Chapter Eighty-Four: The Beast and the Beauty
"Willy, if she doesn't marry, will she, then we'll grab it!"
William looked at the murderous Joey, a rush of blood rushed to his head, and he jumped up suddenly, "Yes, whoever dares to stop my love for Ella, I will!" After that, he made a vicious slashing gesture, and then asked with a pleading look, "Jojo, what should I do?" ”
"Before you do anything, you go and apologize to your mother, I won't help you anything without your mother's forgiveness for your stupid behavior!" Joey looked at William coldly,
"Ah, I'm going to apologize to my mom, I'll go right away, Joey, you wait for me." William turned and was about to rush out the door.
"Hi Willy, remember to brew your mother's favorite flower tea first, and bring snacks to show your sincere remorse! After Mommy forgives you, we're going to go out right away. Joey reminded William.
After William left, Joey poured himself a cup of coffee, and ate the bread scattered on the bed, thinking about how to help William, regain Elizabeth's cousin's love for him, defend William's first love, and more importantly, let those who offended his mother suffer the wrath from Joey.
In his mother's bedroom, William sincerely apologized to the crown princess.
Looking at her son with a remorseful face, the crown princess hugged William and cried, "Willy, it's my mother who is sorry for you, since you were born, you have suffered more than others, and your mother knows that you are a strong child, and your mother has always wanted to make up for this." Today, my mother begged your uncle, I really wanted you to marry Ella, my mother knew that you liked her, and my mother didn't know that this would hurt your self-esteem. ”
Since the age of 16, William has always been estranged from his mother, and his mother has always been strict with himself. The stricter Crown Prince Victoria's requirements, the colder William's heart became.
And today's mother's words made the ice in William's heart finally crack a crack, William tried to hug his mother, and said with a little choked, "Mom, I know, I was wrong today." I shouldn't fall into someone else's trap and let my irrationality hurt you, and I will never be stupid enough to be taken for a fool again. ”
The crown princess looked up at William and asked suspiciously, "Someone else's trap, Willy, what do you mean by this?" ”
William recounted Joey's analysis to his mother in detail.
The crown princess pondered for a moment, clenched her fists fiercely, and finally figured out why her brother-in-law, Ernst, dared to treat herself so rudely today.
"Willy, you go and tell Joey, go and do it, no one dares to bully us like this." Princess Victoria, wiping away the tears from the corners of her eyes, said with a firm face.
In a carriage galloping towards Charlottenburg Palace, Joey bluntly told Willy the purpose of his trip.
"Willy, we'll go to Charlottenburg Palace now and help you meet Cousin Ella."
"Joey, I should change my clothes, I'm terrible like this." William's first reaction when he heard Joey's purpose was to change his clothes or take a shower.
The reason is that as soon as William came out of his mother's bedroom, he was pulled directly into the carriage by Joey, who was waiting at the door, and he didn't have time to change his handsome image to meet his sweetheart.
"No, no, no!" Joey looked at it, his head was red and swollen (this was smashed by himself), his crumpled white Prussian naval uniform was covered with stains, and William, who looked haggard, said, "Willy, I need your image to appear in front of Ella's cousin, you look very good, so that you can contrast with you in the past." ”
"Every lady is compassionate, if you are still the same as usual, you can only get stuck in endless explanations and waste your saliva, it is better to let you break the routine and let Ella divert her attention so that your explanations can be effective." Joey explained.
"Jojo, you know so much!" William looked at his brother with wide eyes, a look of disbelief.
"Okay, listen to me, the success or failure of Willy's matter depends on you. Remember, I want you to apologize sincerely after you meet Ella, you must tell Ella that you have obtained your mother's forgiveness, you must tell Ella how much you love her, and the most important thing to remember is that no matter how much Ella Cousin counts you down, or does not promise you, you can't talk back, if you really can't hold on, you kiss her! ”
"Kiss her?!" William's big eyes couldn't be bigger, and after listening to Joey's words, it seemed to be bigger again.
"That's right! If you can't say anything, kiss her! Joey said undoubtedly, and then looked at William, who suddenly blushed, and asked with some suspicion, "You haven't kissed Ella before, have you?" ”
"No, no, no, no, how could it be." William denied in a panic.
Before the sun went down, the carriage arrived at the back door of Charlottenburg Palace.
Joey poked his head out of the carriage and greeted the guards familiarly, "Hey, Sergeant Kondla, are you on duty today?" ”
"Hello, His Royal Highness Prince Waldemar." Condra, the palace guard, also greeted Joey warmly, "Your Royal Highness the Prince, are you alone?" Are you going to see His Majesty the Emperor, and I will send someone to report it. ”
"Yes, thank you, Sergeant Kondla. Please tell my grandfather the Emperor that I'm going to see my Nini, Poison Skin, and Tooth first, and I'll go to him later. ”
Joey's gaze crossed over to Sergeant Kondra and landed on someone behind him, pausing for a moment before smiling at Sergeant Kondla.
