The first watch, there are three changes today

When he heard that Gallian had been summoned by Napoleon III, Mérimée rushed to the Tuileries Palace almost ecstatically, and he had waited nearly three or four years for the moment of Gallion's overthrow, and now he could finally watch the Reservoir Dogs as a proud victor. He wants to ruin Garrián and put him in prison, making him a laughing stock and a disgrace among the literati of Paris!

He sat cautiously on the sofa in the reception hall, heard the angry roar and justification of the emperor, watched the court attendants at the door hurry in, and couldn't help but have a smug smile on his face, and he could even imagine the scene in his mind where Galian knelt in front of the emperor in fear, desperately trying to explain his crimes, but Napoleon III did not give him a chance to defend himself at all.

He awaited the final judgment.

"I should really ask my old friends from Dickon to come over and see Garion's embarrassment, hmph, Hugo's successor is not in my hands now. He would never have imagined that a victory in court would become his own defeat. ”

As he waited for the ending, Mérimée's eyes wandered around the room, scanning the gilded fireplace, the white porcelain vase on the writing desk and the painting of the Virgin Mary hanging on the wall. Finally, his eyes were refocused on the door of the hidden study.

The last time was always long, though he couldn't wait to flip through the pages to the finale.

With a creak, the door to the study opened. Mérimée stood abruptly, his hands behind his back, ready to greet Galion as a victor.

A familiar figure, a familiar appearance, appeared at the door of the study, but it was not the picture he expected. As Garian and Louis Bonaparte came out of the study talking and laughing, the smile on Mérimée's lips fading away, looking at the scene in front of them with a twisted and strange expression.

"What the hell is going on? Garion, you, you, why are you still standing here? ”

Hearing the voice of his old friend, Garion naturally turned his head, looked at Mérimée, who was in astonishment and still couldn't figure out the situation, and said with a smile, "Thanks to the care of His Excellency Mérimée, I am alive and well now." ”

When I read the care, I deliberately accentuated the tone.

"Your Majesty...... Before......"

Merrimi's face was flushed, and he couldn't stop talking, he couldn't ask openly if he had failed to tell the whistle. An indescribable grief and indignation surged into his heart like a violent flood, and his eyes were full of sorrow and doubt.

Is there no other way to destroy him than treason?

"Congressman Mérimée, I've already read the previous documents. Please also go through the regular channels in the future, and don't think about taking the wrong path. I'm not the place to take a lawsuit, you should go to court. I'll also go and announce it from Empress Eugenie's side, remember? ”

Mérimée tried to quibble, but Louis Bonaparte's eyes were fixed on him.

An invisible coercion came to oppression.

Mérimée did not have the toughness of Garion, who was not afraid of the powerful, and he knew that Louis Bonaparte could deprive him of all his glory and wealth with a single word.

"Did you hear me, I asked?"

Louis repeated impatiently, looking at Mérimée's face in disgust.

Why is there a group of sycophants around him, but there is only one person who really cares about France, but Garián is the only one.

"Yes."

Mérimée almost fell to her knees on the ground, her head bowed tightly, not daring to raise her head to look at the stern expression of the other party. In front of the absolute authority of the emperor, he was as obedient as a dog.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, the agreement we reached before will not end when I step out of the study, right?"

In front of Mérimée, Garion deliberately brought up the previous agreement.

"Of course not, the agreement will always be in effect."

Mérimée was terrified, his hands were drenched with sweat, and he was completely unaware of the secret pact between Gallian and Napoleon III behind his back.

"That's good."

Garion smiled at Mérimée and began his long-prepared revenge plan.

Then the knife of the Emperor of France dissolves the flies that surround him.

He said calmly, "The first name is Dickon, an academician of the French Academy. He maliciously published articles in the newspapers that contradicted the facts, damaged my reputation, tarnished my innocence, and was really not worthy of the title of member of the Académie Française. ”

Napoleon III was also a reasonable emperor, so he had to make up for the series of demands he made as much as possible. Then he nodded and said, "Deprive him of the title of academician of the French Academy, dismiss him from all official positions, including the position of honorary professor, and never hire him." ”

"Wouldn't that be too light?"

Lighter? Are you kidding.

Mérimée could no longer laugh and stripped the Collège de France of his bachelor's degree and professorship, which was no different from taking the life of a man of letters.

"And what does Lord Garion want ......?"

Napoleon III thought that his sentence was heavy enough, but the other side did not seem to want to give up.

"Shouldn't we investigate and deal with whether Academician Dikang has embezzled and accepted bribes, whether he has committed fraud on academic issues, and whether he has misbehaved in his life style? France would not tolerate a well-dressed beast sitting in a position of teaching and educating people. ”

Garion's meaning is obvious, few of these sanctimonious members of the Académie Française are clean, and if they are investigated carefully, they may all end up in prison......

Napoleon III chimed in, "Very well, that's it." ”

When Mérimée heard this, he was immediately in a state of confusion, and an academician of the French Academy was directly dismissed without going through any formal formalities, and this kind of absurd thing can only be done by the emperor. He had already seen that Garion was trying to use the hand of His Majesty the Emperor to sweep away those who dared to offend him before.

Moreover, when he was the chief inspector of historic buildings, he embezzled a lot of government funds, and once these dirty secrets were exposed, his reputation was completely ruined.

And after Dickon, isn't the next one to be yourself?

Mérimée glanced at Garion out of the corner of her eye, looking at him with a dark, complicated expression.

"Your Majesty."

Mérimée already disregarded his face, knelt directly in front of him, his voice was hoarse, and he said tremblingly, "I am willing to resign from the post of Chief Inspector of Historic Buildings and Academician of France, leaving only one seat in the Senator...... I just ask Your Majesty to let me go once...... It's really confusing for a while......"

The sudden move left Napoleon III stunned in place, not knowing how to answer. Originally, Garian proposed to punish Mérimée, and he decided to preserve the reputation and status of the other party, but he did not expect Mérimée to take the initiative to resign from his position......

How can I keep you?

Garián's eyes lit up beside him, and he was afraid that the other party would regret it, so he hurriedly said to Mérimée, "Since His Excellency Mérimée knows that he is wrong, then resign from his position as a punishment, isn't it too much, Your Majesty?" ”