"1000 years?" Fang Jueyu showed a disdainful expression, "Our neighbor, the Sun Country, always brags about having the most beautiful women for thousands of years, but just look at them, crooked and all, not even straight teeth, and bowlegs too. Huaxia's beauty standards are just different!"
"Young Master, you're mistaken. This Princess Silit is actually a rare beauty!" Though Zhuang Ying hadn't met Princess Silit in person, she had come across some information online, "She was discovered for modeling children's clothes when she was young, and as she grew up, she became even more remarkable. Even Victoria's Secret offered her a sky-high contract, but she didn't care at all!"
"Seems like she must have a decent figure then." Fang Jueyu wasn't particularly interested in any princess; he wasn't like his dad, Fang Huai, who was such a womanizer.
"Young Master, it seems you really don't know much about her," Zhuang Ying seemed to have done a lot of homework before coming, "It's said that those coming to propose marriage to her from the England Royal Family nearly broke down the doorsteps of White Palace. Princes or so are the least of it; if they don't have assets worth over a hundred million US Dollars, they wouldn't even dare mention it!"
"That's so exaggerated?" Fang Jueyu had heard about an English actress once rejecting a marriage proposal from an English prince, but this princess's story was even more sensational. What kind of fairy could drive so many high-status people insane?
"Just last year, a prince from Dubai flew in on his private jet to propose, offering shares in some oil wells as a betrothal gift, but the princess didn't even want to meet him. You can see how high and mighty she is."
"So what?" Fang Jueyu rolled his eyes, having already guessed what Zhuang Ying wanted to say next.
"She actually agreed to come pick you up at the airport today, so she must be interested in you!" Zhuang Ying chuckled, "I bet if you wanted, this princess might even be willing to go back to Huaxia with you!"
"Ha, if she wanted to go, I wouldn't agree!" Fang Jueyu was already more than satisfied with Guo Xinyu. If he were to bring some princess back, he'd feel guilty toward Guo Xinyu, "She'd be better off going back as a maid to serve tea and water!"
"Hahaha! You really dare to think so!" Zhuang Ying laughed so hard she almost cried. Only Fang Jueyu would dare to suggest making a princess of England a maid.
"Hahaha, host, you remind me of one of your ancestors from long ago!" Little Yi seemed to recall an amusing story.
"Oh? Go on, tell me."
"Well, nothing much. Over 300 years ago, your ancestor Fang Zhu used his wealth to do a lot for the country. Whenever the court needed money, they would go to him for loans. He managed to get a lot of princesses and royal daughters from that time to his house as maids. The Emperor was overjoyed at the time!"
"Hahaha! Really now?"
"Yes, that's why they say money talks!" Little Yi chuckled.
Queen Yisha'er of England knew the Fang Family was a very low-profile family, appearing at most as tycoons, and never did anyone know they were a family with a long lineage spanning thousands of years. Thus, Queen Yisha'er hadn't arranged for a big entourage to pick them up, as that would annoy the Fang Family members.
The connection between the Fang Family and the England Royal Family was actually quite straightforward. England had encountered many major economic disasters, and the Fang Family's ancestors had some connections with England's earliest kings, so they used their power to help them through those crises.
England's royal younger generation might not know how powerful the Fang Family truly was, but their elders knew all too well. This was a colossal family that could almost control the world; to them, tycoons and princes were nothing!
Fang Jueyu stepped off the plane. In the distance, Princess Silit, surrounded by a group of people, was looking over in their direction. Several bodyguards in black suits were shielding her from the sun with umbrellas.
Admittedly, Princess Silit was indeed a rare beauty, at least by Oriental aesthetic standards; her appearance was almost the ideal for a Western woman.
Princess Silit's outfit wasn't anything formal, rather it seemed laid back, yet it perfectly outlined her exquisite figure. Her skin wasn't pale, but a healthy wheat color. Her facial features were very symmetrical and balanced, with golden hair cascading down her back, giving off a mesmerizing impression from afar.
"So, what did I say?" Zhuang Ying laughed.
"But I still think my Xinyu is prettier!" Fang Jueyu smiled subtly, walking off the plane confidently.
"So that's the heir of this generation of that family?" Princess Silit was a bit taken aback by Fang Jueyu's handsome appearance. To be honest, none of those princes and tycoons who'd come to propose in the past quite met her standards in terms of looks.
Princess Silit didn't initially know Fang Jueyu; the task of picking him up was assigned to her by Queen Yisha'er at the last minute, reportedly due to an important guest attending her birthday party, who had quite a good rapport with the royal family.
Queen Yisha'er had even hinted that if anything could develop between her and this young man from the Fang Family, it would be the royal family's biggest blessing and Silit's greatest fortune!
Being so proud, Princess Silit wouldn't easily take Queen Yisha'er's words at face value, but they did pique her curiosity about this guest from the East. What kind of person could be so highly regarded by the queen?
"Princess Silit, hello, my name is Fang Jueyu, from Huaxia!" Fang Jueyu said fluently in English. Little Yi had previously given him an intensive training session, allowing him to communicate smoothly in English now.
"Hello, Mr. Fang! I didn't expect your English to be so good!" Princess Silit shook hands with Fang Jueyu graciously.
"By the way, since it's my first time in England and I heard the princess specially took the time to pick me up, I've brought a small gift for you. I hope you will like it!" Fang Jueyu flawlessly executed his manners without a hitch.
"This is a gift from our young master to Princess Silit!" Zhuang Ying presented a small box, which contained two beautiful earrings.
"Apollo Blue Diamond and Artemis Pink Diamond!" Princess Silit easily recognized the earrings, having seen many gemstones.
These earrings featured diamonds of 14.54 carats and 16 carats respectively, bought by a Huaxia tycoon at an auction in Switzerland two years ago for nearly 60 million US Dollars. The Apollo Blue Diamond was the largest internally flawless blue diamond to appear in auction history, reaching the rare IIb grade, constituting only 1% of the world's diamonds. Similarly, the Artemis Pink Diamond was considered a pure IIa-grade diamond.
To think these earrings were actually bought by Fang Jueyu's family, and he was giving them as a greeting gift. A gift worth 60 million US Dollars, it dawned on her why the queen placed so much importance on this young man from Huaxia.
"What's wrong, princess? Don't you like the gift?"
Only then did Princess Silit realize she had been a bit overwhelmed. She took the earrings, but perhaps due to her nerves, she didn't hold the box properly, and it slipped.
She hurriedly tried to catch the box by bending down, but as bad luck would have it, she didn't find her balance and fell forward.
A wave of masculine scent rushed at her, but fortunately, Fang Jueyu caught her in time and steadily held onto the priceless earrings too.
"Huh?" Princess Silit suddenly found herself pressed up against Fang Jueyu, her face immediately flushed red.
"Whoa, this open!" Fang Jueyu was startled, but he maintained his gentlemanly demeanor, "Miss, could you be a bit more reserved?"