After leaving this small earth temple, this group of young eunuchs also felt a little bit confused. They were asked to go somewhere to find food in this wilderness.
However, the master ordered them to have no choice but to collect some change from each other. Then these people quietly changed their clothes, and then entered a small village to meet the local people.
Bought some food.
When they came back, the eunuch Li Lianying was already waiting for them at the entrance of the small temple.
The leading eunuch who went out to look for food saw Li Lianying and hurriedly went up to accompany him and said with a smile: "Eunuch Li, this slave is back."
Li Lianying looked at the eunuch and asked with a smile: "Let me see what you got."
The eunuch smiled quickly and asked the other people to show what they bought to Li Lianying.
Li Lianying took a quick look and found that the things she bought were really shabby. Apart from some potatoes, sweet potatoes, and some millet, the most valuable items were seven or eight eggs.
When the eunuch saw Li Lianying's eyes resting on the eggs, he immediately understood. He smiled, took two eggs, quietly came to Li Lianying and said: "General Manager, I asked the common people to cook these eggs. Please help the Queen Mother."
Let’s have a taste first.”
Li Lianying took the egg, nodded to the eunuch and said with a smile: "You are still smart, I will promote you when I get the chance."
The eunuch immediately beamed after listening to Li Lianying's words.
"Okay, let's stop chatting here, Lafayette is still waiting inside."
After saying this, Li Lianying hid the two eggs in his sleeves, then took the eunuchs into the small temple and presented them to the Empress Dowager Cixi.
When the Empress Dowager Cixi saw the collected food, she felt disgusted for a while. She was used to eating fine food, so she had never seen these steamed buns and pickles.
However, the Empress Dowager Cixi breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that there were still a few eggs in it. Finally, she no longer had to eat those steamed buns and pickles.
The maids who came down started to light a fire to cook. After a while, a bowl of hot millet porridge was in front of the Empress Dowager Cixi, and next to the millet porridge were four eggs.
Li Lianying served the Empress Dowager Cixi beside him, and after finishing the meal, he asked: "Lafayette, the emperor doesn't have any real objects yet, should you send some over?"
After hearing this, Empress Dowager Cixi became angry and threw the bowl in her hand on the ground.
From the Empress Dowager Cixi's point of view, Emperor Guangxu was a scourge. If he had not insisted on carrying out reforms, things would not have reached this point, leaving him to sleep in the wilderness.
"What to eat? What time of day is it now and you still want to eat?"
Li Lianying looked at the Empress Dowager Cixi from the side, his face full of anger, and he did not dare to speak anymore.
The Empress Dowager Cixi lost her temper and finally calmed down a bit, and then she slept in a small room under the service of the palace maid.
But Li Lianying secretly left Cixi's side and walked around, coming to an earthen house behind the small temple.
In this room are Emperor Guangxu, his queen, and Emperor Guangxu's most beloved concubine Zhen.
These people haven't eaten yet. I originally thought that the Empress Dowager Cixi would definitely send eunuchs to bring them some food after eating, but as a result, they didn't come even after waiting for a while. These people were so hungry that they were so considerate.
I was worried, but I didn't dare to go to the front to disturb the Empress Dowager Cixi, so I could only endure it here.
Just when these people were getting hungry and upset, the door rang and Li Lianying came in from the door.
As soon as Li Lianying came in, he quickly bowed to Emperor Guangxu and his concubines according to the rules.
And this was Emperor Guangxu's empress, Empress Longyu, who began to speak, "Did the Queen Mother order you to deliver food?"
Li Lianying felt embarrassed for a while, and could only answer truthfully: "The Queen Mother and Lafayette did not give any orders."
After hearing this, Queen Longyu was a little angry, "Since there is nothing to eat, what are you doing here?"
After listening to this, Li Lianying quietly took out two eggs from her sleeves, then held them in both hands and presented them to Emperor Guangxu.
"Slave, I got two eggs from outside. I don't dare to keep them to myself. I specially offer them to the Emperor."
Emperor Guangxu looked at the two eggs presented by Li Lianying and was very moved. Now these two eggs can be said to be a timely help.
Emperor Guangxu took the egg and said with choked sobs: "You are a good slave. I have recorded your love."
After Li Lianying finished his work, he kowtowed to Emperor Guangxu again before bowing and exiting the small earthen house.
After Li Lianying left, the other concubines looked at the eggs in Emperor Guangxu's hands, and their eyes glowed green.
They haven't had anything to eat for such a long time since they left the capital and were bombed. In the eyes of these noble people who were once rich and well-fed, they are now like dragon meat in the sky.
Emperor Guangxu hesitated while holding the eggs. There were only two eggs, but there were three of them. How could he divide them?
Emperor Guangxu glanced at Empress Longyu, and then gave the egg to Concubine Zhen.
As for the other egg, Emperor Guangxu naturally enjoyed it.
