The main building of the East Palace is surrounded by a garden and lawn. On the edge of the lawn is a cast iron railing wall. Various exquisite patterns are cast on these iron railings, and some are painted with gold paint to make them very magnificent.
It doesn't matter if the grass and gardens catch fire, but the main building of the East Palace cannot catch fire. If members of the Eastern Envoy are burned to death, then Britain will really become the laughing stock of the world.
The firefighters wanted to rush in, but they were stopped by the warning sounds of the Chinese as soon as they approached the iron railings. The area where the main entrance was not on fire was lined with a sandbag wall, and behind it were all black holes of Mauser muzzles.
On the side of the fire wall, dozens of soldiers were carrying barrels to put out the fire. However, as strong as a person's arms were, the water poured out could not reach the top flame.
The firefighters outside wanted to rush in, but the Chinese soldiers refused to let them go, and a stalemate broke out between the two sides.
The streets were already in chaos. Those protesting thugs had long since fled to unknown places, leaving only one or two burned hapless people wailing on the streets, but no one paid any attention to them.
The police frantically formed a human wall outside the East Palace. There were more than 2,000 citizens watching just now. When they saw the fire burning, they subconsciously wanted to put out the fire.
But at this moment, the police were scared. God knows if there were assassins here. They blocked the people and beat them to death to prevent the citizens from approaching the wall.
The policemen turned around and shouted angrily, "What happened? Why didn't you put out the fire? Are you really going to burn down the East Palace!"
"Look at these Chinese, they won't let us get close, our water pressure can't reach it! We have to go inside the fence to put out the fire..."
"Then just rush in! Do they really dare to shoot?" The red-eyed policeman led the team to rush in, but as soon as his left foot crossed the line of the gate, three gunshots were heard. .
One bullet blew off the leading police officer's hat, and the other two bullets hit the cobblestone road and sent sparks flying!
"Oh God! The Chinese opened fire!" The policemen were so frightened that they almost peed their pants, and they all retreated with a bang.
"People outside, listen clearly! No one can enter the fence. This is the residence of the diplomatic mission arranged by the Queen. According to diplomatic rules, this is our Chinese territory for the time being. Anyone who dares to enter without permission is an illegal intruder. We have the right to kill !”
"God, can you please be reasonable? We are trying to put out the fire..."
"Go away! Who knows who is involved among you? Those thugs were arranged by you, right? Now that the thugs have burned down the East Palace, and you want to break in again, God knows if you want to harm the head of state?"
"If you want to rush in, just step on our corpses and come in! Soldiers, load your bullets! Shoot whoever dares to cross the line!"
There was a loud sound of gun bolts being pulled, which frightened the police and firefighters and kept backing away. "These Chinese are crazy, they really dare to shoot!"
"Report to the commander immediately, we have no control over this matter now!"
War horses and carriages ran wildly on the streets, and news of the attack in the East Palace was quickly spread to the ears of many forces.
Queen Victoria was furious when she heard the news, "What happened? How did Benjamin control the situation? How was the fire, and what was the reaction of the Chinese... Find the prince immediately and ask him to go to the scene as soon as possible!"
"Damn it, do you have to cause trouble? You have to smear it on my face!"
Not only did the Queen hear the news, Gladstone also got the latest news from the Liberal Party's intelligence network. As soon as he heard that the East Palace was attacked by incendiary bombs and that the Chinese had opened fire, he sat down on the sofa. superior.
"God! How could this happen? Is Benjamin crazy? Wait..." Gladstone rolled his eyes and suddenly sneered.
"Could it be... Hahaha... It's so interesting, so interesting! Benjamin, let me see how you want to solve the crisis at hand!"
Boom boom... boom boom... The door of the Prime Minister's official residence in Downing Street was knocked wildly. The butler inside really couldn't imagine who would be so rude.
"Who the hell is that person? Where are the guards outside? Why didn't you stop him..." When the housekeeper opened the door, he stood at attention and bowed in shock.
"Dear...His Royal Highness?"
It was Crown Prince Edward who came. The furious crown prince pushed the butler away and strode inside. Only then did the butler find that the soldiers sent by the prime minister were standing behind the prince, sweating profusely, with faces ashen as dust.
"What's wrong? What happened?"
"Oh God! Something big happened. The East Palace was attacked by French and Tsarist Russian thugs. They attacked the East Palace with incendiary bombs... The Chinese all opened fire!"
"Ah!" When the housekeeper heard this, his eyes suddenly darkened, and he collapsed in the hall.
Benjamin didn't expect that the situation would be so chaotic. He was still leisurely reading the economic statements sent from India in the study, but he didn't expect the crown prince to push the door open and barge in.
"Are you satisfied now? Are you satisfied now? This is your purpose..." The roaring prince startled the Prime Minister.
"Prince? What do you mean..." Benjamin stood up quickly.
Edward rushed to the desk and stared at Benjamin. "Did you arrange those protesting French and Tsarist Russians? Tell me if..."
"Crown Prince, please calm down... Is this issue important?" Benjamin looked confused.
"Haha... Hahaha... As expected, it's you, you are really too brave! I have said it before, it doesn't matter if you and Xiao Letian fight, but you must maintain the face of the empire, the first king of the East and the West This high-level diplomatic event cannot be discredited!”
"Can you wait until Xiao Letian returns to Asia before taking action? Can you even wait until his ship reaches the high seas before taking action? Why do you have to take action now! Why..."
"My Royal Highness, what are you talking about? Isn't it just a protest? Could it be that this little conflict makes you unable to sit still?"
"Small conflict! God, what happened to you? The thugs threw Molotov cocktails at the East Palace and burned an entire wall. The Chinese fired back! You actually said it was a small conflict!" The Crown Prince rubbed his hands angrily Hair, he was completely mad at Benjamin.
"Impossible!" Benjamin said, "Absolutely impossible! Who dares to be so bold? I will just let Montauban and Ivan protest. The conflict can only stop at throwing stones, and it must not go any further... …”
"Aha... It's really you! It's really you! Okay, okay, I'm going to appease the Chinese right now. You can take care of yourself. Goodbye!" After saying that, Crown Prince Edward turned and left the Prime Minister's residence.
"How could this happen? How could it be possible..." Benjamin wandered back and forth in the study room. "I just want these protesters to discredit Xiao Letian. This is just an ordinary propaganda war. How did it become a war?"
"Did Montauban do it? Ivan did it? Yes, it must be the two of them. They want to drag me into the water, they want to completely sink me into the water... Come on, arrest the French and Russian envoys!"
