MTL - The War Court and Lap Pillow, Austria’s Mandate of Heaven-v3 Chapter 30 christmas eve
Vienna, Schönbrunn Palace.
This is the twelfth Christmas spent by Franz and his "family". The old father doesn't like Franz's wine because it has no "taste", but he still insists on drinking it.
Mrs. Sophie has become obsessed with cosmetics. Even at Christmas, she is still studying the way of beauty makeup, but she will not experiment with herself. Those beautiful ladies before are her canvas.
Before those young and beautiful girls entered the palace, they had more or less heard some rumors about Mrs. Sophie. It was said that she liked to sink people into the bottom of the Danube, or skinned and cramped people, and ate people's hearts raw.
But in the eyes of these maids, Mrs. Sophie is a beauty. Not only is she beautiful, but she also helps them dress up and has a kind heart.
A maid is a low-level servant in the palace, but most of the maids in the palace are of noble origin.
But there will always be some seniors in the palace reminding them from time to time to pay attention to etiquette in front of Mrs. Sophie, otherwise it will not be resolved by saying sorry.
It's just that these new maids don't care, most of them think they are young and beautiful, and many of them are even thinking of a few little princes.
After all, there are countless things like finding a lover in Europe, or having a one-night stand.
Moreover, the oldest Grand Duke Franz is twelve years old, and Grand Duke Maximilian is ten years old, and they are almost at the age of choosing a health worker.
Although they now have female attendants, one of them is of unknown origin, the other is too old, and the special status of health worker usually does not stay in the court.
Of course, if you can stay in the court, you will have a high status, and you may even be like Mrs. Pompadour in France.
Madame de Pompadour was the most trusted lover, playmate and counselor of Louis XV, the navigator of Rococo art, the patron of enlightenment literature, the driving force behind the French oriental craze, and the discoverer of everyday beauty...However, In the eyes of many, she is only the culprit of the **** lady and the decline of France.
She can be regarded as a woman who has truly achieved fame and slander all over the world.
While unlikely, who hasn't dreamed a little bit?
Back to the main story, Maximilian doesn't like Franz, the big brother. After all, without the latter, the former is the heir to the empire, at least he thinks so.
As for Franz's third brother, Ludwig, he has to be said to be a very hardworking person, even studying on Christmas Eve. So Franz simply gave him a box of exercise books as a Christmas present.
The exercise book is Franz's first creation. The historical exercise book was invented in 1905 by an Italian tutor who couldn't bear it.
But at this time, in order to let the children of this era feel the suffering he had experienced, Franz brought this kind of thing to the world more than 60 years in advance.
However, what Franz couldn't imagine was that experts and professors from all walks of life were full of praise for this approach and followed suit one after another. It only made the students in Austria miserable.
Ludwig was very happy to receive a large box of exercise books. He felt that this was a kind of whipping and expectation from his elder brother.
"Thank you, this is really the best gift, I will definitely try my best to live up to my brother's expectations of me."
Franz just patted his third brother on the shoulder. He did have some expectations for Ludwig, but he didn't expect him to be outstanding, but to let him marry a princess in the future, or don't be awkward when he inherits a certain king. just fine.
That's right, Franz's younger brothers and sisters are actually political assets, especially for the ancient blood empire of Austria.
Of course, it also includes Franz's younger sister, Little Maria, and Victor in his arms. Born in the emperor's family to enjoy rights, they also need to fulfill some due obligations.
Victor Joseph Anton, born in 1842, is the youngest brother of Franz. Historically, Mrs. Sophie's only daughter died young, so she spoiled Victor too much.
But the love imposed by an overly strong mother is not so easy to accept, so Victor is emotionally disturbed and doesn't like women, but likes men instead.
Due to too many scandals in history, Franz had to drive his own brother out of Vienna, lest he continue to tarnish the family's reputation.
But at this time, Mrs. Sophie has both children, and the building has been crooked since Franz, making the children behind her very difficult to discipline.
At the same time, Franz has been finding work for Mrs. Sophie to prevent her from interfering too much in politics.
So Mrs. Sophie simply put it badly, ignoring her children. Of course, this is also the atmosphere of the upper class at this time.
Franz's younger sister took on the responsibility of taking care of Victor, and of course she was just making trouble for the nuns more often.
Franz naturally prepared a gift for his sister, but this time it wasn't a devil's gift like an exercise book.
But when Franz walked over, little Maria pursed her lips and hugged little Victor to her chest.
