Chapter 429 Another Promise

Finally, the day of the Queen's trip arrived. At this time, all British officials, including Prime Minister Robert Peel, were sweating.

Because there were too many assassinations recently, the Queen chose to go out as planned, which was undoubtedly a risky move.

If something really happened to the Queen, it would have a very bad impact.

However, high risks also have high rewards. If the relationship between Britain and France can be eased and then an alliance can be formed, as the only two maritime powers at this time, it is not a problem to divide the world like the Spanish and Portuguese in the past.

(The story of the Pope's meridian has been told, so I won't repeat it here.)

People gathered on both sides of the road like attending a celebration, waiting for the arrival of the Queen's carriage, but the soldiers looked a little nervous and no one dared to slack off.

Because the recent series of assassinations have already made the whole of Britain nervous, and the killer might be hidden in the crowd.

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

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

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

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

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

The gunman fired on the second floor of a family hotel and quickly left in the chaos after succeeding.

The inspector found a note in the room where the gunman lived, which recorded the countess's crime. She once pushed a girl into a running machine in her factory, causing the girl's tragic death.

Afterwards, the countess not only did not plead guilty, but used her influence to distort the facts, claiming that the girl's playfulness caused the machine to be damaged, and asked the girl's parents to compensate her for her losses.

In fact, when many assassinations occur, the murderers will deliberately leave some clues and evidence of the victims, but these are classified as top secret after being screened by the British Secret Service.

In view of the last assassination, the windows on both sides of the road were forbidden to be opened at this time, and key areas such as hotels and taverns on both sides of the road were carefully checked.

The Secret Service promised Prime Minister Robert Peel and Queen Victoria that "it is absolutely foolproof."

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

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

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

At this time, the carriage just passed the corner of an intersection, and there was a "boom".

There was a violent explosion in the house on the side of the road, and the onlookers and the soldiers on guard were all affected. The frightened horses raised their front hooves high and threw their masters off the warhorses.

The explosion was powerful, but fortunately the Queen's carriage was far enough away, and the driver's driving skills were superb and the carriage did not lose control.

However, just before everyone recovered from the panic, someone in the crowd threw a grenade in the direction of the Queen's carriage.

The flustered guards had no time to react, and the experienced driver could not drive the carriage out of the chaotic team.

Seeing that the fuse of the grenade was burning 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 fast, and the assassination did not happen when the carriage turned the corner.

In fact, Queen Victoria was never the target of assassination by the Charterists, and any other party would not have done it in London if they had any brains.

The reason why rules can become rules is that it is tacitly followed by everyone in this circle, and breaking the rules will cost a price. And the greater the rules are broken, the greater the price is often paid.

The benefits generated by Victoria's death in Britain are not enough to offset the risks and costs of the assassination itself. Therefore, it was impossible for foreigners to take action in Britain, and it was even more impossible for the Chartists to take action since they still had expectations for the Queen.

When the Queen's carriage finally arrived at the port, it was crowded with people. The soldiers on both sides of the road could hardly stop it, and the crowds were still coming from all directions.

Only then did Robert Peel know what the Chartists were going to do, but it was too late, and he dispersed all his troops.

The crowded crowd broke through the barrier formed by the soldiers and blocked the Queen's carriage.

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

However, the Chartists who came from all directions did not launch an attack, but raised a banner "We want bread! We want butter!"

"Get out of the way! Get out of the way! This is the Queen's carriage. What you are doing is equivalent to treason! If you don't get out of the way, we will shoot!" An accompanying official shouted hoarsely.

"We want bread! We want butter!" Soon the accompanying official's voice was drowned out by the voices of civilians.

Once a petition with a million signatures was sent to the British Parliament, but no one paid attention to it, so there was a huge parade just like this moment.

At that time, a teenage girl took the scepter symbolizing the power of the British royal family and walked onto the balcony of Buckingham Palace, and then there was the famous speech

"There will be bread! There will be butter! Everything will be fine. Thank you, it is you who made Britain strong. Without you, there would be no Britain today. I, Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, swear here 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, and even the soldiers who confronted the crowd sang the national anthem with the crowd.

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

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

Everything seemed to have happened yesterday, but the irony was that on one side, Victoria was visiting France under the banner of pleasure, and on the other side, the Chartists had to desperately survive because their rights were not protected.

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."