Cixi was stunned by the bad news. She had never suffered such a blow in her sixty years of life. The old woman was dumbfounded for five minutes before she suddenly let out a howl of beating her breasts and feet: "This beast, it was wasted money to raise the Ai family."
After all these years, he is no better than a beast!"
Li Lianying was so frightened that she didn't dare to say a word.
After howling enough, Lafayette suddenly said viciously: "Who knows about this tonight?"
"Lafayette, half of the people in the palace saw it. That thing flew so high that it could be seen by the whole city of Beijing, not to mention the palace." Of course Li Lianying knew what she wanted to do, and she quickly said with a sad face.
"Well?"
In this way, there is no way to kill people and silence them, and then light Yingtai on fire and say that Yang Feng's Guangxu is fake. As for Yang Feng's doing it, you don't need to guess. It was only then that Cixi regretted why she knew he had done it.
I haven't taken any precautions against the big flying balloon, but who knew that such a thing could be so useful. After all, I still lack understanding of these foreign gadgets.
With no place to vent her anger, she yelled viciously: "Things that can be seen all over Beijing, are all the guards in the palace blind? Are so many people around Yingtai blind?"
The eyes of these useless slaves have all been gouged out. If they are useless, what are they still doing?"
Li Lianying hurriedly ran to take care of those unlucky guards, eunuchs, and palace maids. As for who to dig out, since Lafayette didn't say who exactly, it was up to him. He decided to dig out a few less. This situation was not good. Try his best.
Don't make enemies for yourself. Speaking of it, he is the one who is most afraid now. When he thinks of Guangxu taking power, he sees Concubine Zhen smiling at him in the fire.
"Princes, tell me what this is about. I raised him since he was a child. Although he is not his biological mother, I consider myself no different from my biological mother. His mother is my biological sister. I treat him better than I treated the late emperor.
It hurts, but look what kind of evil I have created?
Last time, he recruited Yang Feng to the capital without telling the Aijia. As a result, King Heng was killed. He even discussed with Weng Tong and the rebellious ministers about burning the Aijia to death. This was heard by the Aijia with their own ears. The Aijia felt that he was
He was deceived by a group of traitors, so he didn't think much of it. He thought that a small punishment would be enough. But who knew that he still refused to change his ways, and actually colluded with Yang Feng again, and even
Escape from Beijing. What is he going to do? Borrow troops and come back to kill the Ai family? Doesn't he know that Yang Feng is a tiger and a wolf? Hasn't he seen those stories about rebellious ministers who coerced the emperor and ordered the princes? What if?
If Yang Feng is lured to Beijing, our empire in the Qing Dynasty will be over.
Lord Xianfeng passed away early, leaving us orphans and widowed mothers with long hair on the outside and powerful ministers on the inside. Thanks to the support of all the princes, we can save the Aixinjueluo family. There will be chaos outside and the traitors will be wiped out inside. I thought that we can enjoy our old age in peace in the future.
, even if he died, he would have the honor to meet Master Xianfeng. But who knew that the white-haired man sent the black-haired man, and the late emperor left without even having time to retain his bloodline. The Ai family had no choice but to continue to manage it. Who would let the Ai family live?
What about bitterness?
He tried his best to find a trustworthy person to inherit Taizu Taizong's inheritance. But he didn't expect to choose a wolf with white eyes. The Ai family was really blind. Even if he didn't regard the Ai family as his aunt or adoptive mother, the Ai family still could.
His aunt, he did this to me!" Cixi slapped her thighs and cried in front of a bunch of iron-hatted kings who were attracted by her. She looked like an old grocery store lady who had been robbed of her money.
I have to say that this old woman is really smart. Guangxu was still flying in the sky at this moment, and she had already thought of the best solution.
"The Ai family has decided to abolish this evil obstacle and establish a new king." She wiped her tears and said seriously. As she spoke, she glanced at his biological father. Yixuan was so frightened that she didn't dare to raise her head. This matter It really has nothing to do with him. He is a smart man. Ever since his son became emperor, he has always kept his temper between his legs. Everyone in Beijing knows his temper. Zhirui and the others do not dare to risk telling the big plan to recruit Yang Fenglai. He, he will definitely expose it to his sister-in-law.
"Who does the Queen Mother want?" Kawashima Yoshiko and her grandfather, Prince Su Longqin, asked cautiously. To be honest, if Guangxu colluded with Yang Feng, these nobles would really not be able to accept it. If it was just her mother and son The struggle for power can naturally be kept out of the matter. Anyway, it is an internal matter within the Daoguang branch. Fighting life and death has nothing to do with other people. But if Yang Feng is recruited, the nature will change, and the emperor should indeed be deposed.
"Lao Liu, now you and Lao Qi are the only ones left in Master Daoguang's bloodline. It's your family's turn. Let your family Pu Wei be the emperor. He is now an adult and there is no need for the Ai family to watch over him. "Alas, the Ai family is also tired." Cixi sighed and said, she was really tired, not only tired, but also scared. If Guangxu led Yang Feng into Beijing, she would definitely not do anything good. Find a yard, lock the door, and wait until you dig out the bird's nest to eat! This is still good, but if it's not good, just like she did to Concubine Zhen, burn her bones until nothing is left.
