King's Landing in France

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"Although the accidental death of the king during the war can save a lot of things, but people may be caught in the legal and moral loopholes later. Where is Louis XVII?"

An Ning pointed to a nearby house: "There was chaos last night, so I asked my right-hand man, Rana, to pick the most loyal soldier and imprison him inside."

Robespierre: "You did a very good job. Next, you should immediately control the largest prison in Paris and put the king and other traitors in it! And we should immediately go back to the parliament and pass the law of public trial of the king! "

Danton: "France will truly usher in a new era!"

Chapter 215 All monarchs are rebels and usurpers!

In the next few days, Anning took over all the prisons in Paris.

After an on-the-spot investigation, An Ning arranged for Louis XVII to be in the best-condition Temple Prison. This prison has another name, Temple Tower Prison.

As the name suggests, this prison was built by the Templars.

I don't know if there will be someone wearing a cool white hooded suit to break the prison, just Louis XVII.

No sooner had Anning thrown Louis XVII in than Monsieur Philippe Equality came running to his Paris Security Command.

"I have only one son." Mr. Equality said straight to the point as soon as he entered the door, "Although Christina can also inherit the family property, but she is in the army, she may not be married. In this way, our family will never be seen again..."

According to the thinking of this time and space, if girls join the army, they don't plan to get married, and good people will dislike women who have joined the army.

However, Mr. Equality used the phrase "not necessarily getting married", which shows that he still has certain thoughts about his daughter getting married.

For a moment, An Ning thought to just settle it, but then he felt that he might go to war with the Anti-French Alliance in the future, and sometimes he would fight a war and not be able to go home all day.

Now is definitely not the time to get married.Let's do it sometime after the war is over.

So An Ning played a sloppy eye, and half-jokingly said to Mr. Equality: "You are still in good health, let's have another one."

Mr. Equality sighed, and then asked seriously: "I won't play tricks with you anymore, how much can I save my son?"

An Ning: "I'm afraid...it will be very difficult, unless I can immediately defeat Austria and Prussia and bring back Louis XVI in Austria."

Mr. Equality: "Can it be done?"

An Ning laughed dumbfounded: "How is it possible? Lazar Cano is reorganizing his troops. By July and August next year, he promised me that there will be about 20 French troops waiting for me to mobilize. Only then can we launch an offensive, and that At that time, the grass on the king's grave was one meter high."

Mr. Equality sat on the sofa slumped, looking like a deflated ball, he looked extremely sad: "How could this be...or I can do this to prevent them from passing the law to try my son publicly in the parliament Eucalyptus..."

An Ning: "It's unlikely."

These days, An Ning has learned about what the Royal Party is doing in Paris, and somewhat understands the anger of the masses.

If Louis XVII does not die, the whole of Paris will not agree.

Now the threat of the Prussian-Austrian coalition is still there, and they may set off to attack Paris at any time. If Paris cannot be stabilized, An Ning will not be able to fight the Prussian-Austrian coalition at ease.

The most critical issue was that Louis XVII had a very bad impression on An Ning, and he didn't like Christina's younger brother very much.That night, when he kindly went over to give him a hand, he actually dared to show his face.So An Ning didn't want to save this guy much.

Of course, he didn't say this in front of Mr. Equality, but just looked at the duke silently.

Finally, the Duke made up his mind: "Yes, I should go to Parliament."

An Ning: "No, you should retire and stay at the Royal Palace."

The real Mr. Equality in history was also cheated by his son and sent to the guillotine by Jacobin.

An Ning didn't want history to repeat itself in this kind of place.

Mr. Equality: "Why? I'm going to save my son!"

"You should save yourself! If you go to talk to him now, it will probably lead to you being sent to the guillotine with him. Do you know that on the morning of the 26th, I saw a kind lady who died on the night of condolences? He was almost executed by the people as someone who sympathized with the royal party.

"If you speak for the Royal Party, they won't care what you did for the revolution, they will just hang you.

"Do you want Christina to lose her father after losing her brother?"

Mr. Equality was silent for a few seconds, then raised his hands to cover his face: "How could this be... How could things have become like this!"

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While An Ning persuaded Mr. Equality, the National Assembly was having a heated debate.

This is already the third day.

The parliament has been arguing from the 26th to March [-]st.

Legal expert Myler is speaking: "Now that we have decided to establish a republic, the 1791 Constitution, which stipulates that the king is sacred and inviolable, can be regarded as invalid.

