Guo Songtao is not a social star, and he was almost 60 years old at the time. The reason why the pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info is so is that as the first Chinese minister to the United Kingdom, he wanted to carry out a serious investigation and study of the political, economic, military and social life of the Western world. He made many friends in a strange country, and his attitude towards British social etiquette was open and accessible. Guo Songtao has always been honest and self-disciplined, and this time he went to the embassy, only salary and rent were reported for public funds, and the rest were paid at his own expense. And this expensive tea party was also held by Guo Songtao out of his own pocket.

"This Lord Guo is a rare enlightened person in the Qing Dynasty." Chen Tingxuan looked at Guo Songtao, who was talking cordially with the guests, from a distance and sighed.

"yes. And this young and beautiful lady of his. Sara's gaze stayed on "Mrs. Guo" Liang, and after listening to Chen Tingxuan's words, she immediately understood why her father-in-law sighed like this.

Sara's gaze then left Liang and turned around, and after a while, she spotted Liu Xihong, who was chatting and laughing with a few foreigners.

"Look at him, on the surface, he is also easy-going, and he doesn't seem to have any resistance to foreigners, who would have thought that he would send such vicious words back to China?" Chen Tingxuan also saw Liu Xihong, his brows were habitually wrinkled, but the way he talked to his daughter-in-law was still smiling from a distance.

In these days, whether Liu Xihong mailed a diary or sent a telegram back to China, everything was reported to Sara in detail by the people of the Rothchild family, and Sara transferred it to Chen Tingxuan.

"You want to tell Mr. Guo the content of those twists and turns, right?" Sara asked softly, a faint smile on her face.

"Yes." Chen Tingxuan asked quietly, "What do you think?" ”

"I think it's better not to let Mr. Guo know about this." Sara shook her head and whispered, "If he knew, maybe he would change his mind about us." ”

"Yes." Chen Tingxuan nodded and did not speak again.

"By the way, what about Hong'er? Where did Hong'er go? Chen Tingxuan found out that Chen Hong was not by Sara's side, and his grandson Xiao Chen Wei was nowhere to be found, and he couldn't help but be taken aback.

"Hung is over there." Sara smiled faintly and tilted her head slightly.

Chen Tingxuan followed Sarah's gaze, and when he saw Chen Hong and the beautiful girl beside him, he immediately understood what was going on, and he couldn't help but show a trace of embarrassment on his face.

"Hong and Cecilia don't have many opportunities to meet, so let's let them talk a little more." Sara said casually, her eyes away from Chen Hong and Cecilia, searching for her son's figure in the crowd.

Soon, there seemed to be a slight commotion in a crowd, everyone seemed to be looking down at something, Sara and Chen Tingxuan walked over, and saw that in the center of the field, two boys were fighting each other with wooden swords.

Sara immediately recognized the black-haired boy as her son Chen Wei, and the golden-haired boy who was slightly taller than him was Sir Tennison-Dayne Coat's little Eustace!

Although the two children are fighting with toy wooden swords, they have a clear eye for every move, and they are completely gentlemen's swords. It was not long after the two of them competed in swords, which attracted the attention of the guests.

At this time, the two children were playing with all their might, ignoring the eyes of everyone, only to see Xiao Chen Wei slashing one sword after another, and Xiao Eustace on the opposite side struggled to block, but soon showed a lack of support.

"Smack!" With a crisp sound, the toy wooden sword in Xiao Eustace's hand was knocked off and fell to the ground, while Xiao Chen Wei put away his sword and stood, staring at little Eustace.

Xiao Eustace wiped the sweat from his forehead, looked at Xiao Chen Wei, bowed deeply, and said that he would admit defeat, while Xiao Chen Wei stood there calmly, and after receiving a salute from him, he bowed back with the sword in his hand.

Seeing the performance of the two little gentlemen, the people around them applauded.

Sara looked at her son with relief and pride in her eyes.

Guo Songtao separated everyone and walked to the middle of the field at this time, and smiled and put a small red agate cup (this is a very valuable item brought by Guo Songtao from China) as a prize for the victor in the hands of Xiao Chen Wei, and Mrs. Guo stepped forward to give a beautiful Guangcai small porcelain cup to Xiao Eustace as a "consolation prize", and the two children were very happy, and gave a gift to the amiable old man and his beautiful lady respectively.

Seeing that Guo Songtao loved Xiao Chen Wei so much, Chen Tingxuan's heart was surging with warmth, but at this moment, his eyes suddenly saw Liu Xihong who was sitting there motionless.

At this time, Liu Xihong looked at Xiao Chen Wei, his face was full of contempt that was difficult to hide.

And when he saw Guo Songtao and his wife giving prizes to their two children, Liu Xihong's eyes were full of malice.

Sara also apparently noticed Liu Xihong's gaze, and she glanced at her father-in-law, who seemed to read something from his father-in-law's eyes.

After the tea party, the first thing Liu Xihong did was to return to the study, close the door, and form written materials from everything he had just seen, ready to send them back to China.

And Sara took little Chen Wei out of the Chinese legation, got into the carriage, and went straight to the Rotchild Bank. Seeing his daughter-in-law leave in a hurry, Chen Tingxuan couldn't help but feel a little strange.

