On May 6, 1910, King Edward VII of Great Britain and Emperor of India died suddenly of pneumonia at Buckingham Palace.

The death of the King of England shook the whole of Europe, and it was the last fig leaf for Europe, and once the fig leaf was removed, the European marriage cousins could no longer maintain the remaining semblance of peace.

The funeral was magnificent, with nine European monarchs riding horses and following the hearse, and Ernst also came to England at this time, as in the previous case, the old Emperor Franz did not come, and the representative figure was Archduke Ferdinand.

Nine European monarchs: the newly enthroned King George V of England, King Alfonso of Spain (nephew of Edward VII), King Frederick of Denmark (brother-in-law of Edward VII), King Haakon VII of Norway (nephew of Empress Edward VII), King Ferdinand of Bulgaria, Manuel II of Portugal, Kaiser Wilhelm II (nephew of Edward VII), King George of Greece (brother-in-law of Edward VII), King Albert I of Belgium.

This was the last gathering of European royalty, because four years later it was the First World War, and after this war, most of the royal families were very miserable.

King Alfonso of Spain, the person who was very entangled in World War I may be this King Alfonso, and at the same time, because of the entanglement with both sides of the relationship is very close, King Alfonso let Spain finally choose neutrality, but after all, he can not ignore both sides, during the First World War, Spain mediated to provide a lot of prisoners of war exchange for the warring sides, mail and other services, which led to a large number of tourists from Spain, but because Spain did not implement entry and exit quarantine and press censorship, which led to the rapid introduction of influenza into Spain.

Neutrality avoided the scourge of war, but in the end, because of the flu, Spain's domestic losses were not much smaller than the losses of the warring sides, and the economy and population were damaged to a certain extent. At the same time, because of the root cause of the cold, in 1931 the king of Alfonso abdicated due to the civil war.

King Frederick of Denmark was even more unfortunate than King Alfonso, who died of a stroke in 1912, two years later, but this was also a good thing in a way, because Denmark remained neutral and not influenced by his relatives.

King Haakon VII of Norway, the only king to have lived through two world wars. Norway chose neutrality in World War I, but in World War II Norway was invaded by Germany in 1940, and the royal family and government had to go into exile in Britain and continue to lead the underground resistance in Norway for 5 years, until 45 years before returning to Norway, Haakon VII died of illness in 1957. Compared with his relatives, this Haakon VII is already the luckiest guy.

King Ferdinand of Bulgaria, a king of great success, joined the Central Powers in World War I, only to be defeated by Greece and later forced to abdicate. Standing in the wrong place at the wrong time, and at the same time he does not have the ability to protect his own interests, it is very normal to be unlucky.

Manuel II of Portugal, the unluckiest of all, was overthrown by the Republicans less than five months after attending the funeral and went into exile in England, where he never came back to power until his death. In World War I, pro-British Portugal sided with Britain and succeeded in becoming a victorious power.

The hapless King Manuel II made the lucky Portugal, because it was impossible to say whether he would end up favoring Germany or England according to his ideas.

King George of Greece, 60 years old, was the oldest person to attend the funeral, he was the longest-reigning king in Greek history since the Middle Ages, Edward VII had just returned from a visit to Greece a week before his death, and he did not expect to meet again so quickly, but so unexpectedly. However, King George was not very lucky, as he was assassinated three years later, but like King Manuel II, Greece became the victorious nation.

King Albert I of Belgium, at the age of 35, had only been on the throne for a year, the youngest of all the visiting kings, but he was also the most famous of the future, and if it had not been for his refusal of the German request for a passage, the history of the First World War might have been rewritten.

Finally, there was Kaiser Wilhelm II, a young man who wore a scarlet British field marshal's uniform, held a marshal's staff, and looked proud when he took pictures......

It was the most glorious moment before the First World War, and Ernst stood here looking at the kings with different expressions with an outsider's eye, and at the same time looking at his father Archduke Ferdinand, Prince Yusuf, the heir of the Sultan of Turkey who attended the banquet, Prince Fushimi Miya, the brother-in-law of Emperor Meiji of Japan, Archduke Mikhail, brother of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, Duke Aosta, brother of the King of Italy, Crown Prince Ferdinand, representative of Carol I of Romania, Prince Karl, brother of the King of Sweden, Prince Henry, husband of the Queen of the Netherlands......

