Queen Victoria's funeral was completed on the same day, and Archduke Ferdinand did not know what agreement he had reached with Wilhelm II, but Archduke Ferdinand was very happy throughout the night.

Wilhelm II was very happy, and the Sophie Lord and Elena were also in a good mood because they had made an appointment to go shopping on the streets of London the next day, but ......

"Refuse to meet?"

Ernst was dumbfounded by the words of the butler Eisen, who was the second son of the Austro-Hungarian Crown Prince and the Count of Moravia, but when he made an appointment with an English merchant, he was refused.

"Lord Count, maybe he guessed your intentions......"

"My intentions?"

Smiling coldly, Ernst looked at Eisen's gaze a little unkindly, although it was not a big deal, but only Ernst and Eisen knew, and Ernst could not rule out the possibility of Eisen's leakage.

In the face of Ernst's suspicions, Eisen was not disappointed, after all, he had only known Ernst for a few days, and it was impossible to expect Ernst to trust him completely.

Very clean and fearless, Ernst did not see anything but to withdraw his gaze, but this did not mean that Eisen was free from Ernst's suspicions.

"The news that the Earl has brought a large number of artifacts from the Orient has been circulated among the upper classes of London, and it cannot be ruled out that Mr. Crispin has seen something from this."

Having said this, the attitude of Eisen's butler was quite obvious, and suddenly Ernst remembered that when he came to England, the Grand Duke of Coburg seemed to be very interested in his wooden boxes.

"Butler Eisen, is the news from the palace?"

Steward Eisen was stunned when he heard this, he didn't expect Ernst to guess the source of the news, but he wasn't prepared to hide anything, so he nodded to indicate that Ernst was right.

"I'm sorry Eisen, I misunderstood......"

"This is normal, my Earl!"

Eisen's butler is very upright, and there are very few nobles who can apologize to their servants, and Ernst is a humble man, but Eisen's butler is the same, because he interrupted Ernst before he could finish speaking.

With a slight smile, Ernst was very satisfied with Eisen's butler, and Bert was a little more casual in comparison, of course, this did not mean that Bert was inferior to Eisen.

"Tomorrow prepare the carriage, and at the same time let Cosimo prepare, I will visit this merchant who can refuse the "nobility". ”

Why is Ernst so persistent? Because he learned that this character had a pair of characters from the East in his hand, Wang Xizhi's Lanting Prologue!

This is a rather remarkable work, the world's first line of calligraphy, the world's first calligraphy, and one of the items that must accompany the funeral of Emperor Taizong's will.

Thousands of years of fame, legends, and treasures add up to enough to make any wealthy Chinese man crazy, and Ernst heard the news from a nobleman at a funeral, and was excited to meet the merchant who collected it.

Why the Ranting Prologue appeared in Europe, Ernst didn't know this situation and didn't care, he just wanted the writing to be genuine, only in this way that his energy would not be wasted.

Who would have thought that the other party would even refuse to meet with Ernst, which made Ernst depressed and at the same time interested in the businessman.

Crispin Black, a Jewish, three-generation merchant family, is one of the few wealthy people in London, worth at least 300,000 pounds, and London has great influence. However, the current aristocracy has not yet declined as it did after World War II, and even though many merchants have been canonized as nobles by this time, the real aristocracy disdains to get along with these non-hereditary knights and barons.

Early the next morning, Archduke Ferdinand noticed that Cosimo seemed to be busy, and upon inquiry learned that Ernst was going to visit a London merchant.

At the breakfast table, Archduke Ferdinand hesitated but frowned at the matter, and in his opinion it was very inappropriate for Ernst to visit a merchant at his doorstep.

"I was hoping to get that letter, it was just a guess, but now it seems that it was a deliberate plan by the merchant to see me."

Archduke Ferdinand, who was already frowning, looked more and more ugly at this time, and he thought that it was very rude for a merchant to use the preferences of a nobleman to lure that nobleman to meet with him.

"Dad, I don't think it's a bad thing, maybe he has something to ask for, so it's good for ......"

"I don't want you to be too close to them, don't forget who you are, Ernst!"

I couldn't help but sigh in my heart, although countries began to change from capitalism to imperialism, but ...... After all, it was only a flash in the pan, and with the end of the First World War, everything would return to the way it was, even the decline and demise of the aristocracy.

If the aristocracy still insists on clinging to the inherent and traditional customs and habits, then whether it is tens of thousands of family wealth or tens of millions of wealth, they will eventually slowly lose it.

Ernst naturally won't say it, and no one will believe him, the only thing Ernst can do is change himself, change everything around him that can change.

Archduke Ferdinand felt guilty about Ernst, because he rarely insisted on participating in Ernst's affairs, and seeing that Ernst was a little perfunctory about his words, Archduke Ferdinand said no more.

"Cousin Ernst, is that the same thing as an ink painting?"

Elena is obsessed with ink painting, and if it weren't for Ernst asking Eisen's butler to hide some national treasure-level things, it is estimated that Ernst's losses would be incalculable.

After all, he was his cousin, and he couldn't refuse some of his cousin's requests, especially these things that were of no value in the eyes of other nobles.

"No, it's a word, a word that has a special meaning to the East."

"What's the point of that for you? Dad was upset. ”

The Sophie lord looked a little unhappy, and Ernst was silent about this, the Ranting prologue was very important to him, and he could not give up just because of a painting by Archduke Ferdinand.

Seeing that Ernst was silent and the Sophie county lord didn't say anything more, wiped her mouth casually and left, Elena wanted to say more, but considering that the Sophie county lord had made an appointment with her to go shopping today, the lively Elena could only give up asking for the time being.

"Lord Count."

It was Cosimo, the faithful servant who had everything ready to go.

If it was usual, Ernst would have patted him on the shoulder as a compliment, but since he had revealed his whereabouts, breakfast was not pleasant, and Ernst did not give him a good face.

Cosimo also knew that he had done something wrong, but he also felt wronged, after all, he couldn't lie to Archduke Ferdinand's question!

Cosimo was just a valet, how could he dare to deceive the prince of the Austro-Hungarian Empire? Especially Archduke Ferdinand, who has always had a tough attitude and an indifferent expression.

Poor Cosimo!

If Andrei had been here, then he would have said so.