A leisurely life reborn in the fiery age

Chapter 270: I am happy when I win, but I don’t feel sad when I lose.
Not many people may know about the Lancaster family now.

But those who are familiar with foreign history must have heard of the Lancastrian dynasty.

In 1399, Henry IV ended the Plantagenet dynasty and established the Red Rose dynasty.

Although it was passed to Henry VI and was counterattacked, the Duchy of Lancaster was passed down, and then counterattacked back, and Henry VII and his second son Henry VIII appeared.

Henry VIII was a great king to the British. The greatest thing he did was to control the Church of England and declare that the Church of England would no longer be loyal to the Pope. From then on, the King of England became the true leader of the British religious and secular circles. The king.

And the daughter of Henry VIII is Elizabeth I, the golden age of England...

But it was also because Elizabeth I never married that the royal power finally fell aside and the throne was passed to King James VI of Scotland. The Lancaster family terminated the imperial power.

By the way, Elizabeth I was just the cousin of James VI...

Although the Lancastrians lost their royal power, they still maintained the duchy and the royal domain.

It was just that in 1968, the year before last, after the death of the eighth Duke of Lancaster, the dukedom had not been inherited...

And Catherine told Li Yuan that the little girl with platinum hair and violet eyes was the Duke's first heir.

She was the granddaughter of the eighth Duke of Lancaster, but her parents unfortunately passed away. The Duke of Lancaster was also deeply affected by this, and he died after a year.

Before his death, the Duke of Lancaster requested that the duchy be temporarily handed over to Queen Elizabeth until Atlanna came of age. No one else in the family had the right to inherit the title.

If Atlanna dies unfortunately, the dukedom will be held by Queen Elizabeth until a sufficiently outstanding descendant of the Lancastrian family appears, and then it will be transferred to her...

Li Yuan was not interested in knowing what conspiracy and conspiracy happened here. He only knew that his traitorous son had invited a "little prince" who was a real descendant of Elizabeth I to visit Hong Kong Island and visit his home.

The current Elizabeth II only has the same name as the great Elizabeth I, and has no blood relationship.

Are you going to go to our house?

Ms. Maria smiled kindly and said: "I am not Atlanna's grandmother, I am just the housekeeper of the Lancaster family. However, I have been serving this family since I was five years old and I am 75 years old this year. Dr. Li , Miss Atlanna was not very happy until she became good friends with Mr. David. Mr. David is a very kind gentleman and invited us to go to the Far East to relax. Catherine told me that Mr. David’s kindness is From you, a great doctor with great love.”

Li Yuan said modestly: "Compared with Catherine, I am just an ordinary person. Because I only care about my compatriots, but she loves all the suffering in the world. Ms. Maria, of course I welcome you to visit Hong Kong Island, and I believe that you can go there in your capacity , the Hong Kong government will give you a grand reception, so what can I do?”

"No no no!"

Ms. Maria smiled and said: "We are not going in any official capacity, we are just ordinary tourists. I know old Roland and can live in his manor. However, I hope to be a guest at your home often."

Having said all this, and not living in his house, what else could Li Yuan say?
He glanced at the girl with violet eyes again. She was already sitting next to Li Si obediently. The two of them talked in a low voice, and the old father couldn't help but feel a headache.

The bloodline of Lao Li's family cannot be messed up. This marriage cannot be done, it cannot be done...

……

After the Lancaster couple left, Margaret watched Li Si tut-tutting non-stop, until Li Si shyly threw herself into her arms and buried her head unwilling to get up...

Luo Linna also clicked her tongue when she saw it. Unfortunately, maybe she was a little old. After Li Si looked up, he hid again...

Luolina said to Li Yuan with certainty: "The Lancaster family has taken a fancy to your son's scheming and your superb and magical Chinese medical skills. Of course, your very powerful skills may also be considered. Atlanna no longer has She is an immediate relative, and the side relatives probably don’t want her to live longer than anyone else. Because even if the dukedom will be temporarily returned to the royal family, the huge property can still be distributed. But don’t worry about those losers, otherwise Lancaster The eighth Duke would not make such a decision. As long as the abilities of those people could reach the standards of normal people, the old Duke would not make such a decision...

Of course, the most important reason is what Maria just said. Little Atlanna lost her parents and her beloved grandfather in just a few years. She was very sad. She was a girl who could hardly smile. Your son coaxed her. Everyone is giggling, just like you coaxed my daughter, Catherine and me, Li, you and your son both have some strengths! "

"Mother?!"

"Aunt Lorena?!"

Li Yuan thought carefully and said: "Ms. Luolina, if you really want to remarry, I have a friend named He Yuzhu, nicknamed Silly Zhu. He likes women like you very much. I can introduce him to you..."