On the way to the pond on the north side of Charlottenburg Palace, William, who was lying in the carriage, couldn't help but ask, "Jojo, are you going to see your pet alone?" ”
"I'm the mastermind of waiting for this, if I'm not mistaken, I suddenly come to the palace at this time, and it will make that guy worry that I'm sending a letter to Cousin Ella on your behalf, so he will definitely come to me and keep an eye on me. And I'm going to see who this man is! If there are too many people around me, I'm afraid he will hide and not show up. ”
Joey watched as the carriage approached the spruce avenue in front of the mausoleums of William III and Empress Louisa, and whispered, "William, it's now, you go to the new palace to find Cousin Ella, she is in her bedroom now, you wait here, someone will take you there, be careful not to be seen." And don't forget what I said on the way, remember, kiss her! ”
After a busy afternoon, Prince Alexander finally sat in his office at Charlottenburg Palace, smoking a cigar with his feet crossed, carefully reminiscing about the great sense of success that his nephew had brought to him at noon today. His nephew is really a member of the Hessian family, worthy of being the Fox of the Rhine, and after receiving the assurance that the queen of the Romanov family must come from the Hessian family, he really worked hard to change his position, and immediately changed from pro-British to pro-Russian.
When he walked into the dining room with Elizabeth, hid beside him and looked at William's face like a beast, and then looked at Elizabeth's expression from surprise to sadness, Prince Alexander's heart was full of the pleasure of revenge on William, his niece could only be a member of the great Romanov family, which could not be violated in any way, the supreme interests of the Duchy of Hesse.
"Too womb?! , Hmph, I don't care about you, the British woman and her disabled son have such a scandal in a public place in Berlin, the womb first figure out how to wash it up. As for the revenge in the future, the Hesses don't care what the Hohenzollerns look at, there are the great Romanovs behind me. ”
"I still remember vividly the ugliness of the Hohenzollern family welcoming Alexander II five years ago, and the men of the Hohenzollern family had to change into Russian military uniforms, and the women had to be proud of being able to speak a few words of Russian."
"The people of the Imperial Palace were so stiff back then, they didn't change their clothes, and they didn't see the Tsar, hehe, what happened! The Prussian Imperial Palace, who dared to be disrespectful to the Romanovs, has not yet appeared. ”
In his mouth, the woody and fruity aromas of the fine cigars and the wheat aroma of the whisky in his hand stimulated him to a drowsy mood.
But the prince's good mood was soon ruined by the guards who came in in a hurry, and the news he brought, and the prince glared at the guards who had told him, and asked angrily, "What do you say, Waldemar has come to the palace, and where is he now?" ”
The Prince was relieved to learn that Joey had gone to see his crocodile pet first, and that he was the only one who had come to the palace.
"Should I stand at Elizabeth's door to prevent him from delivering the letter, or should I just go and block him?" Two thoughts popped into the Prince's mind at the same time.
"It's too passive to guard the door, if that little thing had been noisy, Elizabeth would have come out, and if I had known that this little thing was coming to the palace, I should not have let Ernst go back to Berlin, but should have let him stay in the palace to guard his annoying daughter."
"The little thing is watching his pet, there is no one in that place at this time, or ...... Why don't I order it, go straight over, and make some means to get the letter? Just a small thing, I grabbed it while no one was robbing it. As for going to sue, hmph, no one can do anything to me! It's a good idea! Prince Alexander immediately made up his mind, grabbed his coat and rushed out of the room.
Joey sat by the pond, looking at a light that had already lit up in the direction of the new palace, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
Prince Waldemar's good popularity at Charlottenburg Palace finally showed its effect at this moment. Since Prince Waldemar was free to enter and leave the palace, Prince Waldemar has always insisted on treating all guards and maids equally, and this insistence has made Waldemar full of friends in the palace.
With several recent visits to the palace, Joey has successfully inherited this valuable inheritance from Waldemar.
The squire standing behind Sergeant Condra today was a good friend of Joey's heart, and every time Joey sent a letter to Elizabeth in private, it was this squire who quietly introduced Joey to the new palace of Charlottenburg Palace.
From Waldemar's memory, Joey was already familiar with the palace duty list, and knew that among the people on duty today was his friend of the guard, but there was still a worry on the road, worried that this friend would have an accident and not be on duty.
But tonight's Joey was lucky, the guard friend used an agreed signal to tell Joey unmistakably that Princess Elizabeth was now alone in the new palace.
On the way to Charlottenburg Palace, Joey had already made an agreement with William, told William how to contact the guard, and then the guard friend took him into the new palace, and finally asked the guard friend to face north of the new palace, in the direction of the pond, to light a lamp to inform Joey that he had entered the new palace.
Everything was planned, and Joey was in the twilight, looking at the calm pond, just waiting for the big fish to take the bait.
Prince Alexander rushed all the way, his own eyeliner constantly reporting to himself along the way, and Joey was watching his pet by the pond.
When the prince came, he finally ran to the pond, and under the cover of the trees, he saw Joey sitting bored by the pond under the gaslamp, throwing stones into the water.
