Thinking of this, Delaroca’s lips twitched slightly, and he hurriedly responded to De Luyis, "Minister, our Sardinian Kingdom can handle these issues! No need to trouble your country!"

"Can you really handle it?" De Luyis looked at Envoy Delarola with a doubtful expression.

"We can!" Delarola replied confidently to De Luyis.

"Alright! I hope your country can promptly deal with domestic extremist publications and forces! Those that need to be sealed should be sealed, those that need to be imprisoned should be imprisoned!" De Luyis showed a satisfied smile.

"Yes!" Envoy Delaroca nodded helplessly.

At this point, he could only agree with De Luyis first and then pass the issue on to Cavour.

After all, he was just a diplomatic envoy, and such matters as reorganizing domestic extremist newspapers should indeed be left to Cavour.

"Well then! Mister Envoy, I won’t keep you here any longer!" De Luyis issued a dismissal order to Envoy Delaroca.

After Envoy Delaroca left, De Luyis ordered his Secretary of State to summon the British Ambassador to France, Kaotz.

Upon receiving the order, the Secretary of State quickly took action, and soon, Ambassador Kaotz appeared before De Luyis.

"Ambassador Kaotz, welcome!"

Facing Ambassador Kaotz, De Luyis changed his previously aggressive stance towards the Sardinian Kingdom and instead showed a friendly smile.

The treatment between nations is determined by the status and power dynamics between the two countries.

Since Envoy Delaroca represented the Sardinian Kingdom, which was a vassal of the French Empire, De Luyis would completely disregard the attitude of the Sardinian Kingdom, showing them face and deliberately making them uncomfortable.

On the other hand, the Kingdom of Britain, represented by Ambassador Kaotz, was a country with equal standing and power as the French Empire, hence De Luyis treated them with a more amicable attitude.

Of course, strictly speaking, Britain was much stronger than France in comprehensive reality, but very few were willing to admit it, even within the Kingdom of Britain, they didn’t think Britain was far greater than France.

The reason for all this naturally owes to Napoleon and Jerome Bonaparte. Napoleon created a tiger pelt to wow the English, and Jerome Bonaparte patched this tiger pelt (Crimean War), making the tiger appear even more lifelike.

Back to the topic, Ambassador Kaotz also smiled and nodded at De Luyis, then inquired why De Luyis had summoned him.

"I’m wondering when your country will hand over Bernard to us!" De Luyis asked Ambassador Kaotz, "We can’t allow a criminal who attempted to assassinate the monarch to roam free outside!"

"Well..." Ambassador Kaotz hesitated for a moment, then replied to De Luyis, "According to information from the Kingdom of Britain, Bernard had already died before Orsini attempted to assassinate His Majesty Jerome Bonaparte!"

De Luyis showed a surprised expression upon hearing this. At this moment, he didn’t know Bernard was indirectly executed by the National Intelligence Bureau, "Was it murder or an accident?"

Ambassador Kaotz responded indifferently to De Luyis, "Our police conducted a thorough investigation into Bernard’s death and concluded that Bernard died from an accident!

He was extorted by thugs while walking home alone at midnight, and died because he was outnumbered."

De Luyis was silent for a moment, then continued to ask Ambassador Kaotz, "Could your country transfer Bernard’s body to us?"

"What do you want with the body?" Ambassador Kaotz looked at De Luyis with curiosity.

"Even though Bernard has become a corpse, he must return to France to face trial!" De Luyis replied firmly to Ambassador Kaotz.

"Prime Minister Palmerston is already preparing to push a bill regarding the prevention of assassination planning on British territories!

Once the bill is passed by Parliament, Bernard’s body will be transferred to your country!" Ambassador Kaotz replied to De Luyis.

"I hope this bill can be pushed through smoothly!" De Luyis responded to Ambassador Kaotz.

"I also hope the bill can pass smoothly!"

Although Ambassador Kaotz knew in his heart that the bill was likely to be shelved, he still nodded in agreement with De Luyis.

Next, Minister De Luyis engaged in a brief chat with Ambassador Kaotz.

After the short conversation, Ambassador Kaotz left the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

...

Evening of March 23.

A telegram from Paris was delivered from the Sardinian Embassy in Paris to the telegraph room at the Turin Royal Palace, at which point the steward in charge of the telegraph room immediately proceeded to the bedchamber of King Victor Emmanuel II.

