When Lord Clarendon arrived before Aberdeen again, he was greeted by a pair of hateful eyes and angry faces.

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, good morning!" Faced with the hatred of the Prime Minister of Aberdeen, Lord Clarendon immediately chose to smile and greeted Aberdeen.

After all, who wants to be more serious with someone who has a political lifespan of less than a few months.

"Lord Clarendon, tell me! What are you doing this for? Aberdeen lowered his voice and roared at the foreign secretary in front of him, whom he had hand-held: "Palmerston, Russell, what have they promised you?" ”

"I don't understand what you're talking about Prime Minister?" Lord Clarendon looked at Aberdeen blankly, feigning an innocent expression.

"No more acting!" Aberdeen lowered his voice to Lord Clarendon once more, "Only you, me, and Canning know about this!" I just can't think of anyone else but you! ”

"Maybe I leaked my secret halfway!" Lord Clarendon still does not admit that he leaked the secret: "It is also possible that the telegraph personnel of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs betrayed the intelligence of the government departments, or maybe!" ”

"I don't care who leaked the order, this matter has nothing to do with your Ministry of Foreign Affairs!" Aberdeen said, pointing at Lord Clarendon.

Although Aberdeen was certain that Lord Clarendon had leaked the secret, he had no substantial evidence now, and even if there was, it would be impossible for him to take any action.

Because Aberdeen knew that once the information about the Sinop naval battle leaked out, the pro-Russian and anti-French signboard he had painstakingly built would be immediately smashed.

Imagine how a country that can annihilate the navy that Britain has built "with its own hands" cannot arouse the fear of Britain.

Britain had already developed a certain fear of the Russian infantry, and now the Russian navy has annihilated the entire navy of another country at a very low cost.

This is simply a stark irritation to the nerves of the Britons, and it would be strange for the Britons to say nothing if they did not express anything.

This is the reason why Aberdeen suppressed the Battle of Sinop.

Who would have thought that Lord Clarendon would "defect" him at this time.

At this point, it is impossible for British voters not to focus on the Near East.

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, I admit that it was my majesty's laxity that caused the current situation to happen!" Lord Clarendon immediately confessed his mistake to Aberdeen, and assured Aberdeen in no uncertain terms: "I can guarantee that the main person responsible for this incident will be found and then brought to justice!" ”

Aberdeen looked suspiciously at Lord Clarendon in front of him, and judging by his expression, it seemed that this incident had nothing to do with him, but Aberdeen's latent sixth sense reminded him that this matter must have something to do with him.

However, now is not the time to dwell on these things, the most important issue is the newspapers.

Thinking of this, Aberdeen, who was sitting in the prime minister's chair, bent down and took the crumpled newspaper in the trash can in his hand, and then spread it out in front of Lord Clarendon and said, "Say it! What should I do now? ”

Lord Clarendon glanced at the title and immediately understood what it contained, and couldn't help but gloat in his heart.

"Why don't you order The Times to apologize in the next edition? Let's just say that there is a mistake in their reporting, so you can probably get away with it! Lord Clarendon leaned forward in a serious posture, and then Aberdeen made an unreliable suggestion.

"What are you kidding? If this is the case, the Times will probably report even more violently! The Prime Minister of Aberdeen shook his head and immediately rejected Lord Clarendon's suggestion: "You are not unaware that the newspapers are always shouting and interfering. They are good at bullying others and turning the government into a bully. ”

"Then we'll just let things go ahead!" Lord Clarendon shrugged his shoulders and replied to Aberdeen with an expression of helplessness: "Perhaps, in a few days, the newspaper will not report on this matter directly!" ”

"That's all there is to it!" Prime Minister Aberdeen sighed and responded to Lord Clarendon.

Aberdeen, who had no response to public opinion and did not dare to use any drastic measures, could not control the newspaper at all.

This is only possible in Britain. If it is France, or even any monarchy in Europe, it is impossible to publish content that is unfavorable to the government, and even if it is published, it will be officially banned in a very short time.

"By the way, Your Excellency the Prime Minister! When are you going to start a cabinet meeting to discuss whether or not to help the Ottoman Empire? Lord Clarendon once again stirred Aberdeen's nerves.

No one knows better than him that it is impossible for Aberdeen to calm public opinion.

