Saint-Just was still several steps away from peace, so he opened his arms and said: "Your Majesty General Frost, Maximilian asked me to apologize to you for not being able to come to your ball today."
An Ning was speechless. My relationship with Robespierre is no closer than yours. Why are you pretending? So he sneered and said: "When he had dinner with me yesterday, he already told me that he would not come today.
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Saint-Just was immediately embarrassed.
Christina shook her head, probably speechless at An Ning's domineering social interaction.
Polina, on the other hand, watched the interaction between An Ning and Saint-Just curiously, probably guessing what the relationship between the two was.
Saint-Just quickly adjusted his expression and said to An Ning: "It turns out that he has said it before, but out of etiquette, he still asked me to say sorry to you today."
An Ning: "I understand. I wish you have a good time at the dance."
Saint-Just: "Of course, I will. By the way, Miss Beauharnais over there asked me to invite you to her tea party. It will be tomorrow afternoon!"
An Ning pursed her lips, and he knew that Saint Just came here to make a request on Josephine's behalf.
Although just going to a tea party may not seem like a big deal, with An Ning's current status, just going to a tea party is enough to gain substantial benefits.
He went to the Chateau Malmaison to attend a tea party. Various rumors would definitely spread in Paris, saying that he had an affair with Madame Beauharnais or something. A shrewd socializer like Josephine would definitely turn these rumors to her advantage immediately.
thing.
An Ning doesn't want to go.
Even though Saint-Just was Robespierre's confidant and she should go there for Robespierre's sake, An Ning still didn't want to go.
What's more, with An Ning's understanding of Robespierre, he didn't care about this kind of thing at all.
So An Ning opened her mouth to refuse, but Christina said, "My fiancé doesn't like this kind of thing very much, can I do it for you?"
Saint-Just said with a smile: "Of course you can, that's right. Your Majesty the General will definitely be busy with military affairs. We still have a war to fight with four countries!"
At this time, the music started.
Christina: "It's already time. We have to lead the first dance. Are you ready?"
An Ning: "I am always prepared. The question is, are you ready?"
Christina smiled: "Please be gentle when you step on my feet."
"It's not something I can control." An Ning shrugged, then took his fiancée's arm and walked to the dance floor openly.
Because the master wanted to lead the dance, Saint-Just, who originally wanted to say something, had no choice but to shut up - you can't stop others from fulfilling their duties as master, right?
After An Ning entered the dance floor, Napoleon asked La Salle: "Do you have a goal tonight?"
La Salle smiled evilly, then turned to Paulina and said: "Dear Mademoiselle Bonaparte, would I be honored to ask you to dance?"
Napoleon stepped forward and held La Salle's hand: "I am very happy."
Lasalle:?
Napoleon: "My name is Bonaparte too."
"But you are not a lady."
"I can do it!"
"Huh? Then I want to take a look!"
Then the two of them screamed and headed to the dance floor.
Polina looked at the two of them blankly, and then she met Saint-Just's eyes, so Saint-Just followed suit: "Miss Bonaparte, may I have the honor to ask you to dance?"
Polina asked seriously: "I am a girl, is that okay?"
Saint-Just was embarrassed: "What?"
Polina: "Don't you want to find a man to dance with? Just like my brother and La Salle. I thought you thought you were a man. After all, I am wearing a military uniform and have no breasts."
Saint-Just: "You misunderstood, I didn't mean that, I just wanted to dance with a girl..."
Polina: "But now the music has passed the prelude. From the dance etiquette I learned, I shouldn't be able to enter the dance floor at this time, right?"
Saint-Just could only smile awkwardly: "Then I will take my leave. I wish you a good time, Miss."
Then Saint Just turned towards Josephine.
Josephine was probably waiting for the outcome of Saint Just, so she actually refused all invitations to dance and just waited there for Saint Just to come back.
This is very rare. After all, Josephine is the queen of the ball. In the past, her presence on the dance floor was absolutely indispensable.
As soon as Saint-Just approached Josephine, she couldn't wait to ask: "Is it done?"
"It's half done. Miss Tollestaire agrees to attend your tea party."
Josephine bit her lip and looked at Frost and Christina spinning on the dance floor. At this time, Christina's expression was not very good, and Frost had stepped on her skirt more than once.
Josephine: "Forget it, I'll try to invite Napoleon Bonaparte, and that Lazarus, he looks like a libertine who likes to play at balls."
Saint-Just: "Indeed, that Lazarus looks like a standard hussar, and that's what these people like."
He paused and continued to say to Josephine: "In addition, I tried to invite Napoleon Bonaparte's sister to dance, but she refused in a wonderful way."
Josephine looked at Saint-Just with some surprise: "A woman would actually refuse your invitation to dance?"
After all, Saint Just is the "Archangel of the Revolution" and he is so handsome that many aristocratic ladies cannot walk when they see him, as if they were stuck to the floor by 502.
Saint-Just smoothed his hair and said helplessly: "Maybe that Miss Bonaparte only has eyes for General Frost."
Josephine was so bitter with hatred: "This Napoleon, you can't tell that he is still a scheming guy. He actually let his sister seduce Frost and stop his lover's position."
In this era, having a lover outside marriage was not a problem at all, and sometimes it was even public. For example, Queen Mary of France had a Swedish Count Felsen as her lover. This count visited the Palace of Versailles all day long, and even
Frequent encounters with Louis XVI.
I didn’t see any reaction from Louis XVI. Of course, this may be because the lock is too fun.
So in Josephine's understanding, when Napoleon introduced his sister to Frost, he wanted her to be Frost's lover and gain benefits for himself.
Josephine: "Perhaps this scheming Napoleon and I will have a lot to talk about."
Then she muttered under her breath: "But how can I get Napoleon to dance with me?"
After all, women in this era cannot invite men to dance, they can only accept the invitation.
Saint-Just looked at Josephine as she muttered, with a complicated expression on her face.
It seems that in Paris - no, at this ball, there is more than one woman who can resist the charm of Saint-Just.