"I'm going to the Netherlands, and I'm going to France to arrange this. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info" Chen Hong hugged Sara and said, "I will come back as soon as possible and welcome the birth of our child with you." ”

"Hmm." Sara kissed him back, bit the root of his ear gently, and smiled softly, "If you go to Paris, it doesn't matter if you stay longer, the children there also need their father's company." ”

Chen Hong's face was slightly red, he smiled, and couldn't help hugging her tightly.

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Place Napoleon, Tuileries Palace, Paris, France.

The Tuileries Palace, the royal palace of the Second French Empire, is a magnificent palace with a north-south orientation. The main building of the palace is two-storey, the first floor is a common space for ceremonial activities, and the second floor is a private space such as the emperor's bedroom and living room. There is an attic roof above the second floor. The center of the façade of the building is a dome, and the two wings are French square domes. The Tuileries Gardens are modeled after the gardens of Florence, Italy, with a symmetrical layout and are connected to the Louvre by a flora.

After the outbreak of the French Revolution, the Tuileries Palace was occupied by the National Convention and then by the Public Security Committee. After the coup d'état, Napoleon declared the Tuileries Palace the official residence of the First Consul. After Napoleon became emperor in 1804, the Tuileries Palace was renamed the Palais Royal. During the reign of Napoleon I, the interior of the Tuileries Palace underwent extensive renovations. During the July Revolution in France in 1830, the Tuileries Palace was besieged for the third time by the citizens of Paris, and Charles X fled to Versailles. The July Dynasty that was established afterwards still used the Tuileries Palace as its royal palace.

The Tuileries Palace was looted and vandalized during the Revolution of 1848, and the Second Republic, which established the Second Republic, made the Élysée Palace the presidential palace, but in 1851 Louis Bonaparte staged a coup d'état, changed the republic to the monarchy and proclaimed himself Napoleon III, the Tuileries Palace became a royal palace again and ushered in its golden age. Napoleon III underwent extensive repairs and renovations of the palace buildings, and the palace was splendid and magnificent, and various grand celebrations, ceremonies, banquets and garden parties were often held.

During the reign of Napoleon III, the expansion of the Tuileries-Louvre complex, which lasted for half a century, was completed, and a huge "Place Napoleon" was enclosed in front of the palace. In the urban renovation project of Paris presided over by Baron Haussmann, the façade shape of the Tuileries Palace became the object of imitation for the new major public buildings, restaurants and apartments along the main thoroughfares of Paris, and this architectural style, known as the "Second Empire", even spread to England and the Americas.

At this time, thousands of petitioners gathered in the square, holding signs and chanting various slogans, demanding that their emperor go to war against Prussia. If a later generation of Chinese travels here, he will find that the scene in Napoleon's Square is exactly the same as some patriotic parades in his original time and space.

Only this time, no matter how angry and patriotic the French behaved, they did not want to smack and rob their compatriots.

"Bismarck has gone too far this time, does he really think that Prussia will be able to defeat France?" Listening to the waves of petition slogans coming from the window, Napoleon III said to himself with a gloomy face, looking at a report in his hand.

"So, Your Majesty, you should heed the advice of the generals and the call of the people, and teach the Prussians a hard lesson, and let them know who is the real master of this continent." Empress Eugenie said.

Listening to the Empress's words, the long-suppressed anger in Napoleon III's heart rose again.

It was only now that he discovered that France at this time, in the face of aggressive Prussia, did not even have a single ally.

Napoleon III, the loser of the Austro-Prussian War, watched Prussia rise rapidly under his nose. France, under Bismarck's strategic deception, was ridiculed and ridiculed by Bismarck on the Luxemburg issue, instead of receiving any substantial "neutral compensation". Napoleon III's mistake in alienating Austria is actually the same as the Chinese history when King Huai of Chu was tricked by Zhang Yi into severing diplomatic relations with Qi with the "600 miles of land dedicated to business".

Britain, which had always played the balance of power game, was not as sensitive as it should have been to the dangerous prospect of Prussia's imminent unification with Germany and its rise as Britain's greatest challenger. Britain was still fooled by the bluffing Napoleon III, who overestimated the strength of the Second French Empire. The Suez Canal, which began construction in 1859 in France, was completed and opened to navigation in 1869. Britain saw this as a direct threat to the Middle East and India under its rule: to cut off the lines of communication between Britain and its Indian colonies would be to cut off the backbone of the British Empire, which Britain could not tolerate in any case. As a result, the strategically short-sighted British government used Prussia as a counterweight to France and gave the green light to Prussia's unification of Germany. Britain's concerns about France trumped fears of German unification.

