Hidden Dragon in Qing Dynasty

C604 The Summer Night after the War

Attracting a child was truly a crime. In any case, Xiao Letian felt that he was at the mercy of the traffickers. A ten-year-old child could not resist this temptation.

Skiing on high mountains, diving in the Pacific Ocean, strolling on the beaches of Hawaii, bathing in hot springs by the Japanese Hokkaido... Go to the depths of the desert to explore the ruins of civilization, to go to foreign countries to savor unimaginable customs.

In Xiao Letian's mouth, the brilliance of Earth was being rolled out like a scroll in front of Tongzhi the Emperor. Just listening to the little Emperor was enough to make him addicted to it.

"My beloved one, can you bring me out to have a look? I want to leave this palace even in my dreams, and I want to take a look at the outside world of the boundless universe! "

Xiao Letian turned his head to look at the officials behind him, and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty, this is not an easy task. If you want to travel ten thousand miles, I'm afraid you will have to encounter an unprecedented resistance. We have to think things over carefully! "

Tongzhi suddenly grabbed Xiao Letian's hand, and said with shining eyes: "Can I trust you? "In the mouth of my Mother, you are the most evil person in the world, but in the mouth of the empress dowager, you are also an example to learn from.

Xiao Letian didn't arrive at the empress dowagers first, and unexpectedly had such a huge gap in evaluation. Ci An really isn't so simple to have such broadmindedness, and doesn't let me down in helping him for a round.

"Your Majesty, Lu Yao knows that people see through strength day by day. Many things are done not by words but by deeds. "Let's analyze the situation with this humble subject bringing troops to the capital. I will not analyze the starting point of the Empress Dowager Xi first, just the process of the palace's transformation, you will already be able to discover some clues …"

"Ceng Guofan, the Great Marshal Zeng had long requested for the imperial government to allow the construction of the telegraph line. If the Great Qing Province had such a profound beast that cut through the north and south, would you have been deceived by the rumors?"

"Did the Frenchman say I was dead? Do you really believe it? The news of me bringing a strong soldier back to Asia after a great victory has already spread to Guangzhou, and your Beijing still doesn't know anything, but you still stupidly sent your troops to the Tanggu to fight me.

"Then there are the battles of the Eight Flag soldiers. What era have they been in? They have already suffered a few losses on the foreigners. Why haven't they changed? Big sabre, long spear, horse bow, are you all addicted? You're even ambushing me in the heavy rain, can you really think of that? "What era is this? Firearms are no longer afraid of water, have you guys watched too much?"

"Do you really think I'm willing to come to Beijing? Wouldn't it be good if I could peacefully make big money in Tanggu and the Ryukyu? You want to fight to the death with the imperial court? It was you guys who invited me in. Without these foolish people in the imperial court, how would I have had the chance to bring my troops into the capital? "

Xiao Letian patted Tongzhi on his shoulder. "Think about it Your Majesty, only a fool would think that being the emperor is a beautiful job, look at the four corners of the sky, look at the cage-like walls, this humble subject will not live here anyways, what's the difference between this and a prison? I want to live in a prison for the rest of my life! "

With that, Xiao Letian stood up and patted his butt, "This humble subject still needs to stay in the Beijing for a period of time. We must seize this opportunity! "

After he finished showing off his might, Xiao Letian didn't even bother to exchange pleasantries with the empress dowager and left the Forbidden City with his soldiers. However, the new army didn't go far, they had already set up two camps around the Great Qing Sect and the north and south pincer attack was a threat to the city.

That same evening, the new army started to settle down in the capital. Notices were posted one after another at the city gates and at the crossroads. Squads of new army began to suppress the thugs who were causing trouble, and anyone who took advantage of the fire would be killed without mercy.

"Prime Minister Xiao of the East China Sea came to the capital under the orders of the empress dowager and the emperor. The citizens of the capital need not panic, the new army is here to settle the citizens … Please restore order! "

's soldiers and yamen runners followed behind them timidly. Usually, the new army would shoot and kill a few robbers, and these people would then follow along to collect their corpses. All of them were so tired that they didn't dare to complain like the third grandson.

"Stop …" If he didn't stop now, he would shoot? "F * ck, this guy not only robbed and killed people, but beat him to death …" With a command from the officer, a string of torches nailed the thug to the wall.

For the entire night, the sounds of gunfire in Beijing did not stop. Countless people waited in horror for the tragedy when the soldiers rushed to the door. There were even many families that were prepared to commit suicide to protect their integrity.

However, throughout the night, not a single soldier entered the house without an invitation. Instead, they killed every single thug on the street.

Yangxin Palace was crying bitterly with Tongzhi and Tongzhi. This time, Ci Xi really regretted it.

