Chapter 264: Her Royal Highness the Princess of the Bonaparte Family (Second update, please subscribe)
September in Paris is the best time of the year. The bright sunshine covers the French capital. Many young men and women are sitting on the green land and under the shade of trees. Some women are holding small parasols and strolling leisurely in the park.
Two women were walking in the park with sweet smiles on their faces. They were chatting as they walked, and when they occasionally met passers-by, they would always stop by the roadside and take off their hats to greet them.
"Your Highness!"
They are all princesses!
The Spanish princess, however, was one who had lost her throne. As the granddaughter of King Joseph Napoleon of Spain, Julie Charlotte Bonaparte had long lost the glory of yesterday. In fact, even her grandfather was only the King of Spain for a few years.
"Princess……"
Charlotte, who was only fifteen years old and followed her mother, said a little depressed.
"What kind of princess is she without a kingdom?"
"Charlotte, this is a title! It's the one your grandmother inherited from her father, and it's the title I inherited from her too!"
"A title is just a title."
Charlotte blinked her beautiful eyes, looked at the young people in the park, and spoke softly.
"It's just a useless title. At most, she can marry an old and wealthy man with the title of princess in exchange for a lifetime of food and clothing."
Julie was helpless about her daughter's complaints. This was the fact, and even if Louis Napoleon was the current emperor of the French Empire, it would not change anything.
The Bonaparte family has long since fallen.
As for the family of Joseph Bonaparte, only the title remained, nothing more.
People were coming in and out of the park from time to time, and soon the mother and daughter walked out of the park. At the intersection of the park, there was a newsboy waving a newspaper in his hand and shouting loudly.
"Read the newspapers, read the newspapers, merchants from Argentina, Peru and other countries are boycotting the products of American companies!"
"I read in the newspaper that Britain announced the freezing of warship contracts with American companies..."
The newsboy's shout made Charlotte stunned for a moment, then she waved at the newsboy.
"Excuse me, dear lady, would you like a newspaper?"
"Give me a newspaper."
Even as a woman, Charlotte was also very concerned about politics. On the way home, Julie saw her daughter reading the newspaper attentively and asked curiously.
"What's the news that has you so engrossed in it?"
"Mom, it's news about America."
Looking up, Charlotte's eyes were filled with a certain desire.
"You know what? America is a great place. You were born there, before we were allowed to return to France!"
Jolie is no stranger to the United States. She had lived in exile in New Jersey with her father for many years. She and Charlotte were also born in Philadelphia, USA.
"Mom, I'm talking about America, South America..."
Charlotte closed the newspaper and smiled.
"Maybe, I mean maybe, I think, I have a better choice!"
What?
Julie looked at her daughter in confusion, her eyes full of doubts. What was she talking about?
Fifteen years old is the age when girls love to fantasize the most. Maybe Charlotte likes fantasy very much, but she likes adventure more. In the next few days, she kept looking through newspapers and materials, and even found a map to find the location of Nanhua.
The only thing that made her a little dissatisfied was that there was no direct passenger ship to Nanhua. There was no direct passenger ship from either France or the United Kingdom.
But soon, she found a solution to the problem!
…
Marseille Port, since 1832, the port throughput of Marseille has been second only to London and Liverpool in the UK. As the world's third largest port, Marseille Port has berths for merchant ships from various countries. This morning, a carriage drove to the pier, and after the carriage stopped, Charlotte jumped off the carriage, with only a maid by her side.
"Your Highness, you shouldn't run away from home!"
"Not running away from home."
Charlotte said solemnly.
"I am doing this for my future and for the future of my family,"
As she spoke, she pointed to the merchant ships in the distance.
"Judy, look at the flag on that ship. It's the Phoenix Flag."
The phoenix is the phoenix, the red bird, and the flag of Nanhua. The ship moored at the berth is the ship of the American Company's expedition team - the "New Hope", which left Nanhua on May 1, 1863, and it has been three years now!
For three years and four months, Zuo Zongtang had been leading the delegation to visit Europe and America, including the United States, Spain, Britain, France, Germany, and Russia. They even went to Turkey. In the past three years, Zuo Zongtang had a new understanding of the world. It was for this reason that the trip was delayed from the original two years to three years. Now it was delayed again in France, not because of Zuo Zongtang, but because the 80-ton steam hammer ordered by the company from Schneider-Le Queso was about to be completed, so the company temporarily decided to bring the world's largest steam hammer back to Nanhua by the "New Hope".
Zuo Zongtang did not miss this opportunity. He conducted another inspection of France, for example, an inspection of the rural governance in France.
Today, when he and several of his entourage returned to the port in a carriage and were ready to board the ship, he unexpectedly met a woman on the pier who wanted to board the ship but was rejected by the crew.
The one who was rejected was not someone else but Charlotte. She got the information from the newspaper - the ship of the American company's inspection team was in Marseille, so she came here.
"Hello, Miss, how can I help you?"
Zuo Zongtang walked over and asked.
"Sir, you must be the Mr. Zuo they mentioned."
Without any introduction, Charlotte could guess from the crew's respectful attitude that the other party must be extraordinary.
"My name is Zuo Zongtang. May I ask Miss..."
Before Zuo Zongtang finished speaking, Charlotte nodded and said.
"That's good,"
Charlotte said.
"I am Charlotte Clarke Bonaparte, and my mother is Princess Julie Charlotte Bonaparte of Caenino and Musignano of Spain. I hope to be able to take your ship to South China!"
When he stated his identity, his expression seemed a little arrogant, even though he only had a title, but sometimes just this title was enough.
What!
Fortunately, Zuo Zongtang had been investigating in Europe for three years and four months, so he was no stranger to European countries - Bonaparte!
Who is unfamiliar with Napoleon Bonaparte?
The current French emperor is his nephew, also from the Bonaparte family. The girl in front of him also has the last name Bonaparte.
In the Qing Dynasty, the girl in front of you is a royal relative, a princess.
Princess of Caenino and Musignano of Spain?
Zuo Zongtang, who had visited Spain before, had some knowledge of Spanish history. This princess... was an exiled one.
Joseph Bonaparte, the King of Spain, only reigned for a few years before he was overthrown by the Spanish, but... according to European tradition, he was still the heir to the Spanish throne.
In an instant, after figuring out the other party's identity, Zuo Zongtang made a decision. Like all European gentlemen, he took off his hat, bowed his head slightly and saluted.
"Welcome, Your Highness!"
(End of this chapter)
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