British 1986

And his new manor, in front of this palace, can at best be called a shabby house.

Even Boss Cha's Highgrove Manor, when compared here, has no advantages except that it covers a larger area than others.

Nodding to Prince Bertil and letting him lead the way, the group slowly walked into the palace.

Allen turned his head and looked around, and heard Bertil's male-duck-like introduction in his ears.

"That's my grandfather's portrait over there, and that next to it is my great-grandfather's, and that's..."

Every time someone was introduced, Allen stopped formally and bowed slightly to salute.

When you arrive at someone's palace and see these portraits, you must have the proper etiquette. Although there is only Prince Bertil around now, Allen doesn't believe that there is no one who will not report today's situation to King Gustav.

With this sudden change of host, Allen became slightly curious about the king he was about to meet.

This king has something!

"This is my great-grandfather's collection. He was very fond of the culture of the Far East, especially the culture of China. He has been studying the antiques there all his life. If you like it, you can take a few pieces back for collection before you leave."

On a display cabinet with a glass cover, dozens of porcelain and other objects are densely placed.

Allen opened his mouth slightly. He even saw an extremely delicate small bronze tripod. There was even an inscription on this small bronze tripod!

However, Allen's culture is limited, and he does not recognize these inscriptions, but those that can be collected here are most likely to be high-quality products!

Damn, this late old king didn’t like simple things.

Let me tell you a cold joke about the late old king, Bertil's great-grandfather.

What was his famous saying back then?

He said that their family, the Swedish royal family, is a civilian royal family.

Whether it’s food, clothing, housing or transportation, everything is on par with common people.

It alludes to the poverty of their family in various ways.

Just such nonsense, many media and civilians actually believed it. To this day, there are still media reporting on these words to highlight the "poverty" of the old king.

But for such a poor person, let’s look at his hobbies back then.

How much is this small piece of collection worth?

Okay, let's just say that these porcelains and the like were not worth much a few decades ago, but they are only a small amount. The old king's collection even opened a national museum, and the things in it...

Even if it is not as good as the collection of the Forbidden City of China, it is definitely not small in terms of quantity and exquisite collections.

Do you have the nerve to call this kind of hobby "civilian"?

Which civilian has so much money to buy so many Chinese antiques for collection and research?

This is Sweden, halfway across the world. Just transporting these things intact from China would be an unimaginable huge amount of money with the technical conditions of more than ten years ago!

As he scanned these collections one by one and looked at the simple introductions above, Allen was shocked to find out.

Yuan Qinghua is considered to be the lowest grade among this bunch of things.

Damn it. One of them, according to the above introduction and translation, should be a set of tea sets used by someone called Zhao in the Song Dynasty. Anyway, Allen didn't recognize the word, but the surname was Zhao, and he specifically specified that it was from the palace of the Song Dynasty. The porcelain is probably something used by a Song Dynasty emperor, right?

Now it is placed here for some ignorant people to visit.

What a pearl covered in dust. How great would it be if this thing could be put in a display cabinet at home?

"Hello, Your Majesty Gustav, on behalf of His Royal Highness Charles and myself, I would like to extend my most sincere greetings to you."

After being taken around by Prince Bertil, Allen finally met the real owner this time - King Gustav in the living room on the second floor.

Seeing this person, Allen jogged two steps and first bent down to salute.

The etiquette is very good.

Gustave squinted his small eyes and his big nose was up and down. Seeing Allen, who was tall and tall, looking like such a young and talented man, being so respectful in front of him, he couldn't help but feel good.

It has to be a noble nobleman from Great Britain who can do something!

Just this etiquette and this greeting made it feel comfortable to listen to. He had never heard such a sincere greeting in Sweden for many years.

Even when ordinary people saw him, they would at most say hello, just like they were meeting each other, which made him often doubt whether he was the king or not.

Seeing Allen, at this moment, Gustave was even a little jealous of Boss Cha!

This mentality is a bit like Cao Cao's feeling when he saw Guan Yu following Liu Bei.

But Gustav is not Cao Cao. Boss Cha is not Liu Bei, and Allen is not as good as Guan Erye.

