Chapter 65: The Return
The moonlight is faint, the morning light is faint, and the blue sky is shining. After the gorgeous aurora meets the sun, it moves like water waves and slowly disperses, as if it is a mirror flower and moon that does not exist at all. Qingying opened her eyes, only to find that the girl creature that pressed on her last night was gone, leaving only a strand of blonde hair and a little intoxicating fragrance.
Get up and get dressed. The piano keys that have never been closed are black and white, smooth and shiny; A delicate soft case full of Russian style also reclined quietly in his jacket pocket. Thinking of Xue'er Lori, who has been in love for two lifetimes, and then thinking of this Sunny girl who suddenly broke into her heart, Qingying felt both guilty and confused. Originally, he had made up his mind to be with Liu Xueer Lori, but now there is another Sonia girl; But I responded to her kiss last night, and was forcibly pushed down by her to sleep all night. How can you get out of such a situation?
Qingying thought about it and felt that she still had to have a good talk with Sanya and let her give up this sudden relationship that took only 10 days; However, Qingying searched the entire Winter Palace, but did not see this girl. When he returned to his room and was about to pack his bags and go on the road, he suddenly noticed a letter in the most prominent place. Juanxiu letters, light fragrance. After a while, he slowly put down the note paper in his hand, and a trace of emotion containing a smile quietly climbed up his face.
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The Sapphire was a fast cruise ship that had just been launched for less than two years, with an average non-stop speed of 15 knots, which was quite a good speed at the end of the 19th century, when science and technology were advancing rapidly. In exactly 60 hours, the ship crossed the Baltic Sea and slowly entered the port of Kiel in the German Empire.
It's night, and the sky is full of stars. When Qingying arrived at the railway station near Kiel, he found that the only few buses to Berlin had already departed, and only one special commodity freight train was scheduled to leave at 11 o'clock in the evening, and white smoke was still suddenly emitting. Although it is not possible for the station to dedicate a passenger train to Qingying, it is a breeze to add a carriage after this freight train. Forty minutes later, an open-top flatbed truck rumbled out of the night, with a passenger compartment hanging behind it, which was significantly smaller than the previous one; Qingying lay on the wooden seat where the three of them sat in a row, and slowly fell asleep in the vibration and jolting.
At noon, the sky was like a wash, and white clouds were dancing and flying in the blue sky. It's June, and the city of Berlin is full of green grass and green trees, and there are pines and cypresses everywhere, and they are full of splendid flowers. When Qingying walked out of the train station, she saw a black car with the logo of the Hohenzollern family parked at the exit of the station, standing out among the many carriages. The motor roared, the summer breeze was inspiring, looking at this familiar scenery along the way, Qingying had a lot of thoughts in her heart and a lot of emotion. Two and a half years ago, he traveled from the 21st century to the city of Berlin in this parallel universe, and he can still remember the rolling thunder that changed his fate in the clear sky that day; More than a year ago, I also set off from here to Wilhelmshaven in the northwest and started an exciting and wonderful journey around the world. Today, when he finally came back here, the sun was still there, the breeze was still there, as if nothing had changed, but nothing had changed!
Stepping into the walls of Berlin again, and seeing the rather elaborate style decorations, Qingying has fully appreciated the magnificence of the Russian palace, and now has no sense of this level of architecture. Along the way, he walked without stopping, and went straight to the study where Wilhelm II worked. According to his previous impression, at this time, his cheap dad usually lies on the chair to take a nap, and Queen Victoria usually stays next to him, helps him cut a plate of fruit, and accompanies her husband to say some thoughtful words.
When Qingying walked into the study, she saw such a scene. On the small rectangular wooden table, two stacks of one-foot-high scrolls were piled up, and William was half-lying on the chair next to him, enjoying the cool breeze from his wife's fan.
Seeing Qingying suddenly appear at the door, William was slightly stunned, and his face showed a touch of joy, but he still held on and didn't make too many movements. Queen Victoria next to her didn't care so much, she was stunned for a long time, suddenly screamed, threw the fan in her hand, walked forward quickly, and held Qingying in her arms and rubbed it vigorously, for fear that someone would snatch her son away. Not feeling the cool artificial breeze, William was so angry that he couldn't help but glare at Qingying, the culprit; However, seeing his second son return safely after more than a year, the joy and joy in his heart were not much less than that of Queen Victoria.
