Amidst the dense sound of hooves outside Fontainebleau Palace, the Vice Speaker Bijou of the French Legislative Corps and representatives of the Corps arrived at the gate of Fontainebleau Palace.
The Vice Speaker and representatives, dressed neatly, stepped down from the carriages and, under Vice Speaker Bijou's command, formed two columns advancing towards the horseshoe-shaped staircase.
The ceremonial court guards deployed on both sides of the horseshoe-shaped staircase drew their horseshoe-shaped sabers hanging at their waist upon seeing the delegation from Paris, holding them level with their chests.
The sabers emitted a dazzling cold sheen in the sunlight, causing discomfort on the faces of a small portion of Republican Faction and Orthodox Faction representatives forced to attend. To them, the soldiers on the horseshoe-shaped staircase were just like those who escorted them to Fontainebleau Palace, tools used by the Emperor to demonstrate his power.
