2694 The fainting queen
Even if he was the Queen of France, he would be hard to calm down at this moment. The slogans shouted by the people outside were so terrifying that his legs were trembling inside the hem of the queen's skirt.
Montubang, Duke of Baliqiao, could barely hold on. He shouted to the court servant outside, "What happened? Where is the guard officer on duty? Let him come to see me..."
Prime Minister Olivi's face was already pale. Seeing that more and more people gathered in the garden of the Duille Palace, it was nearly 10,000 at this moment, and the scale was growing like a snowball.
"God, we can't let them continue to make trouble like this. Duke, I suggest that the military send troops to expel them immediately, and the garden must be blocked at this moment!"
Councillor Thierl stopped hearing this, "Olivi, what do you mean? The Garden of the Duille Palace has never been prohibited from visiting since its completion. Do you want to violate the system established by Napoleon I?"
Napoleon I expanded the Palace of Duille instead of choosing to expand the Louvre. The original intention was to make his empire different from the corrupt French Empire in the past.
He wants to let the people know that his emperor is different from the emperors in the past and that he is close to the people!
Therefore, the Garden of Palace Duille is open to the public regularly every day, and Parisian citizens can enjoy the beautiful scenery and rest and play here!
This is much better than the monarchs of other ancient empires. People can get close to the emperor, which naturally brings the distance between the two sides closer.
However, this old rule has become a headache for the royal family at this moment, because in recent years, people often marched and demonstrated in the park, clamoring for the emperor to carry out reforms!
Even the army and the marching people had several bloody conflicts, so officials in the court had always asked the emperor to change this rule, but Napoleon III never paid any attention to it in order to show respect for his uncle.
Today, Thiers took this old rule and fired a gun at Olivie. "Olivi, you are the prime minister of the people. Do you want the people of Dusey to speak now?"
"You actually want the military to intervene. Do you want to have another bloody incident? I want to impeach you, you are not worthy of being the Prime Minister of the Empire!"
Before Olivi could refute, the door of the conference room was pushed open. The commander of the Imperial Guard on duty rushed in hurriedly, holding a telegram in his hand.
He said with a panic and sweating look on his face, "Queen... His Majesty sent an urgent call from Mets! We...we really failed!"
"The Battle of Walter and the Battle of Sbisilin Heights were all lost! Now the enemy has entered the northeast of our country, and the war has already burned to our local area!"
Ah! The queen almost fainted with a scream. Fortunately, Montauban hugged her quickly!
"Queen! Queen... Come here with the salt!"
I'm afraid not many people in the 21st century know about this thing. This thing was found in ancient Roman times, but it was the most popular in Victorian Europe.
At that time, people also called sniffing salts as deer antler wine, a medicine made of ammonium carbonate and spices, which was packed in exquisite crystal bottles.
Once this powder enters the nasal cavity and contacts the nasal mucosa, it will produce ammonia. People who have studied chemistry know that ammonia is very irritating. People who faint will wake up immediately after a little bit of salt when they smell it.
In the 19th century, sniffing salt was almost a standard for European ladies, because the mainstream of society at that time believed that ladies should be sensitive and timid, and should faint if they encounter a little scare.
In order to satisfy this mainstream psychology, many women even have to pretend to be smaller even if they are brave. They often carry salt sniffing around them. Maybe a rabbit jumps out of the roadside to scare them to faint, and then a gentleman needs to hold them and sprinkle salt sniffing.
Regardless of whether it was true or not, this kind of game was indeed quite popular at the time!
Another important reason is that tights are popular in Europe at that time, and their waists are bound very slender and even affect their breathing. Many women faint because they can't breathe, so smelling salt is a must-have.
The queen was really scared today. Montauban blew twice apart and sniffed salt before the stimulated queen woke up!
"God! What's wrong with me? Am I dreaming just now? I had a nightmare..."
Montubang said with a sad face, "Queen... This is not a dream. His Majesty really sent a telegram just now, we lost two battles..."
"But don't worry, it's all small battles, and our main force has not suffered any losses!"
Queen Eugenie struggled to stand up, and she pointed her finger out the window angrily, "What's going on? Why did these damn bastards know this news before I did?"
“When did the news about the Untouchables become more informed than the government?”
Speaking of this, the queen suddenly stared at the congressman Tier, "Did you know it long ago? Answer me, did you come to force the palace after you learned the news?"
Tier was not afraid and sighed faintly, "Queen... I learned the news at 5 a.m. this morning, but I never expected that the palace would only get the news until now..."
"I don't understand what's going on here, but the citizens of Paris started to secretly spread the rumor at 5 o'clock this morning. I thought it was fake..."
"I didn't expect...I didn't expect it to be true..."
Of course it is true. I guess there are so many Prussian spies in Paris now. I guess there are countless Prussian spies. The two victories at the border immediately made these spies ecstatic.
They began to walk overnight and exaggerate the consequences of the war and tried hard to arouse public opinion. What they wanted was to let the French people put pressure on the government and disrupt the rhythm of the French army's war.
Xiao Letian even said arrogantly before, "If we want to win this victory, we have to let the French public opinion sweep the government, let French officers start to consider politics, and let French civilians consider changing dynasties..."
"Only when they are confused, we have a chance to win!"
That's right, that's it. If France wants to defeat a war and it's a big defeat, it's necessary to let non-professionals who don't know how to do it to point fingers at professionals. Only in this way can France have civil strife.
The romantic Frenchman was indeed deceived, but it was not considered a fool. This is an open conspiracy. Even if a Frenchman knew it was a provocation by Prussia, he still had to go to the streets.
Because the French, who have been baptized by the Great Revolution, care too much about politics, really love parades, and really love revolution too much.
The roar of the Duille Palace Garden was earth-shaking, and the news of the failure of the front line completely lost control of these people!
Chapter completed!