I'm the Dauphin in France

Chapter 996: Full Aura (Please give me double the monthly ticket!)

Alexandra picked up the pen, glanced at the Crown Prince quietly, and then quickly wrote on the paper:

[When the moonlight flows into silver glaze on the dome of the Winter Palace,

I dipped into the Neva mist to mix the indigo tides—

If you ask me why the paintbrush always wanders southwest,

Because there is an unfinished painting in the dream. 】

[Your sapphire eyes reflect the morning dew of the Seine,
I spread ripples of twelve colors on the canvas;

The palette trembles to draw the boundary between morning and evening,
Beautiful irises awaken on the satin...】

She wrote the sonnet in beautiful Roman script, which she revised countless times, and then handed it to Joseph with great expectation:
"Your Highness, since I cannot bring anything into France, this is the only gift I can think of for you."

Joseph recited the slightly awkward poem with a happy smile on his face. I didn't expect this little girl to be so romantic...

He finished reading the entire poem, looked up at Alexandra, and said sincerely:
"This is the best gift I have ever received, thank you. I really like it."

He immediately pinched his brows in some embarrassment:

"Well, please forgive me, I seem to have forgotten to prepare a return gift for you..."

The little princess immediately waved her hands seriously:
"No, Your Highness, you have already given it to me. It is a gift I will never forget in my life."

"Ah? Really? What did I give you?"

Alexandra nodded. "The Garden of Eden. You know, when I first came to Paris, I couldn't believe that there was such an interesting thing in the world.

“When I was on the carousel, I felt like I was in heaven.

“Don’t worry if you laugh at me, I sat there more than a dozen times that day.

“At that time, I thought that the person who could invent all this must be a messenger sent by God to the world.

"Later, I learned that they were all your masterpieces, and when I met you, I fell deeply in love with you..."

Joseph looked at her sparkling blue eyes and the serious look on her face when she was talking about love, and couldn't help but feel like he was looking at a little girl from the second dimension in an anime...

The carriage was silent for a moment. Alexandra seemed to be a little shy because of his gaze, so she quickly found a new topic:
"Um, Your Highness, what have you been busy with recently?"

Joseph was amused by her efforts to act like an adult, and said casually:

"Well, inspections, meetings, handling internal affairs, formulating industrial development plans, etc., are very boring. Thanks to your coming, I was able to take a few days off to rest."

The girl seemed very interested: "Industrial development planning? Aren't these things something that the factory owners should worry about?"

"Well, if they are left to their own devices, French industry will go through a process of reckless investment, bankruptcy, trying another field, bankruptcy again, and trying again. It will not be until a lucky person happens to find the direction that the market needs, that a certain degree of development can be driven.

"And the government's job is to guide them as much as possible and prevent them from falling into traps. This is the development plan."

Alexandra's eyes sparkled and she nodded vigorously: "It sounds really amazing. No wonder France has developed so fast in recent years."

She asked expectantly, "Your Highness, is there anything I can do for you?" "You?" Joseph was stunned for a moment and smiled, "I am very touched by your kindness. If you really want to do something, perhaps you can start with learning. For example, Mr. Lagrange has started teaching in the Palace of Versailles again this year..."

He suddenly felt that this seemed a bit similar to his own experience back then.

The little princess nodded very seriously: "Okay, Your Highness, I will definitely study hard. Well, in my free time, I can also help you organize some people-friendly activities, just like Her Majesty the Queen did in the past..."

As the two chatted, the convoy quickly returned to the Palace of Versailles.

Then, there was the usual dance and banquet, which lasted until ten o'clock in the evening. Alexandra finally finished all the procedures for the day, and after saying goodbye to the crown prince, she returned to her room - just opposite the crown prince's bedroom. They could not live together before the official marriage.

This was also what Joseph meant - he remembered that in history, Alexandra seemed to have died of dystocia because she was too young when giving birth. He wanted to avoid the same tragedy, and postponing the marriage was the most effective way he could think of.

The Russian princess returned to her room, recalling all her experiences of the day. Her eyes swept over the two maids who were preparing toiletries, and she immediately frowned.

There was obviously something wrong with these two people, but she had no real evidence - they could easily say that what happened before was due to nervousness and negligence, or even say that "the Crown Princess herself was hard of hearing and didn't hear it."

But as his personal maids, they have ulterior motives towards him, which will definitely bring disaster in the future.

Alexandra grew up in the Russian court where political struggles were extremely cruel. She was exposed to these things from an early age and was no stranger to dealing with them.

She calmed herself down and searched her memory for information about the two men. Before she came to France, the ambassador to France had compiled the information about important figures in the Palace of Versailles and given it to her.

And she had nothing else to do on the way here, so she memorized all the information.

Soon, she remembered the identities of the two people - Anna and Clarisse, the second maids of the Crown Prince.

Fortunately, they were the Crown Prince's maids, so Count Stroganov specially collected their information.

Alexandra first changed out of her cumbersome dress, then dragged a chair over and sat down in the middle of the room, then said to the busy maids:
"Anna, Clarisse, please come here."

"Yes, Your Highness."

The two of them seemed to be hiding something, and they looked somewhat uneasy standing in front of Alexandra.

The little princess tried hard to imitate the expression of the Tsarine grandmother. She let the two maids stand there for a few minutes before she said in a deep voice:

"Anna Erica de Garneau. Clarice Joan de ..."

She couldn't remember it. After all, there were hundreds of people in the Palace of Versailles who needed to be remembered. She immediately pretended to be disdainful of talking about it and evaded the question:

“Anna, your father is Viscount Garneau, your uncle is a clerk in the Paris Market Office, and you have two younger brothers who are less than ten years old.

"Clarisse, your mother and aunt are both maids at the Countess of Provence's, your sister works at the Baron de Breteuil's, and your cousin is..."

The two maids immediately stared at Alexandra with wide eyes, feeling a chill in their hearts - they had not expected that this little Crown Princess would know their life stories so clearly.

Alexandra glanced at the two of them and said in a frosty voice:

"I want you to remember that if I, as your master, am unhappy, I guarantee that you will suffer even more, as well as those I just mentioned."

(End of this chapter)