Xu Qing quickly left this Spain, and the Queen Isabella and Countess Eugenie did not directly respond to Xu Qing's request. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 But Xu Qing was not worried, because since they didn't respond, they didn't object. If there is no opposition, it actually means that there is still a chance. If they really don't want to do it at all, they will just refuse. In particular, this kind of relationship between a man and a woman is very absurd in Europe.

However, Xu Qing soon had to fulfill his duties, and as the Manchu court's minister to Europe, he was to begin touring European countries as a preliminary exchange.

He followed the Spanish road and soon came to France. France is currently under the reign of the House of Orléans, but France is currently in the midst of a revolutionary century, an era in which revolutions are very frequent. And he knew that it would not be long before there would soon be a revolution in France.

"Your Majesty, this is a letter from our Chinese emperor to His Majesty!" Xu Qing said.

Louis Philippe, the king of the Orleans dynasty of France, accepted the credentials very coldly, and then said very coldly: "Since the Chinese minister Xu Qing is here, then we will be well entertained in France!" Come on, send Minister Xu Qing to rest! ”

Xu Qing was a little surprised to hear that this King Louis Philippe was very cold. No matter what, if you are a foreign minister, don't be so cold!

Xu Qing had no choice but to take a few female students around him and Princess Victoria to stay in France. However, the French king Louis Philippe was still very cold, and did not send a diplomat to inquire.

However, after a while, a beautiful woman dressed in aristocratic attire walked in.

"Minister Xu Qing!" The French beauty greeted.

Xu Qing stood up and asked, "Miss, who are you?" ”

The French beauty took the initiative to introduce herself and said, "I'm Mathilde Bonaparte!" ”

"Mathilde Bonaparte, who is the Emperor Napoleon?" Xu Qing hurriedly asked.

Mademoiselle Mathilde quickly took the initiative to say, "Emperor Napoleon, my uncle. ”

"Oh? Is it Princess Mathilde? Xu Qing hurriedly said.

Mathilde hurriedly shook his head and said, "No, no, no, now that I'm not a princess, don't say more about princess." The French Empire of our Napoleonic family has long since fallen, and we have long since dared not do anything delusional. ”

Xu Qing asked interestingly, "Really?" ”

If the Napoleonic family did not want to be restored, how did Napoleon's nephew become emperor after the French Revolution? This is like going to the grave and burning newspapers - foolish!

"Mademoiselle Mathilde, may I ask why the Emperor of France has been so cold to me this time?" Xu Qing asked curiously.

Mathilde replied: "Minister Xu Qing, have you forgotten what you once said in Spain?" You are in Spain, and you have an opinion of us in France, and in a short time there will be a revolution, and then our Majesty the King will soon be overthrown, and a republic will be formed. Your prediction makes many of our French nobles hate you very much! Especially His Majesty the Emperor, of course he will not be happy, you are such a person who predicts that he will abdicate, think that you are a crow's mouth! ”

Xu Qing asked speechlessly: "How come it seems that the whole world knows what I said in Spain?" ”

"Hahaha, Minister Xu Qing, it seems that you don't understand us in the West. Although our Western countries seem to be distinct from each other on the surface, in fact, in the aristocratic circle, they have long been married to each other, and they do not distinguish between each other. In the major countries of Europe, almost all of them have you and me, and I have you, and they have been married to each other for hundreds or even thousands of years. So even if the family knows about it, it will soon spread out. The news between our upper nobles generally does not spread to the bottom, but it can easily spread among the nobles. ”

"So, of course, our king is very dissatisfied with you, if it weren't for the fact that you are a Chinese diplomat, you can't be easily punished according to diplomatic practice, otherwise you will have already been arrested by the time you just enter the country." Mathilde replied.

Xu Qing was speechless, this little bit of between European nobles spread really fast! Didn't he just predict that France would be overthrown by the revolution, no wonder the French king Louis Philippe was so dissatisfied with himself. But it is not surprising that what king would like the man who is going to predict his downfall to be satisfied? Isn't this a crow's mouth? If it was in China, it would have been pulled to be beheaded a long time ago!

But this is France, and Xu Qing has the status of the Manchu Qing minister to Europe, this is an out-and-out diplomat, the practice of all countries in the world, diplomats are generally not subject to criminal punishment, let alone criminal prosecution, at most expulsion.

So although the French king Louis Philippe was very annoyed with Xu Qing, it was impossible to do anything to Xu Qing, after all, the status of a diplomat is also Xu Qing's biggest talisman.

It is impossible for the king of France to do anything to Xu Qing easily, this is a matter of principle, diplomatic immunity is not blown out, and all countries must abide by it. Even if Xu Qing has a crow's mouth, it is impossible for the French to say anything.

Xu Qing could only say in the end: "I really didn't expect that a correct prophecy of mine would actually make the king of France dissatisfied, then I can't do anything." But I don't have a good impression of this French king. He had no real contribution to France, and somehow became this king. ”

"In our China, the throne is the king of merit, and the prince will have a kind of Xiangning! If you have the ability, you can become a king! ”

Xu Qing directly belittled this Louis Philippe unceremoniously, anyway, he is also a broken jar, you French don't want to see me, and Xu Qing doesn't need to have a good evaluation of him. Anyway, I'm not afraid here, Xu Qing is the minister of the Manchu court to Europe, and he is an out-and-out diplomat, what can the French do to him? Anyway, with the ironclad talisman of diplomatic immunity, then the French can't do anything to him.

Mathilde smiled and replied: "This is our France, it's in our Europe, isn't it?" In our Europe, the aristocracy is the dominant rule, and ordinary people can hardly ever become kings. And my uncle, who was not from a high background back then, became the emperor of France, and can be said to be the first emperor who really came from the bottom. ”

"But Rao is like this, my uncle still had to take the initiative to marry the nobles, and then he also became nobles."

