Jiang is still old and spicy, and it was the idea of Prince Gustav Adolf, the crown prince of Sweden, to encourage Prince Albert to invite Chen Muwu to the British Embassy.

His own daughter, Princess Ingrid, is fourteen years old this year, and according to the Chinese poet Du Mu, it is the cardamom years.

And although the princesses of European royal families are not poor, they all have to be in charge early.

In the past few days, the newspapers in Paris have published a lot of news and photos related to Chen Hanchen, who was born in the swimming arena, so the little princess quarreled every day and asked her father to take her to the scene to watch the competition for a while.

As a result, after arriving at the scene, the Swedish crown prince instantly understood what it meant to hear rather than see, and English directly incarnated as Chen Muwu's fan sister.

So the Swedish crown prince, who watched the last game, was very difficult, he wanted to meet this magical Chinese kid on the one hand, but he didn't want him to have too much contact with his daughter.

Then Prince Gustav had an idea and saw his cousin standing beside him.

Since this Chen Muwu is a British student and an alumnus of Prince Albert, and the British second child seems to have praised Chen Muwu since the competition a few days ago, it is better to let him come forward to invite, and he can meet Chen Muwu without bringing his daughter.

So the Crown Prince of Sweden and the Duke of York put forward this idea, and Prince Albert had already had this idea, so the two hit it off in the audience at the 100-meter freestyle final, which is the scene when the royal servant sent an invitation letter to Chen Muwu two days ago.

Chen Muwu didn't expect to meet the Crown Prince of Sweden at the British Embassy today.

He greeted the two of them separately and introduced Best to them.

The so-called dinner party is actually just a kind of polite talk, and no one really comes here to eat.

The four of them sat down separately, and as soon as they sat down, the Duke of York could not wait to offer their courtesy.

"Mr. Chen, I watched your race by the River Thames in May this year. In rowing, we lost to Oxford in Cambridge and I lost to my brother, the Prince of Wales, a Rolls-Royce.

"But fortunately you showed up in time, and my personal servant told me that Cambridge had recently produced a swimming genius, and I suspiciously drew the Prince of Wales to make two more bets, and at the end of the day I not only did not lose, but won back twelve thousand pounds from my brother.

"I didn't expect to see you again at the Olympics this time, and I saw the familiar Cambridge blue at the opening ceremony, and I knew that you would definitely create a new miracle in this Olympic Games."

The Duke of York said a word of compliments later, but Chen Muwu didn't listen to a word.

His focus was all on 12,000 pounds, and hearing this number, Chen Muwu gasped in his heart: What is the concept of 12,000 pounds? That's a third more than the next entire year's funding for the Cavendish Laboratory.

As a result, the Duke of York spoke very lightly, as if the money was not money.

Since the wronged boss has been sent to the door by himself, then don't blame me for killing you today.

"Thank you Your Highness for your compliment," Chen Muwu continued to pretend to be a pig and eat a tiger, "I was just lucky, because I was lucky, so I won a few championships." ”

"Mr. Chen, what you said is not right, if you are all lucky, then what are those athletes who won the second and third places?" The Crown Prince of Sweden took over, "I watched your race with the Duke of York, and I was especially impressed by your movements in the second breaststroke final, I feel that in the water, you are not like a frog, but like a trampling butterfly." How did you come up with this strange and faster swim? ”

Chen Muwu looked at this middle-aged man in his forties, when the British prince introduced him just now, he said that he was a "sinologist", right?

Then I'll have to fool you.

"Your Royal Highness the Crown Prince, when the Duke of York introduced you, I mentioned that you are a sinologist with profound skills.

"I don't know how well you know about Chinese culture, but the new swimming style I developed was indeed inspired by the creature butterfly, and this inspiration was taken from Chinese culture.

"I think since you are interested in Chinese culture, do you know that there was a great philosopher named Zhuang Zhou in ancient China?"

Just as Chen Muwu had expected, the Swedish crown prince shook his head.

He continued: "Zhuang Zhou once dreamed in a dream that he had become a butterfly, and he felt unrestrained and very comfortable.

After waking up, he began to doubt his life, whether he became a butterfly in a dream, or a butterfly became Zhuang Zhou in a dream.

