Chapter 225: In Great Britain (15)

The fire of women's gossip is almost endless, and Hoffman knows this very well, he only has a beginning, and Mrs. Simpson inquires into the bottom line: "The old prime minister who was used didn't take Winston's position?" ”

That's where Winston's cunning comes in: first, he's capable, he's good at work; second, taking away his position seems that the old prime minister is very immature and looks like a personal revenge, work is work, private feelings are private feelings, and he will not give people a handle; Thirdly, Mr. Asquith himself has only been prime minister for a few months, and the immediate replacement of cabinet members does not mean that he was reckless and hasty in forming his cabinet? Taking out Winston would shake his own prestige. ”

Simpson nodded and said that he understood, the black cat smiled bitterly and agreed, he couldn't comment on this passage, the reasons involved are very complicated, except for the parties involved, I am afraid that no third person will know, but one thing is certain, the old prime minister has done a good job of secrecy, only to say that Violet accidentally fell off a cliff when he went out and fell into a coma, although the three major newspapers, including the Times, have published the news of the disappearance of the prime minister's daughter, but none of them have interviewed the truth, let alone contacted Churchill, Even Violet herself doesn't mention this past in her memoirs, and everyone only thinks that she is Winston's confidante.

But the black cat knew there must be something wrong here: Asquith had been prime minister for a total of eight years, and when he first became prime minister, Violet was 21 years old, and he didn't marry until 1915, when he became a 28-year-old girl (by the standards of the early 20th century), and the marriage was an ordinary cricketer. Considering the old prime minister's illustrious status and power, this marriage is very puzzling, and a proper political marriage is the standard.

Hoffman continued: "For the sake of this unforgettable man, Violet was married on the same day as Winston's wedding, and even the chapel was the same as the chapel, and it is said that even the priesthood and other furnishings for the ceremony were the same." In the next few decades, as the status of the other party continues to rise, in order to maintain Winston's image and status, poor Violet has to pretend to be a good friend of Winston in front of the outside world, and he is a confidante, knowing Winston is the luckiest thing in the world When I saw this information, I couldn't believe it! ”

"What a poor woman!" Simpson said to Black Cat, "She's so much more pitiful than I am, and I can at least have your full love." ”

Edward VIII shrugged and smiled in return.

"Mrs. Winston Clermona is not a simple character, my old friend Mussolini once bragged to me that he was very admired by Madame Clemona, and used to spend several days alone in a country villa when she visited Italy, when he was the Prime Minister of Italy for a few years" Hoffman blinked, and the rest of the words came to an abrupt end, and he didn't say anything about what would happen when he was alone, and let people guess for themselves.

This is certainly not bragging, this happened in 1926, when not only did the fat man have a good impression of Fascisty, but Clemona was even more fascinated, and she also wrote this relationship into a letter to Churchill, saying: "He (referring to Mussolini) was very impressive, simple and natural, very majestic; His smile is very charming, and a pair of beautiful golden brown eyes can penetrate your heart,

It makes you afraid to look at him directly, and fills you with a pleasant awe."

"Really? I'm not surprised by that, though, it's in line with her usual style. Mrs. Simpson covered her mouth and laughed.

Seven or eight years ago, because Churchill was messing with flowers outside, Clemena and Churchill fell out, ran away to the United States, and lived in the United States for two years with a bodyguard, a handsome single middle-aged man, Philip, Mrs. Simpson was fully aware that she was an American, and at that time she and Edward VIII laughed at the green hat on the head of Chancellor Churchill. Of course, the fat man was not the prime minister at that time, and there was no deep-seated contradiction between the two families, plus Edward VIII was soon facing the abdication turmoil, so he had no time to take care of this kind of affair.

Of course, Clemona has her own problems, the key fat man is not a fuel-efficient lamp, I don't know how many "playmates" I have hooked up with in my life, and even said "I think pink silk underwear is the best companion for women" This kind of frivolous words, and has sent several large boxes of high-grade silk goods to the object of the relationship can be known without asking.

This can be known from the heart-to-heart smile between Hoffman and Mrs. Simpson, and the two invariably thought of Churchill's mother Randolph Churchill's wife, a great beauty who captivated the country and the city, it is reported that she was the mistress of Edward VII, who first met Edward VII and was introduced to Randolph Churchill by the other party (poor Randolph became a pick-up man), and married three times, and the last two marriages were even younger than his son Winston Churchill, which shows that Churchill's style is inherited in families.

As for Churchill himself, there were more than one suspicion that he was Edward VII's bare head, bucket-like waist, and god-like countenance, just because the people involved were prominent enough that no one dared to chew his tongue.