"I declare in advance that I don't need workbooks or anything. My mother has agreed that I don't have to go to school, as long as I can read and understand etiquette."
Franz shook his head.
"This is not good. How can you be so ignorant? You won't know if you are cheated in the future. Everyone can't always protect you like this. One day you will be on your own. You don't need to go to school, but You have to hire tutors. At worst, you can hire more than a dozen tutors, and let them take turns to educate you..."
"Don't listen! Don't listen!"
Little Maria made a grimace. She didn't like listening to lectures, including Franz, of course.
But Franz will not let her do whatever she wants, after all, she may be the one who gets hurt in the end. Franz raised his hand, and little Maria shrank back behind the Christmas tree in fright.
But Franz didn't intend to teach her a lesson on Christmas Eve, but put it another way.
"Actually, school is not a scary place. My sister is so smart and beautiful. She must be like a starlet on campus, which will make people envious."
Franz reached out and stroked Maria's golden hair, it was very soft, but the color made him feel awkward.
"Of course, Nana said I was smart! Monica too, Galia..."
Maria held her head proudly, then looked down to count the names of her friends.
"There are not only teachers in the school, but also many children who are about your age. At that time, you will have many friends to accompany you to play hide-and-seek, play on the swing, and pile sand with you..."
"Really?!" Maria couldn't wait to interrupt Franz. She didn't need anything, but she didn't have many playmates of the same age. Even if she did, it would take a long time to see each other. After all, everyone Princesses, in different countries.
"Really, when did Big Brother lie to you?" Franz had the expression of a big gray wolf catching a sheep, but Maria didn't notice it.
"Then I'll go tomorrow!" Maria exclaimed excitedly.
"Christmas is on holiday, and Maria, everyone expects you to be smart and beautiful." Franz said persuasively.
"Maria is the smartest and most beautiful!" Maria looked unconvinced.
At this time Franz took out a delicate box.
"A Christmas present for you."
Little Maria approached the box cautiously. After all, Franz often said that he was not tired of tricks, and then attacked her in various ways. He was very cunning. Who knows if it was another trap this time.
Even when opening the box, little Maria called a maid to help open it. After all, she was afraid that there might be a spring monster inside, or something like snakes and bugs.
But there was nothing strange in the box, but a delicate little crown.
Franz still knows his sister very well, and she likes those shiny gems just like ordinary girls.
Simply using diamonds unearthed in Namibia, red sapphires from Zhenla, gold from California and silver from Tyrol, he built a very delicate little crown for his sister.
The crown is made of high-quality silver, gold, 25 pigeon blood stones and 360 diamonds. What Franz doesn't know is that the crown he made is quite extravagant in the entire European royal family.
This later also attracted a lot of jealousy or envious eyes, as well as some unnecessary troubles, for my sister.
But at this time little Maria was still very happy when she saw the little crown, and hurriedly put it on her head.
"Thank you brother!"
"Do you think you look more beautiful wearing this little crown?" Franz asked ~www.novelbuddy.com~ Maria looked in the mirror and nodded with satisfaction.
"Isn't this more enviable?" Franz asked again.
"Yes!" Maria replied affirmatively.
"Then ask an excellent tutor to teach you, will you be smarter in the future?" Franz continued to ask.
"Yes!" Maria replied affirmatively.
"If you were smarter and more beautiful, wouldn't everyone like you more?" Franz smiled broadly.
"Yes!" Maria said innocently.
"Then can elder brother help you find a tutor who can satisfy you?" Franz asked eagerly.
"Hmm..." Maria nodded.
"Don't go back on your word!"
"Never regret it!"
The two brothers and sisters clapped their hands and swore, and then Maria took Victor and trotted all the way to his mother to show off his baby.
"Brother! Wherever Maria is going, I will go too!" Ludwig interjected.
"Go to hell!" Franz patted the opponent on the head.
"What?" Ludwig was a little puzzled, his intelligence was that of his father's recently, and the one in the family that really needed protection.
"Maria went to a girls' school."
"Oh..." Ludwig looked clear, and then said, "Isn't it good if I go to the boys' school?"
"The girls' school is run by our family. There is no boys' school. Do you think I go to school?"
"No.."
"Stay at home honestly. If you want to learn something, ask your attendant to go to the university to invite you."
"Oh..." Ludwig had a disappointed expression, but what he didn't know was that not just anyone could invite those high-profile professors to their home to teach.
