When it was finally time for the queen to travel, all British officials, including Prime Minister Robert Peele, were sweating.

Because there have been so many recent assassinations, the queen chose to travel as originally planned, which is undoubtedly a risky move.

If something really happens to the Queen, it will have a very bad effect.

However, there are high risks and high rewards, and if the relationship between Britain and France can be eased and then an alliance can be promoted, it will not be a problem for the only two maritime powers at this time to divide the world like the Spaniards and the Portuguese did.

(The story of the Papal Meridian has already been told, so I won't repeat it here.) ）

People gathered on both sides of the road as if they were attending a celebration, waiting for the arrival of the queen's chariot, but the soldiers were a little nervous, and no one dared to slack off.

Because the recent spate of assassinations has already wiped out the entire United Kingdom, and the killer may be hiding in the crowd.

The thin red line that had once held back the French cuirassiers was now so weak.

In fact, Victoria was also nervous, but she had to pretend to be calm and composed, and even waved from time to time to show the royal family's pro-people attitude.

Not long ago, Victoria's maid, Countess Leijiu, was shot dead as soon as she arrived in London.

She was sitting in a carriage looking around, curious at the changes in London, when suddenly a bullet was fired into her chest.

Although the housekeeper immediately sent Countess Lei Jiu to the hospital, she eventually died of blood loss.

The gunman fired the gun on the second floor of a family hotel, and quickly left after the attack.

The Inspector finds a note in the room where the gunman lived, documenting the Countess's crime of pushing a girl into a running machine in her factory, resulting in her tragic death.

Instead of pleading guilty, the countess used her influence to distort the facts, claiming that the machine was damaged because of the girl's playfulness, and demanding compensation from the girl's parents.

In fact, many assassinations occur when the murderer deliberately leaves some clues and evidence of the victim's guilt, but these are listed as top secret after screening by the British Secret Service.

In light of the last assassination, windows on both sides of the road were not allowed to be opened, and key areas such as inns and taverns on both sides of the road were carefully investigated.

The Secret Service promised Prime Minister Robert Peel and Queen Victoria that "absolutely nothing goes wrong".

However, after all, it is a matter of life, how can a person who has never experienced life and death look down on all this?

Victoria's expression stiffened, and Prince Albert, the royal husband, saw his wife's abnormality and knew her distress.

So he squeezed her hand, and the two looked at each other and smiled, and the tension suddenly decreased a lot.

At this moment, the carriage happened to pass the corner of an intersection, and only a "boom" was heard.

There was a violent explosion in the houses along the road, and the crowd of onlookers and the soldiers in charge of the guard were affected, and the frightened horses raised their front hooves to throw their owners off their horses.

The power of the explosion was huge, but fortunately the queen's car was far enough, and the coachman's skill did not let the carriage get out of control.

However, before everyone could recover from the panic, someone in the crowd threw a grenade in the direction of the queen's car.

The scrambling guards had no time to react, and the seasoned coachmen were unable to pull the carriage out of the chaotic ranks.

Seeing that the grenade's lead was getting shorter and shorter, Prince Albert stood in front of her.

Victoria returned to reality and was not assassinated, and Albert was still sitting by her side.

The carriage wasn't moving fast, and the assassination didn't happen when the carriage turned around the corner.

In fact, Queen Victoria has never been the target of the Chartist assassination, and it is impossible for any other party to do it in London as long as they have the brains.

The reason why a rule can become a rule is because it is something that everyone in this circle has to abide by by default, and there is a price to pay for breaking the rules. And the greater the rules that are broken, the greater the price often pays.

The benefits of Victoria's death in Britain were not enough to offset the risks and costs of the assassination itself. So it is impossible for foreigners to do it in England, and it is even less likely for the Chartists to do so if they still have expectations of the Queen.

When the Queen's car finally reached the port, it was so crowded with people that the soldiers on both sides of the road were almost unstoppable, and the crowds were still coming from all directions.

Only then did Robert Peel know what the Chartists were going to do, but it was too late, and he scattered his forces.

The crowd broke through the barrier formed by the soldiers and stopped in front of the queen's chariot.

The royal guards responsible for protecting Queen Victoria immediately formed a large phalanx around the car, and William Eliot (commander of the guard) silently walked to the front of the line and raised his sabers, and the soldiers immediately turned their guns on the civilians in front of them.

However, instead of attacking, the Chartists, who came from all directions, raised banners that read, "We want bread!" We want butter! ”

"Get out of the way! Get out of the way! This is the Queen's car, and you are tantamount to rebellion! If we don't get out of the way, we'll shoot! One of the accompanying officials shouted hoarsely.

"We want bread! We want butter!." Soon the voice of the accompanying officer was drowned out by the voices of civilians.

A petition with millions of signatures was sent to the British Parliament, but it went unheeded, and the march was just like this moment.

At that time, a teenage girl walked up to the balcony of Buckingham Palace with a scepter, a symbol of the rights of the British royal family, and that famous speech was made

"The bread will be there! Butter will be there too! Everything will be fine. Thank you for making Britain strong, and without you, Britain would not be where it is today. I, Queen Victoria, swear that I will protect your rights, your property."

At that time, the crowd gathered in front of Buckingham Palace sang the British national anthem "God Save the Queen" in unison, and even the soldiers who confronted the crowd sang the national anthem with the crowd.

At that moment, the girl and the workers felt that they were about to usher in a new tomorrow, but five years had passed. The young girls have married, had children, and become young wives, but the situation of the workers has not improved at all, even worse than at any time before.

(In fact, during the Victorian rule, the average height of the British dropped by five centimeters, and finally had to lower the standard of conscription in order to cope with the possibility of war.)

Everything seems to have happened yesterday, except that the irony is that on the one hand, Victoria, who visited France under the pretext of play, and on the other hand, the Chartist who had to desperately survive because their rights and interests were not protected.

And this time, Victoria stood up again, despite Prince Albert's obstruction.

"There will be bread, there will be butter, and I promise to protect your rights and property"

(End of chapter)