The two people who left Turin finally arrived at the border area between the Kingdom of Sardinia and the Austrian Empire after several hours of hard work by boat.
After hearing the arrival of Jerome Bonaparte and Augusta, the Sardinian general stationed in the border area hurriedly ran over in person.
Under his escort, Jerome Bonaparte and Augusta were able to reach the border.
"Your Majesty, the opposite side is the border of the Austrian Empire! Please forgive me for not being able to accompany you there!" The Sardinian general pointed to the small number of Austrian troops behind the roadblock and apologized to Jerome Bonaparte.
"It doesn't matter!" Jerome Bonaparte on the horse smiled and replied to the Sardinian general, "Just go back first!"
"Yes!" The Sardinian general retreated after obeying Jerome Bonaparte's order.
Jérôme Bonaparte and Augusta each rode a horse towards the roadblock set up by the Austrian Empire. The Austrian Empire soldiers in the distance did not understand that the person riding on the horse was the French Emperor, and they quickly raised the injured knife.
German warned Jérôme Bonaparte and Augustus, "Stop!"
Jerome Bonaparte raised his head to stop Augusta from moving forward, and the two horses stopped in the middle of the border between the Kingdom of Sardinia and the Austrian Empire.
Jerome Bonaparte stopped and introduced in German loudly, "I am Jerome Bonaparte, Emperor of the French Empire, and this person next to me is my wife Augusta! We are under the influence of you.
At the invitation of Emperor Franz Joseph, I went to Milan!”
After hearing Jérôme Bonaparte's answer, the Austrian soldiers behind the roadblock showed a look of surprise and suspicion on their faces. In their impression, the emperor was a figure who should be surrounded by people in front and behind.
Why is there no one around M. Bonaparte and Queen Augusta?
No, there was indeed a group of Sardinians around them just now, and one of them was a Sardinian general.
Thinking of this, this group of Austrian Empire also believed in the identity of Jérôme Bonaparte.
However, out of caution, one of the soldiers still asked Jerome Bonaparte, "How do you prove it?"
"I don't need proof!" Jérôme Bonaparte replied to the soldiers in a calm and confident tone, "If you don't want to believe it, you can report it to your superiors!
If your commander doesn't want to believe it, you can ask him to report to Milan!
I'm right here and I won't move a step! What do you think of my proposal?"
This time all the Austrian soldiers believed that the man in front of them was indeed the Emperor of France.
If it were not for the Emperor of the French Empire, he would not be so calm and leisurely.
You must know that Emperor Franz Joseph is in Milan now. If they want, they can send someone over soon to verify the identity of Jerome Bonaparte.
Therefore, the possibility that the person in front of me is a forgery is extremely slim.
The soldiers of the Austrian Empire hurriedly put their rifles back on their backs. They moved the roadblock and came to Jerome Bonaparte. The leading junior officer even said in a humble tone, "Your Majesty, you were really angry just now.
Feel sorry!"
"Nothing!" Jérôme Bonaparte and Augusta dismounted, and then shook hands with the young officer.
Led by petty officers, Jérôme Bonaparte and Augustus entered the Austrian Empire.
Immediately afterwards, Jérôme Bonaparte curiously asked the junior officer why there were so few soldiers in the border areas.
The junior officer told Jerome Bonaparte that when Emperor Franz Joseph arrived in Milan, he gave an order to their border army to retreat. They also followed Emperor Franz Joseph's order to retreat.
They retreated a few kilometers, leaving only those of them who were monitoring the border movements of the Kingdom of Sardinia on a daily basis.
"That's it!" Jérôme Bonaparte showed a clear expression.
"Your Majesty, walking 3 kilometers ahead is where our army will be stationed!" the young officer pointed to the northeast and replied to Jérôme Bonaparte, "General Benedek is stationed there!"
"I understand!" Jérôme Bonaparte nodded, and then got on his horse together with Queen Augusta.
The Austrian soldiers under the horse quickly gave a military salute to Jerome Bonaparte, and Jerome Bonaparte on the horse also returned the salute to the soldiers, and then galloped towards the northeast.
About 15 minutes later, Jerome Bonaparte and Queen Augusta finally arrived on horseback near the Austrian Empire's headquarters. Another group of Austrian soldiers blocked Jerome Bonaparte's path and asked
Why did Jerome Bonaparte come?
Jerome Bonaparte told them truthfully, and the soldiers hurriedly saluted Jerome Bonaparte and shouted "Your Majesty!"
"Bring me to your General Benedek!" Jérôme Bonaparte ordered the soldiers.