"Pfft!"

Margaret and Catherine burst into laughter.

After the joke, Margaret suggested: "Li, although the Lancaster family has been in great decline, their family is still the oldest aristocratic family in the entire British Empire and has an unimaginable background in Parliament. If you can Maintaining a good relationship with their family will be very convenient. For example, your pharmaceutical company's drugs will have a way to be included in the British Royal Medical Code. Your relationship with the Hong Kong government will also be greatly strengthened..."

Li Yuan shook his head and interrupted her: "If I am willing to maintain a certain degree of friendship with this family, the only reason is because that little girl is friends with my son, that's all."

"Wow~Oh!"

Luolina applauded and exclaimed with a smile: "Li, if you were ten years older, I would pursue you at all costs. You are really, so unexpected!"

Catherine's and Margaret's eyes were also shining.

Li Yuan said humbly: "It's nothing. I was born in a socialist country, where favors are greater than interests... Then again, Luolina, do you really not consider my friend Silly Zhu?"

……

After returning to Kadoorie Manor, Li Yuan looked at his second son who had grown a lot in three months and said with a smile: "Son, you know that our children cannot marry foreigners, especially Europeans. Noble, oh?

Although you are still young and it is a little early to say this, I think it is necessary to make it clear to you in advance. It is better to say it earlier than later.It’s not that dad is pedantic, it’s just that the history of Western aristocracy is a mess, so almost everyone in their descendants is a natural carrier of genetic diseases..."

At Kadoorie Manor, Li Yuan was talking to his son seriously.

Li Si shook his head and looked at his father with innocent eyes, saying that he didn't understand at all...

Li Yuan smiled and said: "Okay, let's be good friends first. Dad's only request for you is not to make promises easily. Don't speak easily before you can't do it. Such people are both frivolous and... It is easy to become a liar who breaks his promise. Xiaosi, you are very smart, dad believes you can understand."

Li Si smiled and said: "I know, Dad. Dad, today everyone is discussing the museum robbery, but Aunt Catherine said that those people are not smart, because even if those things are taken away, they cannot be sold in the market. Sell ​​it, no collector dares to circulate such treasures, they will be recovered. Dad, you said those people are so powerful, why don't they rob banks? What are you doing robbing those useless things? "

Li Yuan said with a smile: "They want to rob the bank, but they have to dare! The guard force of the museum is much weaker than the guard force of the bank, and most British banks are built near the police station. How can it be that easy? As for the Why he robbed those cultural relics...who knows, but no matter what, he is a hero of the Chinese people!"

Li Sidao: "Margaret said that in fact only a small part was robbed, and most of them are still kept in the warehouse. Will those people steal again?"

Li Yuan shook his head and said: "Basically there is no chance..." It is still possible on a small scale, but don't think about it on a large scale.

Especially in the future, those display cabinets will definitely be replaced with tempered glass, and the exhibits will even become fake...

However, who can say for sure what will happen in the future?

"Wash and go to bed. It's time to go home in two days! Xiaosi, are you happy with this trip?"

"Happy! Thank you dad, you are the best dad in the world!"

Li Yuan laughed and touched his son's head. The eldest son's words gave people a particularly sincere feeling. The second son, at first glance, seemed to be a little treacherous and treacherous...

At only six years old, I already can’t express it in my heart...

But Li Yuan will not force anything. The path of life is chosen by the individual. Even if he is a father, he will not force anything.

At most, it’s not within the scope of family property inheritance...

……

In the next three days, Li Yuan stayed at Kadoorie Manor without going out.

During this period, people from MI6 came again, asked some questions and then left.

In the past few days, the impact of the robbery on the British Museum has not subsided, but has intensified.

The loss of the Rosetta Stone, the most treasured treasure of the British Museum, and the mysterious "Yanni's Book of the Dead" is as distressing and painful for all British people as losing their parents.

As for the Egyptian bronze cat, the statue of Ramses II, the pyramid tip and other treasures, and yes, the loss of the Molde gold shawl unearthed in the UK has made countless people shed tears.

Even Catherine became sad about it. She was worried that the people who took away these treasures could not take good care of and maintain them...

On the other hand, not many people care about Chinese porcelain. Most of them don't care about China at all.

In fact, except when newspapers report some absurd things in mainland China, they laugh and watch it as amusement, this country and nation do not exist in their eyes at all...

But it is absolutely impossible for them to return those cultural relics...

Li Yuan didn't say anything, but asked Ms. Luo Linna, who had become more and more enthusiastic about him these days, to buy some rare but not too taboo medicinal raw materials. These are difficult to buy on Hong Kong Island, even in London. It can only be found in some laboratories.

