Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 9 The Death of the Eastern Empress Dowager

This morning, Guan Xuqing went to Cixi's bedroom to pay his respects as usual.Guan Xuqing walked into the hall and was about to kneel down, when he heard a man's laughter and talking in Cixi's room, Guan Xuqing was taken aback.I thought to myself, the Empress Dowager is still here, Cixi is so bold, how dare she mess up the court?Doesn't this Ci'an have the secret sign of Emperor Xianfeng!How could Cixi dare to be so unscrupulous?

Guan Xuqing was in a daze when Li Lianying came out from inside and said expressionlessly, "Good morning, Your Majesty."

"I came to pay my respects to the Queen Mother," Guan Xuqing said.

"The empress dowager said that I feel a little uncomfortable today, let the emperor kneel down!" Li Lianying asked Guan Xu to leave here quickly.

Guan Xuqing walked down the steps and went straight out.The little eunuch really regarded Lao Tzu as a four-year-old child.Who doesn't know what the old witch is doing there?Should we take this opportunity and rely on the secret evidence in the hands of the Eastern Empress Dowager Ci'an to kill Cixi?

Fuck it, go tell Ci'an!Let's see how she handles it.It would be great if Cixi could be eliminated, but if not.Also let Cixi spend some energy to deal with Ci'an, which can help her secretly accumulate strength.Thinking of this, he said to the personal eunuch Wang Shang: "Prepare the sedan chair and go to the Palace of Compassion."

"Your Majesty? Didn't you greet the Queen Mother early in the morning?" Wang Shang asked in confusion.

"Where do you come from so much nonsense, hurry up. If you delay my important business, I will take your head!" Guan Xuqing is used to reprimanding these ancient eunuchs.

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After a while, they had already arrived at the gate of the Compassionate Ning Palace.

"My son pays respects to the Queen Mother." Guan Xuqing knelt down on the ground.

"Why is the emperor here again? How long has it been? Don't you have to go to class today?" Ci'an asked in confusion.

"I just went to pay my respects to the Empress Dowager. Li Lianying said that the Empress Dowager is not feeling well today. Let me go back first. Before leaving, I heard a man's voice talking to the Empress Dowager. I thought, the imperial doctor must be there to greet the Empress Dowager." Seeing sickness. My son is not in the mood for studying, and he is always thinking about the Queen Mother's illness, so he came here to report to the Queen Mother." Guan Xuqing explained the matter to Ci'an, and pretended that he didn't know anything , Let's see how the Queen Mother handles it.

Ci'an suddenly put away his gentle and smiling face all the year round, and tried to calm down the anger in his heart: "It's rare that the emperor is so filial, Emiang knows, the emperor should go to study. Don't make Master Weng wait too long."

"Yes, the minister there has resigned." Guan Xuqing wanted this effect.I was secretly happy in my heart, Cixi is still alive now?
After Guan Xuqing left, Ci'an thought something was wrong. If the imperial physician was treating Cixi and seeing the emperor to pay his respects, how could there be any reason not to come out to pick him up?

After much deliberation, I decided to go and see for myself.

Ci'an led the maids and eunuchs, and a group of people walked towards the Changchun Palace, Cixi's bedroom.

Cixi was lingering on the bed with a man. After a while, Li Lianying ran in, "Queen Mother, Queen Mother, it's not good. The Eastern Queen Mother is here."

Cixi had already sat up from the bed.When the man heard this, he hurriedly jumped out of bed and crawled under the bed. "Little Anzi, what are you doing?" Cixi calmly re-inserted the flowers on her head.

The man's name is Yin'an, and he is a well-known romantic actor in the capital.Cixi often asked him to come into the palace to sing operas. Apart from singing well, Yin'an's painting skills are even more proficient.Deeply loved by Empress Dowager Cixi.This kind of relationship develops after coming and going.

"Young minister, I want to hide." Yin'an became nervous and stuttered.

"It's really worthless, what are you afraid of? You just said that you came to teach me how to draw. Just do this, little Li, and prepare the four treasures of the study." Cixi panicked and did not panic.

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Yin'an hurriedly tidied up his clothes, came to the royal case, and pretended to pick up a pen.However, no matter how he pretended, his face was still very unnatural.

