Chapter 1556 “Fire Fish”

If a person kills someone, whether intentionally or unintentionally, he usually does not think of confessing his crime and seeking justice.

For example, if a man catches his wife and adulterer having an affair in his own home, according to the provisions of the Napoleonic Code, he can kill them both without taking any responsibility. If he thinks about it this way, he will be more calm and wait for the police to arrive, and then

Tell the story as a victim.

But in other countries, when encountering this kind of situation, the husband is not allowed to kill the adulterer and his wife. He must deal with it "calmly". If he does not deal with it "calmly", such as killing them with a gun, then he has to fake the scene and

Create your own alibi, pretend like nothing happened, and show up at the opera house or other public places.

Hortense is the wife of Louis Bonaparte. When she is about to give birth to a child, Louis should be the one who is most anxious. What does it have to do with Napoleon?

In a normal family, it would be enough for Louis' brothers to bring their wives to the house to congratulate them. Napoleon did not need to go in person at all. However, it would be too irresponsible to take his mistress to play outside.

The "bang" she heard that night may not have been a gunshot, but a salute. When the king gave birth to a prince and princess, they both set off cannons to celebrate. The prince would set off 101 cannons, and the princess would set off 80 cannons. But Louis Bonaparte both

He is not a king, nor is he a crown prince. Why would he set off firecrackers to celebrate when he gave birth to a son?

If it was the custom of this era for Napoleoni to associate with the 16-year-old Miss Georgina, who did not look like a 16-year-old, then it was against ethics to be with Hortense and have a child.

Even ordinary people, let alone politicians, cannot bear such rumors.

"Do you believe him?" Belle asked.

"What do you believe?" Georgiana asked indifferently.

"He is not the father of the child." Belle said.

Georgiana looked at the Greek slave girl.

"This is not something someone of your status should be curious about." Georgiana said coldly.

"If you choose to believe him, why don't you believe your husband?" Belle reluctantly said, "Don't care what the whole world says, he loves you."

Georgiana saw a gold bracelet with ancient runes on Belle's wrist, which was given to her by Napoleon.

"Who are you?" Georgiana asked.

"I thought you knew who I was?" Belle smiled mysteriously.

"Hathor?"

"Do you want to leave now?" Belle asked. "I can help you."

The first thing that came to Georgiana's mind was Bonaparte.

She felt that he couldn't bear a woman's betrayal again.

"I swore to wait until he had a duel with Severus before leaving." Georgiana said timidly, "I can't do that."

"Then you are asking for death." Belle looked out the window at the crowded, noisy, dirty, half-medieval city. "Look at this city. It looks calm at first glance, but it is actually in a state of restlessness.

, tramps, idlers, gangsters and other unemployed people gathered in public places to amuse themselves by destroying street lamps and window panes of other residents of the city. Danger lurked in the pranks of these people who had nothing to do to pass the boring time. Child kidnapping case in 1750

The riots also started because of rumors. People said that the police were involved in the case and that they were doing it because they were serving a leprosy prince who wanted to use the blood of children to cure the disease. Things like that

Just like a bubble emerging from a pond, it will cause waves under the calm surface. If it can be extinguished in time, it will be fine. Otherwise, it is afraid that the bubble will cause a series of violent reactions, keep rolling like boiling water, and turn Paris into a boil.

boiler."

"Have you read the report?" Georgiana asked.

"When Louis XV first came to the throne, the French people welcomed him with great enthusiasm, but love and wealth are not inexhaustible." Belle turned to look at Georgiana "Once the enthusiasm

subsided, various rumors began to spread about him and those around him, although by then he had completely cleared the memory of the depression and pain that Louis XIV had brought to the country in his later years, and he suffered from his weakness.

Criticism, especially of his lazy nature; the word 'lazy' often appears in public opinion polls, and his seeming lack of interest in anything other than private entertainment. The accumulation of rumors and complaints over time made Louis XV a persona non grata.

King, he became King Herod in the people's mouth. The people no longer shouted "Long live" to the king's motorcade. The Dauphine gave birth to a daughter, and salutes were fired at the Invalides and the Hôtel de Ville, but there was no joy in Paris.

They even responded indifferently to the fireworks displays and lantern festivals. They remained silent, as the note posted on the door of the Tuileries Palace said, 'The silence of the people is a gift to the king.

class'."

"What do you want to say?"

"Every story has a prologue. The child abduction incident is just a small episode. Don't you want to know what happened next?"

Georgiana didn't know how to proceed.

"The birth of an heir was a big event. In September 1751, the Dauphine gave birth to a boy. According to Paris tradition, the female fishmongers from the Candide Market would go to the Tuileries Palace to send their blessings, but the king refused.

to meet them, because in May of that year someone overheard someone in a tavern near the Place de la Victoire saying that the women of Candide Market would go to Versailles to depose the king, gouge out his eyes, and then they would go back to Paris.

"Killing the lieutenant in charge of criminal and public security." When the king found out, he refused their blessing, but the people thought it was the king's contempt for them, and the king and the people broke off from then on."

"Do you think I should go to the Tuileries to receive the blessing of the fishmonger?"

"Do you think your lion is a king?" Belle asked. "Is he a king in the eyes of the people?"

"What exactly do you want to say?" Georgiana asked anxiously.

"Don't trust the spies who collect information in the tavern." Belle said with a smile, "And don't trust a king who will abandon the capital easily."

Georgiana realized something.

"Napoleon's military talent allowed France to gain maximum benefits from the war with minimum losses, reducing a lot of pressure on the country's finances, and the wealth obtained from enemy territory could ease France's financial pressure, which is unmatched by other marshals.

Yes, but the French have no intention of using the war as a 'cash cow', nor are French soldiers mercenaries from Hesse-Kassel who rely on fighting to subsidize the finances."

"I know that they don't want to subsidize the national finance, they just want to fill their pockets with gold coins." Georgiana curled her lips and said, "It takes a lot of money to pay for the extravagant life in Paris."

"Although you are not lovable, no one compares you with Madame Pompidou and Madame Du Barry, and no one slanders you with obscene words. They just think that you are seeking benefits for the British."

"I didn't expect that," Georgiana whispered.

"In addition, the Swiss War is also related to you." Belle said, "Do you still remember that there was an Italian banker who came to the mountainous area to collect coins?"

Georgiana opened her mouth.

"He was from the Rothschild Bank in Naples. The coins ended up in Moore's hands and then paid to Reading. If you hadn't intervened, they would have taken the coins from the Masons in Hesse-Kassel."

." Belle threw a coin to Georgiana. On it was Napoleon's profile with a laurel wreath.

"To the soldiers, it doesn't matter whose face is on the coin. It's all made of gold anyway. What they don't accept is paper money."

"How could you have..." Georgiana looked up and found that Belle was gone.

She looked at the gold coin in her hand and saw that it had disappeared like dust, just like the gold made by the leprechaun.

But on the table not far away, there was the ancient rune bracelet.

Georgiana approached it. There was a small flame in the middle of the bracelet, which looked like a small fish in a bowl.

It didn't disappear with a "pop", and even when she got close, it still swam leisurely and contentedly.

She was so angry that she threw it to the ground with her wand. The bracelet made a crisp sound and the little fish disappeared.

The bracelet went out from the door, rolled along the stone steps, and finally landed at Belle's feet. She glanced upstairs, then at the gold bracelet at her feet, and hesitated for a long time without picking it up.

Candide Market is Paris Hall

Being able to not care what others think is a valuable quality
Chapter completed!