After admonishing Christine and Charlotte, William let them go.
The aftermath of the duel between Karl and Ernst came sooner than William had imagined.
After losing the duel, Ernst regarded this as a great shame for him, and after a few days of recuperation, without informing McLaen, Ernst actually led a group of his guards to ambush Karl on the road to the Brandenburg royal palace.
Ernst had already learned about Carl's itinerary by bribing the informant, and Karl was indeed in the net.
Although the bullets fired from several directions did not penetrate the carriage in which Carl was riding, the glass on the windows of the carriage was shattered, and coincidentally, these glass fragments actually tore a gorgeous scar on Carl's face.
It wasn't William who first learned that Carl was injured, but Anna.
After Carl's arrival, Anna not only summoned him in the palace every day, but also specially sent an additional team of guards to protect Carl's safety, but she did not expect that Karl would still be plotted under such circumstances.
Anna immediately approached William, who was on business, and demanded that William immediately order the murderer to be arrested and avenge Carl.
"Wilhelm, on the streets of Brandenburg, someone actually openly assassinated the Austrian prince, this is not only a provocation to Austria, but also a blatant disregard for our Prussia, for these thugs, we must take the harshest means to suppress them!"
When Anna told William what had happened, William's head was almost big.
Despite the clear evidence, is there any need to wonder who ambushed Carl?
In such a situation.
William's failure to handle it will not only affect Prussia's relations with Britain and Austria, but also cause Prussia's prestige to plummet internationally, as Annan said, openly ambushing Brandenburg Street.
This is a completely naked slap in the face!
"Okay, I'll take care of this matter, you go and calm Karl's emotions now" Immediately after Anna left, William summoned Elstner and Lucas, the Prussian Minister of Justice.
"Elstner, you should go at once to the British Government in this matter, if the British do not give me a satisfactory answer.
Then the previous agreement between us and the British is null and void!
” Immediately after explaining the cause and effect of the matter, Wilhelm assigned his task to the two Prussian ministers.
Listening to William's words, Elstner asked with some hesitation: "Your Majesty.
Would it be very disadvantageous for our country to revoke our previous agreement with the British?"
"Stupid, I'm asking you to put on this pose.
And it didn't ask you to go and abolish the previous agreements with the British as soon as they came up.
But if things really come to that point, then you don't have to panic, the British are blatant shooting on the streets of Brandenburg, which is already completely contempt for our Prussian dignity, so you have to show the courage of our Prussian men and make the British give in!
” "Understood, Your Majesty!"
Elstner, who had received William's letter, immediately had a backbone in his heart, and then said goodbye to William and left the room.
William turned to Lucas and said: "I don't have to worry about Elstner's side, but Lucas.
You'll need some cooperation with Elstner, and you'll need to organize the men and men to arrest the suspects as soon as you leave the palace.
Remember to get the whole thing to the bottom of it, and I'll allow you to capture the English prince if necessary, but you'll have to produce flawless evidence!
” "Yes, my majesty!"
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Karl's guards reacted quite quickly, and when Karl's carriage was attacked, they immediately formed a circle around the carriage, and then quickly reloaded the weapons with ammunition.
Ernst frowned when he saw that there was a defense around the carriage, and although he was a little unwilling, he gave the order to retreat.
Ernst was not a fool, he knew that there had been a shooting on the streets of Brandenburg, and the Prussians would certainly not sit idly by, and besides, he had no intention of taking Karl's life.
A prince, and a favored prince was killed, how could Austria be willing to rest, but it is conceivable that if things come to that point, either the British sacrifice Ernst, or the two countries go to war, this kind of thing is naturally not what Ernst wants to see, so his action this time is just to teach Karl a lesson.
As a prince, Ernst naturally knew how good the carriages of the upper nobles were, although there were no bulletproof cars in this era, but the carriages with steel plates and cork were equivalent to the bulletproof cars of later generations, and as the upper class people, basically everyone's carriages were processed.
Therefore, Ernst and his party rushed back to the British Embassy after quickly evacuating the scene, and when McEllen was in the embassy, he was still a little confused when he saw Ernst hurrying back, but he did not ask much about Ernst's actions.
But when the Prussians came to the door a short time later, MacLaan was stunned.
