Lawrence, who was standing on the stage, naturally saw the restlessness of the financiers, so he smiled and shook his head, answered a few bland reporters' questions, and then announced that the press conference was officially over.

...

At noon the next day, in the back garden of the Palace of Versailles.

Adjacent to the sparkling Grand Canal, King Louis XV, who was in a good mood today, happily held an open-air lunch here.

Since it was the king's whim, the luncheon was not attended by many people.

Apart from the King and Madame Du Barry, the most important role is the Duke of Aiguillon.

He is the nephew of the Duke of Richelieu and the French Foreign Minister after the fall of the Duke of Choiseul in history.

There is no doubt that the Duke of Aiguillon is the core member of the Duke of Richelieu's faction.

After three drinks at the banquet, Duke Aiguillon glanced at the slightly drunk King Louis, looked at Madame Du Barry, and said slowly:

"Your Majesty, I heard that a big event happened in Paris yesterday."

"Big thing? What big thing?"

Louis XV put down his wine glass and asked with interest.

His Majesty the King had spent the whole morning with the charming Madame Du Barry, and he still didn't know what happened in Paris.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, accompanied by Bonaparte, made a public appearance before the people of Paris. This is very good, but..."

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Duke Aiguillon clenched his fists, seemingly extremely dissatisfied, and said with righteous indignation:

"It's just that Bonaparte actually asked His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to appear in front of tens of thousands of people wearing civilian clothes! This is simply detrimental to the majesty of the royal family!"

After hearing this, Louis XV couldn't help but frown, smacked his lips with dissatisfaction and said:

"Oh? Is there such a thing? How could Lawrence make such a mistake...?"

Although Louis XV was considered an open-minded monarch, he could not accept the future king appearing in front of the masses wearing civilian clothes.

So Louis XV waved to the waiter and motioned him to bring the press officer in charge of news from Versailles immediately.

After a while, the press officer in black robes was brought to the back garden.

"I heard that the crown prince appeared in civilian clothes yesterday. Is this true?"

Louis XV looked at the press officer gloomily and asked in a deep voice.

The Duke of Aiguillon on the side couldn't help but have a proud smile on his face when he saw the unhappy expression on the king's face.

"It is true, Your Majesty."

The press officer lowered his head and said carefully:

"only..."

"Just?" Louis XV raised his eyebrows and asked.

"It's just that thousands of citizens like the appearance of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. It is said that the cheers of the citizens can be heard from the Exchange Square to the Champ de Mars. People also gave His Highness the Crown Prince a nickname, called 'The Good Man Crown Prince'.

They say he can become a wise king who cares about his people."

The press officer said bravely.

"What?!"

Louis XV's expression seemed to change, from anger to surprise in the blink of an eye, and he said with a smile to himself:

"God, how could Auguste be supported by tens of millions of people when he first appeared? He is indeed the heir of Bourbon! And Lawrence, he did a really good job. It's great to have him be Auguste's right-hand man.

That’s right.”

With that said, Louis XV glanced at the embarrassed Duke Aiguillon, laughed and said:

"Oh of course, Duke Aiguillon, it's really not right for Lawrence to let the crown prince wear civilian clothes. I will remind him next time I see him, hahahaha."

Anyone can see that King Louis not only didn't care about Lawrence's small transgression, but also fully affirmed his contribution.

"Wait, Your Majesty."

Duke Aiguillon gritted his teeth and said:

"I also heard that Bonaparte made His Royal Highness the Crown Prince a director of his company. A distinguished Crown Prince, becoming a director of a company? I swear this is definitely the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard in my life!"

"Huh? What's going on?"

Louis XV's smile disappeared again. Although he agreed with Crown Prince Louis to learn financial knowledge, he would not agree with Crown Prince Louis blatantly becoming a company director.

If this kind of thing spreads, the French Bourbon royal family will even be ridiculed by other courts.

"Yes, Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has indeed become a director of the Corsica National Silver Company."

The press officer on the side immediately replied:

"But... this company was just listed on the Paris Stock Exchange this morning, and as far as I know, all the one million shares issued in the company's first round have been sold, and the price per share is now 24.2 livres...

.”

Louis XV, who knew nothing about finance, waved his hand impatiently and said:

"What are you talking about? Pick the key points!"

"Yes, yes, Your Majesty."

The press officer took a deep breath and said word by word:
Chapter completed!