The Duke of Levis was overjoyed. He hurriedly pulled his wife into the room and asked impatiently, "Quick, tell me—what happened?"
One had to understand that the Queen's maid was one of the top three most important positions in Versailles Palace. Though he was a dignitary ranked 112th in succession in the Senate, he had still spent no small effort to secure this post for his wife.
If his wife could squeeze out Countess de Berninac and become the Queen's long-term maid, then he truly would be laughing himself awake from his dreams.
The duchess hesitated for a moment, pulled him into the inner room, skipped over all the other trifles, and whispered nervously, "His Majesty once mentioned that he wished to establish a Regent..."
Joseph waved at Alexandra as she left for her painting lesson. Only after her figure disappeared did he return to the desk and pick up the report that had just been delivered. After reading more than four pages, he could not help but smile. "This Mr. Dorian Delat is rather wasted as an assistant under Talleyrand."
He then picked up the Egypt Investment Plan drafted by the Ministry of Industry and skimmed through it. Finding no issues, he signed it, then added another line at the end: Dorian Delat was to be appointed General Manager of the Egypt Shipping Company.
Since Egypt was still nominally a province of the Ottoman, France could not establish diplomatic relations with it. Thus, this shipping company was in effect equivalent to a consulate in Egypt.
And the Company Manager was the person in charge of foreign affairs.
Joseph handed the Egypt Investment Plan to Eman and had him send someone to deliver it to the Ministry of Industry. Then he instructed, "Also, notify the Egyptian Institute of Archaeology to