Versailles is worse than being queen

◎If that is your destiny◎

The lengthy negotiations began.

Negotiations to end the Seven Years' War were as protracted as the war itself, raising a host of follow-up issues.

Finally, after three months of back and forth, the Treaty of Hubertusburg was signed in February 1763.

Relying on the advantage of occupying territory after the Russian Tsar's defection, Prussia insisted on negotiating, and finally the two sides finally reached an agreement——

Prussia retains its lands but promises to vote for Archduke Joseph at the next Holy Roman Emperor election.

The emperor of the Holy Roman Empire has been elected by seven electors since the thirteenth century. Except for the current emperor Franz and the previous Charles VII, all emperors came from the Habsburg dynasty.

It is naturally very important for Austria to ensure that Queen Theresa's son can continue to ascend the throne in the future.

Hearing this news, Antanya couldn't help thinking of another thing.

In fact, Brother Joseph will be elected as the Holy Roman Emperor in a few years.

Their father died of a heart attack two years later, just days before Leopold's brother married Princess Maria Luisa of Spain.

Father is only 54 years old.

But she didn't know how to stop the sudden illness, and she couldn't talk about it with anyone.

The originally peaceful and regular life was cast a layer of haze because of this foreknowledge.

Day by day, Antania read books seriously, practiced guns and swords, chatted with Isabella, played hide-and-seek with Titi, who was gradually learning to walk, and cared about a liar alchemist from time to time Progress--

Except for a lot of manuscripts that look great but have poor drawing skills, there is almost no progress.

After the war was finally over and even the negotiations came to an end, the courts of Austria and France finally turned their attention to a more long-term security issue-marriage.

It was Prince Kaunitz, who was familiar with Parisian fashion trends, who first thought of this genius idea.

After finishing the discussion with the prime minister, Joseph came back excitedly to talk with his wife and little sister that the queen might marry an older princess to the king of France.

— After all, Madame de Pompadour, the king's mistress, is very ill and is about to see God.

"Oh, come on." Antanya said without thinking, "He doesn't want a queen to rule over him."

Under the astonished eyes of Joseph and Isabella, Antanya realized that she seemed to have said something wrong.

She coughed lightly, "What's the matter? I overheard it in the Winter Palace."

Sorry, Your Majesty Ekaterina, you have to borrow your Winter Palace a few times.

The marriage was discussed quickly, and Joseph once again found that the information his sister had heard from the Winter Palace was horribly accurate—although many French ministers tried to persuade the monarch to marry a queen from Austria, the French king had no interest in it.

He is no longer surprised by this, and only occasionally wonders that maybe he should find a good reason to send more diplomats to Russia-is it because it is too cold, so the diplomats can't help drinking too much , and ended up talking more court gossip than in the south?

If the French king does not want to marry the Austrian princess, the next option is for the Austrian crown prince to marry the French princess.

Although Louis XV did not have a queen, he did not want to be the son-in-law of the Queen of Austria; and Joseph had a wife, so naturally he did not want to be the son-in-law of Louis XV.

The diplomats talked and talked, and finally talked about the most feasible option-although Louis XV's son was also seriously ill and was not an ideal marriage partner, his grandson Louis Auguste In a few years, you will be old enough to marry a wife.

Of course, everyone knows that the little prince is only nine years old now, and if he wants to marry an Austrian princess, he must not be too different in age—that is, the youngest princesses.

It doesn't matter, the Habsburg dynasty has always been open, and the marriages of princes and princesses don't need to be sorted by age, as long as they are about the same age as the marriage partners, they can be matched.

——Otherwise, in this long series of eighteen children, if any of them can't think about it, wouldn't all the younger siblings behind them be delayed.

An important reason why Austria is so obsessed with finding a princess to marry France is that this is a fine tradition of the dynasty.

The motto of Habsburg is—

Let other countries fight on the battlefield, and you, lucky Austria, just marry.

