Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 353 Demonstration in Britain and France

Guan Xuqing was drowsy, and fell asleep from the time the lamp was turned on until five drums the next day. Wang Shang bit the bullet and came to wake the emperor up. When Guan Xuqing saw that it was Wang Shang, his head was about to explode. On New Year's Eve, there is an old set of rules: to burn incense everywhere, to have breakfast, to receive congratulations from princes and ministers, to meet princes and princes from foreign vassals, to meet ambassadors from various countries in China, and so on.Ambassadors from various countries walked past Danxi like a revolving lantern, and all said long live to His Majesty the Emperor, and handed over the salutes of their heads of state, but the envoys of Britain and France came to pay their respects together as if they had discussed it in advance. After finishing, the British envoy Ercini said with a smile: "Your Majesty, this is a congratulatory gift from the Queen of the Empire. There are Western eight-treasure musical clocks, Charlie's battle sword, gold armor, and " Erxini Luo talked non-stop. It seems that this year the Queen of England presented a lot of congratulatory gifts. Guan Xuqing listened to him patiently, and then ordered the eunuchs to put all the gifts in the box and send them to the eunuchs. Britain returned the gift and said to Ercini: "Return to send my regards to Her Majesty the Queen. I appreciate her kindness. Although there are some differences in views between China and Britain, the overall development is good and positive. I believe this is also the common wish of the monarchs of the two countries and even the people of the two countries."

Ercini immediately showed surprise on his face: "These words His Majesty the Great Emperor said are as precious as gold. I will definitely pass them on to Her Majesty the Queen later. The friendship between the two countries will never be affected by a little bit of friction." Impact."

At this time, the French Minister Bardenot could no longer hold back, and stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, the Chinese army has taken an extremely unfriendly attitude towards the French army in the Marne area recently. May I ask if you want to establish an army in Europe?" A new hegemonic order?"

This sentence was extremely rude, and it was such a festive moment, Guan Xuqing suddenly changed his face, and said: "Mr. Badeno, did the sentence you questioned me just now represent you personally or France?"

Badeno was at a loss for words for a moment, his face flushed red, and he was speechless for a while, and his confidence was obviously lacking when he spoke again: "Then, some time ago, our garrison in the Qizi area was attacked by soldiers from an unknown country. How do you comment on this matter?"

Guan Xuqing's face became more and more ugly, and he said in a deep voice: "First of all, I don't know about this matter, so it is not appropriate to make too many comments, but I believe that even if such a thing really happened, there must be a deep reason."

Badeno felt a puff of breath stuck in his throat, and he wanted to vomit but couldn't.

"Whether it is China, Britain or China, we are all friendly friends and share many common interests in world affairs. I believe that what Budeno said just now is just to confirm to His Majesty, but there are some misunderstandings in the words." The sophisticated Ercini hurried forward to make a drink.

Guan Xuqing nodded: "If what Mr. Bardeneau said represents him personally, I will take it as his impulsiveness. In short, the prospects for economic and trade cooperation between China and France are very broad, and the momentum of development is also good. .”

Badeno hurriedly found a way for himself: "Of course, of course, of course it represents me personally, and has nothing to do with our country, haha"

Afraid that the matter would become tense, Ercini chatted with the emperor a few more words, and pulled Budeno back out.

In this way, a busy day passed, and at night, the emperor would have a family banquet with his family members, which is equivalent to the common people having a New Year's Eve dinner with their families on New Year's Day.Guan Xuqing sat around with all the concubines. At this time, Guan Xuqing could let go of the majesty of the emperor and become a real ordinary person, a husband, and a father.

After the family banquet, Guan Xuqing brought the family members to the "Fanghu Scenic Spot" in Yuanmingyuan to enjoy the scenery. The concubines surrounded the emperor one after another, chattering non-stop, and some even peeled fruits for the emperor to eat, and some gave them to the emperor. Beating his back and pinching, and some telling jokes to the emperor, Guan Xuqing only felt extremely comfortable physically and mentally, and glanced inadvertently. Among the concubines, there was no impostor. For many days, since the daughter of the emperor came to the emperor, She completely ignored the etiquette system in the palace, never had contact with other concubines, and never even bribed the people around the emperor to invite the emperor to be lucky.But Guan Xuqing's interest in her not only did not weaken, but became more intense.Guan Xuqing left the concubines and walked quietly along the lake.

In the warm and cold early spring night, there is still a little chill in the air.Maozi sat curled up in the gazebo in the garden with his arms around his knees, silently watching the pool of water that was as smooth as a mirror below.In the ears, the sound of silk and bamboo in the front yard and the babbling arias of Kunqu opera can be faintly heard.In addition, of course, there are also loud voices and colorful fireworks in the sky.But she would rather choose to stay alone in this quiet corner.

Due to the noise and excitement, she couldn't help but think back to the Spring Festival in Kyoto that just passed. The first Spring Festival in China gave her a chaotic impression, and it was by no means a happy one.During this period of time, various activities in the palace were frequent, and the visits between the royal family and courtiers were even more frequent.The person in his heart has been exhausted by all kinds of activities these days, and he has no time to accompany her. Only on the day of the Laba Festival, he came to her bedroom and accompanied her to Tiandi Family Spring Festival. Enjoy the view.

As in the past, Maozi didn't care much about this traditional festival shared by China and Japan.At that time, the Meiji Restoration was in full swing. Like most of her peers, she paid attention to those fashionable foreign festivals, and dismissed old antiques like the Spring Festival.But here it is completely different.On New Year's Eve, only Qingfeng with a bitter face accompanied her.Listening to the deafening sound of firecrackers coming from outside the courtyard wall, she felt as if she was abandoned by the whole world, and her heart was infinitely desolate.Before New Year's Eve, the emperor came to see her early, his face was tired, and even his eyes were red. It was said that he was staying in the palace all night to watch the new year and deal with those bad things in Europe.Looking at his pale face, she barely suppressed her complaints.He hurried out again without a cup of tea, leaving her with an apologetic smile, but she didn't regret coming to this distant country at all.

At this time, she suddenly heard footsteps coming from the stone steps path, and tried to open her eyes wide to look around, only to see a vague figure gradually approaching the gazebo in the darkness.It wasn't until the man walked into the gazebo that she realized that it was the person she was missing.

"Why are you hiding here alone?" Guan Xuqing approached Maozi softly, as if afraid of disturbing a beautiful dream.

"Your Majesty, how did you find this place?" Maozi was overjoyed, his face was hot for a while, but then he recovered his calm expression, and even sat there with his knees hugged, without even giving a salute.

(End of this chapter)