Start 1861: I Just Inherited the Dutch Throne

Kingdom of the Netherlands, Amsterdam.

Now, with the help of the Dutch royal family and the Principality of Luxembourg, Prussia has been winning battles in France one after another. This has shocked all countries about the role of the Netherlands. Not to mention foreign countries, even the Netherlands is completely confused about this. Take sides.

There is a lot of tension in the Netherlands these days. Especially with the news brought back by the Dutch who came back from doing business on the French border and Brussels, Belgium - France actually deployed more than 50,000 troops on the border between the Netherlands and France, seemingly intending to retaliate against the Netherlands for helping Prussia invade France.

All kinds of rumors are flying around.

Now the Dutch national alert has reached the highest level. There are more than 180,000 regular army troops in the Netherlands and 300,000 temporary voluntary army troops on standby.

There are 60,000 regular troops and 60,000 temporary troops deployed in the southern part of the Netherlands. Among them, 5,000 regular troops and 10,000 conscripts are deployed in Maldem, the capital of West Flanders. 5,000 regular troops and 10,000 conscripts are deployed in the former eastern part of Belgium, which has just returned to the Netherlands. Ghent, the capital of Flanders.

Habiert, the capital of Limburg Province, also has 5,000 regular troops and 10,000 conscripts.

The southern headquarters, the provincial capital of Antwerp, serves as the military headquarters of the southern Netherlands and deploys the remaining 45,000 regular troops and 30,000 volunteer troops.

30,000 regular troops and 60,000 conscripts, a total of 90,000 people, were deployed in the province of Gelderland near the east of Prussia.

Assen, the capital of the northern province of Drenthe, deployed 30,000 regular troops and 60,000 conscripts to guard against Prussia.

The remaining 60,000 regular troops and 120,000 conscripts were placed on the western coast.

In particular, it defends major cities such as Amsterdam, Rotterdam, and The Hague, with its headquarters in Amsterdam. Rotterdam has 10,000 regular troops and 20,000 conscripts deployed, and The Hague has 10,000 regular troops and 20,000 conscripts deployed.

Of the remaining 40,000 regular troops and 80,000 conscripts in Amsterdam, 30,000 regular troops and 60,000 are stationed outside Amsterdam. The remaining 10,000 regular troops and 20,000 conscripts are deployed in Utrecht, the capital of Utrecht Province. Mobile support troops exist from east to west, south and north.

Amsterdam, the capital of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, is now the best place for Dutch nobles and capitalists to gather information.

In the center of Amsterdam, there is a huge palace that is relatively huge compared to the surrounding houses.

This palace covers a huge area. Standing at the top, you can overlook the surrounding area for several kilometers. This is the most powerful place in the Kingdom of the Netherlands today.

At this moment, on the top of this extremely well-defended palace, a woman dressed in the gorgeous attire of the Dutch royal family stood with a big belly and her hands behind her back.

Although the woman is 4 months pregnant, her figure is still extremely voluptuous. Even if she wears a slightly loose skirt to make it more convenient for her as a pregnant woman, it is still difficult to cover up her heart-stirring forehead. Devil-ghost curve.

In the dark sky, the bright moonlight shines down, illuminating the beautiful face that makes people stop breathing.

The first impression of this beautiful appearance is that of a coquettish one. The red lips are slightly pursed with a touch of arc, which is enchanting to all living beings. However, those beautiful black eyebrows are slightly frowned, with the air of having been in a high position for a long time. The color of majesty.

"Your Majesty the Queen, Prime Minister Torbek would like to see you."

At this moment, a woman dressed in an elegant long skirt and who looked to be no more than twenty-four or five years old came up from the palace. She is the deputy steward of the palace and her personal butler, named Lucy.

Lucy has a cute and delicate oval face, like a beautiful porcelain doll. The words she just said were spoken by her, delicate and cold.

"Let him come up." Queen Alexandra turned around and looked at the slightly respectful Lucy in front of her. Queen Alexandra frowned.

Lucy was the personal housekeeper assigned to her by William IV after she married from Denmark to the Netherlands.

Lucy is a person who knows how to serve others and knows how to advance and retreat. She is also very easy to use. It is precisely because of her ease of use that Queen Alexandra felt wary. Lucy's appearance was different from the first time she saw her. I'm amazed. Now 10 years have passed. She was young but not pretty at the time, but she has become more mature.

Over the past ten years, she had learned very clearly that Lucy seemed to be devoted to her husband William IV, well, so that he could be alone for the rest of his life.

This kind of woman can be said to be a living bomb. Who knows if she will do something unfavorable to her just to get to the top that day. Of course, the relationship between the two is now being handled very well, but it's just a distant worry. Of course, Queen Alexandra, who is extremely confident among the European royal families, doesn't really take her seriously.

Just be vigilant, after all, it is necessary to be on guard against others.

Before she could think about it, Prime Minister Tolbeck, who was slightly bowed, appeared in front of Queen Alexandra: "Meet Her Majesty the Queen!"

"Lucy, please step back."

"Yes, Your Majesty the Queen"

Although Lucy was confused after hearing this, she didn't want to offend Queen Alexandra, who was becoming more and more majestic today, so she quickly retreated.

