Chapter 52 The Wedding, the Ball, and the Coronation (Part 1)
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On August 5, the day before Desai was crowned the Grand Duke of Warsaw, the wedding group led by Earl of Cava and Captain Cederro brought back his young bride, Princess Maria of the Kingdom of Saxony, to the Grand Duke of Warsaw.
In the morning, the Grand Duke of Desai, who was used to living in seclusion, also walked out of Wajinki Palace for the first time. Surrounded by the gendarmerie and guards, he came to the town of Semula near Warsaw to welcome his nominal wife.
"Princess Saxony is a very petite, very slender and innocent woman. She walked off the carriage in a gorgeous white dress and appeared in front of the Grand Duke and the public. She was like a happy elf who returned to the world from a long-lost palace. Her golden hair, slightly convex blue eyes, a small curved nose, a mouth with a slightly exposed teeth and a delicate chin, and a smooth skin color. She had the innocence, solemnity, youthfulness, calmness, and soft and steady steps, giving people a very wonderful feeling."
The British journalist who accompanied him, Gerald truthfully recorded the scene of the first meeting between the Grand Duke and his wife in his diary. "Darry Desai showed an inappropriate look of fatigue in front of his wife, and his eyes remained on a long-standing golden pocket watch from time to time. It was not until the servants around him repeatedly urged him that the Grand Duke came forward with a relaxed mood. He picked up the Grand Duke's white and slender hands in a common way for diplomatic envoys, raised it to his lips, and kissed him on a routine basis. Then he smiled and greeted Princess Saxony who came from afar, instead of expressing some intimate feelings and long-lasting love to his wife."
According to the customs of the Sislavs, a rural priest in the town of Semula was lucky to be selected to supplement the Grand Duke and his wife with a simple Polish wedding. After the brief ceremony, amid the cheers of the people, soldiers and the guests who welcomed the guests, Grand Duke Desai held Princess Maria in his hand and took the monarch's royal carriage, preparing to return to the Wajinki Palace in Warsaw.
Among the troops following the Dagong and his wife's carriage, not only were the Guard Battalions and Guard Brigades, but also the temporary heavy cavalry brigade composed of two Saxony Chest Plate Cavalry regiments. According to the regulations of the Saxony Army, the Chest Plate Cavalry regiment enjoys the treatment of the Guards, and each regiment has 4 squadrons and 670 armed forces. The total number of the cavalry brigade is about 1,350.
Even the picky Grand Duke Guards have to admit that these more than a thousand majestic breastplate cavalry are indeed the capital that the Saxons are proud of. Not to mention their real combat effectiveness, the investment in uniforms alone is a huge cost.
Whether officers or soldiers, they wear copper helmets, decorate fur turbans and chicken-collar helmets, equipped with white feathers and brass brim wrapped in black leather; orange-yellow high collar is lined with blue-colored shirts under the exterior, buttoned brass texture on uniforms; a pair of white gloves, silver buckles on the belt, high-quality black over-knee leather boots, and sabers are placed in steel silver scabbards.
This Saxony heavy cavalry brigade followed the orders of King Saxony and served as the escort entourage of Princess Maria. After coming to Poland, the group of breastplate cavalry, which looked like yellow torrents, would also receive combat commands from the Grand Duke Desay.
Among them, Lieutenant Colonel Christine Gent von Schmitz was the leader of the Zaschöch's Chest Plate Cavalry Regiment, while the commander of the Germanic Guards of Saxon was Major K William Karl Profenholtz von Kerrburg. Originally, King Saxon promised his son-in-law Descendant to his son-in-law, three chestnut cavalry regiments, but one of them had been taken away by Napoleon and incorporated into the emperor's Guards.
When Major Kerrborough witnessed the neglected expression of the Warsaw Grand Duke to Princess Maria, the young and energetic German Guards heavy cavalry commander seemed to be resentful. He complained to Lieutenant Colonel Schmitz beside him: "I don't like Warsaw Grand Duke!"
The older Lieutenant Colonel Schmitz nodded as if he was pointing out, "Well, I don't like it very much."
Then, the Lieutenant Colonel looked at his young companion next to him, pointing to the yellow open uniform worn by Major Kerrburg, as well as the silver medal-mounted shoulder straps representing the identity of a cavalry officer, gold chains, golden headscarves, and saddles decorated with silver lace, and then warned: "But we are soldiers, and soldiers must obey orders Wei Tianzhi!"
The major murmured in a low voice: "Oh, you are quoting the Grand Duke of Warsaw again!"
The smiling lieutenant colonel corrected in a cunning manner, saying, "It's Marshal Andrew Desay's famous saying! Don't you also often use the words "Every soldier has a marshal's scepter hidden in his marshal' to inspire his subordinates and yourself?"
"Well, I admit that I admire Marshal Desai who is good at fighting, not the Grand Duke of Warsaw who has a political face!"
"What's the difference? My friend! He is both a marshal general and a supreme king. Please don't forget that the marshal's scepter you desire infinitely was not granted by another marshal, but by the monarch!"
