"Mr. Biffe, this is an invitation from His Excellency the President!"
Pesini, who knocked on the door of Biffe, handed the invitation to the Minister of Agriculture and Commerce with a smile, and then turned and left together with the two dragoons escorting Pesini.
Bife frowned subconsciously after receiving the invitation from Pesini. He didn't understand why the president of the Elysee Palace sent him an invitation. He had clearly rejected the president's attempt to build more telegraph lines.
"Does he think he can bribe me with just one meal?" Bife muttered to himself, with a mocking smile on his face. He didn't want to offend the president, but the Party of Order he belonged to forced him to fight with the president.
To draw a clear line, he is the person placed in the cabinet by Count Molay, and he also has certain connections with the orthodox faction.
Even though Bife was full of disdain for the president of the Elysée Palace, he still turned over the invitation.
"Jérôme Bonaparte is honored to invite Vicomte Biffé to attend a dinner at the Elysée Palace at 7 o'clock tomorrow evening. Please come!"
The brief text and the fiery red invitation made Bife completely unclear about the president's intentions. At the moment, he could only take one step at a time.
"Boring dinner!" Bife returned to the living room and threw the invitation on the sofa, then opened the wardrobe made of nanmu like a bedroom, which was filled with all kinds of women's clothes.
In the room, Bife reached into the closet to remove a pure white lace dress. He carefully touched the dress in his hand, his eyes full of intoxication, and then closed the curtains in the dim environment, took off his tuxedo and put on the dress.
skirt.
Not long after, the bedroom door slowly opened, and a "middle-aged woman" wearing a white dress and a white hat with floral decorations appeared in the living room.
The maids who were responsible for cleaning the room had already continued to do their work without any surprise.
…
Early the next morning, Biffey, who took off his female clothes and put on male clothes, entered the carriage with a leather bag. He was going to work in the agricultural and commercial departments, but before that, he had to go to the Matignon Palace to meet with the Prime Minister.
one side.
On the way to the public carriage assigned by the department, Biffe heard what the coachman was talking about.
"Your Excellency, Minister, I wonder if you have heard anything!" the driver driving the carriage cautiously tried.
"Huh? What happened!" Minister Biffe asked the coachman in the front row casually. He did not think that the coachman could hear anything useful.
"I heard... Mr. Prime Minister is not satisfied with the work efficiency of the cabinet. He may want to replace some of the people!" the coachman said to Bifei in a low voice.
"Where did you hear this news?" Bife couldn't help raising his voice and questioned.
Minister Biffe's voice startled the coachman, and he subconsciously tightened the reins in his hands.
The tightened reins made the horses feel a little uncomfortable, and they neighed twice.
Seeing this, the coachman quickly loosened the reins, and the horse's mood stabilized.
"I just heard about it!" The coachman, who was complaining about Bi Fei, responded weakly.
"Don't say such unfounded words in the future!" Biff scolded the coachman with a serious expression.
"Yes!" The coachman stopped talking and concentrated on driving the carriage.
After that, the coachman never said a word again, and Biffey kept thinking about what the coachman had just said.
The carriage stopped at the Matignon Palace, and Biffey got out of the car and slowly entered the Matignon Palace and walked directly towards Prime Minister Barrow's office.
…
"Please come in!" Prime Minister Odilon Barrow's voice came from inside.
With Odilon Barrow's permission, Bife walked into Odilon Barrow's office.
At this time, Odilon Barrow was immersed in sorting out the documents of the Ministry of Finance. He raised his head and glanced at Bife who came in. He lowered his head and said: "Mr. Bife, you are here just in time. Please prepare the materials that the Agriculture and Commerce Department needs to submit."
Yet?"
"Ready!" Bife hurriedly came to sit opposite Odilon Barrow and separated the two piles of information in the leather bag and handed them to Odilon Barrow one by one: "Mr. Prime Minister, this agricultural arrangement and planning! This is
It’s business sorting and planning!”
"Okay! Put it over there!" Odilon Barrow pointed to the free space on the desk and said to Bifei.
After placing the two piles of documents in the free space on the desk, Bife sat opposite Odilon Barrow again. He wanted to ask Odilon Barrow some questions, but he didn't know how to ask.
Ten minutes later, Odilon Barrow raised his head again and asked: "Mr. Biffe, do you have anything else important?"
"Well..." After hesitating for a moment, Bife tentatively said: "Mr. Prime Minister, I heard some rumors..."
Later, he emphasized again and said: "Of course they are just some unfounded rumors. Rumors say that you are preparing to make appropriate adjustments to the cabinet personnel changes!"
Odilon Barrow put down the dip pen and raised his head and asked: "Who told you that I want to change the cabinet members!"
