The Navy Auditorium does not have a guest door in the general sense. There is only an inconspicuous side door next to the rostrum and stage. Correspondingly, the passage across the entire auditorium in the center of the Navy Auditorium is designed to be extremely wide.
Bianchen did not understand the original intention of this design at first, until he attended the first freshman entrance ceremony.
That wide passage was reserved for Lin Youde alone.
Now, the main door of the auditorium, which was regarded as the guest door, was wide open. Lin Youde, dressed in military uniform, walked into the auditorium first. His guards, two in a row, followed two steps behind him. All the gods were wearing wide robes.
, cloaks embroidered with complex patterns, and their stern faces made their delicate faces comparable to ancient Greek sculptures appear solemn and full of majesty.
Against the background of such dazzling consorts, the relaxed and casual expression on Lin Youde's face took on a different flavor.
"It's almost like the emperor is on tour." Robinson whispered.
At this time, his secretary reminded him in a low voice: "Sir, pay attention to the goddess in the first row behind Lin Youde, walking side by side with Miss Josephine."
Robinson followed the secretary's guidance and looked towards the goddess.
Then he almost slipped off his chair.
"this……"
At this time, the goddess with blond hair that was not inferior to Josephine raised her eyes and glanced at the location of Robinson. Then she smiled at the British consul Wan'er. This smile was like a flash in the pan.
Then it was replaced with statuesque seriousness.
Robinson was almost disturbed by the wind - even though there was no wind in the auditorium.
There is no doubt that it is either Her Majesty the Queen herself or Her Majesty's long-lost twin sister. But can twin sisters be so similar in temperament? Robinson is very doubtful about this.
Robinson was not a fool. His mind almost immediately thought of the recent Great Fire of London and the strange behavior of the British government after the fire.
At first, the British government believed that the fire was set by the Chinese. The Queen personally ordered that Chinese properties be searched everywhere to look for evidence. Even the Chinese Embassy in the United Kingdom was surrounded, and even the ambassador himself was inspected when entering and leaving the embassy.
But not long after, the British government announced that it had found the real culprit, and then blamed everything on the Germans. It also apologized to the Chinese Federation for the previous actions of confiscating Chinese properties, and compensated some financial losses. This one
The 180-degree change became the hottest topic in the diplomatic community in mid-1907. Everyone was speculating on what happened - yes, everyone, including senior British diplomats like Robinson.
Now, Robinson began to wonder if something drastic had changed in his homeland.
"We must report to London." Robinson whispered to his secretary, "We can't wait any longer. You should go back and draft the message now."
"Are we going to bring our submarine cable to Singapore as usual?" the secretary asked.
Robinson hesitated for a few seconds and shook his head: "No, if it's urgent, just use the Chinese telegraph line. We are the only ones who have discovered this now, but as time goes by, others will eventually discover the problem, maybe the Americans
, the Germans and the French are all in action."
Robinson's worries were not unreasonable. Lin Youde seemed to have no intention of hiding anything. He didn't even bother to change his name before announcing it. If this wasn't a carefully planned deception, then the Queen of London had been switched.
At this time, Lin Youde had already stepped onto the rostrum, and his guards stood in a row behind him.
Lin Youde turned his head and glanced at Robinson and his entourage. After meeting their eyes, he gave the British a meaningful smile, and then turned his eyes to the tens of thousands of young people gathered in the auditorium...
"That's enough." Robinson said to his entourage. "Let's go. We have more important things to do than listen to his annual platitudes."
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To Robinson's surprise, the day after his report was sent out, the streets of Helang Yabo were full of discussions that "Master Lin abducted a woman and brought it to the British Empire." As for who he abducted, it didn't matter.
Are you asking, "We, Mr. Lin, always only want the best", "There are so many pretty girls in the maid team, just looking forward to being undressed and then becoming concubines, but Mr. Lin doesn't like it"...