The soldiers hurriedly showed the way to Jerome Bonaparte, who arrived outside Benedek's camp.
Before the soldiers were ready to enter the camp to report, Jérôme Bonaparte stopped them. Then he dismounted, handed the reins to the soldiers, and entered the camp with Queen Augusta.
At this moment, General Benedek was still resting. He did not know that Jérôme Bonaparte and Augusta were about to enter the camp. When they entered, the staff officer beside him quickly moved Benedek on the rocking chair.
Wake up.
Benedek came to his senses reluctantly, and then asked the staff officer next to him what was wrong.
"General Benedek, long time no see!" Jérôme Bonaparte, who was not far away, saw this and immediately came to speak to Benedek.
Only then did Benedek realize that someone had entered the camp. He followed the sound and looked around. The owner of the voice was none other than Jérôme Bonaparte. Benedek immediately showed a look of surprise on his face and said, "Your Majesty.
...Your Majesty Jérôme!”
"Yeah!" Jérôme Bonaparte nodded in response.
Afterwards, Benedek quickly came to Jerome Bonaparte and gave a straight military salute to Jerome Bonaparte.
Jérôme Bonaparte returned the salute with the same seriousness, and then said to Benedek in a joking tone, "I was taking a lunch break just now!"
Benedek nodded with a hint of embarrassment, then changed the subject and asked, "Your Majesty, why are you here!"
"We were invited by Franz Joseph! We happened to see your army stationed here on the way, and the cripple came here specially to take a look!" Jerome Bonaparte replied to Benedek, "We should
It didn’t hinder you, did it?”
"No! No!" Benedek shook his head repeatedly, "It is really an honor for us that your majesties can come here! It's not too late for us to be happy!"
"As long as it doesn't hinder you, that's good!" Jerome Bonaparte replied to Benedek, and then said, "Okay! You work well here, Augusta and I will continue our journey to Milan.
!”
"Your Majesty, let me see you off!" Benedek said to Jerome Bonaparte.
"This is not good!" Jérôme Bonaparte said to Benedek with some hesitation.
"Your Majesty, it's nothing!" Benedek shook his head in response to Jérôme Bonaparte, "We must be responsible for the safety of you and Her Majesty the Queen!"
"That would be troublesome!" Jérôme Bonaparte said reservedly.
Under Benedek's arrangement, a detachment of Austrian hussars escorted Jerome Bonaparte and Empress Augusta around and escorted them forward.
After riding for half an hour, Jerome Bonaparte and Augusta finally saw Milan.
"Your Majesty, that's Milan right there!" the officer in charge of commanding the hussars said to Jérôme Bonaparte, pointing to the buildings in the distance.
"Yes!" Jérôme Bonaparte nodded and continued walking forward.
Soon, Jerome Bonaparte and Augusta entered the city of Milan.
The Milanese (or Italians) walking on both sides of the road showed curiosity and hatred in their eyes after seeing Jerome Bonaparte and Augusta on the horse.
For them, the Austrian Imperial soldiers were their biggest enemies, and Jerome Bonaparte and Augusta, who were protected by the soldiers, were also their enemies.
In this way, under the hatred of the Milanese, Jerome Bonaparte and Augusta entered the courtyard of the Doge's Palace in Milan.
At this time, Franz Joseph and old Metternich in the Governor's Palace room were discussing when Jérôme Bonaparte and Augusta would arrive. Suddenly, there was a knock on the door outside the room.
"Come in!" Franz Joseph said calmly.
The door of the room opened, and the servant of the Governor's Palace reported to Franz Joseph, "Your Majesty, His Majesty Jerome Bonaparte and His Majesty Queen Augusta have arrived!"
"What!" Franz Joseph and old Prince Metternich both had shocked looks in their eyes. Franz Joseph then asked, "When did they arrive?"
"Just now!" the servant said quickly.
"Your Majesty, we must rush over to greet you!" Old Prince Metternich reminded.
After Franz Joseph reacted, he quickly left the room.
When Franz Joseph arrived at the living room, Jerome Bonaparte and Augusta were already standing in the living room, and beside them, in addition to Albrecht, there was also Franz
Empress Yin Elizabeth, wife of Joseph Joseph.
Now Queen Elizabeth is holding Queen Augusta's hand affectionately. After seeing the arrival of Franz Joseph, she even pulled Augusta to leave first.
Fran Joseph could only say to Jerome Bonaparte with a hint of guilt, "Jerome, Sissi..."
Before Franz Joseph could finish speaking, Jerome Bonaparte said to Franz Joseph, "Men talk to men about careers, and women talk to women about emotions. Isn't this a good distribution?"