Since the disastrous defeat in the Crimean War, Tsarist Russia had cold relations with Britain and France. On the surface, it maintained a neutral attitude, but in fact supported Prussia in the war against France, in order to reap the benefits of the fishermen in order to avenge the revenge of the year. The sluggish and closed Tsar was preoccupied with fanning the flames in the Balkans for petty gains, not entirely on Prussia, a former anti-French ally, and the dozens of small loose German Confederation states. Austria had just been defeated, its finances were on the verge of bankruptcy, and although it wanted to support France in retaliating against Prussia, it was no longer able to do so.

Napoleon III now knew in his heart that he was not a great strategist, he was just a lucky adventurer, and so was Bismarck, whose luck was that he effectively caught the strategic negligence of his opponents, which he used to make Prussia's lightning rise in front of France. After the end of the Austro-Prussian War, both Napoleon III and Bismarck knew in their hearts that it would be impossible for Prussia to complete the great cause of German unification without defeating the powerful France. War between Prussia and France will be inevitable.

Only, is France ready for war?

"Your Majesty, it is time for you to act against the Prussians." Empress Eugenie said again.

Napoleon III was hesitating, when a court attendant came and reported, "Your Majesty, Colonel Riyige has asked to see you." ”

"Oh, I remember, he just came back from China and said that he had important business to report, and I have scheduled to see him at this time." Napoleon III, remembering today's schedule, said.

Empress Eugenie, who seemed to be a little dissatisfied with Napoleon's indecision, had no intention of meeting Riyige with Napoleon III, and when she heard the news, she bowed and withdrew.

Looking at the proud back of the Empress when she left, Napoleon III couldn't help but sigh secretly in his heart.

He certainly understood why Empress Eugenie was in such a hurry to ask for war with Prussia.

The queen is bent on fighting for the throne of her son Louis.

After a while, Riyige walked in, led by the palace attendants.

"Oh, it's you, Colonel Riyig. What do you think? What good news have you brought me from China? ”

After Napoleon III accepted the audience of Riyige, he casually beckoned Riyige to sit down.

Ri Yige couldn't help but be surprised when he saw the emperor's expression looking very haggard. Of course, he did not know that Napoleon III was now suffering from arthritis, nephritis, bladder stones, and other diseases, and that his health was no longer the same as when he last met him.

"Your Majesty, I have something very important to give you." Riyige said, placing the box handed to him by Lin Yizhe in front of Napoleon.

"Hehe, Colonel Riyige, where did you get this lockbox? It's a very precious thing. Napoleon III immediately recognized the identity of the box, "I remember that the genius Leonardo da Vinci had made something similar for the Pope, but it seemed much smaller than this." He flicked the wooden block on the lid with interest.

"This box contains information about the Prussian conspiracy against the great France." Riyige was impatient to let Napoleon III know what was in the box, and told him what he was visiting.

Napoleon III raised his head with some surprise.

"Then please open it, Colonel Riyige." Napoleon III straightened up and said.

Riig took out a copy of the Paris Times from his pocket, found the page with the puzzle answers, and handed it to Napoleon III.

"I'm sorry, Your Majesty, I won't open it." Riyige said with some embarrassment.

"Okay, let the Ministry of Intelligence send a few people." Napoleon III Napoleon III took the newspaper with some amusement, looked at it, and said.

After a while, several "experts" from the Ministry of Intelligence arrived, and they followed the puzzle answer prompts on the newspaper, and they were obviously not very talented in this area, and they fiddled with it for almost two hours before the pattern on the lid of the box was put together.

Finally, when the pattern on the lid of the box was put together into a complete Chinese peony flower pattern, only to hear a soft "click" sound, the lid popped open.

Napoleon III was obviously impatient at this time, and he did not wait for the experts of the Ministry of Intelligence to check whether there was anything dangerous inside, and he could not wait to lift the lid of the box.

A thick stack of papers inside was revealed. Napoleon III took the top letter, and was about to open it when his eyes were drawn to a pencil drawing below.

He picked up the small painting and looked at it carefully, and when he saw what the weapon was drawn on it, his face immediately changed dramatically.

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