Half a month later.
Lucian Buonaparte, Napoleon's younger brother of just 17 years, hurried back to Corsica from Paris to participate in the by-election for Corsican deputies—Congress suddenly had 14 seats to fill, for which new deputies were to be elected.
Without any surprises, Lucian was elected by a wide margin as the deputy for the Sota District. Even though he had scarcely ever visited that place, with the vigorous campaigning by his second brother and the support of Governor Count Butafuoco, being elected was not a difficult task.
In fact, nearly all of the 14 by-election seats fell into the hands of those designated by Napoleon and the Governor.
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On the second floor of the Tuileries Palace.
Joseph, looking at the report on the situation in Corsica that Brian had just delivered, couldn't help but tiredly rub his temples.