Make France Great Again-Chapter 814 - 805: A Minor Incident on the Dance Floor

Chapter 814: Chapter 805: A Minor Incident on the Dance Floor

Was it because the band was intentionally causing mischief? As Jerome Bonaparte led Elizabeth to the dance floor, the melody instantly transitioned to a waltz prelude. People on the dance floor scattered, leaving a large marble area.

Jerome Bonaparte and Franz Joseph exchanged a glance and began moving in rhythm with the music.

Jerome Bonaparte first wrapped his right hand around Princess Sisi’s waist, while his left hand gently clasped Princess Elizabeth’s. Elizabeth also placed her right hand on Jerome Bonaparte’s waist.

Then, Jerome Bonaparte and Franz Joseph started turning clockwise in rhythm, under the watchful eyes of the nobles on the dance floor.

After three turns, the surrounding nobles gradually joined in.

With the help of the banquet of nobles and their partners, Jerome Bonaparte couldn’t help but slow his pace a bit. He seized the chance to inquire of Princess Sisi, "My angel, what’s the matter? You seem a bit downcast?"

"Your Majesty, I’m fine!" Princess Sisi, not wanting Jerome Bonaparte to notice her discomfort, forced a smile and replied.

"Really nothing wrong?" Jerome Bonaparte smacked his lips in a hometown dialect and said to Princess Sisi, "The Princess Sisi I know is not such a dull person; she’s someone who can bring joy to others!"

"Your Majesty, people have to grow up!" Princess Sisi replied to Jerome Bonaparte in a slightly low tone.

"Grown-up?" Jerome Bonaparte, disregarding his image, pursed his lips, "My angel, how can you be in such a hurry to speak like an old sage at your age?

When you reach my age, won’t you become a seventy or eighty-year-old granny!"

"You’re the granny! But you will definitely become a nagging old man in the future!" Princess Sisi couldn’t help but retort in a girlish manner.

After she said this, she immediately regretted contradicting Jerome Bonaparte and hastily apologized, "Your Majesty, please forgive my rudeness just now!"

"It was fine just now!" Jerome Bonaparte nonchalantly replied to Princess Sisi, "Why pretend to see through everything so worldly, you’re not at the age to act profound! When strangers ask my age, I always tell them I’m 18!"

"Pff!" Princess Sisi couldn’t help but chuckle after hearing Jerome Bonaparte say he was eighteen.

This laughter directly disrupted Princess Sisi’s rhythm. She missed a beat in her steps and inadvertently stepped on Jerome Bonaparte’s foot, causing him to feel a rare twinge of pain.

However, there was no time to worry about the pain now, he hurriedly tightened his grip on Princess Sisi to prevent her from falling due to this mishap.

With Jerome Bonaparte’s help, Princess Sisi managed to regain her rhythm, and they continued to dance.

"Your Majesty, I’m really sorry!" Princess Sisi apologized to Jerome Bonaparte once again.

"My angel, this is the second time!" Jerome Bonaparte winked at Princess Sisi, his words devoid of any blame, "The last time at the Tuileries Palace, you stepped on my foot like this! This time it’s at the Hofburg Palace, I wonder which palace you’ll choose next to get back at me!"

"It’s because you were telling jokes!" Princess Sisi retorted with a hint of blame.

"What joke!" Jerome Bonaparte first responded righteously, "I really am 18!"

Then, he feigned a lack of confidence and continued, "It’s just a matter of rounding, I am now just 18 years and... and 252 months!"

Princess Sisi chuckled again, realizing 18 years and 252 months meant 32 years!

"Your Majesty, you’re already 32!" Princess Sisi corrected Jerome Bonaparte’s age.

Jerome Bonaparte pretended to be embarrassed and gently tickled Princess Sisi’s waist with his right hand.

"Haha!" This time Princess Sisi couldn’t hold back and burst out laughing.

If the music weren’t loud enough, Princess Sisi’s laughter would have attracted everyone’s attention long ago.

Even so, Princess Sisi’s laughter still caught the attention of the surrounding nobles.

Two nobles almost tripped their partners over because of it.

"Your Majesty!" Princess Sisi chided softly.

"Sisi, don’t you know that a man’s age is also a taboo?" Jerome Bonaparte said to Princess Sisi with a teasing tone, acting as if he was correct in saying so.

After the song ended, Princess Sisi was in a much better mood than before.

Feeling he had fulfilled his duty, Jerome Bonaparte turned to leave the dance floor, as he was beginning to feel averse to dancing.

