The Happy Life of a Duchess

"Can you comb it higher?"

Mary asked her as she powdered her hair.

The hair accessories culture at this time is no longer the kind that was popular at the time of the last Queen Mary of Bourbon.

The huge tall exaggerated hair accessories caused by her have long since disappeared, and everyone will no longer take a huge boat-shaped hair as a fashion trend, but some popular culture and elements are still inherited.

Although everyone no longer makes such exaggerated hair accessories, they still have the habit of wearing all kinds of gorgeous hats.

After the Great Revolution, after the simple, natural, waistless high-waist dress fashion led by Emperor Napoleon, today's popular culture presents a more romantic gesture.

Lace, decorations of flowers, insects and birds, plus the use of various pink and tender colors, everything seems to have a little dreamy and beautiful color.

Mary originally pushed Adele to wear the custom-made pink dress, but after trying it, she felt that it was not dignified enough, or she felt that it was too tender in her heart, and it seemed that it was not suitable for important public occasions. Even though the dress itself was suitable and beautiful, she decided to change it into a white dress with more layers and more beautiful lace.

In this way, the hairstyle that originally matched the pink one should naturally be adjusted accordingly.

Adele hopes that whether it is her hair or clothes, she looks fresh and pure today, but she doesn't want to look too immature.

As Mary was talking, she held combs of different sizes and sizes to help her comb her hair, making sure that the coiled hair maintained a beautiful shape and that the curly hair did not lose its effectiveness, and then divided the hair to one side The hair was combed back with a wig.

After adding the wig filling, the hair volume instantly looks more. Adele already has a lot of hair, but because she needs to comb her hair and maintain a "full" shape, almost everyone will give their hair more hair. Add some wig bags to make your hairstyle look more "outstanding".

Today's diamond brooches are blue diamonds, second only to red diamonds in rarity.

It is said that the main blue diamond of this blue diamond necklace comes from the same place as the famous blue diamond named "Crown Blue Diamond" by Louis XIV and later called "Hope".

The size is less than [-] carats, the whole is round, multi-faceted cut, it has an extremely dazzling luster under the light, and the faint cobalt blue is looming in the clear diamonds, changing with different angles.

Surrounded by 58 primary color diamonds, forming a beautiful flower-like flower heart pattern, around which is a removable rose gold petal frame, this popular in Russia pink gold, red gold and yellow gold The mixed gold of copper was soon widely used in the decoration of jewelry.

Adele also likes this beautiful rose gold color very much. She specially asked someone to create a hollow petal-shaped three-dimensional frame, which is inlaid with smaller blue diamonds and broken blue diamonds. This is for It is to be able to match the circle and the frame of the blue diamond together to become a flower-shaped brooch in the style of a blooming rose.

If it is only used as a necklace, you can remove the petal hollow frame around it, and then buckle the necklace and blue diamond together, and you can wear it around your neck.

As for this very three-dimensional and vivid auxiliary petal frame, it can be used as a separate brooch decoration.

However, because it is only the outline of the petals, there are many blanks, which is different from the gorgeous jewelry that most people understand. This seems to be too simple alone. It lacks the large main body of the jewelry, and only one frame seems too simple—— —

But Adele has also tried it, and she thinks it is very suitable and beautiful even if it is used as a hair accessory or decorated on a hat.

"Where's the necklace? I put it in a box on the side."

When paired with white lace, pearls are still used. It looks like it can bring out the skin tone and clothes without being overwhelming, and it looks very dignified, which is not easy to make mistakes.

The main jewelry and the core of the decoration already have this huge blue diamond, and the other jewelry should be slightly avoided.

Besides, there are not many jewels that can compete with such a rare and huge blue diamond. Of course, she also has other precious ones, but she can't just decorate her body with everything expensive.

"Bring it."

Jenny came over with a jewelry box in her hand, and put it on Adele's neck after Mary's hairstyle was done.

The clothes are half changed, and the bra has not been put on yet. After all, once put on, it is impossible to sit and groom comfortably, and it takes effort to stand.

She had already done the makeup on Adele's face. When she saw Jenny bringing things, she opened them and picked them out. These were several sets of things that had been prepared a long time ago, and they were packed together in several boxes.

The necklace has the fullest color and the largest number of pearls, so it is packed in a box alone. Even if it is a pearl necklace, she has several pieces in different sizes, and there are also samples of pearls mixed with gemstones.

Then there are other pearl jewelry, earrings, bracelets, hair accessories and other messy, or just a few pearls alone.

