He walked down the steps and bowed slightly towards the Empress Dowager Cixi, "William? Yurt? Gladstone, on behalf of the Government of the British Empire, welcomes the Empress Dowager of the Qing Dynasty to the British Empire. ”

"Thank you, Prime Minister," the Queen Mother stretched out her hand and said this sentence in standard English, and Prime Minister William took the Queen Mother's hand, bowed deeply, and kissed the Queen Mother's hand.

The Queen Mother was taken aback, but fortunately she didn't shake her hand away, "Thank you, Prime Minister," William smiled and introduced his cabinet members to the Queen Mother one by one, and the Queen Mother also shook hands one by one, and then was kissed on the back of her hand one by one. The people who accompanied the Queen Mother on the trip were all angry and angry, and they were about to draw their knives and do it, but they were all shocked by the Queen Mother's stern eyes.

After that, the Empress Dowager Cixi, Prince Edward and Prime Minister William took pictures of reporters together, and the photo of the three of them will appear in London newspapers and universities tomorrow.

After the ceremony, Prince Edward said goodbye to the Empress Dowager Cixi: "Her Royal Highness the Empress Dowager, I want to repay Her Majesty the Empress Dowager and appear by your side again at the right time, please forgive the Empress Dowager." ”

"Please say hello to His Royal Highness's wife and children on my behalf," the Empress Dowager Cixi also nodded slightly, "I look forward to meeting them." ”

"They're going to love you, Your Highness the Queen Mother." A smile appeared on Edward's originally calm face, and he bowed slightly, leaving Downing Street.

Prime Minister William invited the Queen Mother to enter the Prime Minister's residence, and the attendants had already arranged a place for the meeting, which was a glass room in the west wing, which was filled with red and white roses and chairs wrapped in silk.

William didn't bring anyone here, just brought his own secretary, and none of the ministers in the cabinet did not meet you, according to international practice, the two heads of state should meet and prepare the content of the talks first, so as not to have no purpose, but now the foreign affairs of the Qing Dynasty are still very unseemly, so Guo Songtao did not know the purpose of the Queen Mother's visit to the United Kingdom before.

First of all, the Queen Mother really learned the skills of the British nonsense, and she had already drunk two cups of afternoon tea, but William still did not stop talking, the old man's personality was diametrically opposed to what his appearance showed, from the weather in London to the fishing in the North Sea, and his favorite activities, trivial and trivial so that the translator almost vomited blood.

"Yes, Her Majesty is on the Isle of Wight at this time, and since the death of Her Royal Highness the Prince, Her Majesty has been able to miss her husband, so she often lives there in the place where the couple used to go most often, the Isle of Wight." William continued, "But Her Majesty has decreed that Her Majesty should lead the way, and that the Queen Mother be as at home in London as she is in China. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Prime Minister," the Queen Mother said with a smile, "I wonder when Her Majesty will be able to meet me?" ”

"A great banquet has been arranged at Buckingham Palace to welcome the Queen Mother," said William, "and Her Majesty will be present at that time." ”

"Very good," the Empress Dowager Cixi had already changed out of her court clothes, but she was wearing auspicious clothes, and the crown on her head had also been replaced with large wings, "Your Excellency, what do you think about the incident I entrusted our ambassador, Guo Songtao, to report to you?" ”

William stopped talking, just took out his cigar and was about to light it, when he suddenly thought that it was a lady sitting opposite, and hurriedly put it down, "Prime Minister, please take care of yourself." The Queen Mother waved her hand, in fact, she wanted to take a sip herself.

William took a puff of his cigar, "Her Royal Highness the Queen Mother, this matter may not be so smooth." ”

The Queen Mother glanced at Guo Songtao, and Guo Songtao hurriedly asked, "Prime Minister, why is this?" ”

William pondered the words and said slowly, "Now the people in Britain are not very satisfied with the current situation with China, and now we have an economic crisis, and the cost of education, trade unions, and basic investment has increased repeatedly, and there is a huge deficit in the finances, Mr. Ambassador knows, we have to consider the continuity of the government, that is, we need to be able to continue to govern, but Her Royal Highness the Queen Mother knows that the current single fiscal revenue cannot reverse the radical actions taken by some radicals to grab more benefits." The benefits may not be just economic. ”

"Although I don't quite understand what the Prime Minister is referring to, I am sure that the Prime Minister is not having a good time, and" the Empress Dowager Cixi smiled, "Your Excellency is not happy, I believe that the peace between China and Britain that has been maintained for more than ten years may also be shaken," Cixi nodded, "Then let's do this first, some things are discussed slowly, I am new to London, and I don't know anyone here, let me contact first." (To be continued......)