Considering that the Kingdom of Britain needed the "catfish" of the Kingdom of Sardinia to stir up the situation in the Italian Peninsula, so that the Kingdom of Britain could shake the power of the French Empire in the Mediterranean without relying on war.

Therefore, Albert did not explicitly agree to Cavour's conditions, but he did not explicitly refuse, and this ambiguous attitude gave Cavour enough hope and made Cavour's face bloom with joyful smiles.

"On behalf of the royal family of Savoy, I thank you for your generosity! Your Majesty!" Cavour replied to Prince Albert in an extraordinarily humble tone.

Afterwards, Cavour cautiously glanced at Victor Umberto, and Victor, who received the signal, also learned from Cavour to express his gratitude to Prince Albert, and told Prince Albert that if he was fortunate enough to be chosen by Princess Alice to be Princess Alice's husband, then he would do his best to protect Princess Alice from causing her any harm, and at the same time, he would love Queen Victoria and the Kingdom of Britain like Princess Alice.

Naturally, Prince Albert would not take Victor Umberto's promise seriously.

After all, any monarch must first protect the interests of his own country, and then consider other issues.

Even if Albert really marries his daughter to Victor Umberto, when the Kingdom of Sardinia and the Kingdom of Britain turn against each other, Prince Albert will not hesitate for a second because Victor Umberto is his son-in-law.

Albert also believed that Victor Umberto thought the same way, and even if he truly loved his daughter, he would not hesitate because of family affection.

At the end of the day, people like them are concerned first about whether they can sit comfortably in the seat under their buttocks, and then about their heirs.

As for family affection, it can only be used as a kind of conversation after dinner.

Of course, Prince Albert would not have imagined that decades later in the historical timeline, Victoria's son and grandson would be engaged in a melee of nearly 10 million people in Europe, and the so-called family relationship would be fragile in the face of interests.

However, although Albert thought so in his heart, his face could not show this meaning.

Albert smiled with satisfaction, patted Victor Umberto on the shoulder, and encouraged Victor Umberto, "Umberto, Victoria and I love young people like you!

We are looking forward to marrying the old House of Savoy!

It's just that the marriage between the royal families must take into account the influence of the cabinet, so I can't give you an answer right away!

I hope you will forgive me!"

"Your Majesty, I understand!" Victor Umberto replied to Prince Albert, "Even if your country does not choose me to be Princess Alice's husband, I will always respect you and Queen Victoria!"

Immediately, Prince Albert spoke with Cavour and Victor Umberto.

It wasn't until there was a knock on the door outside the room that Prince Albert smiled apologetically.

Cavour held out his hand and made a gesture of "Listen, respect", and Prince Albert shouted outside the room, "Please come in!"

With a "squeak", the door slowly opened, and John Brown appeared at the door, he slowly walked to the sofa, and first confessed to Prince Albert.

Prince Albert raised his hand and asked John Brown, "Mr. Brown, what happened?"

John Brown looked at Cavour and Victor Umberto on the sofa with a slightly hesitant expression, it seemed that this matter was not suitable for outsiders like Cavour and Victor Umberto

Seeing this, Cavour quickly understood what John Brown meant, and he quickly got up, and Victor Umberto, who was beside him, also got up with Cavour.

Afterwards, Cavour politely bowed to Prince Albert and Queen Victoria, "Your Majesty, it's not too early! It's time for us to leave!"

Victor Umberto, who had adapted to the environment, no longer stuttered at the moment, and responded in the same fluent language to Prince Albert and Queen Victoria

"Your Majesty, thank you so much for taking time out of your busy schedules to meet with us!"

In the "gracious" stay of Prince Albert and Queen Victoria, Cavour and Victor Umberto insisted on leaving Windsor Castle.

Prince Albert had no choice but to send Cavour and Victor Umberto out of the drawing-room, and at the same time demanded that John Brown make sure that a skilled coachman was sent to bring Cavour and Victor Umberto safely to the hotel.

John Brown followed Prince Albert's orders and began to act, and after a while, John Brown appeared in front of Prince Albert again to report to Prince Albert.

"Your Majesty, I've put Cavour and the little prince in the carriage!" John Brown replied to Prince Albert and Queen Victoria.