Naturally, these discussions were immediately picked up by reporters with a keen sense of smell. The composition of Western reporters stationed in Horanggabo now is very different from that of the past. Few of these reporters care about politics, the world situation, or the diplomatic situation.
They regard Helang Yabo as a cornucopia to discover all kinds of strange stories. Now ordinary people in the West are happy to see this.
For example, the French believe that Hollandaise is a super factory like the steel city described by the old Jules Verne in "Five Hundred Million Frans", and this super factory is also covered with a mysterious oriental veil.
For example, a French tabloid in Marseille claimed that the Chinese are using a secret technique to increase the efficiency of factory workers. Their workers can work for twenty hours without interruption and then swallow a pill called Dali Pill. This pill
The medicine allows the workers to recover from all fatigue in four hours of deep sleep. In addition, the tabloid also claims that the Chinese have something called fairy beans, which are elixirs provided to them by the cat fairy who lives on the sacred mountain.
A dying person can just take one pill and immediately jump up and run a marathon.
This kind of report that reaches the extreme level of nonsense is actually very popular in France...
Therefore, the sudden and explosive rumors in Helang Yabo - such explosive rumors, how could they not attract the attention of these reporters.
Soon, the famous French journalist Hergé sent a long report back to the country. In addition to vividly describing the new topics of the residents of Helangyabo after dinner, the report also used a lot of space to review Lin Youde and
The contact with Queen Isabella of England. Hergé uses a gorgeous writing style that inherits the essence of French literature to describe to readers that Lin Youde, who was unknown ten years ago, used twenty-one thunder and lightning to get the attention of the queen. From here on
I kept writing until they met again in Vietnam.
At the end of this part, Hergé wrote in vivid writing that the two quietly left the ball venue, had a drink on the deserted terrace, and finally kissed passionately. At the end of the text, the French even said in a serious way, "These are all compiled by the author.
"In order to confirm the authenticity of the rumors, the author once tried to obtain the opportunity to interview the Spanish Isabella through my old relationship with Mrs. Lin, but unfortunately I was unable to do so."
Hergé's report set off the biggest gossip frenzy in late 1907.
The British government responded quickly. They announced the news of Queen Isabella's engagement, and held a hurried engagement ceremony in early November. During the ceremony, Her Majesty the Queen and her fiancé sat in an open carriage with the onlookers in London.
Citizens have "zero-distance contact".
As if deliberately following the British pace, not long after the Queen's engagement, Lin Ji's official mouthpiece published an editorial refuting the rumors that the Queen had been abducted, claiming that "Mr. Lin admires Her Majesty Isabella, so she looks exactly like Her Majesty Isabella."
"Miss Isabella fell in love at first sight", which really makes people doubt that the person who wrote this editorial did not want to refute the rumors at all.
This made Robinson feel that something was wrong.
Although he is known as a master of China, like Zhu Erdian, he is only the most familiar with Chinese among foreigners. He does not really understand the cunning of the East. But they all say that he has read 300 Tang poems by heart, and can compose poems without knowing it.
Yin, he saw that Lin Youde had been playing tricks for so many years, and he still figured out some rules.
Robinson knew that the rumor must have been spread by Lin Youde with the purpose of confusing the public. But he was not sure why Lin Youde wanted to confuse the public. The possibility of the Queen eloping was indeed too much nonsense, since engagement ceremonies were used in China to prove that the Queen was still fine.
If she stayed in the palace, then Helang Yabo could not be the real queen. To be honest, Robinson himself did not believe that the queen who had rejected all suitors would fall in love with a yellow man.
If that was not the real queen, what was Lin Youde's purpose in releasing the false news? He must be hiding something. Every time he thought like this, Robinson would get goosebumps on his back.
He had no idea that Lin Youde's purpose was to fool people like him who might have seen through the truth. As for what the common people believed, Lin Youde didn't care much.
It seems that it will take some time for Robinson, a China expert, to understand the cunning of Eastern methods.