Chapter 206: Thoughtful
As soon as the queen spoke, Yang Chen subconsciously secretly looked at her, and found that there was a hint of inquiry and ...... in her eyes when she looked at Helen Although it was only a flash, Yang Chen still saw it, which made him curious.
"Mother, this is Christian from the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence, and he is also the youngest painter in this exhibition, I met him at the hotel today, and I felt very close to him, so I invited him to come to the palace as a guest, I believe he can find more inspiration here. ”
As Helen spoke, the queen kept looking at him with that kind of inquiring eyes, but Helen's posture was always respectful and there was no superfluous expression, and the queen withdrew her gaze and looked at Christian lovingly.
"Son, are you here for the first time? You just met Helen today? Don't be nervous, since you can get to know her, it means that you are very fateful, and you can come to the palace often in the future. ”
Although the queen said in a tone of caring for children, Yang Chen always felt that something was wrong, what she said sounded very ordinary, but after thinking about it carefully, she didn't believe what Helen said, so she had to ask again.
"Yes, it was my first time abroad, and I didn't expect to meet Her Royal Highness the Princess unexpectedly at the hotel. ”
It may be that the queen's tone is more gentle, Christian actually blushed slightly, he first bowed dignifiedly, and then answered her question.
"I met you at the hotel~ Helen, you said that you were going to pick up the guests today, so you were going to pick him up at the hotel? ”
When the queen first saw Yang Chen, she looked at his dress, frowned slightly, and just now she was patronizing and talking to Helen and Christian, completely ignoring his existence, and now she said polite words again.
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your concern, and for the great honour of being here, it was an eye-opener. ”
Of course, Yang Chen didn't think that this queen would like him so much, after all, she was her daughter's lover, and she should look down on a little white face like herself, but the scene always had to be said, Yang Chen tried his best to make a philistine face, and looked at the queen flatteringly.
"Christian, come here, let me see the youngest little painter in this exhibition, this little face is really cute. ”
The queen didn't pay attention to Yang Chen at all, and directly turned her head and talked to Christian, the current queen seems to be more interested in Christian, but what she wants is this effect, the more they look down on themselves, the better it is for them.
"That...... Mother, if there's nothing to do, I'll take Yang Chen to go shopping first, you like this kid so much, you can take him to visit our showroom, I believe he will like it. ”
Helen gave Christian to the queen very enthusiastically, and then made a monkey anxious look, as if she was eager to hurry to take her new lover to the palace, and the queen looked at her with such a strange expression, and waved her hand to make them retreat.
"Your Royal Highness, are you so relieved to let Christian be alone with the Queen? Aren't you going to adopt him? Aren't you afraid that he will like the Queen more after staying with the Queen for a long time?"
Yang Chen looked at Helen with a smile, and his intuition told him that things were not so simple, but he couldn't guess for a while what Helen's purpose was for doing this, she went to great lengths to meet Christian just to send him to the queen?
"Yang Chen, our royal family has a little secret, do you want to hear it?"
Helen saw Yang Chen like this and knew that he must have sensed that something was wrong, but he didn't hide it, and asked directly, Yang Chen was interested when he heard it, could it be that this secret has something to do with today's series of arrangements?
"Yes, of course, you know that I'm new to the city, and I don't know a lot of things, so if there's a story that can help me clear my mind, of course I'd like to hear it. ”
Yang Chen looked at Helen with anticipation on her face, since she said so, it was estimated that she was going to reveal some news to herself, and she didn't listen to it, which also showed that she had gained her trust and recognition.
"My mother has three daughters and two sons, I have an older sister and two younger brothers and two younger sisters, and the Julie you met just now is the fourth, and there is actually an older brother between me and the eldest sister, but he died young. ”
Helen took Yang Chen to the fountain outside, and the two sat down under the vine trellis next to them, looking like a young couple hiding there and whispering from a distance.
"Brother who died young, and why did he die?"
If it is a child who dies early, then Yang Chen must not have heard of it, if he is dead, he is dead, and there will be no news and news after he dies.
"Externally, it is said that he died of illness, but in fact, this incident has always been a piece of my mother's heart, I was only three years old when my brother died, and I have no impression at all, but I have been listening to the servants say that my mother is very guilty about the death of this brother. ”
Guilty? Yang Chen listened to Helen's words and began to think about this matter, if it was guilt, then the death of Helen's brother was probably inseparable from the queen.
"So what the real situation is, you know?"
Helen was still so young back then, and it shouldn't be easy to know the inside story, but she did know about it, which means that she has figured out all the ins and outs.
"It took me a lot of effort to find out what was going on, when there was a political struggle in the country, and my mother was running to calm the incident, and she couldn't take care of the children, so she had to send her brother and sister to the sea, but my brother got cholera at sea. ”
Speaking of this brother, Helen let out a rare sigh, not knowing whether she was lamenting the loss of a small life or lamenting the impermanence of fate.
"I also happened to find a picture in a drawer in my mother's study, and then I found out what my brother looked like, and then my son told me that there was a genius painter in their school, so I sent someone to check his information. ”
When Helen said this, Yang Chen already understood, Helen was already eyeing him before Christian came here, and the answer was already coming out.
"So you sent someone to check Christian's information and found that he looked a lot like your dead brother, so you had the heart to adopt him, and also to arouse the guilt that the queen had buried in her heart for many years. ”
Yang Chen thought that Helen had calculated the time when Christian appeared in the hotel lobby was already magical, but he didn't expect that she had been laying out the layout from the very beginning, and she was really thoughtful.
"That's right, I was really a little surprised when I found out about this, is it fate that I will have more and better chips, so I mentioned to the organizer that such an excellent little genius can participate in this exhibition. ”