Make France Great Again

Accompanied by Victor Immanuel II, Jérôme Bonaparte briefly got to know the senior officials of the Kingdom of Sardinia who attended the banquet, and the dinner was officially held in the solemn Kingdom of Sardinia. start.

As the protagonists of the banquet, Jérôme Bonaparte and Victor Immanuel II walked in the first row of the procession. Following the two monarchs were the family of Victor Immanuel II. The little cubs are arranged in order from left to right according to their size. Each prince/princess puffs out his chest and reveals an arrogance between his brows that would repel people thousands of miles away. This is a bloodline that has been passed down for nearly a thousand years. Gifts were given to them.

Behind this group of arrogant princes/princesses, Niel, the Chief of General Staff of the French Empire, stood side by side with Ramamore, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Sardinia and Marshal of the Kingdom. His eyes were fixed on the front, and his steps followed the front. Accelerate and decelerate together.

As for the other guests who were originally in the Kingdom of Sardinia, some followed Niel and Ramamore's footsteps, while others were led to other restaurants by the steward of the Turin Palace.

After all, there were so many guests arriving at the Turin Palace today that one table could not accommodate all the guests. The steward of the Turin Palace had to carefully classify the guests who came to the Turin Palace according to their status. Only those with titles and official positions Only those members who meet the criteria will be allowed to sit at the same table as Jérôme Bonaparte and Victor Immanuel II.

In this way, Jérôme Bonaparte and Victor Immanuel II moved forward and finally arrived at the corridor leading to the restaurant door.

After the servants standing on both sides of the restaurant saw the two monarchs from a distance, one of them pulled a door handle and pulled the door of the restaurant open, revealing the magnificent decoration in the restaurant and a dining table across the door.

When Jerome Bonaparte entered the restaurant, he discovered that this white dining table could accommodate more than 60 people to dine together. The length of this dining table could be said to be the second largest that Jerome Bonaparte had ever seen. The dining table for the Austrian Empire's state banquet, and the entire restaurant's area is roughly estimated to be about 1.2-1.3 times that of the Tuileries Palace restaurant.

"How is this restaurant?" Victor Emmanuel II asked Jerome Bonaparte with a slightly proud tone.

"It's really big!" Jérôme Bonaparte nodded and responded to Victor Immanuel II.

Later, at the invitation of Victor Immanuel II, Jérôme Bonaparte sat at the main seat of the long dining table with him, and the rest of the people followed the names placed on the dining table. Tags, sit down in turn.

After everyone was seated, the servants in charge of serving, holding red wine in hand, entered the restaurant in two lines, and then dispersed one by one, now behind each guest.

The servant standing behind Jerome Bonaparte and Victor Immanuel II first opened the bottle of wine with a corkscrew, and then poured the scarlet wine into Jerome Bonaparte. In the cup with Victor In-Manuel,

The remaining servants also poured wine into the glasses of the guests they served. After everyone filled the glasses with red wine, Prime Minister Ramamore first said to everyone present, "Everyone, let us, the French Empire, and the Caesars... Cheers to Diniya and Wang Ting’s friendship!”

"Cheers!" including Victor Emmanuel II and Jérôme Bonaparte, all raised their glasses in cheers.

After finishing a glass of wine, the servant poured wine for Jérôme Bonaparte and others again.

At the same time, another group of servants appeared from outside the restaurant and entered the restaurant. Each of them was dragging an aluminum dinner plate in their hands, and there was an aluminum dinner cover covering the top of the dinner plate.

Everyone except Victor Immanuel II did not know what food was on the plate, so each of them had no idea what was on the plate.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, the servants placed a dinner plate on each seat, and then opened the dinner plates uniformly.

The alluring aroma penetrated the nose of every guest, and Jérôme Bonaparte discovered that what was on the dinner plate was a steak drizzled with black sauce.

"Everyone, please have a meal!" Victor Immanuel II gracefully picked up the knife and fork and said to everyone present.

Everyone at the party picked up their knives and forks and started cutting the steaks.

After a while, everyone present showed expressions of enjoyment, and Victor Immanuel II once again motioned to the servants beside him with his eyes.

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The servant quickly glanced at the servants who were serving the dishes, and the servants who were serving the dishes left in an orderly manner.

Victor Emmanuel II turned to Jérôme Bonaparte and asked, "Jérôme, what do you think of this dish?"

Jérôme Bonaparte, who had just enjoyed his first bite of delicious food, took down the chewed steak, picked up the folded white silk cloth and gently wiped it around his mouth, and then said to Victor Yinman Newell II praised, "Victor, that's very good! I haven't had such delicious food in a long time!"

