The Manchu and Han Banquets in Qing Dynasty

coming. "

"En." The Empress Dowager nodded, and said to Zixiu, "You made all these dishes?"

"Back to the Empress Dowager, it was all done by slaves." Zixiu replied respectfully.

"The taste is not bad. Is this dish a jade fan?" The Empress Dowager asked, pointing to a plate of green food.The dish was made of rapeseed. More than a dozen rapeseeds were neatly arranged in a fan shape, and the fan handle was placed with mushrooms, which looked unique and beautiful.

Zixiu looked up, and then lowered his head again: "Back to the Empress Dowager, it's a jade fan."

The Empress Dowager smiled at Kangxi: "This slave's craftsmanship is pretty good, and he is quite well-behaved. Your Majesty, Ai's family enjoyed their meal."

Kangxi smiled and said, "It's as long as the imperial grandmother is happy."

"Well, He'er, go and reward him with two golden nudes." The Empress Dowager ordered the maid beside her, who responded and turned away.

Zixiu thanked her, thinking that the Empress Dowager is quite easy to serve, at least much better than those empresses in the harem.

After a while, the palace lady came out with the golden nude, Zixiu took it, knelt down and thanked him, and the empress dowager let him go down.

In the evening, Zixiu found that Kangxi was frowning, and seemed to have something on his mind. Kangxi read the memorial for a long time, and he didn't even have an appetite for dinner.Zixiu cautiously stayed aside, not daring to ask, for fear of disturbing Kangxi.

After a long time, Kangxi closed the memorial, sat up straight and let out a long breath.He took a piece of pastry and fed it into his mouth, but he felt that it tasted like chewing wax, so he simply stopped eating, lest the more he ate, the more uncomfortable he would be.

Zixiu asked, "What bothers you, Your Majesty?"

Kangxi said: "It wasn't a big deal at first. A country called England sent envoys to my Daqing, and they will arrive in two days. It's a pity that people in my Daqing who can understand their language are sick and can't get out of bed at all. .No one can understand their words now, and I'm afraid that I will lose my dignity when the time comes."

Zixiu was taken aback. Isn't England the so-called England in later generations?It turns out that Britain sent envoys to the Qing Dynasty so early.He shivered for a long time, but finally said nothing.

He knows English, but he is not proficient. Besides, there is a big difference between ancient English and English of later generations, so he may not be able to understand it.The most important thing is that his speech is clumsy, and it is very likely that he can understand but not translate.

Kangxi said: "I hope the translator will recover in two days. This is also a kind of vigilance for me."

Zixiu said, "It will definitely get better."

Kangxi smiled and said nothing more.

Three days later, the envoy from England really arrived.Kangxi met them in the court hall, but it was a pity that the translator's condition was not optimistic. He was carried into the court hall and blocked with a curtain.His voice was weak and incoherent, and it took a long time to say a word, and even Kangxi felt ashamed.

The English envoys smiled, but their hearts were full of ridicule. It was because the Qing Dynasty was a huge country that didn't even have a decent translator. It seemed that the claim of a powerful country was an exaggeration.

Kangxi was very angry and withdrew early.He arranged for these envoys to live in the other hall, and then mobilized all the imperial doctors to let them cure the translator's illness as soon as possible.

Unexpectedly, these English envoys didn't know what was good or bad, and they deliberately wanted to see Kangxi's jokes, so they asked to visit the palace the next day.Kangxi didn't want to agree, but he couldn't refuse, so he was very angry immediately.

His face became more and more gloomy, and even Zixiu became afraid.

Zixiu knew that Kangxi had really encountered a problem this time. No one in the dignified Qing Dynasty could speak English, so it was not an ordinary embarrassment to say it.However, limited by the times, this is not Kangxi's fault.

After thinking for a long time, he finally plucked up the courage and said, "Your Majesty, let me try it."

Kangxi was taken aback, the hand that was about to throw the inkstone was frozen in the air, he looked at Zixiu strangely and said, "What did you just say?"

Zixiu took a deep breath and said loudly, "I said let me try and see if I can communicate with them."

Kangxi withdrew his hand and said with a smile: "Have you studied English? Can you understand their words?"

Zixiu nodded, shook his head again, and finally said: "I'm not sure how much I can understand, but I think I can give it a try, Your Majesty, the situation won't get worse anyway, will it?"

"Why didn't I know you could speak English? Zixiu, who did you learn from?" Kangxi couldn't restrain his curiosity, half excited and half disbelieving.

"Then...don't ask, anyway, I've learned it for a while." Zixiu lowered his head and didn't dare to look at him. He couldn't say he learned it in his previous life, could he?

"Okay, I will trust you just once, and now I will confer on you as a special reception envoy, Lin Zixiu, don't let me down." Kangxi became serious, and Zixiu was also more serious, and quickly knelt down to accept the order.

