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Chapter 169 Westminster Abbey

Claudia's father's cemetery was beyond Jest's expectations, in the famous Westminster Abbey, a tomb that housed more than 3,000 princes and nobles and giants from all walks of life.

If it were just a small viscount, it would naturally not be qualified. However, with the status of one of the three largest directors of the RR Group, then qualifications would be sufficient. Of course, according to the regulations of Westminster Abbey, according to the identity of Claudia's father, it could only be placed on the periphery of the church, and it was impossible to be in the church.

Because in the British tradition, the nobles took pride in the cemetery close to the altar, and the closest place to the altar is in the church.

Claudia's father's funeral was still grand, but because Claudia had been expelled from the house by her father, although Claudia also had the right to obtain the inheritance before her father died, but because her father had not been awake at that time, she did not have much time to ask the lawyer to revoke the terms of expelling Claudia from the house.

Therefore, Claudia's two brothers used this excuse to block Claudia from attending the funeral. However, with Claudia's insistence and Claudia's father's personal butler, her two brothers reluctantly agreed.

However, even if she came to attend the funeral, she could only attend as a guest, not as a family member. But for her, it didn't matter. She just wanted to watch her father be buried. As for becoming family with her two brothers?

At least Claudia didn't think so.

So, Jester accompanied Claudia at the outermost point and waited for the funeral to end. There were many people coming to the funeral, including many celebrities. Claudia also whispered to Jester one by one, including the owner of the private plane he borrowed when he returned to the United States last time he came to London.

However, the visit of one person made Jester a little unexpected. He saw Princess Diana, the famous one in later generations. However, she came alone and did not see Prince Charles, who was named Prince of Wales. At this time, Princess Diana was only over 23 or less than 24 years old, and she was still the beautiful woman known as the eternal rose in England. Jester just took a look from a distance and did feel a stunning feeling.

When Claudia saw the doubt in Jest's eyes, she took the initiative to explain to him. It turned out that Princess Diana had some relatives with Claudia's family. According to Claudia, their family had a marriage with the Spencer family. In fact, she might also call Aunt Diana.

However, Jester's understanding of Diana was only that she was once the most favored woman in England. How much was she favored? When she died, the British were even so angry that they wanted to unite to hold a referendum to abolish the English royal family. Yes, the English royal family can be abolished through a referendum, but this matter was eventually left unresolved with the royal family's public apology.

Originally, when Jester heard others talk about Princess Diana's story, he always liked to use Cinderella's story as an analogy, and he believed it. He didn't really investigate whether it was true. He didn't even think about how a Cinderella could marry the first heir of the prominent United Kingdom. This time, after Claudia's explanation, he realized how unreliable the previous rumors were.

Princess Diana is the youngest daughter of Edward John Spencer. This is the real Earl with a fiefdom. Although the title is not much different from Claudia's family, the Spencer family is much more prominent than Claudia's family. Many great people who have been famous in history and even influenced the progress of the world to a certain extent were all born in this family.

For example, the famous Winston Churchill, who likes to smoke cigars, slapped the table in the parliament and pointed at his opponent's nose and shouted that the other party was SB, the former Royal Navy officer, the ancestor of the Spencer family, was the descendant of George Spencer, the fifth Duke of Maboro.

After learning about Princess Diana's origin, Jester also realized that if she was really a Cinderella, how could she have the chance to be favored by Prince Charles? After all, this is not an era of extremely developed Internet communication in the 21st century. Now, there is no possibility of intersecting the class between Cinderella and the prince.

Until the end of the funeral, Claudia did not have any contact with her two brothers. After that, she asked Jester if she was interested in visiting one of the most famous tourist attractions in London. After receiving Jester's confirmed reply, she took the initiative to become a guide.

Jester really doesn't know much about Westminster Abbey or Westminster Temple. He first heard that this place was in elementary school. In a certain text, Newton, the greatest scientist of mankind, was buried in this place after his death.

