Chapter 706: A Roundabout Marriage (Part II)
Wang Guorui came to the Summer Palace in Beijing to visit Queen Wilhelmina. At present, the Queen's palace in China is still under design and construction. Wang Guorui carried out "land acquisition" next to the Forbidden City, preparing to build a small town with Dutch characteristics, which is specially regarded as Wilhelmina's palace. However, the palace has not been repaired yet, and Wilhelmina is only allowed to live in the Summer Palace. For this, Wang Guorui's several women will not have any opinions. Because Wilhelmina is still a queen, no matter how she is, she is much taller than them, and she is not something they can compare. Even to a certain extent, Wilhelmina can be on an equal footing with the future Wang Guorui, which even the queen of China does not have this capital. So to build a palace for the queen, these women are not jealous, and they are not qualified to be jealous, their status is much lower than that of a queen.
When Wang Guorui walked to the Leshou Hall in the Summer Palace, some palace maids next to him immediately came over to salute. However, Wang Guorui did not let them make a sound, but walked in by himself. Walking into the Le Shou Hall, he saw William Mina with a little girl about three years old. That little girl's head is carved like jade, very cute. And the skin is very delicate, and the eyes look very spiritual. And this made Wang Guorui also happy, his daughter is about three years old.
"Mom, why does Dad rarely come to see our mother and daughter?" The little girl asked.
"Juliana, your father has a lot to do. In the future, it may not be long before I become the emperor of a big country, so I am very busy. Wilhelmina said.
"Then why can't we move in with my father? Didn't my father's aunts live with him? Can't you go with you, Mother? Little Juliana asked curiously.
"This ......," Wilhelmina was a little speechless.
"Do you mind, mother?" Juliana asked.
Wilhelmina shook her head and said, "If it's just me, then I don't care. But your mother is the queen of the Netherlands, so naturally you have to worry about the influence. β
"Is there anything more important than being together as a family?" Juliana asked.
"Hey, our identities can't be so free!" Wilhelmina replied.
Because Wilhelmina's identity is the queen of the Netherlands, it is naturally impossible for Wang Guorui to take her to his home to live with other women. If so. That really touched the feelings of the whole country of the Netherlands. Taking a step back, they were able to allow their queen's husband to have affection. people, but they can never let their queen's husband fall in love. To bring people to live with the queen is simply to smoke the face of the entire Dutch people. So as long as Wilhelmina is the queen of the Netherlands, it is impossible for Wang Guorui to take her to live with his other wives and concubines, after all, for the Dutch, those Wang Guorui's other wives and concubines are "love. people". If the Queen's husband has a love affair. After the person. Dare to put these feelings. When people bring to live with the queen, the consequences are really unimaginable. At that time, I am afraid that the Dutch people will feel that their entire country and nation have been insulted, and at that time, Wilhelmina and Wang Guorui will inevitably be forced to start the so-called divorce procedures in the Netherlands.
So Wang Guorui won't take Wilhelmina into the post. The palace is just a palace built outside the palace as a love nest between the two of them. However, Wang Guorui was very busy during this time, so naturally he had no time to accompany the queen and his daughter, so the daughter felt very unfamiliar with her father.
"Minna!" Wang Guorui took the initiative to say hello.
"Huh? Wang, are you finally here? Daughter. Call Father! In English, your father doesn't understand Dutch! Wilhelmina said.
βfatherοΌβ Juliana took the initiative to say to Wang Guorui.
"Very well, Juliana, how are you doing?" Wang Guorui asked.
"It's okay, but it's a little lonely that you don't come to see us, father. My mother had no acquaintances here at all, and the maids around her were all Chinese and could not understand Dutch and English. So many times we have to make very difficult gestures to be able to express clearly. Juliana said.
Wang Guorui thought for a while and said, "This is my negligence. Another day, I'll let De Ling, Rong Ling, Li Li, and Li Sha, the four young ladies, come over and play with you. These four young ladies are sixteen or seventeen years old this year, and they can just play with you. And Li Li and Li Sha are mixed-race, so they should have a close relationship with you. And you can also learn Chinese, after all, as my daughter, you can't know Chinese! Wang Guorui said.
"Okay, Daddy!" Juliana replied.
"Juliana. You go play first, I have something to say to your mother! Wang Guorui said.
