Shadow of great britain

Just as the boy was thinking that this gentleman was probably a competitor who had come to make trouble, and was about to coax him out, the perfumer who had been staying behind to observe what was happening here saw this and hurriedly said: "David !”

He stepped forward and pushed the young man away: "You go over there and keep an eye on him. This gentleman is an expert. I can personally receive him."

Immediately afterwards, the perfumer asked with a smile on his face: "Are you from Paris? Or to put it further, have you or your parents ever served in the imperial court? The cheese smell... I heard my Mr. Rubin mention this once, but not many people know about it!"

What surprised Arthur was that the other party actually asked the question in French, but since the other party had such a preconceived notion, Arthur didn't mind showing off the acting skills he learned from Vidocq.

To play a Frenchman well, the key is to master that arrogant momentum.

Just like the British joke: What is the difference between the French and God? The difference is that God does not think of himself as a Frenchman, but the Frenchman thinks of himself as God.

Elder also often ridiculed Alexandre Dumas, saying that Alexander's farts always floated upward.

Arthur deliberately slowed down his tone, slightly raised his chin forty-five degrees, and said, "Really? I don't think this is a secret. Among the people I know, there should be at least three people who know about it." thing."

"Three people?" The perfumer's attitude became more humble after hearing this: "Can I take the liberty to ask, which three people are you talking about? Maybe they are also our long-term customers."

Arthur tugged at his collar and said angrily: "An old lame man, a little fool and a big fat man."

When the perfumer heard this, he thought about it for a while, but after thinking for a long time, he could only guess one of the answers. The perfumer carefully asked: "I dare to ask you, the old cripple you mentioned..."

Arthur pretended to be impatient and waved his hand: "It's from the Périgord family."

The perfumer was immediately in awe, and he exclaimed: "It is indeed Mr. Talleyrand!"

"Sir!" Arthur raised his cane and pretended to be angry and accused: "Are you implying that I am insulting the wise Mr. Talleyrand for being an old cripple?"

"Of course not." The perfumer waved his hands repeatedly. He took out his handkerchief and wiped his sweat while explaining: "Of course you don't mean this. How dare I destroy your great friendship with Mr. Talleyrand?"

"Then you were the one who insulted Mr. Talleyrand?" Arthur snorted: "When I go to the embassy as a guest another day, I have to talk to him about this matter!"

"No, no, no, no!" the perfumer hurriedly tried to dissuade him: "Sir, I have no disrespect for Mr. Talleyrand. To be honest, when I studied perfumery with Mr. Rubin in Paris in my early years, I always admired Talleyrand. Where is Mr. Lieland!"

Arthur was confused: "Really? You said you admired Mr. Talleyrand. Is there any evidence?"

Seeing that Arthur didn't believe it, the perfumer quickly added: "Of course, of course I have evidence! I know Mr. Talleyrand's experience very well, and I will ask everyone about him whenever I have the opportunity. I dream of having One day, you can travel to all kinds of high-class banquet salons like Mr. Talleyrand. You probably know that Mr. Talleyrand was in trouble with Madame Midstair and Madame Récamier, two noble and beautiful ladies. Madam is still jealous over him in the salon."

Um? Any unexpected gains?

Arthur raised his voice and asked: "Is there still such a thing?"

Seeing his interest, the perfumer smiled apologetically and told the story: "Of course, that was more than thirty years ago, when Mr. Talleyrand was still young. At that time, he was originally It was to attend Madame Style's salon, but he was captured by Madame Récamier at the banquet, and the entire banquet almost revolved around her.

Mrs. Steyer was so angry that she directly asked Mr. Talleyrand: "If Madame Récamier and I both fall into the river, who will be saved?" ’

At that time, everyone thought that Mr. Talleyrand was going to be embarrassed today. After all, this problem has been bothering men for centuries, but Mr. Talleyrand was undoubtedly groundbreaking on this issue. "

"What did he say?"

The perfumer smiled and replied: "Mr. Talleyrand said: 'Madam, you are so great, you must be able to swim!' This answer made everyone laugh. Oh, look... If I could have a tower Mr. Lieland is half able to speak, and he has probably become the royal perfumer long ago."

