Chapter 149 Eden Playground (asking for double monthly tickets)

Northwest side of the Palace of Versailles.

In the music room of the Little Trianon Palace, Queen Mary signaled the musicians to pause, turned to look at the palace officials aside, frowned and asked:

"Are you sure you heard clearly?"

"Yes, Your Majesty. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was having his carriage prepared. By this time, he and Princess Maria should have left the Palace of Versailles."

Queen Mary seemed a little anxious - this official was responsible for taking care of the Princess of the Two Sicilies. He had just reported that the Dauphin was going to Paris with Maria.

If Clementine didn't rush to Paris, her son's heart would probably be stolen by that Italian girl!

The queen sighed: My poor niece, you are really unlucky - Clementine originally set out very early, and the plan was to arrive in Marseille by boat first, and then go to Paris.

As a result, as soon as she boarded the ship, there was a storm in the Tyrrhenian Sea - in January every year, the weather in the Mediterranean is often not so calm.

To be on the safe side, her escorts decided to take the overland route instead, heading north through the Alps via Echtal and on to France. Although it has been a long detour, if everything goes smoothly, she will still arrive in Paris earlier than the Princess of the Two Sicilies.

Unexpectedly, before Clementine left Tuscany, news came of the serf rebellion in southwestern Austria due to Emperor Joseph II's reform of serfdom - yes, those stupid guys actually opposed granting them freedom. reform!

Afterwards, poor Clementine had to wait until the storm in the Tyrrhenian Sea subsided before setting off. After her continuous rush, she had just arrived near Nevers and was still three or four days away from Paris.

Queen Mary took up a pen and wrote a letter urging her niece to speed up, and gave it to the messenger to send out. She prayed in her heart that her son would never fall in love with that Princess Maria...

On the Champs Elysées in Paris, in the Paris Angel store, the Crown Prince's guards lined up in two rows side by side, separating the Crown Prince and Princess from other probing customers.

Yes, this was the first place Maria wanted to visit. Sure enough, all women cannot resist the temptation to make themselves beautiful.

The princess, who wore exquisite makeup and a light purple tutu skirt, was dazzlingly beautiful.

She glanced at the luxuriously packaged cosmetics and meditated on their functions. Her eyes flashed with surprise, but she reservedly selected only a few products and asked the clerk to hand them over to the maid.

Joseph thought that his attack plan had caused unreasonable disaster to Princess Maria, and he had always planned to compensate her. When he saw that she was very interested in cosmetics, he immediately asked the clerk to get a gold card and gave it to Princess Maria.

The latter held the golden card worth a thousand livres, and his heart was already bubbling with happiness - His Royal Highness the Crown Prince really did have me in his heart, and he gave me such an expensive gift on our first "date"! God, thank you so much!

Later, Joseph helped her choose a lot of cosmetics, plus the younger version of "Lady's Joy" - "Miss Daughter's Health" oral liquid, a big bag full, and asked the clerk to send it directly to Maria's room in the Palace of Versailles. .

Coming out of the store, Maria looked at Joseph with a smile and asked softly: "Your Royal Highness, where should we go next?"

Joseph remembered his original plan to check the preparations for the fashion week. It was just in time to take the princess to experience it in advance. Maybe she would have any good suggestions for modifications.

"Let's go visit the Tuileries Palace. As you may have heard, Paris Fashion Week will be held there soon. It's basically decorated now."

"Well, I listen to you."

When the motorcade left the Paris Angel store, what Joseph didn't expect was that a reporter was already writing an article about "The Crown Prince and the Princess of the Two Sicilies visited the store and sent gold cards to express their feelings."

Outside the Tuileries Palace.

Princess Maria looked across the large villa area under construction and immediately saw the tall, circular facility on the north side of the Tuileries Garden. She immediately pointed there and asked curiously: "Your Highness, what is that for?"

Joseph glanced at her finger and said, "Oh, this is called a Ferris wheel. It is a kind of amusement ride. Sitting on it, you can go to a very high place and overlook the scenery of Paris.

"By the way, there is a playground around the Ferris wheel with a lot of fun things. If you are willing, please let me take you to see it."

"I am extremely happy, thank you Your Highness."

Soon, the carriage stopped in front of the "Garden of Eden", the world's first dedicated amusement park.

Through the white fence, you can see that there are steam engine-driven carousels, Ferris wheels, pirate ships, horror houses, coffee cups and other facilities, as well as some traditional amusement rides such as slides and swings.

Of course, due to technical reasons, most facilities are far less large than those in later generations of amusement parks. For example, the Ferris wheel is only more than ten meters high. The main body was modified from a waterwheel. It was nothing compared to the big guys that could easily reach hundreds of meters in later generations. But for people in the 18th century, this was already a very novel and shocking thing.

As soon as Maria stepped into the gate of the amusement park, she looked around excitedly, just like the little girls who went to the amusement park in later generations.

However, what attracted her first was the fairy tale-like carousel. She turned her head and asked Joseph carefully: "Your Highness, is this allowed to be played?"

"Of course, you can go up and give it a try." Joseph smiled and nodded, then motioned to the amusement park administrator to start the rides.

The carousel was powered by a 12-horsepower steam engine. Of course, the steam engine was a product of the Watt Company. France's own steam engine manufacturing plant is still under construction.

After waiting for more than twenty minutes, white smoke came out of the cabin next to the carousel, which was the steam engine used to drive it.

Immediately, the huge wooden chassis slowly started to rotate. Under the action of the lever, the lifelike wooden horses, wooden deer, wooden elephants, etc. carved on it began to rise and fall, and rotated together with the disk.

Maria took two steps back in confusion. Joseph smiled, pulled her onto the wooden disc, and gestured around: "Which one do you want to ride on?"

Maria pointed to the white wooden swan carefully: "Is this OK?"

"Of course. I'll help you up."

Joseph gentlemanly helped the girl onto the seat on the back of the swan. The princess sat sideways nervously, holding tightly to the wooden vertical pole with both hands, and began to fly up and down in accordance with the sound of music playing on the side.

Although due to the low power of the steam engine and the rough connection of the mechanical device, the speed of the merry-go-round was as slow as a snail, but the princess, who had never had a similar experience, still laughed excitedly, feeling as if she was in a fairy tale. In the world, riding a swan soaring in the sky.

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