Chapter 44: Storm

Music started, and a pair of Western men and women danced gracefully on the dance floor.

The Chinese Regent and the Empress Dowager sat in a teahouse facing south and north. Guarja also specially found a beautiful mountain and river screen to place it behind the teahouse. In addition, two rows of extremely brave young men in black uniforms, this small world immediately became solemn and majestic, and it became a bit out of place with the dance floor environment.

Seeing Lan Guiren's gorgeous long gold-stitching fingers elegantly pulling up the teacup to drink tea, Ye Zhao couldn't help but smile, Lan Guiren just didn't know.

A beautiful blonde woman with blue eyes came over with her huge skirt and said to Ye Zhao a little restrainedly: "Prince, do I have the honor to invite you to dance together?"

Ye Zhao stood up with a smile and said, "I'm sorry Miss Fran, I only have tea with my sister-in-law today. Let's have a chance."

The beautiful Western woman sighed in disappointment and turned around and left. This was the sixth lady who came to invite Ye Zhao to dance. And those who were qualified and dared to invite Ye Zhao to dance together were naturally the consular wife and the lady.

Guiren Lan glanced at him and said, "You go and dance."

Ye Zhao smiled slightly, held up the teacup, and said, "I'll drink tea today." He smiled and said, "This is a man's deed. Today I am the prince's companion of the prince's wife. I will never dance with others, otherwise the prince's sister-in-law would have no face?"

Listening to his nonsense, Guiren Lan was stunned for a while, then turned to look at the Western band. When he saw the Western Pipa zither for the first time, he thought it was quite fun.

At this time, British Consul Jackson walked over, saw Li, sat beside Ye Zhao, and smiled and said, "Prince, I think I need to explain to you about the mediation of the country this time, so as not to cause unnecessary misunderstandings."

Ye Zhao waved his hand with a smile: "I won't talk about business today, but I heard that Miss Francis is not adapted to the local conditions. The doctors in our house have a prescription that uses herbs to condition them, which has excellent results."

Jackson was stunned for a moment, but he didn't expect that the Regent was so clear about his family's affairs. He couldn't help but feel a little scared and smiled and said, "Thank you, the Prince, for your concern for your little girl, I'm so grateful."

After chatting for a few gossips, Jackson got up and left.

"Empress Dowager, please try this cup of tea. It is the tea picked by an old tree on the Golden Peak of Wuyi Mountain. This is the only one in the world." As he said that, Guarjia presented a cup of jade-like cover bowl with both hands. She kept kneeling and half-sitting beside the tea table to serve the tea.

The palace maid next to Concubine Lan took it and was about to test the poison with a silver needle. Concubine Lan glanced at Ye Zhao and said lightly: "No need, can I believe Jing Xiang's people?"

Ye Zhao smiled and said nothing.

Guarja was secretly happy. Although she managed the Regent's hotel, her manager had nothing to do with the Regent from the selection to the appointment, but she naturally felt that she was giving the prince a helpless honor.

Now when I heard the Empress Dowager call herself the Regent, my pretty face shines and I feel quite complacent.

At this time, another consul's wife came to invite Ye Zhao to dance but Ye Zhao politely refused. Ye Zhao was still the same, and today she only "drinks tea".

Don’t Lan Guiren know that he did it on purpose? Today, he really saw this brother-in-law’s courage and joked with him with a joke, but he was not very disgusted and felt a little kind of intimate. Since he was an adult in this life, no young man has ever joked with her? Even when Master Xianfeng was here, it would be amazing to praise her for a few words of beauty, and he never talked to her about anything.

But there was a little bit of hesitation on his face so that the little monkey would not climb up with a pole, but I don’t know what else to joke with him.

"Mindai, go and dance with the prince. The prince doesn't like dancing with foreign women today, come and serve him." Guiren Lan said lightly.

Guarjia was stunned and then he was happy and hurriedly replied: "Yes, I obey the order." When he got up, his soft little body wrapped in green silk rose, hesitated for a while, and reached out his snow-white hand coated with red rose oil, but hesitated, but he did not dare to look at Ye Zhao, and he lowered his beautiful head and whispered: "I'm asking the prince to dance."

Just now, Ye Zhao chatted with her for a few words, and asked about the hotel situation. During the Q&A, her heart gradually calmed down. He heard the Regent's words be gentle and his expression was friendly, but he was kind and respectable. Guarja became more courageous.

Ye Zhao smiled and said, "The same thing, next time, I will only drink tea today."

"Yes." Although Guarjia was rejected by the prince, he felt happy. Next time? Will there really be a chance to dance with the prince?

Ye Zhao looked at Concubine Lan and said seriously: "Sister-in-law, how about I ask you to dance together? Today, I can't sit here for a long time before returning to the palace, which is not unreasonable to reflect the intimacy and enlightenment of the Emperor's wife."

Guarjia gently stepped aside, thinking that the prince and the empress dowager danced. This is really a strange story. It seems that this naivety is going to change, but it is too different from the past.

Guarja was used to seeing men and women dancing together, and he felt strange when he heard the regent's suggestion, but Ye Zhao's words were like thunder in the ears of Concubine Lan.

Lan Guiren's pretty face changed color, and his anger came to his heart. What a bold thing! How dare you say such words? His beautiful eyes narrowed, but looking at Ye Zhao's clear eyes and his face without any jokes, I didn't know if he wanted to scold him for a moment. His mind turned around and suddenly remembered the current situation. If he scolded him in public and turned against him, he didn't know what consequences would be.

