Fox of France

In the subsequent inquiry of Joseph to Paulina, Paulina sold Lucien without hesitation.

"This chapter I wrote involves the description of gambling. At the beginning, I wrote it based on my own imagination and the scenes described in other people's books. After I wrote it, I showed it to Lucien. Lucien Xi'an read it and said, I wrote this completely nonsense, and the real casino is not like this at all. He also said that it is impossible to write a novel like me.

Unconvinced, I argued with him. I said, you haven't written it, what do you know? Lucien said that as the minister of the Ministry of Truth, writing novels is his jurisdiction, how could he not understand. Moreover, if you don't even know how to create art, let alone how to lead the Ministry of Truth, it will be inconvenient to hang out in the salon.

Then he said to me, you said that when you do anything, ‘you have no right to speak without research’, and he also said, ‘The best way to know the taste of an apple is to take a bite yourself’. Then, I went to see it with him..."

"Is it over?" Joseph asked with a straight face.

"No, Lucien is not allowed." Polina said a rare kind word to Lucien.

"Didn't he say that the apple is delicious, and he wants to take a bite by himself? Why didn't he let you bite?" Joseph said coldly.

"He said, you can't eat this apple. It's a poisonous apple. If you eat it, you will die. We just need to see how people die after eating it. Besides, it's impossible for me to taste it when I go to the end. Because the casino Everyone here knows him, and he brought me there, so they definitely wouldn't dare to win my money. On the contrary, they would just try to lose money to me, as if they were bribing him.

Lucien said that accepting such a bribe would damage the image of the family. Therefore, we can only watch, not end. "

After hearing the previous paragraph, Joseph's anger subsided a little—at least Lucien, a bastard, wasn't completely ignorant. But after hearing what Lucien actually said about the image of the family, Joseph became angry again.

"That bastard still knows the image of the family?" Joseph scolded, "Where is that bastard? Today I insist..."

"I went to Lyon a few days ago." Napoleon said aside, "but I should be back by tomorrow morning."

"Wait for him to come back..." Joseph gritted his teeth and said, "Napoleon, you have to discipline your brother well."

"Don't worry, these days, I have long disliked him!" Napoleon said eagerly.

What Napoleon said was absolutely true. He was exhausted to death every day, and Joseph was also exhausted to death. Only this brother, although he was exhausted to death every day, was all because of his licentious life! Although Napoleon's ideal was to be Augustus instead of Nero, Nero's life is really... hateful.

Napoleon's mentality today, to paraphrase a sentence of Master Lu, is: "Probably because of jealousy, that's for sure."

However, Lucien, the minister of the Ministry of Truth, was not for nothing. The eldest brother and the second brother planned to fix him. He actually knew about such a confidential matter, and even took the initiative to return to Paris, and immediately ran to Joseph without stopping. coming.

"You still dare to come to see me?" Joseph said.

"Why not? I haven't done anything wrong." Lucien replied.

"Haven't you done anything wrong? Are you going to say that you have done meritorious service?" Joseph sneered.

"Of course," said Lucien.

"Then tell me your reasoning." Joseph gritted his teeth and said.

"Joseph, who do you think is the most respected woman in France?" Lucien asked.

"The most respected woman in France? Needless to say, of course it is the Virgin Mary." Joseph replied.

"The Virgin Mary... hell!" Lucien said, "well, let's put it another way, the most respected human woman in the French - that's not true, the Virgin is also a human being - well, the most respected by the French people except Who are the women other than Our Lady?"

"You can just say it's Joan of Arc, why are you walking around? I spend as much time as you?"

"Joseph, Joan of Arc was originally just a farm shepherdess. What did she rely on to obtain her status today? Is it because she is devout? Of course, Joan of Arc is indeed devout. But does her status come from piety?"

If the person who answered this question was Joan herself, then she would definitely answer without hesitation: "Of course." In her opinion, all her achievements are bestowed by God.

But although Joseph sometimes said "Hallujah" or "Amen" on his lips. But, at least the brothers knew that Joseph didn't believe in God at all. Although this guy does often say "God" or something, the brothers also know that the God Joseph mentioned is probably just a synonym for natural rules. So Joseph would definitely not attribute Joan's status to being pious.

"That's because of her achievements in saving France." Joseph said as expected.

"Joseph, what is the prestige of our family? What people think of our family is that our family is virtuous and they are all saints?" Lucien asked again.

"Wait," said Joseph, "I kind of see what you mean. You mean, our Bonaparte family isn't famous for virtue anyway. It's talent for our family. So fame or something, What we need is not a reputation for conformity, but a reputation for being brilliant, is that what you mean?"

"That's right, as expected of my brother, you can understand it immediately." Lucien laughed quickly, "I think Paulina herself is still like that when she writes novels, and Joseph, you know that people often, Women are much more tolerant than men. For example, if Paulina’s novels are written by a male author, then to be honest, they are average, but if they are written by a female author, they are written by beautiful women, and they are It’s a beautiful writer with a distinguished status, and it’s still... plus if there’s a bit of eccentricity, it’s easier to become famous.”

"I see." Joseph nodded, "You want to turn Paulina into a famous female writer."

"Not only that." Lucien said, "Nowadays, more and more people think we are poisonous vegetables, and we have less and less taste of republican and democratic revolution. We must have some revolution, some taste of liberation for us Everyone, take a look, you see that the example of women's liberation is in our house, isn't that good?"

"You have a good idea, but is this really a good thing for Polina?" Joseph asked coldly, "With such a reputation, her future may not be easy."

"Joseph, Paulina's path will not be easy. She also understands this. Don't underestimate your lunatic sister." Lucien replied.