Watching Princess Louise gallop away, the Duchess wondered, "What's wrong with her?" ”

Tang Ning: "Her father is suffering from a terminal illness that is likely to be incurable, and this news was brought by me, Louise came all the way to call me back from Shanghai, I didn't expect it to bring her a bad news, maybe she couldn't accept it for a while." It felt as if she had unleashed the demon with her own hands. ”

Duchess: "No, I'm talking about why she ran away when she saw me?" When did I offend her? ”

Tang Ning has been inexplicably away from Europe for so long, and the lady has long been resentful, and he has to be careful these days, so he replied very carefully: "Maybe I don't want others to see her crying like a popsicle." ”

The Duchess chuckled, and then blamed herself: "Hey, my father is sick like this, I can't have a happy expression, can I?" ”

Downing saw that Madame was still as carefree as before, which made him feel a little better, and said, "That's because you don't know Albert very well, so it's best." I'm not going to take you to see a patient. It's a rare feeling of joy. ”

At this time, he noticed that Sissi was holding a letter in her hand and asked, "What is it?" ”

Sissi handed him the letterhead and said, "You have to explain to me why you support the slave states of the southern United States, and your friends gave it to you...... Oh, the joint letter to us, please don't support the South! ”

Sure enough, the envelope read "To the Duke and Duchess of London".

This is a letter written by Hugo, signed by a large number of old friends, including Alexandre Dumas, Dickens, Milley, Andersen, Faraday, Wallace, Darwin, etc. They expressed "great surprise, incomprehension and uneasiness" at Downing's support for the South.

When Tang Ning raised his head after reading the letter, he still didn't seem to have the meaning of speaking, and Qian Qian asked, "Why is it?" ”

Downing would never admit to anyone that he wanted to dismember the greater United States, including his wife, so he just said lightly: "If you don't support the South, the war will start, and if you support the South, it may bring peace, because when the North sees that the cost of the war is too great, Congress will stop the expansion of the war, so will it be reasonable?" ”

Sissi: "This ...... It seems to make some sense, but now that the two sides are fighting fiercely, it is the South that invades the North first. ”

Downing: "Yes, the United States has been at peace for too long, and I can't believe that the civilians on both sides are very passionate about war, and only by letting them understand the cruelty of war can peace negotiations be possible." ”

Sissi: "Okay, I don't know any of that anyway, so whatever you say, it's what you say." ”

Tang Ning smiled and said: "That's right, you don't have to think too much about things like war, just live a good life." (For the latest chapters, please visit wèn)"

Sissi: "And are you going to write back to Hugo like that?" ”

Tang Ning shook his head: "Hugo is too idealistic, it's not material for politics, the more he explains, the more confused he becomes, let's hang them out first." "These literati and scientists are not as easy to fool as Sissi, so it's better to talk less.

The couple seemed to be more intimate after a long absence, and Sissi took her husband's arm and said, "Don't talk about this, let's go for a walk." ”

Situo Garden spent 200,000 pounds to buy a super luxury manor, which is quite pleasant for a walk.

Sissi: "Do you know Alexander Pope? ”

As Madame expected, the tyrant's husband knew very little about literature and art, and he only knew a little about the ship of Theseus and the like related to philosophy.

Sissi can show her knowledge in front of her husband: "He is the greatest English poet of the last century, and the epitaph of your idol Newton was written by him:

Nature and the laws of nature are hidden in the dark.

God said, "Let Newton be born,

So a qiē suddenly opened up. ”

Downing: "Huh? I seem to have heard it somewhere, but I forgot, thank you Madame for reminding me. ”

Sissi Gege smiled: "Pope wrote a poem for our estate!" ”

Tang Ning was surprised: "Really? ”

Sissi then narrated the verse:

"Build, cultivate, whatever you love,

erect Roman columns, or bend arches,

Raised large balconies, or sinked caves,

In short, let the charm of nature never be forgotten.

But treat the goddess like a shy beauty,

Don't dress too much, and don't **** to show up;

Don't let every beauty be peeped at,

Half of the craftsmanship is elegantly hidden.

It's a synthesis of endless pleasures.

Surprise, change, and unseen borders

……”

The golden sunset gently sprinkled on the greenery and the lake, the lotus flowers on Lingbo enjoyed the quiet beauty of the midsummer evening, and the local tyrant duke enjoyed the whispering of the literary duchess. The first half of the poem was so beautiful that his brain was short-circuited, and he couldn't hear what was behind it, only that the endless pleasure continued to sublimate.

"Honey, I want a baby...... When you're not there, I'm so good that the baby thinks about you. "My wife made a reasonable request, and they had been together for many years.

"Okay, dear." Without thinking about it, Tang Ning agreed, he will indeed be away from his wife many times, he is in the rivers and lakes, and he can't help himself, can he bring his family to fight? It's too dangerous.

