Chapter 443： Beat the anti-Russians

When Prince Albert said "declare war" to Queen Victoria, there was a look of regret on Victoria's face.

"Poor Nicky (nicknamed for Nicholas I), he must still be waiting for the news that the Kingdom of Great Britain supports him, but he doesn't know that we are about to bring him bad news!" Victoria sighed heavily In one breath, he complained to Albert beside him.

Although Queen Victoria herself had a vague feeling for Nicholas I, and at the same time tended to the Orthodox Church in the direction of religious belief, she hoped to establish a "Greek Empire" to replace the weakening Ottoman Empire, but Queen Victoria was not a "real" after all. "To control the King of Britain, everything she imagined is not in the interests of Britain, and her thoughts are also destined to be as illusory as a castle in the air.

And Prince Albert, who is the initiator of all this, is the one who really controls the Queen, and even the entire British political situation, and what he does is the path that truly conforms to the interests of Britain.

"Victoria!" Albert said to Queen Victoria in his low, magnetic voice: "Britain's fundamental interest is to maintain the balance of the European continent, and all the Russian Empire does is to destroy the original balance between the European continents. Political landscape. For such a political disruptor, Britain must take military action against it.”

Speaking of this, Prince Albert deliberately paused, and the corners of his mouth raised slightly: "Furthermore, we have given Tsar Nicholas a chance! The rise of Aberdeen and the fall of Palmerston and Russell are all the same. Our goodwill to the Russian Empire. However, Nicholas I has repeatedly rejected our goodwill, and he wants to force the entire Ottoman Empire to submit to the Russian Empire by force, which is something that the Kingdom of Britain can never promise!"

"Humph!" Victoria wrinkled her nose and said to Albert with an unhappy expression: "Didn't you still allow us to form a joint army with the French Empire? The reason why Palmerston and Russell are so bold is because By your instructions!"

"The secret agreement between the Kingdom of Great Britain and the French Empire is nothing but a verbal agreement! No country will take the secret agreement as a given fact!" Prince Albert flatly denied, and then continued to shirk: "Palmerston and Russell, two guys who are afraid of chaos in the world, even if there is no order from me, they will not miss this opportunity to bring down Aberdeen!"

"That's right! And that Aberdeen, you can't do a little thing!" Queen Victoria once again aimed at the Prime Minister of Aberdeen: "A person like this, you will also appoint him as Prime Minister! I think You just want the kingdom of Britain to have a bad relationship with the Russian Empire!"

In the face of Victoria's almost "unreasonable" accusation, Prince Albert did not choose to explain to Queen Victoria, and then bluntly admitted: "Yes! I just look at Nicholas I and feel uncomfortable, I don't like me my wife to miss someone else's man!"

It turns out that sometimes women don't care about the outcome of a thing, and they don't want to hear your tirade. All she wants is that you care about her feelings.

Albert's rhetoric set aside the facts, and Queen Victoria's attitude changed immediately, and she began to take pride in her charm.

"It's almost!" Queen Victoria raised her head arrogantly and responded.

If you look closely, you can find that Queen Victoria's ears were slightly red after Albert said this love story.

Seeing that the conflicts within the family were temporarily subsided, Prince Albert could not help but let out a sigh of relief, and turned to stand on the same front as Victoria on certain issues.

"However, you are right about one thing!" Albert frowned and said to Victoria in a serious tone, "I did give Palmerston too much laissez-faire. They used the newspaper to lead the conversation to the declaration of war on the Russian Empire. That's all! It's too presumptuous to dare to lead the topic to the royal family now!"

Hearing Albert's words, Queen Victoria's eyes lit up and she asked eagerly, "Then what are you going to do?"

I saw Albert set his eyes on the bell placed on the fireplace, he strode over to the fireplace, picked up the bell and shook it back and forth.

The bell rang crisply, and after a while, John Brown, wearing a small black felt hat, a black gray button suit, a black kilt, and a pair of black leather boots, appeared in Albert and in front of Victoria.

"His Royal Highness!" John Brown respectfully bowed to Prince Albert, then raised his head and asked meticulously, "What is your order?"

