Chapter 1547: The Princess's Suitors
The history of popular fencing among the British aristocracy has a long history, of course, this trend is generally accompanied by a cruel history, for example, the Chinese people celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival because Qu Yuan died too unjustly, and the Chinese people eat steamed buns are the earliest sacrificial supplies, which are used to replace the human heads used in sacrifices......
The reason why fencing became popular was also because duels between the British aristocracy were prevalent in the early years, and there were no guns in those days, so everyone basically stabbed each other with swords. This kind of duel is equally cruel, it's not life or death, and a stab is basically a lose-lose.
As the saying goes, where there is demand, there is business, so many British people have also begun to study the art of fencing. Although the royal family later explicitly promulgated the rule prohibiting the use of sharp weapons in duels, the British aristocracy's hobby of fencing was still preserved, and to this day, the sword master is still the most sought after existence among the British aristocracy, and it feels similar to the championship of the happy boy.
Because of this, many young men of the aristocracy usually spend a certain amount of time studying fencing in order to be more popular with the girls. And the girls are very fond of this, and they generally think that men who can fence are very handsome.
Growing up in this environment, Princess Mercedes naturally has a soft spot for fencing, and she herself is a master of swordsmanship, but there are no girls in fencing competitions, otherwise she might have won an award or something.
Today's Princess Mercedes is holding a thin sword, smiling and chatting with the noble sisters, and from time to time she gesturing twice, and the atmosphere seems to be very harmonious.
At this moment, a young man wearing a fencing suit suddenly walked over, he had a handsome face unique to British men, a straight nose that showed the edges and corners of his face, a slender figure walking like the wind, and a fencing suit, which was the British version of a beautiful man.
The young man's name was Hans, and his father was a viscount, and as the eldest son, he naturally inherited his father's title. However, such titles in England generally symbolize an honor and do not have any substantial benefits. And Hans's family is a restaurant chain, and there are his family's restaurant chains all over the UK, so this can be regarded as the rich second generation in the UK.
As the heir to both the Hans family's reputation and fortune, Hans was also a popular man in aristocratic circles, but he only had a soft spot for Princess Mercedes, and the other girls were always ignored.
And today, as a seeded player in the fencing competition, Hans came to Princess Mercedes with great interest as soon as he arrived in the villa area, apparently wanting to attract the princess's attention, so that his heroic appearance in the arena could be noticed by the princess.
Hans's appearance naturally attracted the attention of the girls around the princess, and they all turned their eyes to the handsome young man, and the bold ones had already begun to secretly send him autumn waves.
However, Hans's will is also quite firm, he doesn't look at other girls, he only has Princess Mercedes in his eyes, this kind of thing that even a fool can see, Princess Mercedes naturally knows, but she is noncommittal, neither refuses to others, nor agrees to others, as if Hans is treated as a spare tire.
But even if it was a spare tire, Hans was willing, and after coming over to greet the princess respectfully, he asked with a smile: "Your Royal Highness, I am here to congratulate you in advance on your happy birthday!"
"Thank you!" Princess Mercedes, in accordance with the etiquette of an English nobleman, stretched out a hand to Hans, and allowed her to bend down and kiss her lightly on the back of her hand. Of course, Princess Mercedes wore gloves, otherwise it would be strange enough for men to grab their hands and kiss them when they attended such an event.
"Hans, the contestants in this competition are all strong, you can't take it lightly!" Princess Mercedes reminded with a smile as she saw Hans always tilting her head confidently.
"In my eyes, the only real opponent is Prince Houghton, who has inherited the best of the royal qualities and the best of swordsmanship. Hans was glad to boast in front of Princess Mercedes, "but I do think that if Prince Richard had been able to sleep well at home every night, he might have been able to achieve what Prince Horton had achieved!"
Prince Richard is the laughing stock of the British aristocratic circle, so when Hans mentioned Prince Richard, the girls present also laughed softly, obviously very much by his sense of humor.
However, Princess Mercedes was dissatisfied with Hans making fun of Prince Richard. After all, when he said that Prince Richard didn't sleep well at home, he meant that he was making a mockery of Prince Richard's hanging out in bars and singing all night. Although Hans is indeed telling the truth, it is still a bit annoying to say it in front of Princess Mercedes.
No matter how bastard Prince Charles is, he is the grandson of the queen after all, and the heir to the orthodox bloodline of the royal family. Isn't Hans satirizing Prince Richard here mocking the royal family in disguise?
