C1854 Devil's Drink

The candlelight swayed inside the Hall of Mirrors, and Napoleon's shadow was dragged long. Chief of Police's words touched the soft spot in his soul that he feared the most.

There were no attendants in Hall of Mirrors, and only the desk in the huge palace had light. The other places all sank into a dim darkness, where Napoleon the Third quietly walked towards the wine shelves like a ghost and took out a bottle of green wine from the corner.

Taking out the bottle's cap, the dark green wine was poured into the crystal cup. A silver engraved silver spoon was placed horizontally across the cup, and an exquisite square candy was placed on top.

Napoleon III seemed to be performing some sort of ceremony. He looked carefully without drinking any wine, and muttered something to himself.

He then picked up a bottle of ice water and lightly dripped each drop of water onto the sugar. It was very slow, the sugar was soaked in the ice water, and the spoon was actually an exquisite leakage spoon. The water seeped out of the sugar milk and dripped into the green wine, and soon a layer of white turbid liquid appeared.

At that moment, Napoleon III's expression suddenly relaxed, and a strange fragrance started to pervade the air.

After a while, Napoleon lit a match and moved it to the side of the sugar. The pure sugar slowly started to burn, the light blue flames quickly melted the sugar, and the melted syrup dripped into the wine, causing the fragrance to become stronger and stronger.

At the very end of the combustion process, Napoleon III skillfully poured the sugar from the spoon into the wine, and then quickly placed the other cup onto the cup. After isolating himself from the oxygen, the flames quickly extinguished.

"Ah, absinthe... Devil's Drink Please relax my consciousness, let me find the answer to your question … "

In the hands of Napoleon III was a famous medieval European alcohol absinthe. The alcohol in this kind of wine was at least seventy degrees, and was not something that an ordinary person could enjoy.

Due to the large amount of wormwood soaked inside, and the hallucinogenic nature of the substance released by the wormwood grass, this strong alcohol was once banned in many countries in the early 20th century. Even in the 18th and 18th nineteenth century, this kind of strong alcohol was also criticized by the traditional believers, it was known as the devil's drink.

Napoleon wasn't addicted to it, but he needed a way to ease his mental stress, he was afraid that ordinary French red wine would not be able to comfort him, and trying to drink the demonic absinthe with 75 degrees of alcohol was a good choice.

At this moment, the dark green absinthe had already started to turn a little cloudy, and the strong, stimulating fragrance from its mouth made Napoleon's eyes blur.

It was thanks to the sweet taste of the ice cube and square sugar that the pain in his throat was alleviated, or else it would be hard to swallow. Just like this, French Emperor could feel waves of piercing sensation in his throat.

However, the medicinal effects were extraordinary. He had only consumed a third of the wine when his vision had already become clouded.

"Those leftists?" Hahaha … It's those Republican apprentices again! "They're still unwilling to give up …"

"Damned Xiao Letian! Just what kind of demon are you? Why do you always have to hit my weak spot … Could it be that your understanding of the France is more thorough than mine? "

"No, no, no, that's impossible. How could he, an Asian, understand the West so well? Isn't that country being ruled by a bunch of idiots …?"

"But... But maybe Xiao Letian is that God's Whip, he is a rare genius that only appears once in a thousand years, able to investigate everything in the human world, wuwuwu … "

Crazy, Napoleon is really crazy, he is actually talking to something that does not exist in the sky, his eyes are scattered and blurry, as though Xiao Letian is floating in the sky.

The face of Xiao Letian, who was flying in the sky, was as blurry as a fog. However, French Emperor knew that the person circling above his head was definitely Xiao Letian.

"My dear French Emperor, have you forgotten about the Revolution? Those thugs who occupy the left side of the council, they killed the king and queen! "

"You won't forget, because from that day on, the power of the left wing, or left wing, began to show itself in this world … These extremists have always liked to use the destruction of order to achieve social progress! "

"It's better to go to the right side. It's so gentle, so conservative …"

The Head of State of the East and the French Emperor of Europe, two men who stood at the pinnacle of the human world, actually relied on a cup of Devil absinthe to form some sort of spiritual connection.

Maybe at this moment, Xiao Letian could also feel the feeling of their souls exiting their bodies, the two men at the pinnacle actually started to discuss about the French Revolution.

Within the political circle, the left and right faction were not unfamiliar with the modern man. Sometimes, people would call the left faction the Eagle Group, the right faction the Dove faction, and even say that the left faction was filled with war maniacs, while the right faction was filled with cowards.

The Left Wing and the Right Wing, or the Left Wing and the Right Wing, these words were all from the time of the French Revolution.

In the Parliament at that time, the members who supported the strong reforms to break up all the royal authority of the nobles gathered and sat on the left side of the hall. The members who occupied the right side of the hall supported the royal power as well as the royal authority.

At that time, it could be said that the imperial aristocracy had been abolished for the Republic. This group was known as the leftist faction, and those who supported the traditional monarchy and refused to reform were known as the right-wing faction.

Over time, the definition of "Left" and "Right" had changed, and the later generations had abolished the imperial republican system. In fact, the "Left" and "Right" factions were also divided into "Left" and "Right".

In general, the left-wingers tend to change the revolution, they like to break the rules of the past and create new order and industrial wealth from destruction.

The rightists were more conservative. They didn't want to make big changes to the existing order. They didn't want to suffer the pain of changing the rules. They only liked to govern large countries like cooking small food.

It doesn't matter if you're right or wrong. These are just two types of philosophy: radical and moderate.

However, during Napoleon's era in power, the left wing was extremely dangerous for him, because at that time, the left wing was a bunch of republicans who wanted to overturn the throne of Napoleon III and let the country be reunited.

Why on earth did France lose the Franco-Prussian War? When Prussia surrounded Paris, why did the Paris Public Society appear? And how was the international song born?

The root cause of all this is closely related to the conflict between the inner left and the right in France.

Why was the army mobilization of the French Emperor inferior to that of Prussia in the war? That was because the hearts of the French people in those days were not made of steel at all.

Xiao Letian had already seen through everything. He had already analyzed the surface and deep reasons behind France's defeat long ago.

The country was several times more powerful than Prussia, but it had been defeated on the battlefield. Even in the previous war preparations, Prussia had been less efficient.

Why is that? That was because leftist ideas had begun to spread widely among the people.