"Prince Lechstadt has arrived!"
Following a shout from a palace attendant, Napoleon II followed his aunt Princess Sophie one after another into the luxuriously decorated Emperor's Audience Hall at Schonbrunn Palace. His grandfather, the Austrian Emperor Franz I, who was tall and thin, with a relatively normal long head, was staring at his grandson with a pair of goldfish eyes, looking at him with evil intentions.
Prince Metternich, a famous prime minister of the Austrian Empire, stood beside the emperor, smiling, with gentle eyes, and bowed slightly to show respect to Napoleon II. But Napoleon II knew very well that this old guy was his most dangerous enemy. No one! Thinking of this, Napoleon II coughed violently, and his face that was already pale and thin was completely drained of blood by this cough.
British Foreign Secretary Robert Peel and Lord of the Admiralty Viscount Palmerston couldn't help but frown when they saw his sick appearance - Is it okay to win the second prize?
If the British Empire really needs a France that can fight, it cannot rely on Louis XVII and Louis the Black from the Bourbon dynasty. There must be a Napoleon!
Viscount Palmerston asked with concern: "Duke, are you feeling well? Do you want to find a Chinese medicine doctor? Our Royal College of Physicians in London has the best Chinese medicine in Europe, which can treat various bacterial infections and cardiovascular diseases." Disease, why don’t you let them check you out?”
Traditional Chinese medicine is now a prominent science in the medical field! While Western medicine could only bleed patients and feed them pills, Chinese medicine already had allicin, penicillin, berberine, cinchona, nitroglycerin, diuretics and other industrialized and standardized medicines. And it can also perform blood transfusions and surgeries! Various vaccines including cowpox and bovine tuberculosis vaccine (BCG) were also developed.
This is simply overwhelming for Western medicine, which is still in its infancy!
Robert Peel also asked: "Duke, have you been vaccinated against cowpox and bovine tuberculosis?"
Seeing that the two British ministers were so concerned about Napoleon II's physical condition, Francis I was confused, while Prince Metternich was a little confused - what does this mean? Shouldn't these British people hope that Napoleon II will die soon? Why are you still asking about the vaccine and sending a Chinese medicine doctor from the Royal College of Physicians in London? Is it because you want to use the opportunity of seeing Napoleon II to poison him?
High! That’s really high. He is worthy of being a ruthless man of the British Empire!
Thinking of this, Prince Metternich took the question and said to Robert Peel: "Minister, Duke Lechstadt had been vaccinated with cowpox when he was in France, but the bovine tuberculosis vaccine was not available at that time. And this vaccine is more dangerous. , careless use can cause the vaccinator to contract tuberculosis, so the Duke was not vaccinated."
Robert Peel smiled and said: "You can let doctors from the Royal College of Physicians in London vaccinate the Duke. There will be absolutely no danger."
Absolutely no danger? It sounds even more dangerous!
Prince Metternich nodded immediately: "That's great! I also want to be vaccinated with this magical vaccine, so why not let me and the Duke get vaccinated together."
In fact, Duke Metternich had already been vaccinated against bovine tuberculosis, and the attendants, guards and other members of the Habsburg royal family in Schönbrunn Palace had also been vaccinated. And Napoleon II gave a group of people who had been vaccinated against bovine tuberculosis and were surrounded by people who were not susceptible to tuberculosis.
Franz I nodded, "You should be vaccinated against bovine tuberculosis. Charles, you are a soldier and you will go out to lead troops one day. There are germs everywhere in the military camp. If you don't vaccinate against bovine tuberculosis, it will be very serious." Easily susceptible to disease.”
"As you command, my lord."
Even if Napoleon II knew the danger, he did not dare to say "no" to his imperial grandfather, so he had to bite the bullet and agreed.
Seeing that Napoleon II agreed to be vaccinated, Robert Peel added: "Duke, your father Napoleon I's coffin has been dug out from his temporary burial site on St. Helena Island and can be transported to France for burial at any time. As Napoleon My son, you must really want to go to France to bury your father, right?"
Napoleon II's heart beat faster when he heard these words. Of course he wants to return to France, although he doesn’t know what will happen after he goes back? But what is certain is that once he returns to France, something will definitely happen!
And he was never more dangerous in Paris than he was in Vienna!
However, he glanced at Prince Metternich with a gentle smile on his face, and then at Princess Sophie with a warm face. He still resisted the desire to break out of the cage, shook his head and said: "No, I don't want to leave. Vienna, I am fine here and happy every day."
What?
This answer surprised everyone.
Robert Peel and Viscount Palmerston looked at the Austrian Emperor with questioning eyes, probably asking: "What did you Austrians do to the son of Emperor Napoleon?"
The Austrian Emperor turned to look at his chief minister, Metternich, and must have been thinking: "Metternich, what did you do without telling me?"
Metternich looked at Napoleon's son with burning eyes, as if he wanted to see into the soul of this dangerous young man!
Archduke Karl Franz, the second son of the Austrian Emperor, puffed his beard and stared at his graceful wife. Couldn't this be the source of happiness for Napoleon II?
There was silence for five minutes. Finally, Prince Metternich broke up the awkward scene. He smiled and said to Napoleon II: "Duke, you don't have to make a decision right away. The coffin of Emperor Napoleon is still in St. Helena." Island. Even if you want to rebury it in Paris, it must be a long process, right? It will definitely be too late this year, and it may not be completed in the first half of next year. So you still have time to carefully consider whether to return to France to serve as Emperor Napoleon I Funeral."
Prince Metternich had obviously guessed what the British troublemakers were thinking - the relocation of Napoleon I and the funeral of Napoleon II were actually used as bargaining chips to blackmail Louis XVII. If Louis XVII does not resolutely resist the Rakshasa Kingdom's territorial ambitions towards Turkey at the upcoming Vienna Peace Conference, then Napoleon II will be returned to France!
If Louis XVII's performance is satisfactory, then Napoleon II will be killed by a murderous doctor in London. But without Napoleon II, will Louis XVII's rule in France be stable? Once France joins the alliance against the Rakshasa and the Ming Dynasty, Louis XVII's rule will become very difficult! Because almost all the royalist officers he could rely on were pro-Rakshasa. Although the French officers who opposed the Rakshasa were in the majority, they were almost all Bonapartists.
Do you want a Bourbon king to lead a group of Bonapartists to fight against the Rakshasa Kingdom? Can this battle be fought well?
In addition, if France is going to war with Rakshasa, what will Austria do? Austria cannot be neutral! And if Austria goes to fight Rakshasa, it seems like it will be over!
If Austria's army performs poorly and Prussia's army performs well, then Germany's leader will become Prussia, and Austria will be finished!
If both Austria and Prussia are defeated by the Rakshasas, then the Austrian Empire will be dismembered by the Rakshasas, and Austria will still be finished!
If the Austrian army showed bravery and defeated the Rakshasa soldiers, it would be a dream!
So once a war breaks out, unless the dream comes true, Austria will definitely be in ruins!
Therefore, the only way for the Austrian Empire to survive other than dreaming is for the Rakshasa Empire to give in and accept the outcome of the war with nothing gained.
As a rare patriot in the Austrian Empire, Prince Metternich felt so bitter. How could Nicholas I accept such a result? Now the Jin Dynasty has entered Persia, the Ming Dynasty has sealed off the Persian Gulf, and Ali Pasha of Egypt has already marched towards Baghdad on the pretext of defending the Holy City. The Ottoman Empire was about to fall apart, so why did Rakshasa give in? It seems that the Vienna Peace Conference, which is about to begin, will be difficult to reconcile.
(End of chapter)