After a while, Ci'an came in.She saw Yin'an at a glance, and was very surprised to see a strange man here.The brows suddenly tightened.His complexion is not good either.

"The little minister pays respects to the Queen Mother." Yin'an knelt on the ground frightened.

"Why are you so bold in entering the palace!" Ci'an was so angry that he was speechless.

"Sister, don't make a fuss, Master Yin is here to teach me how to draw." Cixi tried her best to conceal her anxiety.

"Yes, the Empress Dowager has an order for Xuan Xiaochen to enter the palace." Yin An replied in a panic, with sweat dripping from his forehead.

"You go out." Ci'an stared at him.

"Yes."

Indian rolled and crawled out.In order to save Cixi's face, Ci'an waved at the eunuchs and maids, "You all go down."

The eunuchs and maids of honor went down.

Ci'an paused for a while, glared at Cixi angrily and said, "Sister, you are so courageous. You called all the men into the bedroom."

"What's the matter? Why don't you just draw a picture?" Cixi said disapprovingly.

"Since ancient times, where has the harem called men into the bedroom? What's the proper way?" Ci'an looked at her seriously.

Cixi was a little unhappy, but she held back her anger and did not break out.The main reason is that Emperor Xianfeng left a secret message to the Eastern Queen Mother.Although I have never met Mi Zhao, I always feel an invisible pressure.She knows that there are no two days in the sky, and there are no two masters in the country.It is not a long-term solution for her to listen to politics behind the curtain with the Eastern Queen Mother.To get rid of Ci'an's control, the only way is to induce her to take out the imperial edict and destroy it.After making up his mind, he didn't contradict Ci'an and let her scold her.

"If you do this, you will break the rules of the palace. If other concubines follow suit, the harem will not be filthy? How can you face the late emperor like this?" Ci'an said sternly.

Cixi listened and listened, she couldn't bear it, and finally tore off the disguise.She jumped up suddenly.Pointing at Ci'an, he cursed loudly: "Sister, don't tell me, okay? Every time you come here, you teach me like a lady in the palace. Do you think I'm afraid of you? Who in the palace doesn't know that I gave birth to the late emperor? The only son. How about you? Even though you are the empress of the palace, you haven't laid any eggs."

Ci'an did not expect that Cixi, who is usually older and younger, would scold herself like this, and was speechless for a while: "You, you"

"What's wrong with me? Did I tell a lie?" Cixi continued provocatively.

"Cixi, shut up! You are going too far. You are so bold, you really are a restless woman, the late emperor had predicted it." Ci'an managed to calm herself down, and she glared at Cixi.

"What did the first emperor prophesy?" Cixi pretended not to know.

"Before Emperor Xianfeng passed away, he had expected that you would be a mother and a child, pampered and lawless, so he left a handbook!" Ci'an blurted out in a hurry.

"Sister, don't be joking, the late emperor didn't leave any handwriting at all, it's all guessed by those ministers." Cixi continued to use aggressive methods to stimulate Ci'an.

"They're right. If you don't believe me, I can tell you." Ci'an was not Cixi's opponent. With a flash of thought, he took out a piece of yellow silk with writing on it from his cuff.Cixi saw it, ah!Sure enough, there is a secret edict.He rushed forward, snatched it over, and read it quickly.I saw the words on the silk: .

Tell the queen, after a hundred years, Concubine Yi will help her mother because of the righteousness of her son, so she has no choice but to respect her as the empress dowager, but she is by no means a stable person. I declare this decree, to grant death immediately to prevent future troubles.Xianfeng 11th July [-]th imperial pen.

"This edict was written by the late Emperor himself. Please tell me that it will not be a fake." Ci'an said sharply, "I show it to you today, just to let you understand."

Before Ci'an finished speaking, Cixi had already put the secret edict into the copper stove next to it, and it was instantly reduced to ashes.Cixi smiled sinisterly: "Sister, don't lie to me. I think this was forged by someone else. What should you do if you forged a will?"

Seeing that the edict was burned, Ci'an broke out in a cold sweat, but she was quick to wit, and smiled angrily, "Haha, you are too presumptuous, let me tell you the truth, the edict is not fake, but what you burned is indeed fake, it's just that A manuscript, the original is still in my Compassion Palace. If you want to see it, you can come here anytime."