"By the way, are we going to the battlefield?" The major quickly changed the subject, obviously he was more eager for the honor brought by war.
The lieutenant colonel shook his head, "I don't know either. It depends on the pardon order from Paris. The Grand Duke of Warsaw cannot decide to declare war on Russia!"
When Major Kerrburg was about to ask again, he found a gendarmerie colonel who was riding his horse. Seeing that the visitor's rank was higher than his, the two cavalry commanders quickly tied the reins and straightened their torso on the horse's back, first saluting the colonel.
After the Gendarmerie returned the greeting, he introduced himself in French: "I am Colonel Feld Poch, who was assigned to be responsible for military police affairs. Follow the orders of the Grand Duke of Warsaw, the Zaschöch's Chest Plate Cavalry commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Schmitz, and the German Guards Heavy Cavalry regiment led by Major Kerrborg. Your resident is located in the Saxony Palace near the Palace of Wazinki. Please follow me!"
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In the luxurious and dull carriage, Desai was facing his wife Maria alone, but she felt nothing to say, so she simply took out her pocket watch to pass the time. Princess Saxony was also bored and chose to turn her eyes to the picturesque street scene of Warsaw outside the car window.
After two years of reconstruction, there are no traces left by the war in the city of Warsaw, and the whole city looks fresh and elegant. The beautiful Vistula River flows quietly through the city from south to north, and along the banks of the river, the trees are lush and grass is green.
In 1811, the urban area of Warsaw was less than 200 square kilometers, but it had more than 50 gardens of all sizes and large areas, with green streets, green lawns and small flower beds scattered. The entire city was hidden in the sea of green flowers.
Whenever the carriage of the Grand Duke and his wife slowly drove past the fields and bustling streets, no matter the hard-working farmers, the rushing vendors, or the passers-by, they would stand respectfully on both sides of the road: men took off their hats and greeted them, women raised their skirts and bent over, and children were also raised by their fathers, and shouted in a childish voice, "Long live Grand Duke!"
Maria was surprised because she could see from the fanatical expressions that this was not hypocritical court etiquette, nor was it perfunctory style, but the praise and respect that came to her heart. Obviously, the husband who sat beside her, Andrew Desaiye, who had been serving for only one week, has become the idol worship of the people of Warsaw.
Of course, the Saxony princess didn't know, because just yesterday, on the other side of the Neva River, the Russian army announced the end of the exercise and was withdrawing troops from the Polish-Russian border one after another. An imminent military invasion had disappeared.
When the news of peace came from the Neva River to the Vivas River at a rapid speed, the 130,000 Warsaw citizens who were trapped in the haze of war finally breathed a sigh of relief. Under the vigorous publicity of the monarchists, the Jacobins and the MIIS agents, the ignorant people finally believed that all this was the merit brought by the Grand Duke of Warsaw. It was him who prompted the stable defense of the Franco-Porpole coalition forces in the Neman River, leaving the Russians ineffective; it was him who joined forces with the multinational naval fleet to force St. Petersburg to lower his proud head on the Baltic Sea.
However, the young monarch who was slightly bumping in the carriage seemed unhappy. He closed the pocket watch heavily and cursed in his heart, "Kava who took the lead and then played, bastard, shameless!"
Among the two tasks assigned to the Count of the Doctor, the second one was to win over medical students from the Netherlands, Denmark, Prussia and Saxony. Nearly 100 medical junior college students have taken the initiative to follow the bride-welcoming group to Poland, preparing to play for the Grand Duke of Desay.
However, in the important task of determining whether Princess Saxony is fertile, Dr. Kava stammered and failed to explain clearly. He only wrote a letter to inform him the day before he arrived at the Polish border, and repeatedly emphasized that Princess Maria's health was still recovering and in the near future, perhaps, it should be possible to bring a legal heir to the throne to the Kingdom of Poland. Perhaps because of Desai's instructions, Earl Kava simply pretended to be sick in the town of Semra and asked the deputy envoy Captain Cedero to take over the wedding party.
Desai showed ruthlessness and lovelessness towards Maria, and at the same time, Maria also had a hint of resentment towards Desai in her heart.
In fact, Maria's impression of Desai was quite good at the beginning of the period. She was proud of herself not only read the Latin version of "Desai Fairy Tales", but also read aloud several popular lyric poems that are said to be written by Desai. Especially the sentence "If winter comes, will spring be far away?" It also inspired Princess Maria, who had been fighting against the disease for a long time.
Last year, when Desai sent someone to secretly save herself with some special potion, Maria was grateful, but her innate willful and straightforward princess temperament, after acting rashly, caused her maid to die without a place to be buried.
It was also through this incident that Maria began to realize that her future husband would not only write touching lyric poems, but also tell beautiful fairy tales, but also lead troops to fight and fight invincible. After dismounting, it was more than enough to govern the country. The miraculous rise of the United Kingdom of Catalonia was the best interpretation.
Chapter completed!