War Palace and Knee Pillow, Austria’s Destiny

Finally, when the day came for the Queen to travel, all British officials, including Prime Minister Robert Peel, were sweating.

Because there have been too many assassinations recently, the Queen chose to travel according to the original plan, which was undoubtedly a risky move.

If something really happens to the Queen, it will have a very bad impact.

However, high risks also bring high rewards. If the relationship between Britain and France can be eased and an alliance can be promoted, as the only maritime power at this time, it will not be a problem to carve up the world like the Spanish and Portuguese did.

(The story of the Pope Meridian has been told before, so I won’t go into details here.)

People gathered on both sides of the road as if participating in a celebration, waiting for the arrival of the Queen's car. However, the soldiers looked a little nervous and no one dared to slack off at all.

Because the recent series of assassinations has already made the whole of Britain on guard, and the killer may be hidden among the crowd.

The thin red line that once blocked the French cuirassiers now seemed so weak.

In fact, Victoria was equally nervous, but she had to pretend to be calm and composed, and even waved from time to time to show the royal family's people-friendly attitude.

Not long ago, Countess Reiju, Victoria's maid, was shot dead just after arriving in London.

At that time, she was sitting in the carriage looking around, feeling novel about the changes in London, when suddenly a bullet was shot into her chest.

Although the housekeeper immediately sent Countess Reiju to the hospital, she eventually died of excessive blood loss.

The gunman opened fire on the second floor of a family hotel and quickly left in the chaos.

The detective found a note in the room where the gunman lived, which recorded the countess' crimes. She once pushed a girl into the running machinery in her factory, resulting in the girl's tragic death.

Afterwards, the countess not only did not plead guilty, but instead used her influence to distort the facts, claiming that the girl had damaged the machine because of her playfulness, and asked the girl's parents to compensate her for the loss.

In fact, when many assassinations occurred, the murderer deliberately left some clues and evidence of the victim's guilt, but these were classified as top secret after screening by the British Secret Service.

In view of the last assassination incident, windows on both sides of the road were prohibited from opening at this time, and key areas such as hotels and pubs on both sides of the road were carefully inspected.

The Bureau of Secrecy promised Prime Minister Robert Peel and Queen Victoria that it would be "absolutely foolproof."

However, after all, it is a matter of life and death. How can a person who has never experienced life and death look down upon all this?

Victoria's expression was a little stiff. Her husband, Prince Albert, saw his wife's abnormality and knew her difficulties.

So he held her hand tightly, the two looked at each other and smiled, and the tense atmosphere suddenly reduced a lot.

At this moment, the carriage happened to pass the corner of an intersection, and there was only a "boom" sound.

A violent explosion occurred in a house on the roadside, affecting the crowd of onlookers and the soldiers on guard. The frightened horses raised their front hooves and threw their owners off the horses.

The power of the explosion was huge, but fortunately the Queen's carriage was far enough away and the coachman's superb driving skills did not cause the carriage to go out of control.

However, before everyone could recover from the panic, someone in the crowd threw a grenade in the direction of the Queen's car.

The guards who were in a hurry had no time to react, and the experienced coachmen could not drive the carriage out of the chaotic team.

Seeing that the fuse of the grenade was getting shorter and shorter, Prince Albert stood in front of her.

Victoria returned to reality and did not assassinate. Albert was still sitting next to her.

The carriage was not moving very fast, and the assassination did not occur when the carriage turned the corner.

In fact, Queen Victoria has never been the target of assassination by the Chartists, and it is impossible for any other party to do it in London as long as they have the brains.

The reason why rules become rules is that everyone in this circle has to abide by them by default. If you break the rules, you will pay a price. The greater the rules you break, the greater the price you pay.

The benefits of Victoria's death in Britain were not enough to offset the risks and costs of the assassination itself. Therefore, it is impossible for foreigners to take action in the UK, and the Chartists are even less likely to take action if they still have expectations for the Queen.

When the Queen's carriage finally reached the port, it was so crowded that the soldiers on both sides of the road were almost overwhelming, and the crowds were still coming from all directions.

At this time, Robert Peel knew what the Chartists were going to do, but it was too late and he dispersed his troops.

The crowded crowd broke down the barrier formed by soldiers and blocked the Queen's car.

The Royal Guards responsible for protecting Queen Victoria immediately formed a huge phalanx around the carriage. William Elliot (the commander of the Guards) silently walked to the front of the team and raised his saber. The soldiers immediately pointed their guns at the front. of civilians.

However, the Chartists who came from all directions did not launch an attack. Instead, they held banners "We want bread! We want butter!"

"Get out of the way! Get out of the way! This is the Queen's car. You are tantamount to treason! If you don't get out of the way, we will shoot!" an accompanying official shouted at the top of his lungs.

"We want bread! We want butter!" The accompanying official's voice was soon drowned out by the noise of the civilians.

There was once a petition with millions of signatures sent to the British Parliament, but no one paid attention to it, so there was that mighty march just like this moment.

At that time, a teenage girl walked onto the balcony of Buckingham Palace holding the scepter, which symbolized the power of the British royal family, and gave that famous speech.

"There will be bread! There will be butter! Everything will be fine. Thank you, it is you who have made Britain strong. Without you, there would be no Britain today. I, the Queen of England, Victoria, hereby swear that I will Protect your rights and property."

At that time, the crowd gathered in front of Buckingham Palace sang the British national anthem "God Save the Queen" in unison. Even the soldiers who were confronting the crowd also sang the national anthem with the crowd.

At that moment, both the girl and the workers felt that they would usher in a new tomorrow, but five years had passed. The girls have married and given birth to children and become young women, but the situation of the workers has not improved at all, and is even worse than ever before.

(In fact, during Victoria's reign, the average height of the British dropped by five centimeters, and finally had to lower conscription standards to cope with possible wars)

Everything seems to have happened yesterday, but the irony is that on one side is Victoria who is visiting France under the guise of fun, and on the other side are the Chartists who have to desperately survive because their rights and interests are not protected.

And this time Victoria stood up again despite Prince Albert's obstruction.

"There will be bread and butter. I promise to protect your rights and property."