Wanlan originally planned to go to the Ya 'Gate' of the Ministry of Posts and Communications to find Xie Daoyong in person, and asked him to send a report to the old mansion in Zhenjiang, but Fang ran into Yu Deling and Yu Rongling sisters when she left the house, and it seemed that they were looking for her ...... nbsp;。

"I want to invite you to have a cup of coffee," Yu Deling said with a smile: "There is a new store in the embassy area, I heard that it is very good." ”

The two sisters of the Yu family have disappeared for a while, and even the meetings of several ambassadors' wives and counselors' wives have been absent, and I heard that they are busy with affairs in the house. Wanlan hesitated, turned back and sent a small servant to the ya'men to summon the news on her behalf, and got into Yu Deling's carriage by herself.

"It's been a long time since I saw you," Wanlan got into the car and asked them jokingly, "What are you busy with military affairs?" ”

The Yu sisters had served in front of the Queen Mother for two years, and in their salons, they were often jokingly referred to as "'female' prime ministers". Hearing her joke like this, Deling glanced at her sister Rong Ling, pursed her lips and smiled: "Pingqing, we are here to say goodbye to you." ”

Wanlan was taken aback: "What? ”

Rong Ling smiled slightly: "I have been packing up the things in the house some time ago, and yesterday I finally found a buyer for the house, my sister and I left the capital this time, and we never plan to come back, so I came to say goodbye to you." ”

"That's it......" Wanlan said: "It's really a short time to get together, and a long time to be lovesick." ”

De Ling and Rong Ling both laughed, their voices were crisp and crisp, and De Ling said: "We will go to Shanghai and settle there, and you are also going back to Zhenjiang, the two places are not far apart, and you can see each other at any time." ”

Wanlan raised her eyebrows: "I thought you would move abroad." ”

Rong Ling sighed softly: "How can expatriates be so good?" The mother country is weak, even if it is abroad, it is just as light. ”

Wanlan was silent, and said, "Why don't you notify in advance, I can also prepare a farewell gift." ”

"Why bother?" De Ling said: "It's good to be there, besides, it's not that you can't see it again." ”

Rong Ling nodded next: "Maybe when you get married, my sister and I will go to Zhenjiang to have a wedding wine, that Manager Chen of Kangli Foreign Bank is a young talent, Pingqing, your 'door' marriage is very good." ”

Wanlan was a little shy, and a little surprised: "How do you know ......?"

"This matter has already been spread all over the world," Rong Ling said with a smile: "At Mr. Tom's ball, there was a Chinese lady who was 'gorgeous', and her fiancé was so proud that he laughed in public. ”

Wanlan laughed and tilted her face to the side embarrassedly: "This is really funny." ”

"Originally, we all thought that Manager Chen was interested in Miss Zhengtian and went to work at Kangli Foreign Company, but we didn't expect him to be your fiancé," Deling said: "Pingqing, tell us quickly, what kind of person is he?" ”

Wanlan put it on her cheek with the back of her hand, put it down again, and said shyly: "No matter how normal a person is, like you and me, there is nothing peculiar about two eyes, one nose and one mouth." ”

De Ling said angrily: "What are you shy in front of us, it's just a secret whisper in the boudoir, and we won't spread it." ”

Wanlan said "oops": "On the orders of my parents, I listened to the words of the matchmaker, so there is this marriage contract, is it good or bad, don't you have to marry?" ”

Rong Ling pointed at her and smiled at her sister: "It is said that the eldest lady of the Xie family is the most long-sleeved and good at dancing, and she is exquisite, how have you ever seen her look so shy and timid that she can't speak, it seems that this manager Chen is really unusual, and it has caused our Pingqing's 'spring' heart to be moved." ”

Wanlan patted her hand: "If you say something that is not scored, you will have such a thing sooner or later, don't blame me for laughing at you like this when the time comes." ”

Rong Ling said: "I naturally want to have such a 'spring' heart-warming person, but I'm not like you, but I just asked you to tell me about the personality of this manager Chen, and you still refuse to admit it so twisted." ”

Wanlan smiled and raised her hands to make a surrender form: "Okay, okay, I admit defeat, I was wrong, I'll talk about it, what do you all want to know?" ”

De Ling leaned over her with interest and asked, "When are you going to get married?" ”

Wanlan said: "This matter has to be decided by my parents, and I can't say anything." ”

Deling let out an "oh" in disappointment, and Wanlan said again: "But...... When he had dinner with Jade Ji before, he said that he could drag it back. ”

De Ling raised his eyebrows in surprise: "Why delay time?" Shouldn't the two be married quickly? ”

Wanlan pursed her lips and said simply: "There are still some things in my mother's family, which must be completed before they can get married with peace of mind." ”

Rong Ling smiled, and pushed her sister while laughing: "Look at it, sister, this is the eldest 'girl' style of the family." ”

Wanlan smiled in shock: "Don't say that, 'female' prime minister, I can't compare with your sisters." ”

The three of them laughed together, and the driver came to tell them that the café had arrived, it was a French-owned shop, and most of the waiters were foreigners.

