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Chapter 1568 The Little Prince Is Born

On the east coast of the Atlantic Ocean, the steam ironclad ship "Huo Qubing" was rounding Cape Storm, South Africa.

The fleet escorting Queen Sophia and the merchant ships encountered a sea storm here, and many small and medium-sized sailing ships were staggered by the wind and waves. The sailors worked hard to operate the ships so that the sailing ships would not leave the fleet.

Even a large ironclad ship like the "Huo Qubing" with a body size of more than 100 meters and a full load displacement of 9000 tons will tilt left and right when encountering a sea storm at Cape Storm.

"Your Majesty, Captain Sun Xu said that although the wind and waves are not small, the problem is not serious. Our ship has many waterproof compartments and will not be sunk by the wind and waves. Now it is meal time, and I brought you lunch. "A maid knocked on the hatch of the captain's cabin.

Because of the important status of escorting Queen Sophia back to England, the captain of the ironclad ship simply gave up the most comfortable captain's cabin to the queen, and moved to other cabins himself.

The maid knocked on the door, but there was no answer, and there was the sound of breaking a teacup.

"What's wrong with you, Your Majesty the Queen?" The maid worriedly pushed open the cabin door and saw Queen Sophia fell to the ground in pain.

"Doctor...call the doctor over..." Sophia said painfully.

"Doctor! Come quickly!" The maid screamed and ran out with her skirt in hand to find the private physician specially provided for Sophia by the medical department.

The sailors on the ironclad ship were fighting against the storm, and Sun Xu was also commanding on the deck, watching the big waves crashing towards him, full of fear for the storm corner.

South Africa's Cape Storm is located where two ocean currents meet, it is in the westerly belt, and there is no continental windshield, so once encountering stormy weather, it is a nightmare for navigators.

"Captain, something has happened!" A member of the crew was so anxious that he almost climbed onto the deck with hands and feet and braved the wind and waves to report to the captain.

"What's wrong?! Is there anything worse than encountering a storm at the corner of the storm?!" Sun Xu roared.

"Queen Sophia has an accident!" The crew also shouted.

"what!"

When Sun Xu heard this, he broke out in a cold sweat. It was really worse than being in a storm!He immediately followed the crew to the cabin in a hurry.

Chu Yun ordered the Ministry of the Navy to assign the first main ironclad ship "Huo Qubing" to the Fourth Fleet. One of the reasons was to allow him to safely protect Sophia and return to England to become queen. This was also in line with China's interests in Europe.

If the good Sophia had an accident in the middle, then everything I did before would be in vain!

In order to take good care of Sophia and prevent her from suffering from scurvy and other nautical diseases, the Admiralty specially provided a batch of canned fruits and fish to the Fourth Fleet, and the fleet often sent small boats to the shore to find fresh food. The ship, so that the trip of the fleet has been delayed a lot.Because of such extra care, Queen Sophia was safe and sound when passing through the Bay of Bengal, the Arabian Sea and other places.

Why did it happen at this time? !

"How is the queen?" Sun Xu went outside the captain's room, and several maids stopped him and the other crew members.

"The doctor is delivering the queen, you are not allowed to go in," said the maid.

"Pick... deliver the baby?!"

Sun Xu and the other crew members on the iron-clad ship looked at each other with absolute shock on their faces!

This is how the same thing?

"The queen was pregnant before?" Sun Xu asked hesitantly, unable to believe it was true.

"It's absolutely true, she was pregnant before leaving the capital. Her Majesty is pregnant with the offspring of your consul," the maid said.

"Impossible! Such a big matter, why didn't you tell us in advance?! As long as you tell us before leaving Mumbai, we can turn around and go back to the capital!"

Sun Xu felt like he was going to collapse!I didn't even notice it?
Sophia changed back to the big western fluffy skirt, so that Sun Xu didn't notice that Sophia was pregnant. In the past one or two months, Sophia seldom even left the captain's cabin, and Sun Xu didn't care. Completely missed the opportunity to send Sophia back to the capital!
"Could it be that the doctor has already noticed the fact that the Queen is pregnant?! Why didn't you tell us!" Sun Xu grabbed a maid by the collar and almost lifted her up.

"This is Her Majesty asking us...to keep it secret, otherwise she...she will jump into the sea..." the maid said with difficulty.

After Sun Xu regained his composure, he put down the maid.

This time the matter was serious. Sophia concealed the fact of her pregnancy and returned to England without authorization. At this time, the fleet was already at the Cape of Storms, and the journey back to the capital was far longer than the journey to London.

If you return to the capital for one person at this time, it will cause huge losses to the Western Company and the Fourth Fleet, and it will also attract strong protests from the English envoys.

"Captain, Queen Sophia is pregnant with the offspring of the military lord... Shall we return?" The crew didn't know what to do, and it was difficult to make a decision for a while.

"No, keep sailing. Let's take a step at a time in the future. Now that we have canned fruit and more advanced steamships, traveling between the East and the West is no longer out of reach." Sun Xu sighed.

The matter has come to this point, since Princess Sophia chose to do this, she naturally has her own ideas, Sun Xu knows that the fleet can no longer turn around, otherwise it will cause huge losses.

Giving birth in this era is very dangerous, whether in the East or the West, especially in the cabin of a shaking iron-clad ship, it is even more uncomfortable.

While battling the dreadful storm, the ironclad's crew anxiously awaits news from Queen Sophia.

After waiting anxiously, the cry of a baby came from the cabin, which reassured everyone a lot.But they are still waiting for news from Queen Sophia.

Inside the cabin, Sophia was lying on the bed with a pale face, while a female doctor was holding a crying baby and checking his health.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty, it is a healthy boy." The doctor placed the baby beside Sophia.

"Boy?" Sophia turned her head to look at the crying baby, his eyes were narrowed because of crying.

"I really don't understand. If Her Majesty the Queen told your lord this matter before leaving the capital, he would definitely let you stay in the capital without risking the sea..." the doctor asked puzzled.

"I can't help but go back to England. If I tell Mr. Chu about this, he may come to England to see me in the future, but if there is a child, he will definitely come to see me. After I become the queen, become Selfish?" Sophia laughed at herself.

(End of this chapter)