【英文】
in the following year, a formal peace pact was signed. about a month later, cixi left xi’an at last. she was utterly fearful of foreigners just as she was extremely arro-gant toward her own countrymen. she stopped far a long time in henan and halted in baoding for quite a few days before finally arriving in beijing. according to unofficial accounts，an amusing episode took place during this long and drawn out journey. when a local official offered a monkey to her as a gift，she was so pleased that she ordered a yellow mandarin jacket to be conferred upon the monkey．later, a eunuch heard some officials complaining that people were considered less worthy than a monkey and went to inform cixi，who realized that her order had been indeed a little too whimsical. so she issued another edict granting each of the escorting officials a yellow mandarin jacket. upon the receipt of such an unusual favor the officials did not know whether they should thank cixi or rather the monkey for it.
【中文】
第二年正式签署和约，随后过了一个月慈禧才终于从西安动身。她对外国人万分惧怕，正像她对国人无比傲慢一样。她在河南停留了很长一段时间，到了保定又逗留多日，好不容易才回到北京。据野史记载，在这漫长的旅途中还发生了一件趣事。一位地方官员送给慈禧一只猴子，她颇为高兴，竟下旨给那只猴子穿黄马褂。后来太监报告说，有的官员发出了“人不如猴”的感慨，慈禧这才发现自己的决定有些荒唐，于是又下旨给随行官员每人一件黄马褂。得到这殊荣之后，大家真不知道该感谢慈禧还是感谢那只猴子。