"Hugo? What is he here for?"
Jérôme Bonaparte, who was preparing his next move, had a sullen face, not to mention how unhappy he was.
"Your Majesty, I don't know either!" Pesini said helplessly: "But judging from the expression on Mr. Victor Hugo's face, he should be looking for you for something urgent!"
"What a trouble!" Jerome Bonaparte complained.
For this man of letters who was famous throughout Paris, he couldn't beat him or scold him, he had to let him do it.
"Would you like to tell Mr. Hugo, Your Majesty, that you are having an important meeting?" Pesini proposed a solution.
Jérôme Bonaparte glanced at the huge thing of the Marquise Allais sitting on his lap, and subconsciously responded: "Well! It's indeed quite heavy!"
Later, Jérôme Bonaparte, realizing that he had said something wrong, quickly added: "Forget it! Let Mr. Victor Hugo go upstairs!"
"Yes!" Pesini responded before closing the door again and leaving.
"Madam, it seems that I cannot have an in-depth communication with you!" Jérôme Bonaparte still expressed regret in a provocative tone.
"Your Majesty, I am waiting for your summons at any time!" The Marquise Allais flipped up her golden curly hair and cast a charming look at Jérôme Bonaparte.
Jérôme Bonaparte let go of his arms around the Marchioness of Allais.
The arrival of Victor Hugo meant the departure of the Marchioness of Allais.
Just as the Marchioness of Allais was about to leave the living room, she heard Jérôme Bonaparte behind her say: "Madam, please ask your husband to pay attention to the bonds of the Ministry of Public Works that will be issued in the near future. Believe me, it will be a sure profit." A no-compensation deal!”
I have "bullyed" someone's wife for so long, so I always want to give her a little sweetness.
If you want to live a decent life in Paris, you have to have a little green on your head.
Of course, this rule does not apply to Jerome Bonaparte himself.
Because he is about to become the one who sets the rules of the entire Paris game.
The Marquise Allais, who understood the subtext of Jérôme Bonaparte, turned around and bowed slightly to Jérôme Bonaparte and said: "I will tell my husband!"
Led by her attendants, the Marchioness of Allais left the Elysée Palace through the back door.
Not long after, the door to the guest room opened again, and Pesini and Victor Hugo entered.
Jérôme Bonaparte quickly stood up to greet the great 19th century writer: "Mr. Hugo, welcome to the Elysée Palace!"
Jérôme Bonaparte reached out and took Victor Hugo's hand. Victor Hugo quickly responded: "Mr. President!"
"Mr. Hugo, please don't call me that! I still hope you can call me by my name, or call me Prince!" Jérôme Bonaparte tried to get in touch with Victor Hugo.
"Your Majesty the Prince!" Faced with Jérôme Bonaparte's hospitality, Victor Hugo had no choice but to choose the title "Prince".
"Um!"
Under the guidance of Jérôme Bonaparte, Victor Hugo sat in the seat of the Marchioness of Allais.
Jerome Bonaparte sat back down and asked Victor Hugo: "Mr. Hugo, I wonder why you came to see me today?"
Victor Hugo immediately explained that he had been entrusted by the Republicans and wanted to persuade Jérôme Bonaparte to abandon the plan for the military parade.
"Your Excellency, only you can stop them right now!" Victor Hugo said sincerely to Jérôme Bonaparte.
Jérôme Bonaparte pretended to be frustrated and stood up with Victor Hugo behind him. Then he sighed and said: "Mr. Hugo, you think highly of me. I must respect the opinions of the majority!"
"So are the Republicans!" Victor Hugo tried to make Jérôme Bonaparte "change his mind."
"Mr. Hugo, you don't understand!" Jerome Bonaparte shook his head and said: "They control the cabinet and the army! I am just a president in name only! The decision-making power on the military parade does not rest with me. And in them!”
Jérôme Bonaparte tried to weaken the power of his president so that the Party of Order would become the enemy of the Republicans.
"But..." Victor Hugo still argued for reason.
"Mr. Hugo, I have to stand by their side to ensure that they will not launch a coup! If they launch a coup, the republic will be over!" Jérôme Bonaparte continued to alarm.
"As long as you don't agree, there is nothing they can do!" Victor Hugo continued to persuade.
"No...it won't work!" the "cowardly" Jérôme Bonaparte responded.
No matter how much Victor Hugo tried to persuade him, Jérôme Bonaparte was determined to fight against the Party of Order.
Victor Hugo could only give up.
Before leaving, Victor Hugo once again asked Jérôme Bonaparte to think about it.
The "cowardly" Jérôme Bonaparte once again chose to support the Party of Order after some "ideological struggle".
Later, Victor Hugo left the Elysée Palace with a disappointed mood.
At Lamartine's house, Victor Hugo told everyone in the Republican Party about the situation at the Elysee Palace.
"We were wrong about Mr. President!" Cavaignac said in a depressed mood: "I thought the emperor's nephew should be a hero! Unexpectedly, he turned out to be a coward!"
Compared to Cavaignac, who had disgust written all over his face, Bastide obviously had the qualities of a diplomat to deal with things calmly. He carefully analyzed the situation between the enemy and us: "We can only show weakness to the enemy now, hoping that they will not Attack us!"
"Pinning your hopes on them is not a wise choice!" Lamartine responded.
"Everyone, what else can we do now!" Bastide glanced at everyone present with a stern look, and he said loudly: "We have lost the government and the army, and we can't do anything now!"
"We still have the Rangers!" Lamartine still wanted to struggle.
"Mr. Lamartine, do you want the Rangers to become the second victim?" Bastide responded coldly: "All we can do now is wait!"
"How long will it take?"
"Wait until they are hated by all France!"
On the afternoon of January 27, after a heated discussion, the Republicans, who understood their situation, completely gave up their resistance. They did not know that their non-resistance policy would completely sweep them out of the parliament.
On the night of January 28, as Minister of War Liulier signed the military parade order, Changarnier, commander of the Paris National Guard and commander of the regular army, quickly assembled his troops.
Among them, there are 45,000 Paris National Guards, about 20,000 troops stationed in Paris, and 30,000 troops stationed in the suburbs.
After the Capital Legion troops were quickly assembled, they were stationed in the area centered on the Paris City Hall. The Bourbon Palace was once again "protected", and soldiers from the two regiments were once again stationed near the Bourbon Palace.
