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An Ning remembered that in real history, Robespierre hadn't even finished a parliamentary term before being guillotined by the Thermidors.
"Okay, you will finish this term safely." An Ning said with determination.
Robespierre looked at An Ning strangely: "Of course I will finish this term safely. The law and order in Paris has been much better recently."
That's right, the guillotine kept rattling, and the criminals who were caught were hacked straight away. It's no wonder that the law and order is not good.
Take a step back and consider that the Jacobins' policy of terror at least kept Paris safe.
An Ning: "Then I will take my leave. When Barras returns to Paris, I will attend the inquiry meeting of the National Salvation Committee."
Dandong: "Observe? You can host!"
An Ning waved her hand: "No, no, it's better not to be special. I'm a soldier, so I'm not suitable to preside over this kind of thing."
After all, France is not South Korea, and it doesn't have that tradition—it's not right, Lafayette was a soldier who dominated the National Assembly before.
Thinking about it this way, when An Ning needs it in the future, he can also send out an empty army... No, it is to send out the direct guard cavalry.
While he was thinking about this, Danton changed the question: "By the way, when is the wedding?"
"It should be before we head to the Rhineland. Christina and his father are already preparing, and it will take some time to complete the preparations."
Robespierre: "Then I'm looking forward to it."
"Are you looking forward to the wedding, or to the Rhine?" An Ning asked.
Robespierre: "I'm looking forward to both. I'm also looking forward to you bringing back the head of the royal party who fled abroad."
An Ning: "I will, believe me Maximilian, I will."
Chapter 302 Clever Balas
After An Ning came back from the National Salvation Committee, it happened that Christina had just attended a tea party.
She immediately came up to him and asked with concern, "What's the matter?"
"We were going to send people to arrest Barras, but before sending people, Robespierre wrote a message to tell Danton about it, but Danton came over aggressively and had a big fight with Robespierre. fight." An Ning told his wife what happened just now with a helpless face.
Christina opened her mouth: "How could it be like this? Did the things you did to prevent the two break up, but instead lead to the break between the two?"
"No, I forced my way in to smooth things over for the two of you, at least temporarily avoiding this situation." An Ning paused, remembering the family emblem, and asked Christina, "What do you think of the design of our family's coat of arms? How about being a knight attacking a windmill?"
Christina was even more shocked: "Don Quixote? Why? Why use Don Quixote as your coat of arms?"
An Ning: "Because I am attacking a huge enemy that only exists in my imagination."
While speaking, An Ning thought mockingly: Maybe he is not a time traveler at all, but just fantasized about a world that does not exist.
I don't know what "real history" is, everything is just an illusion, as long as I just blacken Tai Sui, I will become a pure person of this era.
It seems that I have this kind of thinking.
Christie looked at An Ning tenderly: "No matter what you are fighting with, I will be by your side."
An Ning hugged Christina silently.
For some reason, the melody of "The Lonely Brave" suddenly sounded in An Ning's mind at this moment.
Isn't he a lone brave man, fighting against a huge enemy that even his wife can't tell in an unknown place.
Thinking of this, An Ning tightened her arms.
Christina murmured because she couldn't breathe, "Andy, breathe..."
An Ning followed suit and kissed her, making her unable to breathe even more.
After a while, he let go of his fiancee and wiped his mouth lightly.
Christina panted heavily, complaining while panting: "The new corset I'm wearing today is very tight, I almost passed out when you hugged me just now!"
An Ning: "Who made your chest muscles so exaggerated. If you are like Napoleon's sister, you will definitely have no problem."
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Paulina was trying to fix the cake when she sneezed so loudly that the cream on the top of the cake was blown away and sprayed Napoleon on the other side of the table.
Napoleon was startled: "I'll go! You're too bold to sneeze, you deserve to be my sister."
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After the love talk, An Ning's mood improved a lot.
It seems that chewing on the fiancée more will help solve the internal friction.
