"Your Majesty, Her Majesty the Queen's envoy is outside the military camp right now!"
When Jérôme Bonaparte heard Burbaski's report, a trace of doubt quickly appeared on his face.
Therefore, Jerome Bonaparte suspected that his son secretly "accused" his "atrocities" to Augusta.
As for why it is "again".
Because during this period, Jérôme Bonaparte often tormented Frederick under the guise of training him.
Including but not limited to, forcing Frederick to speak in German, throwing Frederick into the forest outside Fontainebleau Palace, and surviving alone for a night, etc.
Each time Frederick ran into the arms of Augusta to accuse Jerome Bonaparte.
Augusta naturally understood that Jerome Bonaparte also had to act ruthlessly for the sake of Frederick's growth.
But as soon as he saw Friedrich's tearful little face, Augusta couldn't help but complain to Jerome Bonaparte.
Therefore, when the envoy from Augusta arrived, Jerome Bonaparte subconsciously glanced at Frederick.
Friedrich immediately understood the meaning of his father's eyes. He shook his head and said that he did not know why the special envoy came.
That's right, Augusta probably didn't know about this yet (referring to Jérôme Bonaparte's forced request that Frederick undertake the investiture ceremony on his behalf), and Frederick had no time to complain to Augusta.
!
After ruling out Frederick's "complaint" to Queen Augusta, Jerome Bonaparte thought of another possibility.
Could it be that someone is visiting the Palace of Fontainebleau?
After Jerome Bonaparte thought about it for a few seconds, he became more convinced of this possibility.
Now that the investiture ceremony has ended, Jérôme Bonaparte can return to the Palace of Fontainebleau immediately.
However, Jerome Bonaparte still chose to let the envoy enter the military camp to report the situation.
If the situation was not particularly urgent, Jérôme Bonaparte would choose to have lunch with the army before returning to the Palace of Fontainebleau.
The army is the capital of the empire, and Jérôme Bonaparte will not give up any opportunity to get closer to the army.
"Bring the Queen's envoy to the military camp!!"
Jérôme Bonaparte immediately gave an order to Burbaski, who followed the order and left.
Only Jerome Bonaparte and Frederic Bonaparte and his son were left in the villa. Jerome Bonaparte turned his attention to Frederic again and asked in a brisk tone, "Frederic
Xi, look you were very nervous on stage just now, how do you feel now?"
"I'm not nervous anymore!" Friedrich responded calmly like a little adult.
"That's good!" Jerome Bonaparte nodded, then gently stroked Frederic's forehead with his hand, and said sincerely, "You will experience many such things in the future, and I hope you can gradually overcome them.
The tension in my heart!
Strive to maintain the calmness and calmness that an empire successor should have, so that you will have more supporters!
If a monarch does not have the courage to face the army directly, then he is not worthy of ruling this rebellious country!"
"I understand, father!" Friedrich nodded solemnly.
"And!" Jerome Bonaparte continued to urge Friedrich, "You must also choose to listen to what I just said on the stage!
The army was indeed the pillar that enabled the Bonaparte family to maintain its rule in the empire, but it was not the only pillar.
Therefore, we cannot rely too much on the military!
Excessive reliance will only lead to the empire being led by the military!"
Jerome Bonaparte's instructions made Friedrich Bonaparte feel a little confused.
It was obvious that my father had just been saying that the army was a friend of the Bonaparte family on the stage, so why did his face change immediately when he got off the stage?
Looking at the confused Friedrich in front of him, Jerome Bonaparte immediately realized that he was not facing an adult with some mature thoughts, but a child of only 5 years old.
In children's world view, there are only two colors: black and white, and most of them cannot wander on the edge of black and white like adults.
Even a precocious child like Friedrich is destined to be unable to understand this.
In order to prevent Friedrich's brain from shutting down, Jérôme Bonaparte decided not to think too deeply about politics.
So, Jerome Bonaparte touched Friedrich's forehead again, smiled and said, "Forget what I just said, and don't say it to anyone!! There are some things that you still don't understand now. When you grow up,
You’ll all understand it later!”
"Yeah!" Friedrich nodded, and he decided not to think about what Jerome Bonaparte had just said.
Half a minute after Jerome Bonaparte ended his conversation with Friedrich, Burbasky appeared in front of Jerome Bonaparte.
Behind Burbaski is a lady wearing a black and white body-shaping dress. She is Queen Augusta's personal maid, Countess Elisabeth de Lacroix, and also the First Division of Algeria.
