Chapter 599 Polish Song 5 (asking for monthly pass)

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Under Stanislaw II's advance arrangements, the news of his "interview" with the Tsar occupied the headlines of major newspapers in Petersburg that day, and many newspapers even published his disgusting speech in its entirety.

Petersburg suddenly became happy. Although the Russians have always felt that Poland was their "little follower", it was completely different for the King of Poland to come in person and show an extremely humble gesture.

Catherine II was obviously very satisfied with Stanislaw II's attitude. She praised him greatly and hosted a sumptuous dinner for him.

However, the elegant young man next to the Tsar always stared at the Polish King warily. Every time the latter got a little closer to Catherine II, he would use various methods to stand between the two.

Stanislaw II was very polite to him and gave him many expensive gifts.

The King of Poland knew that this man was the biggest obstacle to his trip - Catherine II's current lover, Pladen Zubov.

He seemed to be very patient. He went to see the Tsar with formal etiquette every day, and only talked about state affairs. The content was basically about how Poland was now in a precarious state and was more loyal to Russia than ever before.

Four days later, Stanislaw II finally got the chance he wanted.

He was invited by the Tsar to participate in a hunting trip and stayed in the hunting palace in the evening.

Under the moonlight, the King of Poland, who had been wandering in the courtyard, saw Catherine II appearing on the balcony of the second floor wearing a mink coat. The pretty boy, perhaps because he was too tired from hunting, was not with her at this time.

Stanislaw II immediately signaled to his entourage, took the Scottish organ from the latter, and started playing it more than 30 meters away from the balcony.

The soulful sound floated into the night sky with a touch of desolate music, which was the theme song of later "Titanic", "My heart will go on".

Catherine II was immediately attracted by the melodious sound of the organ. She looked over and saw a lonely figure of a man leaning against a pine tree, exuding a melancholy and desolate charm.

The man finished playing the prelude, put on the cello again, and began to sing while playing:

"Every night, in my dreams.

"I see you, I touch you."

"Then let me know that your heart is still..."

Stanislaw II's singing voice was quite good. After all, how could a man who could be favored by the Tsar not have two skills?

The lyrics have been adapted into French by Joseph, basically retaining the flavor of the English version.

Catherine II was immediately attracted by the affectionate singing. When the first verse was finished and entered the interlude, she immediately turned to the servant and said: "Is that... Stasy?"

Unconsciously, she seemed to have returned to that time more than twenty years ago, and she subconsciously said Stanislaw's nickname.

The servant hurriedly lowered his head and said: "Yes, Your Majesty, that is indeed His Majesty Stanislaw II."

Catherine II waited for the song to finish, and her ears were filled with the sad and poignant melody. Her eyes were a little blurred, and she raised her hand and said: "Let him come over."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The next day.

Pladen Zubov woke up from his slumber, only to find that the Tsar was not with him.

He hurriedly put on his clothes and came to the living room, where he saw Catherine II admiring an oil painting. Next to her was the author of the oil painting, the famous Russian painter Fyodor Stepanovich Rokotov. .

On the screen, Stanislaw II bowed humbly, while the Tsar stood on the high steps in front of the Winter Palace, surrounded by hundreds of Russian nobles behind him, looking majestic and majestic.

It was exactly the scene when the King of Poland came to see him on the first day.

Of course, Stanislaw II paid a large sum of money for the painting to be painted by Rokotov.

Catherine II looked at the oil painting with satisfaction and ordered her entourage: "When you go back, hang it in the concert hall."

She didn't do it because Stanislaw II was in the painting, but because it showed the majesty of the Russian Czar and Poland's surrendering posture.

The next night, Stanislaw II "encountered" Catherine in the corridor.

The latter sent Zubov away, and then Stasi played "Let it be me" for her.

"Thank God for letting me meet you

"I want to stay with you..."

This "Heartbeat" theme song is more emotional and straightforward than the one the day before yesterday, once again making Catherine II fall into reminiscing about the past.

After a while, she looked at Stasi and said, "You have never shown such an excellent talent for composing before."

"I still can't compose music, Your Majesty, I just wrote down the longing in my heart."

Catherine II smiled and did not go back to Zubov's room. Instead, she and Stasi had a long chat by the stove, and listened to him play "My heart will go on" several times, her face full of smiles. The color of remembrance.

Stanislaw II did not expect it to go so smoothly.

You know, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has prepared 7 extremely romantic songs for him, each of which is so touching that it can be called a masterpiece handed down from generation to generation.

In the end, I only used the second song and it was done.

After that, although Catherine II still favored Zubov alone - after all, the old bacon in his 50s definitely didn't taste as good as the fresh meat in his 20s.

But she would summon Stashi every now and then to listen to his moving music and relive the romantic times of the past.

Yes, old bacon also has its own unique flavor, sometimes it is better than fresh meat.

In this way, Stanislaw II shamelessly lived in the Winter Palace.

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Warsaw.

In the hall of the Tin Dome Palace, Prince Poniatowski looked up at the people in front of him, flipped through the manuscript in his hand and said:

"So, I think everyone has no objection to making Catholicism the state religion?"

He and Sieyès have recently sorted out the constitutional clauses in detail.

The latter used his sensitive political sense far beyond ordinary people to help him eliminate all the content that might cause the situation to shake to the greatest extent.

At the same time, he helped him sort out the distribution of political forces in Poland and formulated a plan to unite all political forces.

The representative of the Patriotic Party curled his lips, but did not say anything.

In the revised clauses just read by the prince, although Catholicism became the state religion, the constitution did not require citizens to convert to Catholicism. Protestantism, Orthodoxy, and even Islam are all allowed.

Because of the state religion, the Vatican has promised to provide Poland with 250,000 scudos in aid. This is approximately equivalent to 1.1 million francs.

This is definitely a huge sum of money for the stingy Vatican. It shows how satisfied the Vatican is with Poland becoming the "Spear of God" again.