Christina interpreted An Ning's speechless expression as being shocked by the Queen's speech.
She said worriedly: "I have been trying to make the queen understand what kind of state the people are in, but she seems not to understand."
An Ning: "Of course she can't understand it. She was born into the most prominent royal family in Europe, and then married into another prominent royal family in Europe. Her knowledge has been limited by her background.
"She is not like you. You have come into contact with many civilians at the Royal Palace, and you know what civilian life is like.
"You have even been on the battlefield! Your knowledge is far beyond that of that Austrian girl."
Christina: "But the queen is more beautiful than me. She is obviously so much older than me, but she looks so young."
An Ning: "The Habsburg skin is really good."
An Ning once attended a royal ball and met Queen Mary at the ball.
It can only be said that Louis XVI was still impotent in the face of Marie's grand appearance. The locksmith is really not good at it.
Of course, it could also be that the queen’s body odor was so bad that the locksmith lost interest...right?
Christina was worried: "You went to Place Louis XV today, right? How was it? How was it?"
An Ning: "Very good."
Paris is like a volcano that has accumulated to its limit, which is of course very good for An Ning. What he is worried about is that the revolution will not happen. If it does not happen, he will be in vain.
Christina looked at An Ning: "What does very good mean? In what aspect is it good?"
An Ning: "It's good in every way."
He didn't want Christina to continue asking, so he changed the topic: "You have been promoted to captain. The captain's uniform is so beautiful."
Christina: "Oh, this, this is a newly made dress specially designed and made by the queen's tailor. The queen told him that it needs to have the prowess of a soldier and the charm of a girl, and then he succeeded in doing it."
Then Christina sighed: "My new military uniform cost a lot of money. Obviously the palace's expenses are already so tight. Her Highness the Queen is wasting money like this..."
An Ning: "She is the deficit queen. How can we expect her not to waste money?"
Christina: "Her Majesty the Queen is in a good mood recently. She seems to think that once the three-level parliament opens, she can smoothly increase taxes and she will have more money to spend. She has no idea what the public opinion in Paris is saying, and she has no idea what the public opinion in Paris is saying.
I know what the gentlemen of the Third Estate are planning."
An Ning: "Does she really not know what public opinion is saying? Didn't anyone tell her at the ball and salon?"
Christina: "Maybe, but the queen is very stubborn. She only listens to what she likes and ignores the rest."
An Ning was speechless. It was Louis XVI's misfortune to have such a queen.
Apart from a good skin, he has almost nothing else.
At this time, the Duke of Orleans entered the restaurant. When he saw the state of An Ning and Christina, he joked: "Should I leave first and come in after you finish whispering?"
Only then did An Ning realize that after hugging Christina just now, he hadn't let go yet, and kept holding his arms around the girl while chatting.
He quickly let go of his hand.
Because Christina has already gone to the military, she can no longer be used for aristocratic marriage in theory - in the aristocratic society of this time and space, a daughter who joins the army or is sent to a monastery is regarded as being removed from the marriage candidate list.
But soldiers can still get married, and usually these women who join the army will eventually become the wives of some officers.
An Ning happens to be an army officer.
So the Duke himself probably has some thoughts in that regard.
Christina turned around to greet her father, and An Ning quickly saluted the Duke.
Duke: "Christina said you were at Place Louis XV this afternoon? How was it?"
An Ning: "The execution turned into a swearing-in meeting for the Third Estate. Under the leadership of the tortured, everyone shouted long live the Third Estate."
The Duke nodded: "To be honest, I have already regretted this time. I should have gone to the third estate to elect representatives instead of being elected as a noble. I heard that Mirabeau has already done this."
An Ning smiled and said: "Although Mirabeau has the title of earl, no one would regard this drunkard as an earl."
In fact, Mirabeau was already bankrupt as a nobleman, and the small noble allowance given by the Bureau of Quanxu alone could not support his current expenses.
Mirabeau's life in Paris was almost entirely supported by writing articles for the Duke of Orleans in front of him and acting as a tool of public opinion. He could be regarded as a laborer, and there was no problem in running for the third estate.
The Duke added: "The general petition of the second estate has been almost completed, and we have reached a consensus on the formulation of the constitution. However, the motion proposed by the Marquis de Lafayette and myself to reform the voting format of the three-level parliament was rejected by everyone.
Yes. The general petition still requires one vote for each of the three levels as it was 175 years ago."
An Ning already knew this would happen because she had the ability to predict the future.
But he still looked extremely surprised: "What? This means there are two levels that do not support voting by head count."
The Duke shook his head: "I have observed that the nobles in Paris basically support one person, one vote for the representatives, but there are nearly two hundred small nobles from the countryside in the second estate. They basically demand to maintain the tradition, and we can't defeat them."
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"It's so ironic that they used one person, one vote to overturn the motion in favor of one person, one vote for the entire parliament."
An Ning thought normally. The small nobles in the countryside were poor and reactionary. They would be the core force of the royalist rebellion in the future.
Now is just the first time their reactionary characteristics are revealed.
Duke: "I heard that the General Petition of the First Estate has also been produced. The clergy basically support the formulation of a constitution to limit the royal power. It seems that we and the clergy have reached an agreement on the issue of formulating a constitution. The General Petition of the Third Estate
What's going on now?"
An Ning: "We are still discussing. After all, there are more than 500 representatives of the third estate. It is not easy to reach a consensus, and... some representatives have not arrived in Paris yet."
The Duke looked shocked: "You haven't arrived in Paris yet?"
"Yeah, maybe something has delayed me..."
The Duke curled his lips, and then the butler came in and reported: "Dinner is ready, Your Excellency. It will be bad if you don't eat it cold."
The Duke waved his hand: "Okay, let's eat and chat while eating."
**
A few days later, in the afternoon, An Ning was discussing the general love letter of the representatives of the Third Estate with everyone at the Brittany Club, when suddenly the door of the club was opened.
A man in an old green coat entered the club.
Dandong smiled when he saw the man: "Damn it, he's still wearing his green coat."
Maximilien Robespierre finally ended the long-delayed case in his hometown and rushed to Paris.