Chapter 1573: The Queen's Return
The Eastern fleet appeared again on the banks of the Thames. The main steam ironclad ship "Hoqubing" brought greater shock to the West. However, the English had not had time to be surprised by the larger ironclad ship. They focused on Princess Sofia who returned to England. No, it should be Queen Sofia.
After losing King Charles, the United Kingdom finally welcomed the new king recognized by the parliament.
When the congressmen learned that the envoys successfully brought Queen Sophia back, they were overjoyed and immediately changed into noble dresses and came to the dock to welcome the queen's return.
They were originally worried that with Princess Sophia's cynical temperament, they might refuse to return to England to ascend the throne. After all, she had set fire to the Earl's beard before, and it was very likely that she would have happened if she ignored the request of the envoy.
There were crowds of people on the dock, not only the MPs, but also the squire and merchants wanted to welcome Her Majesty the Queen, but also more civilians from the city of London came to greet Her Majesty the Queen.
They betrayed King Charles, but they were dissatisfied with the murder of King Charles, and they also felt sympathy for Queen Sophia's loss of her beloved brother. The complex emotions made the common people not only not opposed Queen Sophia's inheritance of the throne, but instead believed that this was God's choice.
"It's hard to imagine that those who used to like to be foolish and will... would obediently obediently return to England to obediently."
"After all, King Charles is Queen Sophia's brother. I guess after Her Majesty learned the news, hesitated and wanted to return to England again and again, otherwise the royal family would have no heirs to satisfy the people of the United Kingdom."
The MPs whispered before waiting for Her Majesty to get ashore, and they were somewhat surprised by the mess left by Queen Sophia's willingness to come back and take over her brother.
On the shore, there were also Chinese officers or businessmen such as Sun Chuanting and Huang Xiushan who also came to welcome Queen Sophia. They also participated in supporting Queen Sophia to ensure the interests of China in the United Kingdom, so there was no problem with them coming to welcome Queen Sophia.
Just as Chu Yun took a long time to know what happened in Europe in the East, Sun Chuanting, Huang Xiushan and others did not know what happened in the East. Before the laying of the Asia-Europe submarine cables was completed, it was normal that news from the East and the West had a lag period of more than one year.
"I wonder if Queen Sophia will be more inclined to us East than Charlie after she travels to our capital and becomes the Queen of the United Kingdom."
"A lot of things are not something she can decide. Charlie still has to worry about the views of Congress? This is a contest between interest groups. If the royalists have the upper hand, our interests can be guaranteed. Isn't Sophia's ability to become the queen of the United Kingdom because of her superiority that it can be in line with the interests of the royalists? Princess Elizabeth of the Netherlands prefers parliamentary opposition, while Princess Anne of France is easily controlled by Louis XIII, who has different beliefs. Sophia is the best choice in the game."
After the outbreak of the British Civil War, Sun Chuanting often interacted with the royal nobles, and had a deeper understanding of the traditions of England, and discovered that the contradiction between the king and the parliament and the issue of faith were reflected in this incident.
Therefore, Sun Chuanting believes that the parliament should still be restored and given certain power to the parliament, as long as the royalists occupy the majority of the parliament. There is also a question of faith, so try not to interfere. After all, Sun Chuanting does not care what the English believe in, and it has nothing to do with him. As long as the vested interests of China here are not affected.
"Sir, have you noticed that our fleet has a new ironclad ship?" Huang Xiushan saw the steam ironclad ship "Huo Qubing" anchored in the Thames River and reminded Sun Chuanting.
"Of course, this ship is even bigger than General Fubo. General Fubo seems to shrink in front of it... The power of industry is so powerful that a hundred-meter-long warship can be made. Any firearm in the past seemed dull in front of such a mobile fortress." Sun Chuanting discovered the Huo Qubing on the Thames at first sight.
Before we knew it, the Fourth Fleet had two steam iron armored ships, the main iron armored ship Huo Qubing and the test ship General Fubo.
However, most London citizens have not noticed this terrible fact now, and their attention is on Queen Sophia who is about to land.
"I haven't returned to my hometown for a long time. The changes in London City have not been much, or it seems a little behind." Sophia held her child and looked at the familiar docks and the scenery along the river on the deck of the ironclad ship, which seemed to be no different from when she left here a few years ago.
"Her Majesty, our ships cannot easily dock, otherwise they will be stranded easily. Please change to a small boat to prepare to get ashore." Sun Xu finally escorted Sophia safely to London City, but fortunately the children were fine.
As long as there is no accident on the sea, he will still be able to appear in front of Chu Yun calmly in the future. If something happened to Sophia and her child, he will have no face to return to the local area to face Chu Yun.
"Let's get ashore." Sophia kept holding her child, walked down the gangway and boarded the boat.
The guards who came to the boat in advance were careful, afraid that something would happen to the queen and the little prince.
"Her Majesty the Queen is going to get ashore!"
The nobles, squire and civilians on the bank of the river all cheered excitedly.
They could already see Queen Sophia and many envoys leaving the Oriental fleet in small boats and docking.
The elite soldiers selected from the Royal Guards formed a guard of honor. They were the winners of the British Civil War, each holding their heads and chests up, and they even had a rare uniformity.
"It is a blessing for our people to return to London and lead our people by the grace of God, the Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland, the guardian of faith, the head of the church, Her Majesty Queen Sophia!"
After Sophia and the envoys came ashore, ministers, parliamentarians and nobles stepped forward to salute Queen Sophia.
However, they immediately found that the queen did not seem to have returned alone, and she was holding a baby who had just been born in her arms!
"This is..." The nobles of the royalists looked at the return queen in confusion.
Sofia is obviously much more mature than leaving London City, but this little kid is...
"He is the prince of the Stuart family, that is, my son. Do you have any opinions?" Sofia asked.
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Chapter completed!