An Ning was not satisfied after drinking a glass of wine, so she asked the waiter for another glass of wine, and then raised a glass to everyone: "I'm so happy today, drink more! I wish everyone good health!"
Everyone also raised their glasses together: "Good health!"
As soon as he finished speaking, 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 directly joked: "Bertier, 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 so careless."
An Ning: "You don't have to wear your maid outfit. Why are you so nervous?"
"That's not my fault. I had to get rid of the maid uniform that Berthier wore last time. As a result, there was no new maid uniform for the next few days. The feeling of embarrassment is still fresh in my memory."
An Ning: "It's just that Berthier has to deal with it if he wears it? As a maid, you also have mysophobia? Then doesn't every time you clean the house have to be an arduous battle?"
Napoleon: "Fanny is also fighting in her own field. She is really a respectable maid."
An Ning: "Okay, Berthier, you scared Fanny so much that she dropped her cup. Tell me what news you have."
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 had been besieged for more than a year, surrendered."
The officers in the hall applauded:
"As expected of Davout." Napoleon was so happy that he seemed to have won the battle himself. "He is indeed the best fighter among us. I saw it in the battle at the Beech!"
La Salle: "It's a pity that his ability to fight was obtained with his hair."
Yes, as long as there is a place with Dawu, the topic of hair cannot be escaped.
Bernadotte: "I have long heard of the reputation of General Davout. He is said to be a powerful general who is not inferior to Lord 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 praises you can use, and then tell him that this major general did not give him because of his great victory.
Yes, this is to reward him for his performance before this battle, and the reward for this victory will be sent to him later."
In fact, Davout is already a major general now, and if he gets promoted, he will be on the same level as An Ning, so he can't think about promotion for the time being, unless An Ning really becomes a military marshal himself.
But medals and so on can still be integrated into one, and it just so happens that the Congress is preparing to develop the Republic's own medal system.
According to Davout's force value, An Ning can imagine that he will have a full plate of medals on his chest in the future.
Everyone discussed Davout's martial arts and hair for a long time, and then Christina came in and announced: "It's lunch time, let's all eat together."
Lazarus: "I've been hungry for a long time, just need some food!"
**
The day was spent in "get-togethers" with his officers. Because An Ning had moved back to the Palais Royal, when night fell, he said goodbye to the officers and returned to Paris.
The Palace of Versailles is now completely a military barracks. It is reasonable for officers to enjoy luxurious suites in the Palace of Versailles.
After returning to the Palais Royal, the butler told An Ning that the ball was ready.
In the past, because Ning Ning did not want to be too extravagant, not a single dance was held in the Palace of Versailles. At most, it was a tea party.
After all, the main expense of the tea party is on snacks, so the cost is relatively low.
Today is the first dance held by An Ning, and naturally there are many people responding.
An Ning stood on the terrace of the Royal Palace, looking towards the gate, and saw a long queue of carriages coming to attend the dance, and the weather lanterns 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 gone to join the army, there are no lamplighters in Paris at night, and the street lamps have become mere decorations. The streets of Paris are dark at night.
Therefore, the carriage had to be like driving in the wild, with a weather lantern hanging next to the driver's position to illuminate the road.
Some carriages are also equipped with mirrors to reflect the light of the weather lanterns forward.
An Ning looked at the long "river of cars" and joked: "People who don't know think the king is back."
Hearing An Ning's semi-self-deprecating complaint, Christina smiled: "Tonight is your first appearance in Paris society after all. All the upper 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, the victorious general, the guardian of Paris, and the founder of the Republic." Christina smiled, and then changed her words solemnly, "Oh, no, I should call you Your Excellency.
"
An Ning also smiled.
He put his arm around Christina's waist and said something flirty, but Christina said: "Okay, I'm going to go down and entertain the ladies who are already here."
An Ning could only shrug and reluctantly let go of his fiancée's waist.
Just as Christina was about to leave, she suddenly laughed and said, "What's this? I'm obviously just a fiancée, but I'm doing the same things as a married wife."
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 just get married. We've been engaged for a while anyway, so we don't need to pay too much attention to the rule that the engagement must last for a year."
Christina was stunned: "Eh? This...I never thought about it. Mainly because you have always shown no interest in this aspect, and you are so busy..."
"The foreign enemies have been temporarily defeated. I won't be too busy recently. I just took this opportunity 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, "Oh my gosh, I have envisioned the proposal countless times, but never thought of it like this. You should
Pay more attention to things like atmosphere and romance.”
An Ning: "The most romantic thing I can think of is to grow old slowly with you."
Don't laugh, you have to be considerate of the poor reserve of love words for an older social creature. It's already good to be able to come up with lyrics.
But Christina seemed to be hit by this ridiculous love story, and her expression softened obviously: "Andy... you are always like this, you always give me unexpected surprises."
An Ning hugged her fiancée who was about to leave: "So, 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 naturally.
Although I have tried it countless times, this time it seems to be sweeter than before.