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Chulalongkorn looked behind Prince Aida, and saw Barclay, the British ambassador to Siam, coming over. Chulalongkorn suppressed the surprise and doubt in his heart, and said with a smile: "Mr. What is this? Who said I was going to betray the venerable British Empire?"

Barclay took out a telegram, held it in front of Chulalongkorn, and said with a smile: "Look at the signature and seal on it, can you still deny it?"

When Chulalongkorn saw that the top-secret telegram was in Barclay's hands, he exclaimed in surprise, "Why is this telegram in your hands? Where is my attendant?"

After Chulalongkorn finished speaking, he looked around, hoping to see his attendant. Barclay smiled and said, "There is no need to look for your attendant. He has already arrived at the port to take a boat to Yangon, Myanmar."

Chulalongkorn suddenly understood: he was betrayed by his most trusted attendant!Chulalongkorn suddenly felt his heart tremble. He hurriedly took out the bottle of quick-acting heart-relief pills from his pocket, poured out a pill and stuffed it into his mouth, and the tremor slowly subsided.

Chulalongkorn sat down slowly, and said helplessly, "Mr. Barclay, you have been watching me all this time, haven't you?"

Barclay nodded and said: "That's right, I knew about Prince Doma and Princess Yalin leaving Siam, but I didn't say anything, because I wanted to see how you would behave, but your performance was too Let us down in the British Empire."

Chulalongkorn looked at Prince Aida and said to Barclay: "Are you trying to kill me and make my younger brother Prince Aida the emperor of Siam?"

Prince Aida smiled and said, "Brother, who do you think I am? We are siblings, how could I kill you?"

Barclay took Prince Aida's words and said: "That's right, Your Majesty, we will never kill you. Isn't your heart bad? We will let you go to London to recuperate. The emperor's government affairs are temporarily entrusted to you." Prince Aida has dealt with it, you can leave Siam in style, and we will give you the best living conditions when you arrive in London, and we will let you abdicate when the time is right."

Chulalongkorn's face sank, and he said coldly: "There are my loyal guards outside, do you think they will just watch this happen?"

Aida smiled and said: "Your Majesty, although your guards are brave and loyal, don't forget that the most powerful army in Siam is the War Elephant Legion. Of course, you also founded this War Elephant Legion, but you The big mistake you made in creating this army is that you didn't make it your own!"

"In the War Elephant Legion, you have not established absolute authority. The most authoritative person there is the British instructor! I came back this time, leading 1000 soldiers from the War Elephant Legion, and I also brought more than [-] of my own soldiers. , your loyal guards have all been disarmed."

Chulalongkorn was speechless, and it took a while before he said viciously: "If I had known that the British are so despicable, I shouldn't have hesitated so much when I chose China!"

Barclay laughed and said, "You Siamese haven't been through a war for a long time. How could you know the danger of war? Well, let's not say more, Your Majesty, please go to our mission hospital to rest."

Chulalongkorn understood that the British and Prince Aida wanted to put him under house arrest, but he had no choice but to follow the soldiers of the War Elephant Legion to the Church of England Hospital.

It was eleven o'clock in the evening of Bangkok time, twelve o'clock in the evening of Beijing time, Princess Yalin did not go back to the post house, but lived in Zhongnanhai, sleeping on the same bed with Shen Wanqing, Princess Yalin suddenly fell asleep Waking up in a start, she burst into tears, and the crying woke Shen Wanqing up. Shen Wanqing hurriedly hugged her in her arms, and said softly, "What's wrong? Did you have a nightmare?"

The little princess cried and said, "Father, something happened! Huh..."

Shen Wanqing hurriedly comforted: "It's okay, it's all right, dreams are reversed." After comforting for a while, the crying gradually became quieter, then Lin Yuan's voice came from outside the door: "Wanqing, what happened? "

Shen Wanqing said: "It's okay, it's okay, the little princess has a nightmare." Lin Yuan didn't take this matter to heart either, the next day, Lin Yuan invited Prince Doma to have breakfast, Lin Yuan saw Prince Doma With bloodshot eyes, he knew he hadn't slept all night.Lin Yuan asked: "Your Highness, how is your country thinking?"

Prince Doma frowned and said, "It's very strange that His Majesty has not sent any news back." Then he showed Lin Yuan the telegram record of his communication with Chulalongkorn last night. After reading it, Lin Yuan thought about it and said: " This is a major event, and His Majesty Chulalongkorn will definitely consider it carefully, and it is normal to spend more time."

There was no news from Chulalongkorn until the evening. During this period, Prince Doma sent top-secret urgent telegrams back again and again, but there was still no news. Lin Yuan vaguely felt that something might have happened to Chulalongkorn.Soon the 24-hour deadline stipulated by Lin Yuan was up, but there was still no news from Chulalongkorn, so Lin Yuan asked Princess Yalin to send a telegram to her mother, the queen of Chulalongkorn, but the queen of Chulalongkorn also sent a telegram. No news.

It was not until the next day, at six o'clock in the morning on October 10, that Prince Doma received a telegram in the name of Chulalongkorn, which read: "Siam continues to support the British Empire, please Prince Doma and Ya Princess Lin will return home immediately."

Prince Doma came to Lin Yuan immediately after receiving this telegram, and said: "Mr. Lin Yuan, I have received a telegram from His Majesty, and His Majesty said: Siam will continue to support the British Empire and will not cooperate with China. Her Royal Highness and I will return home immediately."

Lin Yuan took the telegram, looked at it, and said, "Why is this telegram sent only now?"

Prince Doma shook his head and said, "Maybe His Majesty felt that it was too difficult to make this decision, so he sent it late."

Lin Yuan said: "But from your telegrams, His Majesty Chulalongkorn really wanted to return to China. Why did his attitude suddenly change so much?"

Prince Doma said helplessly: "I don't know, but we can't disobey His Majesty's order, so we must set off to return home immediately."

Lin Yuan thought for a while and said: "My suggestion is: You and Her Royal Highness stay in China for a while first. Since Siam is involved in the confrontation between China and Britain, it will be difficult to say what will happen later. You stay in China and everything There is room for reincarnation, what do you think?"

Prince Doma thought for a long time, and said: "Your Highness can stay, I must go back, because I am a subject of His Majesty, if I don't go back, I will rebel, and Her Highness is still young, so the reason of studying abroad is justified."