The prince let out a long breath, and after carefully observing that there were no irrelevant people around the pond, the prince waved his hand and let his eyeliner leave immediately. The prince, who put his heart back in his chest, suddenly felt that the goddess of luck had not disappeared for him today.
The rustle of shoes walking in the grass sounded in his ears, and Joey's eyes narrowed slightly as he looked at the lake, and quietly clenched a pebble in his hand.
"Hey, is this His Royal Highness Prince Waldemar?" An enthusiastic voice rang in Joey's ears, Joey turned his head, and a face with a delicate smile appeared in front of him.
"Oh, it's His Royal Highness Prince Alexander, I'm really glad to see you." Joey's little face was similarly warmly smiling.
The prince looked at Joey's smile and couldn't help but curse in his heart, "Disgusting British's child." Then he smiled even more, "The weather is cold in the morning and evening at the end of spring, and His Royal Highness the Prince is wearing a little little clothes today." ”
Joey looked down at his clothes, then at the coat that the prince was holding in his hand, and said with the same smile, "His Royal Highness the prince looks very thin, so you should also pay attention to your body." ”
"Hahaha!" The prince sat directly next to Joey, "Today is my lucky day, it's appropriate to wear as much as you want." ”
"Lucky day? Is there anything good about His Royal Highness that you can share? Joey asked curiously.
"Your Royal Highness, do you have anything to worry about today?" Prince Alexander didn't ask, but asked.
"Annoying..... but there are still some, my good friend is back in England, and he is back home in the afternoon, big brother.... Alas, in short, it is really sad and frustrating. Joey shook his head helplessly.
"Oh." Prince Alexander thought for a moment, the corners of his mouth were silent, his eyes suddenly flashed with smugness, and his tone became joyful, and he said, "Recently, I heard that His Royal Highness the Prince and Empress Eugenie have a good relationship, and it seems to be true!" ”
"Listening to His Royal Highness's tone, it seems that I still have a lot of stories, I wonder if you can tell me about it and let me change my mood?" Joey looked up at the still lit lights in the new palace, and continued to smile with Prince Alexander, who was in high spirits.
Prince Alexander drank too much whiskey today, coupled with running all the way, the wine was accompanied by a strong conversation, which seemed very excited, and began to tell the story of Joey he knew, time passed unconsciously, and the prince's talk was also deliberately guided by Joey, from Joey to the praise of his own past experience, from military to religious, the prince obviously drank too much and said too much.
Just as Joey was growing in disgust with the boasting of the cunning Rhinelander in front of him, the lamp in the new palace was finally extinguished.
After silently estimating the time of a certain journey in his heart, Joy finally interrupted with a smile after Prince Alexander's boastful passage, "In my opinion, Prince Alexander, your past exploits are not comparable to those in the Berlin Hotel at noon today. ”
Prince Alexander's face froze, and his thoughts clearly did not keep up with Joey's words.
What Joey wants is to interrupt your train of thought, and then tell the situation analyzed with William in the afternoon, and as Joey's analysis deepened, Prince Alexander's face finally sneered.
After Joey finished speaking, he sneered and said, "Prince Waldemar, your story is wonderful, but I don't know what you're talking about. ”
"Hehe, it seems that His Royal Highness the Prince has converted from Catholicism to Orthodox Christianity, and there is really a reason for it."
Joy glanced at Prince Alexander, whose face was becoming more and more ugly, and continued to smile and say, "The Orthodox Church has a holy stupidity that makes all believers in the Lord feel stupid. ”
"It is said that you like to speak of impurity as pure, just as today you tell lies, pretend to be crazy, or have a naked body like you, portrayed as the Lord and go mad, right, Your Highness!" Joey glanced at the jewel-encrusted Cordopes on the prince's lower body and smiled contemptuously.
Prince Alexander's eyes were bloodshot, and no one, no one, ever dared to slander Orthodoxy in front of him, especially such a distorted interpretation of the concept of holy folly peculiar to Orthodoxy, which was the most serious blasphemy and challenge to his own faith!
"That's right, you British-born bastard, you want to know why I'm so happy today! I'm telling you little bastard, it's my idea to make your crippled big brother make a fool of himself in front of Elizabeth! ”
"I am very, very happy to see your Englishman mother pleading in front of the Hesses, you savage and stupid big brother don't want to marry Elizabeth!" Prince Alexander scolded in a loud voice with a hideous face.
"And, as punishment for your blasphemy against my holy religion, you little bastard, don't try to give Elizabeth the letter of your crippled brother! Now, you little bastard, you'd better hand over the letter or I wouldn't mind beating some prince up!" With that, he reached out and grabbed Joey.
"Stop!"
"Bastard, you stop me!"
Two voices, a man and a woman, rang out.
Prince Alexander's heart was cold, he turned his head to look behind him, and when he was frightened by the figures of a man and a woman rushing towards him, he heard a gust of wind ringing in his ears, and a sharp pain immediately came from the back of his head.