After Ye Zhikui entered Beijing, he moved into a courtyard in the capital. Because the rest of the Ye family lived in Hefei, it seemed very deserted. Ye Zhichao was in a hurry to visit his old friends, and he could not meet several times a day except for occasional meals. After Ye Zhikui arranged everyone's residence, he took a few personal guards to the US Embassy in China.

At this time, the US counselor to China was Tian Xiali, who was a Californian native and a typical western boy. He spoke rudely and arrogantly without restraint.

After the two of them sat down, Tian Xiali asked his servants to serve two cups of hot coffee, and said arrogantly in his strange Chinese: "General Ye, this is the coffee we Westerners drink. It may be rare in your Qing Dynasty."

Ye Zhikui didn't reply. He took a sip of cold water first, then added the sugar cube to the cup with a coffee spoon, stirred it gently to cool it, and slowly tasted it. This set of movement was very skillful and skillful. Tian Xiali, who was just about to show off, immediately closed his mouth.

Ye Zhikui put down the cup, frowned and said, "It's still our Chinese tea that tastes good." Then he asked, "Mr. Tian Xiali, have the things I bought from the United States arrived?"

As early as in North Korea, Ye Zhikui contacted the US ambassador to North Korea and asked them to help contact American companies to prepare to buy some things as gifts for Cixi's 60th birthday. Before returning to China, Ye Zhikui learned that the things had arrived at the US Embassy in China, and these things were bought by Ye Zhikui for a high price, so he couldn't wait to find them as soon as he entered the capital.

Tian Xiali shrugged and replied, "General Ye, there is no problem with these things. I didn't expect that you, a Qing Dynasty person, knew about our novel things in the United States. It's not simple, but General Ye has been in our embassy for a long time. We have spent a lot of money to maintain it, so General Ye, you must pay our maintenance fee."

Ye Zhikui raised a finger and asked for money so openly. But thinking that he might have to borrow more from him in the future, he had to say, "Let me confirm it first, no problem, let's talk about other things."

"Since that's the case, General Ye, please! Edison Company is afraid that you will not be able to operate and send a few technicians to come over. Let's go and have a look." Tian Xiali was a little impatient when she heard that she could really make a rant. What can Far East have? Apart from money, only money is left, otherwise why would he come here from such a distance?

Seeing that the instrument was intact, Ye Zhikui tried it and it worked well. He was so happy that he rewarded several technicians with dozens of taels of silver, and then someone carried it back to his residence in a mighty manner.

Of course, Tian Xiali did not forget to give the maintenance fee. But when Tian Xiali woke up the next day, the embassy staff hurriedly came to report to him. A lot of feces were thrown on the wall of the embassy gate, and the stench was soaring. Tian Xiali ran out and saw that there was filth everywhere, so it was impossible to live in. He looked at it again and couldn't help but vomit on the side.

On November 11, the climax of the 60th anniversary of Cixi's celebration was still not over. On this day, the Empress Dowager Cixi was set up outside Ningshou Gate to Huangji Gate. The officials of the Ministry of Rites led Emperor Guangxu to enter the middle gate of Ningshou Gate and knelt in front of Cixi to express their writing, "The Queen Mother's Holy Birthday" in the palace "Dianshizhai Pictorial".

A member of the supervisor knelt down to receive the letter and settled on the Huang table beside the east of the throne. Emperor Guangxu walked to the mattress outside the gate of Ningshou and stood on the bedding, leading the kings and ministers to perform three kneelings and nine kowtows. After the ceremony, Li Hongzhang led the Korean generals to present the original version of the Pyongyang Treaty and presented the congratulatory gifts. Cixi sat happily on her throne, watching the ministers carry the gifts in one by one.

The eunuch of the ceremonials read out the gift list of the officials. The officials secretly considered the gains and losses and amounts of the gifts. When they heard some rare objects, they made a burst of yelling and cried out. The person who gave the objects half-squinted his eyes and looked indifferent and enjoyed the flattery of others, as if what he gave was just a trivial thing.

Standing at the front, the closest to Cixi were of course some of the most powerful princes Ruli Prince Shize, Prince Qing Yili and others; then there were military ministers, Grand Secretary, Shangshu and other officials in Beijing, Weng Tongxiu, Li Hongzao, and Sun Yuwen. Next were some officials in the border areas, governors and generals of various provinces, and Li Hongzhang was listed here.

Ye Zhikui was standing among the group of military officers at the back. Because he was young, he seemed very eye-catching among the group of people. People who didn't know guessed his identity. Ye Zhikui was calm and greeted the familiar generals. Soon the eunuch of the emcee read Ye Zhikui's gift list.

A sharp and long voice sounded in the hall: "Ye Zhikui, the registered admiral and general of Taiyuan Town, Shanxi, presented a gift to Lafayette: Nine thousand-year-old Korean ginseng trees, a movie to celebrate the birthday of all nations."

As soon as the eunuch's voice fell, everyone began to discuss. Although the thousand-year-old ginseng is valuable, it has to lose its color in front of these rare treasures today. But what is this birthday movie for the World?

