Chapter 185: Kinship and Reward

It's already nightfall.

Tonight's Tuileries Palace, after a recent silence, has become brilliantly lit. All the rooms, by order of the President, have been cleaned, all the candles have been lit, and the light reflected by the glass has been cast on the gilded or bronze decorations and utensils, creating a dazzling spectacle.

The dazzling court once again regained its original domineering momentum, and seemed to be impatiently announcing that it had regained its former glory and glory.

At this moment, His Excellency President Louis Bonaparte is strolling leisurely through the corridors of the Tuileries Palace, surrounded by silence except for the rhythmic sound of his steps on the floor.

Everywhere he passed, everyone held their breath as the future emperor made his rounds of his uncle's former residence.

His Excellency the President's application was so strict that it was almost impossible to imagine how much effort he had made to recover the court of the old empire from his enemies.

However, everyone also knows that the Élysée Palace, the presidential palace, could not satisfy the desires of this careerist, and the Tuileries Palace, where his uncle once ruled the entire French Empire, was the final end of his career.

As the guards respectfully opened the door to the banquet hall, the president and his party slowly walked into the hall.

Then, in the hall as bright as day, Louis Bonaparte was placed on the central throne at first sight.

Then, as if someone had forcibly choked his throat, he suddenly breathed and held his breath.

The originally plain seat now seemed to radiate a dazzling light, making it difficult for him to control himself.

That's what he's been searching for for for an unknown number of years!

After countless setbacks and failures, and unbearable suffering, decades of hard work will be rewarded, and God will give him a new treasure that his uncle had accidentally lost......

There was only one last step left, and he knew that he would never and would never step on it again.

Now, a qiē has been grasped in his hand, and he only needs to put it in his pocket.

It took some perseverance to keep his eyes slightly moving from the throne in front of him to the side.

Then, the young man who had been following him was unexpectedly included in his sight.

This blonde young man with a calm expression and an excessively young look, always with a humble and gentle smile on his face, looked polite and polite. Anyone who knew him, however, knew that beneath his handsome exterior lurked a calm, pragmatic, shrewd, and, if necessary, even ruthless, and it was by virtue of these virtues that the young man soon became his most useful assistant—and sometimes even too useful—to the point that he found too useful.

Almost everywhere he went, he was able to adapt to the environment very quickly, and he was able to complete the tasks assigned to him properly and brilliantly, even better than he thought. To be able to possess such an impressive ability at such a young age, and to build and consolidate his power in a very short period of time, from an unknown young man, he suddenly grew into one of the most powerful people in the country.

It is admirable and enviable, so much so that it has to be looked at head-on.

For now, at least, he is extremely useful, and he does not have any inclinations or expressions of disloyalty to himself.

After a few moments of silence in this solemn atmosphere, the President suddenly spoke calmly.

"At last, Shangarne met him, and he didn't cause you any trouble. But why should you risk it yourself, Charles? Don't forget, no matter how sure you are, there will always be surprises...... Don't forget, you have a lot of responsibility on your shoulders now, and you can't entrust your safety to the enemy. ”

"Thank you for your pointers, sir." Charles bowed slightly, smiled and replied, "I came here myself to avoid any accidents. The palace, which once hosted the Empire, must be returned to you in its entirety, without any defects...... In fact, the results are also very good. ”

That's right, General Shangargne, who had been entrenched in this palace before, was driven away after Charles led someone to read out the dismissal order in person, although the general was drunk for a while, but after all, he did not dare to resist in any drastic way, and accepted his fate of being defeated and left the palace.

After driving the general away, Charles immediately changed all the guards inside according to the original plan, and then ordered the guards to clean up the Tuileries Palace as quickly as possible. After several days of preparation, he brought the long-awaited Louis Bonaparte to the Tuileries Palace.

Soon, he will make this place a royal palace and live here forever.

Charles did this to please Louis Bonaparte, who, after decades of longing, came to the Tuileries Palace for the first time in his life, and the joy was beyond words that any onlooker could clearly see.

"We didn't take it, we took it back. It was meant to belong to you, to the Bonaparte, to this empire. The kings of Bourbon, and Louis-Philippe, and the arrogant General Jean-Gargne, will not leave any trace. To make Louis Bonaparte happy, Charles deliberately used an impassioned tone, "Philistines come and go, only empires are eternal!" ”

"Yes, only empires are eternal!" Louis Bonaparte smiled so happily that he no longer had to hide his dream of being emperor.

Then, excitedly, he turned around and patted Charles on the shoulder.

