【Photography ABO】White Rose

Before going to bed that night, Aesop received a message from Joseph, saying that some ministers rehearsed a new play to celebrate the wedding of the king and queen the next morning, and asked Aesop to attend on time.

Aesop had to get up early the next day, put on the little dress that Joseph sent, and obediently go out to watch the play.Speaking of which, since the two were newly married, the most comfortable sleep I had was actually sleeping on Joseph's bed... Thinking of this, Aesop couldn't help but feel a little complicated.

When they arrived at the appointed place, Joseph had already sat down in the front row of the theater.He gave Aesop a dark blue dress today, but he changed into a red and black dress instead, which made his fair skin look even more beautiful.Aesop couldn't help but look at him a few more times, wondering why people in France would treat him as a "monster" they feared to avoid, wouldn't it be good to see him as a beautiful young man.

Aesop came early, and there were still about ten minutes before the opening of the play.Sitting silently waiting for the drama to start is meaningless, so Aesop hesitated for a moment, then took out the timetable he wrote yesterday from his pocket: "This is what I arranged... Take a look."

He handed the timetable to Joseph, anxiously waiting for Joseph to read it.Joseph glanced at him twice, then raised his eyelids to look at him: "It's actually scheduled three times a week, you're fine. And the next time will be tomorrow."

"Is it more or less?" Aesop was still confused.

"I suggest you find out how many times men in their 50s have sex in a month, and then ask me this question."

Aesop suddenly realized that he was ashamed.But it's not too strange to ignore Joseph's age. After all, this man has a beautiful young face. Who would have thought that he is now in his 50s...

"There is another problem, that is, you forgot to treat the estrus period specially. You are really inexperienced. In those few days, we will definitely have more times." When Joseph said this, his expression did not change, but he succeeded in making Aesop red Face.

"Is inexperience a bad thing..." Aesop retorted softly.

"But I'm fine. Since Madam has this need, I will try my best to satisfy Madam." Joseph concluded.

"..." Aesop thought, does this count as digging a hole and burying himself...

After the two finished talking, the drama happened to start at this time, so Aesop regained his wandering thoughts and concentrated on watching the performance on the stage.

According to Joseph, this is a new play.It is indeed the first time for Aesop to see such a plot. Generally speaking, the plot of the drama is as follows:

The hero of the story, a French earl, was arranged by his family to marry a lady of the family.He had no expectations for this marriage, but who knows, they fell in love at first sight.

The lady of the aristocratic family is beautiful, intelligent, and very assertive.The two were harmonious and sweet after their marriage. Unexpectedly, life was not smooth sailing. The lady was seriously ill and was about to die, and the earl was helpless.

The earl begged everywhere for medicine for the lady, and his true love for his wife moved the spirit of the lake.The spirit of the lake appeared and said that there is a kind of flower that can cure your wife's illness, but it grows on the cliff, and a sincere person must take it.So the count went there at the risk of his life, and finally got the strange flower, which cured the lady's illness.Happy ending.

The script is not very good, but the script writers have beautiful rhetoric, and the actors have good looks and acting skills.After a play was performed, the audience applauded thunderously, and Aesop also applauded vigorously.

Joseph beside him glanced at him with a strange expression: "Do you think this play is well written?"

"...Is there any problem?" Aesop was excited at first, but when he turned his head and saw the serious expression on Joseph's face, he immediately faltered.

"It's a serious problem." Joseph twitched his mouth, and he actually laughed out of anger, "Oh, the writer of this drama is trying to give you a bad word. You probably don't understand the situation, so let me remind you: invite Our people are from the family of my former queen, who are currently employed by the French Parliament."

Aesop was startled, and the excited expression gradually faded from his face.He asked in a low voice: "So, this drama is alluding to your beautiful marriage with the former queen?"

"You're not stupid. But you're mistaken: my relationship with my ex-queen is not 'beautiful'."