In fact, he was very disturbed. As he said, he was not sure whether he could understand the English envoy's words, but he knew that if he didn't help Kangxi, no one would really be able to help him.

Forget it, treat a dead horse as a living horse doctor.

The next day, the English envoy really entered the palace. Kangxi and Zixiu waited in the Qianqing Palace. Zixiu changed into official official uniform, which was the fifth-rank costume.

The moment he saw the messenger, Zixiu became nervous. The leader was in his early thirties, handsome and tough, and more masculine than the men of the Qing Dynasty.

After the man saw Kangxi, he knelt down on one knee and saluted, and said something in English. Zixiu heard that he meant to say hello to Kangxi, so he told Kangxi the truth.

Kangxi nodded, thinking that Zixiu was much more reliable than the translator yesterday, so he said, "Pingshen."

Zixiu translated, only to see a surprised expression on the English envoy's face before getting up.He looked at Zixiu curiously, and was even more surprised when he found out that it was a young man.

The English envoy and Zixiu exchanged names. Zixiu knew that his name was Bo Langning, so it was fine for the other party to call him "Xiu".The emissary had to read it several times before he could pronounce it correctly, and couldn't help feeling proud for a while.

In the process of getting in touch with Braunning, Zixiu found that he could still cope. Sometimes when Braunning spoke too fast or came across unfamiliar vocabulary, he would ask the other party to repeat it.Na Braunning was also very patient, and he talked until he could understand each time.

Kangxi felt very uncomfortable. Seeing the two talking more and more happily, he couldn't understand what they were talking about, and he was angry and helpless.Zixiu took Browning around for a tour, and Kangxi became a dispensable role.

Of course, Zixiu also took Kangxi's face into consideration, and would translate it from time to time to ask Kangxi what he meant, and after Kangxi answered, he translated it again.

The group soon came to the Imperial Garden. This was Zixiu's second visit, and he was not very familiar with it, so there were more places to ask Kangxi.Kangxi was finally not so aggrieved, he praised Yuhuayuan in as much detail as possible, so that Zixiu didn't know how to translate.

Browning smiled and said: "Xiu, you are socute! (Xiu, you are so cute)"

Zixiu: "..."

Kangxi said: "What did this foreign devil say?"

Zixiu: "...he said this imperial garden is really beautiful."

Kangxi proudly said: "Of course, you tell him that the Imperial Garden is the most beautiful place in the Forbidden City.

Zixiu: "Ah, thank you. Youarealsoveryhandsome"

Browning laughed loudly, and stretched out his hand to touch Zixiu's head, but Zixiu avoided it without any trace, and retreated behind Kangxi.Seeing that Braunning was so happy, Kangxi thought it was because he was satisfied with the Royal Garden, so he became happy too.

At the end, Browning told Zixiu that he had a great time with him and hoped to chat with him again in the future.

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Zixiu agreed, but in his heart he wished that this person could go back to England as soon as possible.

Browning also said that it was a blessing for your emperor to have a courtier like you in the Qing Dynasty, and he should give you a promotion.

Zixiu wondered if you were taking too much control, he didn't want to be an official at all.After all of you are gone, he will continue to cook his dishes.

Before leaving, Braunning kissed the back of Zixiu's hand. Zixiu was startled and almost slapped him. How could this man kiss the back of his hand?Did he take him for a woman?

And Kangxi's complexion was comparable to the bottom of the pot, his anger couldn't help soaring, and he wanted to beat this foreign devil very much.

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Jade fan, delicious and beautiful O(∩_∩)O~

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After Braunning left the palace, Kangxi led Zixiu to his Hall of Mental Cultivation. Kangxi dismissed everyone, leaving only two of them in the whole bedroom.Zixiu was a little confused, he didn't know what Kangxi wanted to do, he didn't dare to stand or sit, so he had to try to reduce his existence.

Suddenly, he had a rare flash of inspiration, wondering if Kangxi was dissatisfied with his performance today.He thinks that he played super long today, and it has been much better than he expected.

Seeing that he has no remorse, Kangxi snorted coldly: "Lin Zixiu, you are so bold, you actually... actually..." You actually flirted with other men in front of me, he really wanted to say that, but If you can't say it, it's too demeaning.

Zixiu knelt on the ground with a "plop", lowered his head and said, "Your Majesty, I know my mistake."

"Do you know what's wrong?"

"Slaves...slaves shouldn't have private chats with that foreign devil, they should ask the emperor first."

It was fine if he didn't say anything, but Kangxi got even angrier when he said it, and Kangxi couldn't understand what they were talking about, but considering the behavior of the foreign devil later, he thought there must be nothing good to say, maybe they were expressing their feelings to each other.

Zixiu is his man, how can he eat inside and out?

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