Chapter 122: The Wedding
Etinny and the others couldn't help but applaud when they looked at Zhou Nan and Audrey who came down the stairs. "Jonas, you will definitely attract the cameras of the reporters today more than the bride and groom."
Alan pursed his lips, but he couldn't deny that Zhou Nan and his granddaughter were simply beautiful.
Zhou Nan and Audrey were wearing two sets of crown clothes from the Qin and Han dynasties, which were originally worn for the court and worship, which were particularly solemn and elegant.
Both tiaras are based on black, with a matching red color and gold and bright yellow accessories, which will definitely attract everyone's attention.
Zhou Nan's hair was only slightly long, in order to hide the wound on the back of his head, so he couldn't wear a hairpin, and he didn't have the idea of wearing a crown, because this kind of etiquette was difficult to grasp.
It is not appropriate to wear the crown of the emperor, and it is not appropriate to wear the minister's, so it is not suitable to wear it at all.
And Audrey has more options, she doesn't wear a crown, she can also wear accessories. It's just that her hair is also a little short, and many accessories can't be worn.
If she has long hair and wears a few golden steps, it will be more charming.
Stolko asked with some concern: "Jonas, such a characteristic costume is an obstacle to your integration into Europe. ”
Zhou Nan shook his head and said, "I have taken the initiative to integrate enough, and now I have reached a critical point. Even if this kind of attire will make some Europeans look uncomfortable, it will not affect my status. ”
Zhou Nan didn't say the rest of the words, and Stolko also understood. If Zhou Nan gains more Chinese support for this move, it means that he has another force in his hands, and more Europeans will use his strength.
Now that Zhou Nan has decided, Stolko no longer dissuades him, and said with a smile: "I will pay attention to the news on the radio, and I hope you don't steal the limelight from the bride and groom." ”
Today, central London is completely closed, and here at Buckingham Palace and Hyde Park, even the access to and from the Underground is controlled.
But there is no reluctance on the part of Londoners, and for almost a decade, there has never been a happy event in London, and now there is an urgent need for an exciting wedding.
Zhou Nan and they had applied to the royal family for a carriage the day before, and Zhou Nan, Audrey, Allen and Mrs. Hemsstra, who were invited to the wedding today, will take a carriage sent by the royal family to Westminster Abbey together.
When the carriage turned into Kensington Street, Zhou Nan and Audrey, who were strangely dressed in the carriage, really attracted everyone's attention, but today's street was strictly blocked, except for the reporters arranged by the royal family, no one stepped on the street to follow the photo.
When they arrived at Westminster Abbey, they were dressed in a magnificent and beautiful manner, and almost all the guests were attracted to them.
Today it is not without people who come to the wedding in their own national costumes, such as the chiefs of those ethnic minorities, Arabs, and even representatives of the royal families of Thailand and Japan.
But Zhou Nan's clothes are far more eye-catching than theirs, not to mention, there is also an Audrey who is a Westerner, who also wears the same clothes as him.
Yongren wore a suit today in order to show that he was closer to the west, only his princess was wearing a kimono, seeing Zhou Nan's dress, he realized that he was wearing the wrong clothes today, but at this time, there was no time to go back and change.
Seeing Zhou Nan talking intimately with Western political circles and aristocrats, a deep sense of disgust welled up in his heart, but he couldn't do anything about it.
From the time Zhou Nan became famous in the West, they conducted an in-depth analysis of Zhou Nan, from his birth to his present day.
Zhou Nan's father died at the gunpoint of their Japanese, which led to the fact that he would not be the target of the Japanese court.
In his General History of the World, he provides a malicious analysis of Japan's existing culture from a cultural perspective. Since the ancestors of the Japanese came from the original East Asian continent, and the Japanese culture originated from the mainland during the Warring States period of ancient China, there is ample evidence that Japan is just a small branch of the East Asian cultural circle.
This makes Japan, which has always boasted of its unique culture, unable to accept it. But the Japanese wanted to refute it, but they couldn't.
And he is now carrying out the activities of non-governmental groups in Southeast Asia to claim compensation for the war against Japan, and he has cut Japan in the wound again.
However, they still can't deny it, or even take the initiative to respond, they can only passively bear it.
Although he has always done things from a fair standpoint, he has never stopped using a soft knife for Japan.
However, the current Japan is still helpless with Zhou Nan, and without MacArthur's permission, even he cannot leave Japan one step. If he hadn't been recuperating from tuberculosis, he would have been in prison like his other brothers.
At this time, Zhou Nan's position was arranged in the most conspicuous position in the first row, and he could only stay in the corner.
Defeated Japan, like Germany, lost everything.
He was silently paying attention to Zhou Nan, but Zhou Nan didn't see him at all at this time, but with Mrs. Hemstra, he greeted the Queen of the Netherlands affectionately, and a large group of people soon surrounded him.
The auspicious time had arrived, and the carriage carrying the princess and the Duke of Edinburgh circled around Buckingham Palace, was paraded by the public, and stopped at the door of the church.
This duke is Philip Mountbatten's new title, but it is only a false name, and there is no fief.
