C2398 East London (2/2)

As the applause rang out, the simple and honest citizens naturally had a reverent attitude towards the imperial power. In their eyes, all emperors were worthy of respect. This was the most basic of courtesies.

China emphasized the divine right of a sovereign, which meant that all emperors were the sons of the gods. In fact, Europe was similar. Both emperors and kings needed the coronation of the Holy See, which meant that God had recognized your rights as being orthodox.

Since the Tongzhi Emperor was someone who was on equal footing as the Queen, this also proved that the identity of the emperor was also recognized by God.

Regardless of whether it was true or not, this was what the honest citizens thought. Thus, when they saw the emperor's caravan, they naturally paid their respects to him from the bottom of their hearts.

Zai Chun had already been taught by Xiao Letian to be a close relative of the citizens.

He opened the window, smiled, and stretched out his hand to wave to the cheering citizens. The friendly gesture was replaced by a fierce response from the citizens. Soon, more and more people gathered on Kung Fu Street.

The police officer on duty swung his baton as he ran back and forth. Anyone who was too far in front of him was scolded and pushed back … ”Hurry up and push back, who let you squeeze in here?”

The waving batons in the air intimidated the citizens who were watching the show. However, they knew that they couldn't go overboard in front of the Chinese, so they didn't dare to beat them up as they usually did.

Zai Chun frowned and asked Gordon: What's going on, why are you using violence against the people? They just wanted to see me. What does it matter? ”

Gordon's forehead was covered in sweat as he quickly smiled, ”Alright, your Majesty, don't worry, I will settle this right away …”

With that, Gordon opened the car door and jumped down. He quickly found the Guard Commander and whispered something to him.

The fifty guards were originally split into two groups, the front and back, forming two small, dense formations to clear the way for Tongzhi. After the order was given, the two formations started to change directions.

The front and back lines became two lines, the left and the right, with twenty-five cavalrymen forming a single line. The distance between the warhorses and the front was about three meters.

This created two long lines of security controls. They did not need the police to swing their truncheons to draw a line of demarcation for the citizens. No one was allowed to cross the inside of the war horse and could only stand on the outside.

As the chaos was gradually brought under control, the policemen wiped the sweat off their foreheads and wondered what they had done so long ago.

Gordon smiled and ran back to the horse carriage, ”Your Majesty, everything has been completed, the order is under control again …”

”Well, that's good. Can you open the awning? So many people want to see me, I can't possibly let them down, right? ”

The carriage Zai Chun was riding on this trip was not a fixed carriage, but an open one. Due to the heavy air pollution in the east region, there was a large amount of black ash in the air.

But when they saw how enthusiastic the citizens were, Zai Chun went crazy and forced Gordon and the others to open the folded awning.

The little emperor's request wasn't too excessive, and people wouldn't force him to do such a thing. The carriage slowed down, and two attendants ran over quickly from the left and right, carefully folding the awning behind them.

This time, the people on both sides of the road could see the Great Qing's emperor, the cheers and applause became even louder, while Zai Chun smiled and waved his hands, the atmosphere immediately became extremely warm.