Shadow of great britain

Wednesday is the most delicate day of the week.

It's not as hated as Monday, the first working day of the week, nor as anticipated as Friday or Saturday.

For the Duke of Wellington and all Tory members who still support the cabinet, this is also an extremely delicate day.

Because a grand and special agenda is arranged in the parliament today - the Prime Minister's Question.

On the north bank of the Thames, around Trafalgar Square, the clock tower hands of Westminster Abbey and St. Margaret's Church point to twelve noon at the same time.

The Palace of Westminster is the seat of the House of Lords and House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

In the southwest and northwest corners, two Gothic spiers with a height of more than 100 meters reach into the sky, seeming to poke a crack in the gloomy sky. Under the two spiers, there are also countless small sharp towers. From a distance, it looks like a group of marching infantrymen wearing bright yellow military uniforms and carrying flintlock muskets.

In front of the dark entrance gate of the Palace of Westminster, countless dark hollow lamp niches stand on the bright yellow exterior wall. They emit a faint light, and the light illuminates the Royal Guards patrolling the nearby sidewalk in bright red. military uniform illuminated.

Several dark black carriages came from Downing Street and Whitehall Street respectively. They gathered in front of the Palace of Westminster and finally stopped in front of the crowded entrance gate.

As the carriage drove in, the noisy crowd suddenly fell into silence. Under the gaze of everyone, the attendants who were trotting along with the carriage stepped forward and opened the door of the carriage one by one, and pairs of hard riding boots gradually stepped out from the carriage. .

The first person to get out of the car was a gentleman wearing a dark gray tuxedo and a white shirt. He straightened his back and had a calm face, but the sharpness in his eyes still made people feel that he was not a good person.

Although as a soldier, he did not like to be in public, many people in the crowd recognized his identity.

Sir Edward Barnes, who served as the Commander-in-Chief of the British Army during the Battle of Waterloo, General of the Army of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and is about to become the new Commander-in-Chief of the British Army in India.

Standing next to him was Army General Roland Hill, Viscount Almaraz, who had served as commander of the British Second Army during the Battle of Waterloo, was currently Governor of Plymouth, Commander-in-Chief of the Army of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

Beside him was a man in black with a soft appearance, but a pair of empty trouser legs, and he could only move forward with a crutch.

That was the Duke of Wellington's right-hand man during the Battle of Waterloo, the deputy commander-in-chief of the British army and commander-in-chief of the cavalry at the time, the current Secretary of State for Ireland, and the general of the army of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland - Henry Paget, Marquess of Anglesey.

The three generals looked at each other and then stood respectfully on both sides of the road.

Suddenly, gusts of cold wind blew in the gloomy sky. Although it was such a cold weather, the audience present vaguely felt that there was a lingering smell of gunpowder smoke lingering on the tip of their noses.

A few drops of rain sprinkled on the brick walkway in front of the Palace of Westminster. The car door was slowly opened by the attendant, and a high-top riding boot slowly stretched out, stepping heavily and forcefully on the brick walkway soaked by the rain. The riding boots The landing was accompanied by a sonorous sound, and he stepped with such force, as if the owner of the riding boots did not want to walk, but wanted to grind the road bricks into soil.

The Duke of Wellington, dressed in crimson attire, walked out with a cane. He raised his head and glanced at the crowds of people on both sides of the walk. He was about to wave to them, but he didn't expect an angry accusation to break the original tranquility in the air.

A lady in a white dress, accompanied by two footmen, who seemed to support the Whig party, sarcastically said: "Your Excellency, if my husband is as opposed to parliamentary reform as you are, then I will definitely support him in his The breakfast coffee was poisoned.”

Just when everyone thought that the Duke of Wellington, who had always been taciturn in public, would definitely remain silent this time, unexpectedly, the white-haired old man who was once praised as a British hero and today was ridiculed as having a rusty head looked up and down. The lady glanced at him and then retorted sarcastically.

"Madam, if I were your husband, even if I knew the coffee was poisonous, I would drink it without hesitation. With a wife like you, I don't want to live for a moment longer."

After saying this, the Duke of Wellington held his cane without changing his expression, and led several generals into the Palace of Westminster amidst the scoldings of the public.

"Wellington, you will definitely encounter Waterloo today!"