Because God bestows the heroic God of War on others, but bestows the sacred Venus on you alone. *

In such an atmosphere, Johanna's marriage was the first to be finalized-the eighth-ranked grand duchess is 13 years old and will be able to marry the little king of Naples, Ferdinand I, in two years.

However, the importance of Naples is naturally far less than that of France.

Ever since the idea of ​​marrying the French royal family had arose at the Austrian court, it had been a matter of great concern to the queen.

However, while Austria is very eager, the French side is much colder in comparison.

In the end, it was the end of April 1764 when the two sides really started to seriously discuss this matter.

——At this time, after the death of the Polish-Lithuanian king, the Russian czar suddenly sent troops to Poland, intending to force the Polish nobles to send her old lover Stanislas to the Polish throne.

Although Joseph had been reminded by his sister, he paid special attention to Russia's movements and reacted very quickly, but he did not expect King Frederick of Prussia to react even more quickly——

He quickly grabbed the olive branch that Ekaterina handed him, and Russia and Prussia concluded an offensive and defensive alliance, almost blatantly announcing that they were targeting Austria and France!

At this time, the King of France finally couldn't sit still.

This afternoon, Antanya, who had just moved to Schönbrunn Palace from the Hofburg Palace, was sitting in the spring garden.Caroline was proudly showing off to her that the pearl divers she had hired picked a particularly beautiful baroque shaped pearl in the sea.

"Have you ever seen such a big and bright pearl?" Caroline said triumphantly. "It's called 'Angel Wings'—my name!"

The lustrous pearl showed a wonderfully flat and stretched shape, shining with colorful lights, like half of an angel's wing.

The pearl had a small hole in its edge and was worn on a thin silver bracelet. Although it did not have the luxury common to royal jewelry in this era, it was very delicate.

"Ah..." Antanya was stunned for a moment, then couldn't help but smile, "It's so beautiful."

Caroline blushed suddenly, grabbed Antanya's hand, and stuffed the bracelet into her palm: "It's for you."

Antanya gave her a teasing look, but Caroline lifted her chin and muttered in a very reserved manner: "I have many such good things, and there is nothing rare."

Antanya looked at the bracelet in her hand and let out a soft sigh: "Thank you, Caroline."

After going around and around, this bracelet came to her again - Caroline in her previous life also gave it to her, but it was just before she got married.

Although it is a pity that she failed to bring this small gift to France when she got married, Schönbrunn Palace later sent some of her things to Versailles, including Caroline's bracelet.

While Antania was looking at the bracelet, a thin figure suddenly rushed into the garden: "Antania!"

Maximilian was running out of breath, and when he saw Antanya, he yelled: "It's over, it's over, it's over, I heard that the French have taken a fancy to you!"

History has changed.

At this time in the previous life, when Austria and France faced threats from Germany and Russia, and finally turned their attention to seeking marriage to the youngest princes and princesses in each other's royal families, they first set their sights on Caroline.

Before Maximilian had time to say more to Antanya, Mrs. Brandes' figure appeared not far away: "Your Highness, Your Majesty the Queen, please go over..."

She coughed unnaturally, and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty is not very satisfied with your homework."

Antanya glanced back before leaving the royal garden.

The garden is full of starlight narcissus from Bad Aussie. The dense green flowers are dotted with star-like white flowers. The scene has been going on all spring.

The spring of 1764 was drawing to a close.

……

"Antania, you are really amazing."

The queen glared at her little daughter with a stern voice: "I can't speak German, I hardly know French, I don't know history and geography, and your fingers are not as useful as hammers on the piano—"

The queen has been busy with state affairs for many years, and her children—at least her daughters' education has never been her concern.

When she suddenly turned her attention to one of them because of state affairs, and found that her education in the first ten years of her life was a complete mess, and she didn't have any of the most needed skills, she was naturally furious.

Antanya took time to think about it amidst the scolding, and decided that it would be better to act timid and ashamed.

