Ginger is still old and hot, and it was the idea of Prince Gustaf Adolf, Crown Prince of Sweden, to encourage Prince Albert to invite Chen Muwu to the British Embassy.
His own daughter, Princess Ingrid, is fourteen years old, in her prime, according to the Chinese poet Du Mu.
Moreover, although the princesses of European royal families are not poor, they still have to become heads of families early.
In the past few days, Paris newspapers have published a lot of news and photos related to Chen Hanchen, who was born in the swimming competition. Therefore, the little princess clamored every day to ask her father to take her to the scene to watch the competition for a while.
As a result, after arriving at the scene, the Crown Prince of Sweden instantly understood what hearing is better than seeing, and Ingrid directly transformed into Chen Muwu's crush.
Therefore, the Swedish crown prince who watched the last game was in a dilemma. On the one hand, he wanted to meet this magical Chinese boy, but he did not want him to have too much contact with his daughter.
Then Prince Gustav had an idea and saw his cousin standing next to him.
Since this Chen Muwu is a British student and an alumnus of Prince Albert, and the British second-in-command seems to have praised Chen Muwu from the competition a few days ago, it is better to let him come forward to invite him, and he can do it without bringing him. In the case of my daughter, I met Chen Muwu.
So the Crown Prince of Sweden and the Duke of York came up with this idea, and Prince Albert had already had this idea, so the two hit it off in the audience at the 100-meter freestyle final, which is why the royal servant sent an invitation to Chen Muwu two days ago. The letter scene.
Chen Muwu did not expect to see the Crown Prince of Sweden at the British Embassy today.
He greeted the two people separately and introduced Best beside him to them.
The so-called dinner party is actually just a polite way of saying that no one really comes here to eat.
The four people sat down respectively as guest and host. As soon as they sat down, the Duke of York couldn't wait to show his hospitality.
"Mr. Chen, I watched your race on the Thames in May this year. In the rowing competition, Cambridge lost to Oxford, and I also lost to my brother, the Prince of Wales, because of a failed bet. Rolls-Royce sedan.
"But fortunately you showed up in time. My personal servant told me that Cambridge University recently produced a swimming genius, so I doubtfully asked the Prince of Wales to make two more bets. As a result, by the end of the day, not only did I not Lose and win back twelve thousand pounds from my brother.
"I didn't expect to see you again this time when I came to the Olympics. When I saw the familiar Cambridge blue at the opening ceremony, I knew that you would definitely create new miracles in this Olympics."
Chen Muwu didn't listen to any of the compliments the Duke of York said later.
His focus was all on twelve thousand pounds. When he heard this figure, Chen Muwu took a deep breath in his heart: What is the concept of twelve thousand pounds? This is one-third more than the Cavendish Laboratory's annual funding.
As a result, the Duke of York spoke very calmly, as if the money was not money.
Now that the enemy has arrived at your door, don't blame me, Old Chen, for wanting to kill you today.
"Thank you for the compliment, Your Highness," Chen Muwu continued to pretend to be a pig and eat the tiger, "I was just lucky. Because of my good luck, I won a few championships."
"Mr. Chen, what you said is wrong. If you consider it a fluke, then what do those athletes who came in second and third place count?" The Crown Prince of Sweden took over, "I watched it with the Duke of York. Your whole competition, especially your movements in the second breaststroke final, I was very impressed. I felt that in the water, you were not like a frog, but like a fluttering butterfly. How did you develop this peculiar ability? And the faster swimming style comes from?"
Chen Muwu took a look at this middle-aged man in his forties. When the British prince introduced him just now, he said he was a "Sinologist," right?
Then I have to fool you.
“Your Royal Highness, the Duke of York just introduced you and mentioned that you are a sinologist with profound foundation.
"I don't know how deep your understanding of Chinese culture is, but the new swimming style I developed was indeed inspired by creatures like butterflies, and this inspiration was learned from Chinese culture.
"I think since you are interested in Chinese culture, do you know that there was a great philosopher named Zhuang Zhou in ancient my country?"
Just as Chen Muwu had expected, the Swedish crown prince shook his head.
He continued: "Zhuang Zhou once dreamed that he had turned into a butterfly, feeling unrestrained and very comfortable.
"After waking up, he began to doubt his life, whether he had turned into a butterfly in his dream, or whether the butterfly turned into Zhuang Zhou in his dream.
