C2226 Statue of the Prince (1/2)

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.