Chapter 128

Chapter 128

Old Country but Its Name is New (7)

Arthur Lee is the best Confucian scholar and genius the West produced, and his wife a descendant of an American prestigious family.

So the eldest daughter Abigail also of course would have extraordinary corners. More strange if none.

So returning to London and receiving teaching of etiquette and studies from parents of course quickly becoming an elegant and chaste woman like Shin Saimdang might come to mind.

But.

“Ahahahaha!! The soul escaped from the crown prince older brother’s face!!”

That laughter sound suffocating.

Ah.

Then right.

No way a person changes so easily.

Yi Myeong could quickly recall the child he knew seeing the appearance of Abigail laughing kyarr and falling over with the chair. Saimdang is bullshit.

The moment about to approach to help her up, she suddenly raised the legs and stood up from the spot with a jump with strength. The dress wearing flipped here and there and tangled and a mess but she seemed not caring at all. Truly overflowing with strength.

“Crown prince Your Highness long time! How was the way coming to London?”

“Truly rewarding. The civilization humans built people so fast to the opposite side of the Earth-”

“Did you see the pyramids? I couldn’t! Mom well, because luggage a lot just said let’s turn the Cape of Good Hope-”

The strength tightly entered in the crown prince’s shoulders drained zzuuk.

Seeing the appearance laughing brightly and chattering rejal rejal, all sorts of miscellaneous thoughts heard while coming here seemed to melt clean.

“What on earth this mess- Your Highness!”

“Long time. Have you been well?”

Whether heard the noisy sound from far away, Mrs. Lee slowly coming out from the house stopped and was shocked.

“Sorry! Sorry! I raised the kid too spoiled. Sorry!”

“Hehe. Still a child. Overflowing with vitality and healthy so fortunate.”

“You! Properly greeted the crown prince Your Highness?!”

“Yes!”

“Putting grass full on the head like this! I cannot live. I cannot live. I will educate sharply once more, Your Highness. You quickly go into the room. Will tell dad and prepare one switch.”

“Aaang!! Aaangaang!! Mom!!”

“Noisy! Abigail Robinson Lee! Did wrong or not?!”

“No need to do so because of me-”

“Because Your Highness suddenly came about to get hit by the switch! Aaang- eub eub!!”

This uproar that seems the soul will escape.

This vitality that cannot be found at all in the palace.

Yi Myeong suddenly felt here comfortable like his own house.

***

In the middle of the switch sound slap slap and the kid crying aaang being transmitted as subtle BGM from one corner of the house.

Yi Myeong and Minister Cho Byeonghyeon were having tea time together with the house owner Arthur Lee.

“How is the tea?”

“The fragrance very good. Father emperor preferred coffee more, but from a few months before I departed consistently only drank tea. I also must know the tea taste...”

Most subjects’ prejudice that tea is what monks drink, and because the king was a firm coffee faction subjects also naturally enjoyed coffee. New bureaucrats also coffee what drank like water at the university so needless to say.

But the superior country Britain crazy about tea so naturally tea culture began receiving attention again, and Japan whose exchanges increased sharply recently also valued tea so naturally tea ceremony culture also gradually grew. Absolutely not because some Japanese scratched ‘Joseon people are barbaric and do not know tea ceremony’.

“Did you learn British tea culture?”

“Yes. Received introduction of one who learned Western etiquette and learned a bit.”

“Fortunate. English also seems proficient so truly cannot but be Joseon’s great fortune.”

I handed the symbol of Britain milk tea to the crown prince. Well if came to our neighborhood originally must mix milk in the tea like this. Fortunately the crown prince did not strike my head with the teacup saying irreverent.

“As dessert will try this once? Our house chef newly hired this time a friend with experience working at the royal family. What that friend is newly challenging is precisely this mint flavor chocolate-”

“Hoo. Eum? Eo eo. Eum.”

“Ah that tastes good!”

“Abigail!!”

Seems the dignity of mint choco was not well transmitted to the crown prince. As expected a taste not suitable for the barbaric and wicked Seoul seed...

- Did go crazy eating too much toothpaste this guy.

After exchanging greetings for a while proceeded the small event of receiving the gift the Heonjong bestowed bowing the waist deeply.

“Hello!”

“Baaa.”

“My two sons. Introduction late.”

Also introduced the kids. Since kids who will inherit Joseon’s interests must stamp the face seal to the crown prince in advance.

Even while conversing like that, Crown Prince Yi Myeong’s gaze constantly headed somewhere... to our house eldest daughter who got hit by the switch a little while ago and eyes swollen and diligently putting dessert in the mouth. My daughter but a bit, aaaa bit embarrassing.

Suddenly worried.

No matter how much I cherish my daughter no way this excellent salesman Arthur Park In-ho Lee cannot recognize. The crown prince completely lost his soul to my daughter. Even now not coming to senses.

In my eyes the world’s pretty and kind plus healthy daughter, but if asking can do well as the mother of one country that unknown. Whether this becomes Min Jayoung or Nikolai’s wife how know?

- No words cannot say to your daughter.

No.

Th... embarrassing to say with my mouth, but Abigail is th... too overflowing with healthy beauty? You who had to fight with the body know much better?

- That I cannot but agree.

Look a bit now.

Eating so well blessedly but the kid belongs to the slender side not even baby fat. Why?

Because extremely active.

