Harry Potter’s Morning Light

   Chapter 2255 Fiery frenzy (fifteen)

   Antwerp's City Hall is a Renaissance-style building. The frescoes of Antwerp's history can be seen in the hall in the City Hall, which looks very luxurious, in contrast to the small parliament.

When the city hall was built, it happened to be during the Spanish rule. The Spaniards regarded Belgium as an ally. Although it was not independent, it enjoyed a high degree of autonomy. Usually, the Spanish royal family acted as the governor in Brussels to represent the Spanish king. They enjoy a great deal of autonomy in domestic affairs, but in foreign affairs the House of Representatives must obey the Minister of State and Military Aircraft in Brussels, not the Governor-General.

  Antwerp is the hometown of Rubens, who once served as an ambassador to Spain, and Georgiana is currently living in his former residence. The Flemish people of his day all slept sitting, because they thought it would be easy to die lying down, so the bed the painter himself slept in was very small. Georgiana did not live in the master bedroom of his house either. Rubens was already famous when he was alive. Many nobles and artists would come to visit him. There were many guest rooms in his home, and Georgiana chose a room next to the atrium. She lived in the bedroom. Every night when she went to sleep in her room, she had to pass through his living room. There were not only Rubens himself, but also works of art given to him by his friends. In the hall, there was a pair of Eden. The theme of the mural "Adam and Eve", the proportion is several times that of a living person, it looks like a giant.

There is such a legend about the origin of the name of Antwerp. In ancient Rome, there was a giant called "ant". He blackmailed the passing ships. A soldier chopped off his hand begging for money and threw it out "werpen" , and then there was Antwerp.

   Rubens' painting style was greatly influenced by the Venetian school, especially Titian. She also found Tintoretto's works in his home, and even though she had seen many "big scenes", she was still shocked.

Bonaparte did not live with her, Edgeworth lived in the house of the former mayor, Rocoxus, who had been Rusburn's friend and protector, and from there he set out every morning , to pick up Georgiana at Rubens' home to continue the day's itinerary.

  Richard was a competent guardian, but the situation was out of his control. In Rubens' home there is a building similar to the Pantheon in Rome, but much smaller, with light coming in from a small window in the ceiling, creating a strong contrast to the surrounding darkness.

  The background of the girl with pearl earrings is pure black, which can highlight the image of the girl. She is like a bright light in the dark, but not dazzling, just like the pearl earrings on her ears, emitting a soft light.

  Some people think that this is the artist's use of pinhole imaging and camera obscura technology. She has seen a Rembrandt painting depicting the descending of the cross. At that time, a beam of light shone on **** from top to bottom.

She found Leon in Rubens' "dark room". He exuded a dark breath all over him, and it happened to be a cloudy day today. . This "Pantheon" is made of marble, with several recesses where sculptures can be placed. Those human heads and limbs look like human stumps. Anyway, she felt a cold horror.

   She stood there, not speaking for a long time, and then he sighed to himself.

   "What do you want to say?" he said tiredly.

   What can she say? Those who are tongue-tied have to say who is the one who used his wife's dowry to support his mistress without naming her name?

Many people think that Napoleon's achievements today depended on Josephine. Even during the Brumaire coup, she dragged Barras, one of the five governors, and she introduced this Corsican to the French upper class. of.

   "I don't think Josephine had people say those words." She said bluntly. "It wouldn't do her any good."

   He sneered and looked up at her.

   She thought it might be because of the golden paint used in this "pantheon" that his eyes turned amber again.

   "She's jealous of you." He said slowly, "This trip was supposed to be hers."

   "You won't let her come?"

   "She doesn't want to be with you." He got up from his chair. "Otherwise we'd be like Nelson."

   She didn't know what to say.

   "Women must get what they want, otherwise they will be endlessly noisy..."

"She told me that she was looking for the cavalry so that he could spy on the intelligence in the parliament and see if those people planned a conspiracy against you." She interrupted him, and continued to ignore his face, "Don't. Let the rumor cloud your judgment."

   He obviously didn't want to talk any further, his boots stomping on the marble made a crisp sound, and he wanted to get out of this place.

   "A knowledgeable person can think and judge things." She shouted "Not easily confused by her own passions!"

