The flowers are gone, the winter is bleak, the streets of Brussels, Belgium are deserted, the cold wind has blocked pedestrians at home, and even Xiaolian, who has been peeing forever in front of the palace, is frozen and suffocated.

There are two royal palaces in Brussels, the Brussels Palace is said to be the most extravagant royal palace in the world today, home to King Albert II of Belgium and a magnificent museum. Whenever the highest dome of the palace is not planted with a national flag, it means that the king is not here and visitors can enter the palace.

The Château de Laeken, also known as the Royal Palace of Laeken, on the outskirts of Brussels, is the private residence of the Belgian royal family, where the king and queen spend most of their time. Laeken Castle has a huge classical style conservatory garden topped by a huge crown of metal and glass buildings. The greenhouse garden is home to a large number of rare and precious plants, many of which were collected from all over the world by the previous king, Leopold II. The huge flower house has a constant temperature and humidity throughout the year, and 800,000 liters of fuel is used every year.

Zhuo Yang was invited to this fantastic garden today.

After attending the FIFA award ceremony in Zurich, Zhuo Yang rushed to Brussels, the capital of Belgium, according to the pre-schedule, and his cute sister Midel Swinburne invited him to attend his knighthood ceremony. Today, at the age of 11, she will be awarded the title of Countess by the Belgian royal family.

Many of the royal families that exist in Europe can be traced back to the German House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and the Belgian royal family is no exception. Whether by ancient blood or later by marriage, these royal families were in fact distant relatives. Moreover, European royal families have long achieved equality between men and women, and women also have the right to inherit the throne.

The fertility of these princes and nobles can only be said to be weak, at least not as good as the ordinary working people, and the royal family is generally not very ideal. Moreover, there is a very valuable tradition of European royal families, in the event of war, men from the crown prince to the viscount will take the lead in picking up guns and playing with the enemy, and it is not uncommon for them to die on the next level.

In view of the above reasons, in order to strengthen cohesion and blood inheritance, many royal families in Europe will give titles to noble women who are related to them by blood, and Midel is like this. Her great-grandmother, Andrew Swinburn's own grandmother, was born into the Belgian royal family, which is the basis for Midel's knighthood. And Midel's grandmother is a distant relative of the Monaco royal family. As for his mother, Ophelia, she came from the illustrious Habsburg family, although the family has now lost its crown.

This kind of knighthood actually does not have much practical significance, taking Midel as an example, after the countess Midel Swinburne marries as an adult, her offspring regardless of gender, regardless of region, even if she marries a Chinese and gives birth to a mixed-race daughter, this little girl will still naturally become a peripheral member of the Belgian royal family, which is also a theoretical succession sequence, nothing more.

There is no dime corresponding to the title, let alone an inch of fiefdom, there is nothing, only an empty name. Of course, if you are interested when you grow up, you can enter the House of Commons and become a member of parliament with a knighthood, and be a boring and useless female politician.

However, this may be the aristocracy in the legal sense of modern society, and it may also be a helpless move by European royal families to maintain their narrow aristocratic inner circle.

Ronaldinho said yesterday that this is a world of faces. Lost aristocratic women who are related by blood will generally be knighted, but the title is also high and low, translated into Chinese, it will become a prince and uncle, and those unpleasant-looking women will be sent to a baron at will, but a little sweetheart like Midel who loves flowers and flowers is naturally treated differently.

At the age of eleven, she can be knighted, and Midel is already the highest countess she can receive at this stage, and his other royal bloodline, the royal family of Monaco, has already booked that she will also be given the title of countess when she turns fourteen. At that time, little Midel will become a double countess.

In fact, only this hereditary title can be regarded as a real title, a real nobleman. A knighthood like Ferguson's should actually be called a 'knight', which comes from the army's medal system, and his kind of 'knight' who is not strictly called 'knight' is just a common name that is used in the market.

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"Your Royal Highness Princess Midel, whatever you have to say, the contemptible people are willing to serve you." After the conferment ceremony presided over by Queen Paula Calabria, Zhuo Yang pulled Midel, who came close to him, and flattered him with great interest.

European royal families do not have the official position or official status of 'princess', but unmarried countesses are nicknamed 'princesses' by everyone, while baroness and baroness are not. For example, the famous Austro-Hungarian Empress, who came from the Wittelsbach family in Germany, was made a countess in the same way as Midel today, and she was known as 'Sissi'.

"This princess accepts your service." Midel replied solemnly. "Knight Zhuo Yang, can you compose a beautiful piano piece for me?"

Zhuo Yang: "......" hit Zhuo Yang's shortcomings, of course, Midel was unintentional. Zhuo Yang encountered obstacles in the creation of the music and could not make a breakthrough for a long time.

"Oh, I said Midel, I've been worrying about this lately, why don't you open which pot? Give me some time, I'll give it to you in the future. ”

Midel laughed happily, and the whole world was happy.

Compared with when she first met the little girl four years ago, today's Midel has a faint taste of a big beauty, she has grown a lot taller and has grown, and her qualifications for the red face have been implemented. Maybe it's the bonus effect of the title, just a few days after her eleventh birthday, she looks like a big girl, and she has a little maturity.

After laughing with Midel, Zhuo Yang looked up and was stunned, not far in front of him, a beautiful woman who could hold his breath was smiling and looking at him, it was Midel's extremely beautiful little cousin.

Juanjuan's sideburns and makeup marks are shallow, and her cheeks are flattering and curved, which is suitable for a moment, no matter whether she laughs or cries. If Midel is a cluster of fragrant white jasmine, then my cousin is a magnolia that is like a soaring magnolia, and it is not an exaggeration to give her all the beautiful words in the world.

Zhuo Yang and his little cousin have met several times, but they have never had the opportunity to officially meet. How can such a beautiful woman pass by repeatedly? Zhuo Yang plucked up the courage to walk towards the girl who always filled his heart with flowers, smiling and sincere.

"Zhuo Yang, you are here! Come with me for a walk, let's go! Charaki Mebarak suddenly appeared, grabbed him, pulled him and ran away.

Characi is a close friend of Astrid, the third line of succession to the crown prince of Belgium, and she was also invited to watch the ceremony. Zhuo Yang and Charaki went in and out of each other in the garden, which made the media confirm the scandal between them.

It's just that this made Zhuo Yang miss the opportunity to make friends with the beautiful little cousin again;

It's just that Charaki said, "Zhuo Yang, the little boy you met when you were having dinner with you is that little Jie, Gerard Peake, he is such an interesting little guy." ”

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I'm going to London early tomorrow morning to do something that Zhuo Yang thinks is the most meaningful thing of the new year, more meaningful than the Ballon d'Or and the World Footballer of the Year and the knighthood of Midel. When saying goodbye to Mider, Zhuo Yang took her soft little hand: "My little princess, don't eat too much tiramisu, you should cry when you grow into a little chubby." ”

Midel smiled and said, "I'm actually full, these are for my CoCo sister, and she likes it the most." ”

Zhuo Yang smiled calmly, waved goodbye, and left Laken Castle alone. Midelle's words were just words for the occasion, and he didn't take them to heart.

This was the first time Zhuo Yang had heard the name CoCo, and at this moment, he didn't realize what the owner of this name meant to him.