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After the Royal Opera Troupe's perfect performance of "The Magic Flute", there was a frenzy of demands for "encore".

After Miss Polpora "encored" Pamina's most famous aria, "Love's Joy Gone Like the Morning Dew," Miss Donna also sang "My Fate Is Full of Pain" and "My Heart Burns with Fire." ".

Even the pianist was invited to play a Mozart piano sonata again.

The audience, including the "artistically savvy" Austrian prince, was mesmerized.

When all the cast and crew went on stage together to greet the audience, Miss Donna greeted the Greek beauty and the Count of Monte Cristo sitting near the central box, and at the same time stretched out her hand to show her the huge bright diamond ring on her finger.

At this time, Roland had returned to the box with Andrea and Albert.

Mrs. Tanglar was sighing: "Miss Donna sang so movingly. Sometimes I feel that she stretched out her hand into my heart, twisting it tightly at one moment, and comforting it gently at the other..."

"No wonder the Greek princess liked her so much and gave her such an expensive gift."

Albert turned his head to look at Roland, and Andrea continued to sit idle beside Mrs. Tanglar.

Roland, on the other hand, remained expressionless and sat indifferently as always, not feeling any regret at giving away the diamond ring.

On the contrary, she was grateful that the Count of Monte Cristo and Heidi had figured it out for her.

In this way, even if someone finds any clues and wonders whether the "Queen of the Night" on the stage is the same person from beginning to end, or the person who kidnapped Donna wants to use this to make a big fuss—others will not easily believe this accusation.

The public performance was a success, and the opera troupe was saved.

Roland felt excited.

But her character is arrogant by nature, and her emotions are invisible.

No matter how ecstatic she is at this moment, as long as she sits there, she won't even move her hair.

But today's success should not only be attributed to her, but also to the other two.

Roland's eyes slipped to Andrea.

This young man's ability is really not small.

When she was singing on stage earlier, Andrea took Albert and Hector to find someone.

Albert believes that the Ministry of the Interior should be reported as soon as possible, so that it can send military police to conduct a large-scale search in the nearby area.

But Andrea felt that it was not so easy to take such a living person as Miss Donna out of the theater without anyone noticing.

After he walked out from the back door of the theater, he walked into the street behind the Royal Opera House, greeted a bartender in a tavern, and helped a homeless man casually.

So far, Andrea has confirmed: Miss Donna should still be in the opera house.

He immediately asked Hector to join him in interrogating one of the theater workers - the same worker who alleged that he saw Miss Donna being carried out of the theater's back door.

Andrea began to question the details, using, according to Albert, a little "ungentlemanly" means.

The worker really couldn't stand it anymore, and confessed that he had received money from the Marquis of Anjou, asking him to lure Miss Donna to a storage room during the intermission, and tie her up until the end of the performance.

The next thing was simple, Andrea and Albert rescued Miss Donna, and handed over the worker to the police.The theater manager Hector intends to meet the prosecutor early tomorrow morning to file a complaint with the Marquis of Anjou on the matter.

At this time, the two "knights" who were generous to help were sitting beside Roland.

They tacitly kept silent about the experience just now.

Andrea was still the same, looking at Roland with fascinated eyes from time to time, and sighed, as if complaining that Roland never responded to his "enthusiastic pursuit".

Roland had no choice but to look at him, thinking: Why does this guy always act so exaggerated in front of people?

He is obviously very capable, and judging from the last gathering in the tavern, his plans are not small.

But why did he have to act like he was pursuing her in front of people?What is he plotting?

Seeing doubts in her eyes, Andrea immediately stretched out his right hand and put his fingers on his lips.

Roland immediately understood what he meant: they had a common secret.

But this time, many of his "secrets" were revealed to the other party.

Albert was sitting next to Roland, but at this moment he looked dejected.

In the rescue operation of Miss Donna just now, he acted carelessly and had no opinion.

Compared with Andrea, he is simply weak.

Although everyone didn't have time to talk about these details earlier, judging from Roland's reaction now, it is obvious that she is more grateful to Andrea.

Albert suddenly felt very lost, and sat alone sullenly, even avoiding Madame Tanglar's curious questioning eyes.

When the theater was over and the gentlemen stood up to send the ladies home, Albert heard Roland whisper in his ear: "My friend, I thank you sincerely."

Albert blushed, and couldn't help bowing deeply to Roland.

He didn't expect that a short affirmation from his childhood sweetheart's marriage partner would be so important to him.

At this time, Mrs. Tanglars remembered the summer ball promised by the countess, and asked Albert: "Has your lord already booked a date for the ball?"

Albert replied respectfully: "It has been ordered, and the invitation will be sent to the house soon..."

He continued to stare at Roland's beautiful side face: "...Madame and Eugenie...will they be there?"

Madame Tanglar shook the fan in her hand: "Of course. What I want to ask most is, has the Count of Monte Cristo been invited to the house?"

