Make France Great Again-Chapter 981 - 972: Questioning the Sardinian Ambassador

Chapter 981: Chapter 972: Questioning the Sardinian Ambassador

March 5, 1858.

Following the submission of a report titled "On the January 13 Major Criminal Case Outside the Paris Opera House" by Minister of Internal Affairs Percy to the Tuileries Palace, the trial of Orsini and his three accomplices formally began.

Inside the Tuileries Palace.

Jerome Bonaparte, who had his head bowed, carefully read the report from beginning to end, then looked up at Percy, who was sitting opposite him, and nodded with a smile, saying, "This report is very well written! I am very pleased. Whose work is this?"

Upon hearing the encouraging words from Jerome Bonaparte, the slightly tense expression on Percy’s face finally relaxed.

Before this, Percy had been unsure whether the report he personally wrote would satisfy His Majesty the Emperor.

After all, Percy had not personally drafted a report for quite some time; most reports from the Ministry of Internal Affairs were written with the help of his secretary.

It seems that the skills he honed when he served as the editor of a newspaper have not been completely lost.

"Your Majesty!" Percy said with a serious expression to Jerome Bonaparte, "I wrote this report all by myself!"

"Great! Great!" Jerome Bonaparte praised Percy and then signed his name on the document, pushing it towards Percy as he continued, "Now take this document to the Supreme Court and have them choose a date for a public trial of Orsini!"

Taking the document, Percy replied solemnly to Jerome Bonaparte, "Your Majesty, I will do so at once!"

Having said this, Percy turned around and left the office with long strides.

Before Percy could reach the office door, Jerome Bonaparte’s voice rang out again in Percy’s ears, "Wait a moment!"

Percy stopped in his tracks and turned around with a look of puzzlement.

"Oh! First make a copy of the report, then submit the original report to the Supreme Court!

Send the copied version to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs!" Jerome Bonaparte said to Percy.

Percy nodded again to indicate his understanding.

...

When Percy arrived at the Administrative Court by carriage and submitted the report to the Administrative Court (formally known as the Supreme Administrative Court, also referred to as the Supreme Court or the Administrative Court).

The President of the Administrative Court, Auvergne, solemnly received the report handed over by Percy, and then, with a fawning smile, informed Percy that the Administrative Court would publicly try this shocking assassination case on March 15.

"Alright!" Minister Percy responded nonchalantly with a word and then, with a slightly official tone, said to Auvergne, "His Majesty hopes that the Administrative Court can uphold an attitude of openness and fairness in this trial!

Do not give those with malicious intent towards the Empire an opportunity to exploit!"

Upon hearing Percy’s statement, Auvergne was slightly stunned and cautiously tested, "Minister Percy, do you mean?"

"Your Administrative Court must give the defendant the right to speak, meaning you must proactively provide the defendant with a lawyer!" Percy decided to lay things bare, "If those Republican Faction lawyers find a loophole, beware that it will come back to haunt you!

You’d better choose someone with a relatively junior standing as the defense lawyer!"

"Understood! Understood!" Auvergne replied to Percy with his head down.

"That’s all I have to say! The rest is up to you!" Having said that, Percy walked out of the Supreme Court without looking back; he still had to deliver the copy to Minister De Luyss for his task to be complete.

"Let me see you off!" Auvergne hurriedly followed behind Percy, personally escorting him out of the Administrative Court building and then watching as Percy rode away in his carriage,

Sitting in the carriage, Percy looked out the window with a hint of fatigue, a smile of victory unconsciously appearing at the corner of his mouth.

The nearly two months of hearings and evidence collection were finally nearing an end, and in a few days, Orsini would be sentenced to death in the Administrative Court, signifying the completion of Percy’s mission.

As Percy was envisioning the scene of merit recognition and reward after the conclusion of the ordeal, the carriage slowly came to a stop.

"Minister, we have arrived!" The driver outside the carriage called out to Percy.

"I know!" Returning to his senses, Percy hurriedly took the copy in his hand and then opened the carriage door.

Having stepped down from the carriage, Percy walked directly towards the Foreign Ministry’s building. Inside the building, he quickly found the Foreign Ministry’s Secretary of State.

Under the guidance of the Secretary of State, Percy arrived at the door of Minister De Luyss’s office.

The Secretary of State gently knocked on the door, after which the voice of Minister De Luyss came from the other side, "Please come in!"

The Secretary of State opened the door but did not enter, standing at the door and inviting Percy into the room.