Half of that blood American so, too too active! Playing running with large dogs with good stamina why the dog collapses first before Abi!

If 21st century would raise that as a sports player or at least send to a dojo or something to drain strength, but thinking a century woman... moreover a kid who will become the mother of one country a bit the talent and temperament too different worry deepens.

Decided to leave the crown prince to Abi and Lizzie. Anyway the crown prince now anxious wanting to buy Abi’s favor somehow so no interest in this old Western barbarian or whatever.

I approached Cho Byeonghyeon who looked mood HIGH more than ever.

“Will have one more cup of tea?”

“Of course. Because the days to get this tea not many left.”

Dying happy saying going home.

“I will hand over well to the successor so do not worry too much.”

“Please well.”

I checked once more whether the crown prince has any reason left that might eavesdrop, confirmed nothing like that remains at all then said as quietly as possible.

“No matter how thinking worried. Whether Abigail can really play the role of Joseon’s mother of the country? As you know that is a kid who would like the most if released in the wild somewhere and told to hunt.”

“Ah. Anyway reported to His Majesty about that part you were worrying. So His Majesty gave an answer this time.”

“What said?”

Well. Obvious. Since much gained with this national marriage anyway push through or something.

“Very rejoiced that the crown princess so robust finally the royal family can also enjoy the joy of many births. Just give birth to exactly ten-”

“Cough, cough!! Cough!!!”

Is my daughter some baby-making machine? Huh? Queen ant? Maria Theresa?

“What the royal family wants most that. Many royal grandchildren.”

“That... right.”

“In that point the person who will become the crown princess healthy not even overflowing with strength rather a blessing. Thank you for raising the daughter excellently.”

“Ah... yes.”

Failed failed.

Above all... Abi also seems liking that Yi Hwan son guy.

From the beginning a game that cannot win this.

***

The schedule in London flowed busily.

Mill and Marshall drove me as some ultimate chimera feudal absolutist red, and I who was thinking of appealing my injustice to the end and purchasing the shield of great intellectuals was getting hit in the head with the shield. Return my donation these damn humans.

“Mutsuhito.”

“Arthur Lee. Meeting the crown prince Your Highness the glory of a lifetime!”

And also received the Japanese crown prince said the only son of Emperor Komei.

Japan is not particularly a relationship sharing something enormous with me enough to become a community of fate, but at least the reputation as the scholar who understands the East best among Westerners was intact. Right now who wrote <​Japan Strategy> remember?

What worrying was that.

Is this Mutsuhito that Meiji Emperor?

- Correct? That friend said the current emperor’s only son.

Right. As far as I vaguely remember the Meiji Restoration is the 1860s. I who tried some company’s history simulation shit game anyway knew for sure Meiji was the emperor in the 70s.

But is there guarantee that Meiji is necessarily Mutsuhito?

Actually if this Mutsuhito dies young, a close person among relatives ascends as emperor and that person might be the Meiji Emperor?

- Ah... so that, pondering whether to invest in this Mutsuhito coin or not?

Then of course.

If a friend who suddenly dies pick at a young not even age regrettable to invest. Tsk.

Mutsuhito whether quite introverted or Western barbarians not welcome, hard to see as a very sociable personality. Perhaps because of the language barrier.

Anyway exchanged this and that stories.

“The best is of course advancing to Eton.”

“Eton... is it.”

“Yes. The fundamental spirit leading the British Empire is precisely the Eton spirit.”

“Must the crown prince Your Highness attend such a place? Right now even the British Empire’s royals did not attend Eton.”

The Japanese minister to Britain seemed subtly turning me.

Well. Not wrong words. Still public schools (Public School) like Eton were not places the highest level nobles or royals attend. The real ones also the gay era trend of studying from tutors not schools.

“Well right.”

“Then why-”

“The opportunity to directly experience the Eton College system and return to the homeland and apply it. And the opportunity to make friends with promising talents even if status a bit lacking. Especially in the latter case if well done can even take to the homeland?”

Anyway neither the Joseon crown prince nor the Japanese crown prince will follow Eton’s regular curriculum for real. If calculating close to an experience course. No way even the British Empire the country of eccentricity and madness will make another country’s crown prince swim in the Thames River shit water and split pig hind legs.

The Ganghwa brothers, Lee Uk and Wonbeom the early gal duo are also already inviting their Eton or university era friends to Joseon by acquaintance. To call high-education foreign talents to the primitive land Joseon at least need personal connections?

As I strongly recommended Eton like that, gradually Crown Prince Mutsuhito also showed signs of opening the heart to my earnest loyal advice. As expected my sales power seems not rusted yet-

“Lee. I have one thing I want to ask.”

“Yes, Your Highness. Whatever ask I will answer with my best.”

Something to ask me.

How much is this young crown prince’s royal talent.

Japan Strategy? How to do business? The path Japan will go? Study course recommendation? Social? British royal family?

What on earth would this crown prince who seems few words be curious about.

“The daughter of yours I saw earlier.”

“Yes, Your Highness.”

“Perhaps... has a marriage partner been found?”

The Japanese minister to Britain tightly closed the eyes as if the front suddenly became dark, and I forcibly put the sigh about to burst into the throat. If sighing deeply in front of another country’s crown prince a real diplomatic catastrophe.

No.

Didn’t tell your crown prince?

What on earth are you doing?

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