Haji arrived at the vineyards and vegetable gardens near "Windsor Castle." It was not actually Windsor Castle. The castle and the surrounding area had been designated as the Farmers' Association's offices. Some farmers were digging a trench along the edge of the vegetable plots, or rather, a cesspit. In the future, it would be opened to the public as the garden's communal toilet, while the human waste would serve as fertilizer for the vegetable garden.
The workers were all rough people, speaking crudely about what the British woman did inside the "castle." She put butterfly pea flowers into hot water, mixed it with oolong tea, then added iced milk and rose syrup, "conjuring" a drink like blue rose milk tea. The women doing manual labor thought it was a spell she had cast, enchanting the Little Corporal. The men discussed what miraculous effects that "potion" might have. Haji kept shaking his head. It was blue milk tea, not little blue pills.
Just as Madame de Maintenon had a suite at the girls' school, Georgiana also had a three-story building beside the vineyard. It was now enclosed by hedges and had an iron gate, which was shut, so the people working outside could not enter.
Blue roses did not exist unless white roses were placed in blue ink. One Valentine's Day, Haji had given one to Fiona. That unscrupulous merchant had deliberately quoted an outrageous price, as though he had known Haji would not bargain with him.
If red roses symbolized love, blue roses symbolized mystery and an eternal dream. The monk said Bonaparte wanted to destroy this place, yet had no choice but to spend money restoring it...
This place was Bonaparte's fantasy garden, a floral trap. No matter what, Josephine was only human. A monster had slipped into the