The wife of Division Commander McMahon.
As the wife of Jérôme Bonaparte's most trusted general (Although McMahon defected to the Orthodox faction after 1870, he could be said to have fulfilled his duties to the Second Empire before 1870, so Jérôme Bonaparte
Naparte naturally had great trust in MacMahon), and the Countess Lacroix could be said to enjoy a distinguished position in the entire Bonaparte court.
She is not only Queen Augusta's most trusted female officer, but also Queen Augusta's closest friend.
In order to live up to the queen's trust in her, Countess Lacroix took the initiative to alienate her ties with the orthodox faction [1], and often instilled her loyalty to the Second Empire to her husband in Algeria.
McMahon, who was far away in Algeria, became even more loyal to the Second Reich in the image of his wife.
When the Countess Lacroix met the emperor and the crown prince, she immediately paid tribute to Jerome Bonaparte.
"Madame!" Jérôme Bonaparte responded to Countess Lacroix with the same smile.
Later, Jérôme Bonaparte asked Countess Lacroix what was going on.
The Countess Lacroix told Jérôme Bonaparte that she had arrived at the barracks on orders from the Empress to deliver her dicta to the Emperor.
(Jerome Bonaparte hated Countess Lacroix's red tape questions and answers very much, but considering that the other party was MacMahon's wife, he still continued to ask patiently.)
"What happened at the Palace of Fontainebleau?" Jérôme Bonaparte asked Countess Lacroix.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty the Queen asked me to tell you that the nephew of Said, the Governor of Egypt, visited the Palace of Fontainebleau today and named him in the hope of meeting him!" Countess Lacroix replied to Jérôme Bonaparte.
road,
"Governor Said's nephew?" Jérôme Bonaparte frowned, thinking all the time in his mind.
Burbaski on the side obviously knew the specific identity of the other party. He hurriedly said to Jerome Bonaparte, "Your Majesty, the nephew of Governor Said is Governor Ibrahim (Ali's son, Governor Said).
His brother’s second son, named Ismail, had studied at the French Military Academy for a period of time!”
"Ismail!" Jérôme Bonaparte suddenly thought that this Ismail seemed to be the successor of Said Pasha, the governor of Egypt.
Immediately afterwards, in order to verify his conjecture, Jerome Bonaparte hurriedly asked Burbasky, "Is this Ismail the heir of Said Pasha?"
After thinking for a moment, Burbasky responded to Jerome Bonaparte, "Yes! Ismail is indeed Said Pasha's successor!"
"Why does he want to see me?" Jerome Bonaparte turned his attention to Countess Lacroix.
Countess Lacroix shook her head and replied to Jérôme Bonaparte, "Her Majesty the Queen did not tell me this!"
"Then..." Jérôme Bonaparte stopped and responded after pacing back and forth, "You should return to the Palace of Fontainebleau immediately and tell the Queen that I will return to the Palace of Fontainebleau after lunch!
If the guest wants to leave in a hurry, he doesn’t need to wait for me!”
"Yes!" Countess Lacroix took the order and turned to leave. Jérôme Bonaparte suddenly thought of something and stopped Countess Lacroix, "Wait a minute!"
"Your Majesty, may I ask if you have any other orders?" Countess Lacroix turned to ask Jerome Bonaparte.
"If you have time, could you ask for me whether your husband is willing to take over the position of Marshal Canrobert and become the commander of the Guards!" Jerome Bonaparte responded to Countess Lacroix
One sentence.
Canrobert's loyalty is unquestionable, but he is also an indecisive general.
Especially when making major decisions, Canrobert's indecisiveness often leads to missed opportunities.
Jérôme Bonaparte felt that it would be better to choose a general who acted decisively on the issue of suppressing Paris.
In view of MacMahon's "excellent achievements" in history, Jerome Bonaparte felt that he should be in charge of the Guards.
When Countess Lacroix heard that her husband was going to become the commander of the entire Guards, she did not feel happy at first, but instead felt panic.
Following the Queen, she learned more or less some information. She also knew the value of the position of commander of the Paris Guards and the responsibilities that came with holding this position.
[1] Countess Lacroix’s father is an Orthodox nobleman, so Countess Lacroix has been deeply influenced by Orthodoxy since she was a child.
In history, it was precisely because of the influence of his wife that McMahon chose to join the Orthodox Church after 1870.