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The fifty-seventh chapter, watching him from the tall building (1)

Joseph, who knew nothing about the details of history, did not realize how the parade that Aunt Sophie was going to attend would leave deep traces in history. He was just surprised that women like Aunt Sophie who were actually indifferent to politics actually planned to participate in activities such as parades and demonstrations.

"Auntie Sophie, didn't you say you were not interested in these things?" Before Joseph could speak, Louis spoke first. "Can you not go? If you are not here, Lucien will push all the housework to me."

"Ah, my little Master Louis." Aunt Sophie wiped her hands on her apron and said, "It's not okay if she doesn't go. If she doesn't go, others will be unhappy. Just like Little Louis, your friends have a party and invite you, but you don't go, will they be unhappy?"

"But Aunt Sophie, my friends gather together, you are going to demonstrate." Louis continued, "Joseph said it was very messy outside now, very dangerous. The town hall was particularly messy, especially dangerous."

"Don't worry, it's okay." Aunt Sophie touched Louis's head. "Mayor Bai and Marquis Lafayette are both good people, and I don't walk in the front. If anything happens, I will definitely run fast."

Aunt Sophie doesn't understand politics, but her simple life wisdom tells her that if everyone goes there and she doesn't go there, it will make her appear in everyone's eyes and become very conspicuous. At this time, becoming conspicuous always brings all kinds of dangers.

The next day, Aunt Sophie did not come. On the afternoon of the third day, Joseph had already come home from get off work, and she appeared at the door of Joseph's house, her face full of excitement and fatigue.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Bonaparte, I'm late. But I think it should be time to cook supper now," said Aunt Sophie.

"Oh, that's nothing." Joseph asked Aunt Sophie in, and said, "It's no surprise now that unexpected things have happened. On the contrary, if there is nothing unexpected, it's really unexpected. You didn't come back yesterday, and Louis was still worried about you. Now you're back safely, which is better than anything."

"Auntie Sophie, Auntie Sophie..." At this time, Louis shouted in a stack of voices and ran out of the kitchen, holding a kitchen knife that cuts bread in his hand. Obviously, as a little brother, he was oppressed and enslaved by his two brothers.

"Ah, my little Master Louis." Aunt Sophie hurried over and took the knife from Louis's hand, which was still stained with bread crumbs, "How about you, do you miss me?"

"Well," Louis said with curious eyes widened, "I heard that you lived in the palace yesterday?"

"Yes, I was still slapping off in the queen's bed this morning!" Aunt Sophie replied in a boasting tone, walking towards the kitchen.

"Aunt Sophie, tell me, do you see the queen? Is the queen very beautiful? Also, is the queen's bed covered with Kim Louis?" Louis grabbed Sophie's apron and asked while following the kitchen.

"The queen is very beautiful, but there is no Golden Louis on her bed. She is not a giant dragon, she likes to sleep on gold coins..."

When it was time for dinner, Aunt Sophie told her about the past two days carefully. Only then did Joseph realize that such an important thing had happened in the past two days.

The women originally went to the town hall to petition, but when they arrived, they were told that Mayor Bai was not there, and the Marquis of Lafayette was also very coincidentally not there.

Aunt Sophie originally thought that since she couldn't find anyone, everyone should go back to their own houses, but who would have thought that someone suddenly shouted in the crowd: "Then let's go to Versailles to find the king, he can't starve us to death like this!"

Then many people jumped out to support him, and then another man named Mayar, who was said to have participated in the attack on the Bastille, stood up and said that he knew how to go to Versailles, and he was willing to take everyone to Versailles with him.

It is said that a boring scientist conducted a very boring experiment. He removed some parts of a fish's brain and put it back into the fish. The brainless fish would only swim forward desperately, and as a result, the entire fish was driven by it and it became the leader of the entire fish.

In fact, crowds are very similar to fish in many cases. Many times, especially in critical moments of chaos and confusion, the people who can drive the crowd are often not those with far-reaching wisdom, but those who act decisively. Even if their actions are brainless and reckless.

So everyone followed Mayar to Versailles. It took about four hours to walk from the town hall to Versailles, but the women who were eager to solve the problem of eating still went to work hard.

