"Father, are you really prepared to let this illegitimate child join the Bonaparte Clan?"
Just as Jero Patterson was playing the role of a benevolent grandfather and dutiful grandson, Mathilde’s sharp and sarcastic voice once again reached the ears of Prince Monfort and Jero Patterson.
Both Jero Patterson and Prince Monfort looked displeased, particularly Jero Patterson, who had always been told by his grandmother that he was a legitimate mber of the Bonaparte Clan. Although he knew this legitimacy was sowhat dubious, and his identity required the Emperor’s acknowledgnt, Mathilde’s blatant exposure of the "wound" made him both angry and saddened.
"You... how can you speak like this!" Prince Monfort said to Mathilde with a trembling voice, "After all, you are his aunt!"
"I do not have such a nephew!" Mathilde showed no rcy, pointing directly at Jero Patterson, and said, "His Majesty (Emperor Napoleon) had already admitted he was not part of the Bonaparte Clan!"
"But, my mother, your grandmother had accepted them!" Prince Monfort tried to defend Jero Patterson.
"My grandmother did indeed accept him, but that doesn’t an I have to!" Mathilde said rcilessly, "We have co this far, experiencing nurous hardships and setbacks to achieve our current status, and what about them!!! After our victory, they shalessly approached us..."
"Enough!" Jero Patterson’s voice, full of anger, interrupted Mathilde’s sarcastic tirade. With the rebellious nature of the Bonaparte Clan in his bones, he could no longer endure Mathilde’s baseless accusations. He stood up and said to Mathilde, "Aunt Mathilde... Fine! Allow to call you that! My father, my grandmother, and I are not as shaless as you say! We haven’t asked you for anything; I ca here solely at my grandmother’s request and an invitation from my uncle... Regardless of your denial, I am, and always will be, a mber of the Bonaparte Clan! I am proud of my bloodline and my surna!"
After speaking, Jero Patterson straightened his chest, showing a fearless stance.
As the confrontation between Mathilde and Jero Patterson grew tense, applause ca from the open doorway.
Entering with the applause were the figures of Emperor of the Empire, Jero Bonaparte, and Empress Augusta. Seeing them, Jero Patterson quickly bowed to Jero Bonaparte.
Mathilde also nodded slightly to her brother, showing respect for the Emperor.
Jero Bonaparte, holding Augusta’s hand, entered the room and addressed Prince Monfort and Mathilde, "Father, Sister!"
Then, he glanced at Jero Patterson and openly praised him, "Not bad! Not bad! Quite handso!"
"Your Majesty..." Mathilde began, intending to say sothing to Jero Bonaparte.
"I know what you want to say, Sister!" Jero Bonaparte raised his hand to stop Mathilde, then, intending to speak further to Jero Patterson, gently patted Jero Patterson’s shoulder and turned to Mathilde, saying, "We cannot impose the consequences of our father’s past issues on a child! If we had encountered a problem like his in our ti, what should we have done?"
Mathilde remained silent and gave her reckless father a fierce glare.
Prince Monfort also wore an awkward smile, inwardly blaming his brother, Emperor Napoleon.
If it weren’t for him, his family wouldn’t have reached such discord.
"I have rembered the contributions you and your father have made to our cause!" Jero Bonaparte referred to their help leveraging the influence of Jero Patterson and his father in the United States to find gold mines in California.
If it weren’t for their help, Jero Bonaparte would have found it difficult to carry out the subsequent operations.
Now, all of California has beco a paradise for speculators, and the gold mines in lbourne have further stimulated mining in California and the creation of a gold rush bubble.
As the gold mine bubble gets larger, the Industrial Bank continuously repatriates capital to France in gold equivalents.
Waiting for the gold mine bubble in California to burst, the poor people in the United States will experience the ruthless harvest of international capital.
It could be said that the contributions of Jero Patterson’s family to France far outweighed their demands.
"This was our duty!" Jero Patterson humbly responded.
"Tell ! What do you want! Whatever I can fulfill, I will!" Jero Bonaparte inquired of Jero Patterson.
Even though he understood what Jero Patterson wanted, so things needed to be spoken aloud.
"I wish to join the Bonaparte Clan!" Jero Patterson replied without hesitation.
