Louis Bonaparte was particularly excited when he heard that Mathilde was worried about his safety. After being excited, Louis Bonaparte realized that his performance seemed to be a bit too much. After all, Mathilde was already married, and he She and she have become people with two parallel world lines that have no intersection, not to mention that he is now terminally ill and may face death at any time.
After calming down, Louis Bonaparte stammered and asked as if entering sage mode: "How is your sister, my cousin... how are you doing now?"
Jérôme shook his head and sighed: "Ever since my sister divorced the rich Russian man, she has been wandering around all day long! Although she pretended to be indifferent on the surface, I know that the failed marriage was very harmful to her. She hit really hard!”
Jérôme's voice was not very loud, but when it reached Louis Bonaparte's ears, it penetrated his eardrums like a bell and hit Louis Bonaparte's brain. Louis Bonaparte's brain went blank. , muttering in a low voice: "It's all my fault! If it wasn't me in the first place..."
Mathilde and Louis Bonaparte were childhood sweethearts and cousins. They were in love and looked forward to the future together. At that time, no one in the Bonaparte family believed that their future would become two familiar people. stranger.
When Louis Bonaparte was twenty years old, Louis Bonaparte's mother, the former Queen Hortense of the Netherlands, and Jérôme Bonaparte's father, Jérôme the Elder, discussed getting engaged for their two children. Tom agreed to Queen Hortense's request. Queen Hortense bought an apartment in Switzerland for her only remaining son, and also gave Louis Bonaparte 3 million francs in cash and bonds, which meant that Louis. Bonaparte could receive an annual annuity of 120,000 francs.
In France at that time, a small factory owner worked day and night for only about 20,000 francs per year. The annuity of 120,000 francs was enough for the young couple to support themselves in Switzerland.
Unfortunately, God failed, and Louis Bonaparte did not follow Hortense's arrangements, but insisted on carrying out a second coup, which was the coup in Strasbourg.
Louis Bonaparte was successfully imprisoned. This time the July Monarchy was not as easy to talk to as the first time. Even though celebrities in Paris were interceding for Bonaparte, Prime Minister Soult still insisted on putting Louis Bonaparte into prison. Ba was sentenced to life in prison.
The sentence of life imprisonment made Jerome's sister Mathilde feel the gloom of life.
It is said that there was a leak in the house and it rained all night. When old Jérôme's creditors heard that Louis Bonaparte had been betrayed and sentenced to life imprisonment, they immediately thought that Hortense might not be able to help old Jérôme pay off his foreign debts as an in-law. , they came to collect debts one after another. In order to help her father pay off foreign debts, Mathilde had to marry a 26-year-old Russian rich man. This marriage only lasted less than 5 years and was on the verge of collapse. Mathilde returned from Moscow In Paris, Louis Bonaparte also escaped from prison.
"No..." Jérôme spread his hands and sighed, feeling sad for the misfortune of his "sister" and cousin: "This is a tragedy in itself. I can only blame the merciful God for allowing two people to truly love each other." People are tortured! No wonder why fate is as confusing as a ruthless female cousin! No wonder why my father owes a huge amount of foreign debt!"
Louis Bonaparte remained silent and his eyelids drooped slightly. He had never resented Uncle Jérôme (Old Jérôme) in his heart, but every time he thought of his cousin and cousin's support for him, the resentment in his heart was washed away. .
"Forget it! Let's not talk about these old sesame seeds and rotten millet things!" Louis Bonaparte had actually given up everything long ago, but on this special occasion today, Jérôme reminded him of his past feelings.
"Yeah! Let's not talk about it!" Jérôme decisively cut off the topic. Some things must be stopped when enough is enough.
"Jerome, my brother!" Louis Bonaparte decided to get to the point. He said with deep affection in a hoarse voice: "After my death, are you willing to take over the banner of the patriarch of the Bonaparte family and continue to serve as the leader of the Bonaparte family?" Fight for the cause of the Bonaparte family!”
Louis Bonaparte's words made Jérôme's heart beat faster than expected.
The banner of the Bonaparte family? What a revolutionary title!
Although the Bonaparte family now only has empty titles and a bunch of empty honors, these things can help Jerome get what he wants under certain circumstances.
In France, Bonaparte not only represents a person or a family, he also represents a symbol.
Silver coins with Napoleon's face on them circulated into the French countryside. French farmers may not necessarily know who Napoleon was and what he did, but they just needed to find someone they were familiar with among the crowd.
The nephew of Napoleon Bonaparte, the defender of farmers and the supporter of land distribution, these are enough to cause turmoil in France.
Jerome's random thoughts made Louis Bonaparte feel inexplicably flustered. He did not want to see the title of Patriarch Bonaparte fall on someone other than Jerome Bonaparte, otherwise those people would accuse him. Not sure what will happen to him after his death.
"My dear cousin!" Louis Bonaparte grabbed Jérôme Bonaparte's wrist and said eagerly: "Although the Bonaparte family has fallen into disgrace, I believe that one day the Bonaparte family will Will return to the throne!"
"Yeah!" Jerome nodded without doubt. History has proven the influence of the surname Bonaparte in France.
Louis Bonaparte paused and said in a low voice: "My cousin, you must know the current situation in France better than I do!"
Jérôme Bonaparte replied gloatingly: "The regicide was driven off the throne (regicide is the orthodox name for Louis Philippe, here is Jérôme's joking name for Louis Philippe), and the Republic has no power in Paris. Surrounded by men in trousers, he hurriedly climbed out of the grave again!
It's a pity that there is no second Robespierre, no second Danton, no second Marat in this lame republic that has been ripened. They don't even have a second Fouche.
There is only one Lamartine who was still reciting poems and composing music before, an unintimidating Montagnard, a group of remnants standing in the ruins of the dynasty, and bumpkins who returned to Paris from the countryside. A chaotic republic has no other function except noisy. How can Republicans do good politics together with this group of insects! I see this republic taking jujube pills! "
