While walking into the Chinese Pavilion, Ye Tian was also whispering to Betty and her sisters about the Chinese Pavilion at the Palais de Fontainebleau and the origin of the antique artworks in the museum.

In 1861, when Napoleon III's wife, Empress Eugenie, was touring the Château de Fontainebleau when she asked the architect Alex to build her a hall to house works of art from the Far East.

The architects chose the hall, which was built during the time of François I, and after some remodeling, it became its current appearance, with the main body being a hall 14 meters long and 7 meters wide.

The antiques on display in the China Pavilion come from three main sources: Siamese tribute, treasures from China, and Chinese antiques purchased by the French royal family around the world.

The largest part of these Chinese antiques comes from the Old Summer Palace, a Chinese imperial garden known as the Garden of Ten Thousand Gardens, which was plundered from the Old Summer Palace by the French army that invaded China in 1860.

On October 7, 1860, the French general Charles Montauban led his troops into the Old Summer Palace on the outskirts of Beijing, and carried out a frenzied raid and plundering of the Old Summer Palace, robbing a large number of Qing royal treasures.

They snatched all the treasures they could take away, and they smashed and destroyed all the treasures and exquisite antique works of art that were huge and extremely heavy that they could not take away!

This is not the end, after the Old Summer Palace was ransacked, in order to destroy the evidence of the crime, the evil British and French troops began to set fire to the fire again, and burned the Old Summer Palace, which was known as the Garden of Ten Thousand Gardens at that time, to the ground!"

"Wow! That's crazy, those invaders are just a bunch of beasts, mad madmen!"

Betty said with emotion, with a hint of anger in her tone.

As a Chinese girlfriend, under Ye Tian's ears and eyes, hearing such a thing, she naturally had a feeling of righteous indignation!

Even people who have nothing to do with China, who have the slightest sense of justice, will surely be outraged when they hear such a crazy and dehumanizing bandit!

On the other side, the faces of Benois and the French people turned red, and their expressions were quite embarrassed!

These things Ye Tian said are extremely conclusive historical facts, and no one can deny them, which is also the main reason why the Chinese Pavilion of the Château de Fontainebleau has been closed for a long time!

As soon as the Chinese Pavilion is open and Chinese tourists come to visit, they will hear these words, which will embarrass them, the whole of Fontainebleau, and the whole of France!

France has always advocated freedom, equality, and fraternity! How can the French, who claim to be a nation that loves art incomparably, not feel embarrassed that they have done such a despicable thing?

"Steven, what you said is not entirely right, the French army that broke into the Old Summer Palace did take away a large number of antique artworks and indeed smashed a lot of things, but it was the British who set fire to the Old Summer Palace!"

Benois defended himself, his words were seriously lacking in confidence, and his voice was a little floating.

Ye Tian looked at the Frenchman, sneered and said:

"What's the difference? aren't all shameless robbers!"

Hearing this, many French people at the scene were immediately dumbfounded, their faces were swollen and red, like pig liver, their expressions were even more embarrassed, and there was a little anger in their eyes!

Ye Tian didn't pay any more attention to them, turned his head and continued:

"In the Old Summer Palace, the treasure looted by the French commander Mentoban was filled with several carriages, and all the other British and French officers and soldiers who participated in the robbery, everyone returned with a full load!

After these despicable and shameless robbers returned to Europe, they relied on the huge wealth looted from the Old Summer Palace to live a carefree life, many even for life!

And the Yuanmingyuan, a unique garden masterpiece and a rare artistic treasure in the world, burned in the raging fire for three days and nights, and all the prosperity was burned!

Victor Hugo once wrote angrily, 'One day two robbers broke into the Old Summer Palace, one robbed something and the other set it on fire, and these two robbers, one named France and the other called England!'

What's even more hateful is that the British and French soldiers who participated in the robbery did not understand the cultural value of Chinese antique artworks at all, and many precious Chinese calligraphy and paintings were burned, and the losses were extremely heavy!