"Rousseau once said that it is shameful to put a man above the law! We may consider trying Louis XVII in accordance with the provisions of the 1791 Constitution for malfeasance in public office!

"Because you know that from a legal point of view, Louis XVII was only a chief public official!"

There was a sound of approval in the venue, but the main ones who agreed were the Jacobins, that is, the Montagne.

The opposition basically frowned.

The violence of the armed mobs in Paris that night terrified many, who now fear the violence, the terror that descends upon them.

And many of them originally voted against the abolition of the king and the establishment of the republic.

The legal expert Myler continued: "However, Louis XVII should not be tried by a court, I mean, not by an ordinary court.

"Louis XVII was once called the king according to the constitution. The National Assembly is the legislative assembly and the constitutional assembly. It exercises the supreme sovereignty of the people. It is independent of the king and all legal powers. It is complete and perfect. It represents the French Republic, it has the responsibility and the obligation to try Louis XVII!"

There was another sound of approval in the venue.

Meile concluded: "In the end, I believe that General Frost will soon defeat the Prussian-Austrian coalition forces, and the armies of the Republic will launch a whirlwind against the monarchy throughout the European continent!

"We need to show the whole of Europe how to treat the former monarch! I'm done."

After speaking, Meile left the podium, and the whole venue burst into warm applause.

But before the applause fell, Morrison, who once belonged to the Girondins, stood up: "According to our system, in order to try Louis XVII, there must first be a man-made law that can judge him. There is such an existing law. We need to make this law first, and then consider whether to try him!"

Immediately, members of the Jacobin faction objected loudly: "No! We have laws to judge common people, and the king is a common man, so we can use the law to judge common people!"

Morrison refused to budge: "No! Didn't you see? What a terrible thing happened that night! Enough is enough, no more blood! Let's stop here, let's aim our hostility at any time Maybe the Prussian-Austrian coalition forces crossing the border!"

This passage has won the approval of many former Girondists, and these people, in order to make their momentum big enough, deliberately raised their voices very high.

At this moment, Saint-Just stood up and came to the podium.

"Gentlemen! Myler believes that Louis XVII can be tried as a citizen. I object to this formulation.

"Because Louis XVII is not an ordinary citizen, he is the general backer of the entire French rebellion, the root of all rebellion! He used the most despicable means to deal with the free people!

"On the night of the 26th, he even tried to arrest the hero of France, General Frost, who made countless achievements on the battlefield!

"How can such a person be judged by the law that treats an ordinary person? This is too cheap for him!

"And the gentlemen, led by Morrison, tried to arouse our pity for Louis XVII.

"And yet you remember, this man oppresses a free country, abuses the law, and makes innocent people enemies of this country. No, he can't be innocent, there's no middle ground for this man, he either goes on Rule or die!

"To rule, one cannot be innocent, and it is absurd to believe in the innocence of Louis XVII!

"All princes are rebels and usurpers!"

The powerful words echoed in the parliament hall.

Chapter 216 Mrs. Frost Shows Her Fickleness

After An Ning sent Mr. Equality away, the office immediately had another visitor.

It's Christina.

But today she didn't wear a military uniform, but a dress.

As soon as An Ning met, he joked, "I haven't seen you in a dress for about seven years. Has your mentality changed today?"

Christina: "No, I have to make a change in identity today."

An Ning: "I understand, you came here as the daughter of the Tollestel family, right?"

"Yes." Christina hesitated for a while, and continued, gritting her teeth, "I hope you can save my brother. You have rescued him from the Duin Lery Palace that night, and saved him from being murdered by Paris. The people burned to death, I hope you can..."

"That was an accident, Christina." An Ning interrupted Christina, "My life is full of a lot of accidents, many of which are not things I subjectively want to do."

Like the Bastille.

"That night I wanted to escape from the predicament of the Duin Leli Palace, and your brother happened to be in the shortest way to the window. I took him out, and before I entered the Duin Leli Palace, I didn't think about saving him."

An Ning hesitated for a while, and finally swallowed back the words "And your brother gave me a bad impression".

Christina: "Even if it was just an accident, you objectively gave me a chance to save him, otherwise, he would have died that night in the fire at the Duinleigh Palace, or by the raging crowd.

"Under such circumstances, I must do my duty as a sister and ask you to help me. You are a hero of France, the leader of the Jacobins, and I think you can save my brother."

