However, Derby next to him heard a different meaning and said to Victoria: "Your Majesty, what do you mean ......"

Victoria said softly: "Let Russell take the blame and resign, and spread the news so that the eastern country thinks that I want to compromise with Great Britain." At the same time, Sir Deby, in the name of the Foreign Secretary, you have asked the Special Envoy of the Chinese Empire to Europe to negotiate with the other side, and you have revealed that I, the Kingdom of Great Britain, wants to reconcile with them and redeem India with money, no matter how much compensation they demand. Other sounds can also be appropriately released, the purpose is one, paralyzing the other party! Then, send troops as quickly as possible, after the army is transported to India, there is no need to attack the port, the navy directly finds the other side's fleets, does not give the other side time to react, and directly destroys them by surprise! ”

Russell jerked his head up, blinked in disbelief, and looked at Victoria, whose face was fierce, and only now did he realize that he had underestimated the Queen, and that he was also aware of his military idiocy.

Secretary of the Admiralty, Sidney Herbert, looked at Russell with some sadness, and looked at him with Secretary of State Panmmel Ramsay, and both sides knew what the other understood.

Victoria's true intentions may only be clear to her. However, there is no doubt that Russell, as the prime minister, lost Ireland and India from his hands, and for whatever reason, Queen Victoria will follow the will of the people to force him to step down. And the queen can only coax Russell, who does not understand military affairs, with this lame excuse.

Perhaps Queen Victoria did have some of this idea, thinking that she could find the fleet of the Chinese Empire by surprise and deal a devastating blow. Let's not talk about whether this can be done, this idea alone is a bit naïve. Now that the merchants and outposts of the Chinese Empire are all over Europe, and Great Britain is on a large-scale expedition, it is impossible for the Chinese Empire not to know such a big movement. Therefore, the possibility of a sneak attack or a surprise attack on the fleet of the Chinese Empire, or even a breakdown of each one, is too low, and can only be taken for granted.

Therefore, it is very likely that Queen Victoria said this as an excuse to get Russell to resign.

In any case, Herbert and Ramsay both understood that this time the Kingdom of Great Britain was bound to send a large army to recover India, and to engage in a great war with the Chinese Empire in the east that would completely affect the country. But would Gladstone, the unusually stubborn Chancellor of the Exchequer, really agree to such military spending? It's not a little bit. When Great Britain was at its strongest, Crimea, the Near East, joined forces with France and Turkey to fight against Tsarist Russia, plus mercenaries and other troops who participated in the war at most of 100,000 troops, and spent hundreds of millions of pounds on the war, even so, it was only a small Crimean peninsula. If, now, with the forces of the Kingdom of Great Britain as the main force, thousands of miles to India, and even to attack the Chinese Empire in the Far East, with an army of more than 150,000 people, and such a wide area, wouldn't the cost be even more expensive, even higher than the military expenditure of the Crimean War?

Herbert and Ramsay were skeptical that the Kingdom of Great Britain could afford such military spending.

Not long after the Queen of England and the members of the cabinet discussed and went to Parliament, the news on the streets of London about the Chinese Empire's declaration of war on the Kingdom of Great Britain, the brazen invasion of the British Empire's Ceylon Island and the Indian colonies, and the surrender of the Indian Governor Canning began to circulate, and the whole London street began to panic.

Later that evening, The Times worked overtime to print an unprecedented edition of the special news. There was only one new section devoted directly to this important news story from India and the Far East.

The title of the news directly used a poem by the poet Byron "Thousands of ships gallop on you, leaving no trace" as the introduction, accompanied by "Cry, Great Britain, Queen Victoria's crown jewel has been snatched", "The British sun never sets on the empire from now on", "Queen Victoria lost her prince, and then lost her great love, Ireland and India", and other chapter headings, which sadly announced this shocking news to the people of Great Britain.

