The main thing An Ning did at the dance was chatting. After all, dancing was not good, and it was not good to always step on other girls' pussy.
There was nothing I could do about the first dance. As the host, I had to lead the dance. However, after the first dance, An Ning stopped completely. She sat next to him, eating and drinking, while communicating with the gentlemen and ladies who kept coming.
Polina also ran to An Ning, constantly looking for opportunities to ask about the incident between An Ning and Napoleon.
An Ning happily told Napoleon's sister a lot about Napoleon's past deeds, why he wielded a shovel to chase after the noble dude who bullied him in order to protect the saplings he planted in the nursery, and why he was so obsessed with Rome that he insisted on calling An Ning Caesar.
To be Octavian, there are many.
Polina may have felt that these things she said were unimportant, so once other gentlemen spoke, she would shut up and give up the opportunity for conversation.
Then once no one talks to An Ning, Polina will find every opportunity to ask questions.
An Ning always felt that this scene was somewhat strange.
However, in the eyes of the gentlemen and ladies gathered around, this probably had a different meaning. More than one person politely asked An Ning to introduce Paulina.
After An Ning finished the introduction, they all showed expressions of "Oh, I understand."
An Ning probably guessed what they understood and didn't bother to correct it. This was just right. During the days when An Ning was in Paris, the ladies lined up to send letters to invite him to various tea parties, because in this era, it was assumed that a successful man had a lover.
, so everyone wants to occupy this position.
Now that Polina occupies this position, An Ning is happy and at ease.
While the ladies expressed their dissatisfaction with Polina's existence, the men came one after another to dance with Polina, probably hoping to establish a good relationship with the person who would most likely become an influential person around General Frost in the future.
But Polina always declared that she was tired from dancing and did not want to go to the dance floor for the time being.
An Ning joked: "You can be tired even if you haven't danced a single song. It seems like Brienne Military Academy didn't give your body enough exercise!"
Polina: "Isn't it the same for you? Except for the first song that you have to dance to, haven't you been sitting on the sidelines? Do you know how many Parisian ladies look at it eagerly when every song ends?
With you?"
"How many? Tell me!"
"Eh? Well, about five... no, ten! There are always ten!" After Polina finished speaking, as if to convince herself, she whispered, "Yes, there are always ten."
An Ning: "It turns out that there are ten ladies who are eagerly waiting for me to invite them to dance. Then tell me who they are? I will invite them as you said and step on their JIOs one by one!"
"Um, well..." Polina never expected that someone would really ask her to name those ladies. She was caught off guard. She was hesitating when she belatedly noticed the problem in An Ning's words, "
Wait a minute, what’s going on with the foot stamping?”
An Ning pointed at Christina who was chatting with a few ladies: "Didn't you notice that Christina was a little unsteady when walking? That's because I bruised her foot during the first song, and now it hurts when she walks. I
It’s not intentional, but...I’m not good at dancing.”
Polina: "It turns out there are things you are not good at."
"Of course there are things I'm not good at, and I'm not a god."
Polina looked at An Ning suspiciously: "But my brother said that you are omnipotent, and he also said that you can compose music. The Roman ode is the song you wrote. How can a musician not dance?"
Do musicians have to dance? Some musicians... An Ning suddenly hesitated, because he really couldn't think of any musician who couldn't dance.
Think about it, musicians are very sensitive to melody, and it should be quite easy for them to move their bodies to the rhythm of dance music.
Polina: "I don't believe you can't dance well, and I didn't notice Miss Christina staggering when she walked."
An Ning: "You plan to be stepped on yourself, right? Well, I'll satisfy you. Wait a minute, did you just take the initiative to invite a man to dance? Miss, you are not following the rules!"
Polina: "I thought the Republic would have its own new traditions. Didn't you say that women can hold up half the sky? How come Half the Sky is not even allowed to invite men to dance?"
An Ning looked at Polina with her mouth half open. Now he was extremely convinced that this was Napoleon's sister. She looked very much like Napoleon when she was arguing with him just now.
"Okay, you're right," An Ning said with a smile, "Then just do it to the end and invite me to dance!"
"Huh?" Polina was stunned, "You want me to invite...what do you mean?"
"It means that you come to me like a man, bend down to me, and then hold out your hand: Dear Mr. Frost, may I have the honor to ask you to dance?"
Polina's face flushed: "What? This... so many people are watching!"
“It’s just because so many people are watching that it’s time to announce to everyone the birth of a new tradition of the Republic.”
Polina blushed, but suddenly showed an expression of reluctance to admit defeat: "Do you think I will be afraid? Just invite me!"
After saying that, she walked to the front of An Ning and coughed.
As a result, this cough attracted the attention of everyone around him.
Polina was even more embarrassed and her face turned redder, but she still said in a polite and gentlemanly tone: "Dear Mr. Frost, may I have the honor to ask you to dance?"
As she spoke, she extended her hand.
An Ning smiled and put her hand on Polina's palm: "Of course, I'm very happy, Miss Polina Bonaparte."
Just like that, An Ning held Paulina's hand and stood up.
Beethoven in the orchestra pit noticed An Ning standing up, and gestured to the band to get ready.
In a general dance, the interval between two dances is theoretically the time for personal show. The man and woman who see each other in the right place will make a request to the band, and then complete a pas de deux with the lady to the individually ordered dance music.
Such scenes have appeared in many movies, such as the new version of "Zorro" and the famous literary film "Scent of a Woman".
An Ning's scene memory was triggered, like imitating the classic dance sequence in "Scent of a Woman". Unfortunately, he was not sure whether Beethoven knew that dance music.
It is said that the dance music was originally a folk song that has been circulating for a long time.
With the idea of giving it a try, he shouted to Beethoven: "Por Una Cabeza!"
Beethoven nodded directly.
He nodded!
There really is.
Then the music that touched the DNA of peace sounded.
When she heard this music, Polina was shocked: "What, isn't this tango? Does it have to be that intense?"
An Ning recalled Al Pacino's dance steps in "Scent of a Woman" and began to imitate them.
Polina screamed "I can't dance" while matching An Ning's dance steps.
Because the cooperation was so poor, An Ning stepped on her foot accurately and continuously.