Once Percy entered the office, the Secretary of State thoughtfully closed the door.

Standing at the office door, Minister Pessini looked at De Luyis, who was browsing documents at the desk. He did not make a sound and slowly walked towards De Luyis.

At this moment, De Luyis seemed equally unaware that the person entering the room wasn’t his Secretary of State. He continued to look down at the documents, then asked in a casual tone, "Is there anything?"

Minister Pessini finally spoke to De Luyis, "His Majesty has ordered me to bring you a copy of the report!"

De Luyis then realized the person in front of him wasn’t his secretary. He quickly looked up at the person opposite him, then stood up and said to Minister Pessini, "Minister Pessini, I’m sorry... I thought it was my secretary talking to me just now!

Let’s chat on the sofa!"

While speaking, De Luyis extended his hand to invite Minister Pessini over to the sofa.

Minister Pessini shook his head and placed the report in front of De Luyis, "No need!"

Then, Minister Pessini told De Luyis that this document detailed the entire assassination plot and the assassin Orsini’s verbal account of the assassination.

"Hmm!" De Luyis nodded and responded to Minister Pessini, "This will be very helpful for the upcoming diplomatic actions of our Ministry of Foreign Affairs!

I express my gratitude on behalf of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs!"

"It’s nothing!" Minister Pessini waved his hand and said to De Luyis, "I’m just acting according to His Majesty’s orders!

If there’s nothing else, I’ll take my leave!"

"Let me see you out!" De Luyis said politely, then took a few steps forward.

"No need!" Minister Pessini shook his head in refusal and left De Luyis’s office alone.

Just as Minister Pessini stepped out, De Luyis immediately opened the report to read.

After reading through the report from beginning to end, a calm and confident smile appeared on De Luyis’s face.

With this report, he could take the high ground and act against the Sardinian Kingdom.

Subsequently, De Luyis summoned his Secretary of State and ordered him to invite the French envoy to the Sardinian Kingdom, Delaroca, to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

"Should he come immediately, or should we schedule a time?" the Secretary of State asked De Luyis for specifics.

"Now!" De Luyis responded succinctly.

After the Secretary of State left with the order, De Luyis used the time before Delaroca’s arrival at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to adjust himself to the best state in preparation for the upcoming conversation with Delaroca.

Thus, De Luyis took several newspapers related to entertainment activities (like horse racing, bridge, novels) from the newspaper stand and quietly browsed them while sitting on the sofa.

Just as De Luyis was engrossed, a knock on the door pulled him back to reality once again. This time, he deliberately asked loudly, "Who?"

"It’s me! Sir!" the voice of the Secretary of State came from outside the room.

"Please come in!" De Luyis put down the newspaper and then stood up facing the door.

A few seconds later, the door opened, and the Secretary of State and the Sardinian envoy to France appeared in the room.

"Good morning! Sir De Luyis!" Delaroca walked slowly to De Luyis and extended his hand, speaking with great respect.

"Good morning! Envoy Delaroca!" De Luyis shook Delaroca’s hand and showed a fake smile.

After shaking hands mutually, De Luyis invited Delaroca to sit on the sofa for a chat, and Delaroca sat down as requested by De Luyis.

Following that, De Luyis put away his smile, showed a serious expression, and said to Delaroca, "I think your country should be aware of the radical group we arrested in France more than two months ago attempting to assassinate His Majesty the Emperor!"

Delaroca pondered for a moment, then nodded and said to De Luyis, "Of course I know. These damned guys acted recklessly under the banner of unifying the Apennine Peninsula.

In the end, they even dared to openly attack His Majesty the Emperor!

It was sheer madness!"

Delaroca skillfully characterized Orsini’s assassination attempt as solely orchestrated by him, thereby severing his already weak connection with the Sardinian Kingdom government!

"Envoy Roca, I heard that behind Orsini is the Charcoal Party organization within the Sardinian Kingdom. I’m wondering if you know anything about this!" De Luyis’s tone began to become aggressive.

"Sir Luyis, we have only recently learned that Orsini was backed by the Charcoal Party within the Sardinian Kingdom!" Deca Roca responded with a bitter smile to De Luyis, already knowing the reason he was summoned was definitely due to this issue.

"Since the Sardinian Kingdom already knows what the Charcoal Party within the Sardinian Kingdom is doing, why are you still choosing to cooperate with Sardinia’s Charcoal Party!!" De Luyis forcefully questioned Delaroca.