An Ning pursed her lips, "Is it the leader of the four Jacobins?"It's really riding on a wall, and you become a wall yourself.

An Ning: "You're right, I do have enough reputation to save your brother."

He paused, and added: "If you come to ask me, I also have the willingness to do so. After all, we are..."

An Ning hesitated, saying that her best friend of more than ten years seemed to exclude her artificial Christina from the marriage options.

If you don't say the words of your best friend, you can't find any suitable words.

In the word system of this era, there is no such word to describe the state of lovers above AUO who are not satisfied.

Christina looked at An Ning expectantly.

An Ning thought for a while and decided: "Are you interested in saying goodbye to the battlefield?"

According to the custom of this time and space, a woman must retire after she gets married.

Although very rare, women who became palace knights did have some cases where they found true love and married. In this case, the female knights retired to become her mistress.

After all, in this era, the hostess has his responsibilities, which are mainly reflected in the social field.

A strong and responsible hostess can provide very strong support to her husband.

For example, Napoleon in real history, he was actually able to rise to the top thanks to Josephine, who caught the powerful Paul Ballas in the social arena.

Later, Ballas chose Napoleon as his partner in the coup, and there was this factor in it.

Therefore, if he marries Christina, it means that Christina will bid farewell to his military career.

Facing An Ning's question, Christina blushed suddenly: "What... you... I thought, a woman like me who has already joined the army... I thought you would find someone..."

An Ning: "Fanny has already whispered in my ear that I'm almost bored. If your marriage with me is confirmed, then I have a reason to come forward to protect your brother."

Christina: "But that will stain your resume. You are a hardcore republican. I always thought that you would never have anything to do with a woman whose younger brother is a king."

An Ning: "Nonsense, you just looked at my expression, obviously full of anticipation."

"What I expect is that you say that I am your comrade-in-arms. After all, I am indeed. Since that defeat, we have always been comrades-in-arms and colleagues."

Speaking of Christina, she covered her face with her hands: "Oh my God, I feel that my cheeks are terribly hot. If you tell me that you are joking at this time, then I can only fight you. You have to be an accomplice Women are dueling!"

If you win a duel with a woman, you will be said to be bullying women, and if you lose or refuse to fight, you will be said that you can't even beat a woman.

Anyway, no matter what, it's a shame for men.

An Ning: "Please forgive me, I don't want to ruin my first life's fame. Now that it has been decided, I will find a formal time to come to your father, Mr. Equality, to propose marriage. But now I should go to the parliament to rescue your brother.

"But to be honest, your brother gave me a very bad impression yesterday. He is not smart. Last night, he still wanted to use the power of the king to suppress me. He is obviously not a person who knows the current affairs.

"If you want me to say, he should be hanged, otherwise there will be a lot of troublesome things in the future."

Christina obviously hesitated: "This... When I came here, I just thought he was my younger brother, and I should give him a hand no matter what. But now you say it like this..."

An Ning joked: "Why, from Mrs. Frost's point of view, I think it's better for this troublemaker to die sooner?"

Christina bit her lip until it turned white: "Well...Thinking about it, I don't have too much affection for this brother, I haven't seen him much..."

An Ning squinted her eyes and looked at the troubled Christina: "So... do you want me to save him? I have already rejected your father, but if you want to save him, then I will go to the National Assembly to speak. Although I am not a member of parliament, But I want to speak and probably no one will stop me."

Christina: "Are you sure he's going to cause a lot of trouble?"

An Ning smiled: "What do you think? In the situation that night, my army was outside the Duin Leli Palace. Napoleon pointed the cannon at the palace. In that situation, he actually shouted at me, 'You can regret it later. , let's walk into Du Yin Leli Palace today'.

"Your brother, I'm afraid you don't really think of yourself as the king of France, a nobleman among the nobles. The royalist party regards him as a banner and pours a lot of ecstasy soup into him. If he doesn't die, the royalist party will continue to tangle in the future. Being around him, I don't know how much trouble it will bring to me who saved him."

Christina gritted her teeth: "Well...then...forget it..."

"Is this Mrs. Frost's judgment?" An Ning asked.

Christina nodded: "Yes. As a sister, I should do my best to save her, no matter how much trouble he will cause me in the future. Isn't that what siblings are all about? But... After I marry you, I am no longer a Tollestern, but Mistress of the Frosts."

An Ning was startled, can she still think that way?