Just as Princess Mathilde was about to return to the hotel to send the telegram, Jérôme Bonaparte stopped Mathilde again.
In Mathilde's confused eyes, Jérôme Bonaparte slowly said to Princess Mathilde, "Fontainebleau has installed a telegraph to Paris. You don't need to go to the town to telegraph.
Telegram sent!"
After hearing this, Mathilde didn't think too much about it. She just thought it was the telegraph room set up by Jerome Bonaparte to facilitate him to keep in touch with Paris at any time.
(In fact, the function of the telegraph room at the Palace of Fontainebleau is to more quickly mobilize and deploy the Guards around Paris in case of emergency, so that they can enter Paris in the shortest time.)
"Yes!" Mathilde nodded, then opened the door and left the study.
Angelo von Becciu, who had been lingering near the study waiting for the end of the conversation between Princess Mathilde and the Emperor, immediately realized that the conversation between the Emperor and the Princess had ended when he saw Mathilde appearing in the corridor.
Beiqiu trotted to Princess Mathilde's side and asked Mathilde enthusiastically if he needed someone to send Princess Mathilde back to the hotel.
Mathilde shook her head, and then asked Qiu Dao, "Where is the telegraph room at Fontainebleau Palace? Can you please take me there?"
"This..." Beiqiu had a look of hesitation on his face.
The Fontainebleau Telegraph Room is the most confidential part of the Fontainebleau Palace. Without the emperor's permission, no one can set foot in the telegraph room without any reason.
Becciu didn't know whether Mathilde had obtained the emperor's authorization to go to the telegraph room.
If Mathilde did not obtain the emperor's authorization, then how did she know about the existence of the telegraph room.
But if Mathilde was authorized, why didn't Beqiu, the secretary general, receive the news?
Mathilde seemed to have noticed Beqiu's concerns. She pointed in the direction of the study, smiled and said to Beqiu, "Your Majesty has given me permission to go to the telegraph room!
If you are worried, you can go to the study room for confirmation!"
"Don't dare!" Beqiu quickly lowered his head and replied to Mathilde, "I will take you there right now!"
Princess Mathilde nodded implicitly, feeling a little more curious about the telegraph room.
With the shell mound as a guide, Mathilde's journey to the telegraph room was smooth sailing.
When Beiqiu pushed open the door of the telegraph room, Mathilde was stunned by the scene in the telegraph room.
There are about thirty telegraph machines in the whole room, and next to each telegraph machine are two to three people who are sending and receiving telegrams.
In other words, there are at least nearly 70 people in this room.
Mathilde immediately realized that such a large group of people was more than just keeping in touch with Paris.
After all, only one telegraph line and one telegraph machine (one each for Fontainebleau and Tuileries) were needed to connect the Palace of Fontainebleau and the Palace of Tuileries.
Such a large scale telegraph machine was not just for contacting Paris.
"What on earth is going on?" Mathilde turned to ask Beqiu, "Why are there so many telegraph machines in one telegraph room?"
Beiqiu was silent for a moment, and after thinking again and again, he quietly replied to Princess Mathilde, "Your Highness, the other section connected to these telegraph machines is the headquarters of the various Guards!
The purpose of His Majesty's doing this is to be able to send troops into Paris as soon as possible in case of an emergency in Paris!"
After hearing Becciu's explanation, Mathilde unconsciously felt a sense of fear and fear towards Jerome Bonaparte.
Mathilde never thought that her brother, who often appeared in the public eye as a "friend of the French people," would quietly cause such a big fight.
For a moment, Princess Mathilde seemed a little confused about her younger brother.
If the French people knew that their universally beloved monarch was an executioner ready to suppress them at any time, I am afraid no one, no matter how loyal, would choose to vote for Bonaparte.
"Mr. Becciu, this telegraph room must not be known to the outside world!" Princess Mathilde said to Becciu in a solemn tone, "If what happened here is known to the people of Paris, the people's trust in the empire may be destroyed.
It will be destroyed in one day!”
"Your Highness, please rest assured!" Beqiu said to Mathilde loudly, "I guarantee you that nothing that happens here will be spread to Paris!"
"Yes!" Mathilde nodded lightly, and then asked Beqiu Dao, "Which telegraph machine is connected to Paris!"
"plz follow me!"
Beqiu walked in the front, followed closely by Mathilde. Soon, the two came to a telegraph machine.
"Your Highness, this telegraph machine is connected to the telegraph machine in the Tuileries Palace!" Beqiu introduced to Princess Mathilde.
"Okay!" Mathilde turned her gaze to the radio operator, and she gave orders to the radio operator in a commanding tone, "I say something, you say something!"
