General Hugo kept his promise. Before the Desai regiment arrived, he had placed 800 war horses in the Earl's Manor, waiting for Colonel Desai to accept them. After learning the news, both officers and soldiers collectively abandoned their commanders, and everyone was cheering and rushing to the stable to select their mounts.

Looking at the other officers' backs away, Lieutenant Charles looked at the old commander with aggrieved eyes. Although he had been transferred to the company, Lieutenant Charles still had to play his original role before Colonel Desay found the new adjutant. Others could leave, but the adjutant must follow the adjutant and stay away from him.

Colonel Desai, who was always reasonable, waved his hand and let Lieutenant Charles leave by himself. The Earl Manor is surrounded by private houses of Madrid nobles, and is only a river away from the back garden of the Madrid Palace. There is no hidden danger in safety. Desai wanted to find a secluded place nearby for a walk, because in the Earl Manor, hundreds of war horses were tossed by extremely excited soldiers, running around, and the screams made people feel at ease.

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As the favorite sister of the French Emperor, Polina Bonaparte, she has too much enviable capital. Because of the Bonaparte family's prominence, she was named French princess and Duchess of Guestara. Because of the generosity of her brothers, Polina owns more than 30 manors and manors in the European continent, and regularly enjoys annuities and offerings worth millions of francs. In addition, she has a beautiful figure and a beautiful appearance, and the flatterers gave her the crown of "the first beauty in Europe".

In the eyes of ordinary people, this noble princess of the French Empire should live a happy and carefree life, focusing on gorgeous and beautiful dresses, colorful jewelry, and exquisite and delicious food. She lingers in major opera houses every day, visiting aristocratic salons or court dances. In addition, countless handsome lovers and flatterers must be surrounded by them.

Before 1809, Polina Bonaparte's happy life was indeed as mentioned above. But after 1809, troubles followed one after another. Just after the New Year, Polina had a falling out with her second husband, the Italian prince, and Grand Duke Camillo. The cause was that an Italian sculptor Canova (one of Polina's many lovers), who sculpted Polina aphrodite (the Venus in Roman mythology), which completely angered the conservative Italian prince. Grand Duke Camillo believed that his wife's statue was charming and insulting, so he hid the statue. After a big fight with his wife, Grand Duke Camillo left Rome alone and ran to Vienna to meet his lover.

Polina was also unhappy. She drove back to Paris thousands of miles, trying to make the emperor's brother vent her anger for her, but she was in vain. Napoleon was still commanding the French army in Spain. During her stay in Paris, Polina accidentally learned about her sister Carolina, her brother-in-law Prince Mura, Foreign Minister Talleyrand, and Police Minister Fouche. The four of them were plotting a coup plot to try to subvert the dominance of Emperor Napoleon.

(There has been controversial about the conspiracy of the above four people, and this book only borrows one of the statements.)

Out of respect and care for his brother Napoleon, Polina immediately wrote a letter of complaint to Emperor Napoleon and sent her confidants to Spain. She herself went south from Paris and met Napoleon in Toulouse. His Majesty the Emperor was very grateful to Polina's sister for her loyalty and generously signed a blank check from the Bank of France, but Emperor Napoleon flatly rejected Polina's request for divorce from Grand Duke Camillo.

In a fit of anger, Polina decided not to return to Paris with Napoleon. She asked the emperor for a guard, set out from Toulouse, continued south, crossed the Pyrenees, and entered the Spanish kingdom under the rule of elder brother Joseph Bonaparte. But when Polina arrived in Madrid in mid-February, she met elder brother Joseph and sister-in-law Julie in a family dispute, because the former officially recognized his two illegitimate sons with his mistress Countess Maria.

A series of unpleasant events originating from herself or her family made Polina feel bad and had no time to fall in love with opera houses, noble salons and court dances. Living in the luxurious Madrid palace, bathing and reading newspapers became the only two hobbies Polina had to spend her boring time.

At 2 pm, Princess of the Empire who had taken a milk bath felt refreshed and her skin became soft and smooth, just like her ten years ago. If it weren't for the maid's third time, she said that the court ladies had been waiting for a long time, Polina would have been willing to soak in the bathtub for an extra hour. The third room from the bathroom was Princess Polina's exclusive reception room, and the newspaper reading room where she usually gathered with her Spanish friends.

The sudden arrival of the first French princess, coupled with the turbulent relationship between King Joseph and Queen Julie, naturally caused the powerful ministers of the Kingdom of New Spain. They had to cooperate with His Majesty, who were in a uncertain place, and they wanted their wives to accompany the Queen Julie in a bad mood to the opera house or clothing store. As for the daughters, they must be women with talent and good looks to get the approval of the noble Princess Polina, and enter the newspaper reading room of the Madrid Palace in stages and batches, read the news of the day for Princess Polina in fluent French, or recite poems.

Today is Tuesday. According to the arrangement of the palace servants, the three Spanish noble ladies were responsible for reading the newspaper in the afternoon. They were the granddaughter of Marquis de Urquiho, Miss Litisia; the only daughter of Earl Avasa, the colonial minister, and Miss Alya; and the second daughter of Baron Gapares, the Minister of Finance, Miss Cauchy.

The three noble ladies had different beauty, but they were all noble in the family. They were covered in silk and satin, and their eyes were shiny. As soon as they entered the room, everyone showed their unrestrained enthusiasm. Even though the French princess had hanged the ladies of Madrid for nearly half an hour, the expressions of the girls' exposed expressions did not change at all.

When His Highness Polina was wearing a tulle inside, a luxurious white fur robe on the outside, and wearing satin slippers, walked into the room gently, and shining through the sunlight of the glass window on her radiant face. She had the graceful body of an Italian, curved eyelashes, dark and transparent eyes, her innate noble and gentle temperament, coupled with a true charm, an almost wild arrogance, and a unique excitement and intelligence of Corsicans.

At this time, the three noble ladies had already stood up from the sofa. They pulled the corners of their skirts, bent down and bowed slightly, paying tribute to the French Empire princess. They did not return to their original position until the latter raised his hand gently to return to their original position. Unlike the French princess' casual and unruly dress, the Spanish noble ladies still retain the orthodox clothes in their clothes: a kind of robe-shaped sling with a wheel-shaped sling, and a corset. In addition to using wigs, they also decorated them with various decorative tapes, feathers, fake flowers, gauze nets, etc.

The reception room used as a newspaper reading is just the smaller one in the princess suite, with an area of ​​only about 100 square meters, but the interior is still luxurious. The elegant white marble sidings and magnificent Turkish tapestries wrap the room together. The bohemian chandeliers above the head are beautiful, and the seven-piece combination sofa from Florence is placed in the center of the room. As for the small items for decoration, they are all fine items, including two precious porcelain bottles produced from the official kiln of the Song Dynasty in China. Because of the suitable temperature, the flames that once burned in the exquisite fireplace had been extinguished two hours ago.
Chapter completed!