novelhk Chapter 271 Grand Duke Alaric
Chapter 271 Grand Duke Alaric
Chapter 271 Grand Duke Alaric
At the moment when the Pampas Eagles won the World Cup championship after great difficulty, Su Xing couldn't help but jump up and cheer loudly. When he shouted his last breath, tears appeared in his eyes.
After the game, the two big shots from Qatar specially took Yu Yu and Su Xing to the backstage locker room. Of course, this was not a deliberate arrangement, after all, they also wanted to take a photo with the new king of football.
But they didn't expect that the new king of football still remembered Yu Yu and Su Xing. But then they thought, he had played football in Yu Yu's hometown for most of his life, so it was normal for him to know Yu Yu.
Yu Yu had taken Su Xing to watch so many football games before. Knowing that Su Xing liked the number 10, it was impossible for him not to find a way to let him meet his idol.
He is familiar with the presidents of Barcelona and Real Madrid. Although they don't always use connections to get autographs and take photos, every time the president hears that Yu Yu wants to meet their No. 10, he will warmly entertain her. It is estimated that the president's attitude also left a deep impression on the new king of football. After these two visits, of course he can remember the names of their two "big fans".
Previously, Yu Yu explained to Su Xing that their family had some spare money and some shares in the club, so the chairmen were nice to him.
At first, Su Xing just thought that Yu Yu was too rich, but now that he knows the truth, there is no need to say more. It is estimated that all the clubs in the Bull Fighting Country who know the inside story will give him a good face.
Although he had obtained several autographed photos before, he was not the king of football before. Now Su Xing is taking a photo with the freshly-minted king of football, which is completely different. As he got the photo and autograph as he wished, he will probably give everyone a good look in the eyes this week.
And his favorite No. 10 football player took a photo with him holding the World Cup trophy, and he was even lucky enough to touch the ball on top! And the person who took the photo for them was Yu Yu, a world-class superstar, world-class photographer, and their eternal brother. This configuration was completely maxed out.
Su Xing immediately published a long article to express his excitement, and at the end he said that this week he would be Nice Brother Lie instead of Mean Brother Lie.
Even on the plane on the way home, the next second after he received the photo sent by Yu Yu, he used the Wi-Fi on the private plane to update another post, posting his photo and signature to show off to the whole Internet.
Yu Yu gave him a thumbs up immediately. If he was on the same plane with him, he might have even teased him a few times to see if he would really stay in Nice Brother mode this week. Unfortunately, they separated the day after watching the World Cup.
Su Xing returned to the Porcelain Kingdom, and Yu Yu returned to the Bullfighting Kingdom.
Christmas is coming soon, and the family plans to hold the inheritance ceremony as soon as he returns.
However, in Yu Yu's opinion, this is just a formality. The identity of the heir is not determined after the ceremony is completed. It all depends on human efforts. If he really can't get over this hurdle in the future and doesn't want to do it anymore, there is still some room for extreme manipulation.
So Yu Yu simply used his skill of lying down like a lazy fish. No matter what you do to him, he will leave when the time comes, and no one can stop him.
As for the extreme operating space, it's quite simple, for example, marrying a member of the royal family.
Before he and Su Xing parted ways, Su Xing teased him that once he returned, the inheritance ceremony would be completed and the engagement ceremony would follow soon after. When he returned to Porcelain Country and he and his brothers saw him again, he would probably be married already, right?
After all, for children from a family background like Yu Yu, their marriages are mostly out of their control. Maybe as soon as he returns, he will marry a royal princess.
At that time, Yu Yu smiled and answered him that it was impossible. If you said he was a descendant of an old noble from some other place, it might be possible, but if you said he was the royal family of the Bullfighting Kingdom, that would absolutely not be possible.
Because Alaric was the founder of the Visigothic Dynasty, the ancestor of the Visigothic Kingdom. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is the descendant of the founding emperor, so Alaric's status has always been so transcendent.
