May 15, London.
Although it is already a very warm and humid spring season, the rare sunshine that fills the streets of London, a foggy city, is still so cold in the eyes of London residents and guests from afar... But at least the surface has been restored. The peace of mind.
Because of a failed war with the Ming Dynasty, and a civil war that broke out after the failure of the foreign war, which was not intense and lasted long, but caused extremely huge losses, the glory and prosperity of the British Empire seemed to have followed. It came to an end with the disappearance of Kaiser Wilhelm. And a new, possibly long-term, depressed Victorian era has begun in a land where the smoke has not yet cleared.
Since Emperor William died due to shelling, no body was found after the battle, and the captured Indian soldiers confirmed that they did not see the emperor boarding the carriage, nor did they see the emperor leaving St. James Palace - the emperor had The emperor's clothes! When Emperor William made his official appearance, he either wore a purple robe or the uniform of a British naval marshal. However, on May 6, no living Ah San was seen wearing a purple robe or the uniform of a naval marshal. people leave St. James's Palace. And the carriage must be empty!
After occupying St. James's Palace, the Queen's Royal Guards searched inside and outside St. James's Palace, focusing on the basement and digging up new graves. But neither the emperor who committed suicide by gunshot nor his charred body was found.
Therefore, in the statement issued by Queen Victoria's government after taking over London, it only said that Emperor William was "missing", but did not say that he was dead... It is possible that he escaped quietly!
Of course, the reason why the British government was so honest and did not announce the death of the emperor, but only announced that he was missing, was actually the intention of Zhu Xi, who was about to become the new emperor - as we all know, the British practice case law, if William The emperor was beaten to death, which would set a "precedent" that the emperor was beaten to death. The new emperor Zhu Xiyou was worried!
In addition, Victoria did not want to walk to the throne on her uncle's fallen body.
Therefore, Emperor William can only disappear...
But his "disappearance" will lead to many more stories in the future! For a long time to come, there will be an "Emperor William's Rebellion" popping up in India from time to time. It has been going on for more than a hundred years, and seventy or eighty "Emperor William" have been captured... .The entire Indian version of Prince Zhu San!
In the UK, a legend about Emperor William later appeared, but it was not "William's Rebellion" but Emperor William's curse!
The British still believed that Emperor William had been killed, killed by his niece and niece-in-law. Before he died, the emperor placed a curse on the "Little Ming Dynasty" that would replace the Hanoverian Dynasty, cursing all future British rulers to suffer from serious illnesses and die young... So Zhu Xiu and most of Victoria Both children have hemophilia! The gene for hemophilia was also spread from generation to generation in the "Little Ming Dynasty".
Since Zhu Xiyou himself does not have hemophilia, it is impossible for his offspring to inherit hemophilia from him. Victoria's parents and their respective families have no history of hemophilia, so theoretically it is impossible for her to have it. The causative gene of hemophilia. But what is incredible is that hemophilia was spread among the descendants of these two people.
So many people believe that Emperor William cursed Victoria and Zhu Xiu!
However, Zhuge Weidao definitely knows that there is no such thing as William's Curse, because without Zhu Xi's uranium seed, Victoria would have given birth to a group of children with hemophilia genes...
"Daozi, look at how desolate London is now. Can the British Empire still be a good troublemaker in Europe in the future?"
Zhuge Weixue's voice suddenly sounded in the carriage, interrupting Zhuge Weidao's thoughts. The Zhuge strategist was currently thinking of a way to prevent Victoria's hemophilia gene from spreading to the Zhuge family and the Zhuming royal family. When I heard my brother's question, I subconsciously answered: "The key is Victoria's daughters!"
The Zhuge brothers, plus Natalie and Zhuge Weixue's wife Li, were currently sitting in a carriage closely protected by the Ming Dynasty Marine Corps. Their destination today is Buckingham Palace!
Buckingham Palace was acquired by Queen Victoria's grandfather, George III, from the Dukes of Buckingham and Nobbyman. After acquiring it, he spent more than 70 years expanding and renovating it. Even after Emperor William passed away and disappeared, it was not completely completed. This time Because St. James's Palace was destroyed by the war, Victoria and Zhu Xiyan decided to move into Buckingham Palace and hold their wedding at Buckingham Palace.
And today, May 15, 1833, the wedding was held. Zhuge is a Taoist couple and Zhuge is a Xue couple. They are now on their way to Buckingham Palace to attend the wedding.
"What? Daozi, do you mean to let King Lu and Queen Victoria have more children and form a dynastic marriage?" Zhuge Weixue frowned, "Is this possible? The situation in Europe is a bit dangerous now! On the German battlefield , Prussia has almost defeated Austria...and Napoleon II's envoy Talleyrand has recently been secretly defending Berlin, and seems to have the intention to join forces with Prussia.
The Tsar's army has completed mobilization and is moving to the Balkan Peninsula and Transcaucasus. It is about to start another war against the Ottoman Empire... Obviously, it has no intention to interfere in the German Civil War!
Come and try it quickly. 】
There are also rumors that the Tsar has also reached a secret agreement with Frederick William III and is preparing to participate in the partition of Austria. "
Zhuge Weidao turned to look at his wife sitting next to him, "Natalie, what did Grand Duke Mikhail say? When we left the embassy, did he call you? You also took notes, It must be related to the secret treaty between France, Prussia, and Rakshasa, right?"
Natalie nodded and said, "Dear, you guessed it right. Mikhail Pavlovich said that Napoleon II had reached an agreement with Frederick William III and Nicholas I to carve up Austria. The Secret Treaty of the Empire...Prussia would receive Austria, Bohemia, Croatia and other regions, and would have the right to establish a unified German Empire.
France would gain the Habsburg territories south of the Alps... Later, Napoleon II would establish an Italian Republic controlled by the Bonaparte family, with Rome as its capital.
Of course, the territories of the Bourbons and Savoys in Sicily could still remain independent.
As for the Rakshasa Kingdom, in addition to taking part of the land of Austrian Poland, it can also gain freedom of movement in the Balkan Peninsula! "
Well, this time it is not the three countries carving up Poland, but the three countries carving up Austria!
Zhuge Weidao smiled bitterly and said: "It seems that the balance of power in Europe is really indispensable for the British Empire! Not to mention that Britain will never be gone, even if Britain is temporarily absent, there will be some big events in Europe."
"Dear, what's the big deal?" Natalie laughed, "Without Austria, the balance of power in Europe can still be maintained... Now it's just that Prussia has unified the Holy Roman Empire, and France will revive the Western Roman Empire. , and Rakshasa rebuilt the Eastern Roman Empire... The three Romes can still maintain a balance of power on the continent. As long as the three Romes do not become one Rome, the Ming Dynasty's world hegemony will be unbreakable!"
Zhuge Weidao smiled and did not argue with his wife - because the current situation in Europe is somewhat similar to the situation during World War I and World War II in another timeline...
