Zhou Hexuan's visit to the UK this time did not alert anyone, including the Chinese Minister to the UK. They landed quietly, found a hotel in London to stay, and went straight to Prince Albert's private residence the next morning.
Song Ziwen looked at the heavily guarded palace and felt a little uneasy. It would be embarrassing if he was turned away by the British prince.
"Stop!"
When they were still 5 meters away from the gate, the guard suddenly shouted.
Zhou Hexuan smiled and said: "I am Zhou Hexuan from China. I want to visit His Royal Highness. I have already agreed in the telegram."
The guard seemed to have received the order long ago. He said to Zhou Hexuan: "Please hand over your weapons, then provide identification and register."
Zhou Hexuan took out his passport and motioned to Sun Yongzhen to hand over his gun and dagger. Song Ziwen and his entourage followed suit and were soon invited into a living room.
Song Ziwen looked at the decoration of the room casually, but he was quite surprised. Although Zhou Hexuan had long said that he would come to visit the British prince, Song Ziwen's smooth entry into the palace was beyond Song Ziwen's expectation.
It seems that Zhou Hexuan has a very good relationship with the British royal family!
"Charles, very happy... we meet again!" Prince Albert walked over with a smile.
Zhou Hexuan smiled and said: "Hello, Your Highness, this is our friend Mr. Song Ziwen."
Song Ziwen said quickly: "Your Highness, it is a great honor to meet you."
Albert took the initiative to hug Zhou Hexuan, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Charles, our medicine is very effective. Father...father even praised me for it."
Albert has been ignored by his parents since he was a child, and he probably didn't receive many compliments. It can be seen that he attaches great importance to the Sulfonamide Pharmaceutical Factory.
To be honest, if it were not for the protection of Prince Albert, Zhou Hexuan's pharmaceutical factory would have been swallowed up by British capitalists. At this time, Britain was conservative and xenophobic. It was difficult for even white people from mainland Europe to mix in London, let alone the Chinese.
Go down.
Zhou Hexuan followed the other party's topic and asked: "I heard that His Majesty the King is in poor health. Is he feeling better recently?"
"You can...get out of bed now," Albert said.
"Then I wish His Majesty the King a speedy recovery." Zhou Hexuan said with a smile.
Albert said: "Thank you... thank you for your blessing."
The old king of England has only a few days to live. Before the outbreak of the world economic crisis, he had already been ill once and had to stay in bed for half a year. The king's health has been poor in recent years, and he has to stay in bed almost twice a year.
Three months, that is the question of how long it can last.
However, the old king was dispensable. Although he had always been loved by the British people, those who knew the inside story knew that Queen Mary had to make the final decision when it came to major events.
As for Albert's brother, Prince Edward, he will ascend the throne as king next year, but then he abdicated because of a woman, leaving behind the beautiful story of "not loving the country but loving the beauty".
For the British royal family, this beautiful talk is not a problem. The king and queen have long been worried, because Prince Edward’s hobbies are really hard to look at. From Frieda Ward in the early years, to the Marchioness of Furness, and then to
Today's Mrs. Simpson, the woman who had an affair with Prince Edward, is either a wife or a widow.
In particular, Mrs. Simpson, who caused Edward to give up the throne, had been married twice before, and the second marriage was to a mistress, and she had an extramarital affair with Prince Edward without getting divorced.
How could such a notorious woman become the Queen of England?
There were only two choices before Edward, either to give up the throne or to give up Mrs. Simpson, and he resolutely chose the former.
Prince Albert, who stuttered, became the biggest winner and took over as king inexplicably.
Not long into the conversation, Albert took the initiative to mention his brother's scandal. How dare this unlucky kid talk about it. He said angrily: "Then... such an American woman, who has never gone to college, is not... uneducated, and still works for a businessman?"
...The businessman used to be his mistress. God, my brother must have been deceived by the devil. He actually wants to marry her and become...the princess!"
Song Ziwen was stunned when he heard that such a family scandal was brought up in a chat. Is the British prince's head wet?
Zhou Hexuan smiled and said: "Love always makes people blind."
Albert sighed: "Father...Father is desperate. He said to me some time ago: 'After I die...after my death, this child (Edward) will destroy himself within a year."
Well, Zhou Hexuan can only admire the old king's ability to predict things. It only took 11 months for Prince Edward to abdicate from the throne, which can be said to have overfulfilled the task.
Zhou Hexuan said: "Your Highness, since your brother is not qualified to be the king, you should have made preparations in advance."
"I don't want to be the king," Albert became excited and even spoke fluently. "Being the king is too troublesome. I don't want to be the king. How can I be the king?"
Zhou Hexuan smiled and did not answer any more. He could see that Albert was very confused.
It is estimated that the old king has mentioned this matter to Albert. Albert actually really wants to be the king. He wants to be recognized by others. But he lacks confidence and is afraid of trouble. This kind of contradictory thought
He was in a dilemma and couldn't help but vent his frustration to Zhou Hexuan.
With this kind of patience and government, fortunately he was born in England, a country with a constitutional monarchy. In ancient China, he would have been a weak king, and he would have lost his life if he was not careful.
Song Ziwen didn't dare to speak at all. Damn it, why did we keep talking about the British throne? He really wanted to ask Zhou Hexuan, how good your relationship with the British prince must be, before he would tell you about this kind of thing.
explain!
In fact, it is easy to understand. Albert had no one to talk to in London and did not dare to talk to anyone. It happened that Zhou Hexuan was Chinese. He was thousands of miles away from England, so it was irrelevant to complain in front of Zhou Hexuan.
This caused a beautiful misunderstanding, which made Song Ziwen feel that Zhou Hexuan and the British prince were close friends and talked about everything. If one day Albert ascends the throne and becomes king, Song Ziwen will definitely report to Chiang Kai-shek.
If you want to talk about matters in the UK, you can contact Mingcheng. He is a close friend of the King of England!
After talking about his brother's scandal for a long time, Albert had almost vented his anger. Suddenly the topic changed and he started talking about literature: "Charles, your book "The Legend of Silver... Galactic Heroes" is really... wonderful! You just
Can’t you write faster? Last month’s serialization was interrupted again!”
"Haha, that won't happen soon." Zhou Hexuan was extremely happy. Last year, Churchill even sent a transoceanic telegram to urge for more updates. The future British Prime Minister didn't say anything, so you, the future king, just wait slowly.
Albert said in disappointment: "I hate serial...serial works."
Zhou Hexuan quickly promised that he would speed up, rambled on and finally turned to the topic: "Your Highness, I want to visit Mr. Norman, the President of the Bank of England. Can you introduce him to me?"
"Then...that old guy is not easy to talk to," Albert said, "I can hold a dance for you and invite...invite him, but I can't guarantee that he will come."