If he marries the current royal princess, then he really won't have to worry about his status as the heir to Grand Duke Alaric, because he will be the heir to the throne.
This is certainly not what the current royal family, descendants of the Bourbon family, want to see.
Due to the ancient orthodox status and economic strength of the Alaric family, the royal family of the Bull Fighting Kingdom, whose reputation was damaged by the previous king, was polite and friendly to the Alaric family on the surface. In fact, they were always on guard against Alaric's "restoration". After all, their status was shaken and they were in a weak position at the moment, and the people's pursuit of Alaric was obviously greater than theirs.
If the royal princess and the heir of Alaric are determined to be together, then there are only two choices. Either the princess gives up her princess status and stays with the other party as a free citizen, or the heir of Alaric gives up his inheritance rights and surname and marries into the royal family.
In fact, the relationship between the royal family and Alaric can be seen from the geographical location of their two palaces.
The royal family was in Madrid, and Alaric in Catalonia.
However, on the surface, Duke Alaric was still a duke granted by the royal family, so the ceremony of succession had to be conducted under the authorization of the royal family and held at the Royal Palace of Madrid.
Although the Royal Palace of Madrid is called a palace, the royal family does not currently live here. They live in the Zarzuela Palace on the outskirts of Madrid. As the third largest royal palace in Europe, the Royal Palace of Madrid has been open to the public as a museum when there are no state events.
Now, because of Yu Yu's return, the palace has been closed a week ago and will not reopen to the public until January next year.
The ceremony of the succession of Grand Duke Alaric has already been categorized as a state event for the royal family and the people.
Unfortunately, no matter how important the ceremony was, in Yu Yu's eyes, it was not as important as going back early to accompany Wang Zhengliang to play the piano piece a few more times.
After being busy for more than half a month, Xiao Liang finally passed the review. It is difficult to combine classical music, traditional Chinese music and modern music, and he has little time to practice. Now he rehearses alone every day until the early morning and gets up early in the morning. Facts have proved that Owl can really persevere.
Yu Yuzhen was worried that he would make his seemingly strong but actually fragile body sick, so he wanted to finish it early and go back early. Unfortunately, his cheap father insisted that he leave after Christmas on the 26th.
"You're finally back, you heartless boy. Your sister is often away from home, and you haven't come back for dinner for almost a year. You don't even think about coming home to see me, an empty-nest old man."
This was the first sentence Alvaro said when he saw his cheap father, the current Grand Duke of Alaric, and then he gave Yu Yu a big hug.
Yu Yu hugged him politely, but soon let go. His father looked healthy. After spending nearly a year in this difficult position, he still looked fat and even a little rounder.
It stands to reason that after the death of Yu Yu's grandfather, the old Duke Alaric, who had oppressed the family for decades, some people in the family would have run out of the cage barking like vicious dogs that had broken free from their chains. Those guys were fickle and had their own ulterior motives. Alvaro, who had just taken the throne of Grand Duke, was in an unstable position. If he was really just the harmless, cowardly and useless image he had shown before, he would definitely not be able to handle so many people.
But now, in less than a year, he has stabilized such a big family. If this smiling fat man is really so incompetent, Yu Yu will be the first one who does not believe it.
"It's been a long time since we last met. I miss you so much, father, and all the relatives in our family. In the past, grandfather would always gather everyone together during the holidays. It was so lively. I wonder if half of us will be able to come to the Christmas dinner this year?"
Yu Yu showed the elegant smile that had been ingrained in her bones since she was a child. It was decent, friendly, yet reserved and polite.
This is the bad thing about being home, you have to be polite at all times.
I don't know if he was implying that Alvaro didn't have that much appeal and deterrence, or if he was implying something else, but at first glance it sounded like he really missed his relatives.
"Haha, what are you talking about? Christmas is such an important holiday, of course they will come if they can, but there are indeed some people who can't leave because of some personal matters, and we have to show our understanding."