After listening to Allen's greetings, Gustave stood up on his own initiative, picked up Allen's hand and shook it gently.

After shaking him, he did not let go of Allen's hand in a hurry, but said with a gentle smile: "Is there anything wrong with Charles asking you to come here this time?"

Allen just made it very clear that he was representing Boss Cha and himself personally, and there was a very important person missing - the Queen.

But everyone who knows the inside story knows that Allen is the captain of the bodyguard of Boss Cha. From his greeting, you can tell that when he comes to visit this time, he is probably here to deliver a message or do something for Boss Cha, not for Boss Cha. The Queen is here.

It must be clearly distinguished who is the protagonist here!

Now, across Allen, Boss Cha behind Allen is talking to Gustav indirectly. They are equals, and Gustav is not angry, but is very satisfied with Allen.

"His Majesty, before we come here, our Highness told me that when I see you, I will treat you like him in terms of etiquette. Our two countries have always been friendly. Your Highness and you are still distant relatives. But this time I come here, there is indeed something." I need to report something small to you."

"Okay, sit down and talk, Bertil, and you will sit next to me and listen."

Gustav took Allen's hand and pulled Allen to sit on the sofa next to him with a smile. He let go of Allen's hand after he was seated, and then pointed to the single seat next to him to let him get away. Prince Bertil sat down.

The little prince curled his lips and sat down on the sofa reluctantly, lowering his head and looking listless.

"Well, Your Majesty, I would like to congratulate you on the twentieth anniversary of your accession to the throne. However, our Highness may not be able to come to this year's commemorative event."

Allen gave the excuse that the Queen was ill and that Boss Cha was worried about the Queen's health and it was not suitable to travel recently. Then he said that in order to express her apology, the Queen sent the third prince to attend the 20th anniversary of King Gustav's accession to the throne. anniversary.

"Um"

Gustave frowned when he heard that neither Boss Cha nor the Queen came. He could understand the Queen not coming. The old lady was not in good health. Even the palace was burned down years ago. This was understandable.

But Boss Cha didn't come either, which he couldn't understand. Logically speaking, Boss Cha would usually attend such an event.

Glancing at Allen, who had a sincere attitude, Gustav felt a little suspicious. Could it be that Boss Cha really had something to do and couldn't leave?

Or has the queen's health deteriorated to a certain extent?

Thinking of this, Gustav was horrified. He felt that he had guessed the key point. It was not appropriate for him to ask more questions about this kind of thing.

"Yeah, I know, this kind of thing, hey."

Gustav hesitated for a moment, glanced at the unattractive Bertil next to him, waved his hand and said: "Betil, please go back first. After Earl Allen has a night's rest, you can take him to visit the city tomorrow."

"knew!"

Prince Bertil just went out and responded in a low voice, but the person had disappeared.

Gustave looked at his "eldest son" and frowned.

In fact, Gustave is only two years older than Boss Cha, so theoretically, the two of them are distant cousins.

But this relationship is a bit distant, far less "close" than the Norwegian royal family and the British royal family.

The Swedish royal family is the closest to the Danish royal family, both geographically and by blood.

King Gustav and the current Queen of Denmark, Margrethe II, are cousins. They are his cousins!

Gustav's reputation in Europe is no worse than that of Boss Cha. Both of them got married late and made a lot of noise before their marriage.

Boss Cha held the wedding of the century because of his "talented man and good looks." Think about it, it was in the 1970s. In China, there were people who didn't even have enough to eat. Many people had never even seen a TV. In the 1990s, his wedding was broadcast live around the world. More than one billion people watched his wedding live broadcast that year.

And Gustav was no less generous. Before his marriage, he encountered all kinds of things.

If his son Bertil can be regarded as the most tragic prince in contemporary times, then Gustav is almost equivalent to the most tragic king in contemporary times.

And just like his son, he was happy first and then sad.

Gustav's father died young in a plane crash, so he was brought up by his grandfather, the old king who liked to study Chinese antiques.

When the old king died, the throne was passed directly to Gustav.

Gustav was only 27 years old at the time. In this script, the young king has a lot of money at a young age, the country is wealthy, the royal family has decent prestige, and there are no other men in the family. He takes over the country directly from his grandfather.

