I'm the Dauphin in France

Chapter 953: Sheler's Travels
Elijah's face instantly turned pale, and he stared at his daughter and asked, "Do you know what you are talking about?"

"Yes, father." Corinna nodded vigorously. "I love Tewait and I want to marry him."

"Are you crazy?!" Elijah said in anger, "He is just a tailor's son, and he is disabled now. He is not qualified to marry you..."

Corinna changed her usual timid look and interrupted him loudly:

"No, father, he is a respected warrior and a hero of France. He has also won the Order of the Silver Iris. He is worthy of everyone's love!"

Elijah was frightened by his daughter's momentum, and raised his hand to press down: "Calm down, dear, you have to understand that he is missing a hand and can't do anything. Do you plan to starve with him?"

Corinna took a deep breath and said, “Do you know how he was injured?

"When he rushed to the Cologne Fortress, he pushed the enemy's gun muzzle with his force, which was aimed at hundreds of French soldiers. He saved them!
"But the gun was already red hot, and his entire left hand was burned...

"He is the greatest warrior in my heart. I don't want to miss him, even if I have to go hungry in the future."

"You...you are really dizzy!"

Corinna continued, "Actually, you don't have to worry about us. Tewait has an allowance, and I can also make money."

"What's the use of that little money?" Elijah said angrily, "It's not even enough to pay Old John!

"And the tailor's son has no noble title and will never be promoted to an officer. What can a lowly crippled soldier do?"

Corinna said word by word: "Father, I repeat, he is a respected hero, please do not call him 'the tailor's son'.

"And I'm going to marry him."

"No, I won't agree to that!"

Corinna said nothing more and went back to her room.

Elijah took a quick look over and saw his daughter packing her luggage.

"You really piss me off!" He yelled upstairs, "Gina, send your lady to the basement!"

There was chaos in Elijah Richter's house until he angrily locked the door of the basement.

Elijah saw his cousin and his wife standing aside, too embarrassed to speak, and suddenly remembered that he had promised to lend them money. He immediately pulled Baron Scherer out of the house:

"I'm sorry to make you laugh. Let's go to the bank now. Lucas's matter is more important."

In fact, he wanted to get away from his daughter's screams immediately.

Hundreds of people still gathered in the square in front of Reims Cathedral, setting off fireworks to celebrate and shouting, "Long live General Massena!"

"Long live His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

"The warriors of France are invincible!"

Elijah had a gloomy face all the way as he used a draft to withdraw 4 francs in banknotes from the bank. Then he and Scherer immediately got on a carriage and headed to the branch of the French Reserve Bank in Reims.

They had to go there to exchange gold coins, because most of the bureaucrats in Vienna would not accept francs.

Scheerer looked nervously at the briefcase in his brother-in-law's hand, which contained a huge sum of more than 4 francs. If they encountered bandits on the way, the consequences would be disastrous.

He suggested quietly, "Elijah, should we hire some guards? I mean, there might be gang members."

The latter waved his hand and pointed from the car window at the police patrolling the street: "Don't worry, the police in Reims are more excited to see gang members than wolves seeing meat. The gang members here have been extinct for several years. "We just need to be careful of thieves. So I brought a pistol."

Sure enough, nothing happened along the way. Elijah handed the banknotes to the French Reserve Bank and received an exchange application. Because the amount was large, he had to wait three days before he could get the gold coins.

After finishing his work, Elijah fell into depression again, constantly muttering things like "Damn the tailor's son" and "Corinna is absolutely crazy".

Scherer had just experienced the pain of losing a son, and his youngest son was in danger of death. Hearing him say this, he couldn't help but sigh: "Elijah, in fact, as long as the children are happy, it is more important than anything else.

“With your wealth, you don’t have to worry about their future lives.

"Perhaps, you could give a little thought to that child..."

"No! Absolutely not!" Elijah shook his head stubbornly, "Corinna must marry a noble with status. I am not short of money, but I hope she can have a higher status, and my grandson cannot be looked down upon!"

His eldest son died of illness in Syria four years ago, and Corinna is his only heir.

As he spoke, he suddenly remembered something and said to the driver, "Rodolfo, you must know where the tailor's house is. Take me there, quickly!"

The daughter had often taken the family carriage to visit Tewait, so the driver knew the route well.

Rodolphe did not dare to disobey his angry master, so he turned to the north of the city.

The carriage drove into the artisan community of Reims and finally stopped on a narrow street.

The driver pointed to the old two-story building across the street and said, "Sir, he lives on the second floor facing the street."

Elijah frowned slightly when he saw the ribbons and flowers in front of the building's gate, but still got out of the car and walked quickly.

Scherer thought about it and was worried that his wife's brother might have a conflict with others, so he had to follow closely.

After a while, the two went up to the second floor one after another and knocked on the door facing the street.

The door opened quickly, and Scherer saw that there were seven or eight people inside. He hurriedly whispered to his wife's brother, "Don't be impulsive."

Elijah walked into the house as if he hadn't heard anything. When he didn't see his daughter's boyfriend, he shouted, "Excuse me, who is Mr. Tevyeit?"

A bald man in his 40s, not very tall, and with a kind face came over and bowed to Elijah. “My two lords, I am Tewait. What can I do for you?”

Elijah said coldly: "My last name is Richter, you may have heard of it. My daughter is Corinna Trish."

Old Tewait immediately showed a look of surprise, pushed aside the people around him, and gestured enthusiastically to the room: "It's you who are here. How great! Please come in. Marianne, go and make the best coffee. It's Mr. Richter."

Elijah wanted to say "No thanks", but he was pushed to the wooden table in the middle of the room. He had no choice but to sit down. He coughed dryly and said, "Mr. Tevyait, I came here this time to talk to you about your son and Corinna."

The tailor nodded repeatedly: "Okay, Master Richter, please go ahead."

The door to the inner room was suddenly pushed open, and a young man in a white military uniform, with a short left arm and a bandage on the top, rushed out, saluted Elijah respectfully, and then said anxiously:

"Mr. Richter, Corinna..."

Elijah was about to say, "Corinna has decided not to associate with you anymore," when he suddenly heard the sound of orderly footsteps coming from downstairs, obviously there were hundreds of people.

Then came the sounds of organ and snare drum.

The door was knocked again, and a man's full-throated voice came from outside the door:
"Excuse me, is this the Tewait residence? General Massena is here to visit Sergeant Tewait."

(End of this chapter)