When Cixi heard this, she fell to her knees and begged: "Sister, don't be angry, what I said just now was all angry words, you know, I'm just outspoken."

Ci'an looked at Cixi's pitiful expression, and sighed softly: "Okay, I forgive you. But you are not allowed to be arrogant and domineering in the future, and do some indecent things."

"Yes, my sister doesn't dare." Cixi agreed, wishing to kill her immediately.

Ci'an returned to the Compassion Palace and sat down.Hateful and angry, she couldn't help muttering: I'm so stupid, why did I give her a will? If you want to punish her, you just have to announce it in the court.Now it's all right, there are no secrets, and the secret edict is gone.It's too late to regret.

The more Ci'an thought about it, the more angry he became, and he remembered Cixi's lover Yin'an again.I thought to myself, if I didn't kill him, maybe something filthy with low energy would happen in the future.She thought about it, and hurriedly shouted outside: "Is Zhao Rongxing there?"

"Queen Mother, the servant is here." Eunuch Zhao Rongxing hurried in.

"Take a few people and hurry to the Ruyi Hall, and arrest that Yin'an and beat him to death." Ci'an said, "Cha."

After Ci'an left, Cixi hurriedly called Li Lianying in, and said worriedly: "Little Li, you have seen everything just now, if she really showed it in the court hall, then I am! I should get rid of her earlier. "

"Queen Mother, the one on the east side, isn't it easy?" Li Lianying said maliciously.

"How easy? Tell me quickly." Cixi said hurriedly.

"People in the east usually don't like to eat, but like to eat some snacks, as long as they do something about the snacks," Li Lianying suggested.

Cixi nodded, a cold light flashed in her eyes, she saw the dust and smoke in that cold light.

"It's not good, it's not good. Queen Mother, Yin'an was arrested by Queen Mother East and beaten to death." A young eunuch ran in to report.

Cixi waved her hand, signaling the little eunuch to go down.

"Queen Mother, do you want to go and have a look?" Li Lianying asked.

"Don't go, little Lizi, just pretend it didn't happen, don't disturb the east side. Yin'an is dead, he's only to blame for his short life, the most important thing now is"

"It's to make snacks and send them to the east." Li Lianying answered cleverly.

"Yes, you asked someone to send 3000 taels of silver to Yin'an's residence." Cixi smiled.

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At this moment, Guan Xuqing just finished those damn manchu, classics and other bible classes.Seeing Dong Liang walking towards him.

"Dong Liang sees the emperor." Dong Liang knelt on the ground and said.

"Get up." Guan Xuqing raised his hand and continued to ask: "General Dong, how is the errand going?"

"Going back to the emperor, I took a look today, and the refugees outside the city are full of old and weak women or underage children, and there are no strong men! None of them meet the selection criteria of my minister." Dong Liang replied in embarrassment.

Yes, how can someone who has the strength to earn money as a coolie come to beg for food and become a refugee?Guan Xuqing frowned. It seemed that it was not easy to form an army in a short period of time.

"How old are the children among the refugees?" Guan Xuqing asked.

"The size varies. The older ones are twelve or thirteen years old, while the younger ones are only six or seven years old."

"You go and choose from these children, children around ten years old. Take them into the city and place them separately. They will be in charge of training, and I will send someone to teach them how to read and give them lessons." Guan Xuqing ordered.

"Your Majesty, why are you doing this? What use are children in their teens? And teach them to read? Are you building an army or opening an orphanage?" Dong Liang asked puzzled.

"According to what I said, tell those children that those who train well will be paid by me every year. Those who do not train seriously will be eliminated! I will make them a terrifying tiger and wolf army in ten years' time." Guan Xuqing looked at Sky: "Cha, but Your Majesty, with so many children, placement fees, food, clothes, training, and equipment all cost money." Dong Liang said embarrassingly.

"You are responsible for the selection first, and I will give you the money tomorrow." Guan Xuqing said.

"Zha..." Dong Liang turned around and left after speaking.

When Guan Xuqing was wondering where to get the money, Cuixi hurried over. "Your Majesty, it's not good, the Eastern Empress Dowager has ascended to heaven"

"What??" Guan Xuqing didn't expect Cixi to strike so quickly.

(End of this chapter)