The British are now having fun with China at the Berlin Conference, and the British ambassador will inevitably not come, and some of the other countries will not come, so the ambassadors of Russia, Germany, Austria, the United States, Japan, Portugal, Norway, and Denmark are only here today. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

The Queen Mother wished that these countries would not come, and the Emperor supported the Queen Mother towards an extremely bright building, "I wish these people would not come, this time we will be happy and happy, some foreigners in Baba join in the fun, and it is really not happy, but," the Queen Mother let out a long breath, "We people, it is never possible for us to do whatever we want, outside things, don't care if you want, other countries are just good, it's just a friendship that has been around for a long time, and this is considered to be a contact again, But Japan is different," the Queen Mother taught to Emperor Guangxu beside her, "They have lost a game in Japan a few days ago, and we have taken advantage, so we should be polite today, in any case, we must give them some face, lest they feel that China does not respect them enough, so I want Prince Li to bring him, and we will have a meal with us today, and we will invite him to dinner." ”

After a while, they arrived at this place of dining, the envoys of various countries had arrived, and they were originally sitting in their positions, and after the eunuch passed the message that "the queen mother has arrived, the emperor has arrived", all the envoys stood up to show respect, although Tomita Yoyuki was a little unhappy, but he also stood straight, and in terms of etiquette, the Japanese had no problem.

The queen walked into the main hall of the dining room with a smile and the emperor, she was obviously in a very good mood today, one by one to greet the past, although the emperor was a little restrained on the side, but in the face of greetings from various countries, he still calmly answered in English and German, and he was quite fluent, the queen mother walked in front of Yoyuki Tomita and nodded, "Your envoy is well?" ”

"Thank you Your Highness for asking, I'm very well," Yoyuki Tomita bowed deeply, originally there was also the word "courtier" in Japanese, this "courtier" should also be able to call the emperor and empress dowager of a foreign country, that is, Tomita Yoyuki can call himself "courtier" in front of the empress dowager, but obviously, he has no plan, and the empress dowager will not calculate these small things with him, "I dare not guarantee other countries, but your ambassador should be able to understand these dramas of the Chinese, right?" After all, your country's culture is very similar to our Qing Dynasty, and to put it mildly, your country's culture originated in China. ”

Yoyuki Tomita bowed again, "Yes, we admire the culture of the Qing country very much, but Japan does have its own different cultural connotation, which is different from the culture of the Qing country, I appreciate the drama of your country very much, but I personally think that I prefer our country's own repertoire." ”

"Really? This is also common, anyone likes to watch things from their own country, I used to watch "Carmen" in Vienna, and I only occasionally admired it, if I often watched it, I was afraid that I would be bored to death, Mr. Ambassador's attitude is indeed to love his own country. ”

Won the praise of the Queen Mother, Tomita Yoyuki hurriedly thanked, "Our two countries have made some small contradictions in Nagasaki Port, it is really undeserved, I only knew about this matter some time ago, I didn't expect to cause such a big trouble to your country, the Beiyang Naval Division is really too different." Please rest assured, Mr. Ambassador, I have ordered Li Hongzhang to punish those soldiers who took the lead in making trouble, and give an explanation to your country. Trust me on this. ”

"There is no need at all," Yoyuki Tomita bowed and said, "Your country's last behavior has caused our domestic dissatisfaction, of course, our Emperor His Majesty has suppressed these dissatisfaction because of the reason of maintaining good relations between the two countries, the Japanese are the most obedient and patient, as long as it is the emperor's order, everything is unimpeded, so, Her Royal Highness the Queen Mother, there is no need to give us any explanation, not to mention, the treaty has been signed, then of course we will abide by the treaty, there is no need for any explanation." ”

"Since you said so, ambassador, then I won't be reluctant," the Queen Mother's eyes flashed, and she said with a smile, "This banquet is held, please work hard to add food." ”

So there is not much nonsense, the queen mother and the emperor are on the throne, the queen is facing south, the emperor is facing west, and the rest are sitting in positions on both sides of the east and west, Li Lianying saw that the emperor has sat down, so she clapped her hands, and the food in the imperial dining room was handed over like flowing water, and the eunuchs reported the name of the dish on the side, and after a while, everyone's table was full of all kinds of delicacies, and the eunuchs lifted the lid in turn, waiting for the queen mother and the emperor, the water vapor rose, and it filled the air, and the ambassadors were a little unable to see the queen mother, This matter is urgent, so the emperor and the queen mother share a table, the rest of the eight ambassadors share a table, the rules of the Qing palace diet, the queen mother looked at the bowl of dishes, the eunuch of the cloth vegetables put the bowl of dishes in front of the queen mother, and let the palace maid sandwich the queen mother's dishes, the queen mother just dined, the same kind of delicacies were put up, the queen mother suddenly sighed leisurely, wiped the corner of her mouth with a handkerchief, "Little plum,"

"The minions are here!" Li Lianying hurriedly lowered her hand and listened to the order.

"What about such an idea?" There was some lazy displeasure in the Queen Mother's words, "It's so that people can't put down chopsticks!" ”

Li Lianying hurriedly knelt down, and the rest of the ambassadors who were originally going to feast quickly stopped, looking at the movement here, "The slave is a capital crime, please punish the Queen Mother." ”

The Queen Mother's dark eyes turned to the left and right, and she saw the expressions of the ambassadors of various countries in her eyes, "We eat much better in the palace than this, why are we going out today and entertaining VIPs, and we are still so slow?" It really shouldn't be. ”

Li Lianying hurriedly apologized, and the Russian ambassador looked at the delicacies of the mountains and seas in front of him, and couldn't help but stand up, bowing slightly to the Empress Dowager Cixi, "Respected Empress Dowager, please don't punish them, in our opinion, these delicacies in front of us are enough, and the eight of us can't eat so much at all." ”

"Hey, that's not what I said, although there are few of you, there are not many dishes to eat, but only three hundred, this dish is too simple, not to mention," the Queen Mother put down the ebony silver chopsticks, "I have eaten more than these in my daily life, and it is not enough to entertain distinguished guests with these." (To be continued.) )