But most of these materials are auxiliary materials, and Glaxo scientists have confirmed that there is nothing special...

In addition, I also bought some experimental equipment and transported them back to Hong Kong Island first.

Three days passed in a blink of an eye. On the evening of June 30th, Li Yuan cooked a sumptuous meal at Kadoorie Manor and invited Catherine, Margaret, Lorena, Maranda and the family of Kadoorie Manor housekeeper Moses. Had a great meal.

After the meal, if Margaret and Maranda hadn't forcibly taken away the drunken Lorena, Margaret might have seen Li Yuan again and been honored as her stepfather.

The unprecedented delicious food brought Lorena to the top...

In short, after a night of singing, dancing, and laughing, the music came to an end.

"Li, I'm sorry, I can't take you to the airport tomorrow morning. I have to attend a meeting, and I have to rush to South Africa in the afternoon to attend an event."

At midnight, Li Yuan and Catherine took a walk on the cobbled paths in the manor, and took Catherine back to Comorley Manor.

The moonlight is clear and bright, filling the manor. There is a gurgling stream not far away, and occasionally a nightingale cries, which seems to be just a dream...

After hearing what Catherine said, Li Yuan smiled and said: "I've already troubled you so much, why are you sorry? Catherine, you are always so hopeful. However, I also hope that you can take care of yourself and not be too busy."

Catherine smiled very sweetly. She glanced at Li Yuan and said: "Li, I should give this to you. Even if I am very busy, I never ignore the fun in life. But what about you, tonight is This is the first party in three months, right? In fact, I thought about inviting you to some aristocratic gatherings, but after thinking about it I decided not to let the hypocrisy and confusion in the aristocratic circle tarnish your pure love. breath."

Li Yuan laughed and said: "Catherine, what are you talking about, my pure aura? I have three wives!" Still looking a little proud?
Catherine shook her head gently. What she said had nothing to do with love, but human nature, and said: "Whether a person's soul is clean or not is not this. Li, in fact, in the beginning, not only Margaret and Lorena, but also me I had doubts about your ambitions. Margaret also said that you have only one purpose in coming to England, and there can only be one, which is to contact me. She also said that the visions you mentioned are impossible. Lorena said , What you say you want to accomplish is completely wishful thinking and makes people laugh..." She lowered her head in shame.

But Li Yuan smiled magnanimously and said: "Catherine, it's okay. Even in Hong Kong Island, even in the Kadoorie family, Roland and his son, they have never been optimistic about my ideal. There are also some upper-class families in Hong Kong Island who only regard me as They are trying to defraud money with these ridiculous reasons.”

Catherine asked curiously: "Aren't you sad... But now we all know that you are a person who really wants to do practical things, so you have not wasted a day in the past three months, and you have spent all of it on Glaxo's database. The questions you sometimes ask Glaxo researchers are very in-depth, which shows that you are really learning. A person's language may be deceiving, but his thoughts and knowledge are not."

Li Yuan smiled and said: "How can a person who wants to achieve success care about other people's opinions? He can only ignore the criticism and praise. I can't see the bright future. I can't finish the tortuous road, so how can I have the time to care about it? Those gossips?

I can understand your doubts, anyone would doubt it.Because what I have chosen is destined to be a long and arduous career, and I may not be able to succeed until the end of my life.But in Chinese history, there has never been a shortage of examples of dead trees blooming, so I am not discouraged.

Moreover, I am not afraid of failure.I think a person should not only be able to withstand victory, but also setbacks.Let me give you the most straightforward example: no one can withstand the hardships of time.Time flies so fast. We were still in our prime yesterday, but in the blink of an eye, life has come to an end.

The once proud glory and glorious status have become a fleeting thing. The heroes are in their final years and the beauties are in their twilight years. Aren’t they all doomed to fail?
Therefore, failure is not terrible.

It’s nothing more than planning things depends on people, and accomplishing things depends on God!
I am happy when I win, but I am not sad when I lose. "

At this moment, Catherine's eyes bloomed with the brightest light. She stood still, turned around and looked at Li Yuan, and said word by word: "Li, you are like an angel in the world. I believe now that you will definitely succeed. !”

After that, he opened his arms and gave Li Yuan a big hug.

The corner of Li Yuan's mouth raised slightly. Although he could feel the girl's passionate heart, he was not worried about what this girl who was full of love for life wanted to do to him. He not only believed in this girl's loyal attitude towards love, but also because……

Under the silent moonlight night, originally only the heartbeats of two people could be heard, but a "click" sound broke the silence.

"Xiaosi? Is that you?"

Catherine looked at the little figure hiding behind the flowers not far away, holding a camera, and asked with a smile.

……

(End of this chapter)