"Ha! So this is His Majesty the Emperor's way of maintaining balance!"
Belilla grumbled in an unhappy tone, prompting Achilles Fould beside him to show a similarly gloomy expression.
The Emperor's unexpected support for the Rothschild Clan, thwarting Fould's efforts to consolidate the various factions within the Bank of France, indeed caught Fould by surprise.
However, His Majesty the Emperor's actions were not beyond Achilles Fould's expectations.
After all, as a Monarch, he could never allow any one side to become too dominant.
Even if it were Achilles Fould in that position, he would make the same choice as the Emperor.
Though he understood this, Achilles Fould still harbored some reluctance in his heart.
Back then, it was His Majesty the Emperor who personally sounded the call to defeat the Rothschilds, and only then did they follow the Emperor in the anti-Rothschild movement.
Now, the Rothschild Clan was on the verge of becoming a peripheral force in the Bank of France.
