I'm the Dauphin in France

Chapter 1395 This is the life a Crown Prince should have

It's no wonder they reacted that way.

It's important to know that in that era, women could only place both legs on the left side of the horse while riding, and they also had to wear extremely cumbersome skirts.

At this moment, the Crown Princess was wearing trousers and straddling the horse in a manner that only men would use!

However, her beautiful and graceful figure still aroused great envy and jealousy among the noble ladies.

A young lady in a pale yellow dress, displaying the characteristic arrogance of French aristocracy, covered her mouth with her fan and said, "The Crown Princess seems to have gotten a little carried away..."

Before she finished speaking, the people next to her nervously took a half step back and kept their distance from her.

This Russian princess is no pushover.

It is said that last week, the Count of Provence went to Queen Marie Antoinette to ask her to waive the fines that the Duke of Chartres had not yet paid, because of the Duke's death. At that time, the Dauphin was at the Petit Trianon Palace. Upon hearing this, she immediately made a series of sarcastic remarks, which made the Count of Provence flee in disarray.

None of them believed they were more powerful than the king's brother.

The girl in the yellow dress realized her mistake and quickly tried to cover it up, saying awkwardly, "I...I just wanted to remind her of court etiquette."

Miss Ariana casually remarked from the side, "I remember His Highness the Crown Prince recently signed a decree allowing us to study at medical and art colleges. So, riding a horse astride doesn't seem so bad, does it?"

Immediately, someone nearby nodded in agreement.

Joseph actually intended to allow women to study at universities, but people's ideas were still quite stubborn at that time. Women's primary task was to be good wives and mothers. So, on the advice of Roland and Monge, he first tried it out with nursing and obstetrics and gynecology, as well as art colleges.

The increase in scientific research power brought about by women after the advent of the industrial age should not be underestimated.

In fact, there are quite a few female academic talents like Lavoisier's wife right now. If we had provided policy support earlier, perhaps France could have produced a few more Marie Curies sooner.

For this reason, he even made a special appointment for Madame Lavoisier to join the Royal Academy of Engineering, and the King even received her.

In the distance, Joseph gazed at the dust billowing hundreds of meters away. It was the result of a stampede of wild boars. Then, turning to Antoine, he instructed, "Take eight men and intercept them from the south."

Joseph waved to both sides again: "Spread out in a horizontal line, twenty paces apart! Watch out for the position of the bushes to the west."

“Count Artois, you have brought five men as the second column.”

He had formally studied "Cavalry Command" and even got an A grade. He had also observed cavalry corps operations on the battlefield for a long time, so commanding these few dozen people was no problem at all.

"Yes, Your Highness." The two groups immediately dispersed.

Even the headstrong Count of Artois obeyed his nephew's orders obediently. After all, his nephew was a formidable figure who had led troops to conquer most of Europe.

Joseph was also unusually relaxed, enjoying the warm breeze blowing in his face, and the clatter of hooves as he sped through the wild grass.

Alexandra beside him occasionally let out excited whispers, and even Charles temporarily put aside his worries and immersed himself in this intense hunt.

Soon, Joseph could make out the boar's outline. The hunting dogs ahead barked urgently, indicating that they had engaged the boar.

A few minutes later, a burst of gunfire was heard from the southwest.

Ksold said to Joseph, "Your Highness, Count Marne has arrived at the interception position."

Count Marne was Louis Antoine.

Startled, the wild boar immediately turned and fled, while Joseph's cavalry had already deployed in a line, forming a semi-circular encirclement nearly 200 meters wide.

By the time the lead wild boar realized something was wrong and tried to turn back, it was too late.

It suddenly unleashed its wild instincts, roaring and charging straight at its predators with bloodshot eyes. A dozen or so wild boars immediately followed. With the ferocious charge of wild boars, even a pride of lions would have difficulty stopping them.

Upon hearing the muffled thud of a pig's hoof hitting the ground, Ksold instinctively stepped in front of the crown prince.

Joseph raised his hand and shouted, "Halt! Move towards the center!" Then he pushed aside the captain of the guard, raised his shotgun, and yelled, "Ready—"

The boar running in the lead was like a gray-black meteorite, rushing almost instantly to within 60 meters of Joseph, and even the ground trembled slightly as it ran.

Count Artois had never hunted like this before, and seeing that there were no longer the usual hundreds of servants and dozens of hunting dogs around to help him, his face turned pale.

He then remembered that if something happened to the Crown Prince, he would also be held responsible, so he hurriedly shouted, "Your Highness, get out of the way!"

Joseph, however, calmly gave the order: "Aim—"

He showed no fear in the face of heavy artillery fire and the frenzied charge of thousands of Russian troops in Karlsruhe, let alone a dozen or so wild boars.

Joseph squinted, aimed at the lead boar, and decisively pulled the trigger. "Bang—"

The wild boar immediately stumbled and, propelled by its running momentum, rolled forward more than a dozen times.

Joseph marveled at the power of the rifled gun, blew away the smoke from the muzzle of the shotgun, and hung it on the saddle.

Alexandra watched with stars in her eyes, imagining that the Crown Prince would be ten times more handsome on the battlefield facing tens of thousands of enemy soldiers!
It wasn't until she heard the wild boar's shrill screams that she remembered she had come to hunt. She quickly raised her gun and aimed, and saw the huge boar, covered in blood, struggle a few times and then stand up again!

She took a deep breath, aimed, and pulled the trigger.

"Click—"

The fire cap failed to fire.

Damn it!

She hurriedly changed her flintlock cap and took aim again, only to find the boar had already fallen to the ground once more.

Joseph looked at the boar, only ten meters away, and its sharp tusks, and finally breathed a sigh of relief. This was a level of realism and awe that could never be experienced in a video game later in life!
Having been the crown prince for over a decade, he finally had the chance to experience it today.

Alexandra immediately held her breath, aimed at a wild boar further behind, and decisively pulled the trigger.

As a qualified Russian princess, her shooting skills were quite excellent; blood gushed from the wild boar's neck, and it fell to the ground with a thud.

At the same time, Charles fired his gun, but due to nervousness, he only hit another wild boar in the shoulder.

The wounded wild boar ran another ten meters or so, and the guards nearby opened fire.

The wild boar died instantly.

Yes, given the strength of the Crown Prince's personal guards, even twice as many wild boars wouldn't be able to get close to them. This hunt was actually completely safe.

The few wild boars that were not hit fled in panic to the west.

The four soldiers dismounted and together carried the enormous boar to the prince.

One of them exclaimed excitedly, "Your Highness, this guy weighs a full 150 kilograms!"

Two court painters, sweating profusely, spurred their horses to arrive and began setting up their easels under a tree not far away.

(End of this chapter)