After the antiques looted by the French army from the Old Summer Palace were brought back to Europe, Montauban presented seven carts of antique art to Napoleon III's wife, Empress Eugenie!

In order to collect these antiques from the Old Summer Palace, Empress Eugenie ordered the construction of the Chinese Pavilion, and since then, many antiques from the Old Summer Palace have been added to the museum.

Among the museums outside of China, it should be said that among all the museums in the world, the largest collection of antique works of art in the Old Summer Palace is the Chinese Pavilion at the Château de Fontainebleau.

The collection of antique artworks from the Old Summer Palace is thousands or tens of thousands, many of which are priceless and top-notch.

There has never been an exact number on the number of these antique works of art, and for well-known reasons, the Fontainebleau side has never given an exact figure!"

Speaking of this, Ye Tian turned his head to look at Benois and the rest of the Frenchmen!

The faces of those Frenchmen were flushed, their expressions were very embarrassed, their eyes flickered, and they didn't seem to be ready to respond to Ye Tian's words!

Each of them knows very well in their hearts that no matter how they respond, even if they have a lotus tongue, they can't change the facts that have already happened.

At the same time, they didn't have the slightest idea of announcing the number of antiques and artworks in the Old Summer Palace in the Chinese Pavilion, which would only cause some unnecessary trouble!

Ye Tian glanced at these guys, then retracted his gaze and continued:

"The Chinese Pavilion at the Château de Fontainebleau houses a collection of Chinese antiques looted from the Old Summer Palace that even Empress Eugenie herself was embarrassed!

She once sighed like a 'conscience discovery': 'The emperor of China gave me treasures and playthings, but I gave back the army', but this was only a false sigh!

It was that catastrophe that made all Chinese feel extremely humiliating that I have such a deep obsession with those antique artworks of the Old Summer Palace that were frantically looted and lost overseas!

In the previous treasure hunt in Boston, I have already obtained a batch of antique artworks from the Old Summer Palace that were lost overseas, and this time I hope to get more and better treasures!"

When he said the last sentence, Ye Tian was full of confidence, and his tone was categorical!

Even if the object of this art transaction is not the Château de Fontainebleau, but the Musée Guimet Asian Art, it doesn't matter in the slightest!

When the Napoleonic treasure buried at 15 Avenue Chanunes is unveiled, the real drama will officially begin!

You know, many of the antique works of art in that treasure are closely related to Napoleon and are priceless in the eyes of the French!

For all museums and collectors in France, and even for all famous museums and top collectors in the Western world, those antique works of art related to Napoleon are the treasures they want to treasure the most!

At that time, as long as you want, even if you empty the entire Chinese Pavilion of the Château de Fontainebleau, it is estimated that there will not be much of a problem!

"My dear, I believe you can achieve this goal and get more Chinese antique artworks lost from the Old Summer Palace, and return triumphantly!"

Betty next to her whispered, her words were also full of confidence and anticipation.

While speaking, Ye Tian and the others had already passed through the front hall of the China Pavilion and officially entered the exhibition area.

The first Chinese antique artwork appeared in front of Ye Tian's eyes, and at the same time, the situation in the exhibition area was also clearly presented in front of Ye Tian's eyes.

This is an exhibition hall with an area of about 100 square meters, luxuriously decorated, a typical French court style decoration, but the display is Chinese antique art, giving people a nondescript feeling!

There are so many Chinese antiques on display in the exhibition hall that they occupy almost all the space, leaving only a few narrow aisles!

Maybe it's because it's not open all year round, or maybe it's because I don't understand traditional Chinese culture at all!

The way the French display these Chinese antiques can be said to be simple and crude, without any beauty at all, and people can hardly believe that this is what the French did!

The Chinese antique artworks here are all collected in warehouses and placed on shelves, and they don't pay attention to furnishings at all, let alone matching, one by one, which looks very messy and distressing!

Seeing this chaotic scene in the exhibition hall, Ye Tian couldn't help but curse secretly.

"It's really a king who chews barley and spoils things!

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