"Despot, we expected you to be the next George Munch, but you want to be the next Cromwell!"

"The presence of someone like you in the Prime Minister's office is the greatest stain on British democracy!"

However, the Duke of Wellington turned a blind eye to these scoldings. He had heard too many such insulting scoldings these days. In fact, he felt that the shouts and curses were much gentler than the mob that attacked his mansion.

Although he is already an old man in his sixties, the Duke of Wellington still walks briskly.

In the Palace of Westminster, a giant palace with more than a thousand rooms and more than a hundred staircases, the promenade running through the entire palace is three miles long.

Fortunately, the Duke of Wellington did not have to complete the journey.

He stands right in the center of the Palace of Westminster.

To his right is the Lord's Chamber, the seat of the House of Lords.

To his left is the Common People's Hall, which represents the location of the House of Commons.

Although the Duke of Wellington, as a nobleman, has been involved in politics in the House of Lords all year round, today, the Common People's Hall is his destination.

The Duke of Wellington's cane struck the palace's ornate and intricately patterned floor, and only the sound of "dong-dong" could be heard gradually coming from near and far.

The hall of the House of Commons was getting closer and closer. After a brief period of darkness and silence, the noise of the crowd became more and more loud, and the Duke of Wellington's eyes gradually became brighter.

Although the size of the chamber is not small, after cramming in 658 members of the House of Commons and many members of the House of Lords who came to participate in questions, the hall with only more than 400 green leather seats still seemed overcrowded.

The Tory and Whig MPs were clearly divided into two camps. They used the speaker's seat and the discussion table as the dividing line. Whig supporters were seated on the left, while the ruling Tory party was on the left. Right.

Although the questioning has not yet begun, the smell of gunpowder in the air is already quite strong, as can be seen from the ugly faces of Home Secretary Sir Peel, Finance Minister Sir Goulburn and Foreign Secretary Earl of Aberdeen in the front row on the right. This morning's meeting of the House of Commons must have gone badly.

And when the Duke of Wellington appeared at the venue, the already restless atmosphere was pushed to a new climax.

Whig backbenchers even shouted "NAY" (objection) at him, hoping to give him a blow before the question even began.

"John, show our Prime Minister something awesome!"

"Didn't you go to St. Helena and meet Napoleon? Did he tell you how to defeat Wellington?"

"We're going to beat you here!"

"Today, right here!"

Tory members stood up and shouted 'YEA' (support) in support of party leader the Duke of Wellington.

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, since you can lead Britain to defeat the French, there is no reason why you should lose to these Whig gangsters today."

"John Russell, use whatever tricks you have!"

"If you can't stand it, why don't you and your brother, the Duke of Bedford, come together?"

"If this isn't enough, you might as well dig Napoleon out of the soil again!"

The members of the two parties were quarreling with each other. Seeing that a quarrel was about to start before the questioning began, the speaker, who was sitting in the middle of the members of the two parties, had to raise the gavel and bang it repeatedly: "Quiet! Silence! Silence!"

However, the MPs turned a blind eye to the Speaker's request.

Perhaps it was because the heated debate in the morning had heightened the emotions of the two groups, but the appearance of the Duke of Wellington was like a spark that completely ignited the dynamite barrel.

No one on the backbench of the two parties kept silent. They were quarreling with each other. Even if the Speaker repeatedly asked, it was in vain.

One Tory MP cursed so passionately that he actually picked up the documents on the table and threw them at the Whigs opposite.

While he was smashing it back, he yelled: "Edward! You have to be lucky that this is not the 14th century. If Edward II had not banned wearing swords and armor in the Parliament Building, I would have taken off your head and kicked it as a ball today!"

The Whig MP known as Edward retorted without showing any signs of weakness: "Can't you duel without weapons? Alex, in my opinion, your fists are not half as strong as your lips!"

"You rude person, it seems I must teach you a lesson today!"

As soon as he said this, a Tory backbencher named Alex couldn't help but rush to the front row, waving his fists and planning to challenge the opponent.

Seeing this situation, the Speaker couldn't help slamming the table with his gavel, and roared: "I reiterate, no one is allowed to die in the parliament! Guard! Guard! Get these two disrespectful people to death immediately. Throw them out!"