Chapter 168 The Queen teaches the way to be a king (please subscribe)

Queen Mary only hesitated for half a second before readily agreeing: "You are right, Archbishop Briand. It's time to pardon Viscount Carlonne and let him return to Paris."

She originally admired Kalona's ability, and was even more satisfied with his loyalty to the royal family - if she had not been forced to do so by the meeting of dignitaries, she would definitely not have exiled Kalona.

Now even Brian has no objection to pardoning Kalona, ​​so she is naturally happy to go along with the situation.

Brian looked at Joseph without any trace and nodded, then bowed to the queen and said: "Thank you for your kindness, Her Majesty the Queen."

"Oh, your broad mind has won my respect even more." Queen Mary also smiled at him and said, "In a sense, Viscount Carlona is your competitor, but you have done nothing for the dignity of the royal family. He scrupulously suggested that I pardon him.”

"Thank you for your compliment. It is my duty to be loyal to the royal family."

Brian suddenly felt that he had made a profit. In only half an hour, he had gained two favors from the crown prince and the queen.

The queen's clerk quickly drew up the pardon according to the established format, handed it to the queen for signature, and then took it to Louis XVI to sign and seal it.

Seeing that the matter was settled smoothly, Joseph resigned with Brian.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the two of them reached the door, Queen Mary suddenly stopped her son: "Joseph, dear, wait a minute, I remembered something I want to tell you."

Upon hearing this, Brian bowed to the Dauphin and left the Petit Trianon alone.

Joseph turned back in surprise, put on an innocent look, and asked: "Mother, what do you want to say to me?"

The queen pulled him to the small balcony surrounded by white marble fences, squinted at the setting sun, and said earnestly: "Joseph, you are destined to become a king in the future.

"I always felt that you were still young, so I didn't mention some things to you. But now you have shown amazing talents and are more and more involved in the management of the country. So, about how to do a good job King, I must tell you."

"You..." Joseph's eyes widened and he thought to himself, "You're going to teach me how to be a king?" Are you serious?

Queen Mary glanced at Brian's leaving figure downstairs, and her tone was rare and serious: "As a king, the most important thing is to have an opinion. You can be close to some ministers, but you must not be swayed by their ideas. , and you can’t always let them boss you around.”

Joseph: "???"

Seeing the confused look on his face, the queen sighed and had to speak more clearly: "Since you participated in cabinet affairs, you have been by Brian's side. All your views are consistent with his. Even every time he has Whenever important matters come to me, you will always stand by him."

Joseph's head was full of black lines: Mom, you are observing very carefully, but the relationship between priorities is reversed...

He nodded helplessly: "Ah, yes."

The Queen continued: "Although Archbishop Brian is very capable and has rich political experience, you only need to learn from him, but you may not necessarily listen to him on everything."

Joseph could only continue to nod: "Yes, yes, you are right!"

Queen Mary was very pleased to see that her son was open-minded and willing to be taught, so she taught her more patiently: "For a minister like Brian, you should show the majesty of a prince in front of him, for example..."

Joseph didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Brian almost obeyed him in everything now. How could he be more dignified?

"Yes, yes, I will definitely remember it."

Queen Mary seemed to be inspired by the words, and she continued to talk about the ways of being a king until the sky completely darkened, and there was still no sign of ending.

Joseph was anxious to solve the matter at Kalona, ​​but saw that the queen was still eloquent and could not even interject a word.

Just when he was anxious, he suddenly saw a lively and petite figure passing under the balcony reflected in the streetlight.

It was Clementine - after Fashion Week, Queen Mary said she wanted her niece to spend more time with her, so she left her at the Palace of Versailles. And of course she couldn't ask for it.

Joseph's eyes lit up: He used her to "spoil the situation"! So he turned away and winked downstairs.

Clementine suddenly felt a burning gaze staring at her from somewhere. She turned around and caught a glimpse of her cousin's handsome and charming eyes.

"Your Highness the Crown Prince!" She immediately smiled, picked up her skirt, and hurried up to the second floor.

With this little living treasure chattering away, the queen had no choice but to pause her "King's Required Course" and greet her little niece with a smile.

Joseph caught the opportunity, hurriedly seized the opportunity to excuse himself, and left.

When the little Lolita, who had been nestling in the queen's arms just now, saw her cousin leaving, she immediately flew up like a bird and bowed to the queen: "Your Majesty, I remember..."

Queen Mary smiled knowingly and gestured towards Joseph with her eyes: "Go quickly, come on!"

Clementine blushed, but immediately turned around and ran away, leaving only one sentence: "Thank you, aunt!"

Joseph came out of the Little Trianon, thinking about who to send to contact Carlona - Marat was injured, Fouche's identity was inappropriate, and it seemed inappropriate for others to get involved.

He recalled what Mirabeau had said before about the Nancy Industrial Development Zone having been opened, and that his own steam engine factory had also begun production. He had always wanted to take a look, but he never got around to it.

As the cities of Thule and Nancy are within easy reach, it would be better to go to Carona in person, and then take a trip to Nancy to see the results of industrial development there.

Just as he was thinking about it, he heard the sound of small leather boots "tapping" behind him. He turned around and saw his cousin chasing after him excitedly.

"Cousin, what are you going to do?" Little Loli asked with her big watery eyes.

"I..." Joseph said smoothly, "I want to go to Lorraine."

Clementine shouted without even thinking: "I also want to go to Lorraine! Please take me with you!"

"Playing?" Joseph was a little confused and could only smile, "Lorraine is remote and desolate, there is nothing interesting there."

"I want to go there and see..." Little Loli didn't know Lorraine's situation at all, and she glanced at her maid secretly, her eyes twinkling.

The latter was also from Austria. His brain was short-circuited for a moment, and he suddenly remembered that he had heard of a dish called "veal stew with artichokes" in northeastern France. He had the courage to whisper the name of the dish.

Clementine's French was not good, and the maid's voice was too soft, so she could only hear the last word "artichoke", so she felt like she had found a treasure, and excitedly said to her cousin: "Go and see the coal!" Note 1]”

The pronunciation of the two words was very close, so she couldn't blame her.

Joseph's eyes widened: "You... are you looking for coal? There are quite a few coal mines in Lorraine."

The little Loli realized that she seemed to have said something wrong, but she couldn't stop it, so she could only grit her teeth and nod: "Ah, yes! I especially like coal mines... The wide and deep feeling brings light and heat to people... It makes me feel inexplicable touching."

[Note 1]: The French word for artichoke is chardon, and coal is charbon, which is quite close...

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Fusion of twin martial souls to obtain the super god-level martial soul "Mother Tree of Desire".

Tame the Silver Dragon King Gu Yuena and gain the power of the Dragon God.

Devour the gods in the divine world and obtain the Tao Fruit "He Transformed into the Free Demon Lord".