Roland and Andrea raised their ears at the same time.

Albert nodded: "Of course. Is he my savior?"

"Will that beautiful Greek princess also attend?" Mrs. Tanglar asked curiously.

Albert shook his head: "Madam, I really don't know about this."

The next day, all the newspapers in Paris reported on their front pages the news of yesterday's performance of "The Magic Flute" by the Royal Opera House.

"A perfect performance, Miss Donna Bello once again proved her omnipotence!" - "Monitor" wrote the reviewer.

"In the second act, the classic coloratura soprano "My Heart Burns with Rage" was cleverly improvised by her. After singing the fiery aria, it immediately turned into a mournful sigh - all the audience Shocked for this.”

"After the encore stage, Miss Donna's performance was not as amazing as in the play, but the audience seemed to have completely lost their rationality and ability to discern. All they showed was fanaticism..."

Roland rattled the newspaper in his hand, and said to Louise who walked into the restaurant with a smile:

"Have you read the report?"

Louise blushed and shook her head—she had never been afraid to read music reviews in the newspapers.

"Miss de Amelie, there is an excellent pianist in Paris, and her wonderful performance in front of foreign dignitaries has been unanimously praised by the music critics..."

Roland laughed and read out loud what he had said about Louise.

Louise reached out and patted her heart, showing a relieved expression.

"Eugénie, your letter."

Louise handed Roland several memos sealed in envelopes—the letters sent to Roland by various industries under Roland's name were all sent to Louise's name, but special marks were made on the envelopes.Louise will bring it to Roland when she sees it.

"Ha," Roland opened the first envelope, and smiled immediately.

"Count de Morcerf's house held a ball and appointed us as the sole food supplier."

This put Roland in a great mood.

The vegetable plantations in Montléry and in Paris are producing more and more and more stable, and the stalls in the central market in Paris are not so important—"Monléry" is already very famous, and the ingredients The line has even established direct contact with every wealthy family in Paris.

The ingredient store can even directly hand over the seasonal menu and suggested recipes to the famous ladies, and the ladies will make decisions and hand it over to the kitchen, and the kitchen will naturally purchase from the ingredient store.

The Countess de Morcerf has also checked the list of dishes, making sure that all kinds of fruits and vegetables for her family's ball will be purchased directly from the ingredients store, and will order a large number of flowers to decorate the ball venue.

"I hope Albert's ball will be a great success."

Roland sincerely expresses her wish - so that her business will definitely be better.

She opened another one, but her face sank.

Louise asked quickly, "What's wrong?"

"It's a letter from the troupe manager—what happened to Donna yesterday...was a bit unpleasant."

Louise opened her eyes wide, and she could feel the obvious displeasure from Roland's expression.

——This is a letter from Hector, the manager of the troupe, briefly reporting the results of the Donna incident.

They have handed over the worker who kidnapped Donna to the police in Paris and recorded the man's statement.

Hector meets with the prosecutor and demands that the Marquis of Anjou, who instigated the murder, be prosecuted.

Unexpectedly, the prosecutor obtained the confession and confirmed that the perpetrator would be detained, but he would not take any action against the Marquis of Anjou.

Hector questioned the prosecutor, but the prosecutor advised him to stay calm.

"Come back when the political opponent of the Marquis of Anjou comes to power, and your case will be very useful then."

The prosecutor answered the theater manager in this way.

The troupe manager relayed the truth to Roland.

Roland: I didn't expect the judicial system of this plane to be so broken.

The law representing fairness and justice has been completely reduced to a tool for power struggle.

Roland thought and thought, but couldn't think of any better way, so he could only write back to the theater manager, asking him to check all the staff in the theater as soon as possible. Provide reliable family guarantee or money guarantee.In addition, take all security measures.

Fortunately, after the performance of "The Magic Flute", the troupe and Ms. Donna's reputation has been revived again, and the Marquis of Anjou can no longer shake Donna's status in the singing world.

What happened last night can somewhat remind the Marquis of Anjou - he also has political enemies, and the more he does this kind of thing, the more excuses will fall into the hands of political enemies.

—I hope he won't act rashly again.

Roland felt very uncomfortable: he could not use legal constraints, but could only rely on the other party's self-awareness...it was too worrying.

"Prosecutor?"

Roland suddenly thought of her friend Valentine's father, Mr. de Villefort, who was also a prosecutor.

She looked at Hector's letter, which did not contain the name de Villefort.

Earlier, she had heard from her mother that M. de Villefort was a formidable harsh prosecutor, the most upright person in the judiciary.

Is Valentine's father an outlier in this disorderly judiciary, or is he a hypocrite who is in the same league but looks good on the surface?

It doesn't seem like a good idea to speculate on a friend's family like this.After Roland wrote back to the troupe manager, he put the matter aside.

But on the day of the Countess de Morcerf's summer ball, she met the frightening prosecutor of legend.

The day started with a thunderstorm that is common in summer.