"It's not beautiful?" Aesop repeated, he seemed to understand something instantly, but he couldn't explain clearly.So he glanced at the people around him out of the corner of his eye, and after confirming that no one had noticed them for the time being, he leaned into Joseph's ear: "What's going on here? Can you tell me about it?"

The actors on the stage haven't called their curtain call yet, so there are probably some sideshows arranged later.Joseph sighed: "This starts very early.

"My marriage back then was also a marriage, and there were many candidates sent to me. A minister strongly recommended a candidate to me, saying that she was very talented and beautiful. I read her information and portraits, and felt that there was no problem. I chose her. She is an omega woman from Russia. At the time, I didn’t think there was anything wrong with it, but I didn’t know until I saw her with my own eyes. Dun, looking at Aesop, "Do you know what this former queen looks like? I can sum it up for you in one sentence: beautiful, strong and scheming."

After he said this, Aesop immediately understood most of it.That woman... is completely opposite to her personality.From these days of contact, Aesop can also feel that Joseph is a tough person in nature, and he will not like the type that makes him difficult to control; unfortunately, his former queen belongs to this type.

In this way, the tragedy of this marriage is almost inevitable.Aesop hesitated for a moment, and asked Joseph: "Then after you get married..."

"I've always been polite to her," Joseph interrupted immediately.

Aesop nodded thoughtfully.He thought, in this way, it is good that there was no long-term feud or cold war between Joseph and the woman; moreover, it sounds like the two of them did not develop any overly intimate relationship, which is probably why Joseph would Having been married for many years without a child... Thinking of this, for some reason, Aesop suddenly felt relieved.

But in the next second, Joseph's words made his heart hang again: "But if I show mercy to her, it doesn't mean she will show mercy to me. After a few years of marriage, something happened to her."

"……What's up?"

Joseph glanced at Aesop who asked the question: "One night, I went to the queen's bedroom on a whim, and saw that the door was locked, and a maid was guarding the door. Seeing me coming, she tried everything possible to send me away. I knew there must be someone in the room. Ghost, just let her back out and open the door by herself. Guess what I saw? I saw her in bed—with another man."

Aesop gasped.He saw Joseph's lips curled up, and continued: "This woman really is this kind of thing. She thinks she is very powerful, but in the end, she doesn't even have the ability to control her lower body, and she thinks she is smart enough to find a lover. It will be discovered by me. I am not angry, but just had a good talk with her. I told her that the De La Thornes family does not tolerate betrayal, so you have two choices: Either you will be secretly executed while holding your reputation , or get out of France with the stigma of infidelity and derailment.

"You should have guessed what happened later. She chose the former one. I have to say that she still has some brains, because several members of her family served in the French court. Once she falls, those people will also be finished. I arranged for her The least suspicious way of death, slow poison, she took it for half a year, in the eyes of outsiders, it was a lingering sickness for half a year before she died of illness." Speaking of this, Joseph concluded in a calm tone, "This is about the former queen. The truth. Not many people in the palace know about it, not even the members of the Queen’s family who played this drama for you.”

At this time, Aesop was speechless.He was shocked, he didn't expect such a story behind the queen, let alone that Joseph was tougher than he imagined.Although he knew that Joseph's move was to defend the dignity of the royal family and to preserve the queen's reputation after death, but he still felt that this approach was really cruel.

He sat there blankly, Joseph gently wrapped his arms around his waist, hugged him into his arms, reached out and rubbed his hair: "Feel terrible? I'm sorry, I just feel that since you and I are in love, I should treat you Be honest. The real me may not be as good as you imagine, but you have to believe that as long as our hearts are the same, I will always trust you."

Aesop lowered his eyes, he was silent and didn't speak, just nodded.He believed that what Joseph said now was true, because if Joseph had no sincerity towards him, it would be impossible for him to take the initiative to tell the shocking truth just now.The problem wasn't Joseph, it was him, the fact that he was going to assassinate Joseph.

