The Rise of the European Emperor

On June 15, when Marin rushed back to Emden and was preparing to send a fleet to Cuba and Panama, old Hoffman and Mrs. Mary suddenly called Marin back to Aurich. 【】The reason is that Anne's 18th birthday is coming, on June 18th.

The 18th birthday is a very special day. For a girl, it means coming of age. However, in this era of Europe, many noble ladies were married before the age of 18. For example, the Queen of France, Anne of Brittany, was arranged to marry an agent of Maximilian I at the age of 15. It is not uncommon for princesses to get married at the age of sixteen or seventeen.

Anne will be 18 years old on her 18th birthday, and she is indeed the age to talk about marriage. As for Simon and Albert, for some unknown reason, European aristocratic men generally get married at an older age. It is normal for many nobles to get married in their thirties, and to marry in their twenties.

Also, there is no European tradition of sorting the older child until the older child is married. Although Anne is the youngest, because she is a girl, Simon and Albert will be married first.

But now the question is - who will Anne marry?

You know, Annie is Marin's only sister, a very favored princess. Unlike Simon and Albert. Simon and Albert, although princes, had no right of inheritance because of Caesar's birth. Therefore, when choosing a marriage partner, they are often passive and are likely to be "undermatched". After all, they do not have the right of inheritance and cannot reach the level of princes. 【】Therefore, except for good luck, it is very difficult to marry a princess. Even if you can marry a princess, it is the kind of princess who is difficult to marry. For example, ugly, flawed, or the princess of a weak family.

But Annie is different. The average princess will be "high match". Because, by convention, the heirs of the princes will definitely marry a princess, otherwise the whole family will be embarrassed.

Just like Marin, who married a "knight's daughter" Angela (actually the Pope's daughter), she was despised by many nobles. Because, princes and knights, there are several levels of difference. Marin marrying a "daughter of a knight" will definitely lower the family level...

Of course, the Hoffman family was originally a nouveau riche in the aristocracy, and was looked down upon by many traditional old aristocrats. Although, due to Marin's mighty power, no one dared to despise Marin in person. However, behind the scenes, there are still many old nobles who discriminate against Marin's birth.

After all, although Marin is the blood of the Bullock family, Marin's mother, Mrs. Mary, married old Hoffman, a little knight, and belongs to the "low match". Therefore, as the son of a knight, Marin is also "undermatched" in the eyes of those old nobles. Even, many people believe that Marin's marriage to Angela, the "daughter of the knight", is the right match...

Marin rushed back to Aurich, and specially let Angela hold a grand birthday party and birthday dance for Anne in the palace, and grandly introduced Princess Anne to everyone.

In addition to the nobility of East Frisian, according to the request of her mother-in-law Mrs. Mary, Angela also invited many special envoys sent by the vassal states to Aurich to attend the ball.

The reason for this is that Mrs. Mary wants to use this platform to recommend Anne to all countries...

After all, those envoys from various countries, after seeing Anne's beauty, are likely to recommend Anne to their princes. In this way, Anne could marry a foreign prince.

Old Hoffman and Mrs. Mary were very high-spirited. They believed that, as the only sister of a powerful prince, with such beauty and upbringing, she should not marry a low-ranking noble in the country, but a Prince.

If it is the crown prince with the right of inheritance, it will be even better.

So, they asked Marin to arrange a grand birthday party and court ball to show the beautiful East Frisian princess - Anne...

In order to make Annie appear more amazing, the old Hoffman even asked Marin to act as a designer and design a beautiful evening dress and style for Annie. After all, the clothes Marin designed for Angela looked very good.

So Marin, who was struggling, fought with the tailors all night, and finally made Annie a fitted silk princess dress according to Marin's memory.

This princess dress is pink, showing a little shoulder, but the skirt is dragged to the ground. After all, women's clothes in this era don't like to show their thighs, that's too frivolous. Even if the shoulders are exposed, it is only exposed a little, and I don't dare to show it indiscriminately. After all, because of the coercion of Catholicism during this period, people were still relatively conservative.

The style of the entire skirt was made a bit nondescript by Marin. It looks like a mixed version of the national cheongsam and princess dress...

However, this style is very showy...

When Anne showed up at the banquet in a pink princess dress with a wreath on her head, it caused a huge stir...

I have long heard of Princess Anne's beauty, but because of Marin's relationship, the East Frisian aristocracy is not very popular to hold balls and banquets. Therefore, Anne rarely appeared in public, but it was rumored that she was beautiful.

East Frisian "young talents" are drooling when they see the unparalleled beauty of Anne. In addition to the beautiful clothes, Annie herself is also very beautiful. Because of the beauty of Mrs. Mary, Anne is a young version of Mrs. Mary. The delicate face, the shy expression, the good-looking clothes and the rose perfume sprayed on the body... Whether it is visually or visually, it is unparalleled.

Among the people present, I am afraid that only Angela can compete with Annie. However, today's banquet and dance were hosted by the bodyguard Annie. Therefore, in order not to steal the limelight from sister-in-law Annie, Angela specially changed into old-fashioned clothes, which did not look so bright.

Not only the young East Frisian talents present were amazed, but also those foreign envoys were amazed. As veteran politicians, they know very well what the purpose of this banquet is.

Originally, they hadn't seen Annie and didn't feel anything. After all, the Hoffman family is not some old-fashioned glory family. However, today, after seeing Princess Anne herself, they suddenly felt that even if the background was not so prominent. But based on appearance alone, Princess Anne has already left most of the princesses a street...

Of course, just relying on the description of the envoys back, Marin felt that it was not enough, so he called Da Vinci over:

"Ada, help Annie draw a few oil paintings, faster!"

"Why? I'm still busy researching steam engines!" Da Vinci was a little unhappy. Watting the Newcomen steam engine is his current main work. And, the critical moment has come.

"Let's put it aside, now, the biggest task of East Frisian is to find a suitable husband for Princess Anne!"

"You mean, let me paint her a little more beautiful, and then attract those princes?"

"Nonsense, Anne is already so beautiful, need to draw more beautiful? You just need to draw the real situation."

Da Vinci looked at Annie who was dancing on the dance floor and nodded:

"That's true. Princess Anne is indeed beautiful."

In this way, Da Vinci made an oil painting for Annie on the spot. Then, Marin asked him to—repeat the drawing a dozen times…

So Da Vinci spent three days...

Three days later, a dozen of Anne's oil paintings were sent to the envoys of various countries. Malin specially asked Jeffrey to ask them to bring Princess Anne's oil painting back to the country and hand it over to his own monarch and prince, so as to attract those princes...

What Marin and Da Vinci did not expect was that these dozen of oil paintings were later preserved and became Da Vinci's masterpiece - "Princess Anne"...

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