Fortunately, Roland's loyal staff began to harvest all kinds of vegetables and fruits at five o'clock in the morning. Before the thunderstorm landed, the ingredients to be sent to De Morcerf's house were all ready and freshly prepared. , Shui Lingling lying in the basket.

The cook of De Morcerf's family was very satisfied when she signed for it, and said that she would recommend the ingredients shop to several other noble ladies she knew.

In addition to vegetables and hanging fruits, the ingredients shop also "crossed borders" and sent a lot of flowers to De Morcerf's house-not only fresh-cut flowers for vases, but also many potted plants.

Jasmine, gardenia, clematis... those flowers that can release fragrance in hot summer and reduce people's depression are all placed in exquisite porcelain pots and sent to the big house where the ball will be held soon—— They are "rented" and returned the next day.

Parisians have always been savvy in these small businesses.

Accompanied by his mother, Roland came to the Count de Morcerf's mansion. He was very pleased to see the "fruits" of the hard work of the food industry, served in exquisite dishes and served with the highest table manners.

Flowers can be seen everywhere - as soon as she settled down in the Earl's Mansion, two roses were handed to her, one on the left and one on the right.

One from Andrea and one from Albert.

Because of the premise of "forbidding love" with Andrea, Roland accepted Albert's one, and at the same time gave Andrea a cold look.

The blond young man raised the rose in his hand, brought it to his mouth, and pretended to kiss it lightly.

"..."

Roland had to admit that Andrea was indeed much better than Albert when it came to flirting with beauties.

So she went away with Albert, and asked Albert to give her advice on the guests at the dinner party-mostly colleagues and friends of the Comte de Morcerf, so Albert's advice was not interesting at all.

"It is a pity that my friend Franz de d'Epinay did not arrive in Paris in time."

"If he'd started a few days earlier, he'd be in time for today's ball."

Roland still remembered this "Franz". Albert spent most of his time with Franz during the "Grand Tour".

"Who will rush back to Paris from other provinces in July?" Roland asked curiously.

"Franz will—Franz is engaged to Mademoiselle de Villefort, and has come to Paris to marry."

Roland suddenly felt that the morning thunder sounded again.

Wasn't Mademoiselle de Villefort Valentine?

Wasn't Valentine now "farming" well at Montléry?

"Valentine is a friend of mine, but I have never heard of her plans to marry."

Roland thought to himself: I heard her mention her plan to "become a monk" and go to a monastery.

Albert shrugged and said, "Perhaps the parents feel that marriage matters should be decided by them. There is no need to ask the parties' opinions at all."

Roland suddenly remembered that she had asked Valentine if there was anything embarrassing that needed help from a friend.

Valentine hesitated for a moment before saying no.

Maybe it was because she felt that even if she told Roland about this kind of thing, it would be useless.

"When will M. de d'Epinay marry Valentine?"

"Within a few days!" Albert replied after thinking for a while, "I heard that as soon as Miss de Villefort's grandparents arrive, they will be married."

"So fast?"

Roland thought to himself: This is really unprepared.

However, Valentine's presence was always required for a marriage, and no such thing as a "absent" marriage was ever heard of.

If the parents really wanted to arrange a marriage, Valentine would have to go back to Paris.

Roland thought: It's not too late to ask Valentine.

"Oh, I'm sorry, my dear Eugenie, I must leave you for a while."

Albert suddenly became nervous, and he walked towards a corner of the garden.

From this angle, Roland could see the Countess de Morcerve and the Count of Monte Cristo standing face to face, wondering if there was some dispute.

Even if he stood far away, Roland could see clearly that the Count of Monte Cristo himself was a little more excited than he was usually.

Albert used to be about mediation.

This kind of mediation may not have any effect. Roland watched the count walk away with Albert, while the Countess de Morcerve showed a sad look on her face.

You know, the Countess de Morcerf has never had a good impression of Roland.At this time, Roland naturally didn't want to go forward to make fun of himself and talk to others.

She pretended not to see anything.

Just as Roland was standing alone bored, wanting to take a glass of iced drink from the servant to relieve the heat, she suddenly saw a strange person walking in through the gate of the Earl's mansion.

On the occasion of the summer dance, this strange man was wearing a neat black dress, with a circle of red thread rolling around the edge of the black dress, barely distinguishing the dress from the mourning dress.

This is a middle-aged man in his 40s, with a sallow complexion and thinning hair, and a gold-rimmed monocle on his eye socket.

The first person the strange man saw when he entered the ballroom was Madame Tanglar.

Roland watched the two exchange eyes silently.

She suddenly realized that these two not only knew each other, but were very familiar with each other.

But the stranger's first words were addressed to Madame de Villefort.

"Ma'am, something unfortunate has happened."

"We must recall Valentine at once from the sanitarium run by that peasant."

This man was none other than the legendary stern prosecutor, Valentine's father, M. de Villefort.