"In addition, in my hometown, a village called Zhujiazhuang in Yanyu County, Jiang Province, there is another love legend.

The content of this legend is basically similar to that of Romeo and Juliet written by the great English writer William Shakespeare, and it also tells the story of a pair of young people who love each other but cannot be together because of family obstacles.

"But I think the ending of this love tragedy is a little more romantic than the ending of Luo Zhu, because in the end, this pair of lovers who can't love turned into a pair of butterflies, and this time they can finally be together.

"There is a unique romance in the bones of Chinese people, and it is from this myth and legend that originated from my hometown that I finally understood, experienced and developed this new form of swimming style, and I did not expect to achieve good results in the Olympic Games."

These two foreigners, no, where have these foreigners seen this, they were all bluffed by Chen Muwu.

Even Best, who was sitting on his side, didn't care about the risk of being rude at the table, and leaned over to Chen Muwu and whispered, "Chen, why have you never told me this story before?" ”

"It's so romantic, it's so romantic, Mr. Chen, this legend you tell is definitely a good story that doesn't lose to Romeo and Juliet."

The Duke of York even applauded.

The Crown Prince of Sweden's eyes were full of light: "Mr. Chen, since I accidentally collected the first piece of porcelain from China, I have been fascinated by the delicate patterns on it.

"Later, as I learned more and more about China, I became more and more aware that it was a country full of magic.

"Today at the dinner table, listening to you tell this story, China makes me even more fascinated. Coupled with Mr. Sven Heding's constant invitation, I plan to pay a visit to China within two years, and I think that only by seeing it with my own eyes can I appreciate the mysterious beauty of the Orient. ”

Cut, speaking is better than singing.

Chen Muwu scolded secretly in his heart

He talks about "sinologists", but he doesn't even know who Zhuang Zhou is, but in fact, he is just a lover of Chinese cultural relics.

And what to say about the visit, Chen Muwu didn't even have to think about it, he knew what the crown prince was actually going to do.

Stock!

Nasven Hedin is a nice explorer in the heart of Central Asia, but in fact he is essentially a colonialist antiquities dealer.

Although it is a little better than his other native Stein, the artifacts that have flowed from his hands to Europe are too many to count.

And at this time, the government of the people was also extremely weak, they didn't even dare to drive away the little emperor in the Forbidden City, and they also claimed that all kinds of national treasures in the palace were the private property of the Aixin Jueluo family.

Suppose at this time, a foreign prince came to China to visit and visit various places.

Then wherever this Yangbeiler goes, he will definitely be warmly received by officials from all over the country.

Not to mention that he wants to take away some cultural relics, even if the Swedish crown prince doesn't have this idea, Chen Muwu thinks that those hospitable local officials will probably wave their hands and rush to give away the cultural relics and national treasures that they think are not worth a few dollars as gifts.

If he didn't know about this matter, he would have paid it back, but now that Chen Muwu had caught up, he felt that he couldn't sit idly by, and he had to try to stop his visit by all means.

Chen Muwu thought for a moment before he spoke: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, I have to stop you here once, China is just 'looking beautiful' now."

"At present, the country is still in the midst of a civil war between the north and the south, or rather, the melee of the princes, except for the largest cities of Qihai and Shaojing, it is difficult to ensure your safety anywhere else.

"You may not know much about Zhuang Zhou just now. But if I want to mention Confucius, as a sinologist, you should have at least heard of this person, right? ”

This time, the Swedish crown prince nodded.

"Confucius once said that 'a gentleman should not stand under a wall that is about to collapse,' and he also said another saying, 'Do not go to dangerous places, and do not dwell in chaotic places.'"

"And another minister named Yuan Ang once advised his emperor, saying, 'Very rich people should not sit under the beams of houses.'"

"These words have been circulating in China for thousands of years, and as the future king of Sweden, I don't think you need to risk your life."

"It's just," Prince Gustav Adolf, although a little shaken, was obviously not completely persuaded by Chen Muwu, "isn't there another Chinese proverb that says, 'A hundred times of hearing is not as good as one meeting'?" I think if I hadn't personally walked around that magical land, I might not have really experienced and understood Chinese culture.

"I think if we had planned carefully in advance and had strict protective measures in place throughout the process, wouldn't there be any big problems?"

(End of chapter)