"Yay!"

When Friedrich heard that he was able to witness the pyramids with his own eyes, his face immediately lit up with childlike joy.

Since his birth, Friedrich has never left France.

Friedrich was always filled with an exuberant curiosity about the world outside of France, especially after he learned about the pyramids from books.

"Dad, I can go to Egypt to see the pyramids!" Friedrich took Jérôme Bonaparte's hand, his eyes filled with longing.

"Of course!" Jérôme Bonaparte smiled and nodded, "This time we are not only going to visit the pyramids, but also to Jerusalem to visit the Templars!"

"Yay!" Friedrich let out another cheer, then turned his gaze to Queen Augusta, "Mother, why don't you come with us!"

When Augusta heard Friedrich's request, he shook his head and said to Friedrich, "Friedrich, you and your father can go!"

I will stay in France and guard the inheritance here for your father and son, and prevent some people from taking advantage of this time!!"

"Augusta, no need!" Jérôme Bonaparte also said to Augusta, "I have arranged everything, you don't need to stay in Paris!"

Augusta's next words, however, discouraged Jérôme Bonaparte from inviting Empress Augusta to go with him.

"I'm pregnant!"

As soon as these words came out, it was as if something had smashed his brain.

Then Jérôme Bonaparte had a mixture of astonishment and excitement on his face.

"When? How come I don't know?" Jérôme Bonaparte asked Empress Augusta in a trembling voice.

Since Friedrich's birth, Jérôme Bonaparte has labored almost every month on the bodies of Empress Augusta and Eugénie.

However, Empress Augusta and Eugénie never succeeded in sowing the seeds, so much so that Jérôme Bonaparte wondered if it was because of the problem with the planter that caused the seed problems.

Now, Empress Augusta has dispelled Jérôme Bonaparte's suspicions and added possibilities for the future of the French Empire.

In the 19th century, when the premature mortality rate was high, it was difficult for Jérôme Bonaparte to guarantee that Friedrich would survive to adulthood.

Had Jérôme Bonaparte and Auguste not had had no other children, and Friedrich had died suddenly, the French Empire would have been in great turmoil.

As long as Empress Augusta continued to give birth to children, even if the heirs were not princes, the throne of the French Empire would be more secure.

Great deal, Jérôme Bonaparte learned from the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Britain, and established the princess as the heir to the empire.

Of course, the princess takes a higher risk of becoming an heir than the prince, but it is much better than having no heir.

There are not too many people in the French Empire today who really choose allegiance to the Bonaparte family.

It was more about choosing allegiance to Jérôme Bonaparte himself, and more generally, to the branch where Jérôme Bonaparte was located.

In addition, the members of the Bonaparte family, with the exception of Jérôme Patterson, were either low-sighted wastes (Pierre Bonaparte) or idle people who had no interest in politics (Lucien and Joseph).

When Jérôme Bonaparte and some of the members discussed the right of succession, they had already expressed it tactfully to Jérôme Bonaparte.

They chose only to be loyal to the emperor and his heirs, and if they were not the heirs of the emperor to the throne, then they preferred to take refuge in Orleans.

It was the attitude of the members of the "Bonaparte" that convinced Jérôme Bonaparte that even if the princess succeeded to the throne, the princes of Bonaparte would not be able to turn the tables around.

It's just that women have some natural disadvantages in inheritance, and Jérôme Bonaparte still wants it

Augusta was able to go on to give birth to princes for him.

"I only realized it recently!" Empress Augusta said to Jérôme Bonaparte.

"Do you want to see a doctor?" Jérôme Bonaparte asked Empress Augusta again.

Queen Augusta shook her head and replied to Jérôme Bonaparte, "Let's wait!"

Worried about Augusta's health, Jérôme Bonaparte did not force it.

"You're pregnant now, and you can't travel far!"

Friedrich's face was visibly disappointed, but he had been looking forward to traveling with his parents.

"I'm sorry! Friedrich!" Empress Augusta touched Friedrich's head with doting eyes, "I'm afraid Mommy won't be able to go out with you, you and Dad are having fun outside!"

Also, don't run around when you're outside! Always be safe, you see!"

"Hmm!" Friedrich nodded in response to Empress Augusta.

