After Princess Mathilde learned in the telegram that Cavour wanted to visit her, she immediately realized Cavour's true intention.
The reason why Cavour visited him as soon as he arrived in Paris was simply because he wanted to reestablish contact with the French Emperor through her.
Since the last time Jérôme Bonaparte annexed Savoy and Nice with a strong attitude, Cavour was like a kite with its string cut off. From then on, it lost all advice to Paris.
According to some rumors from Sardinia, Cavour has completely chosen to retire.
For this reason, Princess Mathilde was slightly lost for a while.
After all, Cavour was one of Princess Mathilde’s few foreign friends, and his knowledge and conversation were deeply recognized by Mathilde.
Mathilde thought that there would be no chance of contact between her and Cavour. Unexpectedly, just about a year later, Cavour took the initiative to contact her again.
This made Princess Mathilde couldn't help but wonder whether the reason behind Cavour's attempt to obtain a meeting with the French Emperor through him this time was related to the upcoming French Mediterranean naval military exercises.
After much thought, Princess Mathilde decided to go to the Palace of Fontainebleau again to tell Jérôme Bonaparte about Cavour's visit to him.
As he said, Princess Mathilde once again called the servants in the hotel to him and ordered him to prepare a carriage for her to go to the Palace of Fontainebleau.
After receiving Mathilde's order, the attendant showed confusion on his face. He clearly remembered that Princess Mathilde had just returned from Fontainebleau Palace, so why was she going to Fontainebleau Palace again now.
However, as a servant, he only hesitated for a moment and immediately followed Princess Mathilde's order.
Soon, a carriage appeared at the door of the hotel, and Princess Mathilde entered the carriage with the help of her attendants.
Due to the snow on the road itself, the carriage could not travel at normal speed and could only move forward slowly.
Even so, the speed of a carriage is still much faster than walking.
After driving on the snow-covered road for nearly ten minutes, the carriage finally arrived at the gate of the Palace of Fontainebleau.
The guards responsible for guarding the Palace of Fontainebleau also had a puzzled look on their faces after seeing the carriage parked at the gate, because they had not received any news of a visitor.
Under the alert look of the guard, Princess Mathilde got off the carriage.
The guard who had just met Princess Mathilde relaxed his guard and looked at Mathilde walking up the steps step by step.
When Mathilde came to the guard, the guard quickly saluted Princess Mathilde, and then thoughtfully opened the door of Fontainebleau Palace for Mathilde.
Mathilde entered the Palace of Fontainebleau and immediately met Angelo von Becciu who hurried to the gate of the Palace of Fontainebleau.
"Hello, Mr. Becciu!" Mathilde said hello to Becciu in a kind manner.
Beqiu also noticed Mathilde entering the Palace of Fontainebleau. A look of surprise quickly flashed across his face, and then he regained his composure and said hello to Mathilde, "Hello, Your Highness!"
"Where is the emperor now? I have some urgent matters that I want to discuss with him. Can you please take me to meet him now?" Mathilde said her purpose of coming without any hesitation.
"Your Majesty is currently working on documents in the study!" Beqiu replied to Princess Mathilde.
Later, under the guidance of Bei Qiu, Princess Mathilde entered the study and saw the emperor who was processing documents in the study.
At this time, Jérôme Bonaparte was frowning and looking at a document. The content of the document was "On how to continue France's rapid economic growth from 1849 to 1857", and the signer of the document was from French Industry.
Banker Isaac Perel.
Because the economic content involved in the document was too obscure (in the tradition of classical economics), Jérôme Bonaparte could only truly understand it if he concentrated on it. Therefore, the sound of Princess Mathilde entering the room did not make him heard.
Jérôme Bonaparte raised his head and entered the room again, thinking it was a shell.
"Your Majesty, Her Royal Highness Mathilde has arrived!"
It wasn't until the voice of the shell reached Jerome Bonaparte's ears that Jerome Bonaparte raised his head and looked ahead.
Princess Mathilde was standing motionless opposite Jerome Bonaparte.
"Okay! I understand!" Jerome Bonaparte nodded in response to Bei Qiu.
Becciu left the study and closed the door thoughtfully for Jerome Bonaparte.
There were only two people left in the room, Jerome Bonaparte and Mathilde. Jerome Bonaparte first put down the documents in his hand, stretched out his hand and invited Princess Mathilde to sit opposite him.
After Princess Mathilde sat down, Jérôme Bonaparte asked Princess Mathilde why she came, "Sister, why are you here again?"
