Was it because the band was intentionally causing mischief? As Jero Bonaparte led Elizabeth to the dance floor, the lody instantly transitioned to a waltz prelude. People on the dance floor scattered, leaving a large marble area.
Jero Bonaparte and Franz Joseph exchanged a glance and began moving in rhythm with the music.
Jero Bonaparte first wrapped his right hand around Princess Sisi’s waist, while his left hand gently clasped Princess Elizabeth’s. Elizabeth also placed her right hand on Jero Bonaparte’s waist.
Then, Jero Bonaparte and Franz Joseph started turning clockwise in rhythm, under the watchful eyes of the nobles on the dance floor.
After three turns, the surrounding nobles gradually joined in.
With the help of the banquet of nobles and their partners, Jero Bonaparte couldn’t help but slow his pace a bit. He seized the chance to inquire of Princess Sisi, "My angel, what’s the matter? You seem a bit downcast?"
"Your Majesty, I’m fine!" Princess Sisi, not wanting Jero Bonaparte to notice her discomfort, forced a smile and replied.
"Really nothing wrong?" Jero Bonaparte smacked his lips in a hotown dialect and said to Princess Sisi, "The Princess Sisi I know is not such a dull person; she’s soone who can bring joy to others!"
"Your Majesty, people have to grow up!" Princess Sisi replied to Jero Bonaparte in a slightly low tone.
"Grown-up?" Jero Bonaparte, disregarding his image, pursed his lips, "My angel, how can you be in such a hurry to speak like an old sage at your age?
When you reach my age, won’t you beco a seventy or eighty-year-old granny!"
"You’re the granny! But you will definitely beco a nagging old man in the future!" Princess Sisi couldn’t help but retort in a girlish manner.
After she said this, she imdiately regretted contradicting Jero Bonaparte and hastily apologized, "Your Majesty, please forgive my rudeness just now!"
"It was fine just now!" Jero Bonaparte nonchalantly replied to Princess Sisi, "Why pretend to see through everything so worldly, you’re not at the age to act profound! When strangers ask my age, I always tell them I’m 18!"
"Pff!" Princess Sisi couldn’t help but chuckle after hearing Jero Bonaparte say he was eighteen.
This laughter directly disrupted Princess Sisi’s rhythm. She missed a beat in her steps and inadvertently stepped on Jero Bonaparte’s foot, causing him to feel a rare twinge of pain.
However, there was no ti to worry about the pain now, he hurriedly tightened his grip on Princess Sisi to prevent her from falling due to this mishap.
With Jero Bonaparte’s help, Princess Sisi managed to regain her rhythm, and they continued to dance.
"Your Majesty, I’m really sorry!" Princess Sisi apologized to Jero Bonaparte once again.
"My angel, this is the second ti!" Jero Bonaparte winked at Princess Sisi, his words devoid of any bla, "The last ti at the Tuileries Palace, you stepped on my foot like this! This ti it’s at the Hofburg Palace, I wonder which palace you’ll choose next to get back at !"
"It’s because you were telling jokes!" Princess Sisi retorted with a hint of bla.
"What joke!" Jero Bonaparte first responded righteously, "I really am 18!"
Then, he feigned a lack of confidence and continued, "It’s just a matter of rounding, I am now just 18 years and... and 252 months!"
Princess Sisi chuckled again, realizing 18 years and 252 months ant 32 years!
"Your Majesty, you’re already 32!" Princess Sisi corrected Jero Bonaparte’s age.
Jero Bonaparte pretended to be embarrassed and gently tickled Princess Sisi’s waist with his right hand.
"Haha!" This ti Princess Sisi couldn’t hold back and burst out laughing.
If the music weren’t loud enough, Princess Sisi’s laughter would have attracted everyone’s attention long ago.
Even so, Princess Sisi’s laughter still caught the attention of the surrounding nobles.
Two nobles almost tripped their partners over because of it.
"Your Majesty!" Princess Sisi chided softly.
"Sisi, don’t you know that a man’s age is also a taboo?" Jero Bonaparte said to Princess Sisi with a teasing tone, acting as if he was correct in saying so.
After the song ended, Princess Sisi was in a much better mood than before.
Feeling he had fulfilled his duty, Jero Bonaparte turned to leave the dance floor, as he was beginning to feel averse to dancing.
"Your Majesty, could you please dance with again?" Princess Sisi held Jero Bonaparte’s hand and asked in a pleading tone.