The wife finally found a reason to be angry: "Hey, what about the wedding you promised me?" When to go to the Taj Mahal? ”

Downing: "Well, to put it that way, I haven't been to India much, and besides, I don't have any friends there, because it's not convenient for them to participate, so let's change my mind." ”

The wife was even more angry: "I know that you are unreliable, no, I definitely need a grand wedding." ”

Tang Ning: "It's all old husbands and wives......"

Mrs.: "You're old!" I'm still young. Anyway, if you want to get a wedding, go to my house, Munich, okay? ”

She was worried again: "Hey, we've been together for so long before we got married, will we be laughed at?" ”

Tang Ning laughed: "What logic do you have? It's been so long together, and it's only laughed at if you don't have a wedding! ”

Mrs. Xù's love couldn't stop at all: "It's all your fault!" Causing trouble everywhere, you know? The Times says you went from the biggest good guy to the biggest evil guy because you supported the Southern slave states. ”

Tang Ning's mind opened: "There is!" We have to do something that diverts people's attention and no one laughs at it. ”

Mrs.: "What's your bad idea?" ”

Downing: "The Pope of Rome has been surrounded by Italian troops, but they are swearing to resist to the death, and Mazzini is still hesitant to rush in and kill the Pope, I am afraid that this will cause public outrage." My heart has softened now, so I ask the Pope to officiate at the wedding for the two of us, and we will have a wedding in that cathedral in Rome, and it will be convenient for relatives and friends to go. ”

Mrs.: "Sure enough, it's a bad idea, you, a notorious atheist, want the Pope to officiate at the wedding?" He refused to kill him. ”

Downing: "If he refuses, I will expel him from Rome, and if he wills, I can leave the Vatican to the Pope." ”

The wife laughed: "It's too bad! It's fun, though. ”

The fate of the Papal States was thus happily decided. Sissi volunteered to write to the Pope herself, saying that if he was willing to deign to officiate for their wedding, she could beg her husband to leave a territory in Rome for the Papal States, to be guarded by Swiss volunteers, and not to interfere with the Italian government. In pursuit of phrasing propriety, she also enlisted George Eliot, the editor of the Westminster Review, who had some contacts with the Duke's family because of the feminist movement.

Pope Pius IX received a letter from the Duchess and knew that this was his last chance, but he also wanted to delay for a while, the simultaneous armed confrontation between the Windsor consortium and the four NATO powers is the most important event in the current world pattern, what if the Windsor consortium is defeated? Perhaps Italy will fall apart again, and there is still a slight possibility of revival in the Papal States.

After Downing's strange comfort, I don't know if I learned that there was still a glimmer of hope, or if the metaphor of "marrying to a distant country" played a role, in short, Louise was not as desperate as she used to be, and in turn comforted Prince Albert not to think about it, so that her father was secretly surprised, and when asked, it turned out that Downing had told her about that kind of miraculous treatment, but unfortunately the little princess of literature and art only remembered to use "gold" and "light", and she didn't know what level the nanometer level was, and thought it was ordinary gold.

The curious prince personally went to Tang Ning's house to inquire about his own life, and of course he had a good reason to let go of his official duties. Everyone lives in Buckinghamshire, and it's quite convenient for the two families to travel between the two families, not to mention that it's the era of hydrogen fuel vehicles.

Louise also followed her father to Downing's house, and she had to make sure that someone had comforted her that day, bullying her for not knowing science. The Chancellor of Cambridge University was of course not so easy to fool, and after some thought, Downing decided to publish a paper on subatomic structure in the journal Nature, so that mankind officially entered the subatomic age.

However, he needs a team to organize the real yàn and the number jù, otherwise it may be difficult to convince the scientists. You know, starting with the naturalist philosopher Democritus in ancient Greece and ending with Dalton, the father of chemistry, the idea that the atom is the smallest unit that makes up everything is inviolable, and this concept has been deeply rooted in the brains of scientists. Conducting research on subatoms, which are smaller than atoms, is like digging holes in scientists' heads.

Sure enough, a subatomic sentence shocked the prince, and there are things smaller than atoms? The prince said, "I wish I had seen this paper in my lifetime...... Simply, I resign as Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University and let you do it, and I'm sure no one will have an opinion. （http:/／.)。 I won't live for a few days anyway......"

When Louise heard this, she shook her father's arm and protested against him for saying frustrating words.

Downing: "Uh...... No one has an opinion? The Times says I'm the biggest villain in history. And I'm very concerned about China, I'm afraid that the first thing I will do after taking office is to set up the Shanghai branch of the University of Cambridge, and I have a headache about how to do higher education in China, where there is no university tradition. ”

Prince: "It's strange, it seems that the Times likes to report negative news about you, alarmist...... Political things, those populist newspapers do not understand. The division of the United States contributes to the security of our colonies in the British Empire. ”

Tang Ning was surprised: "Wow, you are really a ...... of heaven-shattering words"

The Duchess was serving tea to the guests, and when she heard this, she immediately answered: "What? Is this the heavenly machine? That day, you said that you supported the South, and the North would not dare to fight, for the sake of peace, you lied to me? ”

Tang Ning smiled and said, "Hehe, it's all a heavenly ......"