Chapter Ninety-Four: Crowded
When the quartermaster saw that Her Majesty wanted to imprison her, she hurriedly begged for mercy: "Spare your life, Your Majesty. Didn't you say you wouldn't kill your subordinates?"
Gladys looked at him and said with a look of disgust: "You are the most hateful of a corrupt little official, who has formed a party for personal gain by relying on your own official affairs, and you still want to expect me to spare you? What about the guards? Come and lock him up!"
The quartermaster yelled for Gladys to spare him, but his pleas made the Empress blush.
When the quartermaster's voice could no longer be heard, Shani leaned forward and asked, "Your Majesty, does the nobleman he confessed before need us to investigate?"
Gladys waved her hand at her and refused: "No, now that the battle has reached the point of breaking out, we are currently very short of manpower, and I am afraid that attacking now will shake the morale of the army." Now let's put this matter down, and when this war is over, I will liquidate these corrupt silverfish one by one!"
After choosing an incorruptible subordinate as the new quartermaster, Gladys didn't want to stay in the warehouse that annoyed her for a moment, and walked outside the warehouse with Shani and her attendants.
Her Majesty's visit to the munitions depot was a rare news, and many soldiers gathered in the open space at the entrance of the depot to see the excitement.
Coincidentally, Russell and their camp were also stationed nearby, and when they heard that the Empress was here, Russell pulled Carlos to participate in it.
Carlos stood in the crowd and felt the suffocation of being squeezed by the people around him, and said with some complaints: "My friend Your Excellency Russell, you don't wait for a comfortable camp, it's funny to drag me to this place and be squeezed by others, isn't it?"
Russell scratched his face and apologized apologetically, "I'm sorry, Carlos. Unexpectedly, more and more people came to see the excitement one after another. Our last meeting was so far away from the Empress, I didn't take a closer look at our Empress, and besides, the Empress is a peerless beauty, so we won't suffer if we're crowded now, right?"
Carlos looked at him helplessly and sighed, "However, I have already met the empress countless times, and when my grandfather was still alive, I often followed my grandfather to royal banquets.
My grandfather told me that she hugged me when I was younger, and to be honest, it was a completely stupid decision for me to come with you this time. ”
Russell laughed for a moment and didn't know what to say, but at this moment, the crowd was in a commotion, and someone shouted, "Her Majesty has come out!"
"What? Where? I want to see!"
"Don't squeeze, don't squeeze, let me move forward!"
The crowd suddenly began to stir, everyone wanted to get closer to the door of the warehouse, but it was too crowded to move an inch, and some of the Empress's attendants at the door were maintaining order to prevent these crowds from attacking the Empress's honor.
Russell and Carlos were swaying from side to side like boats in the waves, and he overestimated the awareness of the people of the empire to prevent danger, and at this time he even crowded in the direction of the door regardless of the danger.
Russell felt a hint of danger and shouted around, "Don't crowd, stay safe!" but no one listened to him at all, or there was noise nearby, and no one could hear him.
Russell was a little anxious, such a situation was likely to lead to a trampling accident, and he had no way to stop this situation now, but to find a way to escape from such a surging crowd.
He and Carlos were standing at the front of the line, and it was obviously unrealistic to want to retreat, so the only way to leave this place was to break forward! Russell did not hesitate at this time, and directly pulled Carlos to the front.
Carlos was shocked and hurriedly asked, "What are you doing here?
Russell gave him a look to believe him, and squeezed to the front of the line with all his strength. At this time, the attendant could no longer control the crowd, and the guard standing on the side of the road hurriedly stretched out his hands and said, "What are you going to do?
In this sudden situation, Empress Gladys could only stand at the door of the warehouse and wait for the riot of the crowd to end. Now everyone is in a dilemma, and there are even many people who fall to the ground and are trampled by others.
Russell broke through the squire's blockade and shouted to the squires as he ran, "Pull your hands up and form a passage to evacuate the crowd!"
The chief of the guard was just about to reprimand this rude man who had rushed into the Empress's majesty, when suddenly someone came running up to him and said something.
The head of the guard's face softened a little, and ordered his subordinates: "Just do as he says, and evacuate the people out of the clearing!"
After receiving the order, the attendants held hands one after another, forming a long and narrow passageway, and shouted in unison to the people to leave.
After a quarter of an hour of tossing and turning, the crowd was gradually evacuated by the guards, and even if it was so smooth, several unfortunate soldiers were trampled to death in the chaos.
The attendants finally resolved the incident and protected Her Majesty's safety.
Seeing that the accident was finally resolved, Russell relieved himself and wiped the dust on his face that had just been stained, and after glancing at Carlos, he wanted to leave.
At this time, the chief guard ran to Russell's side and said with a respectful attitude: "The empress has an order, I hope to invite you over to talk!"