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Chapter 162 The story in the Austrian embassy...

Not far away, the empire's chief minister of state and justice, Conbasseres, who witnessed this embarrassing scene, immediately asked Morion, the Treasury Secretary beside him.

"Mr. Earl, is the military expenses allocated by the Cabinet to the Duke of Hruna in place?"

"It was all received a week ago. Even the 2 million francs added by His Majesty to Desays were transferred to the special account of the Bank of France this morning. Lord Parma!" The Minister of Treasury, who was unsure of his intention, replied.

"That's good, that's good!" Conbassés took out his hand towel and wiped away the sweat from his forehead.

Immediately, the minister of state thought of another sensitive question, whether to postpone the banquet welcoming the emperor and the queen at his home tomorrow, and it would be better to wait until the hungry Duke of Desay left Paris.

...

The Minister of Police Savari (Duke Rovigo), who was talking to the ambassador to Russia who was returning to China to report his duties, also discovered Desai's extremely indecent words and deeds.

The blushing Savari wanted to go forward to stop the Duke of Hruna, who was overeating, but was pulled by the Duke of Kador.

"You don't understand, Duke Rovigo! Our young Duke did this on purpose. He was suggesting to the world in a seemingly ridiculous way that this future Prince of Catalonia, the uncrowned crown prince of Poland, does not like the Austrian queen. If I were in better health, no matter how young I was, I would follow his example." Shambani said calmly.

"But what's the point?" Kolangu, who was unknown, was asking the Foreign Minister for advice.

Shambani taught the successor in the field of diplomacy in the empire, "Look, this imperial general was wearing a school officer uniform without revealing the badge of aristocratic badges, and must be waiting for a bad luck. Desai was preparing to put pressure on the Austrians as Duke of Hruna or the crown prince of Poland to provoke trouble and create a favorable atmosphere for the meeting with Prince Metternier later!"

After saying this, Shambani looked at Savari again and said, "Imagine how the Duke of Hruna's army last month could not conquer the entire North Aragon region without any effort. We should be clear that the actions of Little Dercy are not vulgar or simple violence on the outside. Such people are definitely born politicians."

The police minister shrugged, spread his hands, and added with deep consent: "Indeed, I really don't know how the honest and kind general Desai would have the son of a rogue politician. Even as half of his brother, I have suffered a loss."

When he said this, Savari suddenly remembered what he had discussed with Desai last time, and then lowered his voice and asked the ambassador to Russia around him, "Duke of Vicenza, have the Russians begun to take unfriendly behavior towards France?"

Standing in front of Kolangu are the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Minister of Police, and the information involving Russia can be exchanged with each other. After hesitating for a moment, the ambassador to Russia no longer retains anything and bluntly tells the two cabinet members what they saw and heard in Russia.

...

Desai, who had eaten and drank, was quite satisfied and patted his round belly. He was still recalling the wonderful taste of Austrian cake in his mind. However, his refreshing mood was interrupted by an uninvited guest.

The newly appointed Austrian ambassador to France, the chief secretary of Prince Schwarzenberg, obviously did not know the famous imperial duke, despised the other party's rude behavior, and looked down on him as a half-old French lieutenant colonel uniform. With his intuition, the Austrians believed that Desai himself was just a follower of a French general with a low status and unfamous reputation.

The chief secretary walked gracefully with a small waltz step, came to the French officer, and said to Desai in a contemptuous tone, "Lieutenant Colonel, this is the official occasion for our embassy to welcome the emperor and queen of your country. Please pay attention to the noble's demeanor."

Desai threw away the disc in his hand, stood up, and looked down at the chief secretary of the embassy in front of him at a height of half of his head, and asked with a smile: "Aristocratic demeanor? Haha, sir, what is your aristocratic title?"

"The hereditary viscount of the Austrian Empire, the chief secretary of Ambassador Schwarzenberg!" The 30-year-old chief secretary replied proudly. Then, he straightened his body again, trying to catch up with the height of the French officer, but this was futile.

Desai took out a large ordination representing Duke Hruna and wore it on his chest, and then teased the Austrian viscount in a humiliating tone. He shouted loudly: "Then, this low-ranking nobleman from Austria, when facing a noble Duke of the French Empire, you should first take off your hat and bow in an attentive posture, instead of talking nonsense with a boast of nonsense."

The high tone of the Duke of Desay immediately attracted everyone's attention and onlookers. In the public's eyes, the embassy secretary, who was ruthlessly humiliated by the French, felt ashamed of himself and wanted to find a crack in the ground to get in.

But before preparing to drill a hole, the Austrian viscount must take off his hat respectfully according to the traditional etiquette among the nobles, bow to the superior standing in front of him in an upright position.

But it was not over yet. Desai took out the badge representing the identity of the crown prince of Warsaw, put it on his military cap, and said to the Austrians with a arrogant expression, "Now, Mr. Viscount, it's time to pay tribute to His Royal Highness the Polish Crown Prince in front of you!"

