[Comprehensive wear] You will get used to it

Finally, the day came for the prom at the Duke of Anjou's residence. At six o'clock in the evening, the Grandet family was dressed up and ready to go to the prom. Yang Yi stood at the door speechless, going to a prom at the Duke's house. He should go there in a carriage, but he just forgot to remind him that Mr. Grandet didn't even rent a carriage.One must know that it would take more than half an hour to walk to the Duke of Anjou's mansion. Would the family have to walk there in their best attire?Although he and Shire were actually the only ones in costumes.

"Father, why don't you rent a carriage?" Eugenie said while holding up her skirt. She was wearing the skirt Yang Yi gave her today. It was the best dress she had ever worn in her life. She was worried about the skirt The hem of the skirt was stained, and she had been holding the skirt with her hands since she put it on, but this exposed the pair of black leather shoes on her feet that were only [-]% new, which made her feel a little embarrassed.But compared with the old blackened silver jewelry that Madame Grandet had given her, these shoes were actually not bad.

"Do you know how much it costs to rent a carriage?" said Monsieur Grandet. "In order to attend this ball, I had to buy your mother a decent dress. We have already spent a lot of money."

"But other people have carriages," said Eugenie, pointing to a carriage approaching them.

"Oh, that's the carriage of De Grassan's family. I know they have such a big carriage. I think they will be happy to take us with them." Mr. Grandet said, standing there waiting for De Grassan The Grassan family's carriage is coming.

The De Grassens family was really happy to go to the ball with the Grandet family. In fact, they came here to see if the Grandet family went to the ball.Mrs. de Grassin is a woman who is always clever. She thinks that Mr. Grandet will never be willing to rent a carriage, so it will be inconvenient for them to go to the ball. This is really a good opportunity to please, so let The coachman of their family took a detour and came back here.

After the carriage stopped in front of the Grandet family, Mrs. de Grassan poked her head out of the car window and said to Mr. Grandet with a friendly smile: "Mr. Grandet, are your family going to the ball? I want to go too, if you don't mind, please come to the car, we can sit if we squeeze together."

"Of course that's good, oh, Mrs. de Grassan, your family is really helpful." Mr. Grandet said, every time he got a favor from others, he was always willing to say a few good words, anyway It doesn't cost him a penny to say good things.Although Mr. Grandet's attitude is often not sincere at all, it is enough for people in Saumur to say that he is a person who knows how to be grateful.

Mrs. de Grassan's father was a small farmer, and he lived not far from Saumur. Mrs. de Grassan would go back to see her parents every month. Every time she returned to Saumur, she would Bring a lot of things, including game, food, and vegetables.In order for Mrs. de Grassins to transport these things home every month, the des Grassins family specially chose the most spacious one when they bought the carriage, so now there are four members of the De Grassens family in the carriage. Including Grandet's family of five, it just seemed crowded, and there was no situation where they couldn't sit down.

"Adolphe, can you sit on the side?" Yang Yi said to Adolphe who was sitting next to him in some embarrassment. Mrs. de Grassin's cousin Anna was sitting on the other side of him. It was constantly rubbing against him.

Adolph was a somewhat shy young man. Seeing his mother's cousin in this state, he leaned back a little embarrassed. He was sitting next to the door, so no one could be squeezed if he leaned in.

"Eugenie, change seats with your brother, it's too crowded for the three of them to sit together." Mr. Grandet said to Eugenie.Originally, the seat where Yang Yi was sitting was assigned to Eugenie, but when Eugenie got into the carriage, she didn't sit there, but sat next to Charles, which was supposed to be Yang Yi's seat.

"Father, the carriage is driving, and I can't stand still." Eugenie said, turning her head to talk to Madame Grandet, without any intention of giving way.

In fact, Eugenie wanted to chat with Charles, but Charles has been acting strangely today, and has not spoken since just now, with a stern face as if thinking about some serious issue.Eugenie was a little worried, because Charles clearly said in the morning that he was going out to find a barber for a haircut, but when he came back at noon, he didn't have a haircut at all. When Eugenie asked him what he was going to do, he stammered and said that he was Going for a walk, Eugenie wanted to know more about him, but his face turned pale, so Eugenie thought he was sick.

Eugenie could easily see that Charles was abnormal, and Yang Yi naturally noticed it too, because he concealed it very badly. When Eugenie pressed him, his expression was even worse than when he heard him. The news of his father's death was even worse.Yang Yi felt that there must be something weird in it, but he couldn't think of anything other than losing his rich life that would make Charles look so sad.

Ten minutes later, they arrived at their destination. Standing outside the big iron gate of Anjou Mansion, they could hear the laughter of the crowd inside through a very large garden.

"Oh, at least a few hundred candles are lit in this room, which makes it look like daytime." Mrs. de Grassan exaggeratedly said.

Mr. Grandet glanced at her. He really felt that the De Grassins family was not suitable for business. No wonder their family can spend tens of thousands of francs a year.The entire first floor of the castle was lit up, and several rooms on the second floor were lit. Mr. Grandet estimated that at least a few thousand candles were lit here. You must know that when he came last time, he found that every room downstairs There is a very large crystal lamp in every room that receives guests, so one lamp needs hundreds of candles!