By this time the funeral had been completed, the kings and nobles were all in the banquet hall, and the death of Edward VII was probably not grieved by many people, and some people did not even hide it, such as Kaiser Wilhelm II......

Holding a wine glass in front of Prince Fushimi Miya's Sada Ai in Japan, and suddenly seeing a young man of fifteen or sixteen come to him, Prince Fushimi Miya's Sada Ai was obviously a little surprised.

"Your Excellency, I don't know if you have ever heard of the term ant swallowing elephants?"

Ernst was speaking Chinese, and Prince Fushimi was slightly stunned, but then he couldn't help frowning, because he sensed Ernst's malice.

Although he didn't know what the identity of the young man in front of him was and what his relationship was with that ancient country, Prince Fushimi Miya's Sadachi was a very witty person after all, and he replied with a slight smile: "I've heard that this shows that a hard-working and hard-working ant can eventually be as strong as an elephant, and even swallow each other in the end." ”

The snow-white teeth that leaked out with a slight smile had a hideous meaning in Ernst's eyes, and his heart couldn't help jumping but quickly stabilized, and he looked at the other party and said word by word: "Elephants are still like this, and ants also have such an aging day, but ants do not have the deterrent power of elephants." ”

"You ......"

If the malice was not yet obvious, it was now certain that Japan would be cautious about any of its opponents, so he questioned Ernst.

"Austro-Hungarian Ernst Franz, I'm sorry Your Excellency, but I don't have a good impression of Japan, except for Japanese women and gold and silver."

Ernst himself didn't understand why he suddenly said such a thing, thinking about it carefully, that land had nothing to do with him, and Japan had no disputes with him, could it be because of some memories of his previous life?

Shaking his head, Ernst turned to leave, Prince Fushimi Miya's Sadai looked at Ernst's back very strangely, what is the identity of this teenager? Franz...... The royal family of the Austro-Hungarian Empire?

"He's the second son of Archduke Ferdinand, and he's a very famous little guy in Europe, right...... He is also the fiancé of our Archduchess Maria. ”

Grand Duke Mikhail of Russia left with a smile after saying this, leaving the thoughtful Prince Sadachi of Fushimi Palace in place and muttering: "The future son-in-law of Nicholas II, no wonder, no wonder!" ”

Prince Fushimi Miya's Sada'i obviously misunderstood something, but if Ernst knew, he would be glad that Prince Fushimi's Miya's Sada'i misunderstood like this, because he really didn't want to have anything to do with that country anymore, after all, he was now a member of the Austro-Hungarian Empire's royal family, the second son of the famous Archduke Ferdinand, and the Count of Moravia.

The funeral of Edward VII continued, during which Ernst concealed all his wealth in England and transferred all his antiques to an "English nobleman", who apparently no longer had any capital in England.

Although I believe that the British government and the royal family will not embarrass their wealth in the UK, who can say for sure? If there is an impact on yourself, you will cry to death, so it is better to make some cover-ups in advance.

The British aristocracy? If you look closely, you will see that the nobleman still falls to Ernst, and there are so many marriages in Europe that a nobleman may have two or three titles (inherited from all sorts of chaotic relatives), two in England, three in Germany, and one in Austria-Hungary......

It is very convenient for a member of an ancient family to get a title, after all, there are so many relatives who have married, and if you look carefully, you can finally find a title that has died but has no heirs.

The British title was found by Bert, and the nobleman who died not long ago was a distant cousin of the Archduchess Sophia, who had no children and no daughters, and the title naturally fell to the Archduchess Sophia after his death, and it didn't matter if Ernst borrowed it now.

Of course, it was not for nothing to borrow the title of nobleman, and at the time of his death the Marquis had a bank loan of about £5,000, which Ernst had to repay. The only asset of this marquis is a debt-bearing horse farm, but if the distant cousin of the Archduchess Sophia is a rich man, then the title will not go to the Archduchess of Sophia at all.