After a brief exchange of pleasantries with Jerome Bonaparte, Count Cavour quickly moved on to the main topic.
Count Cavour sincerely pleaded with Jerome Bonaparte to lend a helping hand to Sardinia, considering the years of friendship between the French Empire and the Sardinian Kingdom.
If Jerome Bonaparte could provide assistance to the Sardinian Kingdom, then all members of the Sardinian Kingdom would undoubtedly look up to France.
Faced with Count Cavour's request, Jerome Bonaparte decisively shook his head in refusal.
After all, without sufficient interests to tempt France, Jerome Bonaparte was inclined to let the Austrian Empire continue its punitive actions against the Sardinian Kingdom.
Suppressing Sardinia's ambition to unify Italy had always been Jerome Bonaparte's established goal.
Thus, Jerome Bonaparte, with a slightly apologetic tone, said to Count Cavour, "Count Cavour, I truly apologize!