By the time Sara returned to Chen's house, it was already getting late.

"Daughter-in-law has a telegram here, please look at it with my father-in-law." Sara handed Chen Tingxuan the telegram that Liu Xihong had just received to send it, "It was the telegram sent by Minister Liu to Beijing. ”

Chen Tingxuan took the telegram and read it, his brows furrowed as soon as his gaze swept over the first line.

“…… From the beginning of the United Kingdom, it is extremely exaggerated, and it is said that its law is strict, benevolent and righteous, rich and strong, and the heart of the world...... Whoever has flesh will hear it, and he will gnash his teeth......"

“…… One of them is to emphasize acrobatics, so that the boats and cars that seek profit, the firearms that kill people, compete for more skill, think that they are rich and strong, and what is it said to be useful practical learning? …… He also wanted to make a profiteer in Britain an official...... If there is one more businessman in the official, that is, the country will be more stupid! There is one more thief in the people! Why don't the government decrees talk about it, the people's livelihood is not compassionate, but the ships and guns are the ones who are afraid to govern the evil in the world? ”

After reading this sentence, Chen Tingxuan's expression on his face was still calm, but the muscles at the corners of his mouth twitched a few times unconsciously.

Chen Hong, who was by his father's side, knew that his father would only behave like this if he was angry to the extreme.

“…… He disregarded the dignity of the court, bent down, and colluded with adulterous people and businessmen, and he didn't know what his lungs and livers were, and what was the heart of those who were willing to do it. ”

"It has been poisoned by foreign countries, and there is nothing to pick up."

"I have a heart for Britain and want the ...... of China's ministers"

After Chen Tingxuan finished reading the telegram, his face turned pale.

"He sent these telegrams recently?" Chen Tingxuan asked in a deep voice.

"Yes, my daughter-in-law is worried that he will hinder our plan to return to the Qing Dynasty, so she has already laid out eyeliner to monitor his every move." Sara said, "You have already read the telegram sent a few days ago, but today's telegram is much more terrible than the previous ones. ”

"This telegram hasn't been sent yet, has it?" Chen Tingxuan thought for a moment and asked.

"Nope." Sara smiled slightly and said, "I have ordered the people in the telegraph office to withhold all telegrams from those surnamed Liu and deliver them to me." ”

Listening to his daughter-in-law's answer, Chen Tingxuan's eyes flashed with a hint of approval.

The efficiency of the Rothchild family's intelligence network is unimaginable.

"This person really can't be kept." Chen Tingxuan squeezed the telegram in his hand little by little, as if at this moment, he really made up his mind.

"Ah Geng, go do it." Chen Tingxuan turned his head and instructed Chen Geng, the old butler who had been standing beside him.

"Yes, sir."

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"Li Wenzhong's Public Collection: Draft: On the Violation of Guo and Liu's Second Envoys (Letter to Prime Minister Yamen)":

"Yesterday, in an official letter, the two envoys Guo Yunxian and Liu Yunsheng were quite inconsistent, and they used inappropriate wording with each other, and they also had their own close feelings and reasonableness. I am afraid that there may be discrepancies in official documents, which will cause delays. Li supervised the correspondence between Britain and Germany, and his disgraceful situation and handling of various sections, forgive me at any time, and wait for the cause. After the envoys of Guo and Liu came out of the capital, their opinions were not very consistent. When it came to the UK, it became more and more scandalous. Yun Xian's letters have been repeated and seen in the recitals. Before receiving the Yunxian book, the draft of the letter of the Jun Signature on the banknote was indignant, overflowing with words, and he wanted to fight. His confidant attaché Liu Fuyi wrote to Zhang Siyun that the external and foreign ministers did not think so, and they were annoying. The negotiations in the Jin-Yunnan case are tight, and it is probably not appropriate for one person to have a temper and leave the country behind. British newsprint often has a lot of complaints about Liu Jingqing, and Jingqing often can't get sick, and he will write an English letter to the London newspaper, laying out that Jingqing had supervised the army and rebelled, and China and North Korea were pushed as pillars. The language is more subtle, but it is also a little visible. Yun Xian is also the one he admires. Zhiyun was born in our place to have no deep friendship, and the question is very rare. Followed by his letter of March 15, but in general terms with current affairs in Europe, it is said that today's envoys are the protons of the ancients, and their power is not enough to do anything. He also wrote to ask for the dismissal of the deputy envoy, and he seemed to be quite depressed. It is an article by the Daily Communication Advisory Office and the North and South Oceans, accusing Yunxian of sparing no effort. The two of them are not at odds with each other, and I am afraid that it is not easy to dispel their ears. In all fairness, Yun Xian is excellent in character and learning, and his knowledge is inevitably stubborn and suspicious. Yun Sheng's ambition is not good, but his temperament is violent, polite, and his experience is too shallow. Its short and long see each other, forgive in the candlelight. Yunsheng is in the UK, if he is like Inspector Li and others, it will not be beneficial to the overall situation, and he will be dissatisfied with Yunxian, and he will not be able to understand each other at a glance, and he will be snickered by outsiders. ”