"Your Majesty, could you please dance with me again?" Princess Sisi held Jerome Bonaparte’s hand and asked in a pleading tone.

"Of course, my angel!" Jerome Bonaparte once again took Princess Sisi’s hand to dance another dance.

Meanwhile, Franz Joseph, having declined a noblewoman’s request to continue dancing, looked in Jerome Bonaparte’s direction.

"Sisi, your husband might get jealous!" Jerome Bonaparte whispered with a hint of teasing.

The second piece of music was a waltz, and Jerome Bonaparte danced with Princess Sisi while discussing.

Princess Sisi suddenly asked Jerome Bonaparte if he would get jealous if Empress Augusta danced with someone else!

"Yes!" Jerome Bonaparte answered without hesitation.

"Wouldn’t that make you seem petty?" Princess Sisi responded to Jerome Bonaparte.

Jerome Bonaparte boldly replied, "I am the Emperor of the French Empire. In all of France, who dares to comment on me like that, I’ll make them wear small shoes for a year... no, for ten years!

I can’t fight the people of Paris, but I can certainly manage them!"

Listening to Jerome Bonaparte, Princess Sisi felt like she wasn’t talking to an emperor but rather to one of her father’s ordinary friends from the past.

This natural sense of familiarity was something she couldn’t feel in the formalities of the Habsburg court.

"What if the person inviting Empress Augusta to dance is someone you can’t afford to offend! What would you do?" Princess Sisi asked again.

"Can’t afford to offend!" Jerome Bonaparte paused for a second, "I remember Victoria doesn’t seem interested in women!"

Princess Sisi also paused for a few seconds. After a long while, she realized that Jerome Bonaparte meant that besides the Kingdom of Britain, they feared no one.

And Queen Victoria of Britain wasn’t someone who could dance with women either.

"Your Majesty, you truly are a unique monarch!" Princess Sisi said with a smile while dancing to the rhythm with Jerome Bonaparte.

"Sisi, how are things in Austria?" Jerome Bonaparte asked Princess Sisi about her situation in the Austrian Empire. "Has your aunt, Grand Duchess Sophie, started giving you a hard time?"

Princess Sisi’s expression became slightly dim, and she said tactfully, "There are indeed some conflicts between my aunt and me!"

"Ah!" Jerome Bonaparte sighed softly, "The relationship between a mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is always a difficult issue! It’s either the wicked mother-in-law driving the daughter-in-law away or the daughter-in-law driving the mother-in-law away!"

"Don’t say that about my aunt!" Princess Sisi rebutted Jerome Bonaparte.

"Then what do you plan to do?" Jerome Bonaparte quickly changed the subject and asked Princess Sisi.

"What else can I do!" Princess Sisi sighed as well, "I can only do my best to fulfill my duties as a wife and a junior! The rest is up to God’s will!"

"Hasn’t that old fellow Metternich given you any advice?" Jerome Bonaparte asked Princess Sisi in a low voice with a frown.

Princess Sisi repeated what she had said to Empress Augusta to Jerome Bonaparte.

"That old fox!" Jerome Bonaparte couldn’t help but mutter under his breath.

However, this also aligned with Prince Metternich’s political philosophy of not letting the eagle hunt if the rabbit isn’t caught.

"Prince Metternich has just been entrusted with important responsibilities by His Majesty the Emperor, so he can’t get involved in this matter!" Princess Sisi defended to Jerome Bonaparte.

"Fine, I’ll talk to Metternich about this matter!" Jerome Bonaparte assured Princess Sisi.

"Your Majesty, won’t this have a negative impact on you! After all, this is a family matter!" Princess Sisi asked with a hint of guilt.

"A negative impact? What do you mean? A fallout? Or a war?" Jerome Bonaparte asked Princess Sisi.

"Neither!" Princess Sisi shook her head, responding to Jerome Bonaparte.

"Then it’s fine!" As the music ended, Jerome Bonaparte released Princess Sisi’s hand and said, "As long as there is no intention of a fallout from the Austrian Empire, there will be no impact!"

Jerome Bonaparte then turned and left the dance floor. Watching Jerome Bonaparte’s departing figure, Princess Sisi muttered softly, "Your Majesty, why are you so kind to me?"

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With that, Princess Sisi also left the dance floor.

When Jerome Bonaparte returned to his original seat, he suddenly found it occupied by a slightly below-average-looking young girl.

The girl, upon seeing Jerome Bonaparte’s arrival, hurriedly curtseyed and greeted, "Your Majesty!"

"Augusta, please introduce me to this lovely young lady!"