The situation was so difficult that even the most arrogant French Emperor Napoleon III could only choose to give in temporarily. For the first time, he sent his son, Prince Eugène Bonaparte, to personally negotiate with the thugs.
This is the greatest sincerity that the royal family can show! Before this, Queen Eugenie would never let her son participate in such a dangerous action!
But the precarious situation made the mother change her mind. She suddenly had a strong sense of crisis and a bad premonition. She felt that her son was drifting away from the throne of France at this moment. .
The empire has now fallen into serious internal and external troubles. At this time, it is definitely impossible to imagine that his son will be a Taiping Emperor.
The personal image of this bad old man around him has collapsed. Now whenever Napoleon III is mentioned, France will always get more curses than praises.
The only solution for now is to let his son step onto the stage and use his new image of being young, handsome, sunny and energetic to win the people's understanding.
Moreover, in times of crisis and national calamity, if his son can come to the forefront, he will definitely be able to win the support of many officials, especially senior generals in the army.
As long as our son can get the support of the army and officials, once the situation reaches an unimaginable point, we can...
Queen Eugenie took a step back and looked at her husband with cold eyes. She said fiercely in her heart, "Don't blame my dear Louis. Once the situation reaches an unbearable point, I'm afraid we will have to destroy you in exchange for the understanding of the entire French people!" "
Deposing you and letting our son ascend the throne may be the last resort to resolve domestic conflicts!
Napoleon III had no idea that he had become the target of his wife and son's calculations. At the moment, he was lying on the huge Paris city defense map and carefully deducing the situation. All the war games representing the troops around him were ready.
Once news of the breakdown of the negotiations comes back, he will place these chess pieces on the map. At that time, 200,000 troops loyal to him will pounce on these rebellious thugs and throw them all into the Seine River to drown alive!
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On the Champs Elysées, the workers' leaders Varland and Duval walked out of the queue and walked firmly towards the Guards Cavalry Battalion with expressions of determination.
The crown prince nodded and said with a sigh, "The courage is commendable! Although we are trying to block the horse with our hands and do not overestimate our own capabilities, we must admit that these are a group of warriors!"
Prime Minister Olivier beside him mobilized his war horse: "Your Highness, please wait here, I will go and talk to them..."
As a result, before he could walk out of the queue, Eugène Bonaparte stopped him: "Dear Olivier, don't go out. I'm going to see them. Since I want peace talks, I will give them the greatest sincerity!"
"Your Highness..." Olivier, the prime minister, was originally a mere commander. He had no real power in the French Empire. He could only watch quietly when the king had already spoken.
Following the prince's order, four grotesque steel behemoths suddenly walked out of the ranks of the Guards.
"Oh God! What is this? It's a knight in full plate armor!"
Varlan and Duval forgot to move forward on the street. They stared blankly at the four mountain-like steel knights walking out in front of them.
Sure enough, it is the pinnacle of defense in the medieval cold weapon era, the European plate knight!
This style of cavalry is rarely seen in this era. People only see horses and cavalry covered in layers of shining silver plate armor.
The armor is also engraved with countless dense golden thread patterns, making the armor as beautiful as a work of art.
These four knights did not hold any weapons, but each was equipped with a smooth, uniform and huge steel knight shield.
The shield is 1.5 meters high and can completely block the rider's body. The shield is engraved with the national emblem of the French Empire. The silver shield reflected the sun's rays, shining like a mirror.
The four knights in silver armor, riding their horses like gods, walked at the front. They protected the crown prince among them. The four knight shields blocked any possible attack angles of the attackers.
The plate knights were the prince's human shields. Their steel shields seemed to be one centimeter thick. In this era, no musket could break such a shield!
And the steel armor they wear is extremely hard. Plate armor is the top equipment in the era of cold weapon defense! At this moment, it became the best protection for the prince.
Under the protection of four plate knights, the crown prince mobilized his war horse to slowly approach Vallan and Duval. He overlooked the two rebel leaders from his tall horse.
"What do you want? Tell me your conditions?" the crown prince said calmly.
"What do we want? We want a comprehensive reform of the empire, we want more rights for the working class..."
Eugène Bonaparte waved his hand, "Be realistic, dear sir, the conditions you mentioned are too huge. It is not something we can explain clearly now!"
"Political reform cannot be achieved overnight. We need countless negotiations, countless slippers, and countless bargaining..."
"Do you think a demonstration can force us to make concessions on the long street? Even if I can make concessions, how much will I have to give to? To whom? This is not a decision I can make now!"
"Be sensible, sir! All we have to do now is to stop this bloody conflict and restore order to Paris! Look around you, listen to the gunshots around you, look at the people fleeing around you, do you want to Destroy this great city?”
Duval retorted angrily, "We didn't instigate this demonstration, it was you! The hero's coffin is at the back, and Victor Nova's body is lying quietly inside. How did he die? "
Eugène Bona, looked up at the dark coffin in front of the team, "Okay, this is your first condition. Do you want the murderer to be severely punished?"
"I can give you this promise. Just now, His Majesty has ordered that my cousin Pierre Bonaparte be arrested and imprisoned, and His Majesty has also agreed that a joint jury will be negotiated by multiple parties to try His Highness the Prince. !”
"You want the fairness and justice of the law, then I will give you the fairness and justice of the law! What else do you want?"
Vallan and Duval were stunned at the time. They looked at each other. They didn't expect that the prince would make such a huge concession as soon as he opened his mouth. He actually promised to form a joint jury to try the murderer?
"We still need an apology, we need the royal family to apologize to our dead heroes!"
