The Queen Mother drunkenly broke free of a marquis's octopus hand, and staggered to Edward, Edward supported the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother was like an orchid, and her eyes were like silk, "Eddie, I'm sorry, I was rude, I drank a little too much, the British wine is so mellow, I can't help but be a little drunk." Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info”

"There's a good borscht over there, Sissi, if you don't drink a little, it will definitely be much more comfortable."

The Queen Mother shook her head, "I don't drink it, I've already drunk a lot, you know?" I will never have such a free opportunity in China, drinking, smoking, and chatting with everyone, in China, they will always only say yes, yes, obey orders, and there is no free and open society, or in other words, in the palace where I live, it will always be like this, a pool of stagnant water, and the only pastime is just to watch the play, watch the play, and watch the play again. ”

The two of them stood on the balcony, the Queen Mother raised her head to look at the moon in the sky, the moonlight and the light reflected on her face together, "Although I live a very comfortable life materially, who knows my inner world?" Eddie, I also hope to always eat, drink and be merry, do what I want to do, go where I want to go, and make friends with the people I want to meet, regardless of the outside world or the country, what a comfortable day it is. ”

The Queen Mother closed her eyes, took a deep breath, opened her eyes, and the weakness and helplessness in her eyes disappeared, leaving only helpless firmness, "But we can't do this, we must take the responsibility that exists on our shoulders, not just thinking about ourselves, I understand, Eddie, you are the same as me, you are emotional people, you want to live purely, and you are not willing to take on too many things,"

"But," "It's like the banquet will finally disperse, and the sun will eventually rise, and we can't escape," the Queen Mother's eyes sparkled, "I should go," the Queen Mother hugged Edward, "After today, I will return to the original person and take on the original responsibility, more," the Queen Mother smiled helplessly, "Not as an individual, but for the country and the family to exist, good night, Eddie." ”

The Queen Mother turned around and left, walked out of the crowd, and out of the banquet hall, Gao Xinkui and the others were already waiting, got into the carriage, the carriage staggered out, Qinghai shouted with a crying voice, "Queen Mother!" "I couldn't speak anymore.

"What's wrong? It's nothing more than the Queen of England putting up a show," the Queen Mother closed her eyes, and Tang Wufu handed over the towel, "What's there to be excited about?" Now you can see it," the Queen Mother's face was very bad, "Our Qing Dynasty, our China, in front of foreigners, is nothing at all, especially in front of the first power in the West, the Queen of England, I, the Queen Mother of the Qing Dynasty, can only be a small part!" Not to mention that their cabinet prime minister blindly prevaricated and delayed in response to our requests! ”

"Queen Mother," Guo Songtao knelt down, "The ministers are incompetent, and the crime deserves death!" ”

"It's not that you're incompetent, it's that China is too incompetent, and it hasn't been put in the eyes of foreigners," tears flowed from the corners of the Queen Mother's eyes, she had forgotten how many years she had cried, when? When Emperor Xianfeng died? Or when he cheated to death and got out to see his son? I don't remember it for a long time.

"Master," Tang Wufu knelt down, shouting distressedly, Gao Xinkui also knelt down silently, "Qinghai, Bozu, you have to remember this day, I have prided myself on doing foreign affairs for so many years, and I want to be able to compete with the world's first-class powers, but now it seems that hehe, it is just a frog at the bottom of the well, I have always been sarcastic that the clear stream in the middle of the well is the frog at the bottom of the well, now I look at it, I am no different from them, I am also a raccoon dog, or looked down on by foreigners!" Why look down on it! The Queen Mother slapped the cushion violently, "It's not that I'm not strong enough, but I still have to snort!" Face is not given by others, but earned by yourself, if you can't earn it yourself, you can't blame others for not giving face," the Queen Mother wiped the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief, "I want to be drunk and dream of dying in this life, but unfortunately, I can't do this yet, I'm not yet forty years old, and it's not time to retire!" ”

"Today's gathering, it's almost the same, wait a few more days, if you can't do it again, don't talk about it, I don't believe it, without Zhang Butcher, I'm going to eat mixed pigs."

"Yun Xian," the Queen Mother asked Guo Songtao, "What progress has happened to the people who asked you to pay attention a few years ago?" ”

"I've already found a lot of people, but," Guo Songtao hesitated a little, "They look a little chattering, and I don't know what the reason is, whether they are reliable or not." ”

"It doesn't matter, pull it over, even if it's unreliable, the Internal Affairs Office is not short of this money, just raise it, just use it as a thousand dollars to buy horse bones," the Queen Mother said, "Today's incident happened, I must dig the corner of the British." ”

"Yes." Guo Songtao said, "It will be quietly shipped out in a few days." ”

"In a few days, the Queen of England is going to let me speak in the place where they announced the Opium War," said the Empress Dowager Cixi, with a look of disgust on her face. (To be continued.) )