Chapter 252: Resolved
With a long whistle, the "Shelfield" slowly sailed into the port of Plymouth. Yang Du picked up the small suitcase he was carrying, and stepped on the dock with the flow of people ashore, and after separating from everyone at the dock, Yang Du went directly to the train station and bought a train ticket to London.
In the past few days on the cruise ship, Yang Du can be said to have a lot of thoughts, first in the port of Lyon, France, he saw in the newspaper that the ruling axe decided to send an inspection delegation to Europe and the United States to investigate, in addition to the United States, Britain, Germany, France, Italy, will also inspect more than 20 large and small countries, including South American countries.
"The way to seek knowledge in the world is not only to seek experience from the strong country, but also to seek the weak from the weak country, and to think that it is the way forward!"
The government's expectations for the delegation must not be said to be too important, which makes Yang Du have to feel some pity, if he is in Nanjing, how can he be wrong with the delegation, even outsiders know that the significance of the investigation in China is no less than the Iwakura delegation when he was seeking knowledge in the world.
At this time, the study was different from the past, and the study was the social system and the law, in order to fundamentally change the country, and the more than 2,600 young students who accompanied the group attracted more attention from the world, all of them said that this was the reappearance of "young children studying abroad", and the young students would enter the middle schools of various countries with the group to study.
"They have their duty, I have my mission!"
As the train got closer and closer to London, Yang Du could clearly feel that his heart was becoming more and more nervous.
Will Madame accept my suggestion?
Thinking about the suggestion he was about to make to his wife, Yang Du was inevitably a little uneasy, if this matter came to pass, the ruling and even the country would be grateful to him, and he might even be favored by the ruling and the expectations of the people, and he would become the prime minister of the cabinet.
Just a slight movement of this thought, Yang Du felt that his palms were a little hot, and sweat broke out slightly, but he thought that if he failed...... Yang Du's mood is tense again, this is a big gamble, if you win, you will win the name of the world, if you lose, then it will be ...... Thinking of this, Yang Du, who was a little distraught, casually flipped through the newspaper he had bought at the train station that he had not read, and for more than a month on the ship, he had been studying English hard in order to communicate with his wife, and at the same time, he would prepare for the future, and English would be useful for success or failure.
"Mikhail? Grand Duke Alexandrovich is obsessed with a mysterious woman! ”
Looking at the front page of the newspaper, Yang Du had to admire the openness of the Europeans, the front page of the newspaper did not mention political, economic or military news, but here was entangled in what the Russian Grand Duke, who ordered armaments in France, met a mysterious woman at a ball, was fascinated by the woman's appearance, and even ignored the obsession of the prince and the Grand Duke to publish a pseudonym in Paris to find people.
For this kind of erotic thing, Yang Du was not interested, hastily flipped through the newspaper, after the newspaper did not find the news of interest, Yang Du, who was helpless, put down the newspaper, and looked towards the countryside outside the car.
"That's a hundred thousand francs!"
While teasing her daughter, Ji Liqiao smiled and said to Ressa who was standing on the side, her face was overflowing with happiness, she received a telegram a few days ago, it was a telegram from her father-in-law from Nanjing, and the content of the telegram was very simple.
"Honey, it's time to go home! Miss your father-in-law! ”
It's just a simple telegram, but it expresses the lovesickness between the two people. But Ji Li did not leave immediately, but waited, waiting for the officer sent by the country to pick up the ship, she had already made a decision to return home with the warship, this is her gift to the country, naturally she will personally hand it over to the country.
"A letter will pay you a hundred thousand francs, Ressa, if I had known this, I should have taken you to Paris and to the ball, which would be a hundred thousand francs!"
"Madame!"
Ressa was blushing when she was asked by Madame, she did not expect that when she attended the ball with Madame in Paris, with Madame's permission, she accepted the invitation of other men to enter the dance, she was very happy that day, and many people invited her to dance, but she could still remember the young Mikhail? Grand Duke Alexandrovich, but after that chance encounter, she knew that the two would never meet again one day, let alone that he would publish a search revelation in the newspaper to find her.
"Ressa, if you want, I can contact him for you!"
Ji Li's face was still full of happy smiles, but this smile revealed concern for Ressa, she thought that her father-in-law might love Ressa, but in the end, it turned out that it was just her wishful thinking.
"Madam, he's a nobleman, isn't he? And I'm just a servant! ”
Ressa shook her head, although Mikhail was very handsome, he was a prince of Russia, and he was just a servant.
"The Russian Empire has a law on intermarriage between nobles and nobles, and commoners can marry nobles!"
"Madame, it's just a chance encounter!"