"Child, don't scare the Mother, that Xiao Letian is a dog thief who dug up our Great Qing Empire's foundation, how can you listen to him? "It's so dangerous outside. You're the ruler of an entire country, and the son of a thousand gold doesn't sit still. If something happens, it'll be the end of Daqing …"

"A nation cannot live without a ruler for a day, don't scare the Mother! Let's not go to the foreign devil's land and be obedient! "

"Mother, I don't want to become a useless emperor who is raised by a woman in the palace. Why don't you try your best and laugh about me instead? I have already made up my mind!"

Pa! Ci Xi ruthlessly slapped him across the face. Do you want Mother to die? How can you not appreciate my kindness? Who am I doing this for? "Isn't it all because of you …"

The Tongzhi Emperor kneeled on the ground, with tears in his eyes he said, "Mother, we can't go on like this. Xiao Letian only has 2,000 people, he can attack the capital and when the foreign devils become stronger, what should we do?"

"If you can stop me from leaving the palace, everything will be done according to your arrangements. You can even make the entire empire follow the traditional route. But can you stop others from improving? The West is so strong that it can travel a thousand miles in a single day. Can you stop it? "

"Mother, we can't close our doors …"

Pa! Another slap sounded out, "You don't understand anything, the moment the national gate is opened people's hearts will be in the air, and at that time, our Manchu will be even more finished. We can't let the Chinese see it, and we can't let them see the sky outside! Only by closing their eyes and hearts can our Manchu rule. You don't understand anything! "

Tongzhi covered his burning face, "I don't understand? You don't understand, the Chinese will open their eyes sooner or later, how long can you hold out for? If our Manchu does not progress with the times, I am afraid we will not even be able to preserve the land outside the borders, right? "

"You unfilial son! Why do you have to believe Xiao Letian's nonsense, just kneel here, and never get up! "

The conflict between mother and son in the Yangxin Palace did not show any signs of stopping, but at the northern side of the Forbidden City, in the Kiki's tower on top of the Jingshan, Ci An finally achieved his wish. She did not return to the Forbidden City to stay there.

As the candles flickered, the two figures became entangled, and as they gasped for breath, waves of spring emotions rippled through the palace. There was not a single servant serving in Kiki's tower, and the people guarding outside the palace were all Ci An's most loyal eunuchs and guards.

"Good person, god, you're really a good person …" Ci An was already drunk, she even felt that her body was about to split open.

The Fuqing's deep voice resounded from her breathing, "Nodding, my precious, how did you endure all these years? It's really hard on you... "Ahhh!"

Fuqing and Ci An, these two men and women who had feelings for each other due to the changes in the palace, became intimate because of the war. It wasn't until Xiao Letian led the troops into the city and the nobles of the Manchu were thrown into chaos that the two of them finally activated their heavenly thunder and secretly rolled around on top of the Jingshan.

Honestly speaking, this kind of thing was not strange at all. Even though Manchu was shouting about etiquette, those rules were actually set for the Han Chinese. They themselves had no interest in following those etiquette rules.

Dirty Don, stinky guy, clean snot. This was a nickname the Manchu gave himself. Generations of Manchu Emperors did not have any bad intentions, it was also a common thing for Manchu nobles to have an affair with each other.

After all, Ci An was just a twenty-nine year old woman, which was the best time of his life. He had lived in Fuqing for many years, so it would be weird if the two of them could stay together without getting into trouble.

After a period of rain and clouds passed, the two of them embraced and began to talk about what happened on the pillow.

"Hairy # 2 sent a message over tonight saying that his majesty wants to go on a study tour with Xiao Letian and also wants to travel around the world? Tell me, what is your brother up to? What is he trying to do? " Ci An asked.

San Ye pondered for a while and said: "I really can't see through this brother of mine. He doesn't have a good impression of the imperial government, but I feel that he has even more hatred towards those Confucian Scholars." In the morning at the Great Qing Sect, Xiao Letian had tortured Weng Tonghe quite a bit, and he was not even afraid of becoming enemies with the Confucian Scholars in the entire world! "

"From the looks of it, Xiao Letian does not have the ambition to become the head of the world, who would offend the emperors of the entire world's civil officials? I have a feeling that he's fighting against all sorts of enemies! "

"It's wrong for him not to do foreign affairs. He wants to fight. It was wrong for a corrupt scholar to resist Western learning. He still wanted to fight. "The imperial government has shut its doors and ignored the sea. That is also wrong. He wants to fight even more …"

When Ci An heard this, he immediately sat up, and a thin layer of silk slipped off his body, revealing his snow-white skin, "I know, he wants to be a saint in the heaven and earth? He really does want to be the number one student in Western Studies. What he wants is a prestige that will not decline for the next thousand years. No matter how the dynasty changes, no one will say that he's wrong.

"What great ambition, what great ambition …" Eh? What are you looking at me like that for? " At this time, Ci An realized that her upper body had already been completely exposed to the air, the red candle was flickering and her beautiful figure was causing San Ye to be stunned.

"You …" Ci An's face reddened, and Fuqing was in a trance again. He pounced forward like a tiger and the hall was filled with spring colors once again.

After the bloody battle, Xia Ye didn't know what everyone was feeling. Some families were happy while some were sad!

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