Empress Eugenie looked at the old prime minister who had been subservient to her, and the anger that had been stored in her heart for nearly ten years was finally extinguished. Even the Prussian blue-skinned monsters who looked up to them with admiration suddenly felt much more pleasing to the eye, including the stinky boy who had been staring at his precious granddaughter just now.

William I and his queen glanced at each other, and it was obvious that both were letting out a long breath, but after a few seconds, Empress Augusta suddenly turned her face away and ignored her husband.

The crown prince and the crown princess were also participants in the German-French ball that year, and after seeing this scene, they understood that Empress Eugenie probably let Prussia go.

Joy naturally didn't understand the reason for this, but he could clearly feel that from the moment when the old prime minister was soft, Queen Eugenie's aura suddenly softened a lot, before this moment, Queen Eugenie was like a majestic and imposing blue peacock who opened the finch screen and tried to show herself, and after this moment, she was more like a bird of paradise with beautiful feathers, just exuding feminine charm, and no longer aggressive momentum.

The old prime minister Bismarck also exhaled a long breath secretly, and couldn't help but feel a little complacent about his eagerness. The old prime minister understands everything in his heart, it is not terrible to offend political opponents, at most let them scold two sentences in the newspaper, but offending the fans of the fashion queen, it is not a matter of scolding two sentences, receiving death threats is a trivial matter, and being scolded for several lifetimes is something imaginable.

After the turmoil, the most important guests of the Imperial Palace Ball, the VIPs and VVIPs have already arrived, and the lights on the stage of the Berlin Center of Power have been lit up tonight, and the curtain has risen.

The dance begins, people fly, spin,

Pair after pair of young people,

Gorgeous clothes sparkling,

And the face glows with fresh beauty. ---- Odoevsky's "The Ball"

In the 19th century, a classic ball was usually held between five or six balls, and it was usually the first polonian that was traditionally the prelude to the ball.

With the sound of Chopin's Polonetz, everyone understands that the ball of the Imperial Palace has begun, and to the accompaniment of the Polonaise, all those invited will have to dance, whether he or she is skilled in dancing or not, whether he or she is old or young. Under the soothing beat, the crowd of the entire palace swam as if a parade in costume had begun, and without the simple dance movements, the Polonets dance would have been more like a walking conversation.

Joey suddenly found that this half-grown child was not a qualified dance partner in everyone's eyes, and the dance music had been playing for more than fifteen minutes, and Joey was still sitting on the chairs on the tables on both sides of the dance floor, waiting for someone else's salvation.

Joey looked at the dancing crowd in an increasingly cheerful atmosphere, and couldn't help but wonder if he should hide back in his room...... In the end, he couldn't give up such a vivid and wonderful dance picture in front of him, after all, this was the first court dance he had seen since he crossed over, and he really couldn't bear to see this vivid court dance scene in the nineteenth century.

Do you want to go or stay? That's really a problem.

Suddenly, a small hand with a white lace glove appeared in front of Joey's eyes. Oh my! Could it be that someone finally invited him to dance? Joey was so excited that she couldn't believe her eyes.

In the next moment, Mary's flower-like smile occupied Joey's eyes, and Joey was confused, and without hearing Mary's invitation clearly, he was pulled into the huge dance procession of the palace accompanied by polona.

"Mary, why did you just say you didn't know me, we're friends, you said that so much to me... Embarrassed" Joey couldn't hold back the question in her heart, and asked Mary directly while dancing.

"Stupid duck, I really doubt how your court etiquette class was conducted?! Don't you know how you can say you know a lady without being officially introduced by your elders?! Mary seemed to be in a good mood, and instead of teasing Joey, she gave a straight answer.

"Ahh Only then did Joey finally understand the root of the problem.

"Also, you stupid duck, don't you know that it's a man who invites a lady to dance?" Mary asked solemnly.

"Ah, yes, I forgot, wasn't it stupid that I was sitting there?" Joey asked hurriedly.

"It's okay, Joey, I've invited you anyway, that's nothing." Mary said lightly.

However, Joey looked at the smugness that could not be hidden in Mary's big blue eyes, and seemed to understand something.

"Mary, you invited me to dance..... You just said it's a man's responsibility at the ball! But..... But..... It's you..... Oh my! Wait, should I curtsy you? Only then did Joey realize that although Mary had not witnessed the old prime minister curtsy to pay tribute to Empress Eugenie just now, this big lace news had reached her ears, and the smugness that could not be concealed at the corner of her mouth had already explained everything.

"Curtsy from the Prince.... Ah, this picture is so beautiful, I'm really looking forward to it! Mary tilted her head and winked at Joey.

Who does the heavens spare....... Joey decided that it was better to change the subject, or he would surely fall deeper and deeper.

"Marie, I really don't know, you are the granddaughter of Empress Eugenie, but your surname is not Bonaparte?" Joey wittily changed the subject.