After Lucy left, Prime Minister Tolbeck said respectfully: "For your Majesty the Queen, Prussia currently has only 50,000 troops stationed in the upper reaches of the Rhine River on the Dutch border, and there has not been much change. The Ems River that borders us in the north Even because of the Franco-Prussian War, 60,000 troops were originally stationed, but now 20,000 troops have been transferred south to the battlefield of the Franco-Prussian War."

"Humph" Queen Alexandra snorted coldly, "This is just to reassure us. Bismarck is very cunning and must be guarded against. His Majesty William also said that the 180,000 troops defending Prussia should not be changed. To prevent Prussia from bombing its troops on both sides"

Tolbeck nodded in agreement. Looking at Queen Alexandra, who was pregnant with royal blood, the originally young girl turned into the person who guides the world now. She had to sigh that William IV was good at nurturing people.

"Although the French side saw the deployment of troops there, they did not move. Even Prime Minister Charles sent people through secret channels to ask the Netherlands not to use Luxembourg to consolidate to Prussia, and was willing to transfer Western Liege to Prussia with the consent of the Netherlands. Province and the French Department of Luxembourg were ceded to the Netherlands"

"Humph" Queen Alexandra said again nonchalantly: "The original fight for life was snatched from Belgium, but was snatched by Prussia. Now it is said to be transferred to the Netherlands. This is not a bad move. Is it? Give it to the Netherlands? And then let the Netherlands reason with Prussia? It is really a low-level provocation move.

Tell them that the Netherlands is willing to be a peacemaker to help them negotiate peace with Prussia, but the Netherlands wants France's Mauritius Islands in the Indian Ocean, and it also wants to give us the Kerguelen Islands in the southern Indian Ocean. "

Two hours later.

Paris is the only city in the northern part of France. Although its city size is smaller than London, it is unmatched by other cities in Europe. It can be said that it is the third largest city in Europe, and no one competes with it for second place.

Its economy is also one of the most developed in Europe, because it is the political, economic and cultural hub of the French Empire and the cultural symbol of the French Empire, so it is the most important city in France.

At the Palace of Versailles in Paris.

The huge palace meeting hall was filled with powerful people from the empire's politics and military. There were also many representatives of influential aristocratic forces. They sat clearly on the left and right sides of the hall.

"This is unreasonable. Queen Alexandra of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is just like a lion, and she is going too far to deceive others."

At the head of the meeting hall, when Queen Eugenie read the telegram, she slapped her palm on the table next to her. The next moment, everyone in the meeting hall chose to remain silent.

This shows how powerful Queen Eugénie is.

The entire discussion hall was suddenly silent.

People on both sides trembled, with cold sweat breaking out on their backs.

Napoleon III is still defending in Reims, and the Prime Minister of Charles belongs to her Queen Eugenie. So whoever dares to touch his reverse scale in France is not asking for trouble?

After the hall was silent for about a minute, Foreign Minister Edmond, who was sitting on the right side of the hall, said: "William IV actually asked Queen Alexandra to be the regent. He obviously had expected that this would happen. This proves that the Netherlands We have been prepared for it for a long time, so at this time, William IV went to Greece to attend the wedding and avoid the sensitive opportunity of lending the Duchy of Luxembourg to the Kingdom of Prussia, but it was planned for a long time."

Queen Eugenie stared at him and asked: "You mean, William IV of the Netherlands had already guessed that we would look for them? So he chose to leave at this time, so that we could have no one to talk to? Also, the Netherlands is eating You have determined us and let us give in to them?”

Although Emond was embarrassed to say it, he still nodded and said: "Yes, William IV is extremely cunning. He has repeatedly won in various conflicts over the years, and his surprising tricks are hard to guard against.

Just like this time, when everyone chose to avoid the Franco-Prussian War, they unexpectedly chose to wade into the muddy waters this time. I think many people thought that he was a fool and did a fool's thing, but when you look at it, As long as you are familiar with his past history, you will know that he will not make such a decision so simply. I think not only us, but also those in Berlin will not understand the purpose of Holland's actions."

Foreign Minister Emond raised his head to face the beautiful Queen Eugenie on the throne and said: "Actually, we might as well agree, because as long as we get the Netherlands' temporary non-support for Prussia, Prussia's momentum will decline. After our war with Prussia stops and France recovers its strength, we can do what Britain did when it separated Belgium from the Netherlands and become the second Britain that stung the Netherlands."

Emond's loud proposal made everyone present suddenly brighten up, even Queen Eugenie. Yes, France is currently facing the powerful enemy Prussia, so what if the Netherlands picks up the slack, sooner or later it will give it back to France.

In the end, the French Empire agreed to Queen Alexandra's request with the nod of Queen Eugenie.

And chose to send humanitarian Amsterdam to negotiate and sign the treaty conditions on October 15, 1869.

Greece, Athens at a dinner hosted by the Royal Palace of Greece.

The women's competition was fruitless. When Princess Louise and Crown Prince Frederic made an appearance, it was the climax of the entire banquet.

The European royal family members present at today's banquet have to admit that the influence of Princess Louise, who is from the UK and is about to become the Crown Princess of Greece, on everyone is that she is smart, exquisite and translucent, with the charming temperament unique to Londoners.

Crown Princess Victoria from the Kingdom of Prussia is a gifted natural beauty, free and fresh in her movements.

Although many people like the high-end and elegant Princess Victoria, it has to be said that more people are attracted to Princess Louise. Many people privately praise Princess Louise for her elegant behavior and extraordinary temperament.