In fact, Ye Zhao is not really going to dance with her. It is necessary to ease the relationship with Rong'er's sister. If possible, it is best not to become an enemy, otherwise Rong'er would be uncomfortable if she was stuck in the middle. Nowadays, the relationship between Ye Zhao and Concubine Lan is extremely subtle, just like a layer of gauze, and no one can figure out who is in the pulse. If you really want to ease the relationship with her, you must try to make her feel sincerity. But how should she express this sincerity? Concubine Lan can't be fooled by saying a few words that seem to be heartbroken.

This is going to happen a little bit. Some words seem to make her unhappy, but in fact they may not be.

Ye Zhao was about to speak again, a young man in a black uniform suddenly shouted, and then seven or eight black shadows rushed out, pressing a foreigner who was walking over to the ground, and seven or eight revolvers pointed at his head. Someone lifted his tuxedo and pulled his gun from his ribs.

Then the gunshot was fired, and a foreigner who was drawing a gun more than ten steps away was immediately shot in the thigh and fell to the ground screaming.

The foreigner who was pressed to the ground was so scared that he screamed. The foreigner who was shot even screamed like a pig. The dance hall was immediately full of chaos, screaming, shouting, and stumbled outwards, chasing and running out, chasing.

When the foreign gun was removed, guards had already blocked Ye Zhao and Lan Guiren. In a moment, a large number of military police officers carrying bayonets and rifles had flown into the hall. Some military officers from the foreign embassy took out the guns, and the scene was extremely chaotic.

Ye Zhao was surprised, foreigners were assassinating? Isn't it possible? I pushed away the guard in front of me and took two steps. But I saw that the foreigner who was pressed to the ground was Herbert, the Consul of Osmaga in Guangzhou. His face turned red, and he was obviously drinking a little high, and he was screaming in fear.

"Prince, what are you doing? What are you doing?" Seeing Ye Zhaoxing coming, Herbert asked repeatedly, his whole head full of cold guns, and he was so scared that he almost wet his pants.

"What's going on?" Ye Zhao asked the guards.

"Prince, he has hidden guns and approached me. I suspect that he has bad intentions!" Zhao Yongnian, the leading first-class guard of Danue, knelt down on one knee to report.

There were about 200 guards in Guanyin Mountain, and Baoen, the minister in charge of the guard, was also selected by Concubine Lan. He was a clan of the royal family and was smart and capable.

But it is obvious that these guards have no experience in following the main family to patrol, and today the string is even tighter.

Ye Zhao said helplessly: "You are too nervous." He pulled the foreigner who was shot over and asked a few questions. The matter gradually became clearer. Consul Herbert, Osmaga, was a soldier and usually had the habit of wearing a gun. Today, he drank a few more drinks. He was unaware of the buttons in the tuxedo and was about to come and talk to the Regent, but the guards saw his gun wearing. The foreigner who was shot was a military officer of the Osmaga Embassy. Suddenly, he saw the minister being arrested, and he hurriedly pulled out his gun and immediately became a target.

In different future generations, even if the sailors on merchant ships wear guns to deal with pirates, it is common for some embassy guards to enter the venue with guns in this dance party on a foreign land, but they do not want to cause such a storm.

Looking at Machasson and others who were anxious and shocked, Ye Zhao had no choice but to spread his hands to Guiren Lan helplessly and said, "Sister-in-law, this happy thing has become a diplomatic dispute for us."

Zhao Yongnian was so scared that his face turned pale. Seeing the queen mother's fine beautiful eyes flashing coldly, she glanced at him coldly. Zhao Yongnian immediately burst into a cold sweat, knelt down, and did not dare to speak, but just kowtowed.

"Misunderstanding, misunderstanding." Ye Zhao greeted him and expressed his regret with Machason and others, saying, "So, what I proposed is that this social occasion should be peaceful. What's wrong with all bringing guns in? This rule needs to be changed. Guangzhou is a rule of law. Do you have no confidence in me?" In short, he is always reasonable. Machason and others can only smile bitterly, but to speak in their hearts, they think that the prince had a long time ago and had proposed etiquette and etiquette in exchanges with various countries, hoping that all countries would abide by it together.

Ye Zhao really comforted Herbert a few more words, and winked at Vice Director Liu, who had been following him all the time: "Hurry up and help the military officer ask the doctor." Lower his voice: "I'll comfort him and give him some money."

Vice Chief Liu hurriedly took orders and left. Naturally, this little foreign official had to send comfort himself. As a prince, he was involved in the national system and could not say anything to him.

Ye Zhao turned to Machason and others and smiled, "A little storm, please don't care, please continue dancing."

At this time, the military and police officers with guns had retreated, and someone carried the foreigners who were shot to treat the wounds. The waiter splashed water on the ground, and the dance hall gradually returned to peace.

Ye Zhao, Machasun and others exchanged a few greetings before sitting back to their original position. Just as they were about to speak, Concubine Lan asked, ""This group of servants is disturbed, are the foreigners scared, are they?"

Ye Zhao smiled slightly: "It's good to scare them. I've told them a long time ago that in this rule of law, what's the matter of carrying a gun all day long? Not to mention a diplomatic place. Today, if something happens, I'll just give them a lesson and it's considered a tuition fee." He also said: "The consuls of various countries just told me that I would like to ask the emperor's sister-in-law to say a few words."
Chapter completed!