On 15 June, when Marin was rushing back to Emden to prepare to send a fleet to Cuba and Panama, the elder Hoffman and Mrs. Mary suddenly called Marin back to Aurich. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info The reason is that Anne's 18th birthday has arrived, just on June 18th.

The 18th birthday is a very special day, and for a girl, it means adulthood. However, in Europe in this era, many aristocratic ladies were married before the age of 18. For example, Anne of Brittany, Queen of France, was arranged to marry Maximilian I's surrogate at the age of 15. It is also common for princesses to marry at the age of sixteen or seventeen.

Anne celebrated her 18th birthday, and she turned 18 years old, and she was indeed at the age to talk about marriage. As for Simon and Albert, I don't know why, European aristocratic men generally marry at a relatively older age. Many aristocrats only get married in their thirties, and it is normal for them to get married in their twenties.

Moreover, there is no tradition in Europe that the older child must be married before the younger child takes turn. Although Anne is the youngest, because she is a girl, she will be married by Simon and Albert first.

But now the question is - who is Anne marrying?

You know, Anne is Marlin's only sister, and she is a very favored princess. It's not the same as Simon and Albert. Simon and Albert, although they are princes, they do not have any inheritance rights because of Caesar's birth. Therefore, when choosing a marriage partner, it is often very passive, and it is very likely that it will be "undermatched". After all, they have no right of inheritance, and they cannot reach the level of princes. Therefore, it is difficult to marry a princess unless you are lucky. Even if you can marry a princess, you are the kind of princess who is difficult to marry. For example, she is ugly, flawed, or a princess of a weak prince's family.

However, Anne is different. Ordinary princesses are "high-matched". Because, according to custom, the heir of the princes will definitely marry a princess, otherwise the whole family will lose face.

Just like Marin, who married a "knight's daughter" Angela (actually the Pope's daughter), she was despised by many nobles. Because, the princes and the knights are several levels apart. Marin marrying a "knight's daughter" is definitely lowering the family's grade......

Of course, the Hoffman family was originally an upstart in the aristocratic world, and was looked down upon by many traditional old aristocrats. Although, due to Marin's might, no one dared to despise Marin in person. However, behind the scenes, there are still many old aristocrats who discriminate against Marin's birth.

After all, although Marin is the blood of the Bullock family, Marin's mother, Lady Mary, married to a young knight from old Hoffman, and belongs to the "low match". Therefore, as the son of a knight, Marin is also "low-matched" in the eyes of those old nobles. Even, many people think that Marin marrying Angela, the "daughter of a knight", is the right person......

Marin rushed back to Aurich and specially asked Angela to hold a grand birthday party and birthday ball for Anne in the palace, and introduced Princess Anne to everyone.

In addition to the nobles of East Friesland, at the request of her mother-in-law, Lady Mary, Angela also invited many envoys from the vassal states to Aurrich to the ball.

The reason why this is so is that Lady Mary wants to use this platform to recommend Anne to other countries......

After all, those envoys of various countries, after seeing Anne's beauty, are likely to recommend Anne to their own princes. In this way, Anne could marry a foreign prince.

Old Hoffman and Madame Mary were of high spirits, and they believed that as the only sister of a powerful prince, and of such beauty and upbringing, she should not marry a nobleman of a low rank in the country, but a prince. If it is the crown prince who has the right of inheritance, so much the better.

Therefore, they asked Marin to arrange a grand birthday banquet and a court ball to show the envoys of various countries the beautiful East Frisian princess, Anne......

In order to make Anne's appearance more amazing, the elder Hoffman even asked Marin to act as a designer to design a beautiful evening dress and look for Anne. After all, the clothes that Marin designed for Angela look very good to wear.

So, Marlin, who was forced to do so, fought with the tailors all night, and finally made a well-fitting silk princess dress for Anne according to Marin's memory.

The princess dress was pink, showing a little of the shoulders, but the corners of the skirt dragged to the ground. After all, women's clothing in this era is not interested in showing thighs, it is too frivolous. Even if he showed his shoulders, he only showed a little, and he didn't dare to show it. After all, people were still relatively conservative during this period because of the pressure of Catholicism.

The style of the whole skirt was made a little nondescript by Marin. It looks like a hybrid version of the Republic of China cheongsam and princess dress......

However, this style shows off the figure......

When Anne appeared at the banquet in a pink princess dress and a garland on her head, it caused a huge sensation......

I had long heard of Princess Anne's beauty, but because of Marin, it was not very popular in the East Friesian aristocracy to hold balls and banquets. As a result, Anne rarely appears in public, except for rumors that she is as beautiful as a flower.

The "young talents" of East Friesland drooled at the sight of the beautiful and peerless Anne. In addition to the beautiful clothes, Anne herself is also very good-looking. Because she inherited Lady Mary's beauty, Anne is a younger version of Lady Mary. Delicate face, shy expression, plus good-looking clothes and rose perfume sprayed on the body...... Whether it is visually or visually, it is glamorous.

Among the people present, I am afraid that only Angela can compete with Anne. However, today's banquet and ball, the guard Anne organized. Therefore, in order not to steal the limelight of her sister-in-law Anne, Angela specially changed into old-fashioned clothes, which looked less shiny.

Not only were the young talents of East Frysian present, but also the foreign envoys. As veteran politicians, they knew exactly what the purpose of this banquet was.

Originally, they hadn't seen Anne, and they didn't think anything of it. After all, the Hoffmans are not some old glory family. But today, after seeing Princess Anne herself, they suddenly felt - even if they were not so illustrious. But just by her appearance, Princess Anne has already left most of the princesses on the street......

Of course, Marin felt that the description of the envoys was not enough, so he called Leonardo da Vinci over:

"Ada, help Anne paint a few oil paintings, faster!"

"What are you doing? I'm still busy working on the steam engine! Leonardo da Vinci was a little unhappy. Watting the Newcomen steam engine is his main task at the moment. Moreover, it has come to a critical moment.

"Let's put it first, now, East Friesland's biggest task is to find a suitable husband for Princess Anne!"

"You mean, let me paint her beautifully, and then attract those princes?"

"Nonsense, Anne is already so beautiful, she needs to draw more beautifully? You just have to draw the real situation. ”

Leonardo da Vinci looked at Anne, who was dancing on the dance floor, and nodded:

"That's right, Princess Anne is beautiful."

In this way, Leonardo da Vinci made an oil painting of Anne on the spot. Then Marin asked him to repeat the drawings a dozen times......

So, it took Leonardo da Vinci three days......

Three days later, more than a dozen paintings of Anne were sent to the envoys of various countries. Marlin specially asked Geoffrey to ask them to bring Princess Anne's oil painting back to China and give it to his own monarch and prince, so as to attract those princes......

What Marin and Leonardo da Vinci didn't expect was that these dozen or so oil paintings were later preserved and became Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece - "Princess Anne......