Ci'an looked at Cixi's expression and weighed that her heart was already a little loose, so she continued to increase: "You say, what's so good about the Forbidden City?" In addition to the Imperial Garden, where there are a few trees, there are a few shallow small pools, which are bare everywhere and full of ...... Except for the wall, or the wall! Staying in the Forbidden City, all day long, all year round, in addition to watching the Quartet, or watching the Quartet, what's the interest? Which point can compare to the lakes and mountains of the Summer Palace? ”

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"Also," Ci'an continued, "what is the 'Queen Mother raised by the world', but, in the Forbidden City, apart from a Zhongcui Palace, you have a Changchun Palace, which place is there for us?" Whether it's Zhongcui Palace or Changchun Palace, it's just a two-way courtyard! ”

It's-

"Also," Ci'an moved slightly, "your temperament is that kind of ...... It's easy to move around, but if you think about it, where can you go in the Forbidden City? I can't go to the previous court, even the inner court, and it's just a few places to go to the Yangxin Palace, Changchun Palace, Imperial Garden, and Zhongcui Palace - what about me, too! Hey, I can't think of a fifth place to go other than these four! ”

It's-

Hey, this sister, when will she start talking, one by one? Mouthful, this ...... Getting dripping?

"Let's two sisters," Ci'an continued, "dripping, "say something...... What the sisters and sons said, what is the difference between staying in the Forbidden City and staying in a golden wire birdcage? ”

It's-

It's weird, it's weird, how did the eloquence of "the east" suddenly become so good?

"The Summer Palace is different!" Ci'an's eyes lit up, "The entire Summer Palace is our sister and son alone...... Ah, no, it's all our sisters and sons! One Summer Palace, but the size of four Forbidden Cities! You don't want to put a huge Summer Palace, guarding a small courtyard in the Forbidden City, hey, I said, you are such a smart person, you can't ...... Do such a stupid thing! ”

No matter why Ci'an's eloquence suddenly became better, this set of words does make sense, Cixi is really moved!

"In my opinion," Ci'an became more and more energetic, "don't say that the Forbidden City can't compare to the Summer Palace, even the Old Summer Palace can't compare to the Summer Palace!" ”

paused slightly, "The Old Summer Palace is naturally bigger than the Summer Palace, but Li'er is still the same Li'er - don't look at the time when you live in the Old Summer Palace, I am the queen and you are the concubine, but which courtyard and which pool of water are really our own?" ”

If you think about it, you really can't say where you are......

"Also, don't you like to listen to dramas? However, in the Forbidden City, this drama cannot be listened to as soon as you want, let alone spread the play from outside! A few more plays, there will be discussions below, if you don't get it right, in Han Zhan Kedao, there will be people on the fold, saying what 'Emperor Xuanzongcheng is frugal and respectable, and the Empress Dowager often recites the ancestral teachings', sweeping your interest, and calling you gray...... 'Stop the flag'! ”

Hey, how much homework has this sister done? Even the words on the fold have been memorized!

However, what Ci'an said is the truth.

In the Forbidden City, singing for the emperor and the queen mother, most of them are the messengers of the Shengping Department, and the Shengping Department sings mainly in the Kun dialect.

The skin yellow, which can sing and compose well, is in the "team" outside, and if you want to listen to it, you have to spread it from outside the palace to the palace, which is called "worship in the inner court".

However, this kind of behavior, in the eyes of Han Zhan Kedao, belongs to "extravagance" all the way, and there are too many "inner court offerings", and if you can't see it, someone will fold and advise.

What "Emperor Xuanzong is thrifty and respectable, and the Empress Dowager often recites the ancestral teachings" of the gods, that is good, and some people even said in the excerpt "The merchant girl does not know the hatred of the country, and the other side still sings the flowers in the backyard" and the like, so angry that Cixi fainted for twenty chapters, and almost even fell off the fold.

However, there is no way to blame the person who is on the fold for this kind of thing, otherwise, he will become a "promiscuous king", and at most the fold will be "left in the middle". Anyway, as soon as I received this kind of excerpt, I had to be as Ci'an said, and after disappointment, "the gray flag died down".

This kind of moldy head, even Guan Zhuofan is not easy to touch, although he "worships" a lot of things to the inner court, but it never includes the troupe, otherwise, it will inevitably be regarded as a "gentleman", which will affect Prince Xuan's image of Weiguangzheng.

The Queen Mother wants to listen to the play, let's go outside the palace, for example, if you are lucky enough to be at my house, I can prepare one good play after another for you.

"He said," Ci'an said, "The Queen Mother enters the garden to recuperate, even if she passes the drama every day, there is no problem!" The troupe of the whole Beijing, as long as it is good, will come in! If you can't finish singing during the day, light the lamp and keep singing at night! ”

Wow, the lanterns are high, the silk and bamboo are full of ears, and the cracks are piercing the clouds, what a ...... What are the things that life is proud of?

Cixi's palms were slightly damp.

"He also said that all the expenses that do not have to move kilometers will be returned to him!"

All to him? Hmph, the fox's tail is exposed.

It's always a nice fox tail, though.

Cixi's heart shook: "The opera is passed on every day", "The opera troupe in Beijing, as long as it is good, will come in, and if you can't finish singing during the day, light the lamp, and continue to sing at night" - hey!

"When you went to the Summer Palace," Ci'an said, "the big theater building of Dehe Garden had not yet been repaired, and when I went, it was almost completed, because the scaffolding had not been dismantled, so I didn't go to see it." However, listening to him, it is even higher than the Changyin Pavilion of Ningshou Palace in the Forbidden City! - just, for the sake of ...... Well, it's not overstepping, but when it comes to the outside, it's as high as Changyin Pavilion. ”

Taller than Changyin Pavilion?

