Christina was making the last preparations for the wedding while chatting with Napoleon’s wife, Salaphine.
"You have no idea how much Napoleon admires your husband!" Salaphine said enthusiastically, "Whenever he is in a good mood while talking to me, he starts reminiscing about the times with Frost, and I can feel those memories are the most precious to Napoleon."
Christina smiled, "I might have guessed. In fact, during the five years they were at Briena Officer School, I was also in Briena undergoing Cavalry training."
Salaphine: "Really? Cavalry! You must be very skilled at riding!"
Christina smiled, "I am indeed quite skilled, and we could go to my father’s stables later, and I could teach you how to ride!"
Salaphine was extremely happy: "That would be wonderful! I can’t believe I would have the opportunity to learn riding from a true noble like you! If it weren’t for the revolution, such a thing would never happen!"
Christina looked at Salaphine in surprise, "What do you mean? I am willing to share my knowledge of horsemanship with anyone."
Salaphine shook her head with a smile, "No, you wouldn’t have, because back then I was just a forester’s daughter, I could never have had the chance to meet a daughter of a great noble."
Christina: "Oh... I see, indeed, at that time between nobles and commoners... there was a thick barrier."
Salaphine continued excitedly, "But now, I can enter various salons like a true noblewoman, my father has gone from just a forester to a minister of the Paris Commune, and we even moved from a small apartment to a large manor!
"This is all thanks to the revolution!"
Christina looked at Salaphine with a complex expression, "You... should be careful, if Robespierre hears such talk, he might consider you a speculator and send you to the guillotine."
Salaphine was shocked, "What! Robespierre is going to be there too?"
"Um... I think he should be, because my husband... my fiancé is his best friend."
Salaphine exclaimed, "That terrifying man is going to be there?"
Christina: "Actually, Robespierre is quite nice, I’ve had a few conversations with him, he’s very polite, a gentleman..."
"You should listen to his speeches in Parliament..."
Just as Christina said this, Salaphine yawned, "I went once, and immediately fell asleep, everything they talked about was so boring."
Christina looked at Salaphine in surprise, "Boring...? Don’t you care about those issues?"
Salaphine shook her head repeatedly.
"How did you end up hooking up with Napoleon then?" Christina asked.
"I guess it’s because of my beauty," Salaphine answered, "And Napoleon is super easy to please, just join him in praising Mr. Frost... I mean, your excellency, and he becomes very happy!"
Christina once again scrutinized Salaphine, her expression almost saying "How could Napoleon be won over by such a superficial woman?"
But she didn’t say much more.
Before the official wedding, the groom had the opportunity to enter the ladies’ preparation room to see his bride in her wedding dress.
Anning came in with Napoleon.
"Oh my, you look beautiful." Anning exclaimed sincerely.
Christina smiled and replied with a thanks.
At that moment, Napoleon excitedly ran off to chat with his wife, so Christina pulled Anning aside and asked in a low voice, "Do you know what kind of person Miss Salaphine is?"
"Isn’t that something you were supposed to find out?" Anning countered, "I usually don’t pay much attention to these things, how could I know?"
Christina sighed, "I guessed as much. I just had a chat with this lady, and she’s a forester’s daughter..."
"A forester’s daughter!" Anning exclaimed softly.
At that moment, a thought flashed through his mind: She is just like Donia from the Chinese adaptation of ’How the Steel Was Tempered’!
He couldn’t help but take another look at Salaphine, comparing her to the Donia in his memory from the Chinese version of ’How the Steel Was Tempered’.
Unfortunately, she looked nothing like her.
Mainly because she didn’t have braided pigtails.
Braided pigtails are very important!
Just as Anning thought this, Christina, filled with jealousy, interrogated, "She’s pretty, isn’t she? After all, she bragged about winning over Napoleon with just her looks!"
Anning honestly said, "I think she’s alright, mainly missing the braided pigtails!"
Unexpectedly, this statement intensified Christina’s jealousy, "Braided pigtails, huh! I knew you were eyeing Napoleon’s sister! Really, I haven’t even married into the family yet, and here you are already thinking about a lover!"
Anning didn’t expect that a simple braided pigtail could lead to such an association.
"I didn’t mean that..." he tried to explain, "I just suddenly thought you would look good with braided pigtails..."
"Because Pauline has braided pigtails, right?"
Anning, "I like Pauline because of her braided pigtails, not because she has braided pigtails that I like them! The order is very important!"
After saying that, Anning realized he had made a significant slip.
Christina, "So you do like Pauline!"
As Anning had already said too much, he had no choice but to admit, "In Pauline, I see innocence and simplicity, and it attracts me..."
Christina sighed, "Well, I’m not saying I won’t have a lover, so I can’t dictate the same to you. Actually, if your lover is Pauline, I would be quite relieved because I know Pauline is a good girl.
"And besides, she will join the military in the future, so when you are off to wars everywhere, having her with you would give me more peace of mind."
Anning scratched his head.
Fortunately, it was an era where having a lover was not unusual.
Then Christina suddenly changed the subject, "Let’s get back to Pauline’s brother Napoleon instead. His fiancée is a forester’s daughter, just a regular clerk before the revolution, but sky-rocketed after it.
"Meaning, her family is exactly the type of opportunist household that Robespierre would detest."
Anning grimaced, "I see..."
"After talking with that girl, I was shocked; she doesn’t care at all about principles like liberty, equality, and fraternity and probably hasn’t even read Rousseau or Voltaire’s books. I don’t think their marriage will be happy..."
Anning, "If it has come to marriage, can I even persuade Napoleon not to go through with it? Let it be, if Napoleon likes her, then it must be good."
What Anning truly thought was, it’s still better than marrying Josephine.