The Happy Life of a Duchess

Everything changed when the guards surrounded Bailu Manor.

Adele is obviously trapped here, even unable to travel normally, and the information is difficult to pass on. These strange royal guards seem to have made up their minds to make it easier for them.

Adele knew very well that the leader of these people was Mr. Big Becker who was already engaged to Miss Sophie Barry.

Unexpectedly, after this gentleman was promoted, the first "big task" he did was such a thing.

This is of course unreasonable.

This move will inevitably offend the king, especially the nobles headed by Napoleon's nobles.

Sometimes, it seems that it only surrounds Adele's home, but in fact, Egret Manor has represented another class to some extent.

They are both upper-class figures. It can be said that many people have naturally condensed a force in order to maintain this natural "superiority" and "class character".

Among the nobles of the upper class, there are also their own affiliations and schools.

Just like the disgusting behavior of the Barry family and the Bernard family because they gave the king a mistress, coupled with some unfaithful incidents, when everyone is dating, the Qingliu faction will naturally be with Qingliu , another wave of people will be automatically and consciously kicked out of their original circle.

Those who like to play will naturally mix with those who like to play.

Firstly, they will not have anything to look down on, and secondly, such people may have some common language.

Mentally, they are all so open-minded that they don't even mind that many people "fight" together, and maybe share some lovers with each other, regardless of gender.

In this way, meat and vegetables are not taboo, so it will be more convenient to have fun and socialize with people of the same kind.

In addition to the closeness of the relationship caused by some ideas and behaviors, there are also some factors such as political positions, social identities, family origins, closeness of certain members, and financial resources. Many factors may lead to closeness or closeness between one family and another. is estrangement.

At the same time, there may also be some relationships that are not obvious at ordinary times, but are particularly important at certain critical moments.

For example, the distant relatives in the next room may not have much contact with each other at ordinary times, but at critical moments, they may look at the face of relatives and complete a friendship.

Another example is the current situation on Adele's side.

They each have different political stances, but one thing that may have been overlooked before is that the Duke of Juradi has always been a noble from the army awarded by Emperor Napoleon I.

The identity of Duke Jurati comes from Emperor Napoleon, and he still keeps in touch with military officers Mr. Donald, Mr. Fitch and others because of his experience in the army.

Among these people, the only one who is still alive and has a high status is Duke Juradi.

The reason why he seems to be silent all the time is because Duke Jurati is getting older, and he has been away from the political and military circles for too long after he was removed from the military officer position. , but judging by the results, it does seem that he has been away from power circles for too long, and he is not often mentioned when people talk about "authority".

People's impression of Duke Juradi is no longer that sensual officer at the beginning, but replaced by various popular concepts about noble lords, as well as the regret of his family's misfortune and lack of heirs.

When anyone talks about the Jurati family, the first thing that comes to mind is his children who have died one after another, and then the topic naturally comes to him who is now 70 or [-] years old and quite old.

Looking at Duke Jurati's current appearance, no one would have thought that he was also a figure who was called in by Emperor Napoleon to be a knight because he was quite optimistic about him. After all, he is not tall now.

His stature became hunched, his eyes were no longer as sharp as they were before, his expression became more peaceful, and his words always contained some "show off" that young people don't like. From this point of view, he is a rich and decent man. Good-natured, a bit lecherous, not particularly difficult, dumpy old man.

Just like the health-preserving philosophy that he has always adhered to, going to bed early and not staying up late, it is simply——

No young man likes to hear it.

People who knew him about his age have basically disappeared.

Needless to say, those senior officers in front of him have long since died. After all, Mr. Duke is considered to be very old at this age.

Those of his juniors are not very familiar with him—like Lieutenant Fitch and others, they are strictly speaking his juniors, they joined the army later than him, but they worked together later on, and after getting acquainted, they feel that they are still Yes, naturally we can still maintain some affection.

The old ones are long gone.

In addition, he faded out of the top circle, of course, on the one hand, it was also because after the death of Emperor Napoleon, the new system and political structure were not suitable for him. If he faced those partisan disputes, he would only end up with a worse result. Like many other "colleagues".

Mr. Duke knew his own level, and after taking the title, he devoted himself to developing the industry, and never set foot in the political circle or planned to reach a higher level.

