Chapter 102: At the Wedding

After a day's rest in the Austro-Hungarian send-off group, the next day Eder personally came to greet the Austro-Hungarian princess Sophie Marie to the rehearsal, and in the hall the two young lovers looked at each other, although they had basically written a letter every two or three days, but it still could not alleviate each other's lovesickness.

"I've seen His Highness Eder." Princess Sophie and Marie greeted Edel with a slightly red face in front of everyone.

Edel walked up to the princess and took her hand. "Sophie Marie, I'll pick you up for rehearsal."

Compared to Sophie Marie's embarrassed expression in front of everyone, Eder is much more generous, which is probably related to his thick-skinned face. Everyone watched the performance of the two little couples, and they all let out a good-natured laugh. This made Sophie Marie's face even redder, but she still didn't break free from the crown prince's hand, which was a sign of acquiescence to the crown prince.

"Then let's go."

In the end, it was the princess's father, Archduke Otto Franz, who relieved the princess's embarrassment. Hearing her father's words, the princess blushed slightly and quickly pulled Edel into the carriage that greeted them.

Looking at his daughter's performance, Archduke Otto Franz smiled bitterly and said to his brother Archduke Ferdinand, the crown prince next to him. "It seems that my daughter doesn't belong to me now."

"But she's also found her own happiness, and she's blessed by everyone, isn't she?" Archduke Ferdinand said to his brother. He remembered his marriage and finally found true love, but the nobility and the royal family were all against it. It's been more than ten years and still can't get the support of the majority, and now the aristocratic circle still doesn't accept his wife, and he is quite old in his heart about it, but there is nothing he can do.

Archduke Otto Franz looked at his brother's gloomy and melancholy gaze, and did not know where he was touching, so he could only pat him on the shoulder and say comforting words. "Brother, don't think too much, they will eventually accept Sophie and Hornberg as your queen."

After hearing his brother's words, Archduke Ferdinand knew that it was just words of comfort. If the Austro-Hungarian nobles and other members of the royal family really gave in so easily, he wouldn't have to be sad about it for more than a decade. The crown prince was still very aware that now was not the time to break his spirits, and he cheered up and boarded the carriage with his younger brother, Archduke Otto Franz, to watch the rehearsal.

Under the opening of the way by the officers and soldiers of the Praetorian Guard Division, the group took a carriage to the first stop. Cathedral of the Chiefs, headquarters of the Romanian Orthodox Church, where they will receive the blessing of Patriarch Bardockvin I.

In the moving carriage, Edel looked at his lovely fiancée and took her hand and asked. "Mary, I'm in Romania and I miss you every day."

As he said this, Eder could not help but think of his two maids, whom he had sent to Constanta in early August and given them a new life.

After hearing Eder's love words, Sophie Marie was much better than in front of everyone. "I miss you Eder too, and I miss you every day in Vienna."

The two lived in a two-person world in the carriage, and Anna, the maid in the carriage behind them, was sulking.

"The princess sees that the crown prince doesn't care about Anna." She whispered in a voice that only she heard.

After a while, the carriage came to the Chieftains' Cathedral, and the group got out of the carriage and looked at the small church in front of them. The Cathedral of the Chieftain is a masonry building with a worship hall for 200 people, and it has four distinct cylindrical attics, with a huge cross at the top of the attic.

Built in the 17th century, the Cathedral of the Emirates is now the headquarters of the Romanian Orthodox Church, located on a hill south of Bucharest. Bardockvin I, who managed nearly 10,000 clergy in Romania, as their supreme leader, certainly did not let go of the position of officiating at the wedding of the crown prince. After all, even the most powerful Russian Patriarch in the Orthodox diocese had to submit to the royal power, not to mention that in Romania, a country with great royal power, the Patriarch was now at the door of the church to greet them.

"Good day, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." Patriarch Bardockvin I was the first to speak to Eder.

"I've seen His Excellency the Patriarch, I'm sorry for you this time."

Eder is also full of respect for the 67-year-old man, after all, the elderly still need respect. The Patriarch then courted Princess Sophie Marie, the other protagonist of the wedding, and greeted the Patriarch politely despite her current Catholicism. After greeting Archduke Otto Franz and Archduke Ferdinand, a group of people led into the church by these clergy.

"Your Royal Highness the Crown Prince, you just need to follow the process and walk in, and I will officiate the wedding for the two of you. The diocese prepared two choirs for the wedding, all of which were children selected from various churches in Romania. Her Royal Highness the Princess is accompanied by four girls and is responsible for leading her to her side. Patriarch Bardockvin I personally explained the process of the church to the two couples.

"The Romanian royal family is very grateful to His Excellency the Patriarch for his support of the wedding." Eder thanked the Patriarch after listening to it.

Edel and Princess Sophie Marie counseled with the Patriarch for a while, and walked through the scene once. The two Austro-Hungarian archdukes accompanied them throughout the process, each with their own role played, with Archduke Otto Franz taking his daughter in the field and handing her over to Eder. Archduke Ferdinand delivered a congratulatory message from Austria-Hungary. After doing all this, the group said goodbye to the patriarch and left.

"Thank you, Your Excellency, for your hard work." Eder was very considerate and thanked Baldockvin I.

As a 67-year-old man, Baldockvin was already tired. However, he will not show it in front of the crown prince, and he bless the crown prince with strong spirits. "It is not too hard, may the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit be with you."

After saying goodbye to the Patriarch, the crown prince and his entourage left the Chieftain's Cathedral. Baldockvin I sat down on the bench with a tired face as he watched the crown prince walk away.

The attendants beside the patriarch stepped forward to support him, and asked with concern. "Your Excellency, you have no problem, right?"

Baldockvin waved his hand to indicate that he didn't need support. "I don't have a problem, I can just take a little bit of a rest."

"Your Excellency, I don't know anything." The waiter asked him.

"Say it."

Looking at the young waiter in front of him, Baldockvin asked him to ask questions. Everyone in the church knew him to be a kind and friendly patriarch who was willing to help with the problems of others.

"Why do you have such respect for the crown prince, and you don't have such an attitude towards His Majesty the king."

Faced with the waiter's question, Patriarch Baldockvin smiled and said. "That's because number one; It can be seen from the development and growth of Romania under the leadership of the crown prince in recent years that he is a very capable person with his own ideas. Second; He was still very young, only 21 years old. ”

The young attendant generally understood the meaning of the Patriarch.