Chapter 1001 The Prince’s Marriage
Although Ernst attaches great importance to the development of the country's alkali-making industry, he cannot fully follow it. After all, he has too many things to do, especially during the First Five-Year Plan. To put it bluntly, all walks of life need Ernst. Special stared, and on this day, Ernst's work was forcibly stopped by Karina.
Karina: "Dear, even if you are busy with national affairs, you can't forget about sleep and food like this. And have you forgotten something important?"
Ernst's mind has been filled with work recently. After all, the First Five-Year Plan has just been launched, and with other major national events, it is difficult to find free time, so he really didn't react and asked uncertainly: "What big thing?"
Karina said dissatisfied: "How old is Friedrich?"
Ernst: “Twenty…three!”
At this point, Ernst also realized that his eldest son, the grandson of the East African Emperor, is currently twenty-three years old and has become an older single.
Karina: "Two years ago, I told Friedrich to look for a princess, but Friedrich always refused, and you didn't pay attention to me. If you don't look for me now, I'm afraid I won't be able to find a high-quality daughter-in-law who matches my family." "
Speaking of this, Ernst also looked sad. There are indeed reasons for this. The main reason is that the current European royal family is really difficult to satisfy Ernst. This generation of European princesses not only look good, Average, and there are a lot of bad things, and most of them are not of the right age or their family background does not meet the standards of the Rhine royal family.
East Africa is now a well-known big country in the world. This narrowed the scope of Friedrich's choice of spouse among the European aristocrats. It should be a direct lineage of the royal families of various countries.
There is also Queen Victoria, a cancer of the European royal family, who spreads hemophilia carriers among the major royal families. Ernst did not want his grandchildren to be infected with hemophilia.
For example, in the Tsarist Russian royal family, Nicholas II's wife was the great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria and a carrier of hemophilia. This made Nicholas II's three daughters directly eliminated. Otherwise, Ernst would really have had a relationship with him. The idea of marriage between the royal families of Tsarist Russia, after all, the comprehensive quality of the daughters of Nicholas II is relatively high among the royal families of various countries.
In his previous life, Nicholas II had only one son, Crown Prince Alexei, who was diagnosed with hemophilia after birth, causing him to remain frail and sickly. There was also Germany's William II, who was also a typical victim of hemophilia.
If the princes of East Africa married the daughters of these people, the consequences would be disastrous. After excluding several large countries, there was no one in the small countries that satisfied Ernst.
In fact, when Friedrich was just born, Ernst was already conflicted about Friedrich's marriage, because at that time Ernst still had the idea of letting Friedrich marry an immigrant of Far Eastern descent. After all, East Africa advocates In the integration of nationalities, the royal family should naturally lead by example.
In order to prevent himself from getting entangled, Ernst decided to pass the blame to Friedrich. He tentatively said: "Why don't we just call Friedrich over and let's ask him what he thinks?"
Seeing Ernst behave like this, Karina felt angry: "I am the only one who can support this family. You heartless person, if your son's life-long problems are not resolved, see how I will deal with you."
Having said this, Karina still went to call Friedrich over. Friedrich was a little restless in the face of the double concern from his parents.
“Father, mother, did you ask me to come here for something important?”
Today Friedrich's appearance is still relatively online, and Ernst has to admit that this is mainly due to Karina.
Ernst said earnestly: "Son, you are in your twenties this year. Many people in this age group have already started families, so I want to know what arrangements you have for your marriage?"
Sure enough, Karina said: "Your father has been busy with work and didn't pay attention to your affairs. I have also shown you photos and information of European princesses before. You have also been to Europe, so you should get to know them." You’ve met a lot of people, do you have someone you like?”
Although they urge marriage, Ernst and Karina are not the kind of people who advocate arranged marriages. Ernst was influenced by the ideas of his previous life, while Karina was influenced by the love brains of her parents. Friedrich said with some uncertainty: "Father, mother, I probably don't have any ideas about marriage..."
At this point, Friedrich was actually somewhat insincere, after all, the questions were all brought out.
Ernst thought this meant there was something wrong, and he said calmly: "Don't worry, as long as your interests are normal and the marriage partner you choose is not too outrageous, we usually won't interfere, so you can speak out boldly." , I don’t blame you.”
At Ernst's instigation, Friedrich cautiously tried: "What if your future daughter-in-law is a native of the country!"
Before Ernst could speak, Karina said: "How can this be done? Since you have a noble status, your marriage partner should naturally be a royal family of various countries. Even if it is not an imperial royal family like the Austro-Hungarian Empire, at least it should be at the level of the Grand Duchy of Baden. Members of the royal family, in addition to the royal family and your grandfather and grandmother in East Africa, the highest ranking person is the duke.”
Ernst: "Karina, don't get excited yet. In fact, according to Friedrich's status, it is impossible for him to find a nobler nobler than himself as a marriage partner, so let's listen to what he has to say first."
Although Karina is more open-minded, she is also very limited. The free love she thinks of should be based on her parents. The two are indeed free love, but they are also a noble marriage. But this kind of good thing may not be the best for the entire European aristocratic system. It’s also hard to come across.
Ernst: "Son, are you hiding something from us? Otherwise, you wouldn't be able to speak like a native."
Ernst knew very well that Friedrich was in trouble. After all, he was very energetic. Combined with Ernst's previous life experience, he was very likely to have a tendency of "puppy love".
As for why it was a past life experience, it was mainly because Ernst was too mature in this life, so he was relatively flat when he got married. As for the result, it was not bad.
Friedrich said nervously: "I did have some interactions with a Chinese girl..."
I'm afraid it's either an intersection or a love affair. Ernst had already made up his mind, but he still relaxed his tone and said, "Tell her about her situation. If it meets my standards, I'm not the kind of person who beats up a couple."
So at Ernst's instigation, Friedrich revealed all the secrets. He had indeed fallen in love early, and it started in middle school, and the person he fell in love with was Ernst's subordinate Sweet. daughter, and the relationship between the two lasted from middle school to the end of college.
"Sweet's daughter?" Karina said: "Anna or Quilina?"
Carina is no stranger to Sweet's daughter. After all, Sweet is considered a high-ranking official in East Africa. He is also a rare grand duke in East Africa. In addition, Sweet is Ernst's confidant.
In this way, Sweet's family is naturally familiar with the Rhine royal family, including Sweet's three daughters. Of course, Sweet's youngest daughter is too young and is definitely not his son's love partner.
“It’s Quirina,” Friedrich said.
"If it's Quilina, it's not impossible..." Karina said: "That's a very sensible child. She looks good and her status is barely qualified."
In East Africa, the daughter of a duke is already considered a noble person outside the royal family, and she is well aware of Quirina and the Rhine royal family, which makes it easier for Karina to accept her.
(End of this chapter)