The Times commented that after losing the United States, the Straits Settlements, and Ireland, the British Empire lost India and Ceylon again, and its national strength was greatly reduced. With more than 100,000 soldiers killed and wounded in the East and more than 30,000 taken prisoner, the whole of Britain fell into the most sorrowful period! This is the sorrow of Queen Victoria, and the sorrow of the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the sorrow of all the people of England, Scotland and Wales.

Finally, the commentary said in a fierce tone of grief that if the British Empire does not pick itself up and do not take the right response, it will completely destroy the empire, from the original United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to the Kingdom of Great Britain and even the Kingdom of Britain. And in this way, it will not be long before the Kingdom of Great Britain will lose its position as the world's first power, and will be surpassed by the Chinese Empire and the French Empire, and become a second-rate country. Therefore, the commentary inspires all citizens of the Kingdom of Great Britain to take action, donate military funds, actively join the army, and do their best for the Kingdom of Great Britain, for the recovery of India, and for the restoration of the British empire on which the sun never sets.

Following in the footsteps of The Times, other newspapers such as The Daily Telegraph, The News of the World, and the Daily Mail have also added special editions, and even in the evening, they have also been issued for the sale of people who are still waiting for the latest news.

The Daily Telegraph took Queen Victoria's heartbroken avatar caricature as the centerpiece of the page, denouncing the Viceroy of India, Canning, as a criminal who lost India and the Queen and the British Empire of its most important colony.

The "News of the World" considered from the perspective of the British soldiers who died in India and Ceylon, claiming that the Kingdom of Great Britain had encountered the greatest crisis of this century, and the bereavement expenses for the soldiers killed and wounded in the war would be astronomical, and the 30,000 British soldiers who were captured did not know whether they would suffer injustice. The newspaper appealed to the British cabinet government and members of Parliament to consider the life and death of these soldiers, and suggested that the Kingdom of Great Britain negotiate peace with the Chinese Empire, stop the war, and return the prisoners. When the Kingdom of Great Britain has redeveloped, we will deal with the Indian question.

In the evening, after the spread and fermentation of the news in these newspapers, tens of thousands of people took to the streets of London, spreading rumors to each other in horror, and the whole London became a sensation.

When night fell, hundreds of thousands of people flocked to the streets and alleys of London, and some shops selling tea, ceramics and Chinese imperial handicrafts began to be smashed and looted by the "indignant" young people of England. The worst thing is that the former embassy of the Chinese Empire in London, although it has long been empty and has been taken over by the London Police Department, it is still set on fire by the angry masses, and even clashed with the police who heard the news, killing and injuring dozens of people.

The whole of London was in disarray, and if it weren't for the swift dispatch of large numbers of military police to patrol the streets by the City Hall and the Police, there would have been another riot in the streets. Even, the number of military and police in London was insufficient, and the War Department hurriedly mobilized tens of thousands of infantry to maintain order on the streets, which was basically calmed down.

In addition, many people came to the city hall and the parliament square overnight to protest to the government, demanding peace talks with the Chinese Empire, redeeming the British soldiers captured by the Chinese Empire, and transporting the bodies of all British soldiers killed in India back to Europe for family pensions. Of course, these people were basically military dependents, and the soldiers were not easy to do to them, and they did not have any violent behavior, so they urgently reported to the cabinet, and the Minister of the Interior and the Minister of War hurriedly came to swear and appease.

But in addition to these people who listen to the news and think that the Chinese Empire is the devil, there are also many people who are trembling and hiding in their homes, praying for God's blessing and no more wars.

The next day, another news spread: Russell, the prime minister of the Kingdom of Great Britain, resigned due to the loss of Indian territory, and the former prime minister, Earl Derby, concurrently served as the prime minister as foreign secretary. However, the cabinet still did not say anything publicly about the declaration of war and the invasion of India by the Chinese Empire. While everyone was speculating, a secret news began to circulate: the Kingdom of Great Britain had issued a huge national debt, borrowed money to send troops, recovered India and conquered the Far East.