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Prince Doma sent a telegram: "Prince Doma called His Majesty, top secret, urgent. Lin Yuan has already stated bluntly: Siam must either return to China or continue to support the United Kingdom, and Lin Yuan hinted: If Siam continues to support the United Kingdom, there will be The disaster of war. Lin Yuan asked us to give a reply within 24 hours, please return quickly."

Prince Doma sent the telegram at ten o'clock in the evening Beijing time, and Bangkok time was one hour later than Beijing time. It was nine o'clock in the evening in Bangkok. At this time, Chulalongkorn was reading a book, and he would spare an hour for reading every day In the past, what he read was English literature - "Pride and Prejudice", "Hamlet" and the like, but today he reads the English version of "A Dream of Red Mansions".

Chulalongkorn didn't know much about Chinese culture, and "Dream of Red Mansions" was a bit deep for him, and he couldn't understand it. At this moment, an attendant came to Chulalongkorn with a secret message and said: " Your Majesty, Prince Doma is calling."

Chulalongkorn received the secret telegram, read it twice, and thought to himself: "Should we continue to support Britain, or return to China? China is indeed stronger than Britain. The defeat of the British Far East Fleet by the Chinese fleet is a clear proof, but I don't know much about China. , if you rashly turn to China, will there be unexpected dangers? Also, Siam has followed the example of the United Kingdom for decades, and now it has fully turned to China, will it have a huge impact on the social economy?"

Chulalongkorn dropped the book "Dream of the Red Chamber" and walked around the room. The two names "China" and "Britain" occupied his mind. After 10 minutes, Chulalongkorn still did not speak. The attendant said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, His Majesty the Prince is still waiting for your answer."

Chulalongkorn stopped and said, "Call back, top-secret, urgent. Please make a suggestion from His Royal Highness, return to China, or continue to support Britain?"

The attendant agreed to come down and turned to go out. Chulalongkorn only felt his heart beating continuously, and an indescribable anxiety and anxiety surged in his heart. This feeling was very similar to the feeling he had when he was forced to cede Laos. Like, he touched the Suxiao Jiuxin Pill designed and manufactured in China in his pocket, and he felt a little more close to China.

Half an hour passed, and Prince Doma did not call back. Chulalongkorn knew that Prince Doma was also in trouble. After 45 minutes, the attendant came in and said, "Your Majesty, the prince will return..."

Chulalongkorn snatched the telegram without waiting for the attendant to finish speaking, and saw that it read: "Prince Doma calls His Majesty, top secret and urgent. I think it is better to return to China."

Chulalongkorn stared at the telegram, and it took a long time before he said to his attendants: "Call back, top secret, urgent. Agree to return to China, please Your Majesty the Prince, please discuss with Lin Yuan about matters after the return."

The attendant scribbled down Chulalongkorn's words on the telegram book, and then handed the telegram book to Chulalongkorn. Chulalongkorn read it, then signed his name at the end, and stamped his own name. Seal, said: "Go send the newspaper."

The attendant nodded, turned and walked out of the temple. The telegraph room was on the west side of the temple, but he walked east and came to the gate of the temple. The guards knew him. He greeted the guards with a smile and went out. Meters, stop in front of a beautiful building, the plaque at the main entrance of the building clearly says: British Empire Temporary Embassy in Siam.

The attendant came to the door and said directly to the guard: "Please contact the British Empire's ambassador to Siam, Siam's general military adviser, Mr. Barclay."

"May I ask your name?" the guard asked.

The attendant said: "My name is 'Victory'."

The guard looked at the appointment form in the duty room, shook his head and said, "Sorry, your name is not on the appointment form, please make an appointment first, and then visit."

The attendant smiled and said, "Please report my name to Mr. Barclay, please." The attendant took out a wad of pounds from his pocket and stuffed it into the guard's hand. The guard stuffed the money into his pocket and said, "I I will convey it to you." The guard walked into the duty room after speaking, and came out shortly before saying, "Mr. Barclay asked me to take you to see him."

The attendant quickly saw Barclay, and Barclay asked, "What's the matter for coming to see me so late?"

The attendant did not speak, and handed the telegram signed and stamped by Chulalongkorn to Barclay. Barclay read the telegram and asked, "Can this telegram be delayed for two hours?"

The attendant said, "Two hours, no problem."

Barclay said: "You take this telegram back now and delay for two hours." After Barclay finished speaking, he picked up a pen and wrote something on a piece of paper, then tore off the paper and handed it to The attendant said, "This is a check for [-] pounds. I will give you the other half after it is done, and send you and your family to England."

The attendant took the check, hid it on his body, walked out of the British embassy quickly, and returned to the monastery. Instead of going to the telegraph office, he went directly to Chulalongkorn and said, "Your Majesty, the telegram has been sent."

Chulalongkorn asked, "Why did it take longer than usual this time?"

The attendant replied: "There is something wrong with the transmitter, I am helping to repair it, so it took some time, Your Majesty, it is getting late now, please go to sleep for a while, Dr. Charles from the Church of England Hospital said, Your heart is asking you to rest a lot."

Chulalongkorn nodded and said, "Yes, then I'll go to rest. Please inform me immediately if Prince Doma has any news."

The attendant agreed and said, "Your Majesty, I will personally be on duty tonight, so don't worry."

Chulalongkorn smiled and went back to the back bedroom without even taking off his clothes. He fell asleep lying on the bed. He didn't know how much time had passed when he heard a noise outside. He got out of bed and walked to the door , the louder the noise was as he got closer to the door, he opened the bedroom door and asked loudly, "What's going on?"

No one answered, the attendant didn't know where he went, at this moment, a middle-aged man in military uniform stepped in, Chulalongkorn was taken aback when he saw this middle-aged man, because he was the Siamese front line Commander-in-Chief, his own brother—Prince Aida.

Chulalongkorn asked: "Brother, you are not commanding the battle at the front? Why are you back?"

Prince Aida smiled and said, "Brother, you are going to sell Siam to China! How can I not come back?"

Chulalongkorn frowned and asked, "How do you know?"

Prince Aida sneered, and said, "This matter is so big, how could I not know about it?"

Chulalongkorn was wondering when he heard a cold voice outside: "Your Majesty, the British Empire is not mean to your country, why did your country betray us?"