   "Do you understand what you are doing?" He suddenly turned around and growled.

   "Women are easily discredited by scandals, and that's how Madame du Barry ruined Marie Antoinette's reputation." She said uncompromisingly, "You have to understand, this is the court!"

   His nose **** violently.

"Eugen has lost his inheritance for this reason, and some people still say that the child of Ortens is yours, I don't believe it is true." She looked him in the eyes and said, "So I didn't spread the rumor, there is a saying,' The wise does not buy rumours'."

   "It's possible that you're not as smart as you think." He said with a malicious smile.

   She had a moment of doubt.

   "Your heir is not the child of Ortens and Louis, so that's why Josephine said such a rumor?"

"Their wedding was originally only at the Tuileries, and you made her a white wedding dress for her religious wedding." He kept staring at her "like the one you wore to the banquet that day." ."

   "I didn't think so!" she yelled.

   "Why? You feel ashamed?"

   "Why should I feel ashamed?"

   "Don't you think you're ashamed?" he asked rhetorically.

   "If you feel ashamed, why did you bring me out?" she said, controlling her emotions.

   He smiled, but did not answer, and did not leave.

   "Because of me?" she asked after thinking for a while.

   "Why do you think that?" he asked calmly.

   She remembered the Bonaparte who still loved Josephine very much. He even went to the restaurant where she used to go, as if to announce to the whole world, telling everyone that they would definitely get married in the future.

   "It's like a dream." She said softly, "You won't like me."

   He hummed.

   "Did you say the same thing to him?"

   "What?"

   "It's impossible for him to fall in love with you."

   She recalled, just as he was about to say something, he no longer wanted to hear her answer.

   "What are you going to play at the masquerade?" he asked.

   "How about Eve?" She sneered, "It's enough to find a few fig leaves."

   He glanced at the fresco of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden outside, and then looked at her again.

   "You're not as plump as her." He said objectively, and she put her hands on her waist in anger.

   "That's what you wanted to say?"

   "Or what do you think I should say?" he asked frivolously.

   For example, are you still doubting Josephine that she created public opinion to condemn them both?

   Later, she thought that it was their husband and wife's business. Even if she persuaded Henry II to get closer to his wife like Henry II's governess, Josephine would probably not appreciate it. Since being a good person can't be rewarded well, and she doesn't want to provoke a divorce between the two of them, she might as well just ignore it and do whatever she wants.

   "You go back to Paris, I stay in Belgium." She said indifferently, "There are a lot of things here..."

   "You go back with me!" he ordered. "You don't think about 'a lot of things'. What are you going to play at the masquerade?"

   She wanted to beat him.

   "Greek goddess? Athena?" he asked.

   "No, I'll play Vintini."

"Who?"

   "The water spirits among the four elemental spirits, they mostly haunt near lakes and waterfalls. Isn't this dance held in the botanical garden, I..."

"I promise every sober breath in my life that I will give you love and frankness in the future. I swear this." He suddenly said, "There is a German myth that says this, but the man who swore broke his oath, so He is cursed."

   She listened quietly.

"The fairy cursed him and said that you used every waking breath as an oath to assure me of your loyalty to me, and I accepted your oath. In this case, in order to fulfill the promise, from now on if you can Always awake, you can still breathe, but as soon as you fall asleep, your breath will be taken away, and you will surely die."

   She gasped.

"you do not know?"

   "I just thought Wendine was a lot like Veela," she whispered.

  He bowed his head and smiled weirdly.

   "It's really similar." He turned around and walked away with a wobbly pace.

   "I'm going to sleep here tonight and get another bed, which is too small." He didn't even look back.

  Georgianna wanted to say that he had misunderstood. She didn't sleep in the master bedroom, although it was almost enough for shorties like them.

   But she didn't explain that the necklace incident Marie Antoinette should not have been dealt with by the king, and the king handled it too lightly. She had to figure out how to deal with those rappers, but unfortunately it was abroad. Unless they are brought to Paris to stand trial like the former mayor of Antwerp, the problem is that they are not breaking the law, they are just gossiping, and they cannot be arrested just like that.

   "It's really hard to serve." She muttered, and also left the "Pantheon".

   (end of this chapter)