On the outskirts of Vienna, Schönbrunn Palace.

Snow has just fallen here, dyeing this beautiful palace completely white. At the same time that Princess Victoria and Zhu Xiyou, the king of Daminglu, were dancing hand in hand, three carriages galloped in and rushed to the palace.

The door of the carriage was opened by the servants of Schönbrunn Palace, and four men and two women came down from it. The two men were Viscount Palmerston, British Admiralty, and Sir Hardy, First Sea Lord.

The two women, one was Franz. Sophie, wife of Archduke Karl.

The other was a middle-aged woman in her early forties, with a long face, large facial features, and a little bulging eyes, looking a bit like Emperor Franz I. She got out of a carriage with Princess Sophie, and looking at the garden of Schönbrunn Palace in front of her, she frowned and whispered to Princess Sophie, "Sophie, am I really doing the right thing?" ”

"Your Majesty, of course you are doing the right thing!" Princess Sophie actually called this woman a queen! But she's not the queen of Austria, she's the queen of France!

She was the wife of the Emperor Napoleon, Marie. Louise is also the Grand Duchess of Austria, the Princess of Hungary and Bohemia, and the Duchess of Parma, Piacenza and Guastala and the Countess of Nippeg - a long title that is almost like "Dragon Mother"! If nothing else, she will soon be able to get the title of Queen Mother of France!

Sophie then said to her, "Both France and Austria look forward to the restoration of the Bonaparte dynasty...... Only the restoration of the Bonaparte dynasty will be able to resolve the great crisis that Austria is currently facing! Otherwise, your father and Prime Minister Metternich would not have allowed him to leave Austria for France, and the British government would not have been willing to finance the restoration of the Bonaparte dynasty. ”

Mary. Louise smiled bitterly: "It is incredible that Napoleon's son has now become the savior of the Austrian Empire and Britain. ”

"Your Majesty," interjected Viscount Palmerston, "we in the British Empire have no eternal friends and no eternal enemies, only eternal interests!" We opposed the Emperor Napoleon because it seriously violated our interests, and now we support your son because he will benefit the British Empire if he becomes Emperor of France. ”

"But will he really be able to go on stage?" Mary. Louise shook her head, "He's not his father after all, and Louis XVII's reign isn't too bad, right?" ”

"Your Majesty," said Viscount Palmerston, sneered, "to be fair, the reign of Louis XVII was not a disaster, but it was not what the French people expected...... The French people need a great leader, and they are also looking forward to someone who can lead them to reforge their former glory. But Louis XVII could only lead his people to suffering, and he himself could not share the weal and woe with the people. And he wants the French people to continue to keep a group of court nobles who are useless and only waste money. ”

Mary. Louise snorted, "But such a person may threaten the Austrian Empire and the British Empire...... Don't you really think it's a bit contradictory, Viscount? ”

"No, it is not contradictory," laughed Viscount Palmerston, "because the French have always been passionate, but impatient.

They needed a charismatic leader like Emperor Napoleon who could do wonders for them. It was not a king like Louis XVII, who seemed to be messing around, but in fact was able to constantly enrich the country. ”

Viscount Palmerston's words are not casual, but are backed up by a large number of statistics.

Although France did not have an easy time under Louis XVII, France's industrial power – steel, coal, electricity, shipbuilding, etc., – has been growing steadily for more than a decade. The gap with Britain is also narrowing.

If he could really take northern Italy and the Lyin region, it would only be a matter of time before France surpassed Britain in industrial power. By that time, Britain would not be second in the world, but second in Europe......

And what worries Viscount Palmerston the most is France's growing navy!

Unlike the British, Louis XVII did not develop a navy that had always been suitable for ocean-going warfare.

In recent years, the battleships built by the French with the introduction of Ming technology are all heavy artillery iron bumps, emphasizing firepower and defense, and ignoring speed and range.

According to Louis XVII's own words, these battleships of the French Navy were used for operations in the Mediterranean - fighting in this small pool in the Mediterranean does not require high speed and long endurance.

But these heavy artillery pimple ships can also be used in the English Channel!

If the French took advantage of the absence of the British Home Fleet and launched a landing assault with their battleships, the history of the British Empire would probably be over......

This is the main reason that prompted the Duke of Wellington to make up his mind to overthrow the Bourbon dynasty!

"Your Majesty," Viscount Palmerston said, looking at Mary. Louise, "Let's go together now to the future Emperor Napoleon II!" ”

Mary. Louise nodded and said, "Okay, let's hope we're doing the right thing right now!" ”

……

Dunkirk, France.

King Louis XVII of France had just boarded a brand-new battleship moored next to the docks of the Dunkirk military port.

This is a fairly large warship, and it looks like it has a standard displacement of more than 20,000 tons.

Moreover, it also has a total of ten 305 mm caliber guns in five turrets!

The battleship received the name of the USS Alexander I...... It was named after Tsar Alexander I of the Rakshasa!

This tsar had a grace for the Bourbon dynasty to reinvent himself. And naming a brand-new French battleship after this tsar certainly shows the determination of Louis XVII to unite with the Rakshasas!

Louis XVII was now aboard the Alexander I in order to personally send his daughter, Princess Louis, to Riga to marry the Grand Duke of Alexander.

Then, he had to discuss with Tsar Nicholas I of the Rakshasa about the good things of dividing up the European continent.

Viscount Palmerston said that Louis XVII might raid England, which was too much.

Louis XVII really didn't have that kind of ambition, and he wasn't the kind of gambler who gambled on the fortunes of the country at every turn.

But Louis XVII would not have been indifferent to this great change in the world.

What he wants to do now is to carve up the European continent with the Rakshasa country - the Rakshasa country has a large number of blacks, so he will divide a little more and take Constantine and the Balkans.

The French have less trouble, so they have less points, and it is good to take northern Italy. As for the German states of Austria, Prussia, Bavaria, and Hesse, let them remain as buffer zones. Lest France and Rakshasa border directly.

And after dividing the territory, the Rakshasa country became the Eastern Rome, and France was still France.

Western Rome or something, Louis XVII was not interested at all. He knew that most of the Western Roman emperors were not good to die, and he still wanted to live well!

Moreover, a little less European territory, and a little more low-key Rome, could also prevent France from becoming the world's second industrial power, because it is always difficult to have a lasting friendship between the world's second and the world's first.

France still don't want to be too strong...... So as not to be oppressed by the Ming Empire!

Moreover, the basic plate of France is more than 30 million people, and it is impossible to digest it if you really want to eat too much.

And after discussing with Nicholas I the way to divide Europe. He and his daughter and son-in-law went to Vienna, the capital of Austria, to attend the peace conference.