After checking Cixi's room, Li Lianying cautiously went to the front and took a look. She found that several of the eunuchs and palace daughters who followed them were dead, and the others were hiding aside and trembling. It seemed that the assassins had left.
Now Li Lianying finally breathed a sigh of relief. After that, he returned to the kennel at the back and said to the people here: "Lafayette, Your Majesty, there is nothing going on outside. You can come out."
As a result, Li Lianying shouted several times, but there was no sound. This made Li Lianying a little anxious. Could it be that something happened to the Kung Fu Queen Mother Lafayette who was not in her absence?
So he quickly lay down on the ground and looked into the dog hole.
I saw Cixi inside, with a face full of panic. It seemed that she was badly frightened yesterday.
In the end, Li Lianying had no choice but to say to Cixi again: "Lafayette, the assassins outside are really gone, we are safe."
At this time, the Empress Dowager Cixi slowly climbed out of the kennel. Li Lianying next to her quickly stood up, and the Empress Dowager continued to help her up.
By this time, Empress Dowager Cixi had regained some of her dignity.
"Are all those traitors gone?"
"When I return to the Queen Mother and Lafayette, when I go to the front to check, everyone has already left."
Only then did the Empress Dowager Cixi let out a long breath.
Next, Empress Dowager Cixi returned to the front bedroom with the support of Li Lianying.
When he came to the bedroom, he was looking at his luggage, which had been turned around in a mess. Empress Dowager Cixi frowned when she saw this relative, and then said to Li Lianying, "Have you lost anything?"
Li Lianying was in a hurry and didn't have time to check. Now Cixi asked, which made him a little stunned.
In the end, the Empress Dowager Cixi could only ask Li Lianying to look quickly to see if anything was missing.
Because the Empress Dowager Cixi came out this time, most of those unimportant things had been lost in the last bombing, and all that could be around her now were important things.
For example, if the seals used by the Empress Dowager Cixi and the emperor's jade seal were lost, there would be no way to prove her identity.
Li Lianying hurried up and searched around the house, and finally found that all the jade seals were gone.
Li Lianying was so frightened that she broke into a cold sweat. If this thing was lost, how could she prove the identity of the Queen Mother Lafayette?
When Cixi saw Li Lianying, she was shaking all over and her face was covered with sweat, so she knew something was wrong.
"Is something missing?"
"When I returned to the Queen Mother, Lafayette's servants searched all over, but could not find your comrade's seal or the emperor's jade seal."
When the Empress Dowager Cixi heard this, she felt dizzy and unsteady. Fortunately, Empress Longyu next to her supported Cixi, otherwise she would have fallen to the ground.
The Empress Dowager Cixi now only feels that all hope is lost. Without buying this jade seal, her status has been greatly reduced. Although the governors have seen her, once a new king is established in the capital, she will not have the jade seal.
, things will be difficult to handle by then.
At this moment, Cui Yugui's voice came from outside.
"Slave Cui Yugui, please see the Queen Mother Lafayette."
The Empress Dowager Cixi had no time to reply to his words now. She just stood there thinking about what she should do next to save this mess.
Cui Yugui outside saw that there was no sound inside, so he could only report inside again.
Cui Yugui said this several times, and finally Cixi became impatient and winked at Li Lianying.
Li Lianying immediately understood what Cixi meant. He quietly went out and looked at Cui Yugui, who was waiting for Cixi's reply.
"Eunuch Cui, the Queen Mother and Lafayette are in a bad mood right now. I won't see you for now. You can go back and wait."
Cui Yugui didn't feel anxious after hearing Li Lianying's words. Instead, he looked at Li Lianying with a smile on his face.
"Eunuch Li, I have something important to report to the Queen Mother, Lafayette. I think you'd better go in and report back to me."
After hearing this, Li Lianying looked Cui Yugui up and down. Although Cui Yugui was a bit domineering in normal times, he never made any mistakes in important matters. Otherwise, Empress Dowager Cixi would not have been able to stay with him for such a long time.
Now this Eunuch Cui insists on meeting the Queen Mother Lafayette. It seems that something is really going on.
So Li Lianying nodded, turned around and entered the house.
After Li Lianying re-entered the room, Empress Dowager Cixi was sitting on the bed, her eyes blank, wondering what she was thinking.
Li Lianying came to Cixi's side and said softly: "Old Buddha, Cui Yugui said that he has something important to report back. I wonder if I can see him?"
Following Li Lianying's words, Cixi seemed to have come to her senses and said, "Ask him to come in."
Li Lianying quickly lowered her head, then exited the room, and soon led Cui Yugui into the bedroom.
As soon as Cui Yugui entered the room, he fell to his knees with a plop and began to sob non-stop, "My Queen Mother, Lafayette, I finally see you again."
If she were the Empress Dowager Cixi, she would still feel that Cui Yugui was loyal, but now he was annoyed, and after listening to her crying for a while, she felt even more unhappy.
"You are mourning, the Ai family is not dead yet."
After Cui Yugui heard what the Empress Dowager Cixi said, he immediately became excited and then stopped calling.
