Golden Greenery

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Vienna was the former headquarters of the Habsburg family. They ruled the Holy Roman Empire and the subsequent Austro-Hungarian Empire from Vienna for more than 800 years. It can be said that the Habsburg family created the city of Vienna.

Vienna is a very beautiful city with many magnificent ancient buildings that record the story of the Habsburg Dynasty. The Summer Palace Schönbrunn Palace and the Winter Palace Hofburg Palace are among the most famous and iconic buildings. Not far from the Hoffmann Palace, the Capuchin Church (kapuzinerkirche) in Vienna's old town looks very impressive. Inconspicuous.

This small spire building with an inconspicuous appearance was built on an area of ​​1,500 square meters, but it has extraordinary significance to the Habsburg family, because it is their most important ancestral grave.

Under the Capuchin Church, 142 emperors and 19 queens of the Habsburg family are stored.

When European nobles died, they did not use large-scale earth-enclosed tombs like ours in ancient China. Instead, they were placed in coffins and placed in special tombs. Of course, the body will also undergo special embalming treatment, and it is said that the internal organs will be removed and preserved separately, which will not be discussed here.

All coffins are made of zinc and copper. The imperial coffins have different shapes, are well made, and the carvings are exquisite and full of artistic sense. The gaps in the coffins are sealed by bronze pouring. In addition, with proper daily maintenance, for hundreds of years, when people walk in, There is not even the slightest smell in this royal tomb.

People walked around with full respect for the deceased and emotion for the glorious royal history in the past, without giving people any feeling of horror or terror.

The coffins of Koko's sixth ancestor, His Majesty the Austro-Hungarian Emperor Franz Joseph I and his Queen Sissi, are parked here. The fifth generation ancestor and late prince Rudolf is also here.

The latest coffin to be placed here is that of the late Grand Duke Otto von Habsburg-Lorraine, who was the last crown prince of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the patriarch of the Habsburg family. Of course he is qualified.

After Princess Sissi was assassinated in Geneva, Emperor Franz Joseph I cut off a lock of her hair and put it in his arms. He murmured to the people around him: You will never know how much I love this woman. Love her!

18 years later, this loving couple finally reunited quietly in a tomb forever. There are three coffins in a separate tomb, with Franz Joseph I in the middle, Queen Elisabeth on the right, and their son, Crown Prince Rudolf, on the left.

According to tradition, the church cemetery has been guarded, supervised and managed by Capuchin monks for hundreds of years. After the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Austrian government was responsible for this. The Habsburg family did not ask too much and just came regularly to pay their respects. Ichiban.

But Zhuo Yang accompanied Kou Kou this time not simply to pay tribute to his ancestors, but because the Habsburg family had a grand ceremony to be held.

The Koko family decided to bury their great-grandmother, Marquis Grace Meredith, and the late Crown Prince Rudolf together.

Mrs. Meredith died in Vaduz, and his coffin has been placed in the church crypt there, as well as the royal grandson Hubert, Coco's grandfather, Archduke Ludwig, and his great-grandmother, Countess Heslett. The coffins of his grandmother Princess Gladys are also buried there.

In the past, due to the sharp conflict with the Habsburg Feng family, Joseph's family was not regarded as core members, and naturally they were not qualified to be buried in the Capuchin church cemetery. To be honest, the Kou Kou family was not a stranger at that time.

But things are different now. The Joseph family has become the main line of Habsburg, and there is no one with a more noble status than them in the family. Moreover, the main reason why the Joseph family did this was to fulfill Mrs. Meredith's wish and give her a title.

Because she gave birth to her grandson Hubert,

Mrs. Meredith was canonized as a Marquis by the emperor's decree. She was technically the mother of the emperor's grandson, but from the Habsburg royal family's point of view, she was always just Rudolph's lover, and she was still one of them.

But Meredith's deep love for Rudolph was sincere, and she never complained about the scumbag crown prince until her death. They can't live together in quilts, but they only hope to live in the same bed after death. This must be Mrs. Meredith's biggest and last wish.

As for whether it is in compliance with the rules or not, Frank Joseph, Archduke of Austria, the oldest of the Habsburgs, is the rule itself.

After consultations with the Austrian government and the Capuchin church friars, an agreement was finally reached: the Capuchin church will open a new tomb specifically to place the coffins of the late Crown Prince Rudolf and Marquis Meredith. The two died in the same cave.

As for whether His Royal Highness Prince Rudolph is willing, his opinion is not important, and Mrs. Meredith has worked hard to leave him such a large group of direct descendants, what else can he be unwilling to do?

In this way, even if the identity is still not officially disclosed, it is equivalent to giving Mrs. Meredith the posthumous title of Crown Princess. The serious Crown Princess at that time, Princess Stephanie of Belgium, was not buried in the Capuchin church after her death because her relationship with Rudolf broke down.

In fact, such a somewhat rebellious move finally gained the understanding and support of all parties. The main reason is that Mrs. Meredith's experience gained everyone's sympathy. This must be attributed to Zhuo Yang, who was his wife two years ago. The large-scale piano epic "Grace Meredith" successfully rendered the life of Mrs. Meredith and deeply moved the world.

After the success of the performance the year before last, the Austrian and Vienna governments decided to build a small park at the site of the mill where Mrs. Meredith's family was exterminated to celebrate Mrs. Meredith's misfortune and legendary life.

Two years later, Meredith Memorial Park has been officially completed. The Vienna City Hall and the Habsburg family will also hold a grand ribbon-cutting and opening ceremony.

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Coming out of the Capuchin church, Zhuo Yang loosened his tie. It was unusual for him to wear such a suit and ties on a dog day in July.

"Kou Kou, after we die, you must accompany me to be buried in the ancestral grave of Lao Zhuo's family."

"Where is your ancestral grave?"

“We don’t have an ancestral grave in our family, hehehehe…. Moreover, cremation is now popular, and the last thing is a small box.”

Kou Kou: "..."

"How about this, do you think? In the future, we will be put in a box, regardless of you and me."

Koko smiled: "That's not bad."

Midel looked at them sideways: "Do you two always talk about such strange topics together?"

Kou Kou said: "Mi Daier, Brother Zhuoyang always has some weird ideas in his mind. Don't pay attention to him and don't take him seriously."

Midel nodded: "Yes, I still remember Brother Zhuoyang, you said that your ideal when you were a child was to be an ice cream vendor. It's quite strange, huh?"

Zhuo Yang smiled so happily: "Yes, yes, I haven't put in the efforts to stick to such a great ideal. It seems very degenerate. Tsk, huh, huh..."

"Hey, by the way, Mildelle, you are a big girl now. Do you still remember what dreams you had when you were a child?"

Midel quickly glanced at Zhuoyang with strange eyes, then lowered her head and smiled slightly, without answering him.