Life of Being a Crown Prince in France

Chapter 495: Chapter 408: Women Competing for Attention and Jealousy

When Alexandra learned that the person she was to act opposite was the Crown Prince of France, her big eyes immediately sparkled with stars.

She had been utterly admiring the Crown Prince, who had invented “great wonders” such as the carousel, Ferris wheel, and pirate ships. He had also turned a profligate like Uncle Alexei into quite an accomplished gentleman, and he was so handsome! To be acting with him seemed like a dream come true!

She quickly puffed out her chest and said in her childish voice, “Your Highness, please rest assured, I have studied recitation and body movement, and I will surely play Anne well!”

Joseph looked at her earnest demeanor and couldn’t bear to dampen the youngster’s enthusiasm, so he nodded with a smile, “I am honored to perform with you on stage.”

To him, it didn’t matter who he acted with, as long as it would promote synthetic panel furniture and soda. And having the Russian Grand Duchess play the leading lady might even open up the Russian market additionally.

Upon hearing this, Alexandra immediately grinned broadly, but her expression suddenly stiffened. She hurriedly covered her mouth with her hand, moved to one side, and turned her back, fiddling with something in her mouth, before she touched her chest and sighed in relief.

That was close, her false teeth almost fell out!

She was at the age of losing baby teeth, with two gaps in her front teeth, and for this performance, she had spent a lot of money to have two false teeth made. However, the technology for false teeth at that time was quite bad, and there was a risk of falling off with slightly bigger movements, just like what had just happened.

In contrast to Alexandra’s happiness, the other noble misses involved in the play looked gloomily toward the troupe leader.

They had learned from the queen’s maids that the Crown Prince would be playing Hurter Xiao, so they had spared no expense to join the troupe through the back door, hoping to get close to His Highness by playing the leading lady.

To their dismay, today the Russian girl had suddenly snatched the leading role away! And the Crown Prince seemed quite polite to her, which made them all the more resentful.

Seeing that things were not going well, the troupe leader hastily shrank his neck and made a quick escape.

Joseph was completely oblivious to the tense atmosphere among the actresses, focusing instead on directing several servants to move a huge ivory-colored bookcase onto the stage.

After adjusting the position of the bookcase, he picked up the script and started flipping through it:

"Hmm, this needs to be changed here, and here we need to add a line

Soon, all the actors had received the revised script. After reading it, they all showed odd expressions on their faces. But since these changes were made by the Crown Prince, one noble miss immediately praised loudly:

"What a brilliant modification, making the original play shine with the brightness of the sun!”

"Indeed! His Highness’s literary talent is unrivaled in Paris!”

"Oh, I absolutely love this line added by His Highness—cool and refreshing summer, enjoying the comfortable moments. My favorite Paris Cola

The noble miss read halfway and turned her head in confusion to look at the others, whispering, “Do you know what this means?”

"Uh, I don’t know either

Joseph hurriedly cleared his throat to interrupt their awkward moment, “Well, everyone, once you’ve memorized the lines, let’s start rehearsing.”

On the stage, a petite figure raised a purple potion bottle in her hand, nonchalantly shaking it at the nobleman in front of her:

"I have already concocted a ‘Decomposition Potion’, your ‘Sleeping Potion’ was neutralized before it could take effect.”

The man, with a face full of frustration, opened his backpack to retaliate with another potion but suddenly saw the Crown Prince signaling him.

He quickly reviewed the script in his mind, grabbed a glass drink bottle from a bystander, took a big gulp, and then exaggeratedly clenched his fist and swung his elbow downward: RἈNƟ₿Ěš

"Paris Cola, give me confidence! Anne Xun, my Level Six Alchemy will put an end to this competition.”

Joseph then waved to the assembled crowd, signaling them to clear the area behind the luxurious bookcase…

Although Alexandra was young, her acting was quite convincing, especially in the scene competing in Alchemy—after all, she was accustomed to duels in Russia, where imitating others came naturally to her.

Moreover, her product placement was the most seamless because she had not read the original work and believed the script was supposed to be that way. As a result, without the awkwardness other actors felt when inserting ads, she received continuous praise from Joseph, who instructed the other actors to learn from her advertising scene.

A few noble young ladies immediately rolled their eyes at the little girl, and while Joseph wasn’t paying attention, they spoke in a tone loud enough for Alexandra to faintly hear, laced with sarcasm:

"Hmph, His Highness is just being polite to her. Look at her, so smug.”

"Just a country bumpkin from Russia, what does she know about drama?”

"Who knows whose connections she used to squeeze into the troupe? She must have spent a lot of money.”

The well-mannered little girl ignored them and turned her head to continue rehearsing.

If those women knew she was there because of the Queen’s favor, and not only had she not spent a penny, but the Queen had also gifted her several dresses, they would probably be agape.

When “Anne Xun” and the family’s eldest daughter “Katarina Xiao” were to act together, Alexandra had just taken two steps forward when a noble young lady playing part of the bystanders suddenly stuck out her foot in stealth.

Alexandra was about to trip over that foot, but fortunately, she reacted quickly. The moment she saw the shadow of the foot, she prepared to step over it, but then she remembered the insults she had just endured from these people.

She immediately retracted her foot and stomped hard on the shadow in front of her.

The red leather boot landed ruthlessly on the ankle wrapped in silk stockings, eliciting a scream:

"Ah

The malicious noblewoman fell to the ground, kneeling and holding her right foot, gasping in pain.

The others quickly gathered around her, putting on an air of comfort, before turning to Alexandra with fierce looks:

"You’ve gone too far!”

"Triss’s foot may be broken because of you. How could you be so cruel?”

"Look what you’ve done! Please apologize to Miss Triss right away.”

Alexandra also moved closer, examined the foot of the woman who had tried to trip her, and looked relieved:

"I’m relieved that my light weight didn’t break your bone. Alyan always teaches me to maintain a dignified posture when I stand. You see, sticking out your foot carelessly is not only against decorum but can also be easily stepped on.”

The other young ladies were stunned, not expecting the Russian girl to stand her ground and retort with such a sharp tongue.

One of the noblewomen immediately looked over at Joseph and said in a tearful voice:

"Your Highness, you’ve seen it. The Russian Grand Duchess deliberately stepped on Triss and is now humiliating her

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