"Of course, my angel!" Jero Bonaparte once again took Princess Sisi’s hand to dance another dance.
anwhile, Franz Joseph, having declined a noblewoman’s request to continue dancing, looked in Jero Bonaparte’s direction.
"Sisi, your husband might get jealous!" Jero Bonaparte whispered with a hint of teasing.
The second piece of music was a waltz, and Jero Bonaparte danced with Princess Sisi while discussing.
Princess Sisi suddenly asked Jero Bonaparte if he would get jealous if Empress Augusta danced with soone else!
"Yes!" Jero Bonaparte answered without hesitation.
"Wouldn’t that make you seem petty?" Princess Sisi responded to Jero Bonaparte.
Jero Bonaparte boldly replied, "I am the Emperor of the French Empire. In all of France, who dares to comnt on like that, I’ll make them wear small shoes for a year... no, for ten years!
I can’t fight the people of Paris, but I can certainly manage them!"
Listening to Jero Bonaparte, Princess Sisi felt like she wasn’t talking to an emperor but rather to one of her father’s ordinary friends from the past.
This natural sense of familiarity was sothing she couldn’t feel in the formalities of the Habsburg court.
"What if the person inviting Empress Augusta to dance is soone you can’t afford to offend! What would you do?" Princess Sisi asked again.
"Can’t afford to offend!" Jero Bonaparte paused for a second, "I rember Victoria doesn’t seem interested in won!"
Princess Sisi also paused for a few seconds. After a long while, she realized that Jero Bonaparte ant that besides the Kingdom of Britain, they feared no one.
And Queen Victoria of Britain wasn’t soone who could dance with won either.
"Your Majesty, you truly are a unique monarch!" Princess Sisi said with a smile while dancing to the rhythm with Jero Bonaparte.
"Sisi, how are things in Austria?" Jero Bonaparte asked Princess Sisi about her situation in the Austrian Empire. "Has your aunt, Grand Duchess Sophie, started giving you a hard ti?"
Princess Sisi’s expression beca slightly dim, and she said tactfully, "There are indeed so conflicts between my aunt and !"
"Ah!" Jero Bonaparte sighed softly, "The relationship between a mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is always a difficult issue! It’s either the wicked mother-in-law driving the daughter-in-law away or the daughter-in-law driving the mother-in-law away!"
"Don’t say that about my aunt!" Princess Sisi rebutted Jero Bonaparte.
"Then what do you plan to do?" Jero Bonaparte quickly changed the subject and asked Princess Sisi.
"What else can I do!" Princess Sisi sighed as well, "I can only do my best to fulfill my duties as a wife and a junior! The rest is up to God’s will!"
"Hasn’t that old fellow tternich given you any advice?" Jero Bonaparte asked Princess Sisi in a low voice with a frown.
Princess Sisi repeated what she had said to Empress Augusta to Jero Bonaparte.
"That old fox!" Jero Bonaparte couldn’t help but mutter under his breath.
However, this also aligned with Prince tternich’s political philosophy of not letting the eagle hunt if the rabbit isn’t caught.
"Prince tternich has just been entrusted with important responsibilities by His Majesty the Emperor, so he can’t get involved in this matter!" Princess Sisi defended to Jero Bonaparte.
"Fine, I’ll talk to tternich about this matter!" Jero Bonaparte assured Princess Sisi.
"Your Majesty, won’t this have a negative impact on you! After all, this is a family matter!" Princess Sisi asked with a hint of guilt.
"A negative impact? What do you an? A fallout? Or a war?" Jero Bonaparte asked Princess Sisi.
"Neither!" Princess Sisi shook her head, responding to Jero Bonaparte.
"Then it’s fine!" As the music ended, Jero Bonaparte released Princess Sisi’s hand and said, "As long as there is no intention of a fallout from the Austrian Empire, there will be no impact!"
Jero Bonaparte then turned and left the dance floor. Watching Jero Bonaparte’s departing figure, Princess Sisi muttered softly, "Your Majesty, why are you so kind to ?"
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With that, Princess Sisi also left the dance floor.
When Jero Bonaparte returned to his original seat, he suddenly found it occupied by a slightly below-average-looking young girl.
The girl, upon seeing Jero Bonaparte’s arrival, hurriedly curtseyed and greeted, "Your Majesty!"
"Augusta, please introduce to this lovely young lady!"
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