Chapter 600 Song of Poland·5 (Please vote for me)
Under Stanislaw II’s advance arrangements, the news of his “interview” with the Tsar occupied the headlines of major newspapers in Petersburg that day. Many newspapers even published his disgusting speech in full.
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.
Ekaterina II was obviously very satisfied with Stanislaw II's attitude, praised him greatly, and set up a sumptuous dinner to entertain 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 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 is now in a precarious situation and is more loyal to Russia than ever before.
Four days later, Stanislaw II finally got the opportunity 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 began to play more than 30 meters away from the balcony.
A soulful and desolate sound floats into the night sky, which is the theme song "Myheartwillgoon" from the later "Titanic".
Ekaterina II was immediately attracted by the melodious sound of the organ. When she looked around, she 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 is quite good. After all, there are few men who can be attracted by the Tsar. Brush?
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... Stasi?"
Unknowingly, 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."
Ekaterina II waited for the song to finish singing, and whispered in her ears With all that sad and poignant melody, his eyes were a little blurred, and he raised his hand and said: "Let him come over."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
The next day.
Pladen Zubov woke up from his deep sleep, 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 Stepanovi Chi 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, showing great majesty.
This is the scene when the King of Poland came to have an audience 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 was not because there was Stannis in the painting. Wav II, on the other hand, could show the majesty of the Russian Czar and the surrendering posture of Poland.
The next night, Stanislaw II "encountered" Catherine in the corridor again.
The latter sent Zubov away, and then Stashi, who listened to her, played "Letitbeme" for her.
"Thank God for allowing me to meet you
"I want to stay with you..."
The theme song of "Heartbeat" is more emotional and straightforward than the one the day before yesterday. , once again made Catherine II fall into reminiscing about the past.
After a while, she looked at Stasi: "You have never shown such an excellent talent for composing before. "
"I still can't compose music, Your Majesty, I just wrote down the thoughts 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 Goon" several times, with a look of reminiscence on her face.
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 deeply touching and can be called a masterpiece handed down from generation to generation.
It turned out that it was done after just using the second song.
After that, although Catherine II still doted on Zubov - 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 Staci every now and then to listen to him play those moving pieces of music and relive the romantic days of the past together.
Yes, old bacon also has its own unique flavor, and sometimes it goes better with rice than fresh meat.
In this way, Stanislaw II shamelessly stayed in the Winter Palace.
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Warsaw.
In the hall of the Tin-Ding Palace, Prince Poniatowski looked up at the people in front of him, flipped the manuscript in his hand and said:
“Then, I don’t think anyone has any idea about establishing Catholicism as the state religion. Opinion?"
He has recently reviewed the provisions of the Constitution in detail with Sieyès.
The latter used his far more sensitive political sense than ordinary people to help him eliminate to the greatest extent all content that might shock the situation.
At the same time, he helped him sort out the distribution of political forces in Poland and formulate a plan to unite all political forces.
The representative of the Patriotic Party curled his lips, but said nothing.
In the amended clause just read out by the prince, although Catholicism has become the state religion, the constitution does not require citizens to convert to Catholicism. Protestantism, Orthodoxy, and even Islam are allowed.
Because of the state religion, the Holy See has promised to provide Poland with 250,000 Scudos in aid. Approximately equivalent to 1.1 million francs.
This is definitely a huge sum of money for the stingy Holy See. This shows how satisfied the Holy See is with Poland once again becoming the "Spear of God".
(End of this chapter)