thing is that they also have Subtle expressions, whether laughing or serious, are full of charm.

If it hadn't been for many years of fun, how could he have the skills to draw it?

Although he is already a veteran murderer with a hard heart, Edmund can't help but feel a little bit moved by watching it at this time. He believes that His Majesty will be deeply moved by it after watching it.

"The painting is very good, His Majesty will definitely applaud it!"　　

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"The painting is very good, His Majesty will definitely applaud it!"

Edmund made the Marquis of Treville feel a little complacent, but he was a sophisticated man after all, so he didn't show it too much, but let his servants put away the paintings and put them in the study of the mansion.

"Now let's go in two steps, Earl. You send the painting to His Majesty, and at the same time take the opportunity to get close to Bianka and find out her details. We will first figure out how to deal with her, and at the same time wait for Your Majesty's further instructions. If Your Majesty If it is confirmed that this Bianka is the traitor who assassinated him, then we will do it as soon as possible, and we must not let her escape!"

"Indeed." Edmond Dantès was now convinced by the Marquis de Treville, so he didn't express any opinion, but he had another concern. "But when we make plans, we must take Miss Agnes into consideration and try not to hurt her heart. What do you think?"

He doesn't have any feelings for Bianka, but deep down in his heart, he has always admired Agnes, and is very grateful for the enthusiastic help she has always given to him. He hopes that Bianka's affairs will not become a serious mental disaster for her. Strike - although a bit hypocritical, but he hopes to get a best result.

"Don't worry, I'll take this into consideration." The Marquis didn't object to his opinion, "It's best for all of this to happen when Agnes doesn't know or has no time to care about it. After all, she is my junior, and I don't want to It hurt her so much..."

The Marquis's reason is of course just an excuse, he just doesn't want the relationship between the Treville family and Agnes to break up - he wants to turn Agnes into the mistress of the young Majesty for the sake of his family's glory and wealth, if Agnes and his family turned against each other, so what's the point of all this hard planning?Completely for naught.

In this way, two people came to a consensus out of different considerations.

However, these two smart people avoided a question at the same time-would Agnes really be ignorant of everything?Will she really be indifferent to the tragic fate that the master is about to face?

It's not that they couldn't think of it, but that they couldn't think about it, because it is His Majesty's unshakable will to seek revenge on Bianca, and it is also the honor of the Bonaparte family. The two servants absolutely cannot take a step back, regardless of Everything must be carried out to the end, so even in the face of risks, they must cut through their worries and go to the end.

This is the awareness they must have to participate in this cause.

Next, the Marquis de Treville relayed to Edmund all the words his son extracted from Bianca yesterday, and Edmund listened carefully, keeping them in mind, and the two of them discussed the details again. After discussing the details of the operation, the Marquis left and went home.

Next, Edmund knew that Agnes would come to find him, and he waited quietly.

He didn't have to wait long, and the next day, Agnes knocked on the door.

"Count! Remember the last time I told you that my master is coming to Paris?" After seeing Edmund, she went straight to the point.

"Of course I remember." Edmund replied hastily, "The master is already here, right?"

"Why aren't you surprised or excited at all?" Agnes felt a little strange, "Have you already known?"

"The Marquis of Treville told me yesterday." Edmund knew that Agnes might be aware of it, so he threw out the speech he had prepared a long time ago, "He showed off to me yesterday that you brought the master to visit him He also made the master Xia Lu's godmother, he was very happy and excited, and he showed off to me for a long time-"

"Ah, it's actually not a big deal~" Although Agnes was very proud, she pretended to be modest on the surface, and Edmund couldn't help laughing at this delicate appearance.

He regretted that His Majesty was married. In his heart, His Majesty was the most suitable and the only one who was worthy of Miss Agnes among the young people he had ever met.

Moreover, if Miss Agnes really becomes His Majesty's wife, then he doesn't have to worry about Bianca's problem, Miss Agnes can handle it by herself.

Hey, fate always loves to play tricks on people, so what can I do?

Edmund put away the emotions in his heart, and then looked at Agnes seriously, "So, Miss Agnes, did you take me to meet the master today?"

"Of course, otherwise why would I come here!" Agnes shrugged, "Count, if you have nothing to do today, come with me, my teacher has a very temper, and she is also a busy person, so she can spare time It's not easy to see you in time, so don't miss the opportunity."

"Of course I'm free now, Miss, please take me there." Edmund Dantès replied very tactfully, "Besides, I never want to miss such an honor, even if I have something important to do , I will not let go of such an opportunity."

"You're becoming more and more like a Parisian..." Agnes couldn't help laughing, not knowing whether she was praising or teasing Edmund.

Next, the two of them drove to the outskirts of the city together in Agnes' carriage.

When she came to Paris last time, Agnes took Edmund to that place, and gave Edmund a hard time in the name of "practice". Edmund was very impressed by this.

But at that time, he was just a stranger after all, and had never been to Paris, so he was not familiar with the location of the house and the route.

This time is different. Although he lived in Paris during this period of time, but for "work needs", he has studied the routes and topography of various blocks in Paris in detail, and has conducted on-the-spot surveys many times. Keep it in mind.

As one of the best sailors on the sea, he has a natural talent for sensing direction and position, so he has improved very fast. Now he is almost as familiar with these things as those carriage drivers who have been walking around in the streets and alleys of Paris all the year round. It is a huge and historic city.