Upon hearing this, Arthur took out a small notebook from his coat pocket and jotted down a few sentences.

The perfumer was stunned by his actions and asked puzzledly: "What are you doing?"

"Nothing." Arthur said: "Like you, I have always been interested in Mr. Talleyrand's interesting stories. But I have a bad memory, so I always need to write it down. At the next banquet, I will also Tell other people about this.”

The perfumer didn't say much about this, but he was still very interested in the other two people Arthur just mentioned: "I don't know who the little fool and the big fat guy you just mentioned are..."

When Arthur heard this, he just raised his eyebrows and warned: "How can you insult an emperor and a world-class literary giant like this?"

The perfumer was stunned: "I don't know which literary hero you are referring to, but isn't the emperor a dwarf?"

Arthur was confused by his off-line answer and didn't know how to answer. After a moment of silence, he picked up a bottle of perfume on the shelf and asked, "Does the perfume in your store contain too much arsenic?"

"Arsenic? No, no, no, we don't add that stuff to perfume. It's used in facial creams."

After saying this, the perfumer did not dare to neglect this unknown distinguished guest anymore. He hurriedly invited him to the VIP area on the second floor: "I'm afraid the goods here are not suitable for your eyes. You'd better go to the second floor." Take a look, the goods there are of the best quality.”

As Arthur walked towards the second floor, halfway through, he turned around and said: "Is Mr. Rimmel here today? I went to Jermyn Street to find him before, but the people there told me that he changed here. Bian came to work. I quite like the colognes he made."

"Ah! You turned out to be looking for Rimmel." The perfumer breathed a sigh of relief and replied with a smile on his face: "Then you can have some tea on the second floor first. He has an appointment this morning and will only come here in the afternoon. While working.”

Arthur nodded slightly, turned around and went up to the second floor.

As soon as he popped his head up on the second floor, he heard a familiar voice coming from his ears.

He followed the sound and saw that it was Disraeli who was drinking tea and chatting with people in the tea lounge area on the second floor.

The smile on the face of the editor-in-chief of "British", who has been enjoying the recent spring breeze, is almost overflowing. Sitting opposite him is a man wearing a purple Ruden Gault coat that covers his calves and beige underneath. A well-dressed man wearing close-fitting trousers, a dark black vest and a simple shirt with a lapel.

Disraeli smiled and complimented: "Mr. Brummel, I really didn't expect to meet you here. I thought that you, the royal clothing consultant who leads men's fashion in London, usually only go to Savile Row and Jermyn." The streets are infested.”

Brummel put down the coffee cup with a smile on his lips: "If you are shopping for morning clothes, leather shoes and the like, it is definitely better to go to Savile Street and Jermyn Street, but for perfume, Regent Street is obviously better. Bond Street is more iconic."

Disraeli asked: "Really? But I heard that the royal family's royal perfume is not Floris, No. 89 Jermyn Street?"

"Perfume still depends on personal preference."

Brummel recalled: "It is true that the late King George IV preferred Flores, but our current Majesty William still prefers to use French perfume. He likes all kinds of fashionable items from France. I Private speculation is that this is probably influenced by his illegal ex-wife, actress Dorothy Jordan, who was not recognized by the Royal Marriage Act. After all, Mrs. Jordan's preference for French fashion is well known. You may not know, but we His Majesty the King even has to speak in French during his interminable and utterly boring after-dinner speeches.”

Disraeli couldn't help but grin when he heard this: "Is His Majesty's speech that bad?"

Brummel curled his lips: "There are some who like to listen to him, such as His Majesty's Royal Navy attachés. They all say that listening to His Majesty's after-dinner speech always makes them feel younger. They have just been promoted to the Royal Navy. Marshal Gambier also praised: "After so many years, His Majesty's speeches are still so inspiring. Every time His Majesty the King delivers an after-dinner speech, it reminds him of the memories of when he and His Majesty the King served together in North America." , that tone and look were just like His Majesty the King walking up and down the deck, shouting at everyone to turn the helm."