"As long as you like it!" Victor Immanuel II smiled with satisfaction.

After a while, the second dish was served, and Victor Immanuel II also opened the topic.

Victor Immanuel II first welcomed Jérôme Bonaparte to the Turin Palace, and then reiterated to everyone present that the friendship between the French Empire and the Kingdom of Sardinia was unbreakable, and any No one can shake the friendship between the two countries.

As soon as Victor Manuel II finished speaking, the audience burst into warm applause.

Jerome Bonaparte also spoke freely to everyone present about the "friendship" between the French Empire and the Kingdom of Sardinia.

He told everyone present that although the friendship between the French Empire and the Kingdom of Sardinia would have certain twists and turns under certain circumstances, the overall tone between the French Empire and the Kingdom of Sardinia would not change because of the twists and turns. The Kingdom of Sardinia remains the most friendly partner of the French Empire.

Everyone present also gave warm applause to Jérôme Bonaparte's words.

Victor Yin-Manuel II's eyes also showed a touch of relief. As long as Jérôme Bonaparte could unswervingly support the Savoy royal family, then the possibility of the Savoy royal family being overthrown would be high. Very low.

However, Victor Immanuel II also knew that support was not priceless. Savoyard and Nice were Victor Immanuel II's bargaining chips.

After the two monarchs finished speaking, the ministers sitting at the banquet also spoke. Some of them shouted for the friendship between France and the Kingdom of Sardinia, and some denounced the Austrian Empire's barbaric invasion of the Kingdom of Sardinia.

While chatting, the important ministers of the Kingdom of Sardinia at the banquet began to attack the barbarism of the Austrian Empire with a unified caliber.

"The Austrian Empire is really bad. A huge country invaded the Kingdom of Sardinia without any excuse!

If His Majesty Jérôme had not spoken uprightly, the soldiers of the Austrian Empire would not have known what kind of ambassador they would be! "When an important Sardinian minister said this, he subconsciously glanced at Jerome Bonaparte who was sitting on the throne. When he saw Jerome Bonaparte, he did not show any disgust. After showing his expression, he continued.

"Who says otherwise!" Another important minister of the Kingdom of Sardinia also continued to criticize the Austrian Empire.

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The voices criticizing the Austrian Empire became louder and louder as time went by, and Jérôme Bonaparte only responded with a smile throughout the process, without revealing any of his emotions.

In his opinion, the reason why Victor Immanuel II staged such a play was entirely because he hoped to use this method to guide the French Empire to stand up and confront the Austrian Empire.

Seeing that Jérôme Bonaparte did not react at all, after a while, Victor Immanuel II stood up and pretended to everyone present, "Quiet, everyone, we are here for a banquet, not a criticism meeting. !”

Everyone present came to an abrupt halt after hearing Victor Immanuel II's reply.

Jerome Bonaparte took another sip of wine and responded to everyone present, "Everyone, I understand your mood! After all, any patriot will not be able to help but stand up when facing the complete annexation of his country. Come.

But what I want to say is that blind patriotism is not a good thing, especially when the gap between the Kingdom of Sardinia and the French Empire is so big.

I think the best way is to start multilateral negotiations and resolve existing differences through negotiation!

Of course, the French Empire is not unable to help you defeat the Austrian Empire, but this will not be of any benefit to the Kingdom of Sardinia.

The Kingdom of Sardinia has acquired the eternally hated Austrian Empire, and the relationship between the French Empire and the Austrian Empire will fall into an irreversible state, which will lead to the destruction of the coordination of the great powers!

If the coordination of major powers is destroyed, it will be of little benefit to Europe as a whole.

However, I can assure you that if the requirements of the Austrian Empire are really unacceptable, then the French Empire will definitely be on the side of the Kingdom of Sardinia.

The French Empire and the Kingdom of Sardinia have been a pair of brotherly countries that support and help each other since 1815.

Speaking of this, Jerome Bonaparte raised his voice and said righteously to everyone present, "We will not sit back and watch the Kingdom of Sardinia being bullied!"

The restaurant burst into applause again, and Victor Immanuel II showed a look of disappointment on his face.

Jérôme Bonaparte spoke at length, still repeating what he had said before.

As long as the Austrian Empire does not actually invade the Kingdom of Sardinia, the French Empire will still join forces without hesitation.

The price Sardinia must pay for this peace negotiation is Savoia and Nice.