"Invite Mr. Palmerston, Speaker Russell (Speaker of the House of Commons), both to me!" Albert pointed out the two leaders who now hold the anti-Russian forces in British politics, which is also the event the initiator of.

"Your Highness, do you want them to come over now?" John Brown asked Albert.

"That's right, now!" Albert nodded to John Brown.

"Understood!"

John Brown left the room, Albert and Victoria sat on the sofa and played chess on the table.

After about half an hour, Palmerston and Russell first arrived in the room where Victoria and Albert were.

"Your Highness, Her Majesty the Queen!" Palmerston and Russell first saluted the two of them to show their respect.

After Prince Albert heard the voices of Palmerston and Russell, he put the "cavalry" in his hand back into the grid, raised his head and invited Palmerston and Russell's friendly smile: Mr. Marston, Speaker Russell, sit down!"

Then he turned his attention to the chessboard again.

Palmerston and Russell sat alone at one end of the long sofa. Neither of them started but looked at every piece on the chessboard silently.

A few minutes later, Prince Albert, who was playing chess, turned his head to look at Palmerston and Russell again, and said, "I see that you two have watched for so long, so you two should understand chess. Bar!"

"Of course!"

"Of course!"

Palmerston and Russell answered Albert's inquiry at the same time.

"So what do you two think of chess?" Prince Albert asked Palmerston and Russell.

"Your Highness, I don't quite understand what you mean? Could you please be more thorough!" Palmerston asked cautiously.

"If these chessboards represent each of us, then what do you think the two of us should be on the chessboard?" Albert asked calmly.

"Your Majesty and Your Highness, you are the king and queen!" Russell responded without hesitation.

"Then what do you two think you represent on this chessboard?" Albert said as he approached Victoria's "King" with the "rook", leaving only one "pawn" in front of the king.

"Of course we are soldiers in the hands of the Queen and Her Royal Highness!" Palmerston responded immediately.

"That's right!" Speaker Russell also said casually.

"Then..." Albert lengthened his voice and gave Queen Victoria a look.

The sympathetic Queen Victoria immediately understood.

So a scene that terrified both Palmerston and Russell appeared. The "soldiers" under Queen Victoria did not act as "cannon fodder", but went directly to the left.

"Will!" Albert's chariot drove straight in and directly killed Victoria's "King".

"I lost!" Queen Victoria "lost" to admit defeat.

"Okay! I won!!" Prince Albert smiled slightly, then looked at Palmerston and Russell.

The current Palmerston and Russell did not understand what Prince Albert meant.

As "little pawns", they disregarded the safety of their "king", which led to the "king" being driven straight in by the opposite "chariot". Isn't this implying that the royal family ordered the newspaper to slander the royal family in this anti-Aberdeen campaign. the behavior of.

God is pitiful, the two of them didn't want to slander the royal family at all, but as the public opinion intensified, they gradually couldn't control their direction.

"We really didn't mean to..." Russell, who was slightly lacking in political literacy, wanted to clear Albert's suspicions.

Before Russell could finish speaking, Albert raised his hand to stop Russell, and issued an expulsion order to Russell and Palmerston: "I'm glad you can watch us finish a game of chess! Now you two can leave!"

Now that Prince Albert has said what he wants to say to the two of them in the form of a chessboard, it is up to the two of them how to proceed next.

On this issue Albert just needs to end, he doesn't want to hear too much explanation from Palmerston and Russell.

After Albert clearly issued the eviction order, Palmerston and Russell could only leave in frustration.

After Palmerston and Russell left, Albert said again: "This time it's a lesson for these two guys! I hope they don't involve the royal family so casually next time. In strife!"

"That game just now doesn't count! Let's play another game!" Queen Victoria, whose competitive spirit was stimulated, didn't care what lessons she taught or not. Now she just wants to win an upright win.

On the other hand, after hearing Albert's warning, Palmerston and Russell, who had returned home, hurriedly summoned friends from the newspaper and ordered them to stop reporting on Albert.

The newspapers that have tasted the sweetness are obviously unwilling to do such a loss-making business, and they want to continue to attack the royal family.

In the end, however, the Palmerston Associates made a shady private deal.

The newspaper's attack on the royal family then subsided.