"Your Excellency Mackellen, may I ask where Prince Ernst of your country is available?"
"Your Highness Elsthal, if you have something to do with Prince Ernst, maybe I can inform you on your behalf" "That's right, Your Excellency MacLen, according to our investigation, His Royal Highness Prince Ernst is connected with a shooting that took place in Mahata, in front of the palace in the morning, and His Majesty the King has entrusted me to come down to deal with your country!"
Ignoring the shocked look on McEllen's face, Elstner made a gesture to walk towards the floor above the embassy, but McClan was stunned for a moment before rushing to Elstner's side to block his movements.
"Your Excellency Elstner, I wonder if there is any misunderstanding in your country, you must know that Prince Ernst has always been a model of nobility, how could he be involved in an inexplicable shooting, so there must be some misunderstanding!"
"Your Excellency McClen, do you know who the victim of the shooting is?"
McLaren shook his head blankly.
Seeing McClen's movements, Elstner's face instantly formed a layer of frost "The victim of the shooting is none other than Her Royal Highness Karl of Austria, the younger brother of Queen Anna of our country, I think Your Excellency should understand!"
Hearing the victim's name, McClen's expression immediately became stunned, and in just two seconds, his face had completely turned pale.
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The duel between Karl and Ernst has long been rumored throughout Brandenburg, and now Karl has been attacked on the streets of Brandenburg, and it is assumed that the first suspect must be Ernst, but McLaan must not let Ernst be a suspect in this case.
Because he knew that if Ernst was really thought to have something to do with it, it would be a devastating effect on the reputation of the British royal family, but there was a more important issue at the moment "Lord Elstner, I wonder how his Highness Karl's injuries are?"
"Hehe, I think His Royal Highness Karl will definitely thank His Excellency McLaan for his concern, under God's protection, His Royal Highness Karl only suffered some minor injuries, but this matter has already made Queen Anna angry, and the queen asked me to find out the truth, so I have to come to your embassy to disturb."
Hearing that Carl was only slightly injured, somehow, McClan actually breathed a sigh of relief.
Then McEllen's brain spun into action, and he knew that the most important thing was to get Ernst out of it.
"Your Excellency Elstner, if you want to see Prince Ernst, then please wait here and pass it on to you, of course, if His Royal Highness does not see you, then there is no way to do it."
After McClen finished speaking, he stared straight at Elstner, and for McClen's movements, Elstner just shrugged his shoulders and followed the attendants in the British embassy to the living room.
Although the current embassies did not have diplomatic immunity and ownership of land like later embassies, Ernst was a prince after all, and the aristocratic rules that circulated in Europe made it impossible for the Prussian side to arrest a prince without producing conclusive evidence.
Macklen hurried to Ernst's door and pushed open it despite the guards' obstruction "Your Highness, although I don't know what you did in the morning, but now that the Prussians have come to the door, you must inform you of the general situation of this matter, so that you can deal with the Prussians!"
Although McClen had already accumulated a belly of anger in his heart, when he really faced Ernst, his anger could only be held in his heart, after all, Ernst's identity was not something he could reprimand.
Although Britain is a constitutional monarchy, the current British royal family has not become the so-called royal family that has completely become a mascot in later generations, in addition to not being able to overturn the decisions made by the parliament collectively, a considerable part of the power is still in the hands of the king, and it even includes the right to appoint and dismiss the prime minister.
"Okay, McLene, it's not a big deal not to panic, it's nothing more than giving Carl's kid a little bit of a look" In front of McLaen, Ernst would not show the slightest worry in his heart. ..............................................
Aside from the dialogue between Maclaan and Ernst, after France had negotiated a deal with Spain and Austria, the three countries decided to formally redivide the colonies the next year, in January 1791, and this situation was also very unusual to the British.
France's refusal of the British demand meant that it was impossible for the British to obtain the colonies by peaceful means, and in a few months those colonies would be owned by Austria and Spain, and the Austrians and the British could not care, after all, Austria did not have a decent navy.
But Spain, although Spain has declined, there is no guarantee that Spain will not regain its strength after getting those colonies of France, and as Spain's former sworn enemy, how could the British be willing to watch Spain embark on the road of revival!