Secrets from the royal family always arouse the interest of the British, and Disraeli is no exception. He smiled and asked: "Your Majesty's taste is not so bad, is it?"

Brummel joked: "If compared with his brother George IV, His Majesty the King's fashion taste is definitely far inferior. But if compared with the expectations of the Parliament, then what His Majesty the King is showing now His performance is still far beyond the mark. His Majesty the King likes to drink some wine at most, and occasionally give speeches to impress, but he does not interfere much in political agendas. He can also accept the opinions and requests of ministers and follow everyone's expectations. To govern this country. As far as I know, at least the Duke of Wellington and our Prime Minister Earl Gray are quite satisfied with His Majesty the King."

Disraeli laughed and said: "Don't the people of London also like him? He is much more popular than the late King George IV. Although in his early years, he was a noble man who spent money and owed a lot of debt, but Since marrying Princess Adelaide from Saxony-Meiningen, thanks to Princess Adelaide's diligence and thrift, his debts were quickly paid off, and now he has become the king. Previously crowned At that time, didn't His Majesty the King want to cancel the entire coronation ceremony to save some money for the country? At that time, the British public was cheering for him."

After hearing this, Brummel took out his handkerchief and wiped the sweat from his forehead: "Benjamin, don't mention this. Your Lordships in the House of Lords have spent a lot of effort to persuade him to accept the coronation ceremony. However, even so, he ordered the cancellation of the luxurious banquet at the end of the coronation, and the cost of the entire ceremony was directly reduced to one-tenth of the cost of the late king's coronation. Because of this, the hardline conservatives of the Tory Party were directly angry. He cursed loudly and declared that he had to boycott this country that only had half a crown. If the Duke of Wellington hadn't been suppressing him, those Excellencies would probably have started to lose face during the coronation ceremony."

Disraeli asked: "So this is still happening? But I think that at the coronation ceremony that day, His Majesty the King was not very happy. The coffin of the late king was placed there. Before the funeral was over, he shouted loudly talking to his friends. After the coronation, he boarded the parade carriage with his navy red face, happily stood on the carriage and waved to the London citizens who welcomed him. The public liked him very much, It felt like he was a sailor I would see on the West India docks."

When Brummel heard this, he quickly raised his hand to signal Disraeli to stop: "That's enough, Benjamin, stop talking. This really affects the dignity of the royal family too much. But what you said makes sense. His Majesty the King now himself He has his advantages: he is thrifty and his hobbies do not cost much money. The most he can do is drink some wine and brag a little. And since the coronation of the new king, His Majesty the King has appeared in public much more often than the previous king. The previous king liked to stay in Windsor Castle. He lives a luxurious life in London, and His Majesty William prefers to walk in downtown London and on the docks. In this regard, he is the same as the newly crowned Louis Philippe of France. I heard that Louis Philippe also likes to carry a small parasol in the Killing time by the Seine in Paris.”

Disraeli also lamented: "It is not easy to say. How many years has Britain not had a king so popular with the people? The general public likes him, the Royal Navy likes him, and the Duke of Wellington recognizes him, so the army also likes him. Calculating it this way, I’m afraid only those Your Excellencies who don’t like the half-hearted crown don’t like him, right?”

Brummel took a sip of coffee: "But it's a pity that all the nobles with half-hearted crowns are sitting in the House of Lords. His Majesty the King has complained to me more than once. He feels that those guys who think they are well-educated seem to He treated it like air.”

When Arthur heard this, he walked up with a cane. He smiled and said hello: "Benjamin."

Disraeli saw Arthur and quickly stood up with a smile and introduced: "Ah! Arthur. Come, Mr. Brummel, let me introduce to you. This is Arthur Hess of the Metropolitan Police Department." Superintendent Tings, do you know "The Hastings Detective Collection"? That is also his work."

The monthly tickets this month are a bit fierce. In a blink of an eye, the monthly tickets are 7,000. There will be an extra update tonight, but it is estimated to be in the middle of the night or early in the morning. Please get up and watch it tomorrow morning.