Seeing this, Mathilde wanted to speak but, after hesitating, stepped forward slightly before stepping back again.
Jero Bonaparte paused for a mont before speaking again, "Very well!"
Mathilde showed a stunned expression, while Jero Patterson and Prince Monfort both smiled.
My efforts have finally paid off!
Jero Patterson couldn’t help but feel fortunate for being able to join the Bonaparte family.
However, Jero Bonaparte’s next words brought him down from heaven to earth: "I only allow you to regain the Bonaparte surna! Your father, who is my brother, cannot beco a mber of the Bonaparte family. Your grandmother will not be recognized as my father’s legitimate wife either! Your inheritance rights will only be ranked last, do you agree to abide by what I’ve said?"
Jero Bonaparte only allowed Jero Patterson alone to beco a mber of the Bonaparte family, and he also deprived him of his succession rights.
Originally, according to the line of succession, if Jero Bonaparte had no children, Jero Patterson would have been the first legal heir.
This kind of punishnt would undoubtedly be unbearable for an ordinary mber of the Bonaparte family, yet Jero Patterson, after contemplating for a mont, nodded in agreent to Jero Bonaparte’s terms.
"Very well!" Jero Bonaparte patted Jero Patterson on the shoulder and said, "From today onwards, you are a mber of the Bonaparte family! When tomorrow’s family eting begins, I will publicly announce this decision!"
Then, Jero Bonaparte ordered Edgar Ney, who was standing at the door, to arrange accommodation for Jero Patterson at the Elysee Palace.
Edgar Ney, Mathilde, and Prince Monfort showed varying degrees of shock on their faces.
Then Edgar Ney left with Jero Patterson.
Prince Monfort left right after.
Only a sulking Princess Mathilde, along with Jero Bonaparte and his wife, remained at the scene.
Seeing no one else around, Mathilde began to complain: "Well now! I’ve beco the evil person, and you’ve beco the good person! Are you satisfied now!"
Jero Bonaparte, no longer wielding his previous authority in front of Jero Patterson, approached Mathilde with a grin and invited her to sit down.
"Sister, I know you feel aggrieved and resentful, but we have to face this matter, don’t we!" Jero Bonaparte earnestly encouraged Mathilde to ease her mind.
"Your way of facing it is to let an outsider join the Bonaparte family?" Mathilde said to Jero Bonaparte with her neck stiffened.
"Sotis, outsiders are better than our own family!" Jero Bonaparte spread his hands helplessly and said: "You know what kind of people our relatives are! Not only are they incompetent, but they also have no self-awareness! They always think we’ve neglected them, but if they had any capability at all! I wouldn’t let them stay idle. Now that a slightly competent fellow has finally appeared, I can’t just pass him up, can I!"
"Him? A competent fellow?" Mathilde looked at Jero Bonaparte with skepticism.
"That child Jero Patterson is not bad! At least he’s much better than that group of people! I plan to groom him a little!" Jero Bonaparte said to Mathilde.
Upon hearing Jero Bonaparte’s words, Mathilde earnestly advised: "You two are still young, you really don’t need to..."
"Where are your thoughts going!" Jero Bonaparte responded, laughing and crying: "I never intended to groom him as a successor! Just to enable him to handle matters independently, just like my uncle and those uncles did in the past!"
"That’s good!" Mathilde nodded in response.
After a long conversation among the three, Jero Bonaparte and Augusta left the mansion.
In the carriage, Jero Bonaparte said to Augusta beside him: "The family eting tomorrow, I’ll have to trouble you!"
"It’s nothing!" Augusta smiled sweetly, then rested her head on Jero Bonaparte’s shoulder.
The next day, under the host of Minister of the Seal Mornay, the Bonaparte family eting began.
Jero Bonaparte announced in public Jero Patterson’s entry into the Bonaparte family. Although so people expressed opposition, they generally chose to acquiesce.
After the eting ended, Augusta once again invited the female mbers of the Bonaparte family, using diplomacy by wives to dispel the gaps within the Bonaparte family.
The entire Bonaparte family continued to operate smoothly.
On June 7th, Jero Bonaparte called Jero Patterson to the Tuileries Palace.
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