After Princess Mathilde ordered the Bonapartist faction to cease all activities in the recent past at her mansion on rue de Cusell, all the Bonapartist factions in Paris ceased to move, and they waited like a poisonous snake lurking in the shadows to divide the victory between the two giants [the proletariat and the bourgeoisie].

After the two giants had won the victory, the Bonapartist faction would once again strike to capture the fruits of the victor's side, and at that time a weakened Paris would not be able to stop the Bonapartist faction from victory.

During the period when the Bonapartist faction was in hire, Princess Mathilde, as the temporary leader of the Bonapartist faction, was also not idle, and she asked her father, Prince Jérôme Sr., and Ruet to keep a close eye on the movements of the parliament, and at the same time invited Victor under the guise of literature. Hugo, Sainte-Beuve, Balzac, Alexandre Dumas, Mérimée, Georges. Influential and prestigious writers such as Madame Sang heard more about Kafenjak from their mouths, and by the way, helped her younger brother Jérôme. Bonaparte established a good image in the literary world.

Because of the good image that the Bonapartians had established for themselves in recent times and the beauty of Princess Mathilde, the invited Parisian literati did not refuse the invitation of Princess Mathilde, and they were invited to attend the literary salon organized by Princess Mathilde, which took place in Saint-Saint-Mathilde, on the shores of Lake Anghien. Gratian, Princess Mathilde's second residence in Paris and a frequent venue for her salons.

At 7 p.m. on June 27, the sun was setting, and the deep sky was dotted with stars.

Guided by the stars and moonlight, a dark black carriage slowly walked to the Mathilde Mansion and stopped.

Pushing open the door, a woman in a white court dress and holding a fan made of ivory got out of the car.

When she reached the door of the mansion, the door of the mansion slowly opened, and Princess Mathilde, also dressed in a blue dress and wearing a string of pearls around her neck, appeared in front of the lady.

The lady looked at Princess Mathilde in front of her with a shocked expression, and then smiled and asked, "I'm not late!" ”

"George. Ms. San, you were the first to come! Princess Mathilde warmly embraced George. Mulberry has George on his arm. Sang enters the door.

The two of them walked and chatted like a pair of sisters who hadn't seen each other for a long time, and the originally quiet mansion instantly became lively, and if you listened carefully, you could hear bursts of laughter from the second floor outside the mansion.

Time passed in a hurry, and in a blink of an eye, it was already the agreed 8 o'clock.

During this 1 hour, Sainte-Beuve, Balzac, Alexandre Dumas and others arrived at the mansion in turn, and the only absent was Victor. Hugo.

See Victor. Hugo had already crossed the agreed deadline, and Mérimée, who was Hugo's "friend", decided to stand up and half-jokingly and half-seriously: "All right! Guys, we can get started! Only God knows how long it will take that procrastination guy from Hugo to come! Maybe he's reciting his masterpiece at a lady's mansion right now! ”

Everyone in the salon smiled, and they turned their eyes to Mathilde, the organizer of the salon.

At this time with George. Mathilde, who was sitting together, glanced at the clock hanging on the wall, then got up and nodded.

The literary salon officially began.

Sainte-Beuve opened with a scathing comment on the recent spike in the Parisian newspapers, which attracted the participation of everyone present, even Mathilde.

Although she was the organizer of the salon, her literary level and attainments were obviously far inferior to those of the literati present, so much so that some jokes were made in the process of commenting on the wrong topic.

However, everyone present knew Mathilde's level, and they did not embarrass Mathilde.

Even Sainte-Beuve, known as the "poisonous snake" in Paris, smiled slightly, and the small mistakes of beautiful ladies will always be forgiven.

In the salon, Sainte-Beuve complained about Balzac's water word count, calling it "a desire to punctuate every word." Balzac just smiled slightly, of course, Sainte-Beuve praised Balzac fiercely after complaining that Balzac "got into the money eye".

[PS: The slightly famous literati in Paris are charged by the line. 】

The whole of France, and even the whole of Europe, did not think of Balzac's humanoid codewriter, and it can be said that the newspaper really loved and hated Balzac.

What I love is his talent, and what I hate is his style of writing that starts a new line in a few words.

The atmosphere of the salon is becoming more and more culminating as time goes on.

Just as the atmosphere was about to reach its climax, the servant in charge of guarding the gate informed Princess Mathilde that "Victor. Hugo" arrival news.

"Ladies and gentlemen, our protagonist is coming!" Mathilde gently pressed the atmosphere with her hand.

Everyone turned their eyes to the door to the living room, Victor. Hugo pushed open the door and slowly came in.

Mérimée, who lost her friend, applauded first, and the rest of the people applauded together.

Victor with exhaustion written all over his face. Before Hugo could apologize, he heard a series of applause, and he looked at everyone present suspiciously.

"My protagonist has appeared!" Mérimée used a comical tone to Victor. Hugo said.

"Mérimée, you ......" Victor. Hugo looked helplessly at the blind old friend in front of him, and he slowly walked to Balzac's side and sat down.

"Hugo, you look tired! What happened? Balzac looked at Hugo beside him and asked curiously.

"Alas!" Victor. Hugo sighed, first apologizing for not being able to keep the time, but also explaining his reasons to the crowd.

It turned out that after the National Assembly suspended the ruling committee and appointed Kafenac as dictator, Lamartine, in order to prevent an overreaction between the soldiers and workers in Paris, pulled his romantic friend Victor. Hugo went to the outskirts of Paris to try to persuade the workers to lay down their arms.

It is impossible to succeed against the government with their crude weapons.

"Did you make it?" Mathilde asked.

"No...... Those workers obviously won't listen to us, they treat us like lackeys of the government! Lamartine and I were kicked out! "Victor. Hugo shook his head and said in frustration.

"Oh God! It seems that a massacre is inevitable? "George. Mulberry covered his slightly open lips with a fan.

"I'm afraid so! We may be lucky enough to see a massacre! Half of the republic kills the other half! ”