"Empress Eugenie is my aunt, my grandmother is the sister of Empress Eugenie, and my grandfather and father are the Duke of Alba of Spain, so my surname is Weisman." Mary patiently explained to Joey.

"Ah, then, Mary, when we first met, why didn't you say it?" Joey asked.

Mary shook Joey with her eyes a large lake-blue health ball.

"Oh, oh, the lady is going to be officially introduced, and it seems that my court etiquette class is really in vain." Joey laughed at himself as he deftly dodged an obstacle in the dance's path.

"Well, the dance posture just now was quite accurate, but I didn't expect the stupid duck to have a dexterous and elegant side." Mary danced lightly and praised Joey.

No matter how good Chopin's polonaise is, there will be an end to it. Although the opening Polonetz lasted a full fifteen minutes, Joey felt that he had only danced for less than five minutes, and the time was so fast.

At the end of the song, Joey thankfully did not forget all the court dance etiquette, but gentlemanly asked Mary if she would like to go to the buffet table to get some food, or send her back to her seat.

Kids, good food is always more appealing than sitting in a chair. Eventually, the two of them walked together to the cafeteria next to the dance floor and in the wall hall. Before entering the cafeteria, Joey still had a clear understanding of the food level of his own palace, so he was ready to invite Mary to drink soda and eat chocolate.

But after walking into the cafeteria and seeing the dazzling array of food on today's buffet table, Joey was taken aback, and couldn't believe when his catering level had advanced by leaps and bounds to the level of Charlottenburg Palace, until he saw the figure of the queen's grandmother's imperial chef Franzken, Joey understood that behind today's banquet of the queen palace, it was his own queen's grandmother who ran it.

Covered in white egg whites and marzipan frosting, the battenberg cake is sliced open to reveal a checkered shape of pink and pale yellow almond-flavored sponge cake, which is so tempting at first glance.

Next to it, there are also colorful Baumkuchen cakes that are stacked in a staggered manner, with a circle of fine, oak-like round Baumkuchen patterns, wrapped in a rich chocolate sauce, and even some Baumkuchen cakes covered with pink strawberry jam, which are also finely sprinkled with white frosting. The appearance and fragrance are worthy of the title of "King of Cakes".

The most conspicuous figure standing next to the Baumkuchen cake of the "King of Cakes" is the old Prime Minister Bismarck.

Combining the sourness of cherries, the sweetness of cream, the bitterness of chocolate, and the mellow aroma of cherry wine, the rich and flavorful Black Forest cake is a prominent feature on the buffet table, followed by a yellow cheesecake covered with blueberry jam and a lemon aroma, and a bread with black poppy seeds with a full filling. Of course, Berliners' own dessert, nicknamed "Berliner" fried bread, is also served on a large white porcelain plate, and this doughnut-like fried bread is also filled with red strawberry jam or black chocolate sauce.

Croissants with cream, strawberry jam, and chocolate fillings are also popular, and there are also buttered baguettes with salt grains on the side, which are also popular with many people.

The Stollen cake, which only appeared at Christmas, is also served on a porcelain plate, as well as a butter round cake with raisins and almonds, a butter pie with crushed almonds, a plum cake with plenty of plum and apricot pulp, a crispy cake with a pudding topping, a lightly browned apple pie with apple filling, and a cheesecake with butter and cheese at the end.

A wide variety of smoking, grilled and fried German sausages are an indispensable element.

Joey and Mary glanced at each other, both reading the shock and surprise in each other's eyes, Mary bent her eyes and smiled, "Joey, has the buffet at your prom always been so attractive?" Oh, what am I going to do here, oh my God, I'm going to have to get fat today. ”

"Always satisfy the eyes, mouth, stomach and heart first, as for whether you are fat or not, let's talk about it later. Mary, let's go, I think they're going to eat up a couple of things. Joey urged.

After a series of patient pick-ups, on the way to the table, Joey held a large plate full of pastries and sausages in one hand, while Mary elegantly held a small plate with a few small slices of fruitcake in front of her.

In fact, most of the food on the plate in Joey's hand was hand-ordered by Mary, but letting a beautiful lady carry a mountain of food always did not conform to the beautiful image of a lady, so she had to let the foodie Joey bear this notoriety. In the end, even Chef Franzken, who Joey was familiar with, asked Joey if he could eat enough, and if he needed to prepare some more personal snacks for Joey.

In line with the psychology that a sheep is herd, and a flock of sheep is also put into broken jars, Joey did not hesitate to agree to Chef Franzken's kindness.

Mary still takes care of Joey's face and leads Joey into a less obtrusive table position, but Joey eventually discovers that this position was chosen purely for Mary's sake to feast better.

The reason is that Mary is no slower than Foodie Joey in eliminating food. But there is one thing that Joey admits convincingly, no matter how much food is eliminated, Mary's posture is always impeccable and elegant, which is much better than Joey's.

