【Photography ABO】White Rose

For the rest of the day, Joseph and Aesop sorted out the plan of action carefully from beginning to end.The work went on till midnight, so that at last they fell asleep in a drowsy undressed state on the bed in the king's chamber--they were so exhausted.

Fortunately, the operation two days later went well.Regarding the coup, the history books record it as follows:

At 7:5 am on July 9, the king organized the army to launch an operation.The Bourbon Palace and the Luxembourg Palace, where the parliament is located, were besieged. The high-level parliament tried to organize troops to resist, but their own troops were temporarily demobilized by unknown members of parliament the day before yesterday, and the armed forces were paralyzed.

At 12:30, the king succeeded in taking control of the parliament.

At 3 o'clock in the afternoon, the king delivered a speech at the Place de la Concorde.He cited evidence of parliamentary collusion and treason, as well as secret exchanges of letters obtained from Britain.As soon as the evidence came out, the crowd was furious, and the masses asked the king to supervise the parliament to protect the interests of France.

However, this is only a record in the history books.For Aesop, the story of that day was simple:

That morning he escorted Joseph out of the palace.For the first time on this day, Joseph put on a military uniform, which was very similar to the one he wore on their wedding day.Before leaving, Aesop didn't say much; he just silently caught up with Joseph who was about to push the door to leave, helped him tidy up his neckline, and untied his crooked hair ribbon. A beautiful and neat bright yellow bow was placed on the tip of her hair.

After finishing all this, he watched the other party leave.After watching Joseph's figure go away, he dug out from the closet the plain gray clothes he had when he came to France, put on a mask, and put on a mask—this made him look inconspicuous again, just like a handsome ordinary man juvenile.Then, he opened the door, called the two men Joseph personally equipped him, and rushed to the Bourbon Palace.

He wanted to be Joseph's most reliable insider, to observe and control the internal situation of the parliament.This idea was firmly rejected by Joseph at first, because once Aesop was discovered, he was likely to become a hostage used by the parliament to blackmail Joseph.But Aesop has repeatedly assured that he will be careful, and there is indeed a lack of insiders at the Bourbon Palace, so Joseph finally agreed to him and equipped him with two skilled men: so that if Aesop's identity is discovered, it is basically It is guaranteed to get out of the whole body.

From the perspective of Aesop, who was in the parliament, that action was indeed sudden.One or two minutes before the start of the operation, the congressmen who happened to find the army gathering outside the window were still sighing to themselves, wondering what military exercises they were busy with today.It wasn't until the soldiers raised their guns on the first member of parliament who tried to break through the blockade that the people in the parliament began to panic. They began to search for guns and knives to defend themselves.At that time, Aesop, who was hiding in an inconspicuous corner, issued the first instruction to the other insiders: let them not panic, and wait for the army equipped by the parliament to come to rescue.

However, at this time, the army of the parliament had been secretly disbanded a day before by Joseph.The corners of Aesop's lips twitched under the mask: They worked hard to install insiders in the parliament just for this day.Their insiders formed a perfect chain in the parliament, which allowed such a big move to be temporarily hidden from the eyes and ears of the top management, providing them with the most powerful support in this coup.

The first domino has been toppled, and now, just wait and see what happens and take some control.

After that, according to the changes in the situation in the parliament, Aesop secretly conveyed several instructions and tried his best to control the situation before Joseph arrived.After all, the House of Commons is the House of Commons. Although the status is important, the number of members who follow others' opinions has the upper hand. Therefore, it is unexpectedly not difficult to control the direction in a chaotic situation.

It wasn't until near noon that Aesop heard a terrified voice from outside: "The king's army has rushed in!"

The sound of swords and guns and fighting approached, everyone in the parliament hall was in danger, and many people showed expressions of fear on their faces.However, at this moment, Aesop stood up excitedly. This was the first time in this morning that he forgot to hide himself—because Joseph finally came.

They succeeded.

In the next minute, he saw the king's soldiers rush in, and the vanguard began to neatly control the people of the council and disarm them.After this step was over, a soldier ran out quickly, as if to report.Then, the soldiers lined up in the corridor parted ways, and the sound of military boots stepping on the ground was heard not far away.A man in military uniform passed between them and entered.

It's Joseph.

Aesop stood among countless soldiers and controlled councilors, and tore off the mask covering his face.His alpha was apparently unscathed, and his steps were steady and firm; whoever's blood was splashed on his face, but this blood stain did not make Joseph look ghastly at all, on the contrary, it made his face even more astonishingly beautiful.

That's right, "beautiful".During the hundreds of days and nights the two of them spent together, Aesop had already discovered that Joseph was somewhat delicate in terms of facial features alone; The factor of aura makes his aura not lose at all, even better than those heroic and masculine men.Facing Joseph like this, Aesop thought, he could only use the word "beautiful" to describe him.

