The captain nodded his head, and the captain comforted Hurd, "My old fellow, don't complain, the queen mother from the east, as long as these fun things, it is not very difficult to prepare, I heard that she has helped her son govern the country for ten years, can't she travel abroad to relax after retirement?" It's like when we go on vacation to Cyprus, but it's just a long trip, and besides," the captain disdainfully despised the Queen Mother from the East, "such a ruler who thinks about having fun all day long is not at all comparable to the Queen of the British Empire!" ”

On April 20, after a long journey, Her Royal Highness Empress Dowager Cixi of the Qing Empire, escorted by the Indian fleet, finally arrived in the port of London. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Founded in 1785 and now more than 100 years old, The Times published a front-page headline: "Madonna or butcher? The mysterious female ruler of the East. ”

"As the mother of the Chinese emperor, she should be a holy mother, giving birth to an heir for the empire, working hard to manage the harem, maintaining a non-jealous mentality, and letting everyone love each other, this is a template for the image of the Oriental Queen Mother, but the Queen Mother who is about to visit the United Kingdom, the blood stains on her body and the halo on the back of her head are as eye-catching."

"When she was the favorite concubine of the former emperor of China, she made a plan and burned tens of thousands of Catholics on the Yangtze River," "Fortunately, Britain is Protestant." "And by instigation, the two leaders of the rebels killed each other, and a city was bleeding bright red blood for several days...... The minister of the army was instructed to catch the thieves and cut them into pieces of meat with a sharp knife, and then it was the son of the queen mother who interceded to cut off the thumbs of all the captives and send them to sweatshops to drain their labor. ”

"After she gave birth to an heir to the empire, she became the empress of this ancient kingdom, and the empress took advantage of the emperor's trust in her, stole the right to handle the government in his place, and continued to brutally oppress the rebels, she promoted officials of different races, and sent the young children of the imperial family to die on the battlefield."

"She was a stubborn person in response to the punitive measures imposed by England and France against China, and after her master, her husband, had fled the capital, she resolutely stayed, and with the strength of the whole country, she was very fortunate to have won the victory in the defeat of the naval battle, with some cavalry and some weapons purchased from the British, and many of the British Indian soldiers slept peacefully on the soil of the Far East."

“…… This very fortunate victory established her position among her subjects, and then she took advantage of her husband's death to defeat her husband's appointed cabinet minister, and sat down behind her son, the new emperor of the empire, to govern the ancient kingdom with the political means she knew. While governing the country, he brutally suppressed the pagan uprising in the northwest and carried out a great purge against them, thousands of villages were wiped off the map, and it was Chinese that another people in the north had to accept the punishment of beheading children who were more than the height of a wheel for a certain period of time...... Since the Queen Mother governed the country, she seemed to be aware of the importance of friendship with Britain, not only bought many excellent British warships and industrial supplies, but also changed her husband's stubbornness, opened the country, and allowed foreign countries to enter and leave freely for trade and mission...... I heard that the Queen Mother also appreciates Western science and technology very much, and has added British arithmetic and astronomy and geography to the examination of Chinese selection officials, such an enlightened but cruel Oriental iron-blooded queen who maintains her rule, she came to the British Empire, for what? What to do? What do you want? Was her arrival a good thing for the British Empire? Or is it an unlucky star? But there is one thing, reliable news, about the opium cultivation merchants are going to be unlucky, this time the Chinese queen mother, coming to the United Kingdom, will definitely involve the import of opium into China, which is a very serious problem in the eyes of the Chinese. You know, Britain and China had two wars, both of which were related to opium. Benjamin, Disraeli. ”

The pen of the British unit of the Prime Minister's Yamen read the article in today's "Times" with trepidation, and did not dare to speak motionlessly, in the cabin, the Queen Mother was standing with her hands open, and asked the palace maid to dress herself neatly, put on the morning beads, and the Queen Mother put on her armor, "Finished reading?" ”

"Yes."

"Who is this Benjamin, Disraeli? To be able to publish a signed article in The Times must be a remarkable figure. ”

"He is the leader of the Conservative Party," Mr. Hurd said, "and has always advocated a tough policy on the outside world." ”

"So, the opium industry is also turning to the Conservatives?" The Empress Dowager Cixi brought herself three strings of Dongzhu earrings on each side.

"Yes," Hurd smiled bitterly, "Queen Mother, you are really wise. ”

"This matter, I'm not in a hurry, and I don't know where he came from, but he actually inquired about me so clearly," the Queen Mother took the newspaper, she knew a few English, "Tut-tut, Iron Queen, I like this word, the Virgin or the butcher?" How can I be the Virgin, such a holy word," the Queen Mother laughed, "and it is better to put it on Mary's head." ”

Hurd bowed slightly, "Her Royal Highness the Queen Mother, the Foreign Secretary of the British Empire and the Chinese Ambassador to Britain and France, Guo Songtao, have already greeted you at the port. ”

"Okay," the Empress Dowager Cixi put on the crown, and the five golden phoenixes on it were about to fly into the air, "Then bother Mr. Hurd to go down and hand over first." ”

"You go down," the Queen Mother instructed Gao Xinkui, "if you are in a foreign country today, don't bow down in China, lest Chinese and Western customs are incomprehensible and make jokes, just bow."

"Yes." Gao Xinkui also turned to leave, Tang Wufu also wore a python robe, and there was a peacock feather behind his head, and he picked up the mirror with a smile and stood in front of the Queen Mother, flattering, "The master is bright and amazing today, and the foreigners must be stunned when they see it." ”

The salute outside roared, and the Queen Mother smiled slightly, "Wufu, you follow me and go down together, now we can really see the Western scenery!" ”

Tang Wufu picked up the hand of the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother was wearing a bright yellow auspicious dress today, wearing a stone blue Five Dragons Regiment supplement dress outside, and a golden pearl was hung around her neck, this pearl was paid tribute by the Sulu State, the Queen Mother smiled, pressed the anxiety in her heart, the attendant opened the hatch, and the Queen Mother walked out, greeted the cheers outside, raised her hand, and waved generously and appropriately to the crowd. (To be continued.) )