After more than a year of not seeing this favorite child, Queen Victoria held back too many words, and at this time it was suddenly released, and it was like the Rhine bursting its banks. All of a sudden, a series of concerned inquiries poked out of her mouth like a machine gun. The questions she asked Qingying involved all imaginable aspects of life, food, weather, living, entertainment, sleep, etc., without missing any point; In the face of Queen Victoria's inquiry, Qingying could only answer her cheap mother one by one. Wilhelm II looked very impatient on the surface, but his body involuntarily leaned forward; The pair of ears that were erected revealed his true heart.
ran around the earth for a whole week, which was sweet and sour, and after years of reunion, Qingying also had a stomach full of words to talk about to her cheap parents. Talking about her experience over the past year or so, Qingying chose to talk about the things that were beneficial to her in detail, and some things between Liu Xueer and Sanya naturally omitted to mention. When talking about 3 months of lonely travel at sea and 5 months of dry land travel, Queen Victoria was heartbroken and shocked, and couldn't help but cover her mouth. She patted Qingying's head with pity, and then turned her head to look at her husband behind her angrily, the anger and hatred on her face were unmistakable. Seeing his wife act like this, William could only nod and smile, and silently muttered in his heart that "the son was his wife's lover in his previous life".
"Well, my dear, no matter how hard he travels, won't he stand in front of you now? Ettel has just come back, so you let him rest and stop pestering him. Seeing that his wife had asked a question many times and refused to be reassured, William couldn't help it, and interrupted beside him. Empress Victoria also realized her gaffe, and after turning her head to glare at her husband, she let go of Qingying and stopped her words. William shook his head helplessly and said, "The child just came from the station, and he hasn't eaten lunch yet, should you, as a mother, cook for your own child who hasn't seen him for a year?" ”
At the thought that Qingying had not yet eaten lunch, Empress Victoria was very anxious; She nodded slightly at William and said, "In that case, then I'll go first, and you two will talk first." With that, she stood up, and after glancing at Qingying reluctantly, she got up and walked out of the room.
The warm afternoon breeze blew slowly, blowing their clothes and hair fluttering. Qingying stood upright in front of Wilhelm II, and it was only at this time that William began to really look at the child he hadn't seen for a year.
With a flick of his gaze, Qingying seemed to have changed the same as when he had just turned 11, but when he looked closely, he was already surprisingly different from a year ago. Qingying could only reach William's chest when he left, but now it has grown to William's shoulders. The handsome face is still immature, but a trace of time has been added to it, making the whole person look a little less green and a little more mature. In particular, his starry eyes revealed a completely different depth and perseverance from the beginning, and William, who was also a person who came over, immediately knew that this could only be the unique temperament left in a person after considerable suffering and tempering!
"Over the years, you've grown a lot. I was still thinking about whether it was bad or good for the Dao to release you out of the Dao; Now it seems that although you missed a year of school, it still looks like it was worth it. Seeing this, Wilhelm nodded with satisfaction, a rare smile appeared on his face, "Especially in that ship sales operation in St. Petersburg a week ago, you successfully sold a warship worth 20 million marks to Nikki the Younger (Wilhelm II's nickname for Nicholas II), and solved the employment problem of 2,000 Germans in the next three years. Originally, I just wanted you to go through the training, the Royal Shipyards have already prepared candidates to lobby the Russian Admiralty, who would have thought that you would actually do this? ”
Qingying bowed and replied, "Father has an overreputation." It was all the hard work of the designers of the empire who designed enough to make Nikolai Shu Miao's heart move, and the fact that Germany and Russia had the same interests on the Far East, that made me pick up this ready-made bargain. If you just change someone, you can probably do it to this extent. He paused, and then said, "However, the sale of warships by the Empire to Russia is not in the interests of Britain, especially since this warship will serve in the Russian Pacific Fleet. Therefore, Ettel believes that it is necessary to explain and explain this matter to the British. ”
Hearing these words, William's eyes gradually narrowed, and a faint look of disappointment appeared in his eyes.
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