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Chapter 146 A piece of dusty history (...

Suisson is located on the banks of the Aene River in northeastern France, 58 kilometers from the city of Paris. Suisson is a town in the province of Aene, Picardy and one of the oldest towns in France.

On April 10, 1810, Napoleon welcomed his Austrian bride, Princess Louise. It seemed that because Fouche stepped down early, the wedding of the century was two weeks later than in history.

Andrew Desey accepted the invitation from the Royal Family of Bonaparte and became a member of many emperors' embassy missions. The invitation came from Napoleon himself, which seemed to be the emperor's attempt to repair his personal relationship with the Duke of Hruna.

With the arrival of the empire, Napoleon suddenly became graceful and generous. Since the princess of the Saxony king was not long after, Napoleon no longer struggled with the ownership of the Polish crown prince.

In fact, the emperor had long known that Little Desai's mind had never been on the Polish issue, and everything that happened in the North Aragon region fully proved the emperor's speculation. Most of the time, Little Desai was forced to fulfill the obligations and responsibilities reached between his fathers.

At this time, Napoleon, accompanied by senior adjutant General Rapp, the palace marshal General Duroc and others, stood on the gravel avenue early, stretched his neck, looked east and anxiously waiting for the arrival of the bride's carriage.

As one of the many wedding envoys, the Duke of Desay continued to choose to stay in the convertible carriage and enjoy the warm spring sun. He did not have the leisure to accompany the emperor and his party to wait on the roadside. His sedan-style carriage ranked sixth, behind General Savari.

Whenever Desay wanted to make him sleepy, he would draw out a Paris newspaper to browse it to pass the time. Soon, the young duke noticed a description in the French Proverbs, which made him feel very happy and his tiredness disappeared.

"She is tall, with long limbs, strong upper body, and plump chest. She has beautiful lines, beautiful hands, and light blonde hair. Although she has suffered from smallpox, her skin is still shining. Her prominent eyes are as blue as ceramic, with dim eyes and expressionless. Under her long and straight nose, there is a thick, gluttonous mouth of a typical Austrian woman.

She looked very shy, but she had no temperament. She looked really ugly when she walked, and she looked childish when she smiled. Although she was well-educated, could write and draw, play the piano, and speak six languages, she looked stupid as a whole.

She had no life experience, and she didn't even raise male animals around her, only bitches, female cats, and even canaries. The books she read were strictly selected, and everything she saw was hard to understand. It was like growing up in a boarding school, gentle, pious, full of love, but without will."

The above paragraphs describe the character characteristics of a woman, and the protagonist is naturally the future empire queen and Princess Louise.

The ** contributor of this French Proverb shows disdain and neglect of the Austrian princess between the lines. At the end of the article, the contributor also boldly predicted: "18 years ago, the Ollidian and Queen Mary brought an anarchist revolution to France and eventually died tragically on the guillotine; now, Louis XVI's niece, the niece of Louis XVI's wife, also embarked on this path of no return. We will wait and see what kind of disaster she will bring to the French Empire!"

Desai was so excited that he didn't notice that outsiders were approaching him. General Savari, who was paying attention to the No. 6 carriage, stepped forward quickly and snatched the newspaper in Desai's hand. After seeing the title of the newspaper, the police minister immediately turned against him, tore the newspaper to pieces in a few seconds, and finally threw it into the Duke of Desai's private carriage.

"Damn Andrew, you shouldn't provoke the emperor's displeasure at this time!" General Savari held the door of the convertible carriage and whispered to the little brother.

Desai was not caring about his lips and retorted: "What are you afraid of? Your secret police have already confiscated all the French Proverbs in Paris. What a pity that you just tore up, maybe the last one in France, I still want to save it..."

Savari interrupted Desai's complaint, "Enough, Andrew! I really doubt that the article in the French Proverbs was published by you who sent someone to instruct me!"

Desai shook his head, facing the doubts of his brother who cared about him, he smiled and told the loyal police minister, "If I really sent someone to instruct me, I promise that everyone in the streets and alleys of Paris are now circulating the content of this article loudly.

Indeed, I complained that His Majesty the Emperor could generously prepare jewelry worth 10 million francs for the Austrian bride, diamonds as a betrothal gift, and waste 5 million francs extravagantly to redecorate the bedroom in the Duille Palace for the new queen. Oh, by the way, there is also the luxurious wedding banquet of more than 1 million francs.

But he was unwilling to give the above-mentioned less than half of the above expenses and hand them over to his general to fight!

Not only that, our emperor could spend a lot of time every day to choose the curtains, furniture and decorations for the new queen, and even to the color of the buttons on the back of the shoes. In order to please the Austrian women, the emperor also locked himself in the performance hall of the palace, learning waltz like an ugly duckling clumsily.