"In addition, there is another love legend that happened in my hometown, a village called Zhujiazhuang in Qiyu County, Jiang Province.
"The content of this legend is basically similar to Romeo and Juliet written by the great British writer Shakespeare. It also tells the story of a pair of young people who, although they love each other, cannot be together because of family obstruction.
"But I think the ending of this love tragedy is a bit more romantic than Luo Zhu's, because in the end, the lovers who couldn't love each other turned into a pair of fluttering butterflies, and they were finally able to be together this time.
"Chinese people have a unique romance in their bones. It was inspired by this myth and legend from my hometown that I finally understood, experienced and developed this new form of swimming. I never expected that I would be able to achieve success in the Olympics. Got good grades.”
These two foreigners, no, these three foreigners had never seen this before, and they were all stunned by Chen Muwu.
Even Best, who was sitting on his side, ignored the risk of being rude at the dinner table and leaned close to Chen Muwu and whispered: "Chen, why have you never told me this story before?"
"It's so romantic. It's so romantic. Mr. Chen, the legend you told is definitely a story as good as "Romeo and Juliet"."
The Duke of York even clapped.
The Crown Prince of Sweden’s eyes were full of light: “Mr. Chen, ever since I accidentally collected the first piece of porcelain from China, I have been attracted by the exquisite patterns on it.
“Later, as I learned more and more about China, I realized more and more that it is a country full of magic.
"Today at the dinner table, after listening to you tell this story, China fascinates me even more. Coupled with Mr. Sven Hedin's continuous invitation, I plan to pay a visit to China within two years. I think I can only see it with my own eyes. Only when you see it can you appreciate the mysterious beauty of the East.”
Yep, what you say is better than what you sing.
Chen Muwu cursed secretly in his heart
He talks about "Sinologist", but he doesn't even know who Zhuang Zhou is. In fact, he is just a lover of Chinese cultural relics.
And when talking about a visit, Chen Muwu knew what the crown prince was actually going to do without even thinking about it.
Restock!
Sven Hedin may have been described as an explorer who penetrated into the heart of Central Asia, but in essence he was still a colonial antiquities dealer.
Although he was a little better than his other descendant, Stein, the cultural relics that flowed from his hands to Europe were countless.
Moreover, the government of the Republic of China at this time was also extremely weak. They did not even dare to expel the young emperor from the Forbidden City. They also claimed that various national treasures in the palace were the private property of the Aisin Gioro family.
Suppose at this time, a foreign prince comes to China and visits various places.
So wherever this Yangbeile goes, he will definitely be warmly received by officials from various places.
Not to mention that he wanted to take away some cultural relics. Even if the Swedish Crown Prince did not have this idea, Chen Muwu thought that the hospitable local officials would probably wave their hands and rush to take away the cultural relics and cultural relics that they thought were not worth much. A national treasure, given as a gift.
If he didn't know about it, he would have just ignored it, but now that Chen Muwu had caught up with him, he felt that he couldn't just sit back and do nothing, and had to try every means to prevent his visit.
Chen Muwu thought for a while, and then said: "His Royal Highness, I have to stop you here once, China just 'looks beautiful' now.
"The country is still in the middle of a civil war between the north and the south, or to be more precise, a melee between the princes. Except for the largest cities, Baihai and Beijing, it is difficult to guarantee your safety elsewhere.
"You may not know much about the Zhuang Zhou I just mentioned. But if I want to mention Confucius, as a sinologist, you should have at least heard of this person, right?"
This time the Crown Prince of Sweden nodded.
"Confucius once said something like this, 'A gentleman should not stand under a wall that is about to collapse.' He also said another thing, 'Don't go to dangerous places, and don't live in chaotic places.'
"Another minister named Yuan Ang once advised his emperor, saying that 'very rich people should not sit under the beams of houses'."
"These words have been circulated in China for thousands of years. As the future king of Sweden, I don't think there is any need to risk your life."
"It's just," Prince Gustav Adolf was a little shaken, but it was obvious that he was not completely convinced by Chen Muwu, "Isn't there another proverb in China called 'A hundred hearings is not as good as one meeting'? I think If I hadn’t walked around that magical land in person, I might not have truly experienced and understood Chinese culture.
"I think if careful planning has been done in advance and strict protective measures have been taken throughout the process, there shouldn't be any big problems?"
(End of chapter)