Xu Qing said: "Therefore, you European aristocrats will die out because of the revolution, I firmly believe so!" ”

Mathilde's face was also a little unpleasant, and he must have felt uncomfortable with Xu Qing's unkind words. But after a while, Mathilde smiled helplessly.

"Minister Xu Qing, your mouth is really ruthless! Fortunately, you are China's minister to Europe, otherwise I am afraid that you will be cleaned up when you go out. Mathilde replied.

Xu Qing still smiled and replied: "If I were not China's minister to Europe, I would not have said these words." ”

Mathilde was suddenly stunned, this seemed to be a bit contradictory, but soon Mathilde seemed to understand what Xu Qing meant. Xu Qing dared to say these words because he was a minister to Europe appointed by the Manchu court. On the contrary, if he had not been the minister of the Manchu court to Europe, he would not have dared to say these words.

It is precisely because he is a minister and has diplomatic immunity that he dares to speak so boldly. The cause and effect relationship in this is very close.

"I really didn't expect that Minister Xu Qing is really fast-talking, but he is accurate in his calculations and has no fear, no wonder the British parliamentarians are amazed. Minister Xu Qing really has the potential to become a diplomat. It seems that Minister Xu Qing came to France this time, and he also has an idea. May I ask Minister Xu Qing, what do you plan to bring to our France, and then what do you want to take from our France? Mathilde replied.

Xu Qing said something specious: "I don't intend to bring anything to France, but I intend to bring something to the Bonaparte family." And I have no intention of taking anything from France, but I am going to take from the Bonaparte family of France, Mademoiselle Mathilde. ”

Mathilde listened to this, and pondered the meaning behind this specious statement, but did not analyze anything. But when Mathilde heard the sentence "You want to take Miss Mathilde", coupled with Xu Qing's ambiguous gaze, Mathilde suddenly blushed a little.

"It seems that Minister Xu Qing seems to like women very much?" Mathilde quickly regained his emotions and then asked rhetorically.

Mathilde asked Xu Qing very directly if he liked women, this is very erosive in the private life of European aristocrats, this is nothing, even women are not surprised.

Xu Qing directly grabbed Mathilde's hand and said, "Isn't it?" Don't all men like women? Especially beautiful beauties? ”

"This, that's why you have an ambiguous relationship with Queen Isabella of Spain and Countess Eugénie?" Mathilde didn't let go of his hand, but asked with interest.

Xu Qing replied very directly: "Yes, can't you?" ”

"......" Mathilde was speechless, this Xu Qing actually admitted it directly, and then Mathilde finally asked with a helpless wry smile: "It seems that the impression of the Chinese I knew before was wrong." I learned from some businessmen that they say that Chinese cities are very face-saving, especially for those things between men and women, they are very evasive and shy, and they are not willing to say more. ”

"But I didn't expect that you, Minister Xu Qing, would admit it so directly, it seems that our French impression of the Chinese is actually wrong."

Xu Qing took Mathilde's jade hand, and then asked, "Miss Mathilde, how old are you this year?" Married? ”

Mathilde replied: "I am just twenty years old, and the family intends to marry me to a Russian banker, very rich. ”

Xu Qing said: "I am also a banker, and I have an Anglo-Chinese bank under my name, which is currently expanding rapidly. The capital owned is very large, and the cash flow is sufficient. And at present, we have implemented a venture capital plan, and it will not be long before many industries will be developed, and we will control many real industries through financial means. ”

"Therefore, it won't be long before my Yinghua Bank can also become a huge asset consortium, with capital no less than any rich man."

Mathilde was also a little nervous when she heard this, she obviously heard Xu Qing's hint. As a woman who is about to marry a Russian banker, she certainly knows that the family is actually considering many aspects when marrying herself to a Russian banker. One of the most important is that the banker has a crush on whether he has money?

In this era, the European aristocracy and the bourgeoisie have begun to replace each other, fight against each other, and at the same time merge with each other. European aristocrats do not think that marrying their daughters to the bourgeoisie is a shame, and even in many cases, in order to value the wealth of the bourgeoisie and hope to obtain the support of wealth, they also choose to marry the bourgeoisie.

There was no shortage of supporters in France about the Bonaparte family, but it was not enough. Let Mathilde marry a Russian banker, in the hope of obtaining a financial supplement. The purpose of this, that is to have their own ideas.

"Minister Xu Qing, I don't dare to agree to this matter without permission. Although your Yinghua Bank is very rich and has great development potential, this is a plan that our family has had before. So I didn't dare to say yes casually, I should still ask the family. As for what Minister Xu Qing meant to me, I will also report it to the family. Mathilde replied.

As a woman from an aristocratic family, it is commonplace to sacrifice personal happiness for the sake of the family. Of course, who Xu Qing "intervened" was also unexpected by Mathilde.

"Minister Xu Qing, I came this time to ......" Mathilde wanted to say something.

But Xu Qing waved his hand, then stood up and said, "Miss Mathilde, I think I'd better do some serious things first." I have great respect for your uncle, Emperor Napoleon, so I want to lay a wreath at him. ”

Mathilde was suddenly stunned, she didn't expect Xu Qing to actually want to lay a wreath for her uncle Emperor Napoleon, which disrupted her plan. But Mathilde couldn't say anything, after all, people laid wreaths to his uncle, who was also the person who had achieved the status of the Bonaparte family, so did you, as a family member, still have to stop it?

What's more, he is a foreign minister, you really can't control him, you can't force him to do anything!