And Russia's attention is clearly not going to be focused on Austria-Hungary all the time.

Relations between the Ottomans and Anglo-Russian took a turn for the worse after Britain issued a statement of support for Russia.

Although Romania did not have good relations with the Ottomans, it was, after all, one of the Ottoman protectorates.

Southern Bessarabia was also considered their own territory by the Ottomans.

If Sultan Abdul Aziz dares to agree to such a clause, his position is most likely to be lost.

On the surface, this is nothing, after all, the Ottoman Empire has lost less territory in the past few decades, Egypt can be lost, and there is still a small southern Bessarabia.

(Egypt has actually been lost, but it is still being offered, so it is still nominally retained)

Of course, it was nothing for the Ottomans as a whole, but not for the Sultan of Aziz.

In order to expand his harem and navy, his Ottoman empire was already heavily in debt, and it cost half of its fiscal revenue each year to repay foreign interest alone.

In this case, the European powers were still forcibly promoting the Ottoman modernization reforms, which helped Aziz provoke many people.

Coupled with the lack of grain harvests in recent years, it can be said that the common people and most of the nobles wanted the Sultan to die.

The Russians gave them a reason to wait for the Sultan to react, and they had to play to the glorious Ottoman tradition.

Historically, there have been no major wars, and simply because of the turmoil in the Balkans, Aziz was deposed five years later, which is enough to show how precarious his throne really is.

"Damn the Austrians." "Smack!" In the newly built royal palace, Beylerbeyi Palace, Sultan Aziz is furious, constantly smashing his beloved vase on the ground.

Russia came to him for trouble, and he blamed not the Russians or the British, but the Austrians, because the previous policy of balancing the two powers had not worked.

He sent envoys with great anticipation, hoping that Vienna would help, as in the past, and that the Ottomans were not afraid of a war with Russia as long as Austria came to their aid.

But this time, not to mention the aid, the envoy did not even see the emperor.

It has been almost a week since Russia made its statement, and Austria-Hungary has not even condemned it.

This was not only a big surprise to Aziz, but also to the United Kingdom.

It is true that Austria-Hungary took Italy, but there is not too much territory.

Unexpectedly, Austria-Hungary really retreated into advance, which made Britain, which hoped to provoke the conflict between Russia and Austria, regret it.

Franco-Prussian was in the middle of the war, Austria-Hungary stood by and Britain, and Britain supported Russia.

And Spain, which has recently had a revival leaning, is clearly not going to get involved in this.

Sultan Aziz discovered a bitter truth: if he insists on fighting, he will face Russia alone!

This frightened Aziz, who knew that the Ottoman navy was not bad, and might be able to defend his home.

But the army will definitely be crushed in an instant, even if the Romanian national mobilization fights to the death.

Fortunately, Aziz still has one way to go, and that is to submit to Russia and secure his throne through Russian troops.

The decision seemed humiliating on the surface, but it didn't take much time for Aziz to complete his mental construction.

The Crimean War was triggered by Russia's demand for Ottoman protection of the Orthodox Christians and the withdrawal of Ottoman troops from Montenegro (in other words, the surrender of most of the Balkans).

At that time, it was because of the support of the great powers that the Ottoman dared to refuse, and now the great powers do not support him, and it is not difficult to accept to return to the original historical trajectory.

…… Aziz comforted himself.

He immediately began to write: "Honorable God-blessed monarch, despotic king of Great and Small Rus'......"

The content of the letter was probably that he was willing to cede South Bessarabia to Russia, or even Romania in its entirety, on the condition that Russia would send an army to Constantinople to guarantee his safety.

Of course, if you can lend him some more money, Serbia is not negotiable.

After writing the letter, Aziz called a confidant officer and told him to take some people to St. Petersburg and make sure to deliver the letter to the Tsar.

Aziz is confident that Russia is reforming and certainly does not want a war, and it should not be difficult to solve it by diplomatic means.

He even considered the possibility of bargaining with the other party in advance, and deliberately did not mention the protection of the Orthodox Christians, just to save it for the second round of negotiations.

He didn't care about that anyway, and the current Christian protectorate was mainly in the hands of France, which was clearly no longer able to interfere in Balkan affairs.

……

On the other hand, Alfonso had to face the curious and fearful gaze of everyone when he returned to Spain.

Fortunately, unlike the Hofburg Palace, he can live quietly in the palace and do not have to socialize every day, which is not so uncomfortable.

At the same time, he has to deal with a mountain of official duties, and the Regency of Campos can handle most matters, but when it comes to diplomacy and the royal family, he still needs to make decisions.

The most direct is the request for help from Paris.

The current objective environment in Paris is not bad, and after the peace of Prussia and Nasan, the blockade of Paris was lifted, allowing the surrounding countryside and small towns to resume production and supply Paris with food.

But the number of rebels has increased significantly.

According to the letter sent by Nasan, the royal family was assassinated almost every day.

Even Prince Paul, the Red Prince, was affected and was seriously injured by a mob during a trip and is still lying in the hospital.

Trapped in a dire situation, they hoped that Alfonso would change his current position of neutrality and publicly declare his support for Bonaparte.

"Why are you still so whimsical, isn't our attitude obvious now?" Alfonso couldn't help but be a little speechless when he saw this.

"It's a lifesaver, the situation in Paris is indeed a bit corrupt." Campos explained, pulling out another letter: "They should know it's impossible, so the main purpose is this. ”

Alfonso picked up the letter and saw that it was two days after the previous letter, and asked Nasto to send someone to pick him up.

…… The royal couple will definitely not be able to leave, but the departure of the crown prince will still have little impact.

This is really a bit unexpected, since it was only after the Paris Revolution that Nasi and his mother began to go into exile, and their destination was England.

This hand made Alfonso fall into a tangle, judging from the current development, Bonaparte is probably about to fall, and when the time comes, Nasi is in front of him, what if he asks him to help restore the country every day?

But there was no way, it was a matter of course to shelter friendly aristocrats who had failed in the political struggle, and Alfonso could not be refused.

Alfonso sighed, "Let Adolf come to me." ”