Sur ma peau

15.

When Minos woke up, the bed next to him was empty, and he stretched out his hand to find out that there was no temperature under the quilt, and he should have been away for a while.

He remembered that after falling asleep, he heard something in his half-dream and half-waking, and when he opened his eyes to confirm, he happened to see the earl, shirtless, taking out an ironed shirt from the closet, his long hair had not yet been tied up, and the sky outside the window was dark. Bright colors, only the dim lighting of the burning candles, Earl’s fair skin glows with warm light, under the flickering candlelight, the shadow of the concave muscle line is very sexy, the tight waistline is covered by the fabric in an instant, and the buttons are gradually buttoned up The chest and abdomen are also covered, the movements of nailing the cuff buttons and trimming the collar with one hand are elegant and beautiful, and the gestures of the hands and feet are self-styled.

He even whistled for it.

Thinking of this passage, Minos buried his face in the feather pillow in annoyance. It is easy to do stupid things when his mind is not clear.

The person who was aroused by the whistle took off the coat on the hanger, approached the bed, and comforted him softly: "Sleep a little longer, it's still early."

The kiss fell on the forehead, bewitching like a spell, the long hair sweeping across the cheeks carried the coolness of the night, Minos grabbed the hand resting on the side of the pillow, and asked lazily: "Where are you going? "

"There is a meeting called by the king this morning, and I'm going back to Versailles."

He just asked casually, and he didn't care about the answer. He vaguely saw someone blow out the candle and leave the room and close the door before falling asleep again.

It was almost two hours from Paris to Versailles. During breakfast, the butler came to report that the count had already left at four o'clock in the morning and rode away.

"Where's the carriage?" Minos asked as he buttered the bread, remembering it was parked in the yard last night.

"Stop outside, Your Highness ordered it for you, and there is a team of guards as guards." The butler looked a little strange, Minos hesitated for a few seconds, picked up the napkin and wiped the corners of his lips, but there was nothing on it stains.

Openly challenging the dogma that prohibits same-sex love will inevitably become the target of attacks by the church, but the church will not turn against the royal family for the time being, so the pressure will fall on him, and it is also Yabofika who gave him the permission to establish the gendarmerie in advance The reason is that before he has enough strength, the carriage and the escort are a kind of protection and an attitude, which means that the two are on the same front.

After arriving at the court, the eyes of the newly appointed nobles flickered, some greeted rashly, some turned a blind eye, and Minos went straight to his office. As a veteran who returned from Troyes, his power and resources were naturally above these newcomers .

There was another person waiting in the office, sitting casually on the sofa in the reception area.

"When will you change your time-based habit?" Maximilian asked.

"You have a problem with that?" Minos said.Work is to give freedom to responsibility in exchange for social status and money, but life is not only about responsibility.

"Your freedom." Complaints are complaints, but they are not interference, Maximilian shrugged, "Take up a little of your time, if you can put some of your thoughts on the law and look at Versailles, I will not deliberately Come on."

"A deficit? I'm not interested."

"It's a political relationship. After the death of the crown prince in June and the Bastille incident, some nobles in Versailles resolutely opposed the king's decision and have left the country on their own, including the Earl of Artois' family."

After all, Yabofeika shouldn't have let them go because of a soft heart. This is a hidden danger of backhand stabbing at any time.Minos pouted, but didn't speak.

"The original succession order of the royal family should be the crown prince, the crown prince's descendants, the crown prince's younger brother, the king's brother, and the king's brother's descendants."

"When the king's heirs are not old enough to tell right from wrong, the king's brother shall take precedence."

"Assuming that something happens to the current king, then the number one heir is Earl Plowin, your Abfika. Even if the king appoints the little prince as his heir, according to the rules of the royal family, Abfika will Become the regent and hold the throne until the little prince comes of age."

"The Royal Police has been abolished, and the law and order will be taken over by the courts. There is only one army left in Versailles, the Guards." Maximilian's tone became a little darker, "It can be said that if Abafica is willing, he will a tyrant."

Maximilian's series of words made Minos irritated, as if he was torturing his rationality, that memory that he would dig up and examine every so often, whether it was right or wrong to let go of the sword of kingship.

"He wouldn't be."

Yabofika is not cruel enough, this is his weakness, he should be an eagle that hits the sky directly, but he wants to restrain himself into a harmless dove.Maximilian probably didn't know that he had let in a beast, but luckily the beast was a vegetarian and vain for peace.

"Keep your heart, don't be confused by your beauty." Maximilian probably interpreted his statement as an excuse, and warned.

The fuzzy memory in the morning was suddenly clear again, the strength and touch of the hands when they were clasped, and the reluctance when they were slowly released, Minos could not deny that a part of his heart was pursuing and retaining the rose, and when the rationality was the most lax At that time, the sensibility strongly declared existence, perhaps from the first sight, perhaps from the failed torture.This is wrong, the law does not tolerate private affairs, not to mention the other end of private affairs is royal power, which will inevitably affect the justice of the legal system.

"Of course not." Minos said with a smile, ruthlessly snuffing out the thoughts in his heart.

"Be careful, the church and the nobles can't touch the earl, they will attack you." Finally, Maximilian said.

"Thank you." The deputy in the Bastille was quite satisfactory, with a clean background and good loyalty, so Minos decided to call him back.

"Finally, although this request will be very rude, for the future of France, I still want to mention: I hope you can become his cage."