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Chapter 298: A dilemma


Although he got what he wanted, Napoleon was not so happy, and he suddenly realized how cruel it would be if he left Paris at this time, leaving Marie alone in the whirlpool of this crisis!

"Your Highness, although I am grateful to you and His Majesty the King for their love to me, now is the time when you need me, and how can I leave Paris, so I ask you to retract your order, and I will defend the honor of France with my life!"

At this moment, Napoleon was so iron-clad, Marie smiled and said: "No, Napoleon, whether you stay in Paris or go to Dijon, you are defending the honor of France, your performance has been recognized by everyone, and now it is time for you to spread your wings!"

Saying that, Mary walked in front of Napoleon, and then stretched out her right hand as if she wanted to be afraid of hitting Napoleon's shoulder, but although Napoleon's height was on the short side, he was still a little taller than Mary.

She slowly lowered her right hand, sighed, and walked to the palace door.

Looking at the back of Mary leaving, Napoleon felt a hint of depression After receiving Marie's will, Napoleon had a hurried meeting with Simmond, who had come to hand over him, and then hurried to Dijon, accompanied by a squadron of the Royal Guard, which Marie had sent to take care of Napoleon.

Originally, the sequence of Simmond's belonging to the First Army and the city defense headquarters in Paris were completely two systems, but there are too few people in Paris who can reassure Mary and have a certain ability.

Taking care of the overall situation, Marie decided to put the Jingbei of Paris in the hands of Simmond as well.

When he first took office, Simmond was so proud that he wanted to make a name for himself in the troubled waters of Paris.

But when he took over the task from Napoleon, he found that the situation in Paris was much worse than he had originally imagined.

Although Simmond had a large force of 40,000 men, it was still a little weak compared to the chaotic situation in Paris and the surrounding First Army districts.

Just when Simmond was feeling a headache about this, an invitation not only did not share his sorrow, but made Simmond want to scratch his head.

The invitation was signed by the Duke of Orleans.

If Simmond was to make a list of dangerous people in his mind, then the Duke of Orleans was undoubtedly the first on the list!

Of course, this is not a good thing, and in Simmond's mind, the farther away he is from the Duke, the better.

Although Marie, in order to maintain the stability of the upper echelons of Paris and the unity of the royal family, did not punish the Duke of Orleans.

But what Orleans did in the Paris riots could not be concealed at all, and in the case of the thirteen six-pounder guns, I am afraid that only the Duke of Orleans could openly take out such a batch of arms to help the mob in Paris.

So after the riots subsided.

Most of the neutrals and the nobles of the royal family deliberately distanced themselves from the duke.

Except, of course, of those members of the faction who were loyal to the Duke of Orleans, but despite this, the Duke of Orleans's influence in Paris has declined considerably.

Mond scratched his head and couldn't think of an idea that would make him safe, if Mond went to the invitation, nothing else, but his private contact with the Duke of Orleans was enough to make the Louvre suspicious.

After all, Simmond's status is different now, he can have a full army of 40,000 in his hands, and the defense of Paris is all in his thoughts.

If he hooked up with Orleans as a jiān, then Paris would be nothing to the people of Orleans.

But if Simmond doesn't go.

It seems to be very inappropriate, after all, although the prestige of the Duke of Orleans has declined, he is still one of the few big names in the French high-level, and he is a close relative of the Bourbon dynasty, and the Duke of Orleans is too close to the royal family, and the great-grandparents of the Duke of Orleans and the Prince of Condé have taken turns to serve as regent of France!

If Symond openly rejected the invitation of the Duke of Orleans, although it would make the Louvre not suspicious, but if someone contributed to it, then he would inevitably leave a reputation of despising the royal family and disrespecting his superiors, which was completely unacceptable to Simmond, who was determined to climb the precipice of power.

After thinking about it, Simmond made a decision, he decided to go to the invitation, after all, Mary was able to appoint him to be in charge of the affairs of Paris and also trusted Simmond very much, if he was suspicious of Simmond just because of the invitation of the Duke of Orleans, then this can only show that Mary's heart is too small, and at this moment the Duke of Orleans's attendant is waiting for his reply outside the door, openly going to slap a duke in the face, Simmond thinks that he can't do it.

After receiving Simmond's news, the Duke of Orleans burst out laughing.

"Father, isn't Simmond just that woman's dog, why are you giving him face like that?"

Seeing the Duke of Orleans' excited performance, Philip, Duke of Charte, was a little puzzled.

Seeing the doubts on his son's face, the Duke of Orleans was almost angry in his heart, looking at the performance of Napoleon and then looking at his own son is completely incomparable.

Although Napoleon is four years older, he is only four years old, you must know that Napoleon is only twenty years old this year, and he is such a hairy boy who has made himself unable to step down many times, and has also ruined the big plan in his heart.

And his son was already sixteen years old, but he didn't see a trace of maturity at all, and the Duke of Orleans couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

The Duke of Orleans glanced at his son angrily and said: "You know, don't look at Symond as just one of the woman's dogs, but once the dog has a mind of his own, then he must not be accepted by his master, and then the abandoned dog will have to find another home, you know?"

"But isn't Simmond loyal to that one?"

"So, that's why I invited him here, as long as we play this scene well, it will definitely make a bad impression on the heart of that woman, you must know that women sometimes have very small hearts."

As he spoke, the Duke of Orleans laughed out loud as if he had thought of the smugness.

To be continued. ) ps: There is a party in the evening, Khan, I wrote a little first, and thank you for the sad reward from Germany, thank you very much for your long-term support