However, to everyone's surprise, Queen Charlotte, who had previously been in a state of panic in the palace, now took the initiative to block the path of the doctor from the Ming Dynasty.
After dismissing her attendants and maids to a distance, Queen Charlotte bowed to the doctor with a curtsy: "I have heard that doctors from the Ming country have the saying of healing people and healing countries—the King's illness may be beyond cure, but England is not yet incurably ill. Please, sir, find a way to prescribe a remedy for England?"
The doctor from the Ming country was initially stunned. After regaining his senses, he shook his head and stroked his beard, saying, "This old man only knows how to heal people, not countries. If Your Majesty asks for advice from this old man, you have surely asked the wrong person?"
Queen Charlotte continued to stand in front of the doctor, stubbornly stating, "Since you can heal people, sir, you can surely heal countries. If you refuse to prescribe a life-saving remedy for England, I fear the French army will capture London before you leave England."
The doctor's expression immediately changed.
Could the French army capture London?
He didn't know.
However, regardless of whether the French army could capture London, as long as the French army didn't collectively act foolishly, his identity as a doctor from the Ming Dynasty would absolutely guarantee his safety.
The problem was Queen Charlotte's threat—if he didn't offer a reliable suggestion for England, he might be killed by Queen Charlotte before the French army took London.
The doctor stared intently at Queen Charlotte and asked, "Is Your Majesty threatening this old man?"
Queen Charlotte bit her lip and said solemnly, "If you believe so, then believe so. If you can offer England a life-saving prescription, I, England, will give you an offer you cannot refuse."
As she spoke, Queen Charlotte glanced at George III, who was already bound to a chair in the distance, and her voice became more alluring: "Although I am somewhat older, my beauty has not faded, and I am the Queen of England. Sir..."
The doctor's breathing gradually quickened.
You test this old man with this?
Who could resist this!
Nodding slightly, the doctor asked in a low voice, "What is Your Majesty's aim?"
Queen Charlotte also replied in a low voice, "The stability of the Charlotte family."
The doctor nodded again and said, "Since His Majesty the King is no longer able to govern, the Crown Prince should rightfully act as regent."
Queen Charlotte frowned, "But the gentlemen of Parliament will not easily approve?"
The doctor scoffed and retorted, "What if the Ming Emperor and the other Great Virtuous Ones of the Little Pot agree that His Majesty the King is unable to govern and that the Crown Prince should act as regent?"
Queen Charlotte's eyes lit up, and she pressed, "Then why not let the Crown Prince ascend the throne?"
The doctor chuckled and countered again, "If His Highness the Prince were to ascend the throne, what if His Majesty the King were to regain his senses? Moreover..."
As he spoke, the doctor's smile became somewhat peculiar again.
He recalled that once, an envoy from the Han Dynasty had been sent to Southern Yue, and had then slept with the Queen Dowager of Southern Yue.
Of course, it wasn't a big deal for the Han envoy, Anguo Shaoji, to travel thousands of miles to Southern Yue and sleep with the Queen Dowager—who would be willing to travel for business without any benefits?
Moreover, the Han envoy Anguo Shaoji was an old lover of the then widowed Queen Dowager Jiu of Southern Yue, so it was normal for sparks to fly between them.
The problem was that Anguo Shaoji was not only there to sleep with his old lover, but from the beginning, he had intended to first subdue his old lover with his charm, and then, through her, eliminate Lü Jia, the Prime Minister of Southern Yue, so as to force Southern Yue to completely submit to the Han.
Anguo Shaoji's initial plan was very successful.
Jiu was a Han woman from Handan and had lived a life of luxury in Chang'an. Suddenly finding herself in the sparsely populated Southern Yue, she naturally was not very accustomed to it. Her son, Zhao Xing, the new heir to Southern Yue, had also grown up in Chang'an.
Such a mother and son were clearly inclined towards the Han.
Especially Queen Dowager Jiu, a former lowly singer, who had a deep reverence for the Han in her bones.
