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2480 Worried Queen

The news was so good that Napoleon III was almost crazy. The Palace of Versailles held a grand cocktail party, and the French raised his glass and announced the slogan of France's victory to his important officials!

"God still bless us France! The enemy Prussia is so weak that we must not let them go! Hahaha... My foreign minister, change the negotiation strategy, now I want not only Bavaria, but also Hesse!"

The Duke of Foreign Minister Glemon suddenly turned bitter. He held the glass of wine and advised the emperor, "Dear Your Majesty... Your proposal has been sent to the front of Pesme and William I. Is it necessary to temporarily change the negotiation conditions in just a few days now? This kind of thing is a big diplomatic taboo, and I am afraid it will cause Pesme and others to protest strongly!"

"Protest! Are I afraid of them protesting? That is the poor man of a country. They have not even solved the minimum amount of war funds and want to fight against us? They are all blackmails! Bisme is blackmailing us France!"

"I have made a great concession. I only need Bavaria and Hesse and Darmstadt can give up. Isn't this my kindness? Well, my external minister, continue your work..."

Napoleon III obviously drank a little too much. Queen Eugenie looked at him with a little worry and showed a helpless expression to the important officials present.

It was not only the queen who was worried. Even Montauban could not drink any more this time. It was not that the Duke of Baliqiao did not like this good news. On the contrary, he thought the good news was really good, and the good one was a bit unexpected.

In the UK, he had seen the cunning of the British. He always felt that he could get such top-secret information so easily, and the information disclosed here was very abnormal.

But Montauban was a jester after all, so he would not throw cold water while the emperor was happy. He just secretly communicated with Queen Eugenie with his eyes. After the banquet, Napoleon III went back to rest with the help of the attendant, while Queen Eugenie and Montauban sat in the back garden to meet secretly.

"My dear Queen, I can't produce any evidence, but I always feel that there must be something wrong with it!"

"How could such important information leak the news so easily when Prussia issued war bonds? Those people in the City of London are not fools. How deep is their friendship with their Dutch colleagues to release such secret news?"

"I'm afraid there's a ghost here!"

Queen Eugenie also agreed with Montauban's remarks. She said regretfully, "Yes, I have such concerns, but you also see Your Majesty's emotions! France really can't stand a war at this moment! Your Majesty actually doesn't want to fight this damn war at all!"

"Is it because of those Republicans?" Montubon asked.

The queen nodded, "Prussia is an external trouble after all! France's real trouble is internal. Haven't you heard of it? Gan Bida has already successfully run for Marseille!"

When the name Ganbida was mentioned, Montauban's face immediately became bitter. This name was the most hated by the royalists!

Because Gan Bida was a complete republican, he clearly opposed the French imperial system and Napoleon III's rise to power, he always believed that this was illegal, that it was a reversal of history.

Especially in the Bodan incident, he once defended the editor-in-chief of the Awakening News. A common defense in court became Gan Bida. The accusation of the entire empire was this famous defense that made him famous.

With this reputation, Gan Bida began to participate in politics and officially joined the election of local councillors. In May 1869, she participated in the election of Polyville District in Paris and successfully obtained the qualification of a councillor.

In June, he participated in the city council elections in Marseille and was successful. At this time, the young politician had become one of the leaders of the opposition forces within France and had a very high reputation.

The Emperor wanted his life more than once, but he retreated in the face of his huge supporter behind him.

He knew that behind Gan Bida's success was countless votes from workers and peasants. He could physically eliminate Gan Bida, but he could not eliminate the huge support groups behind it.

Queen Eugenie joked, "We can only pray to God for God's blessing, health, safety and safety. If an accident occurs, the angry people will probably settle the entire account on our heads!"

Montauban looked worried and lit a cigarette for himself. "Is there no way? If this continues, the power of the opposition will become stronger and stronger. At that time, the strength of the government and the opposition will grow and decrease, and our lives will be difficult."

"So Your Majesty is preparing to amend the Constitution this year. France may change its political system! It will be changed to a constitutional monarchy..."

Montauban took a breath of air conditioning with hissing, "Has the situation reached this point?"

The queen nodded, "If there is no big mistake, the new constitution will be issued in April and May, and then France will choose the constitutional monarchy as the national system!"

"Is it the constitutional monarchy of Britain? Can His Majesty really let go of his hands? Let go of the power in his hands?"

Queen Eugenie said coldly, "No! Of course not that. The new constitution must guarantee most of the emperor's power. We cannot be completely deprived of our rights as Britain! At least our emperor should retain military power and the power to reorganize the cabinet, which must be left behind!"

Now Montubang understood that what Napoleon III wanted was a copy, to escape the constitutional amendment order, in name only to learn the British constitutional monarchy, but in fact, it still had to retain many of his own privileges.

"Since this is the case, of course I have raised my hands to agree with His Majesty the Emperor's decision, but we must be prepared for both. I am afraid that those Republicans will not agree to our conditions so easily!"

"So what France needs now is a relatively peaceful environment. It is really not a good time to start a war at this time!" Queen Eugenie said.

"Well, dear Queen, I will let the intelligence agencies work hard to continue to explore the movements of the City of London. We must find more circumstantial evidence for this information. May God bless us and hope that this damn war will not break out!"

Queen Eugenie nodded, "Yes, we really shouldn't have such a war with Prussia. Our target should be those annoying Chinese."

"As long as the constitutional reform can be passed, even if there are objections in the country, we don't have to worry too much. Once the anti-China alliance is established, our expeditionary force will set out immediately. The East will bring news of victory to the empire, and these news of victory can calm the public grievances in the country."
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