Chapter 16: Queen Regent Christina

"Your Majesty, good news, this is about the future of France, the future of the dynasty, and the future of Europe and the world."

Louis Philippe differed from the mainstream monarchs of his time in that he did not like to wear military uniforms and costumes, preferring a more down-to-earth casual dress to maintain his image as a citizen king.

However, the people's evaluation of him is not high, the upper class calls him the king of the barricades, and the commoners call him the king of Yali, Yali has the meaning of idiot, because he is different from the kings of France, Louis Philippe admired English politics very much, so he gave power to his ministers.

So Louis Philippe raised a group of shocking embezzlers, and the people tilted all their dissatisfaction with the French government on the hapless king.

At this time, Louis Philippe was smiling in civilian clothes, and although he had already heard Thiers's report once, he still acted as if he were a wise king of old.

"Mr. Guizot, I don't think it's in France's interest to support Carlos and get involved in the Spanish Civil War."

"Your Majesty, Carlos?" Kizo hurriedly waved his hand, "No, no, no... You listen to me.."

However, Louis Philippe did not let Guizo continue.

"I am not Tsar Nicholas I, an ultra-conservative like that, I owe allegiance to France and to the Charter."

Tsar Nicholas I was very supportive of Carlos, he refused to recognize the Spanish government led by the Queen Regent, and immediately broke off diplomatic relations with it, even openly declaring that "bitches and sluts are not worthy to lead Spain." ”

Queen Regent's personal life was chaotic, and as soon as her husband Ferdinando VII died, she took her mistress to her palace and was married in the presence of a priest.

Even on the night of Ferdinando VII's death, she was still haunted by her lover, and after that, she bore a child to her lover every year, and even raised her in the Royal Palace of Madrid.

This led the ultra-conservative Tsar Nicholas I to identify the regent Christina as his bitter enemy.

If the territory of Russia and Spain had been connected, I am afraid that the Cossack cavalry would have stormed the Royal Palace of Madrid and killed the Queen Regent and her lover, as well as those "evil obstacles".

"Your Majesty, the letter is written to Queen Regent Christina, who is betrothed to Queen Isabella II of Spain. It's for us in France..."

Before Guizot could finish speaking, Louis Philippe, who had always liked to pretend, couldn't hold back and snatched the letter from Guizot's hand.

[Your Excellency Louis Philippe... I, Queen Regent of Spain, on behalf of the Kingdom of Spain, I hope that you will accept the marriage of our country, for the sake of the friendship between Spain and France, for the future of both countries, and more importantly, for the peace of Europe and the world.

We are obligated to do so and look forward to hearing from you.

------ Queen Regent of Spain, Maria Cristina. 】

Louis Philippe could feel his heart burning, a heart that hadn't felt that way in a long time. His current decision is very likely to determine the fate of France, and indeed of Europe.

Louis Philippe felt sympathy for Carlos in his heart, and Carlos must have made great determination to let his eldest son marry his daughter, and this marriage was indeed beneficial to France.

But this is nothing compared to Louis Philippe's son marrying the Queen of Spain.

In fact, there was another person who was even more surprised than Louis Philippe, and that was Thiers, whose jaw was almost on the ground.

Thiers could never have imagined that in a single day, both contenders for the Spanish throne would throw an olive branch to France, and he understood the implications.

And the Queen Regent's rule is even more precarious than Carlos's. Once the Carlos faction was destroyed, it would not be difficult for France to bring down this tainted queen regent.

At that time, Louis Philippe could have been regent of Spain at the same time, and that would have been wonderful for France.

Thiers couldn't help but say, "God bless France, long live France!" ”

Guizot also said, "Long live France!" ”

Louis Philippe took a deep breath and calmed his excitement.

"Gentlemen, fire the salute! One hundred and one rings. ”

Thiers and Guizot looked at each other, and this salute... Isn't it time..

"I'm sorry, gentlemen. I mean champagne, let's celebrate! ”

The attendant immediately brought champagne and filled the glasses for the three men.

"Long live France!" Three wine glasses clinked together.

Vienna, Schönbrunn Palace.

To be honest, Franz was also surprised, he was surprised that the Queen Regent's shamelessness had exceeded his lower limit, and he felt that no matter how vicious a woman was, she would not use her own children as props, but he was wrong.

At this time, Isabella II, who was not yet six years old, was directly sold by the regent as a bargaining chip.

The woman Queen Regent of Spain can do such a thing for her own power, she is really a character, and Franz underestimated her too much before.

In Franz's previous plan, it was intended that the Queen Regent would turn to the British for help.

Although the plan was somewhat off, the goal was achieved, and England and France would definitely intervene in the Spanish Civil War.

Because as long as the French intervene, Britain will have to intervene, and Britain will not sit idly by and watch France and Spain unite, which will not only upset the balance on the European continent, but also threaten the British mainland.

The reason why Queen Regent Cristina reacted so quickly was because Franz also wrote a letter to her in order to prevent the Spanish government troops from being caught off guard.

Write a letter to the Queen Regent, as long as you leave a love for you on the payment, the Queen Regent will definitely receive it.

After all, even the Queen Regent herself doesn't know, how many lovers she has, and her subordinates don't know it either, and if they delay the Queen Regent's good deeds, they can't afford it.

The Queen Regent opened the letter and was furious, because it said that Carlos had secretly contacted Louis Philippe and was willing to let his heir marry the princess of the House of Orleans in exchange for French support.

The Regent's mistress also saw this letter, and the reason why he was able to become the Regent's mistress was that he was handsome enough on the one hand, and on the other hand, he could accept these habits of the Regent, so the letters between the Regent and her lovers were read by them together.

The Queen Regent's mistress, Monette, was nothing more than a sergeant, and he almost peed out in fright when he heard that the French were going to support Carlos.

"Queen, my queen, let's surrender. The French are coming, and one Frenchman can fight ten Spaniards. We can't win.."

The Napoleonic Wars caused great disaster to Spain, and legend has it that the French were even more ferocious than the man-eating devil...

Queen Regent Christina slapped Monte down with a backhand, then crouched on the ground and held his face.

"You're so blind."

Monte saw the chill in the Regent's eyes, and his instinct to survive prompted him to lick the Regent's boots.

The Queen Regent looked at Sergeant Monte with pity, "Don't worry, he Carlos has a son, and I have a daughter!" ”

The fierceness and determination in her eyes made the air around her freeze, and Monte licked her boots even harder.