He was supposed to focus on cultivating his heirs. After all, according to his youthful flamboyant temperament, it was not the material for this aspect, but unexpectedly, the children passed away one by one, and then he completely lost expectations, and let his nephew take over. Knighthood.

As a result, everyone's impression of Duke Juradi is not like that of Mrs. Costa's family——

Mrs. Costa's natal family is also a duke, but this weight is a bit heavier than that of the Duke of Juradi. Although the money is slightly inferior, the key is the profound background, long history, and noble blood, unlike Juradi. There is not even a parent and child on the side.

"So, they joined forces...?"

"Yes." The housekeeper answered Adele with a smile.

In the past two days, Adele was also a little uneasy because of the matter of being sealed up.

She didn't expect such a thing to happen at this time, which is unimaginable in modern times, but she lives in a republic that is relatively peaceful, there is no sole ruler, and everything is managed according to order and law system country.

Mr. Big Becker led people to siege the mansion, relying on the king's word of mouth.

There is no evidence for this kind of oral order at all, and they just don't answer the question, just look like "Adele, you are going to be unlucky", but they don't have the force value to fight.

These guards even had swords and wooden barns. Of course, it was impossible for Adele to let such a large number of men in the manor fight against the armed guards.

She was also a little anxious by this incident, but fortunately, she was generally calm, not to mention the housekeeper and others who comforted her repeatedly, and the Duke's father was circling around outside, and was also looking for a solution for her.

Mr. Duval and others are also dealing with this matter.

Generally speaking, everyone agrees that this is an event similar to a warning, maybe the king wants to show his love for his new favorite woman who is pregnant for him, maybe the rumors are true to a certain extent, so that in order to The stability of her position, the king wanted to use this to beat her.

But in short, everyone tends that this is just a warning, similar to intimidation, and not really to arrest people. In order not to lose their tongue, they do not even have anything to represent the identity and instructions of the king.

If it is pursued later, it will only be the fault of Mr. Big Becker and others. Their Majesty the King of Orleans will probably be able to get out of this matter soon.

This is an outsider's perspective, but for the person involved, it is not the case.

Adele didn't know it before, she always thought that her father was really such an inconspicuous person, but at this time, she realized that there was another unspoken rule in the circle.

The nobles awarded by the same Emperor Napoleon are a natural body. Although the faction supporting Emperor Napoleon’s ruling seems inconspicuous at this time, and even in a very weak position, as Napoleon’s descendants grow older, The voice of this faction gradually became hardened.

They are also monarchs, perhaps Napoleon's faction will be more suitable to lead France to continue.

This is a point of view. Under such circumstances, in order to better support the relatively young heir, it is natural to win over the support of the "old ministry", and Duke Jurati is one of them.

Of course he has no right now, and he can't do things like a politician.

But he is rich, and he is basically known to be rich. His property will be inherited by his nephew, and part of it will be left to his only daughter. His nephew is not considered in the Paris circle, but since he is a young man, it is impossible not to Ambition, the benefits of supporting a young monarch's ascension to the throne will make him willing to take this risk, and which side he supports is basically inseparable from the guidance of Duke Jurati. Cleverly dodge the twists and turns of the duke in times of chaos and turmoil first.

There is another reason that Adele didn't pay attention to.

Until the butler vaguely mentioned to her that those who had been awarded titles by King Napoleon were very nervous and planned to join forces to "ask for an explanation" under the leadership of Duke Juradi, Ah Only then did Dale understand the meaning of this layer.

A circle of people, under certain conditions, will be defaulted into a type of group.

It’s like that although Mrs. Miller will be added as a member of the salon, except for a few people, no one will wink and say something to her face, but in fact, because of her slutty private life, she is often pulled out behind the scenes She said that there were several widows and wives with her.

Mr. Duke Juradi also represents this wave of officers and lords who were appointed and loved by Emperor Napoleon.

When the king did something to him or his family, these nobles, who were basically rewarded with the same award, would also have some murmurs in their hearts.

Their position is not very stable, the title has only been passed down for one or two generations, no one knows whether this noble title can be secured.

