"Mr. Cavour, I also have one condition, I hope you will agree to me!"

Hearing Jérôme Bonaparte's words, Cavour immediately assumed a gesture of deafness.

As a good politician, Cavour has a political intuition that ordinary people can hardly have, and now this intuition tells him that as long as he gets through the hurdle in front of him, then all of Cavour's plans will no longer be hindered.

"Your Majesty, please speak!"

"I have only one condition: that is, after the deed is done, the Kingdom of Sardinia shall not annex the Kingdom of Naples!" Jérôme Bonaparte spoke his terms in one breath.

When Cavour heard Jérôme Bonaparte's terms, his first reaction was to reject the emperor's conditions without hesitation.

He (Cavour) sat down at a table of "rice" (referring to the expulsion of the Kingdom of Naples), only to be told by his next-door neighbor (France) that there was no seat for him at this table.

Such a result is unacceptable to any one person.

"Your Majesty, I don't understand what you mean!" Cavour barely managed to squeeze out a smile and asked Jérôme Bonaparte in a low voice.

"Monsieur Cavour, do you know why I just asked you whether you are loyal to the royal family of Savoy or to the Italian nation!" Jérôme Bonaparte asked rhetorically.

"I don't understand!"

Although Cavour had already guessed the result, there was still a trace of luck in his heart.

"If you have just answered that you are loyal to the Italian nation, then I will consider telling certain nations in due course what you have planned!" Jérôme Bonaparte first threatened Cavour with cold words, then turned to Cavour, and then continued, "However, you have chosen to be loyal to the royal family of Savoy, so I am willing to give you a chance to show yourself!

I can tell you for sure that it is my bottom line that Sardinia cannot directly annex the Kingdom of Naples!

You can find a suitable heir to the royal family of Savoy and let him go to Naples to be king there!

This is also a shining pearl to the crown of Savoy!

What do you think of my proposal?"

Faced with Jérôme Bonaparte's harsh conditions, Cavour knew that he had no choice with the Kingdom of Sardinia.

The success of the Kingdom of Sardinia in the next operation depended on the help of the French Empire.

The military campaign a year earlier proved that Napoleon III was a "reckless" monarch.

Therefore, Cavour did not dare to disobey him at all.

Now that the annexation of the Kingdom of Sardinia to the Kingdom of Naples has come to naught, Cavour has no choice but to defend the interests of the royal family of Savoy.

"Your Majesty, I am willing to obey your arrangement!" Cavour bowed his head and spoke to Jérôme Bonaparte in a very humble tone.

"That's right!" Jérôme Bonaparte smiled in a blink of an eye and said unabashedly, "Monsieur Cavour, you are first a Sardinian and then an Italian, so you must always think of the royal family of Savoy!

I'm different, I'm a French monarch, and I have to work hard for the geopolitics of France!

It seems to me that the unification of the Italian peninsula is good for France, so I must do everything in my power to prevent it!

This is the only France I can do as the monarch of France!

However, I also don't like that the Austrian Empire stretched their hand too far in Italy!

If they integrate the Italian peninsula, France will have another headache.

Therefore, I feel that it is also necessary to weaken the tentacles of the Austrian Empire in Italy!

Before I could even think of how to cut off the tentacles, you appeared!

Mr. Cavour, you are like an angel, always there when I need help the most!"

At this moment, Cavour's heart was like being pierced by a sharp knife, sad and angry

He felt a hot sensation in his throat.

But even though Cavour's heart was about to bleed, he still had a smile on his face, but it was extremely stiff.

"Your Majesty is an honor to be able to solve your problems!" Cavour suppressed the emotions that were about to explode in his heart, and said to Jérôme Bonaparte without humility or arrogance.

"Mr. Cavour, I know you must be eager to kill me right now!" Jérôme Bonaparte, who was not satisfied, continued to tease Cavour with words.

"Don't dare!" Cavour bowed his head and said to Jérôme Bonaparte.

"It's a pity that this world is so cruel!" Jérôme Bonaparte shrugged his shoulders, sighed to himself, pointed at Cavour, and said in a tone of pity, "Even if you are as brilliant as you!

If there is no country that matches your talents, it will only become a tool in the great power game!"

At this point, Jérôme Bonaparte paused and pointed to himself again, "Contrary to your situation, a person like me, who is mediocre enough, as long as he has a strong enough country behind him, can still use his strong national strength to bridge the gap between us!"