Alvaro laughed heartily, and his voice sounded full of energy.
"This year, it's estimated that there won't be even half of them. Only a small number of people can come back. It's okay. We can have a smaller party, which will be more cozy." He patted Yu Yu's shoulder. "Well, don't tense yourself up like an antique when you come back. Your grandfather is good in every way, but he taught you the wrong things. Good people in other families are always timid at home."
"But you didn't care about him before, did you? Now that you are in charge, you start to care about him, right?" Yu Yu glanced at him. His words were like a child accusing his parents of inaction. They didn't care about him before, but now they start to care about him.
If his attitude and tone were not so bland and indifferent, Alvaro might really think that his son was being sarcastic. He would rather Yu Yu sneered or even accused him than have him be a bystander.
Seeing him like this, Yu Yu knew that he must be overthinking. To be honest, he became independent very early in his previous life, and in this world, family affection is basically dead in name only from the moment one is born, so much so that he has forgotten how to get along with his direct blood relatives.
Since he asked Yu Yu to stop being so pretentious, Yu Yu would just speak frankly.
"Okay, when you decided to retreat and lower everyone's guard, you should have thought about the consequences of having a child who was thrown to the grandfather's care right after birth and would have no affection for you as a father, right?"
"Everything has a cause and an effect, and there are gains and losses. You can't have all the good things, so you don't have to look so hurt. Why didn't you get hurt when you attacked those side branches?"
Yu Yu is not a fool. Although when he was with Yue Lai and Yue Jiang Zhi, sometimes the four of them only had two brains, but if he was really stupid, old Duke Alaric would not train him as his heir.
Of course he could see that most of the collateral relatives who couldn't come to their family's house to celebrate Christmas were not unable to come because of something, but because something happened at home. They were probably either exiled or placed under house arrest and surveillance, only able to move around in a specific area, or were they just disappeared from the face of the earth?
Yu Yu narrowed his eyes and looked at the kind fat man in front of him, as if considering the possibility that he might do something ruthless.
After all, he is his father. Alvaro understood Yu Yu's look. He said with a smile, "What are you thinking? I am not only a duke, but also a law-abiding citizen. They use some despicable and low-class methods, but I will not be like them and have no bottom line."
"But they wanted me to lose my lover and then my child. It's been almost 20 years. I still have to settle the score. Xiao Sai, don't you think so?"
"You can do the math. I'm not stopping you or judging you."
"But Daddy is venting his anger for you and your mother, aren't you moved or showing any appreciation? Oh, I'm so sad."
Yu Yuxu stared at him in silence for a second, then immediately stood up and looked outside the living room, calling the old butler's name: "Javier, please take me to my current room, thank you. I'm a little tired after a long flight and I can always hear the buzzing of mosquitoes."
After Yu Yu left, Alvaro, sitting in the luxurious living room of the palace, touched the stubble on his chin, poured himself a glass of wine, and no one knew what he was thinking.
When Javier came back and asked him whether dinner time should be postponed since Yu Yu had returned to her room and closed the door to rest, he said inexplicably:
"I remember that Cyrus is currently a minor celebrity in China, and she even filmed a travel variety show that is slightly famous in China, right?"
Javier is the old butler who has always followed Alvaro. After Alvaro inherited the title of Archduke, Javier was naturally promoted to chief steward, so he certainly knew what Alvaro wanted to say.
"Yes, the people who recorded the show with the young master were a few ordinary people from China who he met when he was fooling around. They didn't have any special backgrounds. The young master also suffered. It seemed that there was no budget invested in that variety show."
Alvaro snorted with an ambiguous tone and brought up an unrelated topic: "Come to think of it, next year seems to be the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Bullfighting Country and the Porcelain Country. The 50th anniversary, such a special year, always requires some special actions to further strengthen the relationship between the two countries. Political and economic decisions are made by the upper echelons, while cultural, sports and entertainment have the most direct impact on the people."