C2149 Deputy envoy? The cause? (1/2)
Prince Edward's bottom line was that they could start a war of words. If they really fight, that would be humiliating for the British Empire, and without the Crown Prince even opening his mouth, with just a glance, two Red Cloaked Lobster Guards had pounced over, one on the left and one on the right, controlling Sha Ao.
”Sir, you are tired. Please take a rest …” The soldier's words were polite, but his actions were underhanded. Yi Wan felt as if his arms were being clamped by a pair of pincers, unable to move at all.
”Xiao Letian... You coward... Do you dare to duel with me... Duel like a man! ”
Xiao Letian frowned, he really did not understand why Sha Russia was not a large empire, could it be that there was no one capable enough to conduct diplomatic affairs? Sending such a reckless guy, other than disgracing himself, what else could he do?
Xiao Letian did not investigate any of the details. In fact, the two special envoys sent by France and Russia were not acting in the name of the plenipotentiary. They were actually just deputy envoys.
Some of them might even question the fact that the Chinese envoys had arrived in London and that the welcoming ceremony had already begun. So where was the envoy now?
In fact, there weren't any real spies at all. This was just a trap jointly dug by France and Russia.
Yi Wan still had Montaub, their main mission this time was to stir up trouble. They wanted to make the Chinese look bad in front of the entire Europe, and use this aggressive attitude to force Xiao Letian to respond to his mistakes.
No matter if Xiao Letian retreated or went berserk, he had fallen into their trap.
If Xiao Letian chose to back down for the sake of diplomatic etiquette and face, then France and Russia would be able to join hands and brazenly declare that the Chinese were all cowards in the media. This would further strengthen the anti-China alliance's arrogance, and many uncertain countries would boldly join.
If Xiao Letian could not endure the provocation from these mad dogs, and chose to face them head on, or even foolishly accept Yi Wan's challenge, then the entire continent would be filled with the words of ”Yellow Calamity” on the second day.
The Chinese would be created to be the Eastern Killing Demons like the Mongol cavalry, while Xiao Letian would transform into a bloodthirsty God's Whip. This way, it was highly likely that the citizens would be pushed to the side of the Chinese to hate them.
Regardless of whether Xiao Letian chose the left or right path, he had all been tricked in the end.
Someone might have asked, if France and Russia were so crazy as to set their dogs free, wouldn't they be disregarding their country's image? Don't they just ignore the unhurried mouths of the European people?
Of course, it had to be estimated. When a hooligan flirted with beauties, he had to do vulgar things under the banner of chasing after love, not to mention the country!
Therefore, Napoleon III and the Tsar had thought of using the poisonous methods of the assistant envoys. As long as Montaubine and Yi Wan could successfully complete their mission and force Xiao Letian onto the left or right path, that was.
Once they had achieved their goal, the French Emperor and Tsar would definitely send out a reprimand telegram at the first possible moment. They would curse the two assistant envoys until they felt like they were about to die, and then give them a very serious punishment to appease the anger of the crowd.
After that, they would send other gentle 'envoys' to show their good side in the media and thus restore the image of their country.
How could commoners understand this? If kind-hearted people apologized when they saw the envoy, then the dirty water would naturally be taken away by the envoy and the emotions of the commoners would naturally return to normal.
It was very, very suspenseful. When Prussia delivered the latest intelligence three days later, even Xiao Letian broke out in a cold sweat. He almost fell for the trap.
But right now, Xiao Letian still did not know the enemy's scheme, he was successfully infuriated by Yi Wan.
Xiao Letian stood in front of Yi Wan and Montaubon and sneered, ”You want to duel me? ”You have to see whether you are qualified or not. There is no seat for cowards in front of me …”
”Not only that, what status do you have to dare to challenge me, a mere admiral, to challenge a prime minister? ”It really is a group of barbarians …”