Therefore, it is not entirely for nothing that Hans is not treated well by Princess Mercedes, who seems to be funny and humorous, but in fact he is an idiot who does not even know what to say in front of the princess, and deserves to be unrequited for the rest of his life.
Although Princess Mercedes was dissatisfied in her heart, she would not argue with Hans on such an occasion, after all, there were noble ladies all around, and there was a quarrel today, and the entire British aristocratic circle knew about it two minutes later. Prince Charlie's affairs are admittedly rotten, and Princess Mercedes is useless in maintaining it, but it makes him a little less exposed, and it can also make the royal family's face better.
Therefore, the princess of Mercedes only smiled awkwardly, and stopped answering, leaving Hans to sing a one-man show alone.
Just as Hans was talking about it, another burly young man also walked over, and Princess Mercedes was also slightly stunned when she saw this young man later, because this person was none other than her ex-boyfriend, Baron Birmingham.
To be able to hold a knighthood at such a young age shows that the Baron of Birmingham is very good in all respects and has made a very outstanding contribution to the country.
In fact, Baron Birmingham is ostensibly a philanthropist, doing charity work all over the world, going to Africa to help children, to Libya to save refugees, where there is suffering, he is there.
And behind the scenes, Baron Birmingham is the youngest knight chief of the Knights Templar, with a strong group and unlimited potential, otherwise Princess Mercedes, who is above the top, would not be able to take a fancy to him.
Therefore, Hans still had a problem pretending to be forced before, because this Birmingham Baron was the definite champion of this fencing competition. Of course, the use of Templar strength was not allowed in this fencing competition, and if it was just an ordinary sword competition, Hans felt that he would not be worse than the Baron of Birmingham, and this was his rival, so he didn't even mention him just now.
However, no matter how Hans wanted to ignore the existence of the Baron of Birmingham, as soon as this person who had to dominate Hans in every aspect appeared, he still completely forced Hans's edge back, and the most obvious manifestation was that the eyes of everyone present shifted to the Baron of Birmingham.
"Your Royal Highness, don't come unharmed!" said Baron Birmingham, who walked up to Princess Mercedes, and bowed.
"Has the Baron of Birmingham been helping the victims lately? Princess Mercedes said politely, holding out her slender palm for the Baron of Birmingham to kiss her hand.
"Your Highness the Princess looks tired! I have booked a banquet at the Burj Al Arab tonight, and we will be able to fly there on my private jet in a moment. The Baron of Birmingham gently kissed the back of Princess Mercedes's hand, and then deliberately pinched the princess's fingers.
"I have a job to do in a moment, and I can't travel with the baron. After Princess Mercedes politely refused, the Baron of Birmingham actually grabbed his hand and did not let go, which was extremely rude for a lady, so it also made Princess Mercedes feel very unhappy.
"Just put your work aside, it's rare for me to come back, don't you want me?" said the Baron of Birmingham.
"Baron, please figure out one thing, it's over between us!" said Princess Mercedes, with a calm face, and at the same time, she pulled her hand out vigorously, and the look of disgust between her brows overflowed.
"I think it was just a misunderstanding, I thought you would be deflated if you were given some time. The Baron of Birmingham said disapprehantly, "Your Royal Highness, you should know that in this country, only I can be worthy of your noble status!"
"Hey, how can you be so rude to Her Royal Highness?" said Hans, who could not stand it anymore, hurried over to the Baron of Birmingham.
"What's the matter with you?" said Baron Birmingham, turning his face to Hans, his eyes full of disdain.
"Why is it that there is no business with me?" Hans said dissatisfiedly, "You are just the princess's ex-boyfriend, and now that you have broken up, I have the same right to pursue the princess!"
"Hehe, what comparison do you have with me, don't be overbearing, okay?" The Baron of Birmingham glanced at Hans, then turned his head, and then saw Assistant Meiling walking with Lynch, and then his eyes narrowed imperceptibly.
After all, Lynch's identity is Princess Mercedes's current rumored boyfriend, and the media has been hyping up this matter in the past two days, the two of them are now opening a house together, shopping together, and Lynch even accompanied Princess Mercedes to work......
So the Baron of Birmingham was very angry when he saw Lynch, after all, he didn't sleep with the princess back then, but this thing actually ran to open a room with the princess, which always made him feel a burst of green on his head.