When the little girl in front of him announced his name, Jerome Bonaparte immediately recalled the "origin" of this girl.
Virginia Oldoini, Countess of Castiglione, attracted Napoleon III (Louis Napoleon) with her beautiful appearance and graceful figure and became one of Napoleon III's mistresses.
Because of her "help", Cavour was able to keep in touch with the Tuileries Palace from time to time and make coping strategies.
It can be said that she was a female diplomat "worthy of the name", but the time when the cousin met her in history should have been four years later, in the middle of the Crimean War in 1856, when she seemed to be only 18 years old.
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If calculated this way, she is less than 14 years old now.
According to Jérôme Bonaparte's previous life, girls of this age group are still in junior high school, but this poor child is willing to be a promoter of the unification of Italy at an age that should be innocent. It really makes people feel uncomfortable.
Some sadness.
Virginia Oldoini suddenly discovered that the French Emperor's eyes were full of "desire" like those of other men one moment. He wanted to eat her alive just like those men before, and the next moment it changed to "
"Pity" was a look she had only seen from her father.
Virginia Oldoini curtsied like a little adult: "Your Majesty!"
"Yeah!" Looking at the little girl pretending to be an adult in front of him, Jérôme Bonaparte felt a bit of evil in his heart, and he stretched out his hand...
Just when everyone thought that His Majesty the Emperor would invite this beautiful woman to dance (including Vidonia Oldoini herself), Jerome Bonaparte's next move surprised everyone.
anticipation.
Jérôme Bonaparte showed a wicked smile, and then lightly flicked Vidonia's forehead.
Everyone present showed surprised expressions, and Vidonia also looked at Jérôme Bonaparte's actions in astonishment.
Later, Jérôme Bonaparte called the ball manager, Wardray.
"No one like this will be allowed to come to the ball in the future!" Jérôme Bonaparte pointed at Vidonia and said to Wardray.
As soon as Jérôme Bonaparte finished speaking, Vidonia and Cavour's faces instantly turned pale.
Everyone present cast sympathetic glances at Victoria, but no one dared to argue for her.
Jerome Bonaparte's words almost completely blocked the possibility of Vidonia participating in salon gatherings in France. No one outside France dared to disobey Jerome Bonaparte's wishes.
Cavour felt a chill rush from his spine to his head. The secret weapon he had worked so hard to prepare had failed.
Victoria's face also showed a trace of despair and resentment. She didn't understand why she suffered such a fate.
This guy seemed very different from the guys who had peeked at her body in the past.
Wardray, who also didn't understand what happened, could only keep Jérôme Bonaparte's words in his heart.
"Okay! Everyone, please disperse!" Jérôme Bonaparte also realized that his behavior just now seemed to be a social ban on a woman, and he quickly asked the crowd to disperse.
The bourgeoisie at the ball were also unwilling to offend the emperor for a woman, so they dispersed under the emperor's order.
Only Jérôme Bonaparte, Cavour and Vidonia were left at the scene.
Then, Jérôme Bonaparte said to Cavour again: "Count Cavour, come with me!"
Then, he pointed at Victoria and added: "You can come with me too!"
Seeing that the situation seemed to be turning around, Cavour and Vidonia hurriedly followed Jerome Bonaparte away from the ball.
After Jérôme Bonaparte left, many bourgeoisie lamented that Vidonia was banned by Jérôme Bonaparte, fearing that they would never see this young woman in social places again.
Because she will be set as an unwelcome target in all social places.
On the other hand, Cavour and Vidonia followed Jerome Bonaparte to a room.
"What happened just now was my fault!" Jérôme Bonaparte apologized for almost "blocking" a woman just now.
"Please be sure not to say that!" Cavour instantly understood what Jérôme Bonaparte meant, and he responded to Jérôme Bonaparte in an extremely humble manner.
Vidonia, who was standing aside, obviously did not understand the meaning of this sentence. At this time, she was still immersed in Jérôme Bonaparte's ruthless suppression of her.
Upon seeing this, Jérôme Bonaparte immediately called a female official and ordered her to put Victoria in a room.
After Vidonia left, only Cavour and Jérôme Bonaparte were left on the scene.
"Your Majesty, I am very satisfied with your gift!" Jérôme Bonaparte said to Cavour, and then pretended to be ignorant and asked: "You must have spent a lot of money to get it.
