Chapter One Thousand and One Second Pressurization
"There's a way!" Jérôme Bonaparte deliberately lengthened his voice and looked at Cavour thoughtfully, "It's actually very simple!"
"Your Majesty! Please signal!" Cavour responded to Jérôme Bonaparte with an attitude of humbly learning.
"Since you are so worried that the Austrian Empire will invade you, then you can invite the French army to enter the Kingdom of Sardinia!
In this case, the Austrian Empire will not dare to act rashly!" Jérôme Bonaparte said to Cavour slowly.
After listening to Jérôme Bonaparte's suggestion, Cavour paused and showed a little unnaturalness on his face.
Jérôme Bonaparte immediately understood that the solution he had just proposed was very different from what Cavour had in mind.
"What's wrong? Isn't my method bad?" Jérôme Bonaparte licked the corners of his mouth and responded to Cavour with a smile.
"Your Majesty!" Cavour was silent for a moment, then reorganized his words and said to Jérôme Bonaparte, "This method of yours can indeed deter the Austrian Empire!"
Before Cavour could continue, Jérôme Bonaparte interrupted Cavour and replied, "Then it's decided!"
"Your Majesty, the French army's entry into the Kingdom of Sardinia involves too many problems. This is no longer an issue that I can make up my mind on alone!" Cavour replied to Jerome Bonaparte, "So, I think
Please give me some more time!"
"Mr. Cavour, I'm not in a hurry!" Jerome Bonaparte shrugged his shoulders, leaning on the back of his chair and said comfortably, "This matter is originally an internal affair of your Kingdom of Sardinia. I
You are always welcome!”
"Thank you for your generosity! Your Majesty!" Cavour hurriedly expressed his gratitude to Jérôme Bonaparte, and then continued, "Then... I will leave first!"
After saying that, Cavour quickly stood up and prepared to leave.
"Yes!" Jérôme Bonaparte also stood up, nodded, and shook hands with Cavour.
After Cavour left the study, Jérôme Bonaparte's smiling face became extremely cold, and then he said to himself, "This guy Cavour still has no intention of giving up!
There is no annual fee for lunch in this world!”
Later, Jerome Bonaparte called Basilio, "Now find me a carriage immediately. The carriage must be as simple and simple as possible, and none of the usual entourage will be needed!"
"Your Majesty, where are you going?" After hearing Jerome Bonaparte's description, Basilio immediately understood who the emperor wanted to meet secretly.
"I will go to the Austrian Embassy in person!" Jerome Bonaparte replied to Basilio.
"Yes!" Basilio said quickly to Jerome Bonaparte, then turned and left.
After a while, Basilio opened the door again and responded respectfully to Jerome Bonaparte, "Your Majesty, the carriage is ready for you! You can leave at any time!"
"I know!" Jérôme Bonaparte, who was standing at the window smoking, glanced at the half-burned cigarette butt in his hand, turned around, walked to the desk, and threw the half cigarette butt into the aluminum ashtray.
Then he followed Basilio out of the study and headed to the side entrance of the Tuileries Palace.
Jérôme Bonaparte, who arrived at the side door, looked at the all-black carriage at the foot of the steps, nodded with satisfaction and praised, "Basilio, you did a good job!
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"Your Majesty, this is what I should do!" Basilio replied humbly to Jerome Bonaparte.
Then, Basilio thoughtfully opened the door for Jerome Bonaparte, and Jerome Bonaparte got into the carriage.
Under the order of Jérôme Bonaparte, the carriage traveled from the Tuileries Palace to the Louvre, and then headed to the Austrian Embassy through the door of the Louvre leading to the outside world.
The purpose of Jerome Bonaparte's doing this was to make his whereabouts more secretive.
Nowadays, no one in the entire upper class knows that Jérôme Bonaparte prefers to travel light. Leaving the Louvre can appropriately reduce the probability of being discovered.
The carriage that left the wing of the Louvre moved along the north bank of the Seine River, and after several more turns, finally arrived near the Embassy of the Austrian Empire in France.
"Your Majesty! We are here!" The driver driving the carriage said softly to Jerome Bonaparte in the carriage.
After a while, Jérôme Bonaparte's dissatisfied voice came from the carriage, "Didn't I tell you already? From now on, when I ride in this car, I will always call me Mr. Felix!"
"Your Majesty... no! Mr. Felix, please forgive me!" the carriage driver said quickly to Jérôme Bonaparte.
"Be careful in the future!" Jérôme Bonaparte said as he got off the carriage.
After getting off the carriage, Jerome Bonaparte gave a few brief instructions to the driver and walked straight in the direction of the Austrian Embassy.