……

When the official telegram from the French Foreign Ministry crossed nearly 1,000 kilometers to Constantinople (also known as Istanbul), the Ottoman Sultan Abdul Mejid I did not feel any joy, but sensed that an Alpine mountain was about to run over them.

Abdul Majid immediately sent the black eunuch from the palace to the residence of the prime minister (also known as the Grand Vizier) and summoned the prime minister to discuss countermeasures.

"Damn! Why did Jérôme Bonaparte go to the Templar at this time, did he perceive anything?"

Abdul Maji, who was nervous in his heart, had no intention of sitting on the throne at this moment, and he paced back and forth without listening to the throne to relieve the pressure caused by his excessive nervousness.

Soon, the Ottoman Prime Minister Fouad appeared in front of the Ottoman sultan.

At this time, Fouad also had a melancholy expression on his face, and it was obvious that the prime minister had learned from the black eunuch the reason why the Sultan had summoned him.

"Your Majesty!"

Fua, who was standing at the foot of the throne steps, respectfully bowed to Abdul Majid, who was at the top of the steps.

[Although the Ottoman Empire was Westernized, the "traditional" etiquette of the Ottoman Empire was still retained within the empire.

It's just that in the presence of outsiders, this traditional style is a little more restrained. 】

"Get up!" Abdul Mejid I raised his hand lightly and said to Fouad in a light tone.

Fouad stood up and thanked Abdul Mejid again.

Subsequently, Abdul Mejid and Fouad officially entered the dialogue session.

"Prime Minister Fouad, just now the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the French Empire sent us a telegram saying that their Emperor, my pagan brother Jérôme Bonaparte, will leave for the Holy Land (Jerusalem) in late April!" Abdul Mejid I said to Fouad.

After listening to the words of Abdul Majid I, an expression of disbelief appeared on his face.

As the Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire, he really couldn't understand why Jérôme Bonaparte would go to the Holy Land at this time!

Could it be ......

Fouad suddenly thought of possibility, and cold sweat involuntarily ran down his forehead.

"Your Majesty, we must stop supporting the Christians in Jerusalem and do our best to stabilize the situation in Jerusalem during the visit of the French Emperor!

Otherwise, Jerusalem will most likely follow in the footsteps of the Kingdom of Sardinia!" Fouad suggested to Abdul Majid with a slightly nervous expression.

"Hmm! I think the same thing as you!" Abd al-Majid I nodded to Fouad and then sent an order to Fouad, "Send a letter to Emir Abdallapsha (Governor of Syria, which at that time included Jerusalem).

The telegram from Staninople to Syria had not yet been opened), ordering him to purge the extremists in the Holy Land in the shortest possible time!

Even if you kill all the extremists in Jerusalem, you will not hesitate!"

At this point, Abdul Mejid I's expression became particularly murderous, he did not want to hear about the attack of the French Emperor in Jerusalem.

If Jérôme Bonaparte had an accident on the territory of the Ottoman Empire, then the Ottoman Empire simply could not withstand the blow of the French Empire.

After hearing the resolute and purging orders of Abdul Mejid I, Fouad also volunteered to His Majesty Sultan Bong Yong that he would personally go to Syria to supervise the actions of Emir Pasha.

From mid-April to late April, the extremist forces throughout Jerusalem were mercilessly attacked by the Emir Pasha and the Grand Vizier.

Hundreds of extremist forces have been assassinated, and there is a contradiction between Christianity and Christianity.

There was some relief, but this relief was sacrificed to the blood of the extremists.

As a result, some of the extremist forces lurking in Jerusalem hated Emir Pasha and Fouad and planned to have Emir Pasha killed at the right time.

……

Late April, port of Toulon.

Jérôme Bonaparte and Friedrich Bonaparte, accompanied by the French Imperial Chancellor Dicoult and the Chief of the General Staff of the Navy, together with a number of foreign military attachés (these military attaches were all military attaches invited by the Navy, and their purpose was naturally to take advantage of this exercise to find out the naval strength of the French Empire), boarded the "Napoleon"-class ironclad ships.

When everyone was on the ironclad, a continuous puff of black smoke erupted from the chimney of the ironclad, and the fleet docked in the port of Toulon lined up in an oblique line and sailed out of the port one after another.

And their target, of course, is the island of Cyprus, hundreds of nautical miles from France.

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