After the matter was spread out and the talk was finished, the two of them were silent for a moment. His Highness sat in his seat blankly, his face very changed and mixed with emotions. He obviously remembered the bastards that year.

Because of the secret that Charles suddenly revealed, Prince Jerome is now feeling a little uncomfortable, no longer the calmness and leisure that the old man was like before. Instead, he is a little lost in advance and retreat, and can even be said to be embarrassed, but he has made Charles appreciate the embarrassment of the members of the Bonaparte family.

He did not feel pitiful for His Royal Highness. After all, this was also a romantic debt he owed. At that time, he abandoned his wife and children and ran back to France. Now even if there is a problem, he cannot blame him. Even if there is any embarrassing thing in the future, he has to face it himself.

"Hey! You said that at my age, why do you have to suffer this crime again!" After a while, His Highness the Prince finally couldn't help but sigh, "The shadows of the past always refused to say goodbye to us obediently... Charles, she would definitely hate me so much that I gritted my teeth, but I can't say much of my difficulties! Besides, shouldn't anyone do more or less such things?"

"Your Highness, I have no intention of interfering in your personal life..." Shire knew that this prince would definitely want to defend himself in order to restore his image in Shire's heart, but Shire was not interested in hearing this statement of defense. Anyway, it was nothing more than some clichés such as "people are in the world and cannot help themselves".

"Okay, it's okay if you don't want to hear it. There's no need to say these things anymore." Prince Jerome smiled bitterly, "Anyway, as long as she doesn't come back, everything will be fine. I don't want the past to bother me now, because my life is already messy enough! As for that child..."

The prince pondered for a moment, as if he was choosing a wording, "Well, he is my grandson after all. Although he cannot publicly admit him now, if he wants to contribute to our family, I don't want to stop his wishes, or this is a good result. I can even help him later..."

His words left a long pause, and Charles did not interrupt, quietly waiting for His Royal Highness to say the "but".

This "but" comes soon.

"But... for some reasons I believe you should be very understandable, I cannot meet him publicly, nor can I be his protector publicly." Prince Jerome shook his head gently, "This is not only because of my emotional problems, but also an important practical consideration. Charles, you understand, I cannot make Joseph and Mathilde embarrassed..."

"Oh, of course I can understand you." Charles replied very simply. "From the attitude that His Majesty the Emperor has shown, he did not want this person to officially become a member of the Bonaparte family, but just let him join the army and take care of him secretly."

Although Prince Gerome's words seem inhumane, they actually make some sense. Although Prince Gerome can accept that this grandson who grew up in the United States comes back, he cannot accept that he becomes a formal member of his family, otherwise it will definitely trigger a violent rebound.

After marrying Princess Catherine of Württemberg, Princess Gerome gave birth to two boys and one girl and three children. The eldest son served in the army of his uncle King Württemberg after he became an adult. Unfortunately, he died young and had no children in 1847.

His remaining children are Prince Joseph Bonaparte and Princess Mathilde. Neither of them are married now, let alone heirs. If Prince Jerome showed a little bit of the attitude of treating this grandson who had returned from the United States as his legal offspring, then the two of them would definitely rebound violently and cause civil strife in the family.

So Prince Jerome had no choice but to ignore this grandson and pretended that he had never heard of it.

Moreover, he had to tell Shier and His Majesty the Emperor in advance that he must express his attitude clearly. He must not let His Majesty the Emperor and Shier threaten the stability of their homes, otherwise everything will be broken down.

Although this is undoubtedly even more sorry for his wife, son and grandchildren in America, it is at least a solution, which is better than being stuck in a mess, so Charles could understand his attitude.

After receiving Charles's assurance, Prince Jerome was obviously relieved.

"Thank you, Charles, since that's the case, I'll be relieved. If it weren't for you, God would know how I could escape from this disaster...!"

There was always a hint of sarcasm in his words, and Charles didn't care much about him, as if he didn't hear it. "Actually, His Majesty was surprised by this, so he didn't make a decision."

After the initial fright, Prince Jerome has almost come back to his senses. He has been secretly posed by Chard Treville, a bastard, in secret. After he and Elizabeth Patterson, he did not reveal any news to him, but directly told His Majesty the Emperor and told him Elizabeth's request.

Although he did not express his attitude on this matter, judging from his failure to reveal the matter to himself, his attitude was obvious. Maybe he was deliberately fanning the flames in front of His Majesty, making this matter out of control and making it dirty.