The servant guarding the bedroom door, upon seeing the steward’s anxious expression, quickly inquired about what had happened.

"Please present this telegram to His Majesty!" The telegraph steward handed the telegram to the bedroom servant and added, "The content of the telegram is urgent and must be delivered to His Majesty immediately!"

The bedroom servant, upon receiving the telegram, did not dare to delay for a moment. Holding the telegram, the servant picked up a candlestick, while another servant quickly opened the door for him to enter the inner chamber. Then, carefully reaching the door of Victor Emmanuel II’s bedroom, he knocked softly.

After a moment, the voice of Victor Emmanuel came from inside the room, with a tint of irritation, "Who is it?"

"Your Majesty!" the servant replied through the door’s gap, "There’s a telegram from France!"

The room fell silent again, and after a while, Victor Emmanuel II’s voice reached the servant’s ears, "I know! Just wait at the door for a moment!"

"Yes!" The servant obeyed Victor Emmanuel II’s order and waited quietly at the door.

After another ten minutes, the door slowly opened. In the candlelight, the servant saw Victor Emmanuel II.

At this moment, Victor Emmanuel II’s face was filled with fatigue, his light blue eyes surrounded by red veins, clearly still in a drowsy state.

"Your Majesty!" The servant immediately addressed Victor Emmanuel II with deference.

"Where is the telegram?" Victor Emmanuel inquired of the servant with a slightly hoarse voice.

Seeing this, the servant promptly handed the telegram to Victor Emmanuel II.

Victor Emmanuel II took the telegram, quickly unfolding it, and said to the servant, "Move your candlestick a little closer to me!"

The servant obeyed Victor Emmanuel II’s command, moving the candlestick closer so that Victor Emmanuel II could clearly read the telegram’s contents.

After reading the telegram, Victor Emmanuel II raised his head again and ordered the servant beside him, "Quickly summon Cavour!"

"Yes!" The servant was about to leave with the candlestick when Victor Emmanuel stopped him and ordered him to hand over the candlestick.

The servant had no choice but to follow Victor Emmanuel II’s order, handing him the candlestick, and then proceeded down the dark corridor on his own.

With the candlestick in hand, Victor Emmanuel II returned to the bedroom, where his wife inquired about what had happened.

Victor Emmanuel II did not immediately answer her question. He first placed the candlestick on the bedside table, then put on a coat from the clothes rack while casually responding to his wife, "It’s nothing major, it will be resolved quickly!"

After changing his clothes, Victor Emmanuel II lightly kissed his wife’s forehead, then turned to go to the study to await Cavour’s arrival.

Meanwhile, the servant, carrying out Victor Emmanuel II’s orders, quickly rode a carriage away from the Turin Royal Palace.

After a 10-minute journey, the servant arrived at Prime Minister Cavour’s residence.

The two guards at the mansion’s gate quickly stopped him and urged him to stay away from Cavour’s residence.

"I am here on the orders of His Majesty Victor Emmanuel, here to invite Prime Minister Cavour to the palace!" The royal palace servant explained his purpose to the guards. 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖

Upon hearing that it was a visitor from the Turin Royal Palace, the guards immediately let him pass.

Only then did the royal palace servant enter Cavour’s estate. Once inside, he explained his purpose to the estate’s butler.

The butler swiftly led him to Cavour’s study, where the Sardinian Kingdom’s Prime Minister Cavour was still working.

The arrival of the royal palace servant caught Cavour by surprise, and he quickly inquired about the servant’s purpose.

The royal palace servant once again explained his intention to Cavour, who decisively set down his pen and said, "Let’s go! Take me to the palace!"

Subsequently, Cavour and the royal palace servant boarded the carriage and headed for the Turin Royal Palace together.

Upon Cavour’s arrival at the Turin Royal Palace, another servant appeared before him and led him to Victor Emmanuel II’s study.

Entering the study, Cavour first bowed slightly to Victor Emmanuel II inside, then inquired, "Your Majesty, what urgent matters have arisen from the French side?"

"Cavour, see for yourself!" Victor Emmanuel II placed the telegram in front of Cavour, speaking indifferently.

Cavour took the telegram and carefully read its contents, his expression gradually shifting from calm to shock.