The Battle of Sinop will certainly be pushed to a certain height by Palmerston and other pro-war factions, and then use this public opinion to become Prime Minister of the Cabinet.

"Don't take it to the cabinet meeting just yet!" Aberdeen looked at Lord Clarendon depressedly.

Had it not been for the turmoil in the Cabinet, he would have said that Lord Clarendon would have been removed from office.

"If there's nothing going on, I'll go first!" Lord Clarendon took his bid to Aberdeen.

"That's right!" Aberdeen suddenly thought of something, and he asked Lord Clarendon again, "How is the situation on Ambassador Canning's side?" ”

Lord Clarendon shook his head, indicating that he had not yet received Canning's request for the next step.

"That's good! That's good! Prime Minister Aberdeen breathed a sigh of relief, and in his opinion, as long as Canning did not exacerbate the conflict, there was room for everything to turn around.

Aberdeen had forgotten, however, that Canning, as British ambassador to Constantinople, had the right to deploy the Mediterranean Fleet without the approval of the Cabinet.

Aberdeen's reluctance to expand is simply wishful thinking.

Subsequently, Lord Clarendon left Aberdeen's office.

Aberdeen, who had been sitting in an empty prime minister's office for a while, had no desire to continue working, and he stood in front of the window and looked at the sky outside the window, and couldn't help but sigh again.

Over the next few days, the situation at the Britannia newspaper did not subside in the direction Aberdeen had expected, but rather intensified.

When the Times, the Morning Herald, and the Advertising Morning fired the first shots, the remaining tabloids, funded by certain "caring people", began to attack the cabinet.

The newspapers referred to Aberdeen's cabinet as an "anti-British cabinet" and Aberdeen himself as a marionette controlled by the Tsar.

Some newspapers claimed that the Tsar had used his money to corrupt the vast majority of Aberdeen's cabinet, leaving Aberdeen at the mercy of the Tsar. Other newspapers claimed that the Battle of Sinop was the result of Aberdeen's betrayal of the Ottoman Empire to the Russian Empire.

In short, in this increasingly fierce public storm, not only Aberdeen itself, but even Albert and Queen Victoria, who are in Buckingham Palace, have been labeled as "Russians" by some unscrupulous tabloids, and their reasons are even more bizarre, because most of the nobles of the Russian Empire are Germans, and Albert and Queen Victoria are also Germans, so Albert and Queen Victoria are spies sent by Russian ruthless people.

In order to satisfy the British craving for office conspiracy theories and court conspiracy theories, the "Morning Advertisement" also specially brewed a rumor that Palmerston was deposed because his anti-Russian ideas won Queen Victoria's encounter and became involved in a palace conspiracy.

In order to attract attention, many vulgar newspapers reported that the prince Albert was imprisoned in the prison of the Tower of London for betraying the British, and that he would be sentenced to death at a later date.

As soon as the news spread, countless do-gooders went to the Tower of London.

Some of the people who didn't think it was a big deal to see the excitement even put up a slogan "Long live Osman, Albert die".

Of course, such slogans existed for less than 10 minutes before the London police, loyal to the Queen, were taken away on charges of "obstructing the peace".

In the face of the gradually expanding public opinion, Queen Victoria, who lives at Buckingham Palace, is particularly angry.

"Look at what Palmerston is doing! Does he want to guillotine us so that he can serve as the protector of the country? Queen Victoria said to Albert beside her, frowning.

"I don't think it's a stupid thing to do!" Albert said to Victoria with a smile.

"Albert, do you know what the newspapers in London say about us now! They say we are thieves and have stolen all of Britain! And said we should go to the gallows! Victoria said angrily to Albert.

"The gallows? We're not tyrants! Albert teased, then added, "The one on the other side is the real tyrant!" ”

The "tyrant" in Albert's mouth was none other than Jérôme. Bonaparte.

"Now is not the time to laugh, we have to do something!!" Queen Victoria said to Albert.

"I don't think the newspapers in Britain are intimidated by just a sentence or two!" Albert replied indifferently.

"Then you say, what should we do? Do they let them continue to orchestrate the royal family? Queen Victoria said angrily.

"Of course not!" Prince Albert shook his head, then said with a smile: "Since they all think that Britain intends to connive at the Russian Empire, then why don't we take this opportunity to show our attitude to the British people!" ”

"You mean a declaration of war?!"

"That's right! It's time to declare war on the Russian Empire! ”

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