Victoria and his wife, who had been in France for a half-month state visit (tour), officially left Paris on the 27th.
At this moment, the sky in Paris is still gray, and there are very few pedestrians on the streets.
However, the train station in the suburbs of Paris was a different scene. The train station that had been taken over by the army was crowded with people. Every passage and every step was filled with Imperial Guardsmen wearing black button-down coats and high-collared military hats.
They are all here under the orders of the emperor to maintain order.
When the first golden light of the morning dispelled the haze hanging over Paris, a royal carriage with the golden bee logo emerged from the hazy fog and was escorted by a company of Imperial Guards.
Driving slowly towards the train station.
Upon seeing this, the officer in charge of the Guards hurriedly trotted to the lounge in the train station and informed the emperor's aide-de-camp Colonel Bourbakis (Charles Denis Sauter Bourbakis) who was guarding outside the lounge.
"I understand! I will tell His Majesty! You go and prepare for the reception first!" Colonel Bourbakis nodded and responded to the officer.
"Yes!" the officer saluted Bourbakis and left.
Bourbakis turned around and gently knocked twice on the red wooden door of the lounge.
After a few seconds, Jerome Bonaparte's slightly tired voice came from the room, "Bourbakis, have Victoria and Albert arrived?"
"Your Majesty! Queen Victoria's carriage has arrived at the train station!" Bourbakis truthfully informed Victoria and his wife of their arrival at the train station.
The door slowly opened two minutes later, and Jérôme Bonaparte and Augusta, dressed in formal attire, walked out of the lounge arm in arm.
Bourbakis quickly bowed his head to show respect.
"Let's go!" Jerome Bonaparte responded calmly, and then went to the main entrance of the train station with Augusta.
When Jerome Bonaparte and his wife arrived at the main entrance of the railway station, the carriage carrying Queen Victoria and his wife happened to stop at the gate.
The Victoria couple who stepped out of the carriage stood behind Jérôme Bonaparte and his wife at the main entrance of the train, with surprise and emotion on their faces.
They had obviously declined Jérôme Bonaparte and his wife's farewell, but they didn't expect them to come over anyway.
As the magnificent unofficial French national anthem "Towards Syria" sounded in the square in front of the train station, Victoria and his wife entered the train station together with Jérôme Bonaparte and his wife.
In front of the platform, Jérôme Bonaparte tried to persuade Albert and Victoria to stay as usual.
"Why are you leaving so soon! There are still many places in France that are looking forward to your visit, and many people are looking forward to your arrival!"
Queen Victoria also followed standard procedure in rejecting Jérôme Bonaparte, “...Although my husband and I also like France very much, Britain still has many problems waiting for us to deal with!
...The short separation is just for a better reunion. Our friendship will not weaken because of separation, but will become stronger...
Albert and I would like to welcome you to Britain with Augusta!"
Next time! I’m afraid there won’t be a next time!
Jerome Bonaparte glanced at Albert gently, a hint of sadness flashed in his eyes.
If his memory serves him right, Albert would have passed away in the last few years.
In other words, this may be the last time he meets Albert.
Although Jérôme Bonaparte regretted Albert's death, he was not prepared to give Albert a reminder.
According to later speculations on the cause of Albert's death, the disease that led to Albert's death was likely complications caused by Crohn's disease, and Crohn's disease had no solution at all in the 19th century.
Friendly reminders cannot extend Albert's life, but may cause Victoria to hold grudges.
In later generations, too many family members of patients vented their anger on doctors because they did not receive effective treatment, causing one tragedy after another.
If this kind of anger is placed on a monarch, it will only brew a greater tragedy.
Jerome Bonaparte did not want to be the object of Victoria's resentment, so he could only say something against his will.
“Looking forward to our next encounter!”
Along with the blast of the train's whistle, the four people in front of the platform understood that this was the signal for the train to set off.
Under the watchful eyes of Jérôme Bonaparte and Augusta, Victoria and his wife boarded the train that would take them to Calais, where they would transfer to a warship and return to the Kingdom of Britain.
Looking at the train that was gradually disappearing from sight all the way north, Jérôme Bonaparte turned to Augusta and said: "Let's go! Let's go home!"
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In the two months after bidding farewell to Victoria and his wife, Jérôme Bonaparte began to use the prestige brought by the annexation of territory to target "lawless elements" outside the imperial system [1] and "corrupt elements" within the system [2
】Carry out purge.
Nearly a thousand "lawless elements" and "corrupt elements" were arrested by the brave and fearless Imperial Police, and tens of thousands of French young people who had gone astray were rescued.
Among them, there was a Paris Observatory newspaper with about 200 people, and there were 170 "lawless elements". It was only thanks to Felix Gaudin's sharp eyesight that he could identify the loyal and traitors and rescued 30 outstanding French young people from the hands of 170 "lawless elements".
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Afterwards, Jérôme Bonaparte cordially received Felix Gaudin and spoke highly of his "outstanding ability to catch and save".
Felix Gaudin, who was praised, continued his efforts and proposed to Jérôme Bonaparte: through labor reform, the criminals could completely change their minds and start a new life.
The location of their labor reform was a mine not far from Paris.
In view of the shortage of coal resources in France, Felix Gaudin suggested that these people use their knowledge to start digging coal near Paris.
Of course, this suggestion was rejected by Jérôme Bonaparte without hesitation.
All "lawless elements" were transferred to the Imperial Supreme Court, and many "lawless elements" and "corrupt elements" enjoyed prison terms ranging from three months to a year.
There are also a small number of "lawless elements" who like to mention the special "benefits" of "tourism" in Algeria and Belgium.
[1] In fact, they were those newspaper members who did not dare to oppose the empire head-on and were unwilling to have their right to speak deprived, so they secretly printed newspapers that belittled the French economy and alienated France-British relations.
[2] Mainly due to the "stubborn republicanism" within the legislative group and some extreme "Mountain Party" elements.
