Vivien Leigh wore a gorgeous evening dress and walked quickly through the campus forest. Because the waist was tightened so tightly, she felt like she was about to die, and it seemed that her internal organs were being strangled into her throat.
The hem of the skirt is lined with several whale bones. This is the standard equipment for ladies to attend formal occasions. It can make them appear graceful and luxurious and highlight their slender waist. This skirt was given to her by her mother last year. Vivien Leigh has always treasured it at home. This morning she returned it specially
Take it home and put it on.
Dragging her wide skirt, Vivien Leigh walked all the way to the school gate, attracting waves of sideways glances from students at the same school.
"Baba!"
A car drove up and the window slowly rolled down.
"Mr. Zhou?" Vivien Leigh was extremely happy. She thought she would wait here for a long time.
Zhou Hexuan looked at Vivien Leigh who was dressed up and appeared, and was both amazed and funny. He acted very cooperatively as a gentleman, got out of the car, opened the rear door himself, bent down and saluted: "Please get in the car, beautiful lady."
"Thank you." Vivien Leigh put her arm on Zhou Hexuan's arm and stepped into the car in a very ladylike manner. She had practiced this action many times in advance.
The car started slowly, and Vivien Leigh felt excited and uneasy. She sat next to Zhou Hexuan, her back straight. She was silent for a moment and then couldn't help turning around and asked: "Mr. Zhou, am I not rude in my dress today?"
Zhou Hexuan smiled and said: "It's perfect. You must be the most beautiful one in today's dance."
Vivien Leigh's face was red and she said shyly: "This is my first time attending a noble ball, so I'm afraid I might do something wrong."
"Don't be nervous, just keep a normal mind." Zhou Hexuan comforted him.
The dance was held in a manor outside London. When the two got out of the car, Vivien Leigh was so nervous that her feet went weak. She secretly clenched her fists before she finally plucked up the courage to get out of the car and walked in holding Zhou Hexuan's arm.
"Asian?"
"Maybe he's Japanese."
"The Japanese are all short, there can be no 6-foot-tall aliens."
"Why would Prince Albert invite an Asian?"
"I think I've seen a picture of this person. Oh, by the way, his surname is Zhou, and he only comes from China."
"The China that is rich in porcelain?"
"..."
As soon as Zhou Hexuan and Vivien Leigh arrived at the scene, they immediately attracted the attention of many guests. Vivien Leigh, a peerless beauty, was ignored. People focused on Zhou Hexuan. After all, it is normal for beauties to appear in aristocratic balls, but it is very rare for an Asian face to appear.
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Facing everyone's pointing fingers, Vivien Leigh became even more nervous, holding on to Zhou Hexuan's arm tightly and not daring to let go.
Toynbee stepped forward and smiled happily: "Zhou, you are finally here. I thought you would break the appointment." He looked at Vivien Leigh again, winked and said, "Your dance partner is very beautiful and has good taste."
Vivien Leigh didn't know Toynbee at all and thought he was an old nobleman. She quickly smiled and said: "Thank you for your appreciation."
This dance was private in nature, and the total number of guests was only twenty or thirty people. Most of them were aristocrats, but there were also famous scholars like Toynbee in attendance, so ordinary people couldn't mix in at all.
Vivien Leigh secretly looked at everything around her, and she found that her dress was the most exaggerated, and other ladies did not seem to like wearing such "medieval skirts".
what a shame!
Vivien Leigh blushed with embarrassment. She felt like she had made a fool of herself, like a country bumpkin who had just entered the city.
Zhou Hexuan and Toynbee were chatting casually, and not long after, the protagonist of the ball appeared. Prince Albert, holding Princess Elizabeth on his arm, made a grand appearance with a smile on his face, but the princess's smile was a little forced.
Everyone calmed down, and Prince Albert said: "You are very...welcome to come...to the dance...party I am holding for my wife..."
In the movie "The King's Speech", Albert became the King of England and still stuttered when speaking in public, even needing encouragement from his doctor and his wife.
In fact, the real situation is not like this. In 1926, Albert made a big scandal when he spoke at the Commonwealth Games. He immediately asked Dr. Rogge to treat his stuttering, and it only took two months for him to improve. Since then,
, Albert is fully capable of all kinds of speeches, but occasionally it will be difficult to pronounce words, and sometimes certain words have repeated sounds.
At this time, the nobles attending the ball acted very naturally when they heard Albert's speech with a slight stutter, and gave him warm applause.
Only Vivien Leigh was extremely surprised. She seemed to have a sign of a collapse of her outlook on life. He was a prince, a handsome, mighty, wise and noble prince. How could he stutter and speak incoherently?
Oh God!
Vivien Leigh couldn't help but asked in a low voice: "Mr. Zhou, is that really Prince Albert?"
"It shouldn't be a fake, right?" Zhou Hexuan said with a smile.
Vivien Leigh immediately shut up, with a faint smile on her face, hiding the disappointment in her head.
Prince Albert held the wine glass and greeted the guests with a smile on his face. He was not as introverted and shy as the legend said. Perhaps it was because of acquaintances. He behaved more calmly and naturally, and there was nothing inappropriate in his conversation.
On the other hand, Princess Elizabeth was just like the legend. Although she followed Albert step by step, there was a hint of sadness and disgust in her brows.
When the princess was unmarried, she fell in love with the eldest prince Edward, later the Duke of Windsor. She looked down on the introverted, cowardly and stuttering second prince Albert. She rejected Albert's proposal many times, but in the end she couldn't stand it.
She was forced to marry because of her parents' orders.
Zhou Hexuan is not interested in this kind of royal gossip. What he wants to ask most is: Your Royal Highnesses, Prince and Princess, where is your daughter Elizabeth? Has she been practicing a magical skill called "Life-Extending Dafa" since she was a child?
Ahem, this topic is very dangerous, stop it.
"Mr. Tang...Yinbi, is this...Mr. Zhou?" Albert came over with his wife and asked knowingly.
Toynbee introduced: "Yes, Your Highness, this is Mr. Zhou Hexuan from China, and his dance partner Miss Vivian Hartley."
Albert immediately took the initiative to hold Zhou Hexuan's hand and said: "Mr. Zhou, I... I like your "Titanic" very much. I... my wife also likes it very much. I... hope to be able to work with you."
You hand over... hand over exchange of literature."
Well, it seems that this prince does stutter very badly. His opening remarks were quite fluent before, so he probably practiced them in advance in private.
Zhou Hexuan smiled and said: "It's a great honor."
Albert said to Vivien Leigh again: "Haha, Miss Hartley, Fei Fei... I am very happy to meet... you."
Vivien Leigh seemed to be infected and said quickly: "His Royal Highness the King, I... I, I, I am also honored to... be able to participate in your dance... dance dance."
The prince's face instantly became ugly. He thought Vivien Leigh was deliberately imitating and mocking him. But Vivien Leigh's mind went blank. She had never communicated with such a big shot at close range, and she was so frightened that she didn't know how to speak.