Cixi was curious when she heard this. She wanted to say that Cixi also liked strange things. It is said that the first place to use electric lights in China was her Ningshou Palace. Cixi snorted a few words in Little Lizi's ear, and Lizi yelled in his unique father-in-law's voice: "The Lady Buddha summoned Ye Zhikui to come and meet him."

Ye Zhikui's second-rank military general is the last character here. He stood far away from the hall and was screamed by Little Li, so many princes, ministers and ministers of the Shangshu were wide open. Seeing Ye Zhikui, who was known as the blessing general of the country, walked forward step by step from behind.

Ye Zhikui was not frightened at all. He walked slowly through the eyes of envy or jealousy of everyone. When he reached the prescribed distance, he politely said to Cixi and said, "Longshou Wuwang, and waited for Cixi to ask questions."

Cixi sat high above, looked at Ye Zhikui and said, "Raise your head and let the Ai family take a closer look at the 'blessed generals of the country' in our Qing Dynasty." Cixi's 'blessed generals of the country' completely confirmed Ye Zhikui's future name, and increased Ye Zhikui's reputation by several levels. All the ministers were guessing the profound meaning of it.

Ye Zhikui couldn't guess why Cixi said that. Could it be that she had successfully bribed Li Zi? These thoughts flashed by the moment he looked up. Ye Zhikui looked at Cixi. It was not much different from those photos of later generations. It looked very majestic. However, when she thought of some of the things she did, she felt uncomfortable and did not dare to look at them anymore. She was afraid that she would show her true side and cause trouble. She hurriedly lowered her head.

Cixi said slowly: "Well, she is handsome. What is your birthday movie for all nations?"

Ye Zhikui organized some language and replied: "I have just invented this thing in the Western countries. It photographed all the blessings of the people of the Western countries for the 60th birthday of the Lafayette, forming a picture of the people of all countries celebrating the birthday of the Lafayette. You only need to move to Yueshilou (the place where Cixi watched the play) to watch it."

Cixi nodded without comment and said, "The Ai family is curious. After the birthday party, she invited some actors to perform at Yueshilou. Then you can let the Ai family watch it carefully." Then she waved her hand and asked Ye Zhikui to retreat.

Ye Zhikui turned around slowly and walked back. All the ministers looked at him enviously. It was rare to see the birthday ceremony that caused Cixi's curiosity.

After the ceremony, Cixi gave him a birthday banquet, and the ministers began to drink and eat meat. It was a good time to form a gang. Officials of all sizes came to talk to Ye Zhikui. Ye Zhikui was happy and angry on his face, and he jumped out a few rough words from time to time, making everyone think that he was a brave and direct reckless man. Now, everyone was even more enthusiastic about him, because it was easier for such people to plot, let alone Ye Zhikui's appearance was about to become successful! In a moment, Ye Zhikui became a hot commodity at the banquet.

After the birthday party, Cixi took eight-person peacock peacock to the sedan chair from Leshou Hall to watch the show in the courtyard of Yueshi Building. All the ministers followed him, and Ye Zhikui also ordered the staff of Edison Company to place the equipment and waited for Cixi to watch the show.

Soon, everyone went to Ningshou Palace, Cixi, Guangxu and the concubines of ** entered the Yueshi Building, while the ministers gathered in the corridor and waited curiously to watch the movie. The scene became extremely quiet for a while, and only a few foreigners set up the projection equipment on the Changyin Pavilion. In addition, several foreigners took turns to shake the manual generator. Soon, a flash of light shot out from the projection equipment and put the black and white curtain on it.

Cixi suddenly saw a large group of foreigners appearing on the curtain, and she was shocked. Fortunately, these foreigners were all wearing dresses and holding couplets, with some words for birthday celebrations such as Shoubi Nanshan. Soon the picture changed again, and turned into a group of Japanese people dancing in kimonos. After the dance, they knelt on the ground and shouted something. Although there was no sound, judging from the movements on the screen, it was not difficult to imagine that these people were talking about birthday celebrations.

The silent movie continues, these rags that seem extremely rough to Ye Zhikui, made the officials of the Qing Dynasty scream in shock.

Every time there is a change of scene, the name of a country will appear first, and then people from these countries will celebrate the birthday of Lafayette in various forms. Some learn from the Chinese who set off firecrackers, and some write a few big words of blessing. Ye Zhikui thought it was fake at first glance. This extra was too unqualified, and there were loopholes everywhere. Some extras appeared three or four times, one was British, another German, and another African. Although you changed your hairstyle a little, I remember your old face clearly.

But this novel thing really scared the officials of the Qing Dynasty in this era. What's more important is that it is so pleasing and meaningful. Don't you see it? These foreigners from the United States, France and other Western countries are kowtowing to Lord Lafayette to celebrate his birthday! Cixi was even more interested in seeing a dolphin throwing a ball in the water to celebrate his birthday. Lord Lafayette smiled.

The silent movie that had been nearly twenty minutes long was put out after the big and small officials of the Qing Dynasty were stunned. A minister who didn't understand actually ran to Changyin Pavilion to pull the curtain to find the foreigners in the movie just now. He thought that these foreigners were hiding behind the curtain. Ye Zhikui could only shake his head speechlessly when he saw it...
Chapter completed!