When Jester talked to Claudia, Claudia immediately took Jester to Newton's bone burial place.

His tomb is at the Scientist's Corner, one of the two most famous locations in the Westminster Abbey. The tombstone is a piece of black and white marble. Below is his sarcophagus. The sarcophagus is extremely exquisitely carved. Although the traces of the erosion of time can still be seen hundreds of years later, the reliefs on it are still lifelike.

On the tombstone, the tombstone, which was carved by the famous sculptor Michael Ricebruck, had an epitaph written in Latin. Jester did not recognize it. He was very curious. It was written on it. "The law of nature and nature is hidden in the darkness. God said: Let Newton go! Then everything becomes light." Or the Chinese words "Tao follows nature, hides the mystery for a long time. Newton comes from the sky, and all things are born with brightness."

However, when Jester talked about this with Claudia, Claudia made her laugh and reel. She corrected Jester's mistake without hesitation.

"The poem you are talking about is a poem by the famous poet Pope. It is not the epitaph of Newton at all. Pope is the greatest poet of the 18th century in Britain, no one..." When talking about this name, Claudia's eyes were covered with little stars, and that kind of admiration was exactly the same as when Jester talked about Li Bai.

However, he basically knew nothing about this person named Pope. He had heard of only three British poets, one was Shakespeare, a great writer who was not famous for his poetry, and the other two were Shelley and Chaucer, the insurmountable Mount Tai in the British poetry world.

"...By the way, Pope's tomb is also here, right there in the Poet's Corner. We can go and take a look later."

Although he heard Claudia say this, Jester was still very curious about Newton's epitaph. You should know that for a science student, Newton's position in his heart was no substitute. Before Jester was reborn, in physics class, his teacher once talked about Newton's "Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy" - a great work in which every punctuation mark illuminated the way forward of mankind.

Unfortunately, Newton's tombstone has Latin.

But after Claudia knew about Jester's idea, she smiled mysteriously, and then said to Jester in a somewhat complacent tone: "Don't you know that Latin is still a compulsory subject for an English noble girl?"

After chatting with Claudia for a long time and the two of them had also confirmed their relationship, Jester would make a joke. When he heard Claudia say this, he couldn't help but curl his lips and said disdainfully: "What's the era? You British still retain this medieval custom?" After saying that, Jester paused and continued to mock him dissatisfiedly, "What's the point of learning Latin now? In addition to looking through ancient books and studying pharmacology, there are places where Latin can be used?"

Although he was very angry when he was choking on Jester's rebellion, after Jester's repeated inquiries, Claudia reluctantly translated it for him.

"The buried place is Lord Ezac Newton, who uses his nearly sacred mind and unique mathematical principles to explore the movement and shape of planets, the trajectory of comets, the tides of the ocean, the different tones of light and the resulting characteristics of colors that other scholars have never imagined before."

"In his diligence, intelligence and piety in studying nature, antiquities and the Bible, he proved the omnipotence of the Supreme God in his philosophy and expressed the concise truth of the Gospel in his personal way. People are delighted by this: such a brilliant glory has appeared in human history. He was born on December 25, 1642 and died on March 20, 1727."

Claudia's voice was gentle, but Jester could still hear her excitement from it. After all, anyone would feel involuntary pride when they mentioned the characters of their country that could be remembered by the entire civilization.

Essentially, this epitaph is actually a short essay that summarizes Newton's life experience, and it is written very emotionally. When Jester, a science student, heard that Claudia, who had just become his girlfriend, translated the meaning of this Latin for him, he couldn't help but think of the past of Newton that he knew in his mind.

It cannot be described as magnificent.

Just when Jester left Newton's tomb in the Scientist's Horn, Claudia was still introducing him to the anecdotes about Newton's tomb. I don't know where she saw it. When Newton died, the funeral ceremony was noble and grand. Most members of the Royal Society of England attended the funeral. His coffin carryer was the British official and the dean of the Lords, two dukes and three earls... (To be continued, please search for astronomy, the novel is better and faster!
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