Dinner was naturally carried out together, and there was no reason for Ernst to leave at this time, even if Ernst did not like the feeling of being in the limelight.

"Is Moravia really that pretty?"

"Maria said you had a 12-carat sapphire?"

"How's Sophie? I haven't seen her for 6 years, and I would love to invite her to St. Petersburg to see the snow. ”

In the face of the twittering inquiries of the Maria sisters, the only thing Ernst could do was to patiently explain the past one by one, and for some reason, Nicholas II, who saw this scene, only chuckled slightly and did not stop it.

A meal made Ernst see the power of underage women, and Ernst didn't even have the heart to taste the taste of dinner, he spent the whole meal thinking about how to answer the questions of these little girls, and it was really embarrassing to be annoyed and at the same time not be able to show anxiety and irritability.

"I'm sorry, they might be annoying."

Is it just maybe? At this time, Ernst really wanted to complain, but when he saw the lovely little girl in front of him and thought about her situation at this time, Ernst's heart suddenly calmed down, and he couldn't say anything about complaining anyway.

"Am I giving you your birthday present tomorrow or now?"

Under the moonlight and stars, some bright royal streets were very deserted, and Maria looked at Ernst with some strange eyes, she didn't understand why Ernst suddenly asked this, is there anything unusual here that needs to be given to herself now?

"Whoa! I don't want to surround myself with too many people tomorrow, especially those with ulterior motives. ”

Even the mature Maria didn't quite know what Ernst meant by people with ulterior motives, she simply understood that Ernst didn't like to be boisterous. But at this time, she had no intention of thinking about these things, and the sapphire pendant in front of her made her stunned in place.

This is the 12-carat sapphire, this sapphire alone is worth at least 60,000 pounds, the craftsmanship, setting, white gold chain, the overall price of the pendant can even reach 80,000 pounds, with a good auctioneer and environment, then even 100,000 pounds is not impossible.

What is the concept of 100,000 pounds, a few years ago the whole of Moravia had less than 100,000 pounds in taxes, and having this wealth is enough for anyone to go to any country and live a life of abundance.

Women's resistance to jewelry is almost zero, regardless of her age or her hobbies, and looking at Maria, whose eyes are almost heart-shaped, Ernst gently delivers the gift to her.

"Happy birthday Mary in advance!"

If Ernst and Maria had been engaged amicably until this night, now Maria had begun to like Ernst a little bit, because he was wasteful enough, powerful enough to give her almost anything she needed.

Maria was lucky to have such a fiancé, and for the first time she thanked Nicholas II, and that little resistance had vanished. Is a woman's love cheap? If you have to say that, then you can only nod your head and acquiesce, many times women are such straightforward and unresistant to material compromises.

Of course, this kind of thing is very complicated, and if you change to another person or other environment, even if you do exactly the same thing, you will not achieve such an effect.

When he got up early in the morning, Ernst still felt that his legs were a little numb, and after giving Maria a gift last night, the two of them walked for a long time on the royal streets with a little mood, even Ernst, who had been practicing martial arts since childhood, was a little uncomfortable, and could not imagine how Maria would spend her birthday party today.

Thinking about this didn't help, Cosimo got dressed under his service, looked at Cosimo Ernst who was about to speak, and shook his head helplessly, he knew very well what Cosimo wanted to say, but he wasn't ready to do that.

Cosimo was Ernst's personal valet, but he also studied with Massena and Andre for a period of time, and he was quite concerned about political and military affairs. It would also be incorrect to say that Cosimo had the idea, because there were also some commissions from Massena and Bert, some commissions that Ernst could not talk about.

Ernst might have done that before he had met and made contact with Maria, but now he couldn't, because he couldn't and didn't want to hurt such a little girl, and to use him would only feel mean and shameless.

Ignoring Cosimo and getting ready, Ernst went straight to Maria's banquet hall, where he had already been introduced by someone last night, because Ernst didn't need anyone else to lead the way today.

While strolling through the flowers, I walked straight to the hall of the birthday party, which was mainly held in the evening, but there was already a lot of activity in the morning, and the area around the banquet venue was very lively today.

It's still spring and summer, and even in the lawn of St. Petersburg, it's very warm, the ladies and ladies sit together in piles and gossip about something, and the nobles stand aside and talk about their favorite topics, such as gambling, horses, and dogs, and naturally there is no shortage of women's topics.

There weren't many people who knew Ernst here, so his arrival didn't attract attention, and some nobles saw him and only thought that he was a junior brought by a certain nobleman, and there were not many such fifteen or sixteen youth banquets.

Syllable!

A shadow came suddenly, habitually reaching out quickly to grab something flying, the other party obviously did not expect Ernst's reaction to be so fast, and the movement of running over couldn't help but slow.

It's a frisbee, looking at the people...... It was a boy older than Ernst, about 17 or 8 years old, very handsome and a little thin.

"I'm sorry, but you're amazing, brother."

Thumbs up, the boy really admired, he had never seen such a strong reflex person, could it be that the difference in status was not too much, and the boy who had no worries naturally wanted to make friends with Ernst.

"Since I was a child, I like to exercise, and I play a lot, and it's nothing to be able to catch."

The boy's eyes lit up, he liked games like frisbee very much, and now seeing that Ernst looked like I was a master, he couldn't help but invite him to join him. It is better to be idle than to be idle, and at the same time he wants to get some information about Russia from the mouths of these little guys, so Ernst follows the boy to their small group.

Naturally, there is no problem with the newcomers brought by the boys, but this group ranges from the youngest 11 years old to the oldest 23, and at a glance you know that it is a game team that has been improvised together.

Although there is a big difference in age, the identities of these people are almost the same, the youngest one who has just inherited the title of his father is an earl, and the eldest one is still alive and estimated, and there are still many years before inheriting the title.

Earls, marquises, dukes, whether they have titles or not, are all members of the family, and none of them have a title lower than that of an earl. After all, this is the birthday party of the royal family, and the knighthood is too small to be qualified to enter the door. However, everything is not absolute, such as the son and daughter of a baron's minister, but in general, the ancestors were at least high-ranking government officials, if not high-ranking titles.

"Next!"

The frisbee thrown with all his strength is very sharp, but this is completely trivial for Ernst, who has been practicing martial arts since childhood, the frisbee is unexpectedly firmly fixed in Ernst's hands, and there is a low sigh on the other side, this is not the first time, they really don't want to continue.

The little boy who brought Ernst over and was a couple with Ernst was very happy, and smiled at a few friends with disdain, provoking each other to anger and helpless at the same time, who let them not have the ability to win?

During breaks......

"Tolubko, you can call me little Tolubko."

"Ernst, Ernst Franz."

As soon as Ernst's name came out, Tolubko froze in place, and repeated in a slightly high-pitched and somewhat unbelievable voice: "Ernst Franz! Are you Ernst Franz? ”