Just as Joey and Mary were about to finish their plates, the second batch of bands had already changed. With a prelude to the lilting four-beat prelude of elbow bagpipes, fiddles, wooden flutes, tin whistles, double bellows accordions, harps and sheepskin drums, the Celtic cheerful Lille is calling all those who love to dance.

Joey read Mary's eager mood from the blue eyes of the lake that she was looking at her.

Joey stood up and saluted Mary with a standard French court salute, and then gave an invitation to dance, "Dear Marie, if you haven't been invited to dance a second Learle yet, will you give me a look at it?" Joey instantly remembered Mary's invitation to herself before the polonaise.

"Dear Joey, I'd love to." Mary smiled and held out her hand to Joey.

To the rhythmic beating of Scottish bagpipes and sheepskin drums, Joey and Mary stood at the end of the Lille double column with their eyes on each other, laughing and spinning as they mimicked the dance of the leader.

An important point of the Lille dance is that in the course of the dance, the lead dancer of the dance should be constantly exchanged, and the lead dancer of each pair needs to try to dance different tricks with ingenuity, and the others should try to imitate the dance of the lead dancer as much as possible, until someone finally can't keep up with the rhythm of the dance and automatically quits, and the pair that finally stays on the dance floor will be the king and queen of the Lille dance tonight.

Light music and casual dancing, which is just in line with Joey's characteristics of being good at awkward dancing, and Mary, with her deep dance foundation and experience with Joey, after several rounds of swing dance, mechanical dance and the final killer ghost step dance, Joey and Mary finally succeeded in eliminating everyone and became the king and queen of Lille tonight.

Everyone applauded the young dancers and queens.

After the greetings and greetings of countless admirers, Empress Eugenie also noticed the newly baked dancing king and queen, and then looked at her best friend Empress Augusta with some surprise and said, "Mary, although I don't know what this grandson of yours is dancing and can't see any dance rules, I still have to admit that this dance is quite beautiful." It's really rare that someone has inherited your dancing genes, and I'm worried that the Hohenzollern family won't be able to continue your dancing talent. ”

Empress Augusta, after hearing her best friend's praise of her favorite grandson, smiled at Empress Eugenie and said, "I think he is just dancing blindly, or dear little Mary dances well, little Mary is beautiful and dances well, I really don't know that young man will be lucky enough to marry our little Mary in the future." ”

Empress Eugenie turned her head to meet the admiration of a new group of admirers, and refused to answer the words of her best friend in the slightest, thinking to herself, "Don't even think about your little thoughts!" ”

Crown Princess Victoria watched her youngest son and Mary receive the applause and applause of everyone, and said to the crown prince with some concern, "My dear, it seems that Jojo likes this granddaughter of Empress Eugenie a little!" Isn't that not good? ”

"They are all children, and in my opinion, they are simply friendships. Wiki you don't think so much, I think it's good that they do this. Besides, Princess Beatrice looks like a very nice little girl, and they are about the same age, so I'm glad to be able to play together. You know, Joey has been acting too much like an omniscient lately.... Target..... The crown prince spread his hands and shook his head.

"Joey is the most normal in my eyes now, dancing happily with Princess Beatrice, this is like my cute little son who has not grown up." The crown prince said rather disappreciatively.

Then he pointed to William and Elizabeth, who were sitting next to the dance floor and chatting, and said, "Vicky, I think you should pay more attention to Willy, he and Ella have already danced two dances, and it looks like the third and fourth dances are going to be danced together." If that's the case, then we'll have to think about what to do. Would you like to find a time for us to discuss with my brother-in-law Ludwig about the matter between them? ”

Crown Princess Victoria carefully looked at Elizabeth, who was chatting with William, and said quite critically, "Ella's appearance can be regarded as worthy of Willy, but the figure is too tall, and it seems that our family's Willy is a little short, which can't set off Willy's majestic appearance." Also, I don't like Ella's insatiable thirst for jewelry, she likes to pursue expensive jewelry so much, I think it will be a lot of pressure for Willy in the future. And in terms of managing household chores, I think she has more to learn. ”

Crown Prince Frederick tilted his head to look at his wife and said with a smile, "Vikki, your tone reminds me of the queen mother back then. Are mothers-in-law always so picky about their future daughters-in-law? ”

Crown Princess Victoria, lightly stabbed her husband with her elbow, and said with some annoyance, "Franz, your joke is not funny at all, Willy will inherit your position in the future, his wife will be the Empress of Germany, we must take care of him, although Ella is not bad, but it is still a little short of our Willy." ”

Crown Prince Frederick gently shook his wife's hand and said softly, "Okay, dear wiki, the children's happiness is chosen by themselves, and we are just supporting their choice behind our backs, isn't this something we have already discussed?" Wait, there's a bunch of people who need my entertainment, my dear, and can I have the honor of having you dance a third dance tonight, the waltz? ”