Before that, this Philip had no title, except for relying on the Earl of Mountbatten to live, he had nothing, and now he can be regarded as a step to the sky.
Zhou Nan's location was in the innermost part of the church, and they couldn't see the movement outside, they could only hear the grand occasion of the wedding on the radio, as well as the blessings of the people coming in from time to time outside.
Under the leadership of the archbishop, the princess in a wedding dress took Philip's arm and walked into the church, behind the princess, two flower boys helped her carry the wedding dress, and behind her, Marita, Pamela and their eight bridesmaids.
Because of the serious asymmetry of identity, this Philip is equivalent to entering the royal family, so there is no groomsmen.
Although the wedding program is not much different from an ordinary wedding, according to the list of wedding procedures for each guest, it can be seen that the tradition of royal weddings is staggering.
In the case of the bouquet of flowers in the princess's hand, there are nine kinds of flowers, from different territories in the United Kingdom, and the myrtle in the main bouquet is from the same tree as the myrtle from her great-grandmother, Queen Victoria, when she was married.
Many places that seem ordinary to ordinary people also have extraordinary attention and significance, and if it weren't for the fact that Mrs. Hemstra had been whispering some interesting things to the Queen of the Netherlands, Zhou Nan would not have known the doorway at all.
Although the food in the UK is still in the control stage, the wedding hardware procedures are not bad and the momentum is brilliant. But in many places, everything is simple, and the luncheon at Buckingham Palace at noon is similar to the buffet of 38 people in later generations.
However, the princess still received many expensive gifts, such as Zhou Nan, who gave a set of two Audemars Piguet couple watches, which cost 1,000 pounds.
The funniest thing is the two hundred pairs of nylon stockings and candy sent by a group of American women, because these American women heard that Europe is now short of food and clothing, and the princess is married, and even the fabric for the wedding dress needs the cloth tickets of the royal family, so they are afraid that there will be no candy at the wedding, so they specially sent some candy from the United States.
As for nylon stockings, it is true that only the United States has them at this time. Throughout Europe, there is a shortage of light industrial products and food.
When the princess and the George family stepped onto the balcony of Buckingham Palace to face all the Britons, the atmosphere of the wedding was at its best.
At this time, Zhou Nan has entered the most boring social stage.
For this wedding, the royal family invited a total of 2,000 guests from all over the world, from the king of South Africa, the warlords of Kenya, to the leaders of various countries and representatives of the royal family.
Among them are some uninvited people, such as Gandhi, who is now hated by the British royal family.
Zhou Nan had seen too many famous historical figures, and he had become numb to Gandhi, the father of the Indian nation, and did not have any communication with him.
Of course, this is also because India has always been ambiguous about Zhou Nan's role in the partition of India and Pakistan, so Indians have a natural sense of hostility towards Zhou Nan. thinks that Zhou Nan caused all this, at least he was an accomplice.
Therefore, even Gandhi knew that the partition of India and Pakistan was not to blame Zhou Nan, but he was unwilling to deal with Zhou Nan.
And Zhou Nan was surrounded by a large group of leaders from various countries, and he was not interested in dealing with an old man at all.
Zhou Nan's costumes today have indeed attracted too much attention, and everyone who talks to Zhou Nan, whether they are sincere or fake, cannot but praise Zhou Nan's outfit.
Zhou Nan can imagine that in the newspaper the next day, he and Audrey's outfit can definitely become one of the focuses of attention, as long as everyone knows that this is the national costume of the Chinese, Zhou Nan's purpose has been achieved.
Later in the afternoon, most of the guests had already left, but Zhou Nan had to attend the princess's dinner in the evening at her new home, Clarence Palace, so she couldn't leave.
And he was also surrounded by a group of curious aristocratic men and women, and the young people who had never seen such costumes were very curious. And those girls were even more envious of Audrey's clothes.
Marita, who accompanied her sister to complete a series of celebrations, returned to Buckingham Palace and found Zhou Nan as soon as possible. "Jonas, I like this too, can you make me a set too?"
Zhou Nan didn't dare to agree casually, the fabric of this kind of clothes was easy to find, but the printing and dyeing and embroidery were too difficult. In order to make these four sets of clothes, they tossed Givenchy enough to barely make it, and the ornaments in many places are not satisfactory.
If Marita likes it, she will do it, and the others will not agree? If you do it all, you will be asking for trouble before industrialization.
"Marita, such clothes are very troublesome, and the current supporting facilities in all aspects have not kept up, if it is next year, it doesn't matter if I send you two sets."
She glanced at Zhou Nan and said softly: "I will come to your house for the Spring Festival in February next year, and you must remember to send me when the time comes." ”
Even such awkward Chinese words for the Spring Festival popped out, and Zhou Nan didn't know what she and Audrey had talked about, whether they invited her to be a guest again, so she could only nod passively.
(I recommend the "Mythical Version of the Three Kingdoms", which is also a historical classification, although it is not a serious history, but it is written with a magnificent momentum and a vivid plot, which is a very good book.) Of course, the grades are much better than mine)