Hidden Dragon in Qing Dynasty

The main building of the East Palace was surrounded by gardens and grasslands. At the edge of the grassy area was a wall of iron railings, carved with all kinds of exquisite patterns. Some of these iron railings were painted very magnificently in gold.

It didn't matter if the grass and the gardens were on fire, but the main building of the Eastern Palace couldn't be on fire. If it were to burn down the members of the Eastern Embassy, Britain would become the laughingstock of the world.

The firefighters wanted to rush in, but they were stopped by a Chinese warning shout just as they got close to the iron railing. There was a line of sandbag wall at the front door where there was no fire, and behind them were all black muskets.

On the wall where the fire had gone out, dozens of soldiers were carrying buckets of water to extinguish the fire. But how strong could a man's arm be?

The firemen outside wanted to rush in, but the Chinese soldiers wouldn't let them. The two sides were in a deadlock.

The street was in chaos. The protesting thugs had fled to who knows where, leaving only one or two unlucky fellows howling in agony on the street. However, no one paid any attention to them.

The police were crazily setting up a human wall outside the East Palace. There were more than 2000 citizens watching the scene just now. When they saw the fire start, they subconsciously wanted to go and save the fire.

But now the police were scared out of their wits. God knows if there were assassins inside, but they had blocked the wall of people from getting close to it.

The policemen turned around and shouted angrily, "What the hell, why aren't you guys fighting the fire?" Are we really going to burn the Eastern Palace!? "

"Look at these Chinese people, they don't let us get close, our water pressure can't reach them! You have to go inside the fence to fight the fire... "

"Then charge in!" Do they really dare to shoot? " The policemen with red eyes led the way inside, but just as their left feet crossed the line leading to the door, they heard three gunshots.

One bullet blew off the lead officer's hat, and the other two rounds hit sparks on the flagstones!

"My God! The Chinese have opened fire! " The group of policemen were so scared that they nearly peed their pants before retreating with a "hong" sound.

"The people outside, listen up!" No one is allowed to enter the fence, this is the diplomatic station arranged by the Queen, according to the rules, this is temporarily our Chinese territory, whoever dares to enter without permission will have the right to be killed! "

"Dear God, would you mind telling me the truth? "We're here to save the fire …"

"Scram!" Who knows who you have mixed in? Those thugs were arranged by you, right? Now that the thugs have burned down the East Palace and you guys want to barge in, who knows if you're going to hurt the Führer? "

"If you want to charge in, then step on our corpses and come in! Soldiers, reload! Whoever dares to cross the line will open fire! "

The sound of the safety being pulled could be heard, scaring the policemen and firemen into retreating. "These Chinese people are crazy, they really dare to shoot!"

"Report to the officer immediately, we can't handle this anymore!"

War horses and carriages were galloping on the main street. News of the attack on the Eastern Palace was quickly transmitted to the ears of many powerhouses.

When the Queen Victoria heard the news, she immediately became angry, "What's going on? How did Benjamin control the situation? How's the fire, how's the Chinese reaction... Find the prince immediately and have him rush to the scene! "

"Damn it, must something happen? "You just have to put a smudge on my face!"

Not only did the Queen hear about this news, Gladstone also received this news from the Liberal Party's intelligence network. Upon hearing that the East Palace had been attacked by a incendiary bomb and that the Chinese had already fired a gun, he sat down on the sofa.

"My God! How could this be, was Benjamin crazy? "Wait, wait …" Gladstone rolled his eyes and suddenly let out a cold laugh.

"Could it be …" Hahaha … So interesting, so interesting! Benjamin, let's see how you're going to resolve this crisis! "

Bang bang bang … Bang bang bang … The door to the Downing Street was frantically being knocked. The butler inside could really not imagine who was so rude.

"Who the hell is it? What about the guards outside? "Why didn't you stop him …" When the housekeeper opened the door, he was so shocked that he immediately stood at attention and bowed.

"Kiss …" Your Highness? "

The angry Crown Prince pushed the steward away and rushed in. Only then did the steward realise that the soldiers the Prime Minister had sent out, were already standing behind the Prince with a face as white as ash.

"What's wrong? What happened? "

"My God! Something had happened. The East Palace had been attacked by French and Russian thugs. They had used incendiary bombs to attack the East Palace. The Chinese people have all fired their guns! "

"AHH!" The moment the butler heard this, his eyes turned black and he collapsed limply into the hallway.

Benjamin never thought that the situation would become this chaotic. He was still leisurely looking at the economic reports sent over by India and did not expect that the Crown Prince would directly barge in.

"Are you satisfied now? Are you satisfied now? "This is your goal …" The growling prince startled the Prime Minister.

"Prince? "What do you mean …" Benjamin hurriedly stood up.

Edward rushed to the table, his eyes staring straight at Benjamin, "Did you arrange all of that chaos between the French and the Russian citizens? "Tell me if …"

"Please calm your anger, Crown Prince … Is that important? " Benjamin was at a loss.

"Haha …" Hahaha … It's you, you're really too daring! I have already said before, it doesn't matter if you go against Xiao Letian, but you have to protect the prestige of the Empire.

"Can you wait until Xiao Letian returns to Asia before making your move? Can't you even wait until his ship is on the high seas? Why did he have to make a move now! "Why …"

"My prince, what are you talking about? Wasn't it just a protest? Could it be that you can't even sit still in such a small conflict? "

"Small conflict! God, what's the matter with you? The mob threw Molotov cocktails at the East Palace and burned an entire wall. The Chinese fired back! You actually said that it was a small conflict! " The Crown Prince rubbed his hair angrily, he had been completely enraged by Benjamin.

"Impossible!" Benjamin was only thirty meters tall. "That's absolutely impossible! "Who dares to be so bold, I can just let Montague and Yi Wan protest. The conflict can only stop at throwing rocks, we absolutely cannot take another step forward …"

"Aha …" It's really you! It's really you! "Fine, fine, fine. I'll go and pacify the Chinese right now. You better take care of yourself, see you later!" With that, Edward turned and left the Prime Minister's residence.

"How can this be? "How is this possible …" Benjamin paced back and forth in the study room, "I just wanted these protester to discredit Xiao Letian. This is just an ordinary publicity battle, how did it become a war?"

"Montauban? Was it Yi Wan's doing? That's right, it must be the two of them. They want to drag me into the water, and they want me to go into the water completely … Men, bring me the envoys of France and Russia! "