Joseph stood in the middle of the hall.His eyes slowly swept across the crowd in the hall, and his voice was clear and loud: "Everyone, there is no need to resist anymore, your war is over. Maybe some of you don't know what you did wrong, but you are very You will soon understand. This very day, you will be judged by the people."

After he finished speaking, the huge parliament hall was completely silent.Joseph's gaze swept over everyone's face, and finally fell on Aesop's face.He saw the sincere smile on Aesop's face, so he slightly bent his eyes, with a trace of tenderness rarely seen in front of others.

At that moment, Aesop suddenly felt that he was willing to do anything for this man.

Aesop did not listen to the speech in the afternoon, because Joseph said that he was afraid that the parliament would have a backhand to wait for an opportunity to counterattack, and asked Aesop to sit in the palace.Aesop waited anxiously in the office all afternoon, until the evening, when Joseph opened the door of the office, he greeted him with surprise on his face: "How is it? Are we completely successful?"

"It was a complete success." Joseph nodded with a smile. At that moment, Aesop only felt that his heart that had been hanging since he took over the internal affairs finally fell to the ground.He threw himself into Joseph's arms and hugged the person in front of him tightly: "That's good. I'm so happy... Joseph, I'm so happy."

He is usually not good at talking, so even at this time, he doesn't know how to better express his feelings in words.He could only repeat the simplest words clumsily over and over again, to the point where his own eyes were sore.

He is very happy.He accomplished an important cause for Joseph, and since then, there has been one less stumbling block on Joseph's way forward; moreover, there has been no mistake in his planning, and now, he can also be responsible for Joseph alone.He thought, if time could stop at this moment forever, if there was no British ultimatum in a month's time... that would be great.

"Enough, I know you are happy, dear Aesop." Joseph patted him on the back lightly, causing him to lift his head from his arms, "Aesop, you have to listen carefully next. Sign with the parliament The time of the agreement was at ten o'clock in the morning on July 7th, and the content of the agreement was that the parliament agreed to me taking over as the chairman of the Senate. From then on, the power of the parliament actually belongs to the king. Remember?"

"...I remember." Aesop nodded inexplicably, "But what do you want me to remember? Do I need to be present when signing the agreement?"

Joseph just smiled and looked at him quietly, without answering.Aesop also looked back at the other party. For some reason, he had seen Joseph's smile countless times, but only this time, he suddenly felt flustered for no reason.The silence between the two lasted for a while, until Joseph took the initiative to break the silence: "Aesop, do you remember? I told you more than once, when the time is right, I will reveal all my secrets to you." Tell you."

"Well, remember."

"Now is the time."

"..."

Aesop didn't know how to answer for a while, he felt that his mood suddenly became very strange - obviously he had been looking forward to that secret for a long time, but when Joseph said "Now is the time", he suddenly had an instinct Premonition: he hoped the time hadn't come.As if... as if, when Joseph told him that secret, something big would happen.

Before he had time to say anything, Joseph took his hand, pushed open the door and walked towards the garden.Aesop was caught off guard by Joseph and led him away. He was startled: "Joseph? Before you take me away, can you tell me the secret?"

Joseph's footsteps paused: "It's the secret of my youthful appearance, and the secret of that camera. That's right, they are the same thing."

"..." Aesop took a deep breath, he didn't say anything, just let Joseph lead him through the path in the garden, and walked towards the lonely hut.He heard from Lena's aunt that when Joseph stayed behind closed doors, he lived in a very remote house.

When Joseph pushed open the door of the hut, Aesop was surprised to find that when the light dust floating in the hut refracted the warm red light of the setting sun, there was a hazy beauty that was not in the world.Joseph pulled Aesop into the gentle light, and stopped in front of the desk: "Did I mention my brother to you? He is my brother."

Aesop bent down and picked up the photo frame on the table.He saw that the person in the photo looked exactly like Joseph, but younger than Joseph, with a gentler smile.Joseph explained next to him: "I didn't make it clear at the time that he was actually my twin brother. He died early due to illness, and it was because of him that I started to study that knowledge."

"En." Aesop nodded. In fact, he had heard Nebu say all these things, but until now, when Joseph said these words, he felt a sense of peace of mind that he was completely trusted.Joseph smiled, took the photo frame from Aesop, and gently put it back in place: "Brother, I really brought him to see you."

The person in the photo is still smiling.A cool wind quietly passed by the window.

Aesop turned his head and looked around the room curiously.This is the room where Joseph lived for several years, and there are still traces of Joseph in the room: plain bed, desk, chair, ink bottle and quill, a stack of unfinished paper, simple daily necessities, the room There is also a red velvet cloth in one corner of the... what is it...

Before Aesop had time to think clearly, Joseph's voice interrupted his thoughts: "I met my brother, now, do you want to meet the 'another person' here again?"

TBC

Joseph's coup process has reference to the Brumaire coup.

End of this chapter horror story x Don't worry, it's not a horror story, it's a love story of a king and queen