Especially now that the situation is so chaotic, the vast majority of them, like the Duke of Juradi, just get the reward and settle down. They don't have much power and opportunity to participate in the affairs of their family and country. Their sources of information and political acumen Not enough.

And what is known is that the current king of the constitutional monarchy is the former Duke of Orleans, an offshoot of Bourbon.

Partisanship is something everyone knows.

Until now, it cannot be guaranteed that the king's seat is secure.

But it was just such a king who "stealed" the throne under the need of balancing the situation by relying on self-improvement in everyone's impression. One day, he suddenly took action against a representative noble of a certain faction, which touched everyone all of a sudden. The risk perception of various head-losing incidents during the liquidation turmoil.

They were eager to know if the king had ordered people to surround the Egret Manor and take action against Duke Jurati's house, was he really planning to fight against Napoleon's old army and wanted to take the opportunity to liquidate them.

It's about their lives, they will only be more nervous, and they will not be sloppy in the slightest.

Whoever looked at this matter, whether it was the closure of the newspaper, the spread of rumors, or the sending of people to surround Bailu Manor when Mr. Duke was not at home, did not seem to have passed away in an ordinary way.

Although everyone expressed doubts about the purpose and disapproved of this "crime", but things like rebellion, especially ideological ones, can be big or small——

The king insisted on pursuing it, which made everyone look more like he wanted to pursue the whole group instead of finding fault with Adele alone. Everyone couldn't imagine why the king wanted to pursue it for no reason and even sent guards to control Adele. Er, a lady who had a good reputation in the circle before and did a lot of good things.

They would not think that the conflict between Miss Sophie Barry and Adele was a big deal, they would only characterize it as a slapstick between women, just like Mr. Hugo still invited Mrs. Like the Barry family, he didn't think it was important, let alone a reason to go to war.

"Okay, I know."

Adele nodded yes, but the housekeeper still looked calm when he saw this.

Mrs. Lude was particularly worried and anxious during this time, but fortunately, as a loyal supporter of the Napoleon era, even if she did not have enough experience, she still had blind confidence, love and admiration for Emperor Napoleon and others like many others.

Because of this kind of trust and loyalty to the master from the beginning to the end, she firmly trusted that Mr. Duke can handle these things. Naturally, her self-confidence that gradually calmed down also infected everyone, and most of the maids who were very disturbed followed. Also calm down.

Adele relied on the news that the housekeeper got from unknown sources, and learned about the situation in the outside world.

After a short break, Jenny finally impressed a few guards with her excellent cooking skills and fine wine, and made them agree to turn a blind eye so that they could communicate with the outside world.

Jenny finally passed the news that Adele's subordinates and others had learned to her.

The situation was quite different from what she knew originally. People outside did not just blame Adele's newspaper for the mistake as everyone thought.

Rather, most smart people think a lot, and many nobles who think they are smart are eager to dig out some "big news" from it.

Compared with the so-called contradictions and jealousy among women, they are more willing to believe in conspiracy theories that they have reasoned out that seem reasonable but are actually wrong.

Who let such a thing, is also the first time to see it?

"But it's been more than half a month." Jenny counted on her fingers, her expression more anxious than Adele herself. "It's been more than two months since the last publication."

"Miss, the newspaper that has finally gotten better..."

First, I was stuck in the process of the commercial bookseller, then I was issued a document that was currently being negotiated and discussed for rectification, and finally I was trapped for a while and couldn't continue to move.

It has been almost two months since the last issue, and the content that should have been developed in the next issue after the end of the previous issue has not been fully completed.

The good thing is that Mr. Weihan and Mr. Crewe, the elites of the magazine, were not affected by the previous protests. Miss Mandela also tried her best to contact her as much as possible, expressing her respect for her and Mr. Crewe. Magazine support.

Adele's current focus is still on the banned matter, so naturally she doesn't know what kind of uproar has been caused outside because of the rare cut off of a precious woman from the magazine.

The author has something to say:

A brief explanation about my plagiarism mentioned in the previous chapter.