Christina is still on the last topic: "But what are you going to fight against? As the national salvation hero of France, you use Don Quixote as the family emblem, which may cause all kinds of unnecessary conjectures. And it does not conform to the coat of arms. study."
An Ning: "That's all I said, forget about it. Did you go to the tea party?"
Christina shrugged: "Go. By the way, I heard an interesting news that Malmaison Castle canceled the scheduled salon and tea party today."
An Ning: "Oh?"
"And a lady sent a message today to invite Madame Beauharnay, but there was no reply."
An Ning frowned: "Josephine—I mean, Madame Beauharnay has already heard the news?"
Christina: "It doesn't seem like I just heard the news in the morning, because the gardener I arranged at Malmaison Castle didn't see her today, maybe she went out at night to find Paul Ballas."
An Ning: "There is a possibility."
At this time, An Ning had a little hope in his heart: Maybe Balas would misjudge the situation and make a profit, which would save a lot of trouble.
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Josephine Beauharnet meets her lover Paul Barras.
Ballas looked at his old lover in surprise: "Why are you here?"
Then he immediately became alert: "Has something happened in Paris?"
Josephine: "Did you get the letter I sent you? I asked Charles to send it yesterday. He should be here today anyway."
Ballas frowned. Although most men in this era would not have any opinion on their lover and another lover, Paul Ballas belonged to the type who didn't like such things very much.
But he didn't think too much about it, but shook his head solemnly: "No, I didn't receive the letter, and I didn't see Lieutenant Charles."
Josephine: "It's bad, my premonition came true and was intercepted."
Ballas: "Maybe he opened the letter and saw what was inside, and then went to seek refuge with others."
"He won't, he must have been intercepted." Josephine didn't want to get entangled in this matter anymore, so she continued to advance the topic, "I wrote in my letter that Danton and Robespierre would inevitably split up in time, and Who do you think is most likely to intercept this letter, after writing about Frost's fiancée's botched snooping skills, and other inconsequences?"
Ballas said with a gloomy face: "That's too much. I have many enemies in Paris. It doesn't matter who intercepts, what matters is our reaction."
Josephine: "Yes, let's run now, I have relatives in Austria, and I went to Austria..."
"No!" Barras categorically refused, "Once I run away, I will never return to France unless Bourbon is restored. The important thing at this time is to find someone who can protect me."
Barras paced up and down, muttering, "To Frost? He's capable of bailing me out, sure, but he doesn't like politics, and unless I can prove I've got enough military talent, he's Won't protect me, never!"
Josephine suggested: "Why don't you give Danton a try? Danton should probably lend a helping hand! He's tired of endless killings, and has gradually become the leader of those in the parliament who advocate stopping the terror policy."
Barras shook his head: "Dandong is the most likely to protect me, but he is not strong enough, so he may not be able to protect me. No, no, it is very important to make a correct choice at this time. I need to find someone who is upright and will not Justice is for those shaken by emotions."
Josephine seemed to have guessed what Ballas was going to say next, and shook her head again and again: "No! You are crazy! That person sends fifty people to the guillotine every day!"
But Ballas said firmly: "Do you still have a copy of the letter? Or can you make a copy of the letter's content?
"I'm going to Robespierre, tell him the contents of the letter, and convince him that the letter is not that important! Only in this way can we avoid further deterioration of the matter!"
Chapter 303 Mr. Ballas' Trip to Paris
Seeing that Ballas had made a decision, Josephine sighed, "Okay, but now you can't go alone, you have to find someone who has influence on Robespierre to go with you."
Ballas: "Didn't I say I wouldn't ask Andy Frost about it?"
"Besides him, there are other people who can have an impact on Robespierre, such as Saint-Just, or, or Mr. Fouche!"
Barras: "That old fox won't lend a helping hand so easily. Thank God he didn't fall into trouble. And it's too late to find him. It's more than a day's journey from here to Lyon. I'm leaving now. Paris, is your carriage in all right condition, is it usable?"
