I'm the Dauphin in France

Chapter 413: Crown Prince Time (asking for monthly ticket)
Joseph subconsciously looked at Alexandra, who was still introducing a synthetic board wine cabinet on the stage, and smiled and nodded:
"She is really a little angel, pretty and cute, and she is very serious about what she does."

Well, in the entire crew, the Russian little girl’s advertising product placement performance was the most natural and smooth, so he definitely had to praise her a few times.

Queen Mary, however, heard something else in his words and quietly cast a smug glance at her husband, which meant, what do you think? I guessed right, my son really likes the Grand Duchess of Russia.

Louis XVI looked at the little girl on the stage. To be honest, he was a little dissatisfied with her Russian ancestry. But when he thought of his son calling her "little angel" just now, his heart softened.

He was also a person influenced by the Enlightenment, and his requirements for royal marriage were far less conventional than his father's. Instead, because of his love for Queen Mary, he felt that his son should also choose a girl he liked.

Never mind, the most important thing is that Joseph likes her. Louis XVI muttered in his heart, at least she is a real girl, and a princess.

Although Joseph had denied to his father that he liked men, Louis XVI had witnessed countless gay incidents in the Palace of Versailles - which was even quite popular among the nobles - so he was always worried about his son's sexual orientation. Only now did he feel relieved.

Louis XVI also looked at Queen Marie and nodded, expressing his approval of the "Crown Princess" on the stage, and then both of them showed a aunt-like smile of satisfaction.

After all, the crown prince will be 16 soon, and his engagement is finally settled...

Joseph had no idea that his parents had just decided on the future Dauphin of France. He was watching Baron Terrence Shaw distributing soda drinks to his family's guests on the stage, and suddenly frowned slightly. Was there too much advertising? Well... a one-and-a-half-hour play with only 35 minutes of advertising content, which should be okay...

However, the audience soon lost focus due to the large number of commercials, and the king’s family also started chatting in the VIP box.

"My dear, I really like the set of furniture you gave me." Queen Mary fed a piece of nut candy into her son's mouth and said with a smile, "This is the best birthday gift I have received this year. Oh, of course, this gift is also very good."

She pointed to her hair accessories and said:

"Isn't it cute? Your father made this!"

Joseph looked at the slowly rotating birdcage above his mother's head. Suddenly, the mechanical nightingale inside jumped out, flapping its wings and chirping happily.

"In fact, it can also play a short piece of 'Queen Anne's Birthday Ode.'" Louis XVI raised his head proudly.

Joseph blinked and asked hesitantly:

"Dear father, how long did it take you to make this hair ornament?"

"Not much," Louis XVI said proudly, "only two and a half months, plus some design time. Mr. Florent said that even if he did it, it would not be more than this..."

Joseph couldn't help but hold his forehead when he heard this, thinking that it was no wonder that there had been no progress in the development of new rifled guns. It turned out that you had been tinkering with bird cages all this time.

Forget it, he shook his head silently again. After all, Dad didn't get paid, so he could arrange his "working" time as he pleased. But he still had to remind him from time to time in the future...

Queen Marie's birthday celebration ended with laughter and joy, and then soda drinks became hot sellers throughout Paris - even though the price of a bottle was as high as 6 livres. There was also a queue of hundreds of meters in front of the "Easy to Live" furniture store in the Louvre area...

However, what Joseph did not expect was that the advertising placement he made on the Queen's birthday caused such a bad impact.

As usual, major theaters in Paris followed the example of the court theater and began to insert soft advertisements into their plays. Of course, this was also because the placement of advertisements brought them a lot of profits, so they could no longer give it up.

At the corner of rue Richelieu, The Marriage of Figaro was being performed at the Comédie-Française.

A couple saw the actors on the stage start to mention the "Origin of Elegance Perfume Shop" and immediately looked at each other.

The man whispered:
"It seems it's 'Dauphin Time', we can go get some coffee first." "Okay, dear."

Well, French audiences naturally hate soft advertising, and after tracing the origins, they learned that this was the first thing that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince came up with.

So "Crown Prince Time" naturally became people's synonym for advertising placement.

……

Brussels.

In the Parliament building, Karl II looked at the British court messenger angrily, but when he remembered the autograph of George III on the letter on the table, he could only sigh.

"Please tell His Majesty the King that I will lead my army back to Hanover as soon as possible."

Although he was the Governor-General of Hanover, he was more of a "tool" of George III, so when the King of England asked him to stop supporting the rebels in the Southern Netherlands, he had no choice but to obey.

After the messenger left, Charles II looked at the faintly visible smoke in the distance, and inexplicably felt a sense of relief in his heart.

In fact, deep down in his heart, he had already concluded that it was impossible for him to defeat the French troops on the opposite side.

It was just the shame of being captured that made it impossible for him to face this retreat.

But the order from the King of England just now helped him solve this problem.

"Alas, for the sake of my loyalty to His Majesty, I can only endure this humiliation temporarily." He muttered to himself as he walked towards the gate and waved to the herald, "Order Maeterlinck to lead two regiments to guard the southern front, and the rest of the troops to assemble immediately in the northern suburbs of Brussels."

"Yes, Marshal!"

Van der Nott and the Southern Netherlands parliamentarians soon learned of the unusual mobilization of the Hanoverian army. Although they were very surprised, they only went to ask Charles II about the situation.

At this time, Charles II had already walked to a place fifty miles away from Brussels under the escort of his guards.

Van der Noord and others had not yet realized that they had been sold as commodities. They hurriedly organized the Southern Netherlands National Guard to take over the defense of Brussels, while asking for help from the Prussian army in Liege.

……

Potsdam, the administrative center of Prussia.

Sanssouci Palace.

William II frowned and said:
"This means that all our huge investments in the Southern Netherlands will be in vain!"

British Foreign Secretary Lord Grenville smiled demurely:
“Your Majesty, with all due respect, the issue that you should be most concerned about right now is how to end the war in Silesia as soon as possible.

"If the news I received is true, Prussia's finances should be very tight, right?"

(End of this chapter)