Ressa still shook her head, didn't her mother have also met a Frenchman? But what do you end up with? is a ruthless abandonment, if it weren't for Mr. Fuley to take in his mother, who knows what happened to his mother and daughter? His Royal Highness was only a momentary curiosity about himself.
"Love often begins with a chance encounter!"
Ji Li's eyes appeared in front of her eyes when she and Xianggong met for the first time, wasn't that also a romantic chance encounter? If it wasn't for that chance encounter, would you be now?
"Madame, Miss's eyes are as beautiful as jewels like yours!"
Ressa hurriedly used the young lady in the cradle to fork the topic.
"I'd rather her eyes be black!"
Ji Li's tone was a little helpless, the Oriental people attach great importance to blood, even if they use two warships to win the trust of the Chinese people, can they accept that the future crown prince has foreign blood in his body?
Although she never mentioned this in her letter, she had met some Chinese students in Europe in the past, and although they accepted her, they always spoke with some worry, worried that their identity would become the after-dinner words of those fools in the countryside.
In her heart, she is already Chinese, but her skin color and appearance, thinking about this, her heart can't help but feel a wave of weakness.
"If it really affects Xianggong......
The face that was originally overflowing with happy smiles swelled up in her heart at this thought, the smile dissipated, and some were just a kind of helplessness from the heart, she knew her choice, to love someone with all her heart, to love everything he loved.
When Ji Li's heart was tired and dazed, a maid walked up to her.
"Madam, there's a Mr. Yang outside!"
Mr. Yang?
He took the business card from the maid's hand.
"Yang Du, the ruling axe, the Ministry of Justice"
There is no title, some are just the name of Yang Du of the Ministry of Justice, this person's visit made Ji Li curious, this is the first official to visit her, to be precise, an official from China, the Ruling Axe has appointed some officials in Europe, but as far as she knows, it seems that no officials of the Ministry of Justice have been appointed, so he must have come to London from China.
Could it be ...... "Ressa, you are here with Miss, and I will go to the living room to meet this Mr. Young!" ”
Yang Du, who was standing in the living room, looked at the living room of Stirling Manor, although Mrs. sold the manor, but it was Miss Catherine from Shanghai who bought the manor, and she was also Mrs. 's sister, so although Mrs. sold the manor, she did not move out of here.
Just as I was thinking about it, a Western woman walked into the living room, with bright eyes and bright teeth, foggy hair, and a Han-style Confucian skirt on her body, showing the grace and luxury of this beautiful woman. When she entered the living room, Yang Du couldn't help but admire in his heart, the grace and luxury revealed by the lady alone was far from being comparable to ordinary women, Yang Du subconsciously compared her with the concubines who reported Guangxu, it was simply the difference between a fairy and a village woman.
"Madame!"
In front of his wife, Yang Du made a deep bow of ninety degrees.
"Mr. Yang is polite! You may be seated! ”
When she accepted the salute, Ji Li sat down on the sofa and invited Yang Du to sit down.
"Mr. Yang is from Nanjing, London, or ......"
"Madam, Yang Du came to Britain from Nanjing, and he was on the same boat as the naval delegation!"
"The Navy delegation is here!"
"Yes, madam, but according to the itinerary, General Cheng and his entourage will send students to the Naval Academy before they come to visit Madame, General Cheng specially asked me to apologize to Madame, I hope Madame will forgive me!"
Nodding, Ji Li didn't say anything, this was not a sign of disrespect for herself.
"Then why did Mr. Yang come to London?"
"Madam, when Yang Du came to London, he will only meet Madame and be loyal to his ministers!"
"Oh!"
One sentence made Ji Li curious about the thin man in front of her, who came from Nanjing to London just to see herself?
Is it to show loyalty?
In this regard, Ji Li is no stranger now, just like those Manchu envoys abroad, who came to London to visit them one after another, in order to show their loyalty to Nanjing. And the person in front of him, did he come to Britain from China just to show his loyalty?
Yang Du quietly glanced at Madame, she was holding the teacup in her hand and was contemplative, and knew that Madame might be thinking about her intentions in her heart.
"Madam, Yang Du's trip is only to fulfill the loyalty of the ministers and relieve the plight of the two of them and the ruling party!"
After speaking, Yang Du, who was full of confidence, glanced at Madame again, and Madame just nodded her head and took a sip of tea in the cup at the same time.
"What is the dilemma between me and the ruling two, and we need to bother Mr."
Although there was no sound, Ji Li looked at the person in front of her, and she vaguely guessed his intention, the Ministry of Justice ...... Is he trying to stop himself with the law? Did he come here for his own purpose, or was it ...... No, Xianggong would never do that! She believes in her husband.
No matter what the person in front of him wants to say, it must be his own opinion, it must be like this!
"The identity of the lady is the dilemma of the ruling and the lady!"
(To be continued)