Rong Ling '' the proficient French to greet the 'waiter', the three of them picked a window seat, ordered coffee and dessert, the sun slanted in the west, shining through the window, casting a bright spot on Wanlan's forehead, she opened the window for a while, and suddenly laughed out loud.

The Yujia sisters looked at her suspiciously, waved their hands Wanlan, and said: "I suddenly remembered the previous legendary sketches, whether it is a tavern or an inn, the seats by this window have always been a battleground for soldiers, and most of the people sitting here are not obvious and do not 'dew' water." ”

"So, we are all masters," De Ling said with a smile, "I really have something that I want to tell you." She paused mysteriously and said, "I think, when I have free time in the coming day, I will record everything I have seen and heard in the palace in the past two years, what do you say?" ”

Rong Ling immediately clapped his hands: "Great, sister, you should record it, otherwise the outside knows nothing about the world in the palace, and I really think it's the East Palace Niangniang Baking Flatbread, and the West Palace Niangniang rolling green onions." ”

Wanlan was amused by her words, and also nodded: "Rong Ling is right, you should write it down, I just thought of a name for you in an instant, called "The Second Year of the Qing Palace", how about it?" ”

De Ling Shen 'groaned' for a while, and said: "I also thought of a name, called "Royal Fragrance Ethereal Record", which is dedicated to writing the Queen Mother. ”

Wanlan said: "That's right, this "Imperial Fragrance Ethereal Record" is used to record the daily life of the Queen Mother, and "The Second Year of the Qing Palace" writes about the big and small things in the palace. ”

Rong Ling praised: "What Pingqing said is right, sister, you can write in English, anyway, my father has passed away, and there is no one in the court who can make it difficult for us, so when it is finished, it will also be published by a foreign publishing house." ”

Wanlan smiled: "Since it is going to be written in English, then why should I bother to participate in the matter of the name." ”

"Hey, this book is written, it must be translated into Chinese, Ping Qing, you must not underestimate the curiosity of the people about the royal family," De Ling winked at her: "At that time, these names can be used as Chinese translations." ”

Wanlan clapped her hands: "Then what are you still rubbing?" Let's write it quickly, I'm just waiting to read it, I really can't imagine that I will actually meet a talented 'woman' who can publish a book for others. ”

De Ling happily bent his eyes, responded, and said with a smile: "This is just a record of some trivial and idle things, but it is not a legacy, if this book is written, it can be passed on to future generations, and it can be regarded as leaving something for the Queen Mother, so as not to remember the words of the living note and teach future generations to speculate randomly." ”

As she spoke, she lowered her head and took a sip of coffee, then raised her head again and asked Wanlan, "We're leaving, when do you plan to leave the capital?" ”

Wanlan thought about it and replied that maybe it wasn't far away, it was already October, and I had to go back to the house before the lunar month to assist my mother in dealing with the miscellaneous things for the next year. If you'd like to stay a few more days, maybe we could go together? ”

Rong Ling immediately shook his head: "I can't stay any longer, my sister and I borrowed the filial piety of our father's death to leave the palace, and this time I returned to the capital to deal with the ancestral property, if I was edicted into the palace by the Queen Mother, it would be ......."

She stopped suddenly, looked around carefully, and stuck out her tongue: "I'm too talkative." ”

Wanlan smiled and didn't speak. It seems that the palace is not so easy to treat, and the outside rumors about the Queen Mother's murder and murder may not be completely fake.

There was a brief silence between the three people at the table, and De Ling spoke again: "Pingqing, how is your Ying?" If it's good, why don't you translate these books for me? ”

Wanlan looked at her in surprise and let out a long "oh", containing regret: "I knew that there was such a beauty difference today, and I had to push a qiē salon party when I said anything, even if it was a cantilever beam, I had to learn this language." ”

De Ling snorted: "Don't think about it, what kind of excuse is there to party the salon." ”

Wanlan begged for mercy: "Don't laugh at me, Miss Yu, if I can have the same good luck as the two of you, I was born abroad with my father since I was a child, and I can definitely learn one more 'door' of English than the two of you." ”

As she spoke, seeing Rong Ling grinning and preparing to refute her, she immediately added: "But I promise you today, I will be attentive in the future, okay?" If Deling's book could have been written more slowly, maybe it would have been my turn to translate it. ”

Hearing this, De Ling stretched out a little thumb: "Then we have to make a decision, I write the book, you translate, and none of us are allowed to break our promise." ”

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"The Second Year of the Qing Palace": also known as "My Two Years by Cixi's Side" (translated by Gu Qiuxin), "The Dusk of the Forbidden City" (translated by Qin Chuan'an), "Two Years of the Forbidden City" (translated by Gu Qiuxin)

"The Ethereal Record of Imperial Incense": also known as "The Record of the 'Private' Life of the Empress Cixi", both of these names are translated by Mr. Qin Shouou.

For the sake of the plot, it was fabricated as the idea of the 'female' protagonist Wanlan, and then specially explained the real situation.