The War Court and Lap Pillow, Austria's Mandate of Heaven

Chapter 1346 Wedding (Part )

Tuesday, April 1849, 12.

Everyone in Vienna got up very early on this day, but today was not a holiday, it was just a wedding.

Of course, maybe from now on it will be an official holiday in the Austrian Empire.
In fact, usually the citizens of Vienna should welcome the team escorting the queen at the city gate, but due to the actual situation in Austria and Russia, this tradition had to be changed.

Vienna is nearly 1800 kilometers away from St. Petersburg. Considering the actual road conditions at the time, picking up the bride was more like a long journey, which was conservatively estimated to take about forty days.

In addition, Russia has entered winter, and the two countries are alternately at war. If they insist on continuing this tradition, they will be courting death. After all, there are too many unexpected situations that may occur, including but not limited to: disease, natural disasters, traffic accidents, war, political assassination.
So this tradition became a wedding parade, which would start from Schönbrunn Palace and go to St. Stephen's Cathedral for the wedding, then go to the pier, take a boat to receive blessings from people on both sides of the strait, go down the river, land, go around Central Park, and then return to Schönbrunn Palace.

The route covers the entire inner city, which is also the tradition of the Austrian Empire. However, at this time, the inner city of Austria is larger than the entire Vienna in history, so they have to use boats to speed up the parade.

At four o'clock in the morning, the outside of Schonbrunn Palace was filled with people watching the excitement. The scene inside the palace was even more astonishing. Almost all the royal families in Europe sent people to celebrate Franz's wedding.

Not to mention the current royal families of Germany and Italy, the Bourbon family, the Braganza family (Portuguese royal family), the Bernadotte family (Swedish royal family), and even those families that had long lost their ruling power have squeezed in.

Naturally, these people had ulterior motives in coming to offer gifts. Franz was one of the most powerful monarchs in Europe at that time, and he had a precedent of saving the Orleans and Bourbon families and changing the dynasty in Spain.

This made him a god worshipped by ambitious people, politicians, and dreamers.

In addition to the familiar faces of European royal families, there were also many Arabs wearing white robes, and even some Asian faces, but they could only stand on the periphery.

Waiting is always unsettling, especially for big people whose time is precious.

For example, the sons of Emperor Said did not think that the Austrian Empire was anything great, so they were very dissatisfied with being forced to stand on the periphery.

Suweini was Sayyid's favorite son. He had never been treated so coldly in his life. He was extremely dissatisfied and kept complaining in Arabic to his brothers.

The Indian merchants kneeling on the ground reminded them to observe etiquette. Suvini naturally could not obey, but he did not want to offend these gods of wealth, so he pretended not to hear.

These Indian merchants actually all have royal blood, but they are too numerous to count, and as merchants they do not have such strong self-esteem. Besides, they have traveled all over the country and are more aware of how terrifying Franz is.

On the other side, several heirs of Japanese feudal states were also somewhat unconvinced, but these guys were just good at pretending. However, deep down in their hearts, they had already planned how to carry out a massacre in Vienna after conquering the Austrian Empire.

Suddenly the lights came on, the sudden white light was so blinding that people couldn't open their eyes, then a sharp whistle sounded, and countless fireworks rose into the sky, illuminating the entire night sky.

Outside Schönbrunn Palace, thunderous cheers rang out, but the guests inside the palace were all worried.

Especially Prince Suvini, who had been nonchalant before, was now lying on the ground, not daring to move. Those Japanese who had been full of fantasies just now were so scared that they were shitting and pissing.

Suddenly, a whole fleet of airships appeared in the sky. For those who had never seen an airship before, this was definitely an unforgettable scene.

Gradually, they heard footsteps like war drums in the darkness. The uniform footsteps made their scalps tingle.

The Austrian Imperial Guard appeared at the forefront. They were tall and resolute, and their majestic aura naturally gave people a sense of awe. Under this overwhelming sense of oppression, some bigwigs behaved worse than ordinary citizens of Vienna. After all, the citizens of Vienna had seen these things and these people before.

The Austrian Empire's white shirts and black pants uniforms were already eye-catching, and Franz deliberately added some imperial elements and invited the top craftsmen in Europe at the time to carry out localized reforms.

Franz was certain that he would change the trend of European aesthetics.

I have to say that the things designed by art students are beautiful and have a shocking beauty.

As we all know, the Austrian Empire has never lacked talents in art. Franz took this opportunity to interrupt the rhythm of British cultural exports. Austria did not need the British to dominate the West.

Following the guard of honor was the royal motorcade, among which a carriage made of pure silver was particularly eye-catching and could be said to be extremely luxurious.

However, it seems out of place in the entire fleet. After all, the design style of the entire car is too low, just like a nouveau riche.

But soon someone recognized the origin of the carriage.

"You country bumpkin, you know nothing! That's the empire's spoils of war!"

"Trophy?"

"Yes! It originally belonged to a rebellious Hungarian nobleman, and it is said that it cost three million florins of silver."

"What a waste! The Hungarian rebels are nothing! If you give me three million, I will live in a bar every day and find two waitresses to accompany me. I won't come out!"

"Look at what you have accomplished! His Majesty the Emperor put down the rebellion, and this carriage naturally became a trophy of our Austrian Empire. It was even displayed in front of the gate of the Hofburg Palace."

"Our emperor is so powerful!"

After this explanation, the people became even more excited; they liked to be on the side of the winner.

However, what people don’t know is that this was the last time this carriage was paraded in public. Franz didn’t like this lump of silver and wanted to melt it into silver coins instead of exhibiting it in a museum. However, considering the fragile pride of the people of the Austrian Empire, he still sent it to the museum.

The airships in the sky also began to scatter paper-wrapped marshmallows and flower petals, and people's cheers became louder and louder.

Finally, it reached its climax in front of St. Stephen's Cathedral. Franz stood in front of the church door wearing a crown and holding a scepter. Princess Olga finally appeared in front of everyone at the bottom of the steps wearing her luxurious wedding dress.

Princess Olga's skirt is like a flowing galaxy, and the countless treasures inlaid on it shine like stars.

This scene would definitely make many people jealous and crazy. Princess Olga walked slowly to Franz's side accompanied by eight page boys.

The sun had just risen at this time, and the two stunning figures were so dazzling that it was almost impossible for everyone to open their eyes.

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