The embassy secretary sensitively noticed the language loopholes of the French Duke, because now there is only the Grand Duchy of Warsaw and no Kingdom of Poland. The Austrians wanted to object, but when they looked up at the fierce and murderous gaze, a bloody smell came to their face, making him silent and unable to move.

Because he could not resist, the Austrian chief secretary had to surrender. With the pity, disdain, contempt and ignorance of the many guests, he repeated the previous aristocratic etiquette, removed his hat, stood attentive, and bowed.

The Duke of Desai, who seemed to be satisfied with vanity, waved his hand impatiently, and let the Austrian Viscount get out by himself like he was killing an annoying fly.

Originally, Desai was not too embarrassed and cowardly Austrian, but after he heard that the other party was the chief secretary of Prince Schwarzenberg, the young duke's mentality changed.

The Austrian soldiers who killed the old General Desai in the Battle of Malengo were led by Prince Schwarzenberg. After 1814, during the plunder of the Polish territory of Russia, Pub and Austria, the troops commanded by the Prince of Austria once again acted as a vanguard and ordered the burning of three Polish cities that resisted the invaders.

Among the guests participating in the Austrian Embassy were Polish, or French people who sympathized with Poland and Saxony. After hearing Andrew Desay, as the crown prince of Poland, rather than the heir of the Grand Duchy of Warsaw, announced the word "Poland" in a high-profile manner to the world. After returning to reality from history, warm applause and cheers sounded over the garden.

Two or three young officers from the Grand Duchy of Warsaw rushed to Desai, knelt halfway to His Royal Highness, performed the rituals of the monarch and ministers, and then stood up, singing in unison with tears in our eyes: "As long as we still have a breath, Poland will not perish!"

Prince Schwarzenberg (Karl Philip) was so angry that he shook his whole body and his face turned pale. He almost drew his sword to duel with the Duke of Desay, but was grabbed by the Foreign Minister, 2 years younger than him. The latter shook his head and said softly: "Please don't be fooled, Your Majesty. Let me deal with it."

Prince Metternier was about to walk towards the self-proclaimed crown prince of Poland (Austria does not recognize the Kingdom of Poland, but only recognizes the Grand Duchy of Warsaw). He had heard the ritual officer in the embassy shout, "His Majesty the Great French Empire Emperor and His Majesty the noble queen are here!"

Everyone avoided the sides. The man bowed his head and the woman leaned her knees and raised her skirt to welcome Napoleon and his Austrian bride who were walking in the middle of the road, walking on the long red carpet.

The emperor, who looked unconscious, obviously heard the story of the embassy garden, but he could not blame Desai because it was the Austrian viscount who was rude and it was natural for the low-ranking nobles to take the initiative to salute to the higher-ranking nobles. In terms of the positions they held, Desai also left at least two streets of the Austrians. Therefore, it was understandable that Duke Hruna ordered the embassy secretary to correct his mistakes, which was to safeguard the dignity of the French Empire and the prestige of Emperor Napoleon.

However, after Desai made a high-profile statement, it was uncontroversial. But Napoleon still held back. He had solemnly promised not to oppose Desai being the monarch of the Grand Duchy of Warsaw or the Kingdom of Poland, so he naturally could not go back on his word.

But the resentment in his heart needed to be vented, and soon, Napoleon found a good reason to blame. He shook his body, cut his hands back, and walked straight to Duke Hruna, and with his unique voice, he angrily asked Andrew. Why did Desey not wear a general's uniform, but took out a set of lieutenant colonel uniforms that were half old and not new.

The arrogant and domineering imperial general has now become respectful and respectful. He explained to the emperor: "Your Majesty, in another two weeks will be the 6th anniversary of your crowning of the French Emperor. Because I am leaving Paris, I wear this lieutenant colonel dress in advance to celebrate the arrival of this great day!"

Desai's unreasonable explanation made Napoleon stunned, but finally found a step to go down, and then burst into laughter. The emperor stepped forward, walked to the duke, and laughed in a low voice, "Little guy, you have enough performances, don't cause trouble anymore, get out to the Iberis Peninsula the day after tomorrow."

After saying that, Napoleon returned to the queue surrounded by nobles, gently pulled up and wore a wide Greek dress, embroidered with black flowers and jewelry, and continued along the red carpet together.

Behind the emperor, everyone dispersed one after another.

Desai breathed a sigh of relief and finally achieved half of today's set goal without any danger. The seemingly unintentional conflict in the embassy is actually a high-profile declaration of the return of Poland, the term "national".

This is one of the many adventure suggestions given by Professor Sa, the Prime Minister of Manresa's cabinet and an expert in international law to the Duke of Desay: Once Napoleon no longer objected, His Royal Highness must first take the lead and choose a formal place where envoys from various countries gather, "mark" his irreplaceable identity of the Polish crown prince, creating a recognized fait accompli.
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