Adele chose a few by herself, and handed Mary some hair accessories for her to use, and then asked Jenny to bring over the hat, which was still a big brim, but pale pink lace, decorated with natural ribbons Bows and velvet flowers, and another pearl decoration strung on it.

After the hairstyle was done, the hat was put on, and the skirt was put on, and every piece of jewelry was confirmed, nearly another hour had passed.

Adele looked at the time displayed on the pocket watch on the table, and said thoughtfully:

"I want to find a smaller clock, the kind that can be placed on the ground or on the table, and it is placed on the facade of the bedroom, so that it is convenient to see the time, and I don't want it to tell the time on the hour. The big clock that tells the time is placed outside That’s enough.”

"Isn't it just a matter of one sentence between you and Mr. Duval?"

Mary answered the words very naturally, and Jenny laughed along with her.

Adele almost didn't answer the conversation, but she couldn't hold it back anymore. She smiled and felt a little embarrassed at the same time——

It's rare to be teased so shy, maybe it's because I'm about to attend this important dance.

The white buckskin small high-heeled leather shoes rattled on the ground.

Adele just felt as if she was floating, beautiful and fragrant, and extremely happy.

Both Jenny and Mary are allowed to participate together today, and Mrs. Luder will certainly not miss it.

This is an important ball, and Mr. Duval will announce his engagement to Miss Adele Juraday in public at home. Even if the guests know it in their hearts, it is still very important.

For Adele, that is a little more expectation.

In name, this dance is still an ordinary dance before Linxia.

But in fact, everyone knew that this was an important and formal ball.

"Will you come?"

"Have you been invited?"

"not sure……"

The wives and ladies gathered together to talk, and the rumors that had been raging before had already spread.

Everyone is not without numbers, but now that the truth has come out, everyone is waiting to see the jokes of the self-righteous Barry family.

After the previous incident, everyone thought that Miss Barry's reputation had been dragged down, and she could learn to behave a little better.

Unexpectedly, some time ago, she refused to give up and pretended that it was useless to say nothing, then turned her head and spread rumors again, and she insisted on grabbing Mr. Duval.

Mr. Duval is still very friendly to Mr. Duval in the circle, especially everyone thinks that he is an upright gentleman with a good reputation and a high position. Naturally, everyone's reputation is generally good.

That is, everyone thinks that he should be matched with an even better wife—even if it’s not his own child, it’s always okay to have a relative’s or an acquaintance’s or acquaintance’s. No matter what, it’s not going to be Sophie who has a bad reputation. Miss Barry.

She and the Barry family wanted to take advantage of his good reputation to insist on whitewashing themselves, saying that they were recognized and pursued by Mr. Duval because of their noble character——

That would be even more ridiculous and hateful.

Mrs. Costa was half-deadly pissed off by these extremely disgusting rumors, and vomited to herself.

She was already considered a proud and indifferent young lady, because she came from the August family, from the Duke's faction, so she always held herself very high.

If she hadn't once suffered a big loss from Miss Barry and almost delayed her life's event, she would not even give her a look, but it just happened to have such a bad relationship.

She is not familiar with the Duval family, and she was stunned when she heard the rumors about this unlucky and disgusting person. She was told clearly, what kind of meetings did the two sides meet today, what things were discussed, and what gifts were they given tomorrow? After expressing their feelings to each other, she immediately wrote a letter to Adele, the only person she was familiar with and thought she might be very familiar with the Duval family.

Mrs. Costa didn't want to eat melons at first, but she was very upset about Miss Barry's possible recovery.

She wished she could think of a way to hint to Miss Morgana right away, it would be better for her to protest at home, spread some bad news, and let Mr. Duval dispel his confusion, don't just look at her good-looking figure, she Is the femme fatale the way a wife should be?

Coincidentally, after the discussion, Adele told Mrs. Costa that she and Mr. Duval were actually engaged.

I received a reply on the same day. Mrs. Costa's laughter and flowing fonts fully showed her excellent mood. The depression and irritability of knowing that bedbugs might resurface were gone in an instant, and she was much happier. Eat two snails and add a few slices of lye bread.

Mrs. Costa is rarely in a good mood. With the mentality that she must watch a good show today and step on Sophie Barry's feet, she is mixed with a kind of ladies.

She usually sits on the side and doesn't talk much even when playing cards. Today, the smile on her face has not restrained much, and the fan in her hand is also full of joy.

"Are you in a good mood today? Is it because Mr. Costa has some good news or you..." The other party looked at her belly thoughtfully.

Mrs. Costa usually doesn't care about these words. She doesn't care about the child at all. Like her husband, she has no obsession with the child. , and didn't answer, just looked so proudly.

