War Palace and Knee Pillow, Austria’s Destiny

The Habsburg family still attaches great importance to bed privacy. Although it is not like some palaces that require married family members and maids to go to bed, it is normal for family members or court ladies to stay outside the door to pay attention to the movements in the house.

According to the records of the Vienna court in history, Princess Sissi did not truly become a woman until the third day after her marriage.

Regarding this, Mrs. Sophie was still very relieved about Franz. She went to bed early and only let two maids guard the door.

According to the regulations of the Habsburg royal family, on the second day of the emperor's wedding, all royal family members should have breakfast together, and at the same time send blessings to the queen, as well as morning gifts.

The so-called "morning gifts" actually come from the German tradition. The family of the bride must give the married woman a gift on the morning of the second day of the wedding as compensation for the woman's loss of chastity.

This money will be the woman's private property, which is extremely important among European nobles who value personal property. On the contrary, this tradition is not taken too seriously among civilians.

But no matter what, as a mother, Madame Sophie still didn't want Franz and Olga to be late on the first day.

However, when Madame Sophie came to the palace where Franz and Olga were, she found that the two maids at the door of the bedroom looked very bad.

Madame Sophie immediately had some bad premonitions. Although she knew that her son would be absurd sometimes, it would be troublesome if the queen also let Franz do whatever he wanted.

"What's the matter with you?"

"Good morning, Archduchess. His Majesty and the Queen are so energetic. They didn't go to bed until after one o'clock. His Majesty got up very early again. We just cleaned the house."

Listening to the explanation of the two maids, Madame Sophie couldn't help but frown.

"What did the emperor do?"

"His Majesty seems to have some official business to deal with."

Madame Sophie couldn't help but complain.

"It's really not doing his job. How can the emperor be as tired as him?"

"Take me to see him."

"Archduchess, please come this way."

The door of Franz's study was not closed. He was buried in a mountain of documents.

"Franz, you should take a rest. Or hand these things over to the right people. I have never seen an emperor as tired as you.

You know Henry V, right? He was unable to attend your wedding because he fell ill. My child, I know you are much better than him.

But there are only 100,000 people in Fribourg, while our Austrian Empire has 47 million people. The wedding celebration will last for a week, and you should take a good rest."

Franz certainly understood Mrs. Sophie's good intentions, and the Austrian Empire must do so. Even the most autocratic emperor could not really monopolize power completely and thoroughly.

"Mother, I'm afraid it's not possible now. The crisis has not been resolved. The British, French, Russians, and Ottomans are still watching us.

The Confederation is also full of crises. Although those guys in the country surrender on the surface, they are secretly harboring evil intentions. Everyone is waiting for an opportunity.

Many enemies are lurking around us. Even in the imperial government, there are no people and departments that can be absolutely trusted.

We don't know when and where the enemy will attack, so we must remain strong and make them exhausted and have no time to attack."

After listening to Franz's words, Mrs. Sophie felt both relieved and sad, and finally could only turn into a long sigh.

"Franz, you should prepare breakfast with your queen."

"Okay, mother."

In the bedroom, Olga's hair was disheveled, and the afterglow of last night was obviously not gone. She was not a girl of sixteen or seventeen years old. She had heard a lot from her female companions.

In comparison, Olga was much luckier than those noble ladies. Franz had almost everything that noble ladies desired. If she could cheat on such a man, her husband would probably be proud of it.

It was just that everything was too dreamy and wild, and Olga couldn't tell whether it was a dream or reality. She reached out to touch the person next to her, but she touched nothing.

Olga woke up immediately. She looked up and saw Franz standing by the window in formal clothes, looking at her. She looked at the furnishings in the room and there was no trace of last night.

Olga suddenly felt that she was not awake yet, so she fell down again and changed to a comfortable position to continue sleeping.

About thirty seconds later, Olga sat up suddenly from the bed and saw Franz suddenly cover his spring light, then cover his face, and finally bury himself.

"You go out first, I need to change my clothes and wash my face."

Olga's voice was weak and soft.

"Okay, I'll wait for you outside. Everyone is still waiting for us."

After Franz went out, more than a dozen maids came into the room with various equipment. Olga was quickly carried into the bathroom by several maids, and the bed was rolled up and sealed, and replaced with another set of brand new bedding.

Olga was still a little uncomfortable after drying, dressing, and putting on makeup.

"Only 20 minutes, are they an army?"

Olga couldn't help complaining.

"To be exact, it was 21 minutes and 51 seconds. Your Majesty the Queen."

The leading maid corrected.

Olga's eyes widened, and Franz introduced her.

"This is Baroness Fiora. From now on, she will be your chief attendant."

Olga was a little helpless. She still missed the two maids she brought from Russia, but she also knew that no country's court would accept female officials from other countries' courts.

Even the smallest royal court would try to avoid this situation, and Olga could only smile.

Franz patted the back of Olga's hand.

"Don't worry, she's just a little too serious, but she's not bad. It's getting late, we should leave."

At the grand breakfast ceremony, Olga responded appropriately, which made Mrs. Sophie very satisfied.

Because this to a certain extent blocked the mouths of some gossipers. No matter in which era or country, arrogance and prejudice always exist.

Many people in the Vienna court thought that Olga was from Russia and was probably a barbarian who didn't know the rules. Such a person was not worthy of being a queen.

Even if it was because of the strategic needs of the country and the family, the children born by such a person were not worthy of inheritance.

Of course, with Franz's authority at this time, no one dared to discuss these things in person, but he could not stop someone from discussing them behind his back.

The next thing was the so-called morning gift. Franz did not deliberately fill the box with gold and silver to embarrass the queen like some families did.

The morning gift Franz sent was a box of expensive jewelry. Although it was precious, it disappointed some people.

Usually, families would fill a box with gold to show off their wealth. The weight of a box full of gold would be very exaggerated.

Not to mention a young woman, even a few strong men might not be able to lift it.

Franz did not like such meaningless humiliation of others, and did not want to waste precious metals. As for those jewels and accessories, they should be used for decoration, not put in the warehouse to show off wealth.

The wedding celebration continued, but Franz did not choose to rest, but returned to the Hofburg Palace.