The Rise of the Writers of the Republic of China

Zhou Hexuan's visit to the UK this time did not alarm anyone, including the Chinese Minister to the UK. They landed quietly, found a hotel in London to stay, and went straight to Prince Albert's private residence the next morning.

Song Ziwen looked at the heavily guarded palace and felt a little uneasy. It would be embarrassing if he was turned away by the British prince.

"Stop!"

When they were still 5 meters away from the gate, the guard suddenly shouted.

Zhou Hexuan smiled and said: "I am Zhou Hexuan from China. I want to visit His Royal Highness. I have already agreed in the telegram."

The guard seemed to have received the order long ago. He said to Zhou Hexuan: "Please hand over your weapons, then provide identification and register."

Zhou Hexuan took out his passport and motioned to Sun Yongzhen to hand over his gun and dagger. Song Ziwen and his entourage followed suit and were soon invited into a living room.

Song Ziwen looked at the room decoration casually, but he was quite surprised. Although Zhou Hexuan had long said that he would come to visit the British prince, Song Ziwen was still surprised to enter the palace so smoothly.

It seems that Zhou Hexuan has a very good relationship with the British royal family!

"Charles, very happy... we meet again!" Prince Albert walked over with a smile.

Zhou Hexuan smiled and said: "Hello, Your Highness, this is our friend Mr. Song Ziwen."

Song Ziwen said quickly: "Your Highness, it is a great honor to meet you."

Albert took the initiative to hug Zhou Hexuan, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Charles, our medicine is very effective. Father...father even praised me for it."

Albert has been ignored by his parents since he was a child, and he probably hasn't received many compliments. It can be seen that he attaches great importance to the Sulfonamide Pharmaceutical Factory.

To be honest, if it were not for the protection of Prince Albert, Zhou Hexuan's pharmaceutical factory would have been swallowed up by British capitalists. At this time, Britain was conservative and xenophobic. It was difficult for even white people from mainland Europe to live in London, let alone the Chinese.

Zhou Hexuan followed the other party's topic and asked: "I heard that His Majesty the King is in poor health. Is he feeling better recently?"

"You can...get out of bed now," Albert said.

"Then I wish His Majesty the King a speedy recovery." Zhou Hexuan said with a smile.

Albert said: "Thank you... thank you for your blessing."

The old king of England had only a few days to live. Before the outbreak of the world economic crisis, he had already been ill once and had to lie in bed for half a year to recuperate. The king's health has been poor in recent years, and he has to stay in bed for two to three months almost every year. There is a question of how long he can last.

But the old king was dispensable. Although he had always been loved by the British people, those who knew the inside story knew that Queen Mary had to make the final decision when it came to major events.

As for Prince Edward, Albert's brother, he will ascend the throne as king next year, and then voluntarily abdicated because of a woman, leaving behind the beautiful story of "not loving the country but loving the beauty".

For the British royal family, it doesn't matter if they don't want to talk about this. The king and queen are already very worried because Prince Edward's hobbies are really hard to look at. From Frieda Ward in the early years, to the Marchioness of Furness, and now Mrs. Simpson, the women who had a love affair with Prince Edward were either wives or widows.

Especially Mrs. Simpson, who caused Edward to give up the throne, had been married twice before, and the second marriage was a mistress, and she had an extramarital affair with Prince Edward without getting divorced.

How could such a notorious woman become the Queen of England?

There were only two choices before Edward, either to give up the throne or to give up Mrs. Simpson, and he resolutely chose the former.

Prince Albert, who stuttered, became the biggest winner and somehow succeeded as king.

Not long after the chat, Albert took the initiative to mention his brother's scandal. How dare this unlucky kid talk about it. He said angrily: "That... such an American woman has never gone to college, has no... no education, and she also worked as a mistress for a businessman. God, my brother must have been deceived by the devil. He actually wanted to Marry her and make her... a princess!"

Song Ziwen was stunned when he heard that such a family scandal was brought up in a chat. Is the British prince's head filled with water?

Zhou Hexuan smiled and said: "Love always makes people blind."

Albert sighed: "Father...Father is desperate. He said to me some time ago: 'After I die...after my death, this child (Edward) will destroy himself within a year."

Well, Zhou Hexuan can only admire the old king's ability to predict things. It only took 11 months for Prince Edward to abdicate from the throne, which can be said to have overfulfilled the task.

Zhou Hexuan said: "Your Highness, since your brother is not qualified to be the king, you should have made preparations in advance."

"I don't want to be the king," Albert became excited and even spoke fluently. "Being the king is too troublesome. I don't want to be the king. How can I be the king?"

Zhou Hexuan smiled and did not answer any more. He could see that Albert was very confused.

It is estimated that the old king has already mentioned this matter to Albert. Albert actually really wants to be the king, and he wants to be recognized by others. But he lacked confidence and was afraid of trouble. This contradictory thought made him in a dilemma, and he couldn't help but vent his frustration to Zhou Hexuan.

With this kind of patience and city government, fortunately he was born in England, a country with a constitutional monarchy. In ancient China, he would have been a weak king, and he would have lost his life if he was not careful.

Song Ziwen didn't dare to speak at all. Damn, why are we talking about the British throne? He really wants to ask Zhou Hexuan how good your relationship with the British prince must be before he would tell you such a thing!

In fact, it is easy to understand. Albert had no one to talk to in London and did not dare to talk to anyone. It just so happens that Zhou Hexuan is Chinese. He is thousands of miles away from the UK, so it doesn't matter if he complains in front of Zhou Hexuan.

This caused a beautiful misunderstanding, which made Song Ziwen feel that Zhou Hexuan and the British prince were close friends and talked about everything. If one day Albert ascends the throne and becomes the king, Song Ziwen will definitely report to Chiang Kai-shek, saying that he can contact Mingcheng for matters in the UK. He and the King of England are close friends!

After talking about his brother's scandal for a long time, Albert had almost vented his anger. Suddenly the topic changed and he started talking about literature: "Charles, your book "The Legend of Silver... Galactic Heroes" is really... wonderful! You just Can't you write faster? The last...last month's serialization has been interrupted again!"

"Haha, that's not going to happen soon." Zhou Hexuan was extremely happy. Last year, Churchill even sent an overseas telegram to urge the update. The future British Prime Minister didn't say anything, so you, the future King, just wait.

Albert said in disappointment: "I hate serialized works."

Zhou Hexuan quickly promised that he would speed up, and finally turned to the topic: "Your Majesty, I want to visit Mr. Norman, the President of the Bank of England. Can you introduce him to me?"

"Then...that old guy is not easy to talk to," Albert said, "I can hold a dance and help you invite...invite him, but I can't guarantee that he will come."

Zhou Hexuan said happily: "Thank you very much."