King's Landing in France

Chapter 336 I despise the dust that makes up me

As soon as Paul Ballas returned to Malmaison Castle, Josephine came forward: "How is it?"

Barras: "Long live the First Reign."

Josephine: "First Consul? What's the situation?"

Ballas recounted everything that had just happened in Parliament.

After hearing this, Josephine exclaimed: "So Robespierre is not dead? That's not okay. The first consul still treats him as a good friend. He may come back in the future. If he comes back to power again, we will be finished."

Barras: "No, it shouldn't be. The First Consul has decided to stop the policy of terror. What I should consider now is how to find myself a position in the cabinet. Damn Fouche and Talleyrand, they Both are estimated to have a share..."

Josephine shook her head and said: "No, you invested [-] ounces of gold in the first ruling bank, even if you didn't get a position, you are still regarded as an important person in the first ruling camp, and some people want to curry favor with us .

"The key now is Robespierre, Robespierre must die."

Barras curled his lips: "Don't worry, there are plenty of opportunities. Now it is estimated that he will be strictly protected by the First Consul, but when he arrives on Elba Island, there will be plenty of opportunities to attack him."

Only then did Josephine breathe a sigh of relief: "That's good. When he arrives on Elba Island, he will eliminate this hidden danger immediately and forever."

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Saint-Just's execution date was scheduled for the first day after Anning's cabinet took office.

The Revolution Square was crowded with people that day, and the guillotine, which had been out of operation since An Ning became the first ruler, was re-oiled and maintained like new.

Only one person is going to be executed today, and all the onlookers are waiting for this person.

Members of the new cabinet have already taken their seats on the viewing stand.

The first ruler has not yet arrived, so the middlemost position of the viewing platform is empty.Similarly, the other high platform opposite the viewing platform was also empty, which was the position of the generals.

Then there was a whistle, and the cavalry of the first ruler appeared.

Andy Frost, the first governor of France, rode a pure white horse and walked at the forefront of the entire queue, followed by three flag bearers, holding high the French tricolor flag, the French National Guard flag and a pure Golden eagle-headed scepter.

On the scepter hangs a small red flag with no emblems on it.

Behind the standard-bearer, followed by officers loyal to the First Consul, all of them wore military uniforms and seemed to be in high spirits.

Afterwards came the Royal Guards, now they have pinned the three-color badge on their black uniforms, and they have become the guards directly under the first ruler of France.

Further back is the military band, and the musicians are playing Roman hymns.

The citizens immediately followed the melody of the military band and began to sing Roman hymns.

The steed under the crotch of the first ruler, stepping on the rhythm of the Roman hymn, just stopped in front of the viewing stand when the last line was sung.

The crowd began to shout: "Long live the First Consulate! Long live France!"

The First Consul got off his horse and waved to the crowd, which led to even more enthusiastic cheers.

In this way, the first ruler walked up to the viewing platform amidst the cheers of the crowd, and stood on the seat reserved for him.

His generals went to the viewing stand opposite.

The Minister of the Interior and the father-in-law of the First Consul, Mr. Philippe Equality, who had just arrived from Marseille, stepped up to the position of master of ceremonies and announced loudly: "The ceremony has officially begun, and everyone sings the national anthem."

At the first meeting of the cabinet yesterday, it was decided that Ode to Rome would be the national anthem of the First French Republic. The news spread throughout Paris that night.

As soon as the band started playing, the audience sang in unison, their voices even higher than when the first ruler came on stage.

After the chorus, Mr. Philip Equality stepped forward again: "Take the prisoner!"

A prison car had been waiting for a long time on the edge of the square. Upon hearing the words of the Minister of the Interior, the groom of the prison car waved his whip and made a crisp sound in the air.

With a long neigh, the horse stepped forward, walking towards the guillotine in the center of the square along the road that had long been marked by the National Guard.

The crowd became agitated, and many people shouted at Saint-Just in the prison car and threw debris in their hands.

St. Just held his head high, proudly defying the angry crowd.

When the prison van arrived at the guillotine, he was escorted out of the van and kept in front of the terrifying execution machine.

Executioner Hawthorne said with a smile, "I never imagined that one day I would be able to execute the terrifying Archangel."

Saint-Just just sneered.

At this time, Mr. Pingping asked, "Prisoner Saint Just, do you have any last words?"

Saint-Just exclaimed: "I despise the dust that makes me up!"

The corner of the First Consul's mouth twitched slightly, but he didn't say much.

Mr. Equality looked back at the first ruler, and then ordered: "Execution!"

The band beat continuous drumbeats, Saint-Just was swiftly tied to the guillotine, and executed quickly and mechanically.

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An Ning: "Remember, Murat, you must earnestly perform your duties along the way."

Murat nodded: "I understand, all those who want to put Robespierre to death must pass me."

An Ning took a deep breath.

At this time, Robespierre was escorted out of prison, and he just heard this sentence.

He sneered and said, "I won't be grateful to you just because of this. You should let me die instead of sending me to an island to spend the rest of my life."

An Ning: "I hope that you can be freed from the state of being on the edge of a dead end. At that time, you will find that I was right. I hope that you can continue to serve France and the Republic by then."

Robespierre: "Then you should not execute St. Just. St. Just is dead, and we will never have the possibility of reconciliation. No, it should be said that when I was determined to assassinate you, we did not There is a possibility of reconciliation."

An Ning did not speak, but looked at Robespierre with sad eyes.

Robespierre said impatiently: "Put away your pity! I am a soldier, and I don't need pity from my opponent! I feel from the bottom of my heart that it is the sorrow of the republic that I didn't get rid of you."

An Ning: "I will prove you wrong with my actions, and I will lead the Republic to a better ending."

"Hmph, who knows! Don't say any more, let me go." Robespierre said, and stepped into the escort carriage by himself.

An Ning sighed and nodded to Murat: "Let's go."

So Murat got on his horse, led a small escort of cavalry, and escorted the carriage into the night of Paris.

At the same time, another carriage left Paris by another road, carrying assassins hired by Paul Barras and others with a lot of money.

Robespierre's fate thus came to an end.

(End of this chapter)