How heartbroken Joseph would be if he knew that the man he loved betrayed him from the very beginning.He had been betrayed once many years ago, and now, Aesop himself was about to betray him a second time.

Aesop heard Joseph's voice: "So, do you understand the hostility in the hearts of the guys who rehearsed this drama? The backer died early, and they don't like you now. You have to work hard to assist me and try to grasp more power , to be able to sit firmly in this position.”

Aesop gave a low "hmm".Joseph let him go and patted him on the shoulder: "Then keep reading. Don't be nervous, you are excellent, you learn things quickly, and you will definitely be able to do well."

Aesop responded and sat upright in his seat to watch the next performance.Although his eyes fell on the stage, he could no longer watch the performance on the stage. The matter of the former queen made him very upset.

The only thing he was thankful for was that he hadn't scheduled his next evening with Joseph to be today.Otherwise, in terms of his current mental state, Joseph would definitely see the clues when the two were making out.

Apart from the incident with the former queen, the atmosphere between the two of them today is quite relaxed and happy.They got married for a few days, and strictly speaking, they were still in the honeymoon period. Aesop was not very clingy, so Joseph became the clingy one.Before the two went back to their rooms to rest, Joseph even asked for a kiss, and then stuck to Isolt's ear and said ambiguously, "Tomorrow night, don't forget."After saying this, he turned around and left, leaving Aesop standing alone, blushing.

If you don't think about the heavy task on your body, just explain what's coming tonight... He's quite looking forward to it.

Aesop turned around and walked all the way back to the room.On the way, he kept thinking about his feelings for Joseph. He had to admit that after seeing Joseph's methods of dealing with political affairs and the former queen, he felt a little guilty and afraid of Joseph.But he also felt that this kind of Joseph had an admirable charm, with a clear distinction between likes and dislikes, he loved and trusted pure and loyal people wholeheartedly, and showed no mercy to those who betrayed him.If there is no assassination mission... If there is no assassination mission, what a happy person Joseph would be if he was loved by him.

He walked to the door of his room, and the maid was already waiting at the door.Seeing Aesop came back, she respectfully handed an envelope to Aesop: "Your Highness, this is a letter from the British royal family. It should be your letter from home. Please keep it."

Aesop's heart tightened, and he reached out and quickly took the letter.After just one glance, his heart went cold:

The words on the envelope read "From Mr. Aesop Carr".Before he came to France, he had agreed a secret sign with them. If it was a letter from home, the envelope would be written "Aesop Carl's personal letter". Only when the content of the letter was about an assassination mission, would the word "Sir" be added to the envelope .

When he was nervous, he quickly glanced at the seal of the letter. The wax seal on the seal was intact, and the pattern of the seal was the exclusive pattern of the British royal family.After confirming that the letter had not been stolen, he politely thanked the maid, walked into the room, locked the door, and opened the envelope.

The content of the letter was only one page, and Aesop glanced at it briefly, and knew that it was all about trivial family matters without nutrition.At the end of the letter, it was mentioned that Aesop liked English letterhead, so he sent some with the letter.Aesop picked up the stack of blank letter paper, opened it from the inside and turned to the fourth sheet, then walked to the candlestick, and used the flame to bake the apparently wordless letter paper.

The yellow-brown handwriting quickly emerged from the paper.The content is very simple, only two lines:

"To ensure the plan is safe, we have sent an insider to infiltrate the French palace. You can cooperate with him inside and outside, and let him do it if necessary. The insider will arrive in a few days, try to ensure his safety."

Followed by the name of the insider.Aesop burned the letter paper after reading it. Seeing the tongue of fire engulfing the white paper inch by inch, he felt mixed feelings:

How could he not know that besides assisting him, the purpose of placing this insider was to ensure the smooth progress of the assassination plan.In other words, from the moment the insider came to the palace, the assassination was destined to be carried out, and Joseph was bound to die.

He has no turning back.

TBC

Classmate Karl: Gradually fascinated by the assassination target, gradually showing a tendency to defect (?