Recommended "August month of Renshen" - "Penglai Immortal Palace"

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In the middle of the dance floor of the rotunda, Count Smavakhovski, as the speaker, bent down to kiss the Grand Princess. He was asking Princess Maria for the second dance partner, and the Grand Princess smiled and allowed him. Accompanying the Speaker of the House, Duke Colin, the Speaker of the House, who also belonged to the aristocratic faction, as well as Count Secchiak, Count Kelzeminski, and others.

As for the Grand Duke of Desai, he unexpectedly gave his second dance rights to the partner of the MP Sikor Valeski, rather than the wife of Speaker Mavakhovsky. It is obvious that Desai is not prepared to make too much compromise with the noble conservatives.

While the band from Ollithi played the Polish waltz, Grand Duke Desay led Princess Maria to slide into the dance floor. The two snuggled up to each other and rotated in the palace. The surrounding lights were bright and colorful, swaying with waltz music. The guests also watched the audience. After two minutes, they took their own partners and danced beside the Grand Duke and his wife.

Perhaps it was the resurrection of the maid Cristina who made Maria feel a lot better about Desai, and she took the initiative to talk softly in the form of gossip, "I thought you would choose Polish dance, so I studied at the Royal Palace in Dresden for two weeks."

Desai smiled slightly, and he kissed his wife's forehead gently, causing the latter to tremble all over, and then whispered: "That's because I don't know how to dance Polish, but I like waltz. In addition, dear Maria, you should call me, Andrew!"

Perhaps it was the first time she was hugged by a man who was not her father, and she was kissed. Maria's heart rippled. She endured some impulse and quickly changed the topic and asked: "Andrew, you are loved by the people of Warsaw, but your relationship with the noble parliament is not harmonious? This seems to be in line with the tradition of Poland and will create many obstacles for your future rule."

In response, Desai just shook his head and smiled and whispered: "Don't pay attention to these things, let's continue to jump!"

Perhaps because of Princess Maria's virginity, Desai couldn't help but kiss her wife's head with a golden pink bun. The two of them snuggled intimately and rotated, forgetting all their worries, forgetting the existence of others, forgetting the whole world, as if they were entering a fairyland. It was not until the end of the first song Waltz that the grand duke and his wife separated reluctantly.

In a corner of the dance hall, Lieutenant Colonel Kerrborg and Lieutenant Colonel Schmitz were whispering to each other and pointing fingers. From time to time, the young and coquettish major also shook their hats to the beautiful nobles passing by, hoping to get the favor of one or two blond Polish beauties so as to pass the too boring military life.

"Forget it, my brother! At this time, the women's eyes were almost focused on the Grand Duke of Warsaw, rather than acting as your dance companion." Lieutenant Colonel Schmitz quipped, squeezing his own corpse.

Major Kerrburg wanted to retort, but he noticed the ladies staring at the Grand Duke of Desay, and the fantasy expressions on his face, sighed, "It's true, and the Grand Duke's waltz is really good."

"The eldest princess dances very well, too!" Lieutenant Colonel Schmitz added.

The young major looked at the pair of golden boys and jade girls dancing on the dance floor and sincerely exclaimed: "Well, it's such a match made by heaven! It's a pity that the princess's condition is not sure whether she can give birth to a healthy heir for the eldest prince, otherwise..."

"Shut up, damn Kerrburg!" Lieutenant Colonel Schmitz stepped forward and whispered.

It is natural for this kind of palace majesty to be less talked about. They were soldiers and came to Warsaw to assist the Grand Duke Desay and obtain honor and wealth. If the Polish monarch, who was tired of them, drove the two back to Dresden, it would be embarrassing.

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When the third dance of Grand Duke Desay finished with the wife of the French minister, he politely declined the invitation of many noble ladies. After passing a passage where the guests respectfully avoided, he walked straight to a long seat before the cold meal in a rustling sound of his clothes and prepared to eat.

"Hello, madam?" Desai had to put down the plate in his hand and deal with a fat lady with an overly attentive and overwhelmed obedient lady. But before waiting for the other party's answer, the grand duke turned his eyes to another petite Austrian minister's wife, saying, "I'm so happy to see you, dear Viscountess, Alpine white and Danube blue are really in line with you. You should wear this color often."

"Your Highness, you are so kind, too rewarding!" The Austrian minister's wife replied flatteredly, and two red clouds suddenly flew on her cheeks. When the viscountess raised her head again, she found that the Grand Duke of Warsaw had already turned around and left.

At the end of the fifth dance music, Maria also went down to the dance floor to rest. She used the excuse of being tired from the journey and no longer accepted the invitation from the gentlemen. The eldest princess looked around, and she thought about looking for her husband Desay in the crowded rotunda, but in vain.

Maria was extremely depressed, but she had to cheer up. She sat on a special soft seat, showed her whitewashed smile, expressed her concern and kindness to every lady who came to greet her, and told them a few insincere words. When the ladies smiled, the eldest princess had to laugh at them, and she kept laughing again and again, and her lips were sore.

However, when General Jan Henrik Dombrowski brought his newlywed wife, a lady with a light yellow bun, through the crowded crowd and came to her, Princess Maria showed a sincere smile, and she signaled to Christina, the palace maid beside her to send her three glasses of champagne.

"I'm so happy to see you, Uncle Henrik!" Maria greeted her in her native German.

When others saw the eldest princess who called Dombrowsky so affectionately, they naturally envied him. Since General Dombrowsky served in the Sarasen Guards for nearly 10 years in his early years, he served as the military adjutant of Friedrich August I in the Palace of Dresden for 4 years. He was extremely familiar with Princess Maria who had been lying in the deep palace for a long time.