"Cousin, there are two servants standing at the door here, and there are also at the door of the house inside. I think His Royal Highness must have many servants. How many servants do you think he has?" Miss Anna asked.

"I think he must have at least fifty servants." Mrs. de Grassan said. They have now entered the garden. This time she came here to attend a dance party. At that time, she already felt that this garden was the most beautiful in the world. Now the garden is full of precious flowers and plants, and the statues are replaced with various lifelike animals. Gone, replaced by a few beautiful stone pillars, this place is undoubtedly many times more beautiful than before.

"It's a very different place here," said M. Grandet, silently calculating in his mind how much it would cost in francs to renovate the garden.

Yang Yi felt that this garden was really in line with the character of Duke Louis. There would be no more birds coming here. He replaced all those cute little angel statues with ferocious beast statues. Although the images of those beasts were all docile, But everyone knows what bloody animals these statues are themselves.Just like the man Duke Louis deliberately displayed, all evil and terrible habits are hidden under the perfect appearance.

"There are so many people here today." Mrs. Grandet said, she was a little timid, except for going to the square a few times a year and going to church every week, she basically never saw so many people.

"Madam, what's the matter with you? You don't look very well. Did the pomp here frighten you?" Mr. Grandet asked.

"Yes, a little." Madame Grandet said in a low voice. In fact, she felt a little dizzy. She couldn't be a little excited now. Once she got agitated, she would feel her heart beat extremely fast, her breathing would be difficult, and then she would start to feel dizzy.

Everyone entered the room, the butler stood on the side to welcome the guests, and Duke Louis sat on the sofa facing the fireplace in the room and chatted with a gentleman.

"What a handsome young man, I thought His Royal Highness the Duke is the most beautiful young man in the world, and now there is another one." Mrs. de Grassan said, she saw Henry de Grassan sitting next to Duke Louis. Mr. Foix.

"Let's find out." Mr. de Grassan grabbed a servant holding a wine glass and asked, "May I ask who is the brown-haired gentleman sitting next to His Royal Highness?"

"That is M. Henri de Foix, the second son of Duke James de Foix."

"Since this gentleman is the second son of a duke, why doesn't he have any office?" asked M. Grandet.

"Mr. Henri de Foix is ​​studying at Oxford, and he hasn't devoted himself to any profession yet." The valet said, then nodded and left quickly.

"The second son of a baron, God, he must have a good future in the future. He is also full of knowledge and handsome. He is really a rare gentleman." Mrs. de Grassan said to Anna pointedly.

At this time, Duke Louis saw Yang Yi, he walked over immediately, and said with a smile on his face: "Sidney, you are finally here, come here and let me introduce my friend for you, last time you said that you are very good at playing chess , he happens to be very good at this entertainment, I think you will be able to chat."

So Yang Yi followed Duke Louis to the other side of the ballroom. The ballroom was at least 100 square meters, and the room was full of people. It would take some time for them to walk slowly to the other side of the room.

Duke Louis pursed his lips and said: "The maid told me that she saw you went to the forest again yesterday afternoon when she was cleaning up the room on the third floor, right? I'm really sorry, Henry brought me an important news, I have to stay The study discusses countermeasures with him."

"You don't have to tell me that."

"Although we didn't say it, but after the experience of being together in the forest that night, I think we already have a tacit agreement in our hearts."

"I don't know what you're talking about, Louis." Duke Louis is really narcissistic to the point that no one can match. He was the one who suppressed Yang Yi with his aura that night, probably unless Yang Yi and him All his dogs were stunned, otherwise they would not be able to walk at all.

Duke Louis looked at Yang Yi with a sad look, then quickly returned to normal and changed the subject, "I have already had your red fox scarf made, and when it is ready, I will send it to Grandet It’s just that you can wear it in the winter.”

Yang Yi wanted to refuse the scarf, but they had already reached the fireplace, and Duke Louis happily introduced him to Mr. Henri de Foix. This gentleman was as familiar as Duke Louis. Seeing Yang Yi, he pulled him to talk non-stop.

On the other side, Eugenie quietly asked Charles if he wanted to go to the friend he mentioned, but Charles said that the banquet hadn't started yet and his friend hadn't had time to see him yet, and then took advantage of Mr. Grandet to pull Eugenie and the other The acquaintances quietly hid in the corner of the dance hall while chatting.In that corner, there was a big vase filled with flowers one person high, blocking the sight of others. Charles hid behind the vase, observing the situation of the dance hall through the gap of the flowers. Seeing that everyone here was not paying attention to this corner, he just Frustrated, he collapsed on the chair.

At this moment, Charles' heart was full of fear and tension. Cold sweat appeared on his forehead, and his face turned pale. If you look carefully, you can find that he even trembled slightly.His left hand was clutching the left pocket of the coat tightly, almost crumpling the fabric of the pocket, and he made up his mind and took out a purple gemstone the size of a thumbnail from the pocket with trembling hands. The ring was put on his finger, and then he clenched his fist and pumped himself up for a while, until his back straightened again, he was relieved and let go because he was too tight and his blood faded hands.

Looking at the ring on his hand, Charles finally made up his mind. Whether his future is bright or dark depends on tonight.