Although the style of talking about meat and peach news is not high, it is an effective magic weapon for friends to get closer, especially if they spread other people's romances, if they are still characters that everyone hates, they will feel more like watching jokes together. Of course, it also depends on the occasion and timing, you can't talk about this in a serious state meeting, it's appropriate to talk about this kind of thing in a casual conversation, and when you talk to Mrs. Simpson, Hoffman can't talk about national affairs seriously, this kind of content is not big or small, and the content is just right.

The object also has to be chosen, the level and grade are too low, it will not carry enough weight for the Führer and the black cat, Churchill just right, if you talk about the younger brother of George VI Edward VIII, it will make the other party uncomfortable. The main point of the topic is over, it is okay to say that Churchill is a negative man, but it is inappropriate to say that Churchill is the illegitimate son of Edward VII, so that the fat man will become the cheap uncle of Edward VIII and George VI, and if he breaks it, he will offend the black cat!

So Hoffman and Mrs. Simpson only looked at each other and smiled, and everything was silent, and Edward VIII thought that they were still laughing at Churchill, but they did not expect that their minds were already thinking of Edward VII as quickly as lightning.

As a scholar, Hoffman usually has the opportunity to joke with national leaders, but as a Führer, he knows that this is completely normal. If he were to sit with Stalin's father and tell meat jokes now, of course he couldn't talk about Lenin, which would cause disgust and embarrassment, but it would be harmless to talk about Trotsky and Bukharin, and everyone would be able to laugh at it, and in the other way Hoffmann, others would not be able to make jokes about Wilhelm II, Hindenburg, or even Ludendorff, but it would be harmless to joke about Goering or Ribbentrop, and Mrs. Simpson and Ribbentrop would be very familiar.

Ribbentrop has always been the object of the jokes just made by the National Socialist Party, and the Führer, Goebbels and others often joked about him when they held meetings on a small scale, and even jokingly remarked a few champagne dealers, and Ribbentrop himself was not angry, which shows that everyone is relatively close and is his own people. He could not even make jokes about Ribbentrop on special occasions and at special times: although many of the veterans who followed the Führer in the beer hall riots were not even as good as the secretary (section level) of Ribbentrop's chief of staff (department level), every year on the day of celebration, he still sat down with the Führer to talk and laugh at the same place, and Ribbentrop had to smile during the celebration, because he did not participate in the event at all (he only joined the National Socialist Party in 1932), and these old qualifications followed the FührerAt the time of the "revolution", he was still thinking about making a fortune personally, and even took the opportunity to sell alcoholic beverages to the National Socialist Party in the hope of making a fortune, and it was reasonable for them to "laugh" at Mr. Foreign Minister for "trying in every possible way to make money from the party" when they were almost drunk.

But after the anniversary, Ribbentrop was still a top member of the National Socialist Party and foreign minister, and these people were nothing. Just like a large company, although Ribbentrop is not a veteran of the company's entrepreneurship, he is now a top-ranked management, maybe he is only a little shorter when the veterans sit together in private to talk and laugh on the company's anniversary, but he is still a high-ranking executive for 365 days a year, and he is still a high-ranking executive for the other 364 days of the year, ridiculing Ribbentrop's most fierce head of state in public, where did he wronged him?

However, Hoffman knew that he should mention Ribbentrop less in front of Mrs. Simpson, unless the other party mentioned it himself, because when she fell in love with the black cat, she also had a very hot fight with Ribbentrop, and she could receive 17 carnations every day

Of course, everyone in the audience couldn't hear what was being said in the box, and could only see from a distance that the Führer seemed to be talking very warmly with the king and his wife when they passed the box with an occasional glimmer of light, and they were all speculating that the Führer was probably talking about his understanding of the play, in fact, Hoffman so far, except for watching a few actors, he didn't cast a few glances on the stage at all, and he was chatting with the two of them about lace news, but Eva watched the performance with great interest, but her hearing was very limited and she couldn't understand too much.

When the actor playing Hamlet utters the classic line of "tobeornottobe", Big C enters the next box and whispers in Attlee's ear: "The rats are out of their holes, and it is reported that they will go to besiege the hospital!" ”

"It's getting more and more rampant!" Attlee was also not interested in watching the show today, and when he heard the report, he slapped the armrest hard.

Aiden on the side was also very annoyed, he hit Buckingham Palace in the early morning, and now he is fighting the hospital, maybe he still wants to play the theater, the longbowmen are really becoming more and more lawless, and the emotional London has now become a place outside the law? A source of unrest?