"What? Why don't you come to the Palace of Fontainebleau if you have nothing to do? Are you tired of my sister?" Princess Mathilde asked Jérôme Bonaparte half-jokingly.
"Of course not!" Jérôme Bonaparte denied flatly, "Whether it is the Palace of Fontainebleau or the Palace of Tuileries, you are welcome!
However, I think your coming here this time is not just to entertain me!"
"certainly!"
Princess Mathilde also knew that enough was enough, and she immediately told Jérôme Bonaparte that Cavour wanted to visit her.
After Jérôme Bonaparte heard the news of Cavour's arrival in Paris, he couldn't help but smile.
Unexpectedly, Cavour was so impatient that he rushed from London to Paris shortly after the French Mediterranean military exercises were announced.
(Jerome Bonaparte did not know that Cavour’s original plan was also to go to Paris to discuss the issue of the Italian Peninsula with him after his visit to London.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! However, due to the continuous snowstorms in London, Cavour's journey to Paris was delayed again and again.
It was not until the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced the French Navy's military exercise plan that Cavour rushed towards Paris desperately.)
"Do you think I should meet with Cavour?" Mathilde then asked Jerome Bonaparte's attitude.
After Jerome Bonaparte thought for a moment, he responded to Mathilde, "Sister, tell Mr. Cavour directly and ask him to go to the Palace of Fontainebleau immediately after arriving in the town of Fontainebleau!
I will meet him at the Palace of Fontainebleau!"
After hearing Jerome Bonaparte's reply, Princess Mathilde couldn't help showing a look of surprise on her face. She couldn't help asking Jerome Bonaparte, "You meet him directly?
It won’t have any impact on the French Empire!”
"No!" Jérôme Bonaparte shook his head in response to Princess Mathilde, and then said in a teasing tone, "Our Mr. Cavour is very powerful! When he was in London
, I am afraid that some agreement has been reached with some people in London (Jerome Bonaparte did not directly refer to Prince Albert and Palmerston).
This time we went to France again, just to confirm whether France will stop them!"
"Cavour, what does he want to do?" Mathilde couldn't help but ask.
"What else can they do!" Jerome Bonaparte shrugged his shoulders, showing an indifferent attitude, "It's just that they want to unify Italy. The last time they wanted to use the power of France to realize their dream of unification, it was a pity.
I was thwarted and lost Savoy and Nice.
This time, they are approaching the Kingdom of Britain again and want to use them to unify!"
"The Kingdom of Britain is willing to use force to help the Kingdom of Sardinia unify Italy?" Princess Mathilde showed an expression of disbelief on her face. In her impression, the Kingdom of Britain did not seem to be a "great philanthropist" who sacrificed himself for others.
"The Kingdom of Britain will not directly use force to help the Kingdom of Sardinia unify!" Jérôme Bonaparte also did not believe that Cavour could rely on his sharp tongue to trick the Britons into fighting for them.
"They (Britain) always like to add icing on the cake, and it is impossible to expect them to provide help in times of need!
I think the best Cavour could do was to obtain a guarantee from the Kingdom of Britain that the Kingdom of Sardinia would not be invaded by the Austrian Empire.
If Cavour really received military aid from the Kingdom of Britain, he would not come to France."
"Then...what are you going to do?" Mathilde asked Jerome Bonaparte curiously.
A sneer appeared on Jérôme Bonaparte's lips, and his tone also became sinister, "Since Mr. Cavour is really confident in his plan to unify Italy, then I want to see how far Mr. Cavour can go.
Which step!"
"Aren't you afraid that the situation in Italy will get out of control?" Mathilde asked worriedly.
"Out of control?" Jerome Bonaparte said in a long tone, with a mocking look on his face, "If the situation really reaches the edge of getting out of control, I think the Holy Father living in Rome will definitely tell France
Ask for help!
At that time, we can intervene in Italy in the name of the church!
Don’t worry, the situation in Italy will not be chaotic!
Maybe, we can also use Cavour to stir up Italy and get some unexpected benefits!"
Looking at Jérôme Bonaparte who looked confident of victory, Mathilde swallowed all her worried words.
Now that the emperor has made up his mind, no amount of words from Mathilde can change the outcome.
"Okay! I will tell Cavour for you!" Mathilde responded to Jérôme Bonaparte.
"That's right!" Jérôme Bonaparte spoke to Princess Mathilde again, "Tell Cavour that he must arrive at the Palace of Fontainebleau without alerting others!"