After the women set out for a while, Mayor Bai and Marquis of Lafayette both came to the town hall. The National Self-Defense Forces were quickly gathered and prepared to go to Versailles to defend... Who knows to defend the king or the people? The Paris Commune (yes, after conquering the Bastille, the new Paris municipal agency was called the Paris Commune. This is the 1.0 version of the Paris Commune. The Paris Commune that we are more familiar with is the 2.0 version.) also sent two representatives to follow Lafayette to Versailles. The order they received was: bring the king's family to Paris.

The women were not moving fast, so they had already learned about the news before they arrived at the Constitutional Assembly meeting in Versailles. The parliament immediately sent the chairman of the meeting Munier to meet with the king. The king received the news and interrupted the hunting activities and returned to Versailles. Munier made a request to approve the "August Decree" immediately and transfer the Flanders Legion. The king said he needed more considerations.

The queen persuaded the king to leave Versailles and avoid the "mobs", but the king felt that if some women came, he would escape from Versailles and would become a laughing stock. At this time, the king did not know that behind those women, the fully armed National Self-Defense Force had come to "defend" him.

In the afternoon, the women arrived at Versailles. The king met with the women, and he acted kindly and promised the women that he would guarantee the supplies of Paris. (Of course, the king had no strength to do this, it was just dealing with those women.)

In fact, this statement also worked. After hearing the king's promise, some women felt that all the problems had been solved and even began to turn around and prepare to return to Paris. Of course, more women stayed. But this was not because they saw through the king's tricks, but because they walked for four or five hours, were very tired and needed to rest. If nothing unexpected happened, they would go back with satisfaction tomorrow morning.

However, at around 10 o'clock in the evening, the Marquis of Lafayette brought representatives of the National Self-Defense Force and the Paris Commune to Versailles. Speaking of which, the National Self-Defense Force walked slowly than the women. But this was normal, because they carried cannons. As for why they carried cannons, it was of course used to defend the king. At around 11 o'clock in the evening that night, the Marquis of Lafayette brought two representatives to meet the king, and the two representatives bluntly asked the king's family to move to Paris immediately. Lafayette said that the National Self-Defense Force was loyal to the king and could completely ensure the king's safety.

This request was completely beyond the king's surprise. However, after learning that Lafayette had brought a lot of National Self-Defense Forces, he did not dare to refuse directly, so he refused and said that it was too late now and would talk about it tomorrow.

It is said that someone went to the nearby Flander Legion that night, but the Flander Legion has not been moved at all. It can be seen that this kind of rumor may not be reliable.

In the early morning of the next day, the protesters who had already settled suddenly clashed with the king's guard. At first they scolded each other, then pushed each other, and then suddenly a gunshot sounded, and a demonstrator fell down. Then someone shouted: "The guard shot and killed someone!"

Then the National Self-Defense Army joined in, and they quickly disarmed the guards, and then a large number of demonstrators rushed into the palace.

The demonstrators rushed into the queen's bedroom, and the queen fled to the king's room to hide. The demonstrators began to search for the king and queen everywhere. The king took the queen and the princesses hid everywhere.

Fortunately, at this time, Lafayette finally reacted. He brought the "loyal" National Self-Defense Force to help the guards drive the demonstrators out of the palace and protect the safety of the king's family.

Then Lafayette, who had made great contributions to rescue the emperor, met the king again and asked the king and queen to go to the balcony to meet the masses.

The king and his wife were forced to agree, and the crowd shouted to the king and his wife on the balcony: "The king will go to Paris! The king and his family will go to Paris!"

Louis XVI was as beautiful as earth. Under such pressure, he was forced to agree to move to Paris. The crowd shouted together under the command of Lafayette: "Long live the king! Long live the queen!"

Although Louis XVI was forced to agree to the protesters' request, he still delayed as much as possible. The King's family did not leave Versailles until two o'clock in the afternoon and embarked on the road to Paris.

During this period, the Flanders, who had been regarded as a great threat by the people of Paris, had been inactive. Of course, this may also be because they did not receive a formal edict from the king.

In short, from this day on, the king's family fell into the hands of the revolutionary masses and officially became prisoners of the revolution. Although he still had a crown on his head.
Chapter completed!
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