September 2, 1843.

Paris, France.

Under the autumn breeze, the golden light shines all over the city, and busy commoners and lazy aristocrats, as well as those greasy rich merchants, form a delicate and vulgar oil painting.

When the Queen of England arrived in the city, King Louis Philippe received her with the highest level of protocol.

The soldiers on both sides of the road were solemn, not far behind when Napoleon's coffin was welcomed.

Because almost every Frenchman did not want to lose face in front of the British, the Gallic rooster held its head up as it did then.

The prestige of the British Empire did not deter the French, but they watched the procession slowly drive through the streets like a zoo of exotic animals.

However, Louis Philippe, in view of the recent security situation in France and Paris, had his forces triple to protect Victoria.

The grand welcome ceremony invited French celebrities from all walks of life, including painters, scholars, politicians, and businessmen, each dressed in red and wearing ribbons.

In order to win people's hearts, the July Dynasty used to sell medals and titles in bulk everywhere, so this kind of thing was particularly worthless in France at this time.

However, this does not affect the psychology of those people to show off, at least they feel very handsome.

Victoria's height of five feet and two inches (about a little over one and a half or seven meters) was slightly petite, and at the same time well-groomed, standing with Louis Philippe, from a distance, looked like a little girl saluting her elders.

This undoubtedly gave the French a kind of goodwill, and made them less disgusted with the status of the Queen of England.

In fact, Victoria is really the younger generation of Louis Philippe, Victoria is the niece of Louis of Orleans, Queen of Belgium, and at the same time the Queen of Belgium is the eldest daughter of Louis Philippe

That's right, Louis Philippe is Victoria's uncle!

So I won't go into too much detail here, as I should have introduced when I introduced King Leopold I of Belgium before.

The fact that the King of France was able to greet the Queen of England in person was a testament to the importance he attached to the visit, and both sides knew that it was a visit that was motivated solely by political considerations.

But the superficial effort was still sufficient, and the British and French reporters and royal literati had long been waiting for it.

Naturally, these literati knew what to do, and that was to turn this meeting into a truly prosperous era that could be remembered by history.

The Queen of England and the King of France were family, and Louis Philippe even claimed that Victoria was like his daughter, and the latter expressed his gratitude and even presented a white dove to France as a symbol of peace on behalf of the British government.

One of the most immediate results of this meeting was that the two sides would end the confrontation in the Viceroyalty of La Plata, a meaningless war that both sides had long wanted to stop.

However, the high-level leaders of Britain and France were all set up by their own people, and Franz deliberately manipulated public opinion, which almost caused a war to break out between the two sides.

But many times things don't necessarily go the way Franz envisions, and even if enough work has been done, it still won't happen.

In the Viceroyalty of La Plata, the British and French generals showed great restraint, and even Franz caused some incidents, and even Rosas created tensions from time to time did not prompt the two sides to go to war.

But even if the war did not take place, the cost of maintaining the expeditionary force was a significant expense.

In fact, the failure to bring about a war between Britain and France was not entirely due to Franz's incompetence, the main reason was that the distance was too far, and even if he wanted to carry out micro-exercises, he did not have that condition, and it would take several weeks for a letter to be delivered from Austria to La Plata, even if it was the fastest, and no one knew how much could happen in a few weeks.

In addition to this, there were special people who were present at the ceremony, who were neither English nor French, but Polish.

They are the famous Polish Restoration Army, due to the previous large-scale fire fight with another group of Polish Restoration forces, coupled with the joint encirclement and suppression by the Russian and Prussian sides, and Franz's high-intensity digging of the wall.

The original organizational structure had a big problem and had to be reorganized. At this time, the top of the Polish Restoration Army was finally replaced by a group of capable fresh blood, led by a young man named Landre Promi.

It was he who took the initiative to seek cooperation between the French and the British, and the presence of Landre Promi at the welcoming ceremony proved that he had persuaded at least one of them.

In fact, it did not surprise Franz that Britain and France would accept the Polish Restoration Army, after all, they had a common enemy, that is, the Holy Alliance.

The Holy Alliance, the Vienna system, was an obstacle to world domination for Britain and France, and the Holy Alliance made it difficult for Britain to truly defeat its old rival, Russia.

Even at this time, Russia was already considered a pathetic and ridiculous agrarian country that had long been behind the times, calling it a barbaric and backward nation.

But Britain never let down its guard against the European gendarme, and although Austria was recovering rapidly and even causing a lot of trouble for Britain, in the eyes of the Anglo-Saxons, even the entire German Confederation was not qualified to challenge it.

Russia, Prussia, and Austria have divided Poland, and there is no doubt that the two sides are undying enemies, and the enemies of enemies are friends.

Britain and France followed this logic and decided to help them, and in fact both sides had already had experience in this area, such as the workers' movement that was raging within Britain and France at this time

In fact, there was a workers' movement in Germany, but most of it, with the exception of Prussia, was not serious or had already been resolved.

The British and French also hoped that the Poles would make waves within the Holy League, as the workers' movement had done at this time, and that they would be able to regain their country, so that they could better control this formidable opponent.

In fact, even the British and French could not immediately attack the Holy Alliance, but there were ways to weaken the alliance until it collapsed internally.

In fact, Franz thought about it the same way, he didn't want to really fight, if he could, Britain and France should never join forces, it was better to go to opposition or war.

Such a world was in the best interest of the Austrian side, and Franz was not alone in not wanting Britain and France to join forces.

Louis Philippe was about to invite Queen Victoria to stay at his castle on the outskirts of Paris.

"Your Majesty Victoria, my little estate is perfect for picnics and hunting. Trust me, you and dear Albert will love it there. ”

Louis Philippe was very sincere, because picnics and hunting were among his few hobbies. After all, he always wants to maintain a simple and thrifty image, and usually the entertainment activities of the aristocracy are expensive, and for his own personality, Louis Philippe can be regarded as fighting.

At this time, a gunshot was heard in the distance.

(End of chapter)