Chapter two hundred and fortieth, Paulina's way
During Joseph's subsequent inquiry of Polina, Polina sold Lucien without hesitation.
"The chapter I wrote involves the description of gambling. I started by writing based on my own imagination and the scenes described in other people's books. After writing, I showed it to Lucien. Lucien read it and said that I was completely blind and that is not the case in a real casino at all. He also said that I can't write well like me.
I was not convinced, so I argued with him. I said, "You haven't written it before, what do you know?" Lucien said that as the minister of the Ministry of Truth, he wrote it in his jurisdiction, so how could he not understand it? Moreover, if he doesn't even understand artistic creation, not to mention how to lead the Ministry of Truth, it is not convenient to be a salon.
Then he told me, you said, "If you do anything, "there is no investigation and research, there is no right to speak." He also said, "The best way to know the taste of an apple is to take a bite by yourself." Then, I went with him to check it out..."
"Is it the end?" Joseph asked with a stern face.
"No, Lucien is not allowed." Polina said a rare good thing to Lucien.
"Didn't he say whether the apple is delicious or not, and he wants to take a bite by himself? Why didn't you let you bite it?" Joseph said coldly.
"He said that this apple cannot be eaten, it is a poisonous apple, and it will kill people if they eat it. We just need to see how others die after eating it. Besides, it is impossible for me to taste its taste. Because everyone in the casino knows him and I took me there, they will definitely not dare to win my money. On the contrary, they will only try every means to lose money to me, just treat it as a bribe to him.
Lucien said that if you accept such a bribe, it will damage the image of the family. Therefore, we can only see and cannot end up."
When he heard the previous paragraph, Joseph's anger slightly subsided - at least Lucien, a bastard, was not completely ignorant of the importance of the slightestness. But when he heard Lucien talk about the image of the family behind, Joseph's anger came up again.
"That bastard still knows the image of the family?" Joseph cursed, "Where is that bastard? I have to..."
"I went to Lyon a few days ago," said Napoleon, "but it's almost time to come back tomorrow morning."
"Wait until he comes back..." Joseph gritted his teeth, "Napoleon, you have to discipline your brother well."
"Don't worry, I've been disliked by him these days!" Napoleon said with his hands ready to go.
What Napoleon said was absolutely the truth. He was tired every day, and Joseph was tired half-death. Only this younger brother, although he was tired half-death every day, was completely because of his debauchery! Although Napoleon's ideal was to be Augustus instead of Nero, Nero's life was really... hated.
Napoleon's mentality now, to put it in the words of Master Lu, that is: "It's probably because of jealousy, that's absolutely certain."
However, Lucien, the minister of the Ministry of Truth, was not in vain. The eldest brother and the second brother planned to repair him. He knew about such a secret matter. He also took the initiative to go back to Paris and immediately ran to Joseph without stopping.
"You dare to come to see me?" said Joseph.
"Why don't you dare? I didn't do anything wrong," Lucien replied.
"You haven't done anything wrong yet? Do you still want to say that you have made contributions?" Joseph sneered.
"Of course," said Lucien.
"Then tell me what you are doing." Joseph said gritting his teeth.
"Joseph, who do you think is the most respected woman in France?" Lucien asked.
"The most respected woman in France? It goes without saying that it is of course the Virgin Mary." Joseph replied.
"The Virgin Mary... Hell!" Lucien said, "Well, let's say it another way, the most respected human woman by the French people - this is not right, the Virgin Mary is also a human being - Well, who is the most respected woman by the French people besides the Virgin Mary?"
"Joan of Arc directly, why are you doing all the time? When I have as much time as you?"
"Joseph, Joan of Arc was just a farmer's shepherd. What did she gain this status today because of her piety? Of course, Joan of Arc is indeed pious. But does her status come from piety?"
If the person who answered this question was Joan of Arc herself, she would definitely answer without hesitation: "Of course." In her opinion, her achievements all came from God's gift.
But although Joseph sometimes said "Hayaluja" or "Amen". However, at least the brothers knew that Joseph did not believe in God at all. Although this guy often said "God" or something, the brothers also knew that the God mentioned by Joseph was probably just a synonym for natural rules. So Joseph would definitely not attribute Joan of Arc's status to piousness.
"That's because of her achievements in saving France." Joseph indeed said.
"Joseph, what is the reputation of our family? People's opinion of our family is that our family is noble in virtue, are they all saints?" Lucien asked again.
"Wait," said Joseph, "I understand what you mean. You mean, anyway, our Bonaparte family is not famous for their virtues. Our family is fundamentally outstanding talent. So for fame, what we need is not a reputation that follows the rules, but a reputation with extraordinary talent. Is that what we mean?"
"Yes, I'm worthy of being my brother, I understand it as soon as I hear it." Lucien quickly smiled, "I think Polina's writing is still like that, and Joseph, you know that people are much more tolerant of women than men. For example, if Polina's works are works by a male writer, then honestly, it's just average, but if it's a female writer, but it's a beautiful writer, and a beautiful writer with a noble status, and... and if there's a little quirk, it's easier to become famous."
"I understand." Joseph nodded, "You want to turn Polina into a famous female writer."
"Not only that," said Lucien. "Now there are more and more people who think we are poisonous, and the taste of republican and democratic revolution is getting less and less. We must always have some revolution and some liberation to show you. You see, women's liberation examples are in our family. Isn't that good?"
"You think well, but is this really a good thing for Polina?" Joseph asked coldly, "With such a reputation, her future journey may not be easy."
Chapter completed!