What politicians fear most is not conspiracy, but the situation is out of control. Now that Benjamin has never expected it to happen, an extremely dangerous aura began to attack him.

Ivan and Montauban were dragged out from the table by the Prime Minister's personal guards. On the way, they knew about the attack in the East Palace. They were stunned at that time. As soon as they saw Benjamin, they quickly shouted loudly.

"It's not us, we have never done such a thing! Besides, even if we want to deal with Xiao Letian, we will not burn your country's Eastern Palace! Aren't we afraid of revenge from the royal family?"

Benjamin was stunned. When he thought about it carefully, he was really justified. The empire of the times that the sun never sets is something that no country dares to provoke. He lent the French and Tsarist Russians a hundred courages, and he dared not burn the royal palaces!

"Are they really those thugs who were out of control for a moment? Are there really such a fanatical guy?"

Ivan murmured to himself, "It won't change. These people were chosen by me personally. Without my order, they would never act without my own actions... It would be that the Chinese people themselves burned them and then blamed us!"

"Nonsense! Those cowardly Chinese people regard their lives as more important than anything else. When I captured the capital of the Qing Dynasty, those big men ran faster than rabbits..." Montauban was the first to refute.

At this time, Benjamin's face changed, "Well... it's not impossible. This liar is good at acting in tragic scenes... Forget it, why do you want so many things? Come and prepare a carriage for me. I want to go to the East Palace in person!"

"Prime Minister! At this time, I took the initiative to meet the Chinese. Doesn't this mean we lost?" the two asked anxiously, "It's very likely that it was a scam by the Chinese. Maybe it was really the fire they set themselves?"

"Enough, what can I do? Even if it is really a fire set by the Chinese, do we have evidence? Can we explain it one by one? Do you understand it... Damn it!"

Leaving two unlucky envoys, the Prime Minister got on a carriage and ran quickly towards the East Palace. Along the way, there were fire-fighting water-dragon carriages coming to support, and even teams of imperial guards were driving forward.

As the future heir of the royal family, the crown prince still has the right to mobilize the company-level imperial guards, but if he wants to mobilize the regular army outside the city, he has to jointly issue an order from the Prime Minister and the Military Affairs Department.

Benjamin slapped his forehead and thought that he had made a mistake in his busy schedule. "Come on, bring my warrant to mobilize a battalion army to the Eastern Palace to protect the security of the envoys... Let the military headquarters send people to Hyde Barracks and the Zhiyuan to condolence to the Chinese and tell them that the envoys are safe, and the British Empire will definitely protect their safety! Go quickly..."

When the Prime Minister arrived at the East Palace, there were no citizens watching the fun on the street. The Imperial Guards and policemen dispersed all the citizens. At this moment, all around the East Palace were surrounded.

The crown prince, the Duke of Newcastle, Gladstone... all the officials gathered in the next place at this moment, with more than 30 nobles and senior officials.

But unexpectedly, no one walked into the fence, and even the crown prince was stopped outside.

"Please report to the Head of State, Prince Edward asked for a meeting... Please open the door and let the fire truck enter?" The crown prince's entourage yelled with his neck, but the opponent ignored it completely, and the black muzzle was still on the outside.

Fortunately, since most of the European buildings are made of stone, the kerosene on the surface of the marble cannot cause much fire. Through the efforts of Chinese soldiers, the flames on the exterior wall have been extinguished at this moment, and only a few bushes and sporadic flames remain, and the grass on the ground exudes a burnt smell.

"Prince, what's going on?" Benjamin jumped out of the carriage and asked quickly. Gladstone, who was next to the crown prince, growled angrily.

"This is the security work you arranged? Is this still London? The heart of the British Empire was set on fire? Sorry, I want to impeach you, I must impeach you!"

"Now that the East Palace is burned, will it not be possible for Buckingham Palace to protect tomorrow? When did this happen to the British Empire? How should we explain to the whole world?"

Benjamin was also full of anger, and he could no longer help it. "Enough, Gladstone! If you want to impeach, please give me some advice! This fire was originally a strange thing. You can't even put the blame on me before it was investigated clearly!"

"It's not over yet, right? Is it time for quarrels now? The most important thing now is to confirm the safety of the head of state!" Crown Prince Edward roared angrily.

The Duke of Newcastle quickly smoothed out the game, "Okay, stop talking, I'll go and call to see if I can see each other..." But unexpectedly, even the Duke of Newcastle, who has a cooperative relationship, couldn't open the door.

Time passed minute by minute, and soon it was half past midnight. At this moment, the flames had completely extinguished, and the streets were quiet, with only the occasional trampling of horses and horses.

"Xiao Letian is expressing his anger to us! There is no way. It seems that he will never see us today. Go back and prepare to negotiate with the Chinese tomorrow!" Edward walked into the carriage angrily. Before leaving, he looked at Benjamin resentfully.

"Whoever causes trouble will be responsible! Let's go..."

The nobles and high-ranking officials left one after another, and Benjamin was left standing alone at the gate. He looked at the dark wall and the wary soldiers inside, and couldn't help but sigh.

"Come on! Transfer two companies of troops to protect the safety of the East Palace and let the police department drive away any protesters... there must be no more accidents!"

Late at night, all the citizens near the East Palace were not sleeping. They hid behind the curtains and watched the soldiers on the street change their defenses. The Imperial Guards withdrew from the barracks. The army of the military began to take over the public security here. Three steps, one post, five steps, and one sentry. The entire East Palace was surrounded by soldiers.

The more busy police officers are also the ones. Countless police officers are scolding their subordinates angrily. You can even see several police officers removed from their shoulders. That is, the police officers in charge today were directly fired from the police force.

Only the East Palace did not move at all, and the Chinese seemed to have hibernated, no one spoke or had any abnormal movement at all.

After a whole night of peace, Benjamin sent a negotiating expert the next day. Xiang Jian Xiao Letian did not expect that these Chinese people would still block the door and no one would be allowed to go in.

Even the Queen's envoy was blocked outside. Not only the Eastern Palace, but also the remaining Chinese garrisons were built with sandbag walls. Except for the military officers who purchased some food, any remaining soldiers were fully armed with martial law.

The same is true for the Zhiyuan. The gangway was closed. The military officials who came to communicate and negotiate could not even see Xiang Ying. The entire Chinese suddenly became silent, without taking action, or even without a single word of protest.
Chapter completed!