Chapter 25 Chapter 25

Emperor Guangxu sat by the organ and played the piano carelessly.For him, it doesn't matter what music he plays.As long as the sound of the piano is played, it can bring him back to those days when he was with Concubine Zhen day and night, reminiscing about the unspeakable joy and warmth, that's enough.Regarding the matter between him and Zhen'er, he is more optimistic than Concubine Zhen.He always felt that Zhen'er would come back to him one day.As long as Cixi does not depose him from the throne, this day will come sooner or later.On the contrary, if one day Cixi turns her face completely and lets the elder brother take his throne, as an ordinary Manchu prince with no power, Cixi will not care about Concubine Zhen, and there is no need to worry about her taking power by his side up.

What Guangxu is most afraid of is that Zhen'er has a strong temper and can't stand the torture of the cold palace. Before that day comes, he can't stand it anymore. Sitting alone in Menxia, ​​listening to the endless chirping of cicadas outside the window, this idea popped up suddenly.A while ago, he asked his elder brother to bring the green jade finger ring, just to make her grit her teeth, for him, for the two of them to reunite one day and live a good life. The little eunuch came in to inform Guangxu that Yin'er was coming.Guangxu woke up from his contemplation. He didn't seem to hear what the little eunuch said. He raised a pair of dazed eyes and waved his hands to say he didn't see him.It wasn't until the little eunuch repeated it again that Guangxu suddenly recovered and said to let her in.

As soon as Yin'er entered the door, Guangxu suddenly felt that the room was bright.This is not only because the other party is wearing a new suit, but also not only because she has grown up suddenly, she looks very attractive as a pure and innocent girl, and more importantly, she is the person beside Zhen'er.In a sense, seeing her is also equivalent to seeing Zhen'er whom he misses so much. Yin'er just knelt down to greet Guangxu.Guangxu hastily stepped forward and stretched out his hand to pull Yin'er up. Get up, get up!Guangxu said excitedly, how did you come here?Does the Queen Mother know?

Speaking back to the emperor, Lafayette sent his servants here. So, you are not sent by Master Zhen?Guangxu was taken aback for a moment, as if something was wrong.He thought she came to Yingtai secretly to deliver a message, so he was worried that Cixi knew she was here, but he didn't expect that she was sent by Cixi. Master Zhen is very good.She can eat and sleep, she is fatter than when you saw her before, Yin'er didn't hear the displeasure in Guangxu's tone, she was still immersed in her emotions.Just now when the manager was on duty, she had a quick wit and while taking off her clothes, she hid the green jade finger in her hair knot and changed her clothes naked in front of the two aunts, so Li Lianying didn't notice.

Master Zhen, what can you tell me?Guangxu asked anxiously.Master Zhen asked the servants to serve the emperor well. Then once you leave, who will serve her? have no idea.The respect room will send someone else to go. Guangxu suddenly understood what was going on.A few days ago, when he went to Chuxiu Palace to greet Cixi, Cixi ordered Li Lianying to send a smart, capable and dignified court lady to Yingtai to serve the emperor in front of him, but he kept saying no.Cixi just talked about it with Li Lianying and ignored him at all.Unexpectedly, only a few days later, the palace maid really brought her here, and it turned out that she was Yin'er who had been serving Concubine Zhen in Beisan School.

In fact, you shouldn't come to my place, you should stay there with Master Zhen.She suffers there alone, you are the old man by her side, and she can't do without you, don't you understand the truth?Guangxu rubbed his hands and walked back and forth in the room, complaining and moaning. The servant girl knew that this was all Lafayette's intention.Yin'er felt an indescribable grievance in her heart.Master Zhen asked her to come here to serve the emperor well, and asked her to persuade the emperor to have a son early, and even begged her to dedicate her life to the emperor so that one day she could replace master Zhen and give birth to a child for the emperor.But the emperor didn't take her seriously at all, and complained, as if it was her own idea, leaving Master Zhen alone, as if she wanted to come here to climb another branch.

Guangxu could see that the other party felt wronged.In the past, he would not have noticed the mind of a slave, because the supreme status made him not need to consider the emotional direction of others, and the only choice for the other party was to obey.Now that his status has changed, he has gradually learned to look at others from another angle.It was precisely from this that he thought that Yin'er could not be blamed for this matter, and it was up to her whether she came or not.Thinking of this, he sat down in the chair and calmly asked about Concubine Zhen's situation. Guangxu talked with Yin'er for a while, and asked her to be taken to the servant's room to stay. He left Yingtai by boat and hurried to Chuxiu Palace. If there is no court lady, it is better to let Yin'er go back to Beisan to serve Concubine Zhen.He was very anxious, and his tone was as casual as possible.

Okay, if you don't like Yin'er, let her come back to me.When it comes to Jingyan vigil, no one can compare to her.You hate her, I still can't bear it!Cixi smiled calmly, and completely blocked the possibility of Yin'er returning to Concubine Zhen's side, you said, who do you like, I will replace you with a good one. No, that's not what I mean. I don't care what you mean, anyway, you are the emperor, not a monk.Cixi made a pun, and her sharp eyes were fixed on Guangxu's face. Guangxu avoided Cixi's eyes, lowered his head, and remained silent for a long time.

Eighteen changes in the female university.You really didn't realize that Yin'er has gotten better and better over the past two years?Seeing that Guangxu did not speak, Cixi continued on the topic just now. son didn't pay attention Then you should pay more attention and go back and take a good look. Guangxu didn't know what to say for a moment, so he could only smile wryly in his heart. The harem is three thousand, our Qing Dynasty does not support so many idlers.That's a few hundred.To be honest, among these girls, Yin'er is by no means the best.If you like it, take her into the room.When Cixi persuaded people, she always emphasized words lightly, she was careless on face, but she was very firm in her bones.Guangxu understood the emperor's father's temper, hurriedly said no, and his attitude was very firm.

Who said no?Ladies, they were originally prepared for the emperor!Cixi refuted Guangxu with a very serious attitude. Erchen is not in the mood at all!Guangxu shook his head and said. The emperor's acceptance of the maids is also considered to give them a family background, so he took the initiative to go to the North Third Institute for Yin'er to serve the concubine Zhen, and suffer together there, you should accept her too.If she can give birth to a son and a half daughter, a mother is more expensive than a son, she will not be in the palace for nothing, don't you think? No, no, son-in-law can't do this kind of thing.

Why? As soon as she spoke before entering the palace, Guangxu immediately stopped talking.He had already known about the relationship between Yin'er and Rong Qing, and he had made a promise that he would marry the two of them after the matter was completed, but now he couldn