"Your Majesty, please rest assured! I will definitely complete it as soon as possible!"
De Luyins hurriedly assured Jérôme Bonaparte.
"Very good!" Jérôme Bonaparte nodded with satisfaction and praised De Luyins: "My decision to appoint you as ambassador to Austria was indeed correct. You are a person worthy of entrusting me with important tasks."
!”
"Your Majesty, you are exaggerating!" De Luyins still maintained a humble attitude and said to Jérôme Bonaparte: "By the way! Your Majesty, I have one more thing to report to you!"
"What's the matter?" Jérôme Bonaparte replied to De Luyins calmly.
"It's about the fact that you asked me to concurrently serve as Luxembourg's representative in Frankfurt!" De Luyins responded to Jérôme Bonaparte.
"What's the matter?" Jérôme Bonaparte asked again.
De Luyins tactfully told Jérôme Bonaparte that since he also served as the representative of the Grand Duke of Luxembourg in Frankfurt, he basically had to go to Frankfurt every few days, so it would be difficult for both parties to take care of both parties.
, so he hoped that Jérôme Bonaparte could separate the position of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg in the Frankfurt Parliament from the position of ambassador to Austria.
After Jerome Bonaparte thought for a moment, he asked De Luyins: "Then do you think the ambassador of the Principality of Luxembourg to Frankfurt should be handed over to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg or to the French Empire?"
"Your Majesty, I think that the position of representative in Frankfurt should be given to the French!" De Luyins replied to Jérôme Bonaparte.
Although he understood that Jérôme Bonaparte had selfish motives for separating the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg from the French Empire, he still had the desire to annex the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg as a Frenchman.
"Just do as you say!" Jérôme Bonaparte said to De Luyins with a blank expression.
"Yes! Your Majesty!" De Luyins breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. He knew that the biggest obstacle to appointing the representative in Frankfurt was His Majesty the Emperor. As long as the Emperor agreed, everything could become simple.
"Okay! That's all I have to say! Is there anything else you need to ask?" Jérôme Bonaparte decided to end the topic and asked De Luyins again.
"Your Majesty, I have none!" De Luyins replied to Jérôme Bonaparte, shaking his head.
Jérôme Bonaparte and De Luyins left the room and found Queen Augusta sitting on the sofa.
"Augusta, let's go!" Jerome Bonaparte said to Augusta calmly.
"Okay!" Augusta stood up, came to Jerome Bonaparte, and took Jerome Bonaparte's arm.
The two people left the embassy and got into a carriage, escorted by De Luyins, Willie Hunter, and all the secretaries and soldiers in the embassy.
"Your Majesty, where are you going?" the Austrian cavalry came to Jérôme Bonaparte again and asked respectfully.
"Go back to the Hofburg!" Jérôme Bonaparte in the carriage responded expressionlessly.
"Yes, Your Majesty!" The Austrian cavalry moved away from Jerome Bonaparte's carriage, and then ordered his men to return to the Hofburg.
The carriage carried Jérôme Bonaparte all the way to the west, and soon arrived at the Hofburg half a quarter of an hour before 12 noon.
The two people who entered the Hofburg immediately met Elizabeth Yin and Countess Lafayette who came to greet them. Elizabeth Yin enthusiastically took Queen Augusta's hand and asked her affectionately why she came again now. She was already there.
The Hofburg has been waiting all morning.
"We first went to the church of Bishop Angelo Becciu, and then went to the French Ambassador to Austria, that's why we were delayed for such a long time!" Jerome Bonaparte responded to Elizabeth Yin with a smile on his face.
"Does Bishop Beiqiu want to see you for anything early in the morning?" Yin Lisabai asked curiously.
"What else can there be? Bishop Becciu's purpose is simply to get us to donate to their church by building relationships!" Jerome Bonaparte said lightly.
"Did you agree?" Yin Lisabai asked again.
"Agreed!" Jérôme Bonaparte shrugged his shoulders and joked: "Who asked Bishop Becciu to give us such a big pomp? If he doesn't spend more money, how can we leave there!"
"Huh!" Elizabeth Yin said to Jérôme Bonaparte with a slightly angry expression, "Bishop Becciu is really a money man, I must report it to Your Majesty!"
"Forget it!" Jerome Bonaparte shook his head and stopped him. "The Austrian Empire had just abolished the tithe not long ago. I understand Bishop Becciu's situation very well! Those money should be considered as what I have done for God.
Make a small contribution!"
"Didn't France abolish the tithe a long time ago!" Elizabeth Yin retorted, using France as an example.
"So now our church needs to rely on Rome's support to survive!" Jerome Bonaparte immediately said the difficulties faced by the Gallic church.
The church lands annexed by the Revolution were not returned at all after the Revolution. Those priests who originally belonged to the first estate not only lost their rights, but also lost the money to maintain their influence.
So much so that the church needed to rely on financial support from Rome, which in turn strengthened Rome's influence in France.
However, the strengthening of Rome's influence in France is not a disadvantage for Jerome Bonaparte.