Of course, it is a pleasure to meet an old friend in a foreign land.

"I wish you good health, my highness!" General Dombrowski bowed deeply, and his wife bent down to lift her skirt. Then, the two of them took the champagne handed over by the princess and maid and drank it all in one go.

"When I was at the border, I heard that you led the Farbo coalition in the Neman River to fight against the Russian military threat. Now that I see you returning to Warsaw without any damage, I believe we won the final victory!" Maria praised her father's former adjutant and her husband's subordinate. During the conversation, she unknowingly brought herself into the important role of the Warsaw Concubine.

The loyal General Dongbrovsky blushed and felt guilty for the praise from the Grand Princess. In fact, whether it was the Polish-French coalition or the Russian army, there was no serious military conflict between the two sides on the Neva River. As for the reasons for the Russians' voluntary retreat, the Baltic Combined Fleet commanded by the Grand Prince of Warsaw successfully imposed an economic blockade on St. Petersburg.

However, in Warsaw, the Grand Duke of Desay gave the heroic medal to represent the victory in fighting the Russian invasion to General Dombrowsky and the Viswa Legion he led, and hoped that the noble parliament would be promoted to General Dombrowsky to the rank of cavalry general.

General Dobrovsky could also see this naked win over the Grand Duke of Desay, but he was cautious and politely declined the honor. Just yesterday, after waiting for the border situation to ease, Dobrovsky immediately resigned from his position as acting commander of the Polish-French coalition, and handed over his command to a French general and returned to Warsaw.

As the main representative of the Legion, General Dombrowsky was unwilling to participate in the entanglement between the Grand Duke of Warsaw and the lower house of the parliament. Although he had a considerable favorable impression of Desai, Emperor Napoleon's obscure instructions made it difficult for him to choose.

Princess Maria, who was new to the arrival of the new, did not understand the above situation, but she knew the importance of military power to an autocratic monarch. While her relationship with her husband tended to ease, the eldest princess naturally had to try her best to win over General Dongbrovsky.

Wherever, when the band played a Mazuka dance music, Maria walked off the seat. She blinked and looked at Dombrowski's military boots mischievously, and smiled sweetly: "I hope that when you dance later, your boots will not fall down by my dress."

Dombrowski, who felt embarrassed, had his face flushed with anxiety. He really couldn't have imagined that Princess Maria, who was already the eldest princess, would use the embarrassing thing from four years ago to squeeze himself out.

Fortunately, Maria only stopped until she stepped into the middle of the dance floor again, waiting for General Dombrowsky's arrival.

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"Oh, not bad, what a smart little girl!" A few minutes later, when the news of the eldest princess taking the initiative to invite General Dombrowski to dance reached the Grand Prince of Desai's ears, he couldn't help but laugh.

After laughing, Desai said to Earl Kava, who was frowning on the side, "Okay, Mr. Earl, stop pretending to be sick anymore. I forgive your fault, but this is only once. In addition, I will give you 3 months to adjust the body of the eldest princess."

"Your Highness, it will take at least one year!" Dr. Kava determined.

"It's been 6 months at most, and the Polish people may be more anxious than me!" Desai made the final decision without any doubt.

After Earl Kava left, the Grand Duke met with the envoy sent by Prince Eugen in the lounge behind Taiwan. Due to the busy affairs of the Danze army, Governor Eugen and Deputy Governor Telugu were unable to attend tomorrow's coronation ceremony, so a special person sent two gifts.

These were all expected. In fact, Desai personally persuaded Eugen and Tregu not to come to Warsaw to participate in his coronation ceremony. First, it was too controversial and needed to downplay the Baltic blockade incident in a low-key manner; second, Desai did not care about the title of Grand Duke of Warsaw at all. He promised to hold a grand coronation ceremony next year when he became King Lan.

"The great king of Poland will be born in the Russian palace in St. Petersburg!" Desay seemed extremely confident about this.

Soon, the 15th dance music was over, and the guests in the palace left the dance floor to enjoy the independent dinner. Princess Maria also came to the VIP lounge accompanied by her maid and wanted to invite her husband to have dinner together.

"I'm so sorry, Your Highness, Princess!" Adjutant Captain Cedro stepped forward and saluted, blocking the way of the Grand Princess. He explained awkwardly: "Da Gongzheng met with several important guests and asked you to entertain the guests in the palace on his behalf."

"Oh," Maria had to lead the maid to turn and leave in disappointment.

Apart from one gate, the two guests of the Grand Duke of Desay were Swedish ministers who had defected to him, Earl of Per Gicconen, and the former Minister of State of the Russian Empire, Mikhail Spelansky.

At this time, Spelansky had completed his final mission and reached a compromise agreement with Warsaw on behalf of St. Petersburg. As for his identity as the Minister of State, he was ordered to be lifted by Tsar Alexander a few days ago. Admiral Chichakov became the new chief secretary of state. Once Spelansky left Poland and returned to Russia, he would be sent to Siberia by the military and police who had been waiting for a long time.

Based on this, Spelansky decided to give up Russia and come to Warsaw with Count Gicconin. Whether to go into exile or serve the Principality of Warsaw depends on the meeting with the Grand Duke of Desay.

Desai said sincerely: "You submitted it to Tsar Alexander. I have read all the package of social reforms seriously. It is very good. Although it cannot be implemented in Russia, it will definitely be implemented in Poland because with my full support!"

"That was the same promised by His Majesty the Tsar!" Spelansky muttered to himself, his face looking dull.

Desai smiled slightly and asked, "Did Alexander plan a schedule for you?" Before the Russians could speak, he continued, "But I can guarantee that within 12 months, your plan will be implemented in the Duchy of Warsaw, no, on Polish land."

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Chapter completed!