Late October 1858.
After a half-month state visit (tour) in France, the Victoria couple officially departed from Paris on the 27th.
At this mont, the sky over Paris remained shrouded in a gray haze, with few pedestrians on the streets.
However, the train station in the suburbs of Paris presented a different scene, taken over by the military, where crowds gathered, and every passage and every step was guarded by the Imperial Guard in black double-breasted coats and high collar military hats, stationed there by order of the Emperor of the Empire to maintain order.
As the first golden rays of morning dispersed the haze over Paris, a carriage marked with a golden bee emblem appeared from the mist, escorted by a regint of the Imperial Guard, slowly approaching the train station.
The officer commanding this guard hurriedly ran to the station’s lounge and inford the Emperor’s Aide, Colonel Bourbaki (Charles Dennis Shout Bourbaki), guarding outside the lounge.
"I understand! I will inform His Majesty! Prepare to receive them!" Colonel Bourbaki nodded and responded to the officer.
"Yes!" The officer saluted Bourbaki before leaving.
Bourbaki turned and gently knocked twice on the red wooden door of the lounge.
A few seconds later, a slightly weary voice from Jero Bonaparte ca from the room, "Bourbaki, have Victoria and Albert arrived!"
"Your Majesty! Queen Victoria’s carriage has already arrived at the train station!" Bourbaki faithfully reported the arrival of the Victoria couple.
Two minutes later, the door slowly opened, and Jero Bonaparte, in formal attire, hand in hand with Augusta, erged from the lounge.
Bourbaki quickly bowed to show respect.
"Let’s go!" Jero Bonaparte responded lightly, then went with Augusta towards the main entrance of the train station.
When Jero Bonaparte and Augusta reached the main entrance of the train station, the carriage carrying Queen Victoria and King Albert stopped right at the gate.
The Victoria couple, alighting from the carriage, stood before Jero Bonaparte and Augusta, their faces simultaneously showing surprise and emotion.
Despite having declined Jero Bonaparte’s farewell, they did not expect him to still appear.
As France’s unofficial national anthem "To Syria" played gloriously in the square in front of the train station, the Victoria couple and Jero Bonaparte entered the train station together.
At the platform, Jero Bonaparte customarily urged Albert and Victoria to stay.
"Why leave so soon! France still awaits your visit in many places, many people are eagerly anticipating your arrival!"
Queen Victoria similarly responded formally to Jero Bonaparte, "...Even though my husband and I thoroughly enjoy France, there are many issues in Britain awaiting our attention!
...A short separation is rely for a better reunion, our friendship will not fade due to parting, instead, it will grow stronger...
Albert and I warmly welco you and Augusta to visit Britain!"
Next ti! There might be no next ti!
Jero Bonaparte glanced lightly at Albert, his eyes revealing a hint of sadness.
If his mory was correct, Albert would depart from life in the coming years.
This could very well be his last eting with Albert.
Although Jero Bonaparte lanted Albert’s impending death, he did not intend to warn him.
Historical speculation pointed to Crohn’s disease complications as the likely cause of Albert’s death, a disease without any solution in the 19th century.
A friendly reminder could not extend Albert’s life but might incur Victoria’s resentnt.
Too many family mbers of patients in later generations vented their anger on doctors due to ineffective treatnt, leading to tragic events.
If such anger were directed at a monarch, it would only brew a greater tragedy.
Jero Bonaparte had no desire to beco Victoria’s object of resentnt, so he could only insincerely say this.
"Looking forward to our next eting!"
With the train’s whistle sounding, the four understood it as the signal for departure.
Under the watchful eyes of Jero Bonaparte and Augusta, the Victoria couple boarded the train, which would take them to Calais, from where they would transfer to a warship returning to the Kingdom of Britain.
Watching the train gradually disappear northward, Jero Bonaparte turned to Augusta and said, "Let’s go! Let’s go ho!"
...
In the two months following the Victoria couple’s farewell, Jero Bonaparte set about using the prestige from territorial annexation to purge "unlawful elents" outside the empire’s system [1] and "corrupt elents" within the system [2].
Nearly a thousand "unlawful elents" and "corrupt elents" were arrested by the fearless Imperial police, rescuing thousands of promising French youth gone astray.
Among them, in the roughly 200-mber Paris Observatory newspaper office, 170 were identified as "unlawful elents," and it was thanks to Felix Godan’s discerning eye in identifying loyalty that 30 outstanding French youths were saved from these 170 "unlawful elents."
Afterward, Jero Bonaparte warmly received Felix Godan, highly praising him as "capable of both apprehending and saving, notably outstanding in ability."
Praised, Felix Godan diligently proposed to Jero Bonaparte the idea of transforming "unlawful elents" through labor reform, allowing them to thoroughly cleanse their hearts and beco new n.
The labor reform location he proposed was a mine not far from Paris.
Considering France’s shortage of coal resources, Felix Godan suggested these individuals use their knowledge to comnce coal mining near Paris.
Of course, this suggestion was resolutely rejected by Jero Bonaparte.
All "unlawful elents" were handed over to the Imperial Supre Court, where many received sentences ranging from three months to a year.
Moreover, a few "unlawful elents" joyfully received special "touring" privileges in Algeria and Belgium.
[1] These are primarily newspaper office mbers surreptitiously printing material that undermines France’s economy and sows discord in France and England, daring not openly oppose the empire while unwilling to give up their right to speak.
[2] Mainly those "rigid republicans" within the Legislative Corps and so extre "Mountain Party" mbers.
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