"Charles, at the same time, the Empire will always remember the Trevillers' hard work! As long as the empire endures, the Trévilles will be able to thrive with the Bonapartes. So, Shire...... I sincerely hope that you will be able to make more contributions to the Empire in the future......"

Although Louis Bonaparte's tone was very calm, Charles was a little drumming in his heart, and he couldn't figure out what he meant by his sudden words.

However, whether his words were sincere or not, Charles knew that at least he could not live without him for now.

Even now, most of Louis-Bonaparte's defectors were speculators, and he needed a real hardcore supporter too much if he was to secure the power he had suddenly acquired.

"To be a servant of the Empire for generations is the ...... of glory that I and the Treville family aspire to," Charles' tone trembled slightly with excitement, "I, as long as you still trust me and use me, then I will definitely do my best to continue the reign of the Empire and the Bonaparte; As long as I live in this world, the Bonaparte family will always reign on the throne! Allow me to dedicate all my loyalty to you, to your descendants, Your Majesty! ”

"Hahahaha!" Under Charles' ardent and passionate declaration of loyalty, Louis Bonaparte burst out laughing.

He liked the honorific title that Charles had come out in advance.

After a while, his laughter slowly subsided, and the expression on his face returned to Yan Sù.

"Charles, I heard that you are related to the British royal family?"

"Huh?" Charles was first stunned by Louis Bonaparte's sudden, unannounced question, and only a moment later did he react. "Hmm...... If you want to say that there is, there is still a little bit of it, right? ”

Then, under the somewhat curious gaze of Louis Bonaparte, Charles continued.

"My seventh ancestor is a descendant of the third Duke of Burgundy, who in turn is related to the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, to whom Queen Victoria is also related, not to mention that her husband, Prince Albert, is from this family. So, if I barely count it, I can climb a little bit of kinship with the British royal family......"

As he spoke, Charles suddenly felt a little hot on his face, obviously it was a little embarrassing to climb relatives for himself, and he felt like a declining nobleman showing off with a distant relative who couldn't be beaten with eight poles.

The kinship is so far away that almost no one will regard it as a relative, and Charles only learned of such a fact when he was a child studying the family genealogy that the nobles must be familiar with, and he never had the idea of getting related to a German prince or the British royal family, and now he suddenly felt a little ashamed to say so.

Louis Bonaparte, on the other hand, did not see it that way at all, and the ruler, who was as envious of his uncle as his uncle, suddenly had a look of envy and envy on his face, but it quickly disappeared again.

"You don't have to be so humble, you can be proud of that, Charles." His tone was so flat that he couldn't hear any sign of emotion, "But, in that case, Charles, I have a privilege to give you." ”

"What?" Charles was still a little puzzled, and he couldn't understand what Louis Bonaparte was doing.

"I'm afraid you don't know yet...... Louis-Bonaparte's tone became more enigmatic, "according to credible diplomatic information, the heir of the Prince of Prussia has made a request to the Queen to propose to her eldest daughter, Princess Victoria - and the Queen has agreed to his proposal, and their wedding will take place in a few months." ”

"Oh!"

Louis Bonaparte's words were like a bolt of lightning that made Charles's mind clear in an instant.

That's right, it's that time......

In addition to France, the rest of the world is also sliding along the trajectory of the past.

The Prince of Prussia refers to the younger brother of the current King of Prussia, the future King of Prussia, William, and his heir is his eldest son, Frederick.

At this time, he had proposed to the eldest princess of England, Victoria, and the queen unsurprisingly agreed to the marriage.

In history, Her Royal Highness followed Frederick back to Prussia and saw the country rise from a despised second-rate state to a behemoth that threatened all of Europe.

And it was this eldest princess who later gave birth to Wilhelm II, a congenitally disabled freak, and indirectly ruined the German Empire.

I see...... Many of the memories that had been sealed in the dust slowly poured back into Charles's mind, and he was stunned for a moment.

"I'm still having a headache about who to attend, and since you have this kind of kinship, can't you be a natural good candidate?" Louis Bonaparte's words still kept pouring into Charles's head. "Charles, so be it, that when you have married Mademoiselle de Treville, I will appoint you as the representative of France for this marriage...... And by that time, the overall situation has been decided, our enemies have already prostrate at our feet, and you can enjoy a wonderful holiday. When the time comes, the Queen and the Prince will receive you, and I am convinced that as a relative, you are the best person to deal with them. ”

Charles finally came to his senses.

For such an occasion, an ambassador is enough, so why do you need to go yourself?

Apparently...... There is more important work to be done.

After Bonaparte had established the absolute system, he would take part in negotiations with England as the secret plenipotentiary of France.

Plenipotentiary to the Queen...... R1152