On the east coast of the Atlantic Ocean, the steam ironclad ship "Huo Qubing" is bypassing the Storm Corner of South Africa.

The fleet that escorted Queen Sophia and the merchant ships encountered a sea storm here. Many small and medium-sized sailing ships were blown to the point of falling and falling by the wind and waves. The sailors worked hard to operate the ships so that the sailing ships would not leave the fleet.

Even a large ironclad ship with a size of more than 100 meters and a full load displacement of 9,000 tons will be tilted left and right when encountering a sea storm at the storm corner.

"Her Majesty the Queen, Captain Colonel Sun Xu said that although the wind and waves are not small, the problem is not big. Our ship only has many water compartments and will not be sunk by the wind and waves. Now it is time to eat, and I have brought you lunch." A maid knocked on the captain's cabin door.

Because she was very escorted Queen Sophia back to England, her identity was extraordinary, so the captain of the Iron Craft simply gave the most comfortable captain's room to the queen and moved to other cabins.

The maid knocked on the door, but no one answered, and the sound of breaking the teacup came.

"What's wrong with you, Her Majesty?" The maid pushed open the hatch door with concern and saw Queen Sophia lying on the ground in pain.

"Doctor... call the doctor here..." Sophia said in pain.

"Doctor! Come on!" The maid screamed in her skirt and ran out to find a private physician specially provided by the medical department for Sophia.

The sailors on the ironclad ship were fighting against the storm, and Sun Xu was also commanding on the deck, watching the waves slamming over, and were full of fear of the storm corner.

South Africa's Storm Corner is located at the intersection of two ocean currents. It is in the westerly wind zone and has no continental wind barrier, so once it encounters stormy weather, it will be a nightmare for the sailors.

"Captain, something happened!" A crew member was anxious and climbed onto the deck with his hands and feet, braved the wind and waves to report to the captain.

"What's wrong?! Is there anything worse than encountering a storm at Storm Corner?!" Sun Xu roared.

"What happened to Queen Sophia!" the crew also shouted.

"What!"

When Sun Xu heard this, he was scared and sweated. It was really worse than encountering a storm! He immediately followed the crew to the cabin in a hurry.

Chu Yun ordered the Admiralty to allocate the first main ironclad ship "Huo Qubing" to the Fourth Fleet. One of the reasons was to allow him to safely protect Sophia back to England and become the queen, which was also in line with China's interests in Europe.

If something happened to Sophia in the middle of the journey, everything she had done before would be ruined!

In order to take good care of Sophia and prevent her from suffering from nautical diseases such as scurvy, the Navy Department specially provided a batch of canned fruits and canned fish to the Fourth Fleet. The fleet often sent small boats to the shore to find fresh food to board the ship, so the fleet's itinerary was delayed a lot. Because of this extra care, Queen Sophia was safe when passing through the Bay of Bengal, Arabian Sea and other places.

Why did something happen at this time?!

"How is the queen?" Sun Xu went outside the captain's room, and several maids intercepted him and the other crew members.

"The doctor is helping the queen deliver the baby, you can't go in." said the maid.

“Receive…Delivery?!”

Sun Xu and other crew members on the ironclad ship looked at you and looked at you, and they were absolutely shocked!

What's going on?

"Is the queen pregnant before?" Sun Xu asked hesitantly, unable to believe that this was true.

"It's true that she was pregnant before leaving the capital. Her Majesty the Queen is the descendant of your consul." said the maid.

"Impossible! Why don't you tell us about such a big thing in advance? As long as you tell us before leaving Mumbai, we can turn around and return to the capital!"

Sun Xu felt that he was about to collapse! He didn't even notice it?

Sofia changed back to a big fluffy dress in the West, so Sun Xu didn't notice that Sofia was pregnant. Sofia rarely left the captain's room in the past one or two months, so Sun Xu didn't care. As a result, such an inadvertent missed the opportunity to send Sofia back to the capital!

"Has the doctor noticed the fact that the queen was pregnant long ago? Why didn't you tell us!" Sun Xu grabbed a maid's clothes and almost wanted to lift her up.

"It's Her Majesty's request for us... to keep it secret, otherwise she... she will jump into the sea..." said the maid with difficulty.

After Sun Xu calmed down a little, he put down his maid.

This time, Sophia returned to England without authorization, hiding the fact that she was pregnant, and the fleet was already in the Storm Point, and the journey back to the capital was much greater than that to London.

If you return to the capital for the sake of a person at this time, it will cause huge losses to the Western companies and the Fourth Fleet, and will also attract strong protests from the English envoys.

"Captain, Queen Sophia is pregnant with the descendants of the military commander... Should we return?" The crew members didn't know what to do, and it was difficult to make a decision for a while.

"No, continue sailing. Let's take a look at the future. Now that you have canned fruits and more advanced steamboats, it is no longer an out of reach to the East and the West." Sun Xu sighed.

Now that things have come to this point, since Princess Sophia chose to do this, she naturally has her own ideas. Sun Xu knew that the fleet could no longer turn around, otherwise it would cause huge losses.

Having children in this era is very dangerous, both in the East and the West, especially in the cabin of a shaking ironclad ship, which is even more uncomfortable.

The crew of the Iron Crafts were anxiously awaiting news from Queen Sophia while fighting the terrible storm.

After anxious waiting, the cry of the baby came from the cabin, which made everyone feel much more at ease. However, they were still waiting for news about Queen Sophia.

Inside the cabin, Sophia was lying on the bed with a pale face while a female doctor was holding a crying baby, checking his health.

"Congratulations to Her Majesty the Queen, a healthy boy." The doctor placed the baby next to Sophia.

"Boy?" Sophia turned her head and looked at the crying baby. His eyes narrowed into a slit because of his crying.

"I really don't understand. If Her Majesty the Queen told the Lord about this when she left the capital, he would definitely let you stay in the capital without risking on the sea..." the doctor asked in confusion.
Chapter completed!