1901.9.10, outside the Port of Trieste in the evening, a luxury cruise ship was approaching.
On the boat, Francesco, Duke of Algarve, looked at the shore getting closer and closer through the telescope, and recalled the experiences of the past nine years, which was unforgettable in his heart.
After finishing the lookout, the Duke turned around and squatted down. While stroking his son's head, he solemnly warned him again.
"Tangning, remember, your biological mother is Anna, and Helen is your biological sister."
"Father, I'm ten years old, don't touch my head anymore!" Tangning, who was wearing a noble uniform, avoided her father's hand and complained.
Isn't it because Anna is the sister of the Prince of Liechtenstein? She was born quite noble and can avoid the oppression of status.
With this biological mother, my status as the crown prince of the Portuguese Miguel royal family is stable, and I don't have to lose the right to inherit like Uncle Miguel who married an American woman.
"I have heard this sentence many times, and I understand it. Besides, Anna and Helen are now my mother and sister, and they are my relatives."
"You are a boy who has been smart since you were a child, but because of this you always act on your own initiative and are very naughty.
As your father, you rarely remember what I tell you, and you always do your own thing. You are really an elf that makes people both happy and disgusted!"
Seeing his son wanting to free himself from stroking his hair, Francisco became more playful.
Your Majesty, no more martial ethics.
He also stretched out his left hand, and both hands began to move at the same time, messing up his son's hair after a while.
"Don't think I'm verbose. With your temper, how can I trust you? I'm doing this for your own good."
Looking at his son's messy hair, the Duke, who was still not satisfied, put away his hands and educated him seriously.
What what?
It has been ten years since the night of her wedding to Catherine, when she accidentally transported her soul to her predecessor, a wandering member of the Portuguese MiG royal family.
After all this time, Tangning still can't understand her father? She's just jealous, who calls him so good?
"Ah! Father, you are a fool yourself. You are jealous that I am much smarter than you, and you always bully me.
Of course I understand what you mean. You always look for trouble, and you have to take the opportunity to torment me. It’s so annoying!”
Tangning touched her head and found that her hair was messy and scattered. She knew that her carefully groomed hairstyle was gone again, and her mood suddenly became bad.
"Damn it! My hair needs to be fixed again."
Tangning grumbled, walked away from her father, and ran to find Mirror and Shuzi.
The head can be broken, the blood can flow, and the hairstyle cannot be messed up.
As a handsome man, Tangning has always cared about his hairstyle, regardless of his past or present life. This is the foundation of a man's identity.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
In the luxurious family cabin, Anna, who was telling fairy tales to her daughter Helen, heard the familiar rhythm of knocking on the door and quickly got up and opened the door.
"Tangning, why is your hair messed up again?"
Looking at her son's messy hair, Anna asked with a smile knowingly.
"Ah, my brother's hair has turned into a chicken nest."
Helen, who was lying on the bed, heard her mother's words, turned over and saw her brother at the door. She held it in for a while, but couldn't help it and started laughing.
"Ha! Ha! Ha~"
"Ha! Woman." Looking at Anna who was grinning evilly, Tang Ning expressed her arrogance and disdain, but she still looked for a mirror first.
"Where's the mirror? Where's my little mirror? Why is there only one hairbrush left?"
When she opened the drawer, she found that there was only a comb left. Tangning quickly realized that she had been manipulated.
Hearing her sister's crazy laughter, Tang Ning couldn't hold back her cold and arrogant persona. She quickly ran to the bedside and suppressed her sister.
"Laugh! Why are you laughing? You don't have any ladylike qualities at all. You are almost seven years old and you are still so young.
No, as your brother, I have the obligation to educate you well!"
Tang Ning, squeezing little Helen's fat cheeks with both hands, expressed her anger in the name of education.
"You little traitor, you must know where my mirror is, why don't you confess quickly."
"My brother is bad, I won't tell you."
"Okay, you dare to rebel, I can't spare you this matter."
Seeing her children having enough fun, the gentle Anna pulled Tangning to sit on her dressing table and began to style his hair.
"Thank you, Mother!"
Tang Ning felt warm in her heart as she looked at Anna who was concentrating on helping him get a haircut.
Although Anna is not his real biological mother, she really takes care of him like a gentle and selfless biological mother.
"Dear mother, can you tell me where my cute little mirror went?"
Anna struggled for a while, looked at her son with expectant eyes in the mirror, and finally decided to break the contract and tell him.
"When you lost a bet with Helen last time, you didn't give compensation to your sister. Francisco didn't tell you and gave the mirror to your sister at his own initiative."
"Ha!"
Tangning looked confused. She thought about the situation for a while, and then said aggrievedly.
"Last time, my father and sister conspired to deceive me. I exposed the scam and had the nerve to ask me to compensate."
"Brother just can't afford to lose!"
Although her father colluded with her and deceived her brother Tangning, which was eventually exposed, Helen did not feel that the victory was too weak.
"My brother always thinks that he is the smartest in the world, but if he is tricked by his idiot father, then he is considered a loser.
Anyway, Helen’s little mirror won’t be given to you!”
With Anna's help, Tangning's hairstyle was quickly restored to a look he was satisfied with. She walked to the bed and intimidated him with what she thought was a majestic look.
Tangning was prepared to listen to her sister's submission and apologize, but she didn't expect that she would dare to resist and lie, so she became furious and began to teach her sister a lesson.