"Mrs. Brandeis, I am so disappointed in you!"

The Queen shouted angrily to Mrs Brandeis, who bowed her head.The Countess had previously been serving as maid to her two youngest daughters, Caroline and Antania.

——As a result, the two daughters didn't know what Chengri was doing.

"Your Majesty, I..." Mrs. Brandeis said in shame.

"There's no need to explain." The queen waved her hand impatiently, "You don't have to teach them anymore, go home."

The maid of the two princesses, a countess, was dismissed by the queen with red faces.

"Next, I will let Mrs. Reichenfeld discipline you."

"Okay, Your Majesty." Antanya agreed obediently.

"Antanya, you have to be clear that from now on, your education will be based on becoming a queen."

It doesn't seem like this was the standard before.Antanya groaned.

The queen's criteria for choosing a son-in-law have always been clear-princesses must marry the ruler of a country or the future ruler, and she will not even look at a man who has no successor to the throne.

At this moment, the door was suddenly "slammed" open from the outside.

Princess Amelia with disheveled hair rushed in, flushed with anger: "Mother! I don't want to marry that Ferdinando! You know, Karl and I really love each other, and I don't want to marry anyone but him! "

The maid who followed her hurried in: "Your Highness! Don't be like this..."

The queen suddenly stood up: "Amelia! Who allowed you to break into my study like this? Do you still look like a princess? It's embarrassing to Habsburg!"

"Your Majesty!" Amelia was wronged and angry, and rushed straight to the queen: "Why can Mimi marry the one I love, but I have to marry the one I don't love?! It's not fair!"

Mimi is the 22-year-old fourth princess Maria Christina, who is also the most beloved daughter of her mother.She has already started marriage proposals this year with Prince Albert of Saxony - and they are very happy.

Seeing this, 18-year-old Amelia was almost driven mad by her mother's eccentricity.

Mimi fell in love with Prince Albert of Saxony, and she fell in love with Prince Karl of Zweibrücken. They are also princes who have no right to inherit the throne from a small country. Why can her sister not?

The queen took a step forward and stared coldly at the rebellious daughter: "You have no right to say that it's fair or unfair, Amelia."

"You were born to me. As a princess, you must obey my orders and assume the obligations to this empire. And I, the king of this country, order you to marry the son of the Duke of Palma! The guard—"

Amelia's eyes quickly turned red.She glared at the queen fiercely, and gritted her teeth: "I will never marry even if I die!"

"Then you just die for me." The queen waved her hand coldly and raised her voice: "Guards!"

When the guards and maids finally took away Princess Amelia, who was so angry that she punched and kicked desperately, the queen was still so angry that her chest heaved violently, and she wanted to drink a cup of coffee to catch her breath.

As soon as she turned her head, she saw her little daughter sitting on the side with calm eyes, as if she had been watching a play the whole time.

Only then did the queen remember what she was doing just now, and she immediately became angry: "As for you, Antania... I have already ordered people to put away your gun and sword. Don't even think about it again in the future." Touch these things."

Antanya raised her head suddenly.

"What I said just now is also for you."

The queen looked at her condescendingly, "Your obligation is to marry a powerful king, give birth to an heir for him, and become a qualified queen. These dangerous weapons will detract from your elegant charm as a woman, and that is your value !"

Antanya was silent for a moment, then asked softly: "But what if I encounter danger in the future, Your Majesty?"

"You will not be in danger." The queen said firmly, "There are people to protect you, and no one will regard you as a threat."

"I'm talking about what if, Your Majesty." Antanya raised her head, "If I'm really in danger, the danger of dying..."

"Do you want to die every day?!"

The queen seemed to be ignited all of a sudden, and roared angrily, "Well, I tell you--Antanya, everyone will die eventually. If that is your destiny, then you will die for this country !"

Antanya looked at the queen quietly.

After a long time, she smiled and knelt slightly to the Queen: "I see, Your Majesty."