But he was unwilling to receive the general who was about to go to the expedition for only two hours!"

The more Desai spoke, the more excited he became, the more angry he became. His voice became louder and his tone became excited until the panicked Duke Savari blocked the angry person's face with his double-horned hat.

The police minister glanced around vigilantly and found that everyone noticed his conversation with the Duke of Desay, so he let go of the horned hat covering the other party's mouth and nose, and then expressed his apology.

Desai waved his hand disapprovingly and accepted his brother's apology with peace of mind, but he felt that he was in a bad mood and there was no need to stay in Suisson to serve as a boring emissary for the emperor.

Soon, Desai decided to bid farewell to the Duke of Savari and conveyed his respectful greetings to the emperor and the future queen.

Before leaving, Desai remembered something and added to the police minister: "About the topic of the article in the French Proverbs, dear Duke Rovigo, please focus your attention on the Russian spy lurking in Paris."

Savari asked in surprise: "Why are Russians not British?"

Today's European continent, at least on the surface, France no longer has so-called hostile countries. It has either been incorporated into the French Empire or become a vassal ally. The only country that maintains its majesty is the Russian Empire, which is thousands of miles away.

In the eyes of the Minister of Police, although Tsar Alexander I began to fade in his personal relationship with Emperor Napoleon, both sides were still unbreakable allies. Only the United Kingdom of Britain on the other side of the English Channel was the confidant of the French Empire.

Desai smiled and did not give a positive answer. He knocked on the carriage and signaled that the coachman could start the carriage. He turned to General Savari and said the last sentence: "Why don't you ask the ambassador to Russia who just returned to Paris to report his duties, Marquis Kolangu. Our ambassador has the most say in the true thoughts of the Russians."

Just one hour after the Duke of Desay's carriage left Suisson, a heavy rain drove away the spring. In order to avoid the sudden heavy rain, the emperor and his wedding party had to stay in nearby farmers. Until an envoy sent a message to the emperor, informing Queen Louise's convoy that it was 5 kilometers away.

After hearing the report, Napoleon's passion that was not extinguished by the heavy rain rose again. He ignored the heavy rain outside the house and forcibly boarded a four-wheeled carriage without any royal badges, signaling the coachman to send him to greet the bride quickly.

...

After leaving Soisson, Desai did not choose to go back to Paris directly. Outside the defense zone of the Emperor's Wedding Group, the Duke of Desai and the armed servants commanded by Captain Penduwas, continued to move northward, with the target of the town 20 kilometers away, Shauni.

A few days ago, General Koshiciusko sent someone to send a letter to Lieutenant Koror, hoping that the Duke of Desai would meet with him in the town of Shoni. At the beginning, the Duke of Desai, who had been angry about his marriage, refused to participate in the spy of the Count of Poland.

Finally, the intelligence officer invited the Duke of Hruna to trust the two most: Dr. Kava and Miss Littisia. The few of them struggled to persuade Desai to go to the appointment. However, as punishment, Lieutenant Koror was refused to go with the Duke of Desai.

When the storm was attacking Emperor Napoleon who was greeting the bride, the sun was still shining brightly above the Duke of Desay, without gloom, but only light. This seemed to be a good sign!

Desay's carriage stopped 1 km away from the center of Shoni Town. On the left side of the road, there was a grey hotel with a simple appearance. It was noon, and it was the busiest time in the hotel. The bar and dining table were crowded with guests, as well as the charming country prostitutes. You can hear the crowds and bustle of the hotel from a distance.

When Captain Penduas, in uniform, walked into this street inn, the teasing and scolding between more than 30 men and women almost came to an abrupt end in an instant.

A drunken man stood up shakingly and tried to stop the uninvited guest. Because his hand was about to reach out to the prostitute-girl's plump breasts, the behavior of the officer's accidental intrusion was terminated.

Without any hesitation, Penduwas pulled out a multi-tube revolver, pressed the invader's throat, and said coldly: "If you spit out a word of swearing in your throat, I promise to use it to blow your bulky head!"

After shocking the drunk mob, the captain used his sharp gaze that could penetrate the hearts of the people, glanced at the already silent people in the hotel, and asked loudly: "Who is the boss here?"

"It's me!" A middle-aged bald man wearing an apron trotted from the bar. He asked carefully, "Captain, what's the place to serve?"

"How much is your turnover in a day?" Penduwas asked directly.

"About 150 francs!" The boss blurted out and began to regret, as if shocked by the officer's face, the bald man actually spoke the truth for the first time.

Captain Penduwas nodded, and he took out a small bag of coins from his arms and threw them on the table at will. "There are 250 francs in it, and your house has been requisitioned. Now, let everyone in your hotel leave here. Otherwise, you will be responsible for the consequences!"
Chapter completed!
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