Juliana soon went to play, and Wang Guorui asked tentatively, "Minna, what are you going to do about our daughter's future marriage?" β
"It's too early, isn't it?" Wilhelmina asked.
"Say, for example, a cousin of yours in a neighboring country. What do you think? Wang Guorui asked.
Wilhelm II and Wilhelmina were cousins, they were distantly related by blood, and they were both descendants of the so-called European grandmother, Queen Victoria. And Wang Guorui's words are already very obvious, that is, it implies that this Wilhelmina wants to marry her daughter to a German. But hearing this, Wilhelmina quickly thought of these questions as well. Although William Minna is only about twenty years old, she has lived in the palace since she was a child, and her reaction speed is much faster than Wang Guorui. This kind of prince and princess who live in the palace are naturally more likely to have access to politics than others, and they are much more politically sensitive. Compared with those politicians who have become monks halfway, they have a natural advantage, which is why the descendants of many officials can rise more quickly, in addition to the support of their elders, there is also a nurturing that they have since childhood.
Wilhelmina soon learned what the Germans were trying to do, which was to hold both the Netherlands and China at the same time. She has been in China for a while, and naturally knows China's views on the so-called "concubine" children. Even if her daughter cannot get the title of Chinese princess in the future, it is a princess for Chinese. If the Germans were to marry their own daughters, they would be marrying China and the Netherlands at the same time, and such a plan to kill two birds with one stone was far more valuable and acceptable to Europe than marrying a prince of pure Oriental origin.
"I disagree!" Wilhelmina said firmly.
"Why?" Wang Guorui asked.
Wilhelmina replied, "Didn't you say that?" Chinese princesses don't marry! β
"Well, Juliana is not a Chinese princess!" Wang Guorui replied.
"Then don't you think of me as your daughter more than her, or do you not think of me as your wife at all?" Wilhelmina asked with a frown.
"I don't have such a thing, but marriages between countries are very common, and you, as a royal family, should be able to understand this!" Wang Guorui asked.
Wilhelmina still said: "I still don't agree, I don't agree to get married." Do you know why I'm following you? I was willing to give up my identity and power in the Netherlands to become one of your wives in China, because I dared to sacrifice for my own happiness. I don't want my daughter to be unhappy and sent away as a bargaining chip for marriage. If I dare to resist, then I don't want my daughter to repeat the old ways. β
When Wang Guorui heard this, he couldn't help but be a little silent, William Minna sacrificed too much for herself. Although the Netherlands has adopted a constitutional monarchy, as a king, it still has a part of the legislative power, and still has a lot of power over indirect interference with the state. You can't interfere directly, but you can. Therefore, once Wilhelmina came to China, it was equivalent to giving up power, which was a lot of sacrifice for a queen. And she came to China, just as one of Wang Guorui's wives, so she was also wronged, shouldn't Wang Guorui make amends?
Now that William Minna has taken herself as an example, this Wang Guorui can't refute it at all. Because he is a beneficiary, he is a beneficiary who has received a foreign beauty queen, how can he refute this? If Wang Guorui dares to refute, doesn't it mean that William Minna's efforts are worthless, and even Wang Guorui is a ruthless person? At that time, how did you make the people in the country understand you? People gave up power for you as a man and became one of your wives, and you were already very wronged, and you still treated her so poorly, then Wang Guorui was afraid that he would be labeled as a "negative man". Even if Wang Guorui becomes the emperor in the future, whether this "hat" can be worn or not, it doesn't sound good to say!
Wang Guorui couldn't refute it, but Wilhelmina continued: "I won't let my daughter get married, so you don't have to say it." β
Wang Guorui sighed, this William Minna disagreed, then Wang Guorui really didn't have any good way. If it was just an ordinary princess, then Wang Guorui would have to obey an order, and no one would be able to stop it. But this daughter Juliana is different, she is not strictly a Chinese princess. Wang Guorui is only her biological father, but she is not Wang Guorui's courtier, and even this Angelina does not even have Chinese nationality, and Wang Guorui has no authority to order her. If William Minna disagrees, then Wang Guorui, a "foreigner", really has no way to marry his daughter to others, even if she is his biological daughter.
"It's not easy to convince my daughter to her!" Wang Guorui thought helplessly. (To be continued.) )