250. Victorian Narcos: Banished From Beijing (Ep 4)
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Hello and welcome to Empire with me, Anita Arnon. And me, William Drumple. Yes, so the last cliffhanger we left you on was Cliff. Is it me? Yeah, it's you again.
Uh no, yay, it's you again. Um, so look, the the last episode, we'd left you on the cliff edge, or rather, mountain crag. The British ambassador to China, would be British ambassador to China, Lord McCartney, has finally made it to the summer kingdom of the great emperor, the great Qing Emperor. And, you know, they they been how many months have there been on the road?
You said something extraordinary. A year, 12 whole months on the road to try and get to see this man. And um if you have not listened to the last episode, go back and listen to it. It's very funny. But all these gifts which were really important to impress the emperor they've had to leave behind
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