Watch Him Build a Tall Building (I)

Joseph, who knew nothing about the details of history, did not realize how the parade that Aunt Sophie was going to participate in would leave deep traces in history. He was just amazed that a woman like Aunt Sophie, who was indifferent to politics, was planning to participate in such activities as demonstrations.

"Aunt Sophie, I thought you said you weren't interested in these things at all?" Before Joseph could say anything, Louis spoke up, "Can you not go? Lucien would have put all the chores on me if you hadn't been there."

"Ah, my young Master Louis." Aunt Sophie wiped her hands on her apron and said, "It's not good enough not to go, the others will be upset if you don't. It's like if your friends had a party, little Louis, and you were invited and you didn't go, wouldn't they be upset too?"

"But, Aunt Sophie, a gathering of friends is a time to hang out together, you guys are going to a demonstration." Louis continued, "Joseph says it's a mess out there right now and it's dangerous. It's especially messy and dangerous over at City Hall."

"Don't worry, it's fine." Aunt Sophie stroked Louie's head, "Mayor de Bayeux and Marquis de La Fayette are good people, and it's not like I'm at the front of the line, so if anything happens, I'll run as fast as I can."

Aunt Sophie didn't know much about politics, but her simple wisdom of life told her that if everybody went and she didn't, it would show her up in everybody's eyes and become very conspicuous at this time of the year. Becoming conspicuous at such a time always carries with it all sorts of dangers.

The next day, Aunt Sophie really didn't show up. By the afternoon of the third day, Joseph was home from work before she appeared on Joseph's doorstep, full of excitement and exhaustion.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Bonaparte, I'm late. But I think it would be just in time to make supper." Aunt Sophie said.

"Oh, it's nothing." Joseph lets Aunt Sophie in, saying, "In these days, it's no longer a surprise to have something unexpected happen. On the contrary, it would be really surprising if nothing was unexpected. Little Louis was worried about you when you didn't come back yesterday, and now that you're back safe and sound, it's better than nothing."

"Aunt Sophie, Aunt Sophie ...," cried Louis at this time, in a loud cry, and ran out of the kitchen, with the kitchen knife to slice bread in his hand-obviously, as the youngest brother, he was being oppressed and enslaved by his two older brothers.

"Ah, my young Master Louis." Aunt Sophie rushed over and took the table knife, still covered in bread crumbs, from Louis' hand, "Well, miss me?"

"Well," said Louis, his eyes widening with curiosity, "I heard it said that you stayed at the palace yesterday?"

"Yes, and this morning, I even rolled in the Queen's bed!" Aunt Sophie replied with a boastful tone as she headed for the kitchen.

"Aunt Sophie, tell me, have you seen the Queen? Isn't the queen beautiful? And is the Queen's bed covered in Louis d'or?" Louis tugged on Sophie's apron and followed her toward the kitchen while pursuing the question.

"The Queen is beautiful, but there's no Louis d'or in her bed. It's not like she's a gargoyle that likes to sleep on top of gold coins ..."

When it came time to eat, Aunt Sophie went over the events of her two days in detail, and Joseph realized that something of such importance had actually happened in those two days.

The women were supposed to go to the town hall to petition. However, when they arrived at the town hall, they were told that Mayor de Bayeux was absent, and the Marquis de La Fayette, coincidentally, was absent.

Aunt Sophie had thought that since she couldn't find anyone, everyone would have to go back to their own homes, but who would have thought that suddenly someone in the crowd shouted, "Then we'll go to Versailles to find the king, he can't just starve us to death!"

Then, a number of people jumped in to support it. Then another man called Maillard, who was said to have taken part in the storming of the Bastille, stepped forward and said that he knew how to get to Versailles and that he was willing to take everyone with him to Versailles.

There is a story that some bored scientist did a very boring experiment. He removed certain parts of a fish's brain and then released them back into the fish. This brainless fish only swims forward, and as a result, the whole fish group is driven by it, and it becomes the leader of the group.

Crowds are actually quite similar to groups of fish in many cases. Often, especially in critical moments of chaos and uncertainty, it is not those with profound wisdom who can drive a crowd but those who act decisively, even if their actions are mindless and reckless.

So everyone followed Maillard to Versailles. It was about a four-hour walk from the town hall to Versailles, but the women, anxious to solve the problem of eating, went out of their way to do so.