"Your Majesty, your talents far surpass those of the vast majority of monarchs!" Cavour genuinely praised Jérôme Bonaparte.

If Cavour had been a Frenchman, he would have been proud to have a monarch of Jérôme Bonaparte's.

Because France is now under the leadership of Jérôme Bonaparte, from a country that is almost on the periphery of Europe, to a powerful country that dominates half of Europe.

And this transformation took less than 10 years, and the French Empire only needed less than 50,000 sacrifices and a war in exchange for its current status.

In every sense of the word, Jérôme Bonaparte deserved to be called a virtuous monarch.

Not to mention, Jérôme Bonaparte annexed Luxembourg, Savoy and Nice without going to war.

Such a record can already be called the first person after Emperor Napoleon!

"The reason why I have been able to achieve what I am today is because I stand on the shoulders of giants!"

Jérôme Bonaparte naturally knew that his success was all due to his late cousin, Louis Napoleon.

It was precisely because he showed himself the way before him (the original history) that Jérôme Bonaparte was able to repeatedly cross the limits of British patience.

As long as the Kingdom of Britain did not completely turn against the French Empire, the Second French Empire would not repeat the mistakes of the First Empire.

However, this "advantage" will be eroded with an unrecognizable history.

It is quite possible that Jérôme Bonaparte will return to "mediocrity".

However, Cavour did not know the details of Jérôme Bonaparte, and he only regarded Jérôme Bonaparte's "giant" as referring to Emperor Napoleon.

"Your Majesty, not everyone can sum up new results after reviewing history!" Cavour continued to praise Jérôme Bonaparte.

Jérôme Bonaparte smiled and returned to the previous topic.

"Cavoursian, I grant the royal family of Savoy to Naples as king, and even the Italian states to establish an Italian confederation by mutual agreement!

However, I will definitely not allow a complete and united Italy!

I will do whatever it takes to stop a united Italy!" Jérôme Bonaparte said to Cavour in no uncertain terms, "If you have to build a united Italy, I will choose to stand with the Austrian Empire!"

Jérôme Bonaparte's words completely extinguished Cavour's desire to unify Italy in his lifetime.

After all, since Jérôme Bonaparte had already said so, he would certainly not allow himself to carry out the cause of unification.

All Cavour can do is seek the throne for the royal house of Savoy!

"Your Majesty, I will convey your words to His Majesty Victor!"

……

After Cavour and Jérôme Bonaparte had reached a grudge agreement on the Italian question, Cavour decided that he no longer had the need to stay at the Château de Fontainebleau.

Cavour then resigned to Jérôme Bonaparte, who did not keep Cavour, but told Cavour that after returning to the Kingdom of Sardinia, he must inform them of the exact time of Garibaldi's march.

Cavour nodded in understanding, and Jérôme Bonaparte ordered Angelo von Bechu to take Cavour safely to the train station.

After Cavour left the Palace of Fontainebleau, Jérôme Bonaparte called the adjutant Burbaschi and ordered him to immediately send a telegram to the General Staff of the Navy.

"Immediately telegraph to the General Staff of the Navy that Plan A has been abolished and that Plan B is now proceeding!" Jérôme Bonaparte thought to Burbasky and gave the order.

Plan B? What is Plan B? Burbasky speculated to himself.

Although Burbasky was full of doubts, he did not dare to ask Jérôme Bonaparte about the specifics.

In this way, the unknown Burbasky faithfully carried out Jérôme Bonaparte's orders, and he immediately went to the telegraph room to send the telegram.

When the telegram from the Château de Fontainebleau was sent to the General Staff of the Navy, Chancellor Di was discussing the contents of the exercise with his Chief of Staff.

A naval officer broke into it and conveyed the emperor's orders to the Minister Diko and the Chief of the General Staff.

After hearing the order, Minister Dico couldn't help but whisper, "Our Majesty is really not worried, how did the military exercises near Corsica that were originally planned become the island of Cyprus (during the Crimean War, the French Empire forcibly leased the right to use it from the Ottoman Empire for 99 years under the pretext of establishing a telegraph relay station)."

The Chief of the General Staff and the officers were not Diko, and they did not dare to judge the Emperor.

"The Emperor must have a reason for doing this! Those of us who are courtiers just have to obey the commands!

Besides, we have already planned for military exercises near the island of Cyprus!" The Chief of the General Staff said to Minister Diko.

"Alas! Let's go! Just do as you say!"

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