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When Napoleon III had finished talking to Garion, the chamberlain led him through the main entrance of the cathedral and exited the courtyard. Only two direct members of the Bonaparte family were left standing in the gardens of Les Invalides.

Napoleon III sat on the orange bench in the garden and said to Princess Mathilde in front of him, "Wonderful young man, he must be the most politically savvy of the literati in Paris, right?" ”

Princess Mathilde, dressed in a dark black crenoline dress, looked at the young man disappearing into the corridor, and sighed, "If he is willing to enter the court, he is probably the most literate of the members of the Paris Congress." It's just a pity. ”

Napoleon III did not show much regret, although in his eyes Gallian was a good seedling, not to the point of sighing.

He took out his pocket watch and looked at the time, and it was almost time to rush back to the Tuileries Palace to deal with the paperwork, so he said to Princess Mathilde, "I'm afraid I have to go back first." ”

"Go ahead, I want to be alone now."

Princess Mathilde asked to be alone, and Napoleon III, who was married, could not stay with her as before, but could only play the role of a gentleman and turn away. If Eugenie knew that he had other ambiguous relationships with his sister, it would probably not be as simple as a family conflict.

He did not want to repeat the mistakes of his uncle, who was put on a green hat by Empress Josephine and became a laughing stock among European monarchs.

The funeral guests had finished presenting flowers to Prince Jérôme's coffin and then dispersed, and the reporters who were crouching at the door and waiting for the rabbit finally waited for their chance, and they turned their cameras on the dignitaries who had come out of the main entrance of the cathedral, and quickly pressed the shutter, the magnesium lights flickering and undulating with each other, and throwing their own prepared questions.

Basically, the politicians who came out of the Invalides ignored the reporters and hurried forward with gloomy faces, and the attendants around them were responsible for pushing the reporters away to make way for the elites.

Borst was initially hopeless about the news of the funeral, and after taking a few photos, he was ready to write something perfunctory. Suddenly, he paused in his movements, and even wiped his eyes with the back of his hand, suspecting that he was hallucinating.

Garion, an acquaintance he thought he had mistaken, was walking outside the door at the moment, and other sharp-eyed reporters had apparently discovered this scene and immediately surrounded him.

Aim the camera at his face.

The appearance of the rival revolutionary poet at the funeral of the rival Bonaparte family was already sensational news, even overshadowing the presence of the magnates, making Monil, who had always hated journalists, glance at Garrian sourly, thinking that this guy was more popular than himself.

The reporters gathered in a circle began to throw all sorts of pointed questions at Garion.

"Lord Garion, may I ask why you are at the funeral of the Bonapartes? Could it be that you, who claim to be a revolutionary republic, have also been edicted by the government? ”

"Are you betraying the revolution? Or are you already holding back? ”

Bolst uses the sharp expression of Zhao'an to question whether Garion has deviated from his original intentions.

"No, it's not what everyone thinks, and there's more to it than that's going to be to Prince Jérôme's funeral."

Garion's words caught the attention of reporters, who had overshadowed all the lace news lately, and reporters were curious to see what the trend-maker could do about it.

"As for this secret, I will keep it a secret for the time being, because everyone will see this news in the newspaper tomorrow."

The reporter asked inquiringly, "Mr. Garrian, can you tell us anything about it?" ”

"Not yet."

Another reporter asked relentlessly, "Could it be related to the Bonaparte royal family?" ”

"No comment."

……

After the group of Western reporters were rejected one after another, Garion dragged Bolst in front of him, used the other party as a shield, pointed at him and said, "Excuse me, everyone. I'm going to be interviewed by Borst's reporter next, so I'm going to retire first. ”

The crowd was so curious about the important events that Garion was talking about, so much so that they couldn't wait to get to the bottom of it, wondering what Garian was planning.

Holding Borst's hand, Garion ignored the group of "paparazzi" chasing behind him, hurriedly walked towards the carriage, took Borst into the carriage, and was relieved to make sure that there were no reporters behind him.

"What's going on? Why did you appear at Prince Jérôme's funeral? I just can't understand it. ”

"Remember the last time I asked you?"

Garion looked at the reporter in front of him and said with a smile, "His Majesty Napoleon has agreed to my request, and the implementation will no longer be hindered by the Ministry of Press Censorship." ”

The always fearless reporter also showed hesitation on his face, he thought for a moment, and said slowly, "Garion, do you know what we reporters are afraid of? ”

"Huh?"

Borst took a cigarette out of his pocket, lit it and took a deep breath, leaned back against the carriage and puffed into the clouds, and said slowly, "It's not the news censorship department, it's not the police department, it's religious conservatives." A word of advice to you, after the publication of your article, it will inevitably cause a backlash from religious forces, although this is not the era of religious persecution 200 years ago, but these believers are much more extreme than the government. In 1825 Courier was attacked by religious conservatives for a petition and under pressure from the archbishop, the poor poet was sentenced to six months' imprisonment and a fine of 100 francs. Do you want to follow in their footsteps? At most, the censorship department will investigate your anti-government speech, while the conservative sectarian forces even have the power to interpret the immorality. ”

"So what? In the face of religious persecution, you will be the silent majority? Remember Bruno who burned to death in Campo de' Fiori? Remember the people who were burned at the stake by the Church during the Huguenot War? Remember the St. Bartholomew massacre? ”

Garion took a deep breath and questioned Bolster's cowardice, he crossed his hands and said in a deep voice, "They used to persecute Puritans, and I didn't speak because I wasn't a Puritan. Then they forced the Republicans to respect the customs of the Church, and I didn't speak because I wasn't a Republican, and then they put the Revolutionary Party on the gallows as a heretic, and I didn't speak because I wasn't a revolutionary. And now, they began to expel infidels and hang heretics, but no one spoke for me anymore. ”

"I have no reason to retreat and surrender to the conservative Catholic forces because of the label of 'immorality.'"

"I don't want to be the silent majority."