Furthermore, the scandal with Anguo Shaoji had caused the officials of the Jiaozhi court to alienate her, forcing Southern Yue's surrender to the Han to become Queen Dowager Jiu's only option—for Queen Dowager Jiu, a former Han woman, forcing Southern Yue to surrender to the Han meant bringing honor to her ancestors.
However, for Lü Jia, the Prime Minister and noble of Southern Yue, Southern Yue's surrender to the Han meant the loss of power.
Thus, Anguo Shaoji and Queen Dowager Jiu conspired to assassinate the Prime Minister of Southern Yue, Lü Jia. At a banquet, Queen Dowager Jiu, holding a spear, attempted to kill Lü Jia, but was stopped by Zhao Xing. Seizing the opportunity, Lü Jia immediately joined forces with other nobles and raised a rebellion.
In this rebellion, Zhao Xing, Queen Dowager Jiu, and Anguo Shaoji all lost their lives.
So the question arises: it was normal for Queen Dowager Jiu to fail to kill Lü Jia, and it was normal for that idiot Zhao Xing to step in and stop her, but why didn't Anguo Shaoji step in and eliminate Lü Jia?
After all, the Han envoy must have been accompanied by the Han imperial guards, and with the cooperation of Queen Dowager Jiu, even a hundred Lü Jias tied together would not be enough for them to ambush.
From a hindsight perspective, it's likely that Anguo Shaoji simply didn't care about his own life or Queen Dowager Jiu's—as long as he and Queen Dowager Jiu died, the Han would have sufficient reason to send troops to attack Southern Yue!
The doctor felt that he might be able to attempt such a high-difficulty maneuver.
It was precisely for this reason that the doctor was unwilling to let the Crown Prince ascend the throne, and could not let him ascend the throne.
Besides, what Crown Prince did England even have?
The Prince of Wales, the young George, who was most qualified to act as regent, had not been enfeoffed as crown prince!
With this thought, the doctor's smile became even more enthusiastic: "As long as England has a Crown Prince acting as regent, a declaration can be issued to the Ming and the Little Pot in the name of the regent, stating that all orders were chaotic commands issued by His Majesty George III while he was mentally unsound, and the crisis can thus be resolved."
Queen Charlotte frowned again and asked, "What about the English army? The English army has already marched, and will soon engage the French army. At that time..."
This scene of the beautiful woman furrowing her brow instantly reminded the doctor of a poem: A beauty rolls up the bead curtain, sitting deep with furrowed moth eyebrows.
Queen Charlotte was still charming, and possessed that unique exotic charm of England. Even Prime Minister Cao would be unable to resist, right?
His heart burning even more intensely, the doctor chuckled and said, "The French army follows the teachings of the Ming Dynasty, and the English army also follows the teachings of the Ming Dynasty. The French army is equipped with Ming armaments, and the English army is also equipped with Ming armaments."
"Even if the English army fights the French army, both sides will only be evenly matched, and neither will be able to gain the upper hand in a short period of time. As long as it can be delayed for a few months, it will be enough for the envoy to travel back and forth to the Ming."
"By then, the misunderstanding between England and France will naturally be resolved."
As he said this, the doctor suddenly paused. After a moment of thought, he looked at Queen Charlotte and said, "Perhaps there is another way to solve this problem."
Queen Charlotte was stunned and asked, "What way?"
The doctor looked fixedly at Queen Charlotte and asked, "Do you want to save England? Or do you want to save the Charlotte family behind you?"
A cold light flashed in Queen Charlotte's eyes, and she asked, "What's the difference?"
The doctor, as if he hadn't seen the cold light in Queen Charlotte's eyes, smiled and said, "If you want to save England and the Charlotte family at the same time, then do as I have just said."
"If you only want to save the Charlotte family, and even allow the Charlotte family to advance further..."
However, to the doctor's surprise, Queen Charlotte took a few more steps towards him, almost whispering in his ear, "What if I want England to win this war and reclaim the lands it has lost?"
The doctor suddenly laughed, his face filled with mockery: "This trick of yours can be used on me, because I fall for it. In fact, who isn't a Prime Minister Cao?"