I have stayed up all night to sort it out, and handed over the relevant evidence to the editor during the day, but the other party is more like plagiarism of inspiration, ideas, and stems. To put it simply, she is sucking blood by me alone.At present, it is impossible to judge her according to the standard of jj's plagiarism, because Jinjiang does not protect special stalks/inspirations/settings.I think she knew it herself, so she was able to imitate one after another without fear, resulting in an astonishingly high degree of overlap between the column and mine. Of the 7 Yan Yan works in the column, 4 of them used my settings. In translation, but if you do such a thing, you will be nailed to the pillar of shame, not to mention that I have copied so many of my books, and the rest have a sense of déjà vu of other authors' articles.

Her entire column is like a copy of my column. I wrote the fanfic of the famous novel, the fanfic of vampires, and the fanfic of this famous novel in my hand, and then I planned to take over the fairy tale. She also followed the trend and wrote the fanfic of vampires. , write the fancier of the famous Ao Pian novel, and then plan to take over the fairy tales like me (even the princesses involved in the fairy tales and the order of appearance in the copy are consistent with mine. In the case of the special logic of the order of appearance of my princesses, Her style of writing can actually be the same as mine)

What makes me most angry and unbearable is that some time ago, the author who took me for a blood-sucking fleece specially changed another arrogant fan in his column to a fan of Eugenie x Count of Monte Cristo, It coincides with the pre-acquisition that I released not long ago. I can guarantee that there are no other fans who planned to write this pair of CP before me. , the logical contradictions brought about by her Chinese translation and my advance acceptance also exist, and the borrowed ideas and imitated copywriting naturally cannot stand scrutiny.

I don't know what kind of mood this author is in. He "borrowed" my writing ideas with the same frequency and themes one by one, and imitated them one by one. From my writing of vampires and Western classics, I followed fairy tales. , one is colder than the other, there are only a few articles in the circle, don't make it too obvious.The judgment of logic chain or content plagiarism is different, but plagiarism of originality, unique stalk, unique cp, original setting, etc. is also plagiarism, and everyone knows it very well.

ps In the evening, I hid part of the advance receipt of the column

Because of this three-character author who has been sucking my blood, my desire for fan creation has dropped a lot, and even for a moment, I even had the idea of ​​closing the pen and changing the name or never writing derivatives——

Even if I write it, it will be used by this "smart" author, so why should I waste my energy?

We all know that logic chain plagiarism/advanced plagiarism is very difficult to determine, and there is also the risk of being identified as a "stalker" or being unkillable. I waste a lot of energy on these things, which is undoubtedly a waste of myself.

After this incident, I talked with many friends in the fandom. It is true that the circle has not been in a good mood recently, and there are such shocking things happening, but I still liked it... They all advised me not to be impulsive, just like this It's not worth writing. It's a pity that so many good colleagues in the column give up their brains.Including editors, have been comforting me.I’ve been writing in the fandom for three years and haven’t tried anything else. I must have feelings. If it wasn’t for love, I would have gone to write other things, such as the Arctic Circle.Finally, I calmed down, and those messy thoughts of closing my pen were dispelled.

I still like my advance receipts very much, and I really want to start writing them, even if the results or income are not outstanding.But I was really disgusted by such a coquettish operation, and my mentality was very unstable. Now that the book in my hand is nearing completion, I can't continue to open those pre-acquisitions with my original thinking. I am really uncomfortable.

I will adjust for a while after this, and those who pick up the teeth will always pay the price.

I still want to say sorry to all the readers who are expecting me to receive Xinkeng in advance and who like me.

I may not be able to follow the original ideas to write those fanciers, whether it is Miss Eugenie, Mrs. Holmes or Fairy Tale Infrastructure, I have no way to create with a positive attitude for the time being, but it does not mean that I will not write in the future. Yes, I also often have "brain hole overtaking". If I feel that the brewing is almost done, the columns will be published one by one.

As an adjustment, I may open some original works next time, I hope this "smart" author will not have such a coincidence to hit my brain hole again x

Probably a new pre-acquisition will be released in the near future. The initial estimate may be a doomsday romance novel. Of course, other possibilities are not ruled out. If you like it, please trouble your sweetheart to pre-accept it at that time. If you don’t catch a cold, it’s okay. Meet me in my other articles.

You can bookmark my column as a safe point, it will be very convenient to browse it at that time_(:з」∠)_

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