"Yes!" The dispatcher put one hand on the dispatch button and waited quietly for Mathilde's order.
"The Emperor of France has agreed to meet with you, please be sure to go to the Palace of Fontainebleau in a low profile!" Princess Mathilde said to the radio operator word by word.
"Your Highness, that's all the content is!" the dispatcher asked Princess Mathilde again and again.
Mathilde thought for a while again and continued to say to the telegraph operator, "One more thing, please send the telegram to Mathilde's mansion as soon as possible!"
After saying this, Mathilde paused and said, "That's all I have to say!"
After roughly calculating in his mind the number of times he needed to press the transmit button, the telegraph operator immediately started taking action.
Soon, a ticking sound came from Mathilde's ears.
About ten minutes later, the dispatcher stopped what he was doing and replied to Mathilde with a long breath, "Your Highness, all the contents have been sent to the Tuileries Palace!
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! You are expected to arrive at the Tuileries Palace in more than ten minutes!"
"I know! Thank you very much!" Mathilde responded politely.
Afterwards, Mathilde, who had completed her mission, left the telegraph room accompanied by Becciu.
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On the other hand, the telegram sent from the Palace of Fontainebleau quickly arrived at the Tuileries Palace, more than 100 kilometers away, after a "long journey" of more than ten minutes.
After receiving the telegram from the Palace of Fontainebleau, the telegraph operator stationed in the telegraph room of the Tuileries Palace quickly converted the electrical signal into text.
When all the Morse codes were translated into text, the telegraph operator left the room. He found an administrator of the Tuileries Palace, hoping to find Director Basilio through him.
When the administrator learned that the telegram was sent from the Palace of Fontainebleau, he also led the telegraph operator to Basilio, the director of the Tuileries Palace, without any hesitation.
"Is this a telegram from the Palace of Fontainebleau?" Basilio asked the telegraph operator again.
"That's right!" the dispatcher replied to Basilio in a determined tone.
"Okay!" Basilio said simply, and then sent the telegraph operator away.
After the telegraph operator left, Basilio opened the telegraph newspaper and read the contents of the telegram.
After reading it, Basilio learned that this was a telegram sent from Princess Mathilde to the mansion.
So Basilio personally took the carriage and delivered the telegram to the steward stationed at Mathilde's mansion.
When the butler from the Tuileries Palace saw Basilio's arrival, he warmly received Basilio.
After the two exchanged brief remarks, Basilio handed the telegram to the key and asked curiously, "Who is your Majesty planning to meet?"
The butler told Basilio the news that Cavour had come to deliver the greetings, and Basilio showed a clear look.
Subsequently, Basilio insisted on leaving Mathilde's mansion despite the butler's repeated attempts to stay.
After Basilio left Mathilde's mansion, the butler also got up and took a carriage to the hotel where Cavour lived.
Since Mathilde's mansion itself is located near the Bois de Boulogne, the carriage drove due east and north along the hard road frozen by snow, and soon arrived near the Saint-Germain district.
Then, after more than half an hour of traveling around the city, the housekeeper finally found the hotel in Cavour.
The housekeeper who got off the carriage learned about Cavour from the front desk of the hotel and quickly came to the door of Cavour's room.
At this moment, Cavour was lying on the bed with his eyes closed and concentrating. A sudden knock on the door broke Cavour's already low-quality sleep.
Cavour got up from the bed and glanced at the darkening sky outside the window, feeling slightly confused.
He didn't understand who would knock on the door at this time. Even Princess Mathilde should have replied to him the next day after receiving his invitation.
Cavour opened the door with a confused look on his face, and the butler's figure appeared in front of him.
"Hello, Mr. Cavour!" the butler said to Cavour politely.
"Hello, sir! Please come in!" After seeing the appearance of the visitor clearly, Cavour felt a little secretly happy in his heart.
Unexpectedly, the visitor turned out to be Princess Mathilde's housekeeper.
This means that Mathilde has received his message, so she sent a butler to reply to him.
The steward entered the room and repeated the contents of the telegram to Cavour.
After Cavour heard the news that the emperor was going to meet him, the joy on his face was beyond words.
He originally thought that he would have to work hard to get the opportunity to meet the emperor, and then use the benefits to eliminate the emperor's negative emotions about the "betrayal" of the Kingdom of Sardinia.
(The military exercises of the French fleet in the Mediterranean have already made Cavour vaguely feel that the exercises are directed at them.)
Unexpectedly, the emperor would meet with him so soon.
Does this mean that the emperor himself was not as emotional about the "betrayal" of the Kingdom of Sardinia as he imagined.