I Am the Crown Prince in France

Chapter 371 For mother, there is only one big thing in the world

Queen Mary looked at her son in surprise. The piece of Belgian pastry wrapped with sugar and covered with cocoa powder she held in her hand was never put into her mouth: "You mean, Archbishop Talleyrand expressed support to Russia for their occupation of Sweden. This Did this happen with your permission?"

"Ah, it's my foreign policy advice to him." Joseph didn't want his mother to think that the foreign minister ignored her, so he had to choose a tactful way of saying it, "and he happened to agree with it."

"But why are you indulging the Russians?"

"To make them forget about Poland for a while. You know, once the Russian army is idle, Poland will suffer."

Queen Mary blinked: "In this case, we should directly negotiate with Russia instead of sacrificing Sweden."

"This..." Joseph secretly pinched the armrest of the chair and patiently explained, "Sweden can resist the Russian invasion."

"But I don't think Sweden is much stronger than Poland."

"Sweden will receive aid from Britain and Prussia."

"How can you be sure?"

"That's it..."

An hour and a half later, Queen Mary no longer cared about dessert. She looked at the Crown Prince with only shock in her eyes: "So, your strategy is to stabilize the situation around Tunisia first, and then let Lafayette The Marquis went to India to cause trouble for the British? "

"Ah, I just gave some advice to the Minister of War. The Marquis of Lafayette went to the Far East after receiving an order from Duke Broy."

Joseph had to try his best to make up for the cabinet ministers: "According to the Intelligence Bureau's investigation, Algiers and Tripoli are both supported by the British. If India needs the British to invest huge power, then our pressure in North Africa will be reduced.

"You see, immediately after Mysore declared war on the British East India Company, the British Foreign Secretary came to Paris. If I guess correctly, he came to ask us not to interfere with the situation in India.

"Of course, we can't agree so easily, and we have recently defeated the Hanoverian army. We must consider it after he has paid enough benefits..."

Queen Mary didn't pay much attention to her son's words behind her. She was filled with excitement and pride at this time. My son has grown up and is so outstanding. He talks about these international events with great clarity. Even Archbishop Brian could not speak as clearly as he did before.

At the same time, she felt a little melancholy. If he continues at this pace, his son will soon no longer need his own protection. He will spread his wings and fly away from the nest he built for him like a bird with full wings.

She was suddenly startled, and then shook her head vigorously.

What are you thinking about? My son will be 16 soon, he is already an adult! He is the son of God!

She couldn't always hold him in her arms like she did when he was a child. It's time for him to spread his wings and soar over the vast sky of France.

And it's clear that he can do it very well.

Thinking of this, there was only one thing left in Queen Mary's mind: "Joseph, you will be 16 years old in a few months. I know that you have great ideals and want to devote all your energy to a strong country, but you You also have to think about your marriage.

"You don't have to get married yet, but this doesn't affect your choice of a fiancée. For the sake of God, just let me and your father feel at ease."

She lowered her voice again: "To be honest, you don't like men, do you? Oh, it was your father who mentioned this to me."

Joseph suddenly felt dizzy. How could you suddenly switch to this topic when talking about national affairs?

"Of course not." He hurriedly shook his head and said, "Don't worry, I will definitely choose a girl I like to get married."

Queen Mary immediately seized the opportunity and said: "So, look at Clementine..."

"Ah, mother, my cousin is very good, but she is definitely not my ideal wife."

"Then the Princess of Sicily? Isn't it? What about the Princess of Savoy? Not even? The Spanish Princess..."

Joseph didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Although his mother listed almost all the princesses from the surrounding countries, thanks to the bad customs among European royal families-basically only intermarrying among several major royal families and never introducing new DNA- As a result, all the girls she mentioned are close relatives to herself!

The farthest ones are also collateral relatives within three generations. Needless to say, the closest ones are like Clementine. How can this thing get married?

Seeing that Queen Mary had begun to extend her candidacy to England with a solemn expression, Joseph could no longer hold back.

"Well, dear mother, my request is actually very simple." He gritted his teeth and said, "That is, I hope to marry a girl who is not related to me by blood."

"Ah? Why is this?"

Joseph's head suddenly got big. If he said that marrying close relatives can easily lead to fools, he seemed to be scolding his parents. After all, my grandparents and maternal grandparents were all consanguineous marriages...

Moreover, as a person who has been baptized with the concepts of the 21st century, he cannot ethically accept a close relative wife.

"This," he said thoughtfully, "is about genetics. That, Mendel...oh, no, he hasn't..."

Queen Mary looked at her son with a constipated expression, suddenly showed a kind smile, took his hand and said: "Okay, okay, I understand. But as the French Crown Prince, you really can't marry a commoner. "

In her opinion, her son must have made up this reason in order to marry a commoner girl.

"Ah?" Joseph said subconsciously, "I didn't say I wanted to marry a commoner."

"Oh? Really?"

"Marry a princess, I really want to marry a princess." Joseph was exhausted and said with certainty, "As long as she is not a close relative."

At this moment, Brian came with an important document to ask Her Majesty the Queen to sign, which interrupted the conversation between the two.

Joseph took the opportunity to escape from the forced marriage scene.

After handling government affairs, Queen Marie walked to the balcony, looking at the various vegetables and flowers in the yard, but she was recalling what her son had just said.

"There can't be a blood relationship," she frowned slightly, "but you said you want to marry a princess. Is there such a princess in the European royal family?"

In fact, even the British royal family has a blood relationship with the French royal family, although it is already relatively thin. And we can't really let the crown prince marry an English woman...

"What is my son thinking?"

Queen Mary pondered, and suddenly a little girl's gentle big eyes popped up in her mind.

She was immediately enlightened. The little girl had no blood relationship with the French royal family. "So Joseph likes that little girl! Well, although she is a little young, she is really very cute, especially her eyes.

"By the way, she is in Paris now. No wonder Joseph suddenly rushed back from the Southern Netherlands."

She remembered that Joseph had said that he wanted to marry a princess of a powerful country. Although Russia is poor and backward, it has a vast area and a large population. It is definitely a powerful country.

She suddenly felt a little guilty. It turned out that her son had mentioned the person he liked to her a long time ago, but she never understood it.

He is really a shy child. He likes other girls but doesn't say it directly, and his parents keep guessing.

Although Queen Mary was a little disappointed about Clementine's "failure", she soon became happy again. At least she was sure that her son didn't like men.