Chapter 1392 The Real Gift
After Anna opened the box, her eyes lit up, even though she had facial paralysis. Del and Johannes were stunned, their mouths wide open.
"So... so beautiful!" Anna said with her eyes wide open.
There was actually a set of ruby jewelry inside, including a head flower, a brooch, a necklace, and a bracelet. The main body was made of platinum, and finely cut rubies of different sizes were wrapped in broken diamonds. The entire gem was sparkling. Not to mention that women could not resist it, even men could not refuse the beauty of this set of jewelry after seeing it.
Xiao Peng smiled and said, "Anna, I hope you can become the most beautiful bride. This is a gift for you, do you like it?"
Anna didn't answer him. She was completely conquered by the jewelry.
Del first recovered from his shock: "Is this... the missing ruby jewelry set of Elizabeth Amelie Eugenie?"
Xiao Peng was stunned. He looked at Del and said, "Well... this is a replica!"
He didn't expect that Del could actually see the origin of this set of jewelry!
Del said helplessly, "Mr. Xiao! Even if I'm stupid, I can tell that this set of jewelry is at least two hundred years old!"
Xiao Peng said calmly: "Then it is the original!"
"Hiss." Del took a breath.
Xiao Peng said, "You heard it just now. This is a wedding gift for Anna. I hope you will grow old together, and this set of jewelry can be passed down to your children, your children's children, and your children's children's children... and become the eternal treasure of your Hook family."
"Of course!" Del said without hesitation: "Anna is the last woman in my life!"
"I hope so." Xiao Peng said with a smile.
At this time, Anna glanced at Xiao Peng. Although she had no expression, a thousand words were expressed without words.
Johannes, who was standing nearby, was completely bewildered. "Del, I'm honored to have witnessed your and Anna's passionate confession, but could you tell me the origins of this jewelry set? Why are you so excited?"
Del took two deep breaths to calm his excitement and said, "Johannes! You are German! Don't you know the origin of this jewelry set?"
Johannes looked at Del with confused eyes.
Del didn't beat around the bush with Johannes and gave a direct answer: "Do you know Princess Sissi? This is Princess Sissi's ruby jewelry! When she wore this jewelry, she stunned Europe and was called 'Europe's Most Beautiful Queen'! She was the Queen of Austria and Hungary for a total of 44 years, and she was also the longest-reigning Austrian Queen."
"Hiss!" This time it was Johannes' turn to gasp. Princess Sissi was German, a member of the Bavarian royal family, the Wittelsbach family. While she was well-known in Germany, she was often referred to as "Princess Sissi" rather than her real name, Elisabeth-Amelie Eugenie. She was called "Sissi" because her nickname was "SISI."
However, Xiao Peng doesn't like this woman very much. Her life is not as beautiful as in the movies. Her life is full of extremes and she can be called one of the most capricious women.
Of course, all these things are in the past, and her ending was quite tragic: she was assassinated in Geneva when she was sixty years old, and the reason for her assassination was simply: because I am poor, all rich people should die.
Johannes was shocked and said, "Is this the set of ruby jewelry that Princess Sissi used? Didn't Rudolf give it to his mistress, Baroness Marie-Vesera?"
The Rudolf he was talking about was Princess Sissi's only son.
Rudolf was born as the heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and Princess Sissi found him a wife to marry. However, Rudolf was very dissatisfied with the marriage, and at the age of 30, he met the 17-year-old Baroness Marie-Vesera, and the two began a passionate extramarital affair.
Rudolf even wrote to the Pope asking for a divorce for Marie-Vesella, and the Pope told Rudolf's father about it. The old king then approached Rudolf and gave him a choice: do you want a woman or the inheritance? Choose for yourself!
Rudolf chose the inheritance, but asked to see his mistress one last time. The old king agreed, and the two met. Rudolf shot Baroness Marie-Vesserae, and then shot himself. This incident is known in history as the "Mayerling Massacre."
From an outsider's perspective, Rudolf was clearly mentally ill. He'd destroy anything he couldn't obtain, but he was absolutely lavish on Marie-Vesera, showering her with precious jewels. This included her mother's precious ruby set. When Princess Sissi wore this set, it was heralded as "the most beautiful ruby jewel."
Johannes said, "As far as I know, after Marie-Vesera died, the whereabouts of this jewelry set are unknown. I heard that her family sold it to a wealthy Jewish man. Now many people have restored this jewelry set based on photos of Princess Sissi. But no one knows where this jewelry set has gone. I didn't expect it to be in Mr. Xiao's hands. Mr. Xiao, how did you get it?"
Xiao Peng said, "If I say I picked it up from the street, you definitely won't believe me. So I can only say I fished it out of the sea."
"Mr. Xiao, why haven't I heard you mention that you have this before!" Johannes continued to ask.
Xiao Peng smiled and said, "Johannes, you must have a lot of things you don't want others to know, right? Do you think I would publicize everything I have? What would you do if it were you?"
Johannes whistled. "If I had a million, I would just tell my friends I had a hundred thousand. No, maybe I'd say I only had ten thousand."
Xiao Peng spread his hands and said, "I'm a normal person too, so of course I would make the same choice!"
Johannes sighed, "No wonder you were so confident in leaving all your property on Norderney to me. The fundamental reason is that you don't care at all."
"Who said you don't care?" Xiao Peng said, "I'm just too busy."
Johannes said, "You really are very tired. Why don't we go to Paradise tonight and relax?"
Xiao Peng coughed twice: "Mr. and Mrs. Hook are still here, what are you talking about?"
At this time, Del said, "Xiao, please be sure to attend my 'Singles Night'. I swear to God, I will give you an experience better than 'Heaven'."
"Huh?" Xiao Peng's eyes lit up after hearing that, but when he thought of Del's perverted 'single night', he backed off again.
"Let's talk about it later." He evaded the question.
Johannes then said, "Del, this is your first time on Norderney Island, right? Would you like to experience the Norderney Island special tourism?"
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