A thin fog shrouded the city of Paris, and in the heart of Paris, the current King of France, Louis-Philippe de Orleans-Bourbon, was in his small study in the palace, looking out of the window of the small study over the Paris he ruled.

The Tuile Palace, a small study with arched doors and doors, is famous throughout France, as the former masters of the court, Napoleon and Louis XVIII, liked to work here, and now Louis-Philippe is the owner of the house, and he loves it as much as his predecessors.

The furnishings of the room were not as lavish, with small chandeliers hanging from the ceiling, brocade walls with a walnut desk, and a few thick carpets on the waxed floor. The king was standing on the windowsill at the moment, wearing his favorite National Guard uniform (like King Charles X) and the Legion of Honor on his chest. Compared with the average seventy-something, Bixia is more energetic, his hair is still gray and black, he has a gentle attitude, and he has always been known for being approachable.

Since October 1789, when the women of Paris rioted and then went to Versailles to rob the king's family and live in the Tuileries, the monarchs of France, whether Bourbon or Bonaparte, have made the Tuileries palace their residence.

And it is this court that vividly reflects the turmoil and turmoil of France in the 19th century: starting from this decapitated king, through Napoleon and the Bourbon Restoration, none of the successive masters of the court except for Louis XVIII, who only reigned for nine years, were able to die peacefully in the palace.

During the Second Empire, the extravagant Napoleon III expanded it, but in the bloody battle of Paris in 1871, it was finally burned down by revolutionaries. It was destroyed in flames along with the French monarchy, never to be repeated.

Of course, at this moment, no one in the whole of France knows these "things that will happen in the future" except for one person, so Bixia can still watch her royal capital quite leisurely at the moment.

However, the king's leisure did not last long, and the attendant opened the door, saluted and whispered to Bixia. "The Duke of Dalmatia asks for an audience."

Bixia nodded slightly, which was considered to have granted the Prime Minister's request for an audience, and the attendant understood and exited the room to summon the Duke.

After a while, the door opened again, and His Excellency Nicolas Jean-de-Diu Sirt, former Marshal of Dalmatia, Prime Minister of the dynasty and former marshal of the dynasty, walked in slowly. Although his hair has turned gray, he still has the vigor of a soldier. The gait is powerful, the bearing is like that, although the square face wears formulaic humility, the slightly frowning brow and sharp eyes flash deceit and arrogance from time to time. The civil official's gown, however, allowed him to wear the air of a military uniform, which was in contrast to the Bourbon kings' military uniforms as court uniforms.

He was born in the same year as Napoleon, and he fought for that monarch for twenty years, and his exposure made him behave like that of a great man.

He then served the following French monarchs for thirty years.

Since the beginning of the July Dynasty, in the seventeen years of dynastic history, he has served as prime minister three times, a total of 10 years, and also served as the Minister of War for 9 years (from 1840 to 1845 he was both the Prime Minister and the Minister of War).

As soon as the prime minister came in, he humbly saluted Bixia.

Bixia glanced at the prime minister slightly, then walked back to her desk and sat down.

"Mr. Duke, what bad news do you have for us today?" He asked in a slightly playful tone.

The Prime Minister sat down across from him, leaning against the back of his chair.

"Bixia, as you expected, is indeed bad news." He speaks slowly, in a deep voice, full of intimidation, able to be believed and relied on.

Bixia's original relaxation was dispelled by the duke's solemnity, and he smiled. "What's wrong?"

"According to the report of the Home Office, the Orthodox elements who had previously escaped from the crossfire on Batino Gris have disappeared......," the Prime Minister calmly reported.

"Looks like we've lost the chance to catch them all."

Although Bixia's tone was still flat, the prime minister coldly saw his right hand clenched slightly.

"Yes, the well-prepared Jihua only succeeded halfway, annihilating a large number of remnants of the royal party, but there were still some important people who escaped." The Prime Minister replied, "And according to the interrogation, several of them are the leaders of it." ”

"In this way, we are not even half the battle." Bixia said coldly, "I caught some small fish, but let the big fish run away, and their principal is still in a corner like us today, calmly holding a meeting, plotting to defeat us." ”

"At least we've scared the rats so they don't move in the short term, and we've broken a network of contacts, and it's not going to be easy for them to regroup."

"Short-term! Oh, the operation that took months, nearly a million francs, and nearly a thousand people to start carrying out at the same time in various places at the same time was short......-term," Bixia said with a hint of impatience, "I think our Home Secretary needs to be short-term too." ”

"Ducchart has done a good job, and although Zuihou has really fallen short, I think there is still merit in the conception and execution of this jihua." The Prime Minister voiced his opinion. "It's easy to get rid of him, but it's hard for us to find someone more effective."