Sometime after the women set out, the Mayor de Bayeux and the Marquis de La Fayette arrived at the town hall. The National Guard was also quickly assembled and prepared to go to Versailles to defend ... the king or the people - who knows. The Paris Commune (Yes, after the storming of the Bastille, the new Paris municipal body was called the Paris Commune. This is version 1.0 of the Paris Commune. The one we are more familiar with, the Paris Commune, is version 2.0.) also sent two delegates to follow Lafayette to Versailles. They were given instructions to bring the King's family to Paris.

The women were not traveling very fast, so the news reached the National Constituent Assembly about meeting in Versailles before they even arrived. The assembly immediately sent the president of the assembly, Mounier, to an audience with the king. Having received the news, the king interrupted his hunting activities and returned to Versailles. Mounier asked him for the immediate ratification of the 'August Decrees' and the transfer of the Flanders Regiment. The king said he needed more consideration.

The queen persuaded the king to leave Versailles to avoid the "mob", but the king felt that he would be a laughing stock if he ran away from Versailles because of the women. Unbeknownst to the king, behind the women, the National Guard, heavily armed, had come to "defend" him.

By mid-afternoon, the women arrived at the Palace of Versailles. The women were received by the king, who behaved kindly and promised the women that he would secure supplies for Paris. (Of course, the king has no power to do any of this at all; it's just dealing with the women.)

The statement worked, and after hearing the king's promise, some of the women felt that all their problems were solved and even began to turn around and get ready to go back to Paris. Of course, more women stayed. But this was not because they recognized the king's trick, but because they were tired after four or five hours of walking and needed rest. If nothing else, they would all be satisfied to go back in the morning as well.

However, by about ten o'clock in the evening, the Marquis de La Fayette arrived at Versailles with representatives of the National Guard and the Paris Commune. That being said, the National Guard walks slower than even the women. But that's normal because they're carrying cannons. As for why the cannons were brought, they were used to defend the king. At about eleven o'clock that evening, the Marquis de La Fayette had an audience with the king with two deputies, who bluntly demanded that the king's family relocate to Paris at once. On the other hand, Lafayette said that the National Guard was loyal to the king and fully capable of guaranteeing his safety.

This request came as a complete surprise to the king. But after learning that Lafayette had brought a number of National Guard troops with him, he did not quite dare to refuse outright and excused himself by saying that it was too late now and that he would talk about it tomorrow.

It is said that on this night, some people traveled to the nearby Flanders Regiment, though the Flanders Regiment has remained untouched. This shows that such rumors may not be reliable.

In the early hours of the next morning, the demonstrators, who had settled down, suddenly clashed with the king's guards. At first, they were swearing at each other, then they were pushing and shoving each other, and then suddenly, a shot rang out, and one of the demonstrators fell down in response. Then someone shouted, "The guards have shot someone!"

They were then joined by the National Guard, who quickly disarmed the guards before a large number of demonstrators stormed the palace.

The demonstrators stormed the queen's bedroom, and she fled to the king's room for shelter. The demonstrators began to look everywhere for the king and queen. The king took the queen, princes, and princesses with him and hid everywhere.

At this point, Lafayette finally reacted, and with his "loyal" National Guard, he helped the guards drive the demonstrators out of the palace and protect the King's family. 

Immediately after, Lafayette, who had "saved the day", had another audience with the king and asked him and the queen to go out on the balcony to meet the crowd.

The king and his wife were forced to agree, and the crowd shouted toward the king and his wife on the balcony, "The king goes to Paris!" "The King and his family to Paris!"

Louis XVI turned pale, and under such pressure, he was forced to agree, and his family moved to Paris. At Lafayette's command, the crowd then shouted together, "Long live the king!" "Long live the queen!"

Although Louis XVI was forced to agree to the demands of the demonstrators, he delayed as long as possible. The King's family did not begin to leave Versailles until two o'clock in the afternoon when they took the road to Paris.

During all this time, the Flanders Regiment, which had been regarded as a great threat by the people of Paris, had been inactive. Of course, this could also be because they didn't have an official edict from the king.

In short, from that day on, the King's family, thus falling into the hands of the revolutionary masses, officially became prisoners of the revolution. Although he still wore the crown on his head.

"Well, that's it, we brought back the owner of the bakery, the owner's wife and the young boss. From now on, we won't have to worry about getting bread!" Aunt Sophie ended her account with the statement that, in her opinion, everything was solved.