"There is no royal sign on the carriage!" Prince Albert asked uneasily, fearing that news of Cavour and Victor Umberto's visit would be discovered by the French secret police lurking in London.

In those days, there were few secret police in the capitals of any country.

Of course, the British police are not vegetarians, and under their counter-reconnaissance, some lurking secret police were discovered.

And the reason why the British government did not choose to arrest them was also because of the intention of using these secret police.

They want to send some false information to other countries through these secret police, so that the brush countries can make some wrong judgments.

This time, however, Albert could not be discovered by the French secret police.

Otherwise, the emperor in Paris might have acted excesses.

"Your Majesty, please rest assured!" John Brown patted his chest and assured Prince Albert, "I promise that the carriage that will bring Cavour and the little prince back to the hotel has absolutely nothing to do with the royal family!"

"That's good!" Prince Albert nodded in satisfaction, and then asked John Brown what he wanted to say to him in the drawing-room.

John Brown told Prince Albert that a telegram had just been sent to Windsor Castle at 10 Downing Street, in which they asked Prince Albert in a tactful manner what course of his conversation with the envoy of the Kingdom of Sardinia had taken place

"Mr. Brown, please send a telegram to 10 Downing Street at once!" Prince Albert said to John Brown in an orderly manner, "I will say that the conversation with the emissary of the Kingdom of Sardinia has gone very well, but some specific questions need to be discussed by Palmerston and the Minister Russell!"

Please come quickly to the Prime Minister and the Foreign Secretary!"

"Yes!" John Brown replied to Prince Albert, then turned to send a telegram.

About twenty minutes later, at the Prime Minister's office at 10 Downing Street, Prime Minister Palmerston received a telegram from Windsor Castle.

After reading the contents of the telegram, Palmerston had a hint of dissatisfaction in his eyes, and then he ordered his chief secretary to call Foreign Secretary Russell into his office.

After a while, Russell appeared in Palmerston's office, and Palmerston pushed the telegram in front of Russell.

Chancellor Russell picked up the telegram and glanced at it, his expression also showing a hint of gloom.

After Russell had read it all, he couldn't help but complain to Palmerston, "Our Majesty is so reckless that he didn't even call us in to discuss something as important as this

Instead, it was after the conversation was over that the telegram was sent to us

Is he the one who wants to be the emperor of Paris?"

In the face of Minister Russell's remarks that he had no king and no father, Palmerston only smiled slightly, and then responded to Minister Russell in a flirtatious tone, "No way! Whoever makes the family the husband of Her Majesty the Queen has the responsibility of assisting the Queen in ruling the Kingdom of Britain!"

"Of course I know the responsibilities of the prince, but does he take the cabinet too seriously!" Chancellor Russell complained again, "If all the monarchs of England are like him, then what else do we need to do?"

Why?"

Russell seems to have forgotten that the British Cabinet has only been able to get time to fight the royal court in recent decades.

George V's debauchery gave the Cabinet some power, and Queen Victoria's own dislike of power allowed the Cabinet to continue.

During the reign of George IV, the success of British politicians as prime ministers was determined not by votes, but by the preferences of the monarch.

Of course, in general, George IV would not refuse a long-sleeved and dancing prime minister.

As long as the prime minister does not try to snatch power from his hands.

The topic was further aside, and although Minister Russell's complaint was also agreed by Palmerston, Palmerston was obviously unwilling to criticize Prince Albert too much on this matter.

Who inside and outside the court did not know his (Palmerston's) relationship with the two Majestic.

Had it not been for the imminent threat of the French Empire, which led Britain to need a strong-willed hawk like Palmerston as its leader, Palmerston would not have wanted to gain the right to form a cabinet.

"Mr. Russell, now is not the time to complain!" Palmerston replied to Russell, "We must go to Windsor Castle as soon as possible and ask His Majesty Prince Albert in person what he is talking about Cavour!"

However, I don't think Prince Albert will let the interests of the Kingdom of Britain be harmed!"

"Alas!" Chancellor Russell sighed and replied to Palmerston, "Now we can only ask them what they are talking to face to face!"

I don't know what our royal majesty agreed to Cavour!

I hope that the Kingdom of Britain, which has just escaped from India, will no longer be involved in the strife of the Italian peninsula!"

With that, Chancellor Russell and Palmerston ordered the chief secretary to prepare a carriage for them to Windsor Castle.

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