No matter how you look at this script, it all starts with a cool text.

but.

The script did not develop in the direction he imagined.

Gustave, who had received various elite educations since childhood, was just about to show off his talents on the throne when bad news came.

He was stabbed in the back!

The Swedish Parliament passed a series of bills that completely restricted the king's powers.

To what extent is it restricted?

He went from being a real king to a real rubber stamp step by step.

Some people who don’t understand much and follow what others say may think that people like the Queen are rubber stamps.

But this kind of people who just don’t understand anything and don’t even have some basic knowledge are just the knowledge they got from watching some gossipy news.

Like the Queen, she's a rubber stamp?

If she gets anxious, she can even remove the Prime Minister directly!

If it were Gustav, would he be able to do it?

He can't!

Even if he wants to remove him, he doesn't have the right, and no one will listen to him.

The most amazing thing is.

Parliament forced Gustav to vote in favor of the bill that restricted the royal family.

What a shame and humiliation this is.

A king was forced by his subordinates to vote in favor of a bill that restricted his own rights.

That's not all. After he met the girl he loved, the parliament would even have a hand in his marriage. Back then, Gustav would rather die than surrender, and even threatened to abdicate if anyone stopped him. !

Although it is a mascot, if the king is really forced to abdicate, it will really arouse public anger!

Later, the Parliament and Gustav each took a step back, and the matter was settled.

But King Gustav was also very tough.

The German daughter-in-law he married has a very bad family background. His father-in-law is a nastiness.

To a certain extent, this can be regarded as a kind of resistance of Gustav.

Anyway, when he got married, he also had a live broadcast. With the whole of Europe witnessing the wedding, the scale of the wedding was no less than that of Boss Cha.

Later, Gustav's tragedy was not over yet.

After maintaining a tradition for nearly a thousand years, the Swedish royal family's inheritance law was finally tainted by parliament.

That is to say, in order to prevent gender discrimination, the heirs were changed from eldest son to eldest son. The queen was a special product that was born out of no choice. How could she force the inheritance when there was a male? Get a queen's?

Gustav had three children, the eldest was his daughter, the second was Bertil, and Bertil had a younger sister.

In this way, after Gustav abdicates, Sweden will usher in the fifth queen in history.

Although they are all his own children, Gustav feels more uncomfortable after such a change than eating shit!

He always felt that the Swedish royal family was destroyed in his hands. He was ashamed of his grandfather and his father who died young before he ascended the throne.

Now there is another son who was deposed before he even ascended the throne.

After living in this kind of environment for a long time, compare it with the big family in Daying next to you.

Gustave's eyes were often red with envy, and he was speechless and choked.

Looking at Allen sitting on the sofa, tall and handsome, Gustav became more and more satisfied.

I don’t know why, but this may be the attraction between people.

He is cowardly. To be precise, he is forced to be cowardly. He likes people with strong and aggressive personalities, and Allen is such a person!

"Alan. You should have a good rest today and let Bertil take you shopping tomorrow. In a few days, I will..."

Gustav thought for a while. He didn't need to be like a trapeze artist like Boss Cha, participating in various activities everywhere. He was very free.

In this case, he wanted to keep Allen longer.

But he is the king of a country after all. If it were just him and Allen, this would be somewhat inappropriate.

Moreover, the age difference between the two parties is quite large, and there is somewhat of a generation gap, so...

Gustav frowned and went through all his relatives in his mind, preparing to find a relative to accompany the guest to come to the rescue.

And a figure suddenly appeared in his mind, his nephew - the second prince of Denmark - Joachim Holger Valdemar Christian!

His nephew had just graduated recently and was interning in France. He usually had nothing to do and always liked to play around. It happened to take advantage of this opportunity to call him over. The two of them took Alan with them to go hunting in the north and chat. , to win over the feelings.

After thinking about the candidates for foreign aid, Gustav showed a smile on his face and said: "I will take you hunting in a few days. I heard that your hunting skills are very good, and your equestrian skills are also good?"

"Hahaha, Your Majesty, you have given me a reward."

"Well, I'll introduce you to a new friend then. You two will be about the same age."

"Oh? That's really exciting."