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"It's an honor to be praised by you!" Count Cavour, who was smiling with a smile on his face, knew that he could never expose his relationship with Victoria, otherwise Victoria would be very likely to be exposed.
Being a spy: "It doesn't actually cost much..."
Cavour told the whole story tactfully, and claimed that he sent Vidonia in because he heard about her relationship with Jérôme Bonaparte.
"Huh?" Jérôme Bonaparte was a little confused. In his memory, he didn't seem to recognize this guy.
"Your Majesty, her grandfather once served as a family advisor in Florence!" Cavour reminded Jérôme Bonaparte.
Family counselor? There seems to be such a person in Jerome Bonaparte's memory. At that time, Jerome Bonaparte's family was "exiled" to Florence, and it seemed that there was indeed a family counselor.
Jérôme Bonaparte was still young at that time, and many things were blurred.
"It turns out there is such a relationship!" Jérôme Bonaparte no longer dwells on this. At worst, he will ask Marcel Jerug to send people to Florence to investigate. As long as there is a little clue, he can find out:
"Now she belongs completely to the Tuileries Palace!"
"It would be her pleasure!" Cavour responded.
After the "gift" incident was over, Jérôme Bonaparte and Cavour appeared at the ball together. Everyone was curious about what the two of them had talked about, but no one dared to ask.
Until the end of the dance, they did not see Vidonia. When many active bourgeois tried to inquire about Vidonia through Cavour, Cavour rejected them.
Cavour silently prayed that his cousin could help the cause of Italian unification, and even once hoped that his cousin could conquer Jerome Bonaparte.
In the next few days, Victoria, who lived in the Tuileries Palace, did not conquer the emperor as Cavour expected. It was even said that Jérôme Bonaparte never slept with her at all.
This made Vidonia doubt for the first time whether there was something wrong with her charm, so she went to Jerome Bonaparte's study again and again to harass her.
Even while naked in his study, he repeatedly tempted Jérôme Bonaparte, licking the corners of his mouth from time to time in an extremely seductive gesture.
Jérôme Bonaparte quietly watched everything Vidonia did, and then corrected the copy.
It's as if Victoria doesn't exist.
Vidonia, who was ignored time and time again, gritted her teeth with hatred as if she had been punched on cotton, but she did not dare to reprimand the emperor with harsh words. She could only stand beside Jérôme Bonaparte.
Watching Jérôme Bonaparte quietly.
This situation lasted for several days, until on the morning of February 10th, Jérôme Bonaparte, after revising the plan, raised his head and looked at Vidonia, who was half lying on the sofa, wrapped in silk.
Okay! You finally have your eyes open!
In Vidonia's excited and arrogant eyes, Jérôme Bonaparte stood up and gradually approached the sofa.
Just when Vidonia thought Jerome Bonaparte was about to make the next move, Jerome Bonaparte took off Lev's dress hanging on the hanger and threw it to Vidonia.
Vidonia looked at Jerome Bonaparte with a confused face.
"Put it on! Don't catch a cold!" Jérôme Bonaparte said in a commanding tone Vidonia.
Victoria put on Lev's dress, not to mention that after Victoria put on Lev's dress, she felt like a two-dimensional character traveling into the third dimension.
Jerome Bonaparte was a little absent-minded. Looking at Jerome Bonaparte's expression, a hint of joy flashed across Vidonia's face. Even the emperor could not escape after all.
After a brief absence of concentration, Jérôme Bonaparte regained his previous composure and spoke again: "What do you want from me? Money? Status? Or honor?"
"I..." Victoria couldn't tell for a moment, what she needed, all she did was just the mission given to her by Cavour.
"Let's do it! Tell me first what do you know? Mathematics? Biology? Physics? Or something else..." Jerome Bonaparte asked Vidonia again.
"I..." Victoria was stuck again. She didn't seem to have anything worth boasting about except her beauty.
Vidonia's silence had long been expected by Jérôme Bonaparte. How much could a child of only fourteen years old learn.
"So, you have nothing but beauty!" Jérôme Bonaparte spread his hands and said to Vidonia: "And there is no shortage of beautiful people around me. It can be said that if I want, I can just wave my hand.
Come here as a group! They may be slightly inferior to you in appearance, but they are almost the same when it gets dark. So what is your core competitiveness..."