Life is full of too many unknown things, and maybe what feels extremely precious today will be fleeting tomorrow.

Sometimes, before you have time to look at them, they disappear into the long river of time, leaving only a faint memory that reminds you of the traces of its existence.

Fate is always so impersonal, like a cold-blooded elder who condescendingly manipulates everyone's fate.

And we are in the midst of it, and we can only make useless struggles, even though we know that it is futile, but we still stubbornly refuse to give up.

Because, this is the only way we can prove that we are alive.

"Now, Your Highness Princess, since he is so important to you, have you told him what you want?" Elena asked kindly.

"I...... What shall I say?" Mary seemed to feel a little dazed.

"Do you miss him when you can't see him?"

"Yes." Mary nodded vigorously.

"Then tell him you miss him."

"But...... But......" Mary's voice trembled.

"I've heard that he once proposed to you!" Elena smiled and said, "A man will do what he says."

It didn't seem like it came from Elena's mouth.

Based on her impressions, Bella was even amazed that Elena would say masculine words.

However, according to Bella's observations, Mr. Amadeus is indeed a serious man. And the so-called "marriage proposal" is indeed what he said personally.

Although they were only six or seven years old at the time, neither of them forgot the incident.

"But I can't be so selfish......," Mary said in a low tone.

"Why do you think so?"

"If I do, I'll be very embarrassed for him." Mary replied, "If it were him, he would not do anything for his own selfishness. I can't put my whole family in crisis for my own sake. If he did, it would also give Amadeus a reputation for sin. He's a great musician and he's going to live on for generations to come, and I don't want to stain his life in any way."

Although Mary's voice was soft, her eyes were unusually firm, which made Bella and Elena not know how to talk for a while.

As a princess of the royal family, she inevitably bears the fate of the family, and at this age when love is just beginning, she is forcibly pushed onto the political stage and involved in the pickled world of intrigue.

Perhaps, she would rather be an ordinary little girl - in fact, she is an ordinary little girl.

With an ordinary heart, an ordinary wish, an ordinary feeling.

has all the beautiful yearning that ordinary girls have......

If it weren't for the burden of being a princess, she might never have had to carry this uncertain fate.

In such a beautiful cardamom year, say goodbye to the motherland and hometown, and go to the unknown world.

The small voice seemed so pale and weak; The weak body seems to be shattered when Ying Ying grasps it.

No matter how gorgeous the clothes are, no matter how precious the jewelry, they can't make up for the emptiness in the heart.

I don't know where the road will lead in the future, and I don't know what fate will go through in the future.

In the end, those in power are vying for fame and profit, but sacrificing the happiness of the innocent.

And Marie Antoinette, among all these many victims, was only an insignificant one.

No one even cared how she felt.

What she wants may be just an ordinary girl's, no matter how ordinary her long-cherished wish.

Still, it's a luxury.

Bella and Elena were silent for a long time, not knowing whether to comfort her or encourage her.

If it were usual, Elena would definitely actively support her in her pursuit of her own happiness.

But the child in front of him has his own ideas, a sense of responsibility and consciousness that should not be at this age.

She understands who she is and where she is, but also what fate she may face, and has already made a decision.

It wasn't really a decision at all, because she never had a choice.

There was no past, there is no now, and there may not be a future.

"I will follow the arrangement of the Queen Mother, because I have no choice." Mary said, "But I hope Brother Holder will have a choice."

Mary's tone was very serious, as if she were making some kind of solemn declaration.

"I hope that my brother can choose his own path. You don't have to care about other people's opinions, and you don't have to bear the shackles of your family, but you can do what you want to do with dignity, marry a wife who loves you, and live a happy life......

Mary's words were sincere, as if she pinned her happiness on her brother. As long as her brother can be happy, she has no regrets.

The other brothers in the family have all started families, or more accurately, have chosen to succumb to their respective fates.

Only Holder, who still refuses to bow his head.

Among the many family members, only this brother is the closest to him. Mary wanted to see him be as happy as she was to see her own.

"That's your wish, isn't it? But how do you know that Holder doesn't want you to be happy too?" "We've not known him very long, nowhere near as long as the two of you have been together. So, you know his character better than we do, right?"

"I ......," Mary said.

As Elena said, she knew her brother, just as he knew her.

She hopes that her brother can be happy, and her brother must also hope that she can marry a good family.

If it weren't for that, Holder would not have given up the golden opportunity to return to Vienna to see her off.

Now that he is back, he has to face the fate of his family again.

Since the two Silesian wars, their queen mother has been acutely aware of the need for strong partners to consolidate the Habsburgs' power on the continent. And the only quick and effective way to strengthen this precarious alliance is to establish blood relatives.

Under Empress Teresa's ruthless cousin, Frederick II, Prussia has grown into a threat that must be taken seriously. Even Louis XV did not dare to let France confront it alone.

Driven by common interests, France and Austria formed an alliance.

Marie Antoinette is about to become the crown princess of France, and will soon become the queen of a country, when she will be able to help her family in every way.

If Holder inherits the family's power in Austria, then his sister will be his solid backing.

It is for this reason that Mary is willing to accept her mother's arrangement, not only for the sake of the Habsburgs, but also for the sake of Austria, but also for the sake of her most beloved brother.

Even if he had to succumb to his fate one day in the future, she could do a little bit.