Then Empress Dowager Cixi asked: "Tell me, what's the matter?"
Cui Yugui looked around, and then whispered: "The assassin slave who came last night came to protect the Queen Mother. As soon as Lafayette entered the door, he found that you were no longer there, but the jade seal was still in the house, so the slave took it upon himself to make the decision.
The precious seal can be hidden."
When Empress Dowager Cixi heard Cui Yugui's words, she immediately became energetic.
"The jade seal asked you to hide it, and it wasn't taken away by those thieves?"
"It was hidden by the slaves."
At this point, the Empress Dowager Cixi breathed a long sigh of relief. With this relaxed spirit, the Empress Dowager Cixi felt like stars were rising in front of her eyes and she couldn't sit still.
Fortunately, Li Lianying was clever. When he saw Empress Dowager Cixi shaking, she quickly knelt and crawled forward to support her.
Empress Dowager Cixi calmed down for a moment, and then shouted to Cui Yugui below: "Good slave, I will reward you well when we get to Aijia in Xi'an."
"I dare not reward you from the Queen Mother. This is what a slave should do."
"Go get your stuff back."
Cui Yugui listened to Cixi's instructions and immediately rolled out of the room, and soon entered the house holding a large package.
As soon as I entered the house, there was a foul smell coming from the package.
Empress Dowager Cixi frowned when she smelled the smell, suppressed the discomfort, and said to Li Lianying next to her: "Go and take inventory to see if anything is missing."
Li Lianying quickly came to Cui Yugui in three steps and opened it with him, including carefully counting it.
After counting, Li Lianying finally breathed a long sigh of relief. All the jade seals were here and nothing was missing.
"Your Majesty, Lafayette, everything is here."
"Quickly, bring it to the Ai family."
After listening to the Empress Dowager Cixi's words, Cui Yugui and Li Lianying quickly came to the side of the Empress Dowager Cixi holding several precious seals.
By now, the Empress Dowager Cixi no longer cared about the peculiar smell of the seal. She went forward and hugged these items in her arms, and never let go.
It took a stick of incense for the Empress Dowager Cixi to recover from the excitement of having lost and found it.
"We can't stay here any longer. Go to the county seat quickly and ask the county magistrate there to prepare an escort for us."
Empress Dowager Cixi gave the order, and the entire team immediately started to take action. It didn't take long for them to be ready.
The Empress Dowager Cixi sat in the carriage donated by the rich man and began to rush towards the county seat.
On the same day, the city of Beijing became lively again.
Because now the news has spread all over Beijing that today is the day when the new emperor ascends the throne.
Liu Hai did not relax on this day either. He got up early and put on his first-class court uniform. Then he was escorted by guards into the Forbidden City and met with several other military ministers.
Liu Hai rode a tall horse to the entrance of the Forbidden City. The people guarding the entrance of the Forbidden City were all Liu Hai's soldiers. When they saw Liu Hai, they saluted together.
Liu Hai nodded on his horse, returned them a military salute, and then went straight into the Forbidden City.
Just like that, Liu Hai rode his horse and came to the front of the Hall of Supreme Harmony.
I saw that dozens of civil and military ministers, none of whom Cixi had left, had gathered here. As soon as these people saw Liu Hai, most of them came forward to flatter her in various ways.
However, there are a few loyal ones who look at their bangs and look like they are going to eat them alive.
The bangs were condescending on the horse and could be said to have a clear view of the expressions of these people.
Liu Hai didn't take it seriously to those with evil eyes. These people looked like they were incompetent at first glance, so I'm afraid they wouldn't cause much trouble to themselves.
At this time, Zhao Jiahua and other four military planes and ministers also quickly came out of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, came to Liu Hai's horse and raised their hands together, "Master Liu is here, I am waiting too far to welcome Master Liu, please forgive me."
Liu Hai nodded on the horse, then turned over to the protective position next to the horse and led the horse away.
Then Liu Hai, surrounded by Zhao Jiahua and others, entered the Hall of Supreme Harmony.
When Liu Hai came to the Hall of Supreme Harmony, he took a deep look at the golden throne in the middle, and then said, "Are you all ready?"
As the host of this matter, Zhao Jiahua came over to speak first, "Your Excellency, we are ready and waiting for you to speak."
Liu Hai nodded and said to Li Hongzhang, who was standing behind Zhao Jiahua: "Sir, please bring all your armor to welcome the new emperor into the palace."
Li Hongzhang nodded and said: "This is a matter within my job."
Liu Hai said to Zhao Jiahua again: "If nothing happens, let's start."
"Yes, little one, let's do it right now."
After Zhao Jiahua finished speaking, he began to get busy. First, a group of eunuchs with full armor and chariots stopped at the entrance of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, and then drums and music began to play.
When Li Hongzhang saw that he was ready, he said goodbye to Liu Hai and left the Hall of Supreme Harmony. He led the group of people out of the Forbidden City. Then Li Hongzhang got into the sedan chair and I went to Prince Duanjun's Mansion to welcome the new emperor into the palace.