What needs to be considered now is not the issue of power, but the issue of whether you can save your own life. Although this move is tantamount to surrender to the Japanese army, your identity as the Queen Mother is preserved, including that of your cronies. This is equivalent to your foundation. Don’t move. As for taking it slow in the future, Guiziliu has never played with him in his life. Even if his grandson is given the throne, Pu Wei’s virtuous ancestors and grandsons combined will still be unable to play with him. What’s more, Guiziliu’s health has been poor these years. No, I don't have much hope of walking behind you.
It is useless to hope that Yang Feng's army will block him. In other words, as long as he resolutely supports Guangxu, it will be a matter of time before he breaks into Beijing. But the problem is that people like Yang Feng cannot resolutely support Guangxu. He kidnapped Guangxu. It was just a threat to herself. Cixi saw this clearly, agreed to all his conditions, and then gave him enough benefits. The court first showed a concerted effort to let him know the difficulties, and then through the friendship between Guiziliu, Li Hongzhang and others , it shouldn’t be a big problem for Li Hongzhang, Liu Kunyi, and Zhang Zhidong to mediate and let Yang Feng sell Guangxu again.
It was obvious that Guiziliu had a good understanding with her. As soon as he heard that Cixi wanted her grandson to be the emperor, he knew that his sister-in-law was trying to drag him into trouble. He hurried out and said, "Queen Mother, Pu Wei has a naughty temperament. Even the old ministers are worried about it." He can't keep his family fortune, let alone the weight of the country."
"Lao Liu, let's not say this. Even if a naughty person is better than the evil obstacle that lures the wolf into the house, who else is there besides him? This is a critical moment for the survival of our Qing Dynasty. If we don't work together, Dong Zhuo will go to Beijing. Do you want to Are we going to let this country replay the story of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty?" Cixi said directly without giving him any room to retreat.
The other kings had nothing to say. Only Prince Gong and Prince Chun were left in the Daoguang line. The sixth eldest son of the Japanese had died early. The second son was adopted by his uncle Zhongjun Wang Xijue. The son Puwei was adopted by the eldest son and was regarded as Gong.
The prince's heir, Prince Chun, the eldest Guangxu, and the eldest of the remaining three, Zaifeng, was only thirteen, so Pu Wei was naturally the most suitable.
They immediately dispersed after appointing a new emperor. Cixi left Guiziliu and Yixuan alone. Yixuan was so frightened that he knelt down as soon as the others left. Cixi sighed and said: "Old Qi, get up.
It's nothing to do with you. The Aijia knows that you are a sensible person, but Lao Liu, do you dare to say that you don't know anything about this matter? The person who took Yang Feng's people to Zhongnanhai was Zhirui. The Aijia heard that he recently had an affair with Zhang Yinhuan
There is also a group of new scholars who are close friends, and they seem to have even looked for you."
After finishing speaking, Cixi looked at Guizi Liu with a half-smile but not a smile.
"The Queen Mother clearly noticed that Zhi Rui had indeed approached the old minister, but his words were so arrogant that the old minister kicked him out. He actually did such a crazy thing. The old minister really didn't expect him," said Guiziliu Busy.
"Let's not talk about what happened in the past. You know who Yang Feng is. How can such a rebellious minister be relied on? He uses what is called radio broadcasts every day in the south to promote things. Isn't it all provocative?
Are the Han people talking about destroying us Manchus? If such a person enters Beijing, I am afraid that we Manchus will have to kill him in a few days. To be honest with the Aijia, we have been fighting over each other for these years. No matter how much trouble we make, it will be the same.
The things we Manchus do among themselves are for the sake of the stability of our country, but now that evildoer’s actions will bring disaster to us. Can we not work together at this time?" Cixi said earnestly.
She was really speaking from her heart. Guiziliu also understood very well that Yang Feng could never be released to Beijing. It would be lighthearted to hold the emperor hostage to the princes, otherwise he would not have refused without hesitation in the first place.
Zhirui, he is not one of those stupid green worms who are stupid in reading. He can see clearly in this kind of big right and wrong. Last time it was because Yang Feng didn't understand him, otherwise he wouldn't have helped Guangxu last time. Now it is indeed as Cixi said
It is said that the Qing Dynasty has reached a critical moment of life and death.
"I understand that I will obey the Queen Mother's arrangements in everything," he said with a sigh.
"You still know the general idea, but it is useless for us to resist Yang Feng. The most we can do is make it more difficult for him. But it is impossible to expect the new army to stop him, but fortunately he is still okay.
The inducement, he and the evildoer are not sincere, they just want to make another fortune. Let's first deal with the virtues and longevity he has always wanted, and then send someone over to see what he wants, and almost all of them agreed to him.
, and then you send a letter to people like Li Hongzhang, Liu Kunyi, and Zhang Zhidong, give them some benefits, and ask them to mediate, and get this over with first." Cixi sighed and said.
"Old minister, I obey the order!" Guiziliu said hurriedly.
Cixi nodded with satisfaction, and at this time Yang Feng also met Guangxu. (To be continued...)