Sure enough!
Odilon Barrow's attitude made Biffe believe that the rumors were probably true. He could only say vaguely: "I saw it in some tabloids. I think it's just some unreliable rumors."
!”
Odilon Barrow certainly didn't believe Biffe's vague answer. He recalled the situation after his discussion with the president yesterday.
At that time, I seemed to have complained on the carriage, "I really want to change the cabinet."
Odilon Barrow showed a little helplessness on his face. He didn't expect that his unintentional complaint would spread so quickly.
Odilon Barrow, who was still thinking about who to retain and who to remove, was of course unwilling to admit that he had decided to remove some cabinet members. He could only follow Bife's words and vaguely said: "It's just some tabloid nonsense."
It’s just a random fabrication! Whether a cabinet member remains in office or not is decided collectively by the president and the **** committee! There is no situation where I can remove whoever I want to remove!”
Odilon Barrow's perfunctory behavior exactly represented Barrow's own attitude. Bife could not help but become nervous. He had not yet fully enjoyed his power and did not want to lose power so soon. If the struggle for power within the Order Party affected him,
Where should he go?
"I understand, Mr. Prime Minister!" After receiving the answer, Biffe nodded and left the Matignon Palace.
After returning to the Agriculture and Commerce Department, he stayed up until get off work in a daze.
The sun sets over the west mountain, the sun sets over the west.
Biffey, who was riding a public carriage home, saw the invitation on the sofa, and when he reacted, he glanced at the alarm clock in the corner.
There was still an hour before 7 o'clock. He quickly changed his clothes and said to the servant at home: "Quick, prepare a carriage for me, I want to go to the Elysee Palace!"
The servants of the mansion sprang into action and had the private carriage ready before Biffey changed his clothes and went downstairs.
Biffe, riding a double-bridged horse, soon arrived at the Elysée Palace.
It was already 6:50 in the evening, less than 10 minutes before the dinner started.
As usual, Pesini was waiting for Biffe's arrival at the gate of the Elysée Palace, and went to the Elysée Palace restaurant with Biffe.
"Minister Biffet, welcome!" Jérôme Bonaparte, who was sitting in the chair, said to Biffet.
"Your Excellency, thank you for the invitation!" Biffe also responded reservedly, and then sat down next to Jérôme Bonaparte.
When the invited guests arrived, the servants rushed to serve them.
This time Jérôme Bonaparte chose Russian-style serving, which meant that the next dish could not be served until one dish was finished.
The two started with some caviar as an appetizer.
Jérôme Bonaparte gently wiped the corners of his mouth with a handkerchief, smiled and said to Bi Fei: "Your Excellency, Minister, I heard a rumor recently?"
"Huh?" Biffy put down his knife and fork and echoed: "Your Excellency, what kind of rumor is this?"
"I heard that on the streets of Paris recently, some men changed into women's clothes to attend some parties!" Jérôme Bonaparte suppressed a smile and said to Biffe seriously: "Minister Biffet, for this kind of
What do you think we should do?"
Jerome Bonaparte's words made Biffe's expression change. Some of the men the president mentioned were none other than himself. He suppressed his composure and said: "I think there should be no tolerance for this type of people!
"
"Excellent! I think so too!" Jérôme Bonaparte clapped his hands and said to Minister Bife: "I have ordered Pesini to severely condemn this behavior of men dressing up as women in tomorrow's newspaper.
This kind of behavior of men dressing up as women will never be tolerated!"
Jérôme Bonaparte's voice was not very loud, but it was like a heavy hammer hitting Biff's heart.
Once the newspaper publishes this information, his reputation, future and everything will be ruined.
This was not the end, the murderous Jerome Bonaparte said "intimately": "By the way! If the people being exposed happen to be some gentlemen in the Parliament, then what will be their fate? I believe it will be
There are some righteous Parisian citizens who choose to report this morally corrupt phenomenon!"
"No... don't say it anymore... Your Excellency the President!" Bife's trembling voice begged Jérôme Bonaparte: "Please, don't say it anymore!"
Jerome Bonaparte pretended to be surprised and looked at Biffet and said: "Mr. Biffet, what's wrong with you? Are you one of them? That's terrible! Your behavior violates the Party of Order
principles!"
"Your Excellency the President...Your Majesty...please...don't tell anyone! I will really die!" Bife's tone was extremely humble.
If his own affairs are really exposed, it will undoubtedly be a huge blow to the Party of Order, and the order and morality advocated by the Party of Order will be gone.
At that time, if Bife could leave a whole body, it would be a sign of mercy from the Party of Order. It is more likely that the angry Party of Order would directly fly to the sky on a ground plane.