"But this trick of yours will absolutely not work on the Ming Emperor—let alone whether you can meet the Ming Emperor, even if you can, this trick of yours will have no effect."
Queen Charlotte's face immediately turned ashen.
Although she didn't know what Prime Minister Cao meant, Queen Charlotte could tell from the doctor's words that he didn't care about her personally, but about her identity as the Queen of England.
Moreover, this doctor was mocking her for overestimating herself.
The doctor's face remained full of ridicule.
The two looked at each other, seemingly unwilling to back down.
However, it was Queen Charlotte who couldn't hold back and took a step back, humming, "What if I want to preserve the Charlotte family, and advance the Charlotte family further?"
The doctor smiled and said, "If you want to preserve the Charlotte family and advance the Charlotte family further, then do not do as I said earlier."
"On the contrary, you should strive to make England fight France. Only when England fights France and is in danger of national destruction can your Charlotte family advance further."
Being told this by the doctor, Queen Charlotte was suddenly bewildered.
After thinking for a long time without understanding anything, Queen Charlotte simply looked at the doctor and asked, "Why?"
The doctor chuckled again, shook his head, and said nothing further.
Queen Charlotte inwardly resented, but outwardly smiled and said, "My health seems to be not very good either. Why don't you accompany me back to the palace and give me a good diagnosis?"
The doctor chuckled and bowed slightly, replying, "It is my honor."
It was only after the rain had stopped and the clouds had dispersed that Queen Charlotte once again asked her previous question: "Why can the Charlotte family advance further only if England is destroyed?"
The doctor then said meaningfully, "If England is not destroyed, you are at most the Queen of England, and the Charlotte family is merely a noble family in England."
"If England completely perishes, whether your Charlotte family completely surrenders to the Ming or to the French, the benefits you receive will far exceed what you can obtain now."
"Of course, you could also choose to let the Charlotte family perish together with England—just as His Majesty George III has not forgotten the century-old enmity between England and France, I am sure Louis XVI has not forgotten the century-old enmity between France and England."
"Now, England and France have not erupted into major conflict because of the Ming Dynasty, but what about the future? Who can guarantee that the next King of England will not suddenly go mad like His Majesty George III? Who can guarantee that France will not produce a king who suddenly goes mad?"
The doctor's words directly overturned Queen Charlotte's intentions.
As Queen Charlotte saw it, with her status as the Queen of England, as long as she was willing to offer her beauty, wouldn't a mere doctor from the Ming country be easily taken care of?
Although the doctor had taken the bait and offered a solution for England, it was clear that the doctor had not completely fallen under her charm, but was instead harboring sinister intentions to completely destroy England?
Completely destroy England…
The thought of "completely destroy England" made Queen Charlotte's heart pound wildly.
Queen Charlotte was confident—even if her beauty was not enough to seduce the Emperor of the Ming, it was certainly enough to seduce Louis XVI, who only knew how to play with locks, right?
Besides, George III slept with Louis XVI's ex-wife, so why couldn't she sleep with Louis XVI?
Historically, there was also a Queen of France who remarried the King of England after her divorce!
...
While Queen Charlotte and the doctor, each with their own hidden agendas, were conspiring, France suddenly launched a fierce criticism against England in the "French Newspaper," accusing England's actions of being the greatest destabilizing factor in the European region, and stating that France would absolutely not allow England to continue its recklessness, and would "take necessary measures" to resolve the threat posed by England if necessary.
The European onlookers, who had no idea what was going on, were immediately baffled—just a short while ago, France and England seemed to be on very good terms, even colluding to develop real estate on a large scale, and now they were about to fight?
However, the subsequent developments were even more bewildering.
First, the English side published an article in "The Times," claiming that all of England's current military actions were not directed against France—of course, this was complete nonsense, as all of England's military actions were clearly aimed at the French army.
Then, the English side high-profile announced that King George III had been sent to a sanatorium for treatment due to a brain ailment, and that his return to Windsor Castle would be decided based on the development of his condition.