Empress Longyu stood aside, watching Guangxu and Concubine Zhen eating eggs, feeling blocked in her heart.
It doesn't matter if you eat the egg or not, even if you don't eat the egg, you will die. But what Emperor Guangxu did this time was not authentic. How could he, his wife, give something to his concubine in front of him?
During the day on the second day, Empress Dowager Cixi got up and ate some millet porridge and steamed corn pickles, and then she felt energetic and started on her way.
They had the energy to leave, but Queen Longyu behind them couldn't walk anymore. Now the queen couldn't care about anything else, and she came to Cixi's side in three or two steps.
"Lafayette, I haven't eaten for a long time, please reward me with a bite."
The Empress Dowager Cixi turned around and saw that it was her niece. Thinking that she was angry yesterday and did not send food to Emperor Guangxu, it seemed that her niece was also implicated.
The Empress Dowager Cixi was quite affectionate towards her niece. Seeing that her feet were weak from hunger, she quickly ordered Li Lianying next to her to bring over some potatoes and sweet potatoes.
"You just have to eat something first, and then you can have a good meal when you get to the front."
Queen Longyu didn't care about anything else now. She took the sweet potatoes and potatoes and stuffed them into her mouth without peeling them off.
The Empress Dowager Cixi looked on and felt sad for a while. After all, she was also the empress of the Qing Dynasty, but she was so hungry. Who could believe it?
Next, the group of people took three steps, stopped for two steps, and walked, and finally arrived at the edge of a small town.
I sent someone to inquire and found out that they were almost out of Zhili and were about to arrive in Shanxi.
Now the Empress Dowager Cixi feels a little more relaxed, because the governor of Shanxi is her confidant, and she can feel comfortable when she returns to the countryside.
When it comes to Shanxi Governor Hu Pinzhi, he is a man with mixed reputations.
This man is still very capable. Since he took office in Shanxi, he has indeed done a lot of good things. For example, he founded Shanxi Manufacturing Bureau, the modern industrial foundation of Shanxi.
This manufacturing bureau can be said to be one of the larger manufacturing bureaus in the Qing Dynasty at that time. Even in the next few decades, it has been China's largest weapons manufacturing company.
Historically, Yan Laoxi relied on this base to be able to move forward and retreat freely without being choked by Principal Chang.
But then again, this man had some flaws in his national integrity. First, he was attached to Cixi, and second, he sold Shanxi's mining rights to foreign powers, which was opposed by the Jin people, which directly led to the future.
Mine protection movement.
But let’s not talk about it for now, let’s talk about the Empress Dowager Cixi. They had just arrived at a small town on the border of Shanxi Province, and then entered the town and explained the situation to the big families inside.
The wealthy family in this small town was also knowledgeable. After learning that the Empress Dowager Cixi and the Emperor were among the group of people outside, they immediately vacated their home and then respectfully welcomed Cixi to stay at their home.
By this time, Empress Dowager Cixi was finally able to eat a decent meal and then sleep.
But the Empress Dowager Cixi didn't know that there was a force in the dark that was watching them closely.
But in the middle of the night, suddenly there was a burst of gunshots outside, and then the door burst open.
The Empress Dowager Cixi was still making herself comfortable in the backyard, but suddenly her door was pushed open, and then Li Lianying came to the Empress Dowager Cixi's side in three steps and two steps at a time. Without regard for etiquette, she pushed her awake directly.
After Cixi was promoted, she was very angry. She raised her hand and slapped Li Lianying on the face.
"You bastard slave, you don't want your life."
Although Li Lianying was slapped, he endured the pain and said to Cixi with a smile: "There is something wrong outside Lafayette, let's get out of the way quickly."
When Cixi heard this, he heard that there was indeed a chaos outside. Then he immediately got excited and put on some clothes. Without caring about anything else, he ran out with Li Lianying barefoot.
Empress Dowager Cixi had just come out and bumped into Emperor Guangxu who was running out of the room next to her.
The Empress Dowager Cixi didn't care to talk nonsense with Emperor Guangxu now. She ignored him and ran directly to the back.
This made Emperor Guangxu feel very embarrassed, and he didn't know whether he should follow Empress Dowager Cixi.
Li Lianying, who was following Cixi, gave Emperor Guangxu a wink, and then followed Empress Dowager Cixi to the back.
Emperor Guangxu had no choice but to run behind them, and finally the three of them lay down in a doghouse.
After waiting until daylight broke out and there was no sound outside, Empress Dowager Cixi ordered Li Lianying to go out to see what was going on.
Li Lianying was saved, so he left the backyard and ran to the front to check, only to see seven or eight eunuchs and maids dead in front of him.
The room where the Empress Dowager Cixi lived had been turned into a mess.
When Li Lianying saw this situation, he immediately understood that the people who came were aimed at the Queen Mother and the Emperor.
Fortunately, they escaped quickly and these people did not succeed.