[Tanneguy Duchatel, then Minister of the Interior of France]

"Are we just going to have to watch the traitors go around fanning the flames?" Bixia asked slightly dissatisfied.

"Bixia, the Bourbon dynasty has ended, and it was you and I who ended. Although some people are still alive in the past, they will wake up eventually, and the times will wake them up. There was a contempt in the Prime Minister's eyes, "And after all, their leader is just a woman now, even if the surname is Bourbon, it's not a big deal." ”

"We must not underestimate anyone, not even a woman. Mr. Duke, as I remember, it was because of a woman that I had to become a usurper. Bixia's face was solemn, and her hands were clenched again. So I have to worry even more that I will have to be a usurper because of another woman! ”

The Bourbon royal family was once in danger of extinction, and the three Louis XVI brothers almost did not leave any heirs: the eldest Louis XVI's family was killed, the second Louis XVIII had no heirs, and the third Charles X had two sons, but the eldest son married his cousin (the eldest princess Louis XVI mentioned above) and did not give birth to children. The only person who has any hope of continuing the royal family is Louis Anthony, Duke of Berry, Charles's second son.

On February 13, 1820, the Duke of Berry was assassinated by radical rebels. How much the Orleans family cheered and was relieved by this! They are just one step away from rightfully inheriting the throne of France!

However, on September 29 of that year, the Duchess of Berry gave birth to her widowed son, Henry V, who would later be the pretender to the French throne. I am afraid that this widow did not know that he was born guilty of the crime of stealing the throne of the Louis-Philippe family.

So in 1830, the Orleans faction used the revolution and coup d'état to drive the Bourbon family out of France and seize the throne of France.

In 1832, the Duchess of Berry landed in Marseille from her native Naples and infiltrated southern France to stoop a rebellion.

The posthumous son Henry is still young at the moment, and he does not need to be too vigilant, Charles X is long dead, but the eldest princess is still alive, and she is still the banner and core of the Bourbon royal party.

At some moments, King Bixia, who was staying in the palace, could even feel the fierce and contemptuous eyes of the eldest princess coming from some dark depth, constantly watching herself, watching her every move at any time, trying to find out the flaws and crush herself and the dynasty she had established.

Out of this natural panic of the usurper, King Bixia treated his relatives far more harshly than the average traitor. All the members of the Bourbon royal family were expelled from the country, strictly forbidden to return to their homeland, and any rebellion that dared to support the royal party was severely suppressed. The king preferred to give preference to the products of the revolution – new ideas, new fashions, new aristocracy, capitalists and even Napoleon – rather than to look at the Bourbons, who had been usurped by himself.

Seeing that King Bixia was slightly out of shape, the prime minister did not say anything to remind.

After all, a king only understands how dependent he is on his servants when he's nervous, doesn't he?

Waiting for Bixia's mood to calm down again before the prime minister reopened.

"I have already arranged it, and the police and garrisons in various places will closely monitor the local situation, especially the outsiders who can, and report it as soon as they are discovered, and they will be screened out as soon as possible."

"Screening...... Isn't that giving them a chance to escape? You should catch it first and then check it slowly! "King Bixia almost shouted at his own prime minister." Can't we all arrest them first? ”

Crossed the line.

Use this attitude towards me.

There was silence.

"Bixia, you were crowned at the Hôtel de Ville, not Reims Cathedral, after all." After a moment of silence, the Prime Minister replied slowly, again in a humble but flat tone. "A lot of people don't notice the difference, but it's a big difference."

[Louis-Philippe's coronation ceremony was at the Paris City Hall, and the coronation ceremony of the kings of the previous French dynasties was held in Reims Cathedral, and the title changed from "King of France" to "King of the French", which implied that the source of royal power changed from theocracy to secular, and the king of France was no longer responsible to God but to the people. 】

Who exactly does "a lot of people" include? What's the difference? It's a mysterious, but one thing is for sure.

The king could not put his subjects in prison without any procedure and without any evidence, as he had done in the past.

Nor can he treat the Duke of Dalmatia who helped himself to the throne with the same attitude towards domestic servants as Louis XIV and Louis XV in the past.

The duke said two things at the same time, and the king had to understand both at the same time.

"Well, we're a constitutional country after all, and we can't do that," King Bixia gently put his hand on his forehead and took a step back without a trace. "But care must be taken not to give any ill-intentioned rebellion a chance! Don't forget that they are seeking to destroy our dynasty and government every day. ”

"Yours." The Prime Minister replied humbly again.