"Oh, my dear sister, she has such a naughty temper. She must be given justice and correct her mistakes."
"Ah! Mom, my brother is bullying me!"
As a petite girl, how could Helen resist her brother's just decision and quickly called her mother for help?
It is impossible for Anna not to respond to her daughter Helen's plea for help.
But when she was about to adjust the relationship, the situation suddenly reversed, and as the elder brother, Tangning began to beg for mercy.
"Ah, Helen, don't touch my hair."
"Hey! Hey! Father is indeed right, you care about your hair the most."
Tangning used her strength to break away her sister's entanglement and quickly stood up to protect her hairstyle.
"Which fool betrayed me again and led my lovely Helen astray. It's really an unforgivable crime."
Tang Ning complained about her unscrupulous father who led her sister into a bad influence.
"Click!"
Francisco opened the door and heard his son's complaint as soon as he came in. His face almost collapsed.
"Cough!"
Francisco, pretending not to hear, reminded the family to get ready because they were about to reach the shore.
"We are almost entering the port. We should get ready. Aunt Adele has been looking forward to us."
"Tangning, Helen, stop making trouble, pack your things and get ready to disembark."
Of course Anna was aware of her husband's embarrassment and spoke at the right time without giving Tang Ning a chance to complain.
"You two cuties, pack your things too, don't keep your Aunt Adele waiting."
"Hai, don't laugh. Hurry up and pack your things and get ready to disembark."
Tang Ning still understood the priorities of the matter. Of course she wouldn't make a fuss at this time. She turned around and patted her sister, who was still laughing.
"Aunt Adele, okay!"
Tangning took Helen and said hello to Aunt Adele sweetly!
"Wow! What two cute and beautiful babies."
There is Tang Ning, a black-haired boy who is handsome and tender, with neat hairstyle, clean clothes and cool temperament, and Helen, a blond girl who is small, sweet and has two cute baby bumps.
Adele, with her eyes shining, quickly bent down and gave Tangning and Helen a slap on the head.
Looking at the two lovely children in front of her, Adele Goodes, who has always regretted that she has no children, expressed her love for them very much.
"I really didn't expect that you two would get together, get married in the Far East, and have a pair of lovely children."
Faced with Francisco, the second son of his brother Miguel II, who had not seen him for a long time, he did not expect to meet again, and he and Anna actually came together and had two very cute children.
"My sister Maria Anna and Grand Duke Guillaume IV of Luxembourg now have two daughters, Marie Adelaide and Charlotte, who are about the same age as your children and are equally lovely."
"Of course, aunt, our Miguel bloodline is so excellent."
Francisco, while very confident in the bloodline genes of the Miguel royal family, also expressed concern for his family.
"I heard that my Aunt Maria is pregnant again recently. Is this true? I hope it will be a boy this time, so that the Grand Duke of Luxembourg will have a wife."
"Yes, but it's not optimistic.
I don’t know why, Maria and the fourth generation have the best fertility I’ve ever seen, but for some reason, all four of their children were female.
The Duchy of Luxembourg has a Salic inheritance law, and the right of inheritance is clearly male, so the public is paying nationwide attention.
I really hope it’s a male baby this time!”
Looking at Aunt Adele who was a little sad, Anna comforted her with a confident tone: "Auntie, don't worry, Miguel's royal family is fertile, and a male heir will be born."
"Let's not talk about this anymore."
Today is a day of reunion, and it is not appropriate to discuss this kind of thing too much. What Adele should focus on now is her nephew who has returned to China, the Grand Duke of Algarve, Francesco and his wife.
"You came back in a hurry, didn't you choose your address?"
"Yes!"
Francisco nodded, but now that he is very wealthy, he is not worried about not being able to find a house.
"Your grandma, my mother Adelaide lives with me in Luxembourg now, why don't you come to Luxembourg."
Adele Goodes looked at the two well-behaved and handsome children Tangning and Helen, and suggested to Francisco and Anna.
"Mary and Charlotte are just a few years apart from your children. If we develop a relationship now, maybe one of them can become his wife.
In this way, it can be regarded as a closer kiss. My mother, sisters and brother Miguel II should all be happy to see me.
What do you think of my proposal?"
While Francisco was frowning and thinking, Ana spoke up.
"Francisco, agree with auntie's suggestion, I think our children need playmates."
Anna knows that her husband believes in free love and does not want to restrict his children, but the children are very young now. If they get along at such a young age, they might actually become one.
"Our children need playmates, and there is no better choice than Aunt Maria's children.
After all, we are all a family and it is easy to get along with us. I think Tangning and Helen will agree."
Helen, who was too young to know the inside story, was very happy to hear that not long after returning to Europe, she had a playmate of the same age, and quickly persuaded her father to agree.
"Yes! Dad, I also want to have little sisters of the same age to play with."
Francisco is very soft-hearted and values family relationships. He actually agrees with his aunt's idea, but he also wants to consult his son's point of view.
"Tangning, I think it would be better to go to Luxembourg, what do you think?" Francisco asked Tangning with a smile.
"Dad, I think Luxembourg is a good place, and I also want to meet my relatives."
Tangning nodded and agreed with her family members.
When you first come to Europe, it is definitely better to be able to integrate into a familiar environment than to live in an unfamiliar place.
Besides, Luxembourg is a safe place. Europe in this era is too chaotic, so living here is a good choice.
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