The Queen Mother visited several scenic spots, and received the title of Protector at the Archbishop of Minterst, which the Queen Mother liked very much, so she didn't become the biggest leader of Protestantism in the Far East? Later, when I asked about it, the previous one who received such a title was the famous Cromwell, the one who was still whipped after his death, and immediately lost interest and threw the medal into the horns. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

According to the Western tradition, the recipient needs to kneel in front of the bishop, and the bishop will personally grant the recipient, Qinghai told the archbishop solemnly, "In the Chinese ceremony, there is no emperor who kneels to worship the religious leader, although the archbishop is noble, he is not the pope in the end, and our queen mother is a noble body, how can she kneel here!" Even when you see the queen of your country, there is no reason to bow down! ”

Hurd rolled his eyes silently, did he say to the cardinal archbishop, I'm sorry, your identity is not enough, and the Queen Mother refuses to kneel? can only desperately explain that the etiquette of the East and the West is different, and then the compromise is disposed of: the Queen Mother still kneels, but the cardinal archbishop performed the gift on the side of the Queen Mother, avoiding the archbishop's kneeling of the Queen Mother, which means that there are no important ministers in the court, Qinghai is also trendy, and only the Queen Mother's order is from it, and she will not worry more about these etiquette, and she will close the tent if she can get by a little, and Qinghai knows that this time she came to the UK, not to put on a shelf, if you have a humble attitude, you can take more things back, it is the best.

The Queen Mother was wearing auspicious clothes in the cathedral, her body was a little uncomfortable, a person wearing oriental clothes was here, it must be uncomfortable, the cardinal archbishop handed the medal to the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother hung the medal on her chest with her own hands, the children in the choir sang the hymn, the archbishop muttered something, the Queen Mother looked at Jesus hanging on the cross, made a random movement to draw a cross on her chest, and put her hands on her chest, knelt on the mat and muttered, "Can you tell me, When will this stupid ritual end...... I didn't come to London to be an evangelist...... If it weren't for the fact that I was trying to pat the British on the back, I wouldn't have come to see these dead heads,...... Amen! ”

The cardinal archbishop looked at the pious Queen Mother of the Oriental country kneeling on the mat with satisfaction, he seemed to feel that he had converted to a great figure, so that the British religious community was very satisfied with the Empress Dowager Cixi, especially after the Empress Dowager received the medal, and ordered his relatives to kneel down and listen to the teachings of the archbishop, not only the archbishop, but also the prime minister and Prince Edward who were watching the ceremony were very satisfied, William was ready, whether the purpose of the Chinese queen mother in London was achieved or not, I had to give her a big gift.

After about half an hour, the Queen Mother struggled to stand up, Tang Wufu hurriedly helped up, and the Queen Mother ordered someone to send a gift to the cardinal, a Suzhou weaving and embroidered picture of the three kings of Jesus' baptism, and a porcelain globe made in Jingdezhen, and a number of gold and silver things were sent, the cardinal archbishop really liked it very much, and applauded again and again.

Prince Edward stepped forward, "Your Royal Highness, my mother, the Queen of England has returned from the Isle of Wight, and will host a grand welcome party at Buckingham Palace tomorrow evening to welcome you, a distinguished guest from the Far East. ”

The Queen Mother smiled, "It's so good, I can't wait to see Her Majesty, so that I can convey the respect from China, thank you, Prince Edward." ”

"It is my pleasure to serve such a charming guest."

These days are Edward accompanied the Empress Dowager Cixi, there is a lot less estrangement between the two people, the Empress Dowager boasts that she is the best at communicating with people, Edward is a few years younger than herself, almost the same age, plus the experience of later generations, will not be confined to etiquette and knowledge, the two of them are quite talkative.

After Queen Victoria, it should be the successor to the king's position, and befriending him is not a bad thing for China, the two of them got into the carriage together, the Queen Mother wants to go to the Thames and Big Ben today, Prince Edward is naturally the only one to accompany. The Queen Mother smiled and said to Edward: "Dear Eddie, you are the prince of the British Empire and the great successor, why do I look at you very idle, don't you have to deal with government affairs?" ”

Edward smiled slightly bitterly, he glanced at Guo Songtao, Guo Songtao looked at his nose and nose, and pretended not to understand, "Your Highness, the British state system is different from China, we here, the cabinet does the administrative work, the parliament will come to approve, my mother will take care of everything, I don't need to, do too much work, I prefer to go horseback riding, or rowing." ”

The Queen Mother had already learned from Guo Songtao that Queen Victoria blamed Edward's debauchery for letting her husband die early, so she never arranged specific government affairs for Edward to deal with, of course, Edward is enjoying this state very much, but the Queen Mother, who pretended not to know about this matter, decided to sow discord.

"Eddie," the Queen Mother has been studying and selling in England these days, and she has also learned a lot of English - and thinks that the Queen Mother is a scholar! "You remind me of my husband, yes, the one who died, and he used to talk to me a lot, he didn't like to deal with government affairs at all, but preferred to write and paint, and if God gave him a choice, he would definitely choose to be a courtier engaged in literary work, instead of dealing with government affairs every day." The Queen Mother looked at Edward sadly, "You reminded me of him, oh, I'm sorry, I'm a little excited." ”

Guo Songtao lowered his head and played with his fingernails, he seemed to find that his fingernails were so fun, it seemed that he could play with them for a whole year.

The carriage rolled forward, Edward showed a pitiful expression in his eyes, took out the handkerchief on his chest and handed it to the Empress Dowager Cixi, "Your Highness, I have heard about your deeds, yes, I apologize for the bad things our country has done to your husband. ”

"No, no, no, that's just a damn rebel," the Queen Mother took the handkerchief that Edward took out, wiped her tears, and her eyes were red, "I don't mean to complain, Eddie, being in the royal family, but you have to bear a huge responsibility, and your hearts are so soft and delicate, how uncomfortable." ”

Guo Songtao's body shook involuntarily, and Edward was moved to take the Queen Mother's hand, "You are so considerate, I didn't expect that my Highness, you understand me." ”

The Queen Mother shook Edward's hand, "Yes, Your Royal Highness, but you still have to take responsibility, don't you?" (To be continued.) )