King's Landing in France

Chapter 286 A Sudden Marriage

An Ning was not satisfied after drinking a glass, so she asked the waiter for another glass of wine, and then raised glasses to everyone: "I'm really happy today, drink more! I wish everyone good health!"

Everyone raised their glasses together: "Good health!"

As soon as the words fell, a messenger walked into the banquet hall, went straight to Berthier, and whispered something in the ear of the chief of staff who was also promoted to brigadier general.

An Ning joked directly: "Berthier, what are you plotting behind my back, do you want to wear a maid outfit again?"

Fanny silently picked up a cup and threw it on the ground, breaking it.

"Oh, I'm sorry, my hand slipped, I was really careless."

An Ning: "You don't need your maid outfit, why are you nervous?"

"That's not my fault. I had to dispose of the maid outfit that Berthier wore last time. As a result, there were no new maid outfits for a few days. The feeling of embarrassment is still fresh in my memory."

An Ning: "It's just that Berthier has to dispose of it after passing through? As a maid, you still have a cleansing habit? Then don't you have to fight every time you clean up as an uphill battle?"

Napoleon: "Fanny is also fighting in her own field, what a respectable maid."

An Ning: "Okay, Berthier, you scared Fanny so much that she dropped her glass, so let me tell you some news."

Berthier nodded: "It's good news. It came from Italy. Davout defeated the Austrian army on the plain north of the Mantua fortress, and captured the Austrian commander, Count Bellegarde. He asked the count to personally persuade him to surrender. The fortress of Mantua, which has been besieged for more than a year, let the fortress Kaesong surrender."

The officers in the hall applauded:

"As expected of Davout." Napoleon was as happy as if he had won the battle himself. "He is indeed the best fighter among us. I saw it in the battle of Beeches!"

La Salle: "It's a pity that his ability to fight is exchanged for his hair."

Well, as long as there is Davout, the topic of hair cannot be escaped.

Bernadotte: "I've heard about General Davout's reputation for a long time, saying that he is a strong general who can't lose to His Excellency Frost. I really hope to meet him."

An Ning: "You will have a chance. Berthier, draft a congratulatory message in my name—I mean a congratulatory letter, use all the compliments available, and then tell him that this major general did not give it because of his big victory." Yes, this is to reward him for his previous achievements in this battle, and the reward for this big victory will be sent to him later."

In fact, Dawu is already a major general now, and if he is promoted, he will be on the same level as An Ning, so he can't think about being promoted for the time being, unless An Ning really becomes the general marshal of the army.

But the medals and the like can still be a whole, just now the parliament is preparing to create the Republic's own medal system.

According to Davout's force value, An Ning can even imagine how he will have a whole set of medals on his chest in the future.

Everyone chattered about Davout's martial arts and hair for a long time, and then Christina came in and announced: "It's time for lunch, let's eat together."

La Salle: "I've been hungry for a long time, just have a meal!"

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The day was spent in the "party" with the officers under him, because An Ning had moved back to the Royal Palace, so when night fell, he bid farewell to the officers and returned to Paris.

The Palace of Versailles is now completely a barracks, and it is reasonable for officers to enjoy luxurious suites in the Palace of Versailles.

After returning to the Royal Palace, the butler told An Ning that the ball was ready.

Because An Ning didn't want to be too extravagant before, the Palace of Versailles never held a ball, at most it was a tea party.

After all, the cost of the tea party is mainly on snacks, and the cost is relatively low.

Today is the first dance held by An Ning, naturally there are many responders.

An Ning stood on the terrace of the Royal Palace, looked towards the gate, and saw a long queue of carriages coming to the ball, and the wind and rain lights hanging in front of the carriages formed a long queue.

Recently, due to the chaos in Paris and the fact that all the men have joined the army, there are no lamplighters in Paris at night, and the street lamps have become pure decorations. The streets of Paris are dark at night.

Therefore, the carriage had to hang a wind and rain lamp next to the driver's position to illuminate the road as if it were driving in the field.

Some carriages are also equipped with mirrors to reflect the light of the wind and rain lamps forward.

An Ning looked at the long "che river" and joked, "People who don't know think the king is back."

Hearing An Ning's half-self-deprecating complaint, Christina smiled: "After all, tonight is your first appearance in the Parisian social scene, and all the high-class people in Paris are here."

An Ning: "I hope they won't look down on me as a cobbler."

"How come, who dares to look down on Mr. Andy Frost, General Changsheng, the guardian of Paris, and the founder of the Republic." Christina laughed, and then changed her words solemnly, "Oh, no, it should be Your Excellency. "

An Ning also smiled.

He put his arm around Christina's waist, and said something flirtatious, but Christina said, "Well, I'm going down to entertain the ladies who are already there."

An Ning could only shrug her shoulders, and reluctantly let go of her fiancée's waist.

Christina was about to leave, but she suddenly smiled and said, "What's this called? I'm obviously just a fiancee, but all I do is the work of a wife who has already married."

That's right, according to the rules of this era, the fiancée will not greet the guests as the hostess of the banquet.

An Ning: "Then let's get married. Anyway, we have been engaged for a while, so we don't have to pay too much attention to the rule of getting engaged for a full year."

Christina was stunned: "Eh? This... I never thought about it, the main reason is that you have always shown no interest in this aspect, and you are so busy..."

"The foreign enemies have been repulsed for the time being. I won't be too busy recently. I just took advantage of this gap to get married, so you have to be busy like a real hostess."

"I've been busy like a real hostess." Christina paused, then sighed, "God, I've imagined the scene of a marriage proposal countless times, but never thought of it like this, you should Pay more attention to vibes and romance and things like that.”

An Ning: "The most romantic thing I can think of is growing old with you."

Don't laugh, you have to be considerate of an older social animal's poor reserve of love words, it's not bad to be able to come up with lyrics.

However, Christina seemed to be hit by this sloppy love words, and her expression softened obviously: "Andy...you are always like this, you always give me unexpected surprises."

An Ning put her arms around her fiancée who was about to leave: "Then, what's the answer?"

Christina: "Isn't it natural to answer this? I promise you, I also want to grow old with you."

An Ning kissed his fiancée logically.

Although I have tried countless times, this time it seems to be sweeter than ever.

(End of this chapter)