At the very least, Jerome Bonaparte could use saving the pope as a banner to interfere in the unification of Italian regions, making it impossible for Italy to be unified for a long time.
"That's right!" Queen Yin Lisabai murmured to herself.
Countess Lafalte, who was standing behind Elizabeth Yin, glanced at the hand of her pocket watch which was approaching twelve o'clock. She cleared her throat and said to Jérôme Bonaparte and others, "Your Majesty, lunch time is almost here.
It’s started! Let’s head to the restaurant as soon as possible!”
"Ah! That's right! I almost forgot!" Lisa Bai Yin exclaimed.
Jérôme Bonaparte, Augusta, Elizabeth Yin and Countess Lafayette arrived at the restaurant, and they took their seats according to the last time.
After everyone was seated, Franz Joseph nodded and gave the order to the attendant: "Let's begin!"
The waiters quickly started to act, and the food was quickly served.
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After an hour, Jérôme Bonaparte and others finally finished their meal.
Then Franz Joseph, the Empress Dowager Sophie, sent an invitation to the ball to Jerome Bonaparte.
"I am very honored!" Jérôme Bonaparte said to the Queen Mother Sophie, still smiling.
Throughout the afternoon, Jerome Bonaparte and Augusta, led by Elizabeth, played together near the Hofburg Palace.
At 7 o'clock in the evening, after enjoying dinner, Franz Joseph, Elizabeth Elizabeth, Jérôme Bonaparte and Augusta went to the palace where the Queen Mother Sophie was.
"Welcome! Jérôme, Augusta!" Empress Dowager Sophie and Archduke Franz Karl stepped forward to greet them.
"It is an honor to attend your ball, madam!" Jérôme Bonaparte bowed slightly to the Empress Dowager Sophie.
"Good evening, mother!" Franz Joseph said to the Empress Dowager Sophie with a sullen face.
"Hello, my child!" Queen Mother Sophie responded to Franz Joseph with a loving smile on her face.
When it was Elizabeth Yin's turn to greet the Queen Mother Sophie, the Queen Mother Sophie's expression immediately turned cold, "Good evening, Sissy!"
Yin Lisabai couldn't help but feel a little frustrated, but she quickly adjusted her state and followed Queen Mother Sophie to the ball.
The four Franz Josephs sat on the most distinguished thrones of the ball, quietly waiting for the guests on the dance floor under the steps to invite them to dance.
After the music started, Jérôme Bonaparte and Augusta stood up at the same time and walked down the steps to dance. Many nobles began to make way for them, and the entire dance floor instantly became a large space.
After the elegant melody ended, the nobles present applauded them respectively.
Immediately afterwards, Franz Joseph and Elizabeth Yin also stepped down from the throne to dance.
After the two monarchs finished dancing, many nobles began to eagerly invite the monarch on the throne to dance.
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The time soon reached late at night, after all the nobles at the ball had dispersed.
Jérôme Bonaparte and others returned to their room to rest under the leadership of Count Grenell. They will set off from Vienna tomorrow afternoon, and then after several days of hard work, they will arrive in Warsaw to attend Maximilian
coronation ceremony.
"Your Majesty, I wish you a sweet dream!" Count Grenell said respectfully to Jerome Bonaparte.
"Well! You should also go to bed early!" Jérôme Bonaparte nodded and replied to Baron Grenell.
After Count Grenell left, the candlelight in the bedroom disappeared and the bedroom fell into darkness.
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At 9 o'clock in the morning the next day, Jerome Bonaparte and Augusta slowly got up and went to the restaurant for dinner.
At 9:30 in the morning, Yin Lisabai came to the restaurant also yawning.
"Good morning!" Elizabeth Yin waved to Jérôme Bonaparte and Augusta cordially.
"Good morning!" Jérôme Bonaparte also responded with a smile.
After a simple breakfast, Jerome Bonaparte and Queen Augusta returned to the room again.
At this time, Mokar, who had not seen each other for nearly two days, appeared in front of them again, instructing the servants of the Hofburg Palace to pack their things.
"Thank you for your hard work!" Jérôme Bonaparte patted Mokar on the shoulder.
"Your Majesty, this is what I should do!" Mokar replied humbly.
After everything was packed away, the time quietly came to around 11:30.
Franz Joseph appeared before Jerome Bonaparte and asked how they were preparing.
"You can leave at any time!" Jerome Bonaparte said to Franz Joseph with a smile.
"I know!" Franz Joseph also responded to Jerome Bonaparte.
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At 3 o'clock in the afternoon that day, the four monarchs, after having lunch and resting for a while, got up from the Hofburg Palace and headed to their first stop, Vienna Railway Station. When they arrived in Vienna, they would take the train to Prague, and then transfer to Krakow.
(In fact, this railway was "ceded" by the Austrian Empire before it was fully opened to traffic, so only horse-drawn carriages can be used in the second half.)
Finally, we headed to Warsaw via Krakow. The whole process took about a week.