I'm the Dauphin in France

Chapter 537 The Crown Prince’s Mistresses
Joseph, who was originally waiting to enjoy himself, found that he had underestimated the explosive power of the pair of delicate hands behind him and the massage skills of the owner of the hands.

Camelia couldn't hit the right spot every time, and her fingers kept falling on the joints of tendons, accompanied by "technical moves" such as rotation and pulling. Add to that the strength she had gained from cleaning and carrying soup pots every day, and after a few moves, Joseph was in so much pain that tears were about to come out of his eyes.

"Oh, stop, stop!" Joseph cried in a sobbing voice, "I'm going to die! I'm going to die!"

All he wants now is to shout, "I confess, I confess everything."

Sorel, who had just entered the house, was startled when he heard the scream. He looked in the dim light and saw a woman pressing the crown prince on the "long table", with one hand on his neck and the other holding a black object, as if she was about to smash it down.

When the crown prince shouted "I'm going to die", she was suddenly shocked - someone was trying to assassinate her!
Fortunately, I ran into him. Here comes my chance to make it up to His Highness!

She didn't have time to draw her sword, so she leaped to the massage bed, raised her foot, and kicked the "female assassin" away.

When Ksode, who was outside the house, heard the prince's shout, his heart sank, and he rushed into the house with a sword in his hand. He saw Sorel, with his face covered by a hood, kicking Miss Camelia away, and drawing his sword!

Damn it! Is she planning to assassinate me?!

The captain of the guards didn't have time to think, he leaped forward, and swung his sword at Sorel with a sound of wind.

The latter had just drawn his sword, but before he could stab the female assassin, he caught a glimpse of cold light from the corner of his eye and hurriedly raised his sword to block it.

With a crisp sound of "dang", Kesuode struck the lady's swift sword with a powerful and heavy sword, and then he pressed his arm down, and the tip of the sword was already against the "assassin's" chest.

Joseph heard Camelia's groan, rubbed his almost broken shoulder, turned over and sat up, and immediately saw the captain of the guards and a man in black fighting with swords beside him.

When Sorel and Csode saw the crown prince stand up, they turned around and shouted to him:
"Your Highness, beware of assassins!"

Camelia also struggled to stand up, looked at the crown prince, and said anxiously:

"Your Highness, hurry up! There are assassins..."

After the three shouted, they looked at each other in surprise, wondering why the assassin wanted to self-destruct.

Immediately afterwards, more than a dozen of the Crown Prince's personal guards rushed in with guns pointed and surrounded the people in the room, and then someone turned on the gas lamp.

Joseph then saw the pretty face under the hood and said in surprise:

"Sorrel? Is that you? How did you get in?"

"I..." Sorel glanced at the maid beside him and said anxiously, "Your Highness, she was trying to assassinate you just now! I was trying to save you!"

Joseph looked at Camelia, who was holding her shoulder and looking pale with pain.

"Ah? Are you okay? She was a bit harsh just now, but it wasn't to the point of assassination."

More than ten minutes later, the Crown Prince's guards all retreated, and Csode stared at Sorel with a stern face.

Miss Stalker lowered her head in shame and pushed the 5 francs in front of Joseph:
"Your Highness, I really just came here to pay you back... I was worried that you wouldn't accept it, so I..."

After she explained, she looked at Camelia, who was applying medicine to her shoulder with the help of a maid with tears in her eyes, and bowed apologetically:

"I am so sorry, my dear lady! It is all my fault... I will compensate you for your medical expenses, please forgive me..."

Joseph heaved a sigh of relief after the imperial physician confirmed that Camelia was only injured and was not seriously injured. He then picked up the large stack of banknotes and handed it back to Sorel:

"You are mistaken. In fact, I only bet 10 livres on you that time. Well, don't get me wrong. It's not that I didn't have confidence in you at that time. I just simply didn't like gambling..."

10 livres?! Soleil was stunned for a moment, and then his face turned red and white. Looking at the 5 francs in his hand, he recalled that he was sure that the Dauphin would bet heavily on him to win. He was so embarrassed that he wanted to dig out a Versailles Palace with his toes.

Joseph heaved a sigh of relief, feeling even more exhausted after being tossed about by the two beauties, so he said to Ksold, "It's too late, please send Miss Fritz back home."

Fritz is Sorel's last name.

"Yes, Your Highness."

Sorel thought for a moment, put the money on the table again, and whispered:
"Your Highness, thank you for your tolerance. This money is my compensation for disturbing your rest..."

Joseph naturally didn't want to accept it.

The two declined, and Joseph said helplessly:

"How about this, I will invest this money into the King's Fund in your name. You can receive dividends every year."

It had almost become his instinct to improve the poor French finances, and he would not let go even the smallest detail.

Sorel nodded, then bowed in a panic, and fled towards the door...

Two days later.

At Lavoisier's home, Madame Lavoisier, Marianne, was wiping away tears and whispering to her best friend Perna:

"It's all because Antoine was blinded by the devil and did those disgraceful things... Alas, he now feels extremely guilty and repents every day."

After being sentenced to 15 years in prison by the High Court, Lavoisier was frightened. He wanted to go to the Crown Prince to plead for mercy, but he was afraid that he would be reprimanded by His Highness. After all, this tax reform was presided over by His Highness, and he would be undermining him.

Fortunately, I listened to His Highness's advice and stopped the tax-package business two years ago, otherwise I would have been sentenced even more severely this time.

So he asked his wife to find Dr. Perna, who was with the crown prince, and asked her to help him speak for him. He naturally didn't know that Joseph had actually decided to ask the king for a pardon for him.

Perna comforted Marianna softly:

"You must pay the fine as soon as possible. I will definitely ask His Highness to help you. Oh, and maybe you will need a bail."

"Thank you so much! My dear Perna, now only you can save Antoine!" Madame Lavoisier pulled Perna and cried again.

The two best friends chatted until the afternoon. After receiving Perna's repeated assurances, Mariana finally breathed a sigh of relief and then began to care about her best friend again:

"By the way, have you heard about the Crown Prince's mistress?"

"Mistress?!" The female doctor's heart suddenly tightened.

"I heard it was a wild girl named Sorel and His Highness's maid." Marianne obviously knew her best friend's feelings for the Crown Prince, and said earnestly, "It's rumored in Versailles that the two of them got into a fight the night before last over His Highness's jealousy. The maid was injured, and the Royal Guards were dispatched to stop them.

"My dear, perhaps you should be more cautious! Don't forget, you are the first one to accompany the crown prince... Well, you should act like the chief mistress and let them know the rules!"

"Cough cough cough..." Perna was so frightened that she coughed repeatedly and her cheeks turned red instantly.

It was the first time she heard someone refer to her as His Highness’s mistress, and “the Chief” at that!
However, a strong feeling of sweetness soon surged in her heart.

She knew very well that it was impossible for her to marry His Royal Highness the Crown Prince given her background, so she had been trying hard to suppress the feelings in her heart. She just wanted to stay with His Royal Highness as much as possible, and would be content just to watch him silently.

And Mariana's words today suddenly gave her new hope.

Yes, even if I can't marry His Highness, if I become his mistress, won't I be able to stay by his side for the rest of my life? Oh my God! What am I thinking? This is so embarrassing!

(End of this chapter)