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

Chapter 1349 Epilogue
The Habsburg family attached great importance to bed privacy. Although they did not require the presence of married family members and maids when going to bed like in some other palaces, it was normal for family members or court ladies to stay outside the door and keep an eye on what was going on inside the house.

According to historical records of the Vienna court, Princess Sissi only truly became a woman on the third day after her marriage.

Regarding this, Madame Sophie was still very confident about Franz. She went to bed early and only left two maids guarding the door.

According to the rules of the Habsburg royal family, on the second day of the emperor's wedding, all members of the royal family should have breakfast together and give blessings and early morning gifts to the queen.

The so-called "morning gift" actually comes from the Germanic tradition. The marrying family must give the woman a gift on the morning of the second day of the wedding as compensation for the woman's loss of virginity.

This money would be the woman's private property, which was extremely important among European aristocrats who valued personal property. On the contrary, this tradition was not taken seriously among common people.

But no matter what, as a mother, Mrs. Sophie still didn't want Franz and Olga to be late on the first day.

However, when Madame Sophie arrived at the palace where Franz and Olga were, she found that the two maids at the bedroom door looked very bad.

Madame Sophie immediately had a bad feeling. Although she knew that her son could be ridiculous sometimes, it would be troublesome if the Queen also allowed Franz to do whatever he wanted.

"What's going on with you guys?"

"Good morning, Grand Duchess. His Majesty and the Queen are so energetic. They went to bed at around one o'clock. His Majesty got up early again. We just cleaned the house."

Listening to the explanations of the two maids, Madam Sophie couldn't help but frown.

"What's the emperor doing?"

"Your Majesty seems to have some official business to attend to."

Lady Sophie couldn't help but complain.

"He is really not doing his job properly. How can an emperor be as tired as him?"

"Take me to him."

"Grand Duchess, this way please."

The door of Franz's study was not closed, and he was buried in a mountain of documents.

"Franz, you should take a break. Or hand these things over to the right people. I have never seen an emperor as tired as you.

You know Henry V, don't you? He was ill and couldn't come to your wedding. My child, I know you are far better than he was.

But Fribourg has only 4700 people, while our Austrian Empire has million people. The wedding celebrations will last a week, and you should take a good rest. "

Franz certainly understood Madame Sophie's good intentions, and the same must be true for the Austrian Empire. Even the most autocratic emperor could not really monopolize power completely and thoroughly.

"Mother, I'm afraid it's not possible now. The crisis has not been resolved. The British, French, Russians, and Ottomans are still watching us.

The Confederation is also full of crises. Although those guys in the country appear to have surrendered on the surface, they are secretly harboring evil intentions. Everyone is waiting for an opportunity.

Many enemies are lurking around us, and even in the imperial government there are no people or departments that can be absolutely trusted.

We don’t know when or where the enemy will attack, so we must stay strong and keep them busy and unable to attack.”

After hearing what Franz said, Madame Sophie felt both relieved and sad, and finally could only let out a long sigh.

"Franz, you should prepare breakfast with your queen."

"Okay, mother."

In the bedroom, Olga's hair was disheveled, and the afterglow of last night was clearly still fresh in her mind. She was not a girl of sixteen or seventeen, and she had heard a lot about it from her female companions.

In comparison, Olga was much luckier than those noble ladies. Franz had almost everything that noble ladies desired. If she could have an affair with such a man, her husband would probably be proud of it. But everything was too dreamy and wild. Olga couldn't tell whether it was a dream or reality. She reached out to touch the person next to her, but she touched nothing.

Olga woke up immediately. She looked up suddenly and saw Franz, who was already dressed in formal clothes and standing by the window looking at her. She looked at the furnishings in the room and there was no trace of last night.

Olga suddenly felt that she was still sleepy, so she fell down again and changed to a comfortable position to continue sleeping.

About thirty seconds later, Olga sat up suddenly in bed and saw Franz suddenly covering his exposed body, then his face, and finally burying himself.

"You go out first. I need to wash and change clothes."

Olga's voice was weak and shrill.

"Okay, I'll wait for you outside. Everyone is still waiting for us."

After Franz left, a dozen maids came into the room with all kinds of equipment. Olga was quickly carried into the bathroom by several maids, and the bed was rolled up and sealed, and replaced with another set of brand new bedding.

Olga was drying, dressing and putting on makeup all in one go, but she was obviously still a little uncomfortable.

"It's only been twenty minutes. Are they an army?"

Olga couldn't help but complain.

"Twenty-one minutes and fifty-one seconds to be exact, Your Majesty."

The leading maid corrected herself.

Olga's eyes widened as Franz introduced her.

"This is Baroness Fiora. From now on she will be your chief attendant."

Olga was somewhat helpless, as she still missed the two maids she brought from Russia, but she also knew very well that no country's court would accept ladies-in-waiting from other countries' courts.

Even a small royal court would do its best to avoid such a situation, so Olga could only smile in response.

Franz patted the back of Olga's hand.

"Don't worry, she's just a little too serious, but she's a nice person. It's getting late, we should leave."

Olga handled the grand breakfast ceremony gracefully, which pleased Madame Sophie.

Because this to a certain extent shuts up some gossips. No matter in which era or country, arrogance and prejudice always exist.

Many people in the Vienna court thought that Olga was from Russia and was probably a barbarian who didn't know the rules, and such a person was not worthy of being a queen.

Even if it is due to the strategic needs of the country and the family, the children born by such a person do not deserve the right of inheritance.

Of course, with Franz's authority at the time, no one dared to discuss these things to his face, but he could not stop people from discussing them behind his back.

Next came the so-called morning gift. Franz did not deliberately fill the box with gold and silver to embarrass the queen like some families did.

Franz's morning gift was a box of expensive jewelry, which was valuable but disappointed some people.

Generally speaking, families would fill a box with gold to show off their financial strength, and the weight of a full box of gold would be quite exaggerated.

Not to mention a young woman, even a few strong men might not be able to lift it.

Franz did not like such meaningless humiliation of others, nor did he want to waste precious metals. As for those jewels and ornaments, they should be used for decoration instead of being placed in warehouses to show off wealth.

The wedding celebrations continued, but Franz did not choose to rest, but returned to the Hofburg Palace.