Josephine: "It can be used. Although the road is very fast, my carriage is of good quality and is maintained frequently. The axles and the like will not be broken because of this."
"That's great, let's go."
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A day later, Paul Ballas stood in front of Robespierre's new apartment.
He saw a person who might be the landlady sprinkling water in front of the door, so he said hello, "Hi, my name is Paul Barras, and I'm here to see Mr. Robespierre."
The landlady raised her head: "Mr. Robespierre is not here today."
"I've been to the National Salvation Committee, he's not there, and Parliament isn't in session, and everyone tells me Mr. Robespierre should be drafting papers at home!"
The landlady hesitated for a moment and asked, "What do you want from him?"
Ballas: "There are very important matters concerning ... the fate of France!"
Originally he wanted to say that it was about my life and death, but he always felt that Robespierre would not care about this matter, so he changed his words.
The landlady considered it for a while, then nodded: "He is in his bedroom on the second floor, you go in."
Balas immediately strode into the house and went straight to the second floor.
As soon as he reached the second floor, Barras saw Robespierre arranging his clothes in front of the mirror, and seemed to be planning to go out.
Ballas immediately said in the tone of an old friend: "You can get dressed, I thought you didn't care about it all the time!"
Robespierre turned his head to look at Ballas, frowned slightly, but did not speak, but walked to the edge of the water table, picked up a cup to scoop a glass of water from the basin, picked up a toothbrush, dipped Put on tooth powder and start brushing your teeth——
Barras was irritated by Robespierre's obvious ignorance, but he tried his best to calm his mood and told Robespierre his intentions.
"Mr. Robespierre, there may be some rumors about me recently, I want to say that this is extremely wrong! My loyalty to the Republic is obvious to all, and I have also made great contributions to the Republic!
"I hope the National Salvation Committee can see through everything and return my innocence!
"My friend Mrs. Josephine Beauharnay has lost a letter to me. Some people may use it to make a fuss, but those are the distortions of people with a heart. I can explain everything in that letter. !"
Robespierre didn't even look at Barras, and continued to clean his teeth carefully.
Barras did not give up, and continued: "I demand to confront the person who reported me, and I will refute his allegations one by one!"
After brushing his teeth, Robespierre started rinsing his mouth, and raised his neck specially to let the water swirl in his mouth.
Ballas: "Mr. Robespierre! Please believe me, my loyalty to the Republic..."
Robespierre spat the water into the waste basin, then put down his glass and turned to look at Ballas.
He just watched and didn't speak.
Barras almost couldn't restrain his anger, and went up to slap Robespierre.
But he endured it.
Seeing that there was no result, Barras could only leave: "Okay, Mr. Robespierre, I will go to the National Salvation Committee to visit you again!"
With that, he turned and left the room.
On the first floor, Barras saw the landlady again.
The landlady: "The important matter concerning the fate of the republic is finished so soon?"
"No, M. Robespierre doesn't talk to me."
Landlady: "That's because it's his private time, and he only talks to people he thinks are nice. Obviously, he doesn't like you."
Ballas: "Can it still be like this?"
"Don't worry, he will talk to you during working hours."
"Because it's a last resort?" Ballas asked back, but immediately shook his head angrily, "Damn it, of course it's because of this."
It seems that there is no way to go directly to Robespierre, and Barras quickly went through the people who can still be found in his mind.
In the end, the two choices of Danton and Frost surfaced.
Ballas thought about it, and finally decided to put Frost last, because Frost has always shown that he doesn't care about the politics of Paris.
Ballas jumped into the carriage and said to the coachman, "Go to Danton."
Josephine's coachman naturally knew the addresses of all the nobles in Paris, so he waved his whip without saying a word, urging the horses to pull the cart forward.
Half an hour later, the carriage arrived in front of Dandong's house.