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Queen Victoria was clearly in a state of mind, but in fact she was not optimistic about the cowardly Englishman, who at this time had long since lost the glamour of his first term, and was more of a cowardly and incompetent fellow caricatured by the imperialist bourgeoisie.

In the previous 1980 general election, he won the trust of the people as the candidate of the Central Rodian candidate, toured the country to speak against Disraeli's aggressive policies, and was regarded as the leader of British democracy.

On the eve of the general election, he also asked voters the demagogic question "Do you sponsor or condemn Disraeli's foreign policies?" that won the Liberal Party a lot of votes in the election. As Gladstone presented himself as a "hero" against the aggressive policies of the Disraeli government, the Liberal Party won a landslide victory over the Conservatives and he re-organized the government.

After Prime Minister Gladstone came to power, he changed his former kind face and inherited all of Disraeli's aggressive policies. The British government had to raise income taxes because of the fiscal deficit caused by the colonial war, but Gladstone was doomed to lose the support of the bourgeoisie as it continued its war of colonial expansion.

Gladstone, unaware of the fact that his own policies had created the situation like today's, calmly replied to Empress Eugenie.

"I'm sorry, we didn't know Ling Zun was involved in this war. It was just a mistake, and if we knew that the crown prince of France was also involved in this war, then we should have gone to Paris to settle the score. But I want Mrs. Bonaparte to explain why you are now at Buckingham Palace while your son is in a war against the British. It doesn't make sense to say that you are a distinguished guest of the British, but you are doing things against the British behind your back. ”

Gladstone took a bite and put Eugenie in an awkward position.

He tried to link the actions of the Bonaparte family to the French government, and suggested that the Bonaparte family had ulterior motives.

It's just that these small actions of Gladstone, Queen Victoria saw them all. How could they, who have experienced the ups and downs of the palace for most generations, not see through this careful thinking.

Queen Victoria glanced at the wise woman, and then she turned her head to look at Prime Minister Gladstone, showing no emotion, she still sat dignified and elegant, and assumed the posture of a queen.

If his own prime minister is also capable of this, the British Empire may have no successor.

Of course, Empress Eugenie will not sit still, and when she heard the Prime Minister's slander, she immediately launched a beautiful counterattack, refuting the British Prime Minister standing in front of her word by word.

"Listen, what my son is going to do has nothing to do with me personally, and it has nothing to do with the Bonapartes. Before my husband Napoleon III died, he had stressed that my son must join the army to be tempered, and the French government was willing to open the door to him, and I felt very honored, but at the same time did not dare to expect anything. As for why my son is there, you should go to Napoleon, President Sappo, and not come to embarrass a mother who has just lost a child. ”

Then Eugenie asked another question, "Prime Minister Gladstone, do you have any children?" ”

Prime Minister Gladstone nodded and honestly admitted, "I have two children. ”

"So can you imagine what it's like for a mother who has lost a child to be added to a man's bad words?"

Prime Minister Gladstone was so choked by these words that he had nothing to say, and his previous arrogant attitude was directly suppressed.

Empress Eugenie said unrelentingly, "Now that my question has been discussed, should I discuss why the British ** team shot my son, the results of the war that took place in South Africa have come out, and the French volunteers have died one and injured fifteen." Do you know what the name of that death is? He is my son, and his name is Eugène Bonaparte. Heirs of the Bonaparte family! ”

"Madam, please calm down, impulsiveness does not solve all problems. Now that this has happened, we should think about how to deal with the great grief caused by this accident, not only because you lost your son, but also because the more than 400 British soldiers who died in this war are also the sons of a certain mother. ”

Prime Minister Gladstone tried to explain the accident with misunderstandings and victims of war, but Eugénie didn't want to hear it.

"But there is only one heir to the Bonaparte family, and the British government is the executioner of my son's murder! I will never let you go, Prime Minister Gladstone, and I will curse you, and your cabinet. ”

Eugénie's emotions finally broke down, and she fell to her knees and wept bitterly, having lost her husband and now her son as his last hope.

Victoria helped Eugenie up, she looked at Prime Minister Gladstone coldly, and said softly, "Prime Minister Gladstone, you go out first, it's a bit inappropriate for you to continue to stay here." ”

Gladstone knew the relationship between Eugenie and Victoria, and also realized that the queen was giving himself a step, Prime Minister Gladstone quickly nodded in agreement, and bent down to Queen Eugenie to say that he was really sorry, and withdrew.

Like a loser, he threw away his armor and fled Buckingham Palace in a hurry, leaving only the embarrassment on his face.

Today, his mood is really terrible, who would have thought that an inconspicuous colonial war thousands of miles away would break out such a dispute, he is not in the mood to care about the battle loss ratio of the British ** team now, he just wants to get the British ** officer captured by the French back as soon as possible!

But there are always surprises waiting for him.

As soon as he returned to Downing Street, British Foreign Secretary Granville had been waiting at the door of his office for a long time, and he had come for the sole purpose of delivering the diplomatic protest of the French.

"Diplomatic protests?"

Prime Minister Gladstone took the telegram and asked strangely, "What are the French government protesting to join in, aren't they a republican government?" What does this have to do with them? ”

Chancellor Granville said helplessly, "It is said that the French government was very shocked after hearing about me, and in any case, the current French president is also the uncle of Napoleon IV, and he will naturally intervene because of this matter, but not in his own name, but in the name of the French government." ”

Gladstone paused at his hand as he saw what was on the telegram, Napoleon's blatant declaration that Great Britain was an evil empire.

"The French president is very bold in daring to openly declare Great Britain an evil empire. But so what? Will Britain back down from your evil empire? ”

Gladstone crumpled the telegram into a ball of waste paper and threw it in the trash, saying disdainfully, "Our Great Britain is the only super-empire in the world. ”

The Prime Minister had just lost face at Buckingham Palace, and now he was in a very bad mood, and the French chose to add fuel to the fire at this time, which made him even more annoyed.

When the foreign secretary saw this scene, he reminded the other party in a low voice.

"But there is one thing that I have to remind the Prime Minister of. Now that France and Germany are trying to ease their old hatred, and Germany's new king, Frederick III, is very much in favor of this approach, if France and Germany finally reconcile and aim their guns at Britain, Chancellor Gladstone should know what the consequences will be. ”

Prime Minister Gladstone was stunned for a moment, and then he turned his head to look at the telegram in the wastebasket, and his eyes suddenly widened. patted his head with remorse, and said hatefully,

"Damn the French! I was deceived by you! ”

"No wonder, no wonder, to do so blatantly in this matter, it turned out that he intended to challenge the international status of the British Empire!"

Foreign Secretary Glenlivet nodded very calmly, he pointed to Prime Minister Gladstone and said, "The French have no intention of taking revenge on Germany at all, they are planning to join forces, build a strong and reliable alliance, and then rob the British of their colonies!" ”

"One more thing, with regard to the captured officer, the French government has said that it wants to negotiate with us."

Prime Minister Gladstone glared at him and asked, "Negotiate what?" ”

"Negotiate with us on the condition of the independence of the Boers."

With a bang, Glenlivet saw the Prime Minister angrily smashing the cup on the table on the ground, he looked at the Foreign Secretary angrily, and said angrily, "It's a dream!" "Cat flutter Chinese