C2226 Statue of the Prince

Just as Xiao Letian finished speaking, the four ice sculptors grabbed the base of the gigantic jade sculpture, and with a neat low roar, a person that was more than a meter tall was pulled out from the ice mountain.

The attendants in the surroundings suddenly raised their lanterns, and a snow-white light shone on the jade carving. All of the guests present burst into a commotion.

The ones who were most excited were the Queen and the Crown Prince. Queen Victoria's body swayed and he immediately sat back on his chair. The royal family's Attendant, upon noticing that something was wrong, quickly rushed over and took out some smelling salts from his pocket for the Queen to smell.

As for Prince Edward, he seemed to have lost control of himself and did not care about his mother, who was about to faint.

The answer was finally revealed. Xiao Letian said in a deep voice, "This jade carving was specially made to commemorate the Prince Albert, we have collected over a hundred pictures and paintings, and the best jade carving master would understand the prince's attitude, and eventually form this fine piece of sculpture!"

All of the guests inhaled a breath of cold air, thinking that Xiao Letian was actually so considerate, to the point where the Queen was unable to reject the National Ceremony.

Prince Albert was Queen Victoria's husband and sher cousin. When he was twenty, he married the Queen, and from then on, this man became the pillar behind the Victoria Halo.

Most people, especially Chinese people, might think that their daughter-in-law is a queen while their husband is a good wife. This is really a reversal of the rules.

But in European politics, there are too many queens to count, and as many examples of male condescension as there are of male condescension.

However, do not think that the brilliance of the Victorian era was all due to the credit of the Queen alone. In fact, history had recorded that the husband of the Queen, Prince Albert, was also a statesman with great achievements.

While he was alive, he reformed the English educational system, promoted the abolitionist movement around the world, and hosted the World Expo of 1851.

The Prince Albert was a learned politician. He was very free, smart and studious, his knowledge far surpassing the Queen Victoria's. Many of the Queen's headaches when reading government documents were personally explained to her by the Prince.

Her husband was the queen's best teacher during her twenty-something years of study in government. Later, when the Prince died, the Queen would weep and whisper, "What will happen to my Albert when he is alive?" "How will he deal with this …"

The relationship between the husband and wife was extremely good, and the prince didn't have much ambition for power. He just stood behind the queen and supported her steadily.

Victoria greatly admired him. At home, his words were the law. The queen teaches her nine children, and the father is their model and only model. There were a few children who did not listen to him, especially the later Edward VII, a completely disobedient son. Victoria would blame them for their bad father, not for being sorry for themselves.

After the death of her husband, the Queen had been widowed all her life, and apart from special ceremonies, the Queen had lived in mourning, and everything had been as it had been in the life of the Prince.

A desk, bed, wardrobe used by a husband... Even a towel was placed in the way it had been when he was alive, and the queen wanted to build a huge golden statue of her husband at Kensington Palace.

From this, one could see the relationship between this couple. Xiao Letian's knife had hit their weak spot!

The statue was over a meter tall and it was carved from the skin of a piece of jade made from the fat of a sheep. The value of the statue was simply incalculable! In the Qing Dynasty, Tian Yu had already been controlled by the royal family. Mining by the common people was absolutely forbidden.

It didn't matter if a small piece of jade was secretly transferred to the commoners. For such a large piece of jade with such good appearance, once it was discovered, it would only end up in the palace.

However, he still had to thank this war. If not for the chaos in the Western Regions and Zuo Zongtang leading the troops into the battlefield, it would be difficult for Xiao Letian to obtain such a fine piece of jade.

When the Queen saw the familiar figure, she almost couldn't breathe. The longing that she had suppressed for so many years burst out, and she almost fainted.

Only the heavens knew how Xiao Letian chose this topic. This piece of jade sculpture was precisely a reflection of the prince's personal affairs in the last few years.

His figure was forever fixed in front of the desk at Buckingham Palace, which was filled with documents of all kinds. Under the green writing lamp, his bent body was like a heavy sculpture.

His last years of hard work had been almost insane, the green lamp had been lit earlier and earlier, the correspondence had become more extensive, the newspapers had been read more and more fully, and the memo he had been insisting on had become more and more detailed, more and more profound, more and more refined, longer and longer, all of which had almost engulfed him.

Or perhaps it could be said that he himself was like a hungry dragon, devouring the increasing workload day and night with huge gulps while still feeling hungry.

Rather than say that the prince died from a cold, it would be more accurate to say that he died from exhaustion, crushed to death by a heavy pressure!

This legendary jade carving depicted the hardworking prince in the final years of his life. The mother and son duo were immediately punctured with tears.

Edward looked at his father as tears welled up in his eyes. That kind of feeling of self-blame had been tormenting him from start to finish.

But how could he not be angry with himself? If he could have a second chance in life, he would never have made that choice!

The atmosphere at the scene became heavy, countless of guests broke out in a cold sweat because of Xiao Letian. Only the heavens knew whether this gift would be able to pacify the Queen if it angered her or not.

However, looking at how the Queen was about to faint, Xiao Letian was afraid that he would miss the job!

Benjamin's brain was working quickly as he tried to guess the Queen's attitude towards this gift. He slowly began to make his own judgement.

"Prince Albert's death was a thorn in the hearts of this pair of mother and son. He tried to flatter the queen, but it is clear that he failed... "

"Look at the jade carvings Xiao Letian chose, this is the most tiring and most tiring scene before the prince passed away.

"Hehe, I'm just waiting to see how unlucky you are. You're way too smart!"

Smelling salt was an essential ingredient for the noble women of nineteenth century. In that era, the clothes of the ladies all tied up their waists so tightly that they couldn't even breathe, and sometimes they would even suffocate.

The Queen did not have the hobby of wearing a miniskirt, but seeing her other husband at first glance caused her to be extremely agitated. She opened her eyes and pointed at Xiao Letian, "You … "You, you, you …"

[You just can't say the last half of the sentence!]