Listening to Tangning describe the process of developing feelings for him and Wilhelmina, Mary couldn't help but cover her mouth in surprise.
After a long time, Mary looked confused and said in an unbelievable tone: "Queen Wilhelmina really took the initiative!"
Until now, Mary can't believe that her fiancé was able to attract Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands at such a young age. It was incredible.
"The situation was like that at that time. I didn't know that Her Highness Wilhelmina would suddenly fall in love with me. Maybe it was because I taught Prince Hendrick a lesson for her."
Well, Tangning couldn't figure out why the Queen fell in love with him at that time. Still so proactive.
After much deliberation, Tangning came up with this reason.
It may be that his heroic courage at the time was in sharp contrast to Prince Hendrick's shameless performance at the time, so he attracted Queen Wilhelmina.
Unfortunately, Tang Ning was never the active party in this process.
The first time he taught Prince Hendrick a lesson was just because he wanted to see the famous Dutch tulips in the palace garden by chance, and then happened to encounter him shamelessly and shamelessly insulting his wife Wilhelmina. It was just a natural act of justice.
After the first conflict, Hendrick was still shameless and showed no restraint, and the two of them got into a fight. In the end, of course, Tangning won with a superior move.
Although Tang Ning is also a playboy, and his wife is also the future ruler of a country, it can be said that Tang Ning and Hendrick's marriage situations are similar, but there are definitely essential differences between the two people.
Tangning couldn't do it. Hendrick was so shameless and had no sense of responsibility at all.
After Hendrick married Wilhelmina, he was dissatisfied that he had no real power, and he was also angry that Wilhelmina abided by the charter. After several attempts to ask for power failed, he was dissatisfied with the status quo and was immediately put to death.
As a member of the royal family, he had no sense of responsibility at all and began to let himself go. On the surface, he was too lazy to perform the duties of a Dutch royal husband. He publicly gave up his wife, contacted old relationships, and developed lovers. This allowed Dutch citizens to see the contradiction clearly.
Tang Lin was very disdainful of Hendrick. To put it bluntly, this man had no bad qualities at all.
Do you really think that the monarchs of all countries are like Germany? If you want power, I'll give it to you, without looking at what kind of country the Netherlands has been.
The Netherlands is an old capitalist liberal country. The republican faction is very powerful, much stronger than France, and has existed for a long time. The Dutch monarch's ability to maintain a constitutional monarchy is an added layer of strength from the previous kings of the Orange-Nassau royal family.
It is not easy for the Dutch monarch to maintain the basic appearance and a little real power. How could he have conflicts with the cabinet government and the Dutch citizens because of a mere German Duke Hendrik of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.
The Netherlands is not Germany, and the royal family is not the Hohenzollern. From Tangning's point of view, Hendrik's behavior is something that needs to be dealt with.
"You are aware of this matter about Mary, right? I am not the one who takes the initiative. I have not had much contact with Queen Wilhelmina. Most of the time, she takes the initiative to contact me."
Tangning didn't lie to Mary at all. Although Queen Wilhelmina was decent and beautiful, Tangning liked Mary and the others more at the time and had no interest in women who were more than ten years older than herself.
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He left Europe in 1904. Basically, if Wilhelmina hadn't contacted him by telegram, Tang Ning would not have taken the initiative to respond.
"Charlotte knows very well about the matter between me and Wilhelmina, and he can vouch for me. I have never taken the initiative to contact Her Majesty the Queen. I only responded after she contacted me."
Tangning told Mary about Charlotte, indicating that she was fully aware of her situation and was not deceiving him.
"Sister, you have to believe brother Tangning, he didn't lie to you.
He asked me to hide this matter a long time ago. I am telling you this time just because I suddenly thought of it. "
Charlotte knew that she was at fault and should not leak the secret, so she tried her best to explain Tangning's innocence.
"I suddenly want to tell you this time because Queen Wilhelmina sent a letter to Brother Tangning yesterday, apologizing to her brother for being pregnant with Prince Hendrick's child.
My brother hadn't come back at that time, so I kept the telegram in my collection. I originally wanted to tell my brother today, but he fell asleep just now.
Sister, you have always cared about Brother Tangning. I feel that this secret should no longer be hidden from you, so I told you. "
“Mary, Wilhelmina’s matter is actually that simple, I have rarely disturbed his life.
Since Wilhelmina was pregnant, she has been apologizing to me and begging for my forgiveness, but I didn't pay much attention to it.
Although I don't like Prince Hendrick, she is Queen Wilhelmina's husband after all. In fact, I don't have a deep relationship with Queen Wilhelmina. It is only natural that she is pregnant with her husband's child. "
Wilhelmina was not his wife, so Tangning didn't care about this matter. She even thought that this would break the relationship between the two of them.
"The relationship between me and her should not have existed in the first place. After she became pregnant, I wrote back to her to sever the inappropriate relationship between us.
But Wilhelmina has always been stubborn. In fact, nothing serious has ever happened between me and him. It's just her own passion. "