Soon he arrived at the gate of the Austrian Embassy. Standing at the gate, Jérôme Bonaparte gently knocked on the embassy door with his hand.
About half a minute later, the door of the embassy slowly opened, and the attaché appeared in front of Jerome Bonaparte.
"What are you looking for..." The military attaché who opened the door opened his eyes wide and was speechless when he saw Jérôme Bonaparte standing at the door of the room.
"What? Aren't you welcome?" Jérôme Bonaparte joked.
"Welcome! Warm welcome!" The attaché hurriedly shifted his position and warmly invited Jérôme Bonaparte to enter the embassy. "Your Majesty, please come in quickly!"
Jérôme Bonaparte entered the embassy. The attaché hurriedly closed the door of the embassy, and then carefully asked Jérôme Bonaparte if there was anything wrong with his sudden visit.
"Can't I visit if I have nothing to do?" Jérôme Bonaparte asked half-jokingly, half-seriously.
"Of course!" the attaché replied decisively, "You are always welcome at the Austrian Embassy!"
"However, I do have something to do with you, Ambassador Richard Metternich!" Jérôme Bonaparte put away his smile and said to the attaché with a very serious expression, "Is your ambassador here now?"
"Your Majesty, I will call you right away!" the military attaché said as he invited Jérôme Bonaparte to sit on the sofa in the living room.
Later, he ordered the servants in the embassy to bring dried fruits and tea to Jérôme Bonaparte.
After all this, the attaché went to the second floor to look for Ambassador Richard Metternich.
At this time, Ambassador Richard Metternich was working in the study on the second floor of the embassy. There was a knock on the door. He raised his head and said to the outside of the room, "Please come in!"
The military attaché entered the room and informed Richard Metternich of the arrival of Jérôme Bonaparte in person.
After Richard Metternich heard the news of Jerome Bonaparte's arrival, he couldn't help scolding the attaché, "Why didn't you send someone to inform me after the emperor entered the room!"
"Your Majesty the Ambassador, I..." The Attendant Attendant hesitated to speak.
"Forget it! Let's not talk about this!" Richard Metternich put down the pen in his hand, stood up and left the study with the Attaché.
Under the leadership of the attendant military attache, Richard Metternich came to Jerome Bonaparte. Jerome Bonaparte took a sip of tea, and then said to Richard Metternich dangerously
, “The tea is very good!”
"As long as you are satisfied!" Richard Metternich said flatteringly.
"Sit down!" Jerome Bonaparte, like the master of the room, crossed his legs and made an invitation gesture, asking Richard Metternich to sit opposite him.
Richard Metternich obeyed Jerome Bonaparte's order and sat down.
"You do it too!" Jérôme Bonaparte said to the attaché.
"I... Your Majesty, I don't have to!" the attaché responded to Jérôme Bonaparte with a reserved expression.
"Sit down if I ask you to! Don't talk nonsense!" Jérôme Bonaparte pretended to be impatient and said to the military attaché.
"Yes!" The Attaché sat carefully next to Richard Metternich.
After both of them sat down, Jerome Bonaparte spoke to Richard Metternich again, "The purpose of my visit this time is to hope that the Austrian Empire can put more pressure on the Kingdom of Sardinia."
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"Your Majesty, as far as I know, the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Sardinia are currently in a small-scale border conflict. If we increase the pressure, I am afraid it will cause a war between the two countries!" Richard Metternich said to
Jérôme Bonaparte replied.
"Don't worry, as long as you don't formally declare war on the Kingdom of Sardinia, then there will be no war crisis!" Jerome Bonaparte smiled slightly and replied to Richard Metternich, "Is it possible that Sardinia
The Kingdom of Asia still dares to declare war with you?"
Richard Metternich immediately understood what Jerome Bonaparte meant. As long as the French Empire did not take the initiative to go to war with the Austrian Empire, the Kingdom of Sardinia could only choose to swallow the bitter fruit alone.
"Your Majesty, what is your purpose for doing this?" Richard Metternich asked Jerome Bonaparte again.
"Savoy and Nice!" Jérôme Bonaparte said nonchalantly, "I guess Cavour must still be thinking about how to protect these two areas, so I must use your hands to capture them.
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As long as the French army enters the Kingdom of Sardinia, they will agree even if they don't want to agree!"
Richard Metternich pondered for a moment and responded to Jerome Bonaparte, "Your Majesty, can I confirm again, does the French Empire only want to capture Savoyard and Nice?"
"Of course!" Jerome Bonaparte replied without hesitation, "The reason why I want to annex Savoy and Nice is so that the French army can rely on the terrain of the Alps for defense. The Kingdom of Sardinia
The remaining areas are simply useless to the French Empire!
Our purpose is not to help the Kingdom of Sardinia!"
