4. East Palace and West Palace (5)

The next day, it was time for Queen Victoria to feast on the Empress Dowager Cixi's dinner and party, the Empress Dowager dressed up and prepared to go out, after Qinghai saw the Empress Dowager's clothes, his jaw was not closed, "Empress Dowager, this doesn't seem to be very good, right?" ”

"There's nothing bad about it," the Queen Mother smiled, looking at her brand-new clothes with satisfaction, "I think it's very good-looking, let's go quickly, anywhere, it's a very rude thing for a guest to be late." Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info”

Bypassing the marble fountain, the towering Buckingham Palace is displayed in front of you, since Queen Victoria's coronation, the Buckingham Palace has been used as a dormitory for her own government affairs and living, and many houses have been built one after another over the years, constituting a considerable scale of palace complexes.

The Queen Mother got out of the carriage, turned her head, and glanced at the statue of the goddess of victory set up on the top of the pool, and the statue of the goddess of victory was idle in the golden light under the sun, as if it really fell from the sky, which was an inexplicable sense of sacredness. The golden glow is a symbol of royal brilliance, making Buckingham Palace majestic as well as adding to it.

It was his new friend Prince Edward who came out to greet him, and Edward was very surprised when he saw the clothes of the Empress Dowager Cixi, "Your Royal Highness, you are really charming." ”

"Thank you, Eddie," the Queen Mother naturally put her hand in the palm of Edward's hand, and it was no surprise that she didn't see Her Royal Highness the Queen, naturally, her own wind volume was not enough, the ruler of the empire on which the sun never set came out to greet her in person, the Queen Mother sneered in her heart, who said that she didn't care about these red tape? You are the most face-saving person!

There was a smile on his face, "Eddie, you are so handsome today, like the sunshine that you can't see in the city of London." ”

Edward glanced at the Queen Mother deeply, the amazement in his eyes had not faded, he bent down and kissed the back of the Queen Mother's hand, "Thank you for your compliment, you are so charming, like a May rose, blooming in Buckingham Palace, please, my mother has already greeted you in the hall." ”

The Queen Mother gently took Edward's arm and walked slowly into the hall, the golden hall was decorated with red flannel curtains, the precious marble floor tiles were bright, the servant with a wig raised his head and walked around with a tray, the protocol saw the Queen Mother from the East, stomped on the ground with a long-handled cane, and made a clear voice, everyone looked towards the entrance of the hall, "Ladies and gentlemen, let us welcome the distinguished guests from the East, Her Royal Highness the Empress Dowager Cixi!" ”

The protocol pronounced the word Cixi very non-standardly, and turned it into a pronunciation similar to "cici", and when the Queen Mother heard it, she had an English name.

William turned around with a glass of champagne and saw the Empress Dowager Cixi, slightly startled, with a surprised expression in his eyes, not only William, but also half of the people showed a stunned expression when they saw this woman from the Far East.

The Empress Dowager Cixi wore an English puffy skirt of burgundy silk, long black lace gloves on her hands, and her shoulders were tightly wrapped, only her upper arms were exposed. The Western-style puffy skirt was embroidered with oriental patterns, and the back of the Queen Mother was embroidered with a whole phoenix that was about to fly, and the Queen Mother walked up to Prime Minister William and nodded, "Your Excellency, Prime Minister." ”

William looked at Cixi with a smile, "Your Highness looks good in our Western clothes, and the people in the entire banquet hall are attracted by Your Highness." ”

"Yes, the tailors in your country are very good, and the styles are great, I like it very much, I have almost fallen in love with London." The Queen Mother said with a smile, and William introduced the Queen Mother again: "This is the leader of the Conservative Party, Benjamin, Disraeli, His Royal Highness must know this, from the Times, well?" His writing is very sharp. ”

Benjamin took off the hat on his head and bowed slightly to the Empress Dowager Cixi, "Distinguished guest, Her Royal Highness the Empress Dowager from the Far East, hello." ”

"Mr. Disraeli, I like your article very much, at least your article is much more accurate than the gossip circulating in the market," said the Queen Mother, "you know, in your article, I am still a living person. ”

The Queen Mother was apparently satirizing the anecdote of a woman who seemed to have a certain level of literacy at Big Ben a few days ago, and the woman screamed that she was "Satan's wife" and ran away. The Empress Dowager Cixi stayed in the local area, and she didn't know when her nickname came to England. (To be continued.) )