"Today is a good thing for Mr. Duval," she said lightly. "I have always admired Miss Adele very much. Isn't it okay to be happy for my best friend?"

To be called a friend by Mrs. Costa, it must not only be a husband with an extraordinary status, but also have a noble blood or a good background. A variety of conditions must be met to be seen by her and deal with it a lot.

As for the others, anyway, her husband and her husband's family have high requirements for her not to be a wife. Those who surround her are mostly because of her background. At best, they are just female companions to pass the time. She looked right at her.

She has always been so proud, she couldn't stand her temper and ran away long ago, and she didn't care about other people's grudges.

Anyway, she has enough background, her natal family is excellent, her husband is also of good background and has the ability to earn military merits. She really doesn't care much about other people, she has been since a long time ago.

Of course, if it wasn't for her somewhat withdrawn personality that doesn't get in touch with others, she wouldn't have allowed such a tolerant Miss Barry to take advantage of her loopholes and almost schemed against her.

Among all the things, the only thing that exceeded her expectations was probably the fact that she was almost cheated before. Love blinded her who was still very innocent at the time, and she really thought that the other party was the son of a princess, but she was just a fake fool .

"Yes, yes, of course."

It's hard for anyone to refute this, and everyone present doesn't know point one or two.

Some were notified directly by Mr. Duval, while others were relayed by others.

In short, I saw that none of the guests at the ball were fools, and all of them came with gifts. Aren't they all congratulatory engagement things.

If someone doesn't know, that's...the problem.

It can only show that there is something wrong with their family's social life. The wife is not socially well, is excluded by others, or there are not many sources of information. If you don't know anything about such an important thing about the master's family, that would be a failure. That's all. After one incident, everyone will have an idea about them.

"She still has the face?"

The shocked voice of the lady next to her didn't hide much.

In fact, from the moment these people entered the room, everyone's discussions became louder.

Miss Sophie Barley and her brother, Mr. Bonn Barley, were present, but Mrs. Barley was not.

After their brothers and sisters came in, several members of the Bernard family.

Several members of the Desi family had already been there, but this time, even Miss Ida Desi did not dare to join Miss Sophie Barry.

Everyone looked at the Barry family and people related to their family one after another, and most of the people who were "spotted" avoided their eyes.

Obviously, because of the rumors before, although no one can tell where the rumors started, everyone knows the key to it.

Unanimously, everyone believed that the Duval family and Duke Juradi's family arranged the ball in advance and announced it in such a hurry, in order to silently smash the rumors and break everyone's messy impressions.

I have to say that what everyone thinks is basically right, but no one is willing to verify it in this way.

"Huo, it's a good match."

Mrs. Costa admired subconsciously, and the smile on her face deepened a bit.

"Madam, we are not bad."

When she realized it, she was already hugged by a man in military uniform.

"Aren't you going to comfort your friend?"

Mrs. Costa rolled her eyes, noncommittal about her husband's behavior.

She also knows certain things, and she also knows that Mr. Baker asked her husband to drink.

Mrs. Costa preferred the former to Mr. Duval and Mr. Becker.

Firstly, as a woman, she could understand Miss Adele's eyes, that is, she had no interest in her husband's friend at all, and preferred the mature and charming Mr. Duval.

Secondly, it’s not easy to say it clearly, but she has always been like this in her heart. If it wasn’t for the Costa’s family who urgently needed a daughter-in-law to tie up their disobedient son who was running around, and she was cheated at the time, the family was anxious to get her Marrying out to prevent more incidents, it is impossible for her to contact and marry into a family of military officers.

In other words, before she got married, Mrs. Costa had no contact with people with this background. Those she met were all honorable or powerful people. Naturally, when considering a husband, she would be more inclined to this kind of person. Two categories.

Mr. Becker's so-called military charm is not as attractive to her as an official position or a lord.

After all, the latter means a rich life and a center surrounded by people, rather than the instability of the army and the danger of going to the battlefield.

Of course, after marrying her husband, she is still satisfied with her married life.

As for her husband, he is a gentle "bastard" or something, as long as she knows and enjoys it.

Mr. Duval came in together with Mr. Duke Jurady. It is interesting that he was a few steps behind, obviously in a subordinate position.

Seeing this, everyone smiled a little, especially seeing that his eyes would fall on Adele who was a little behind from time to time.

A bright and beautiful lady, a mature and stable gentleman.

One side is delicate and beautiful like a flower, and the other side is elegant like an orchid.

Anyone looking at this pair will feel that they are a perfect match, as if there is no more well-matched, outstanding, and suitable couple in the world.