When Prince Jerome thought of this, he felt a little angry, but now he couldn't do anything to Charles. On the contrary, there were still many things to rely on the care of His Majesty the Emperor and the previous heroes.

However, he could still make a small counterattack.

"You did this in secret in silence, causing me to suffer such a crime. I really should have picked up this and beat you up to blood!" He laughed reluctantly, and then picked up the cane next to him as if he was joking, and was about to knock him on the head. "Since that's the case, you might as well help me cut off all the family affairs, so as to save me so much trouble!"

"What are you referring to?" Charles didn't understand very well.

"My wife has already had a quarrel with me now. Now she wants me to give her a lot of money as compensation. Where can I get the money now?" Prince Jerome gently tapped the carpet with his cane, looking very anxious. "So please help me to relieve this trouble."

Charles frowned slightly. He did not expect that Prince Jerome would make such a request to him.

Although he did not deliberately collect information, Prince Jerome has always been a high-profile life, so Charles has long heard of his family situation.

After the demise of Napoleon's Empire, although the emperors of Russia and Austria exiled the French emperor after defeating Napoleon, they did not make things difficult for Napoleon's relatives and brothers. Although the title of King Westphalia of Jerome was deprived, his property was not confiscated and he still possessed the wealth obtained in the imperial era.

However, because he had long become a habit of squandering life, not long after, Prince Gerome, who lived in Florence, Italy, became heavily in debt and almost in bankruptcy. In 1835, his wife Princess Catherine died, which caused him a major blow.

At this time, in embarrassment, he, like most bankrupt nobles, thought of using the idea of ​​marrying a rich lady or a widow to save his finances.

So in Florence, the prince married the widow of a wealthy Italian marquis and used the widow's money to alleviate his financial crisis and also made the woman named Jestina Picori Suarez his third wife.

However, the prince was only interested in her money. When he was in Florence, he always called her the Marquis de Marquis, and his children were also very dissatisfied with this stepmother and refused to admit that she was a full member of the Bonaparte family.

After the empire was rebuilt, the Bonaparte family reigned in France, while Prince Jerome and his family returned to Paris to enjoy his new life of wealth. At this time, the importance of Jestina was not so important.

Prince Joseph Bonaparte began to ask the stepmother to leave France, while Prince Gerome, as her husband, chose to make a mistake and simply ignored him. Under their persecution, the lady had to leave France and return to Florence.

However, although she followed the orders of the Bonaparte family, she asked for compensation for her funding for Prince Jerome at that time, which means that the prince would give her a large amount of alimony.

This requirement is indeed reasonable, so Prince Jerome agreed to this matter.

It is precisely because of this reason that the prince is so anxious about money and causes today's incident.

It was now obvious that he planned to ask Charles to pay for the new trouble for himself and his new wife.

Charles was slightly stunned. He did not expect that Prince Jerome could continue his romantic debt until now.

He is indeed a slutty prince!

"If you finish this for me, I will choose to ignore everything that happened before and what may happen later." Prince Jerome said without hesitation and admiration, "How about it, Charles? Didn't you give me the allowance before? Then now you can send it, I'll advance it for a few years."

Shire did not answer him immediately, but fell into deep thought again.

After all, he was the youngest brother of Emperor Napoleon. Although he only knew how to spend money and had no power, if he really wanted to be qualified, neither Charles nor the Emperor could only give him three points.

Since you want to win him over, then just do it to the end so that he can keep a grudge.

But there is one thing that must be made clear so that he will not think that he is an ATM and he will make as much as he wants to make.

"Okay, Your Highness, I can relieve you of such worries and make that lady live very comfortable in Florence. But I remind you that this is just an exception. You cannot treat me like she does. I am not able to give as much as you say you want."

"Okay, okay, I know, please trouble you, Charles." His Highness waved his hand and signaled that he was very tired.

And Charles is also very satisfied now. He has gotten what he wants, even more than he wants.

"So, I wish you a pleasant evening." He stood up and said goodbye to His Highness the Prince.

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As winter approaches, the weather in London makes people feel very uncomfortable. The cold wind is sandwiched in the mist, allowing the cold air to penetrate into everyone's body, making people want to curse the world.

But in a mansion in a wealthy area, the burning fireplace isolates this cold air.

Just next to the fireplace, a very strong and handsome young man was slowly reading the letter in his hands. His hands trembled slightly, obviously a little excited about the contents of the letter.

After reading the entire letter, the young man shouted excitedly.

"Thank God! I'm able to go to France!"

I can see her again. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!