It's really-

"The benefits of Changyin Pavilion," Ci'an continued, "Those organs, such as 'patio', 'ground well', 'water flooding Jinshan', etc., are all available in the big theater!" In addition, according to him, there are many other organs in the Grand Theater, which Changyin Pavilion does not have—what is it from France...... Ah, by the way, he learned from the 'Paris Opera', he said several things, and I can't remember so much, anyway, when you look at it, you will know it all! ”

Is...... It's hard to scratch.

"In addition to the Grand Theatre, there is also the 'Tingli Pavilion' - that is the West District, which is slightly smaller than the Grand Theatre - the Grand Theatre has three floors and two floors of the Tingli Pavilion. However, listening to the oriole hall has the advantage of listening to the oriole pavilion, in addition to being very exquisite, it is facing Kunming Lake, the scenery is the best, when listening to the play, the surroundings are ...... Hey, this lake and mountains, don't be interesting! ”

Such lakes and mountains, such a Qionglou Yuyu, leisurely traveling in the mountains and rivers every day, **** listening to music and watching plays, is indeed ...... Fairy-like days!

"When you think of the days after you 'remove the curtain', you will probably think of those old concubines in Cining Palace - hey, it's not the same thing at all!"

Hey, how do you know I'm thinking that?

However, this sentence is to the point.

Unconsciously, Cixi's expression had been relaxed.

Ci'an took a sip of tea, the tea was a little cold, but she didn't point it out, put down the tea bowl, closed the lid, and continued: "Actually, in addition to visiting the mountains and rivers, listening to music and watching plays, we, especially you, can do more things!" Don't worry anymore, you'll be bored by yourself! ”

"Uh, I...... What else can we do? ”

"For example, write and draw......"

Before Ci'an finished speaking, Cixi smiled, "Sister said and laughed, let's ...... these things Where did I do it? ”

"Well, not necessarily!" Ci'an shook his head, "I really can't do it, you don't have to!" No, it doesn't matter, learn! You're so smart, what's there that you can't learn? ”

Cixi's heart moved.

Yes, no, you can learn to write, to draw, this kind of thing, maybe, is fun.

I've never thought about it before.

Needless to say, it must have been the fox's tail's idea.

"Qin, chess, calligraphy and painting - in short, those things of literati and scholars, we - you can all learn them, over time, I think, may not be able to learn some famous halls!"

"It's also—" Cixi smiled and nodded, "For example, in foreign dialects, at the beginning, it sounded like a bird's call, but as I learned it slowly, I could find some context, and even those who guessed could understand a few words." ”

"Ouch," Tzu An was amazed, "do you speak foreign?" Who did you learn from? Is that him? ”

Cixi's face flushed slightly, "It's not - he's there...... I don't have time. ”

After a pause, "I learned it from Kusumoto Ina—she speaks English and German." ”

"Ouch! A Japanese woman who can speak Chinese, English and ...... Oh, German, remarkable, remarkable! It's really a ...... What about the female champion! ”

"Yes." Cixi said, "However, I learned a few foreign words, but I just used them to pass the time, and it was useless, and in the future, it will be even more useless." ”

In the future, it will be even more useless - this sentence has the meaning of "removing the curtain".

Ci'an naturally heard this meaning, and couldn't help but be overjoyed in his heart, and hurriedly said, "How can it not be useful?" - I was about to tell you this! ”

"He said, now it's ...... There are great changes that have not been seen in 3,000 years, and many things have to change - after the queen mother removes the curtain, she doesn't have to be like before, and no one can see her......"

What the?

"This 'outsider', let's not say that we are our own people," Ci'an said, "let's talk about foreigners—let's go to foreigners, foreigners come to us, and there are more and more interactions with each other." You see, the American "delegation" is gone, and it will not be long before the Prussian "delegation" will come again, and there will be an English princess in it! ”

Cixi nodded, Qifujin had already told her about the Prussian delegation.

"When the time comes," said Ci'an, "the two English princesses—oh, the eldest one, the Prussian crown princess—will come to the Summer Palace to meet our two 'curtain lifted' queen mothers, and then your English words will come in handy?" ”

After a slight pause, "The prince of Prussia probably also wanted to come over, but there is a difference between men and women, we can't see him, when the time comes, let's see how the instrument note is drafted!" ”

Cixi's heart was moved - not only English, but also German! This sister probably didn't know that Prussia spoke German!

Although I was excited, I couldn't help but wonder: I removed the curtain, shouldn't he guard me like a thief? How could I be so generous that I could contact the "foreign minister"?

Well, this "foreign minister" is the real "foreign minister" - a foreign envoy.

Guan Zhuofan is indeed generous, but Cixi doesn't know that this generosity is "principled" - it is okay to contact foreign "foreign ministers"; It is not possible to contact the "foreign ministers" of the country.

"He also said," Ci'an continued, "if the Empress Dowager is willing, in the future, she can even take a sea ship to the country of foreigners...... Well, what about this 'goodwill visit'! ”

Yes?

He said that the two queen mothers are both treasures of the country, and after the curtain is removed, if they are left alone and do not come in handy for the country, wouldn't it be ...... Is it too much of a waste of material? ”

Yes?

Ci'an pursed his lips and smiled, "Hey, 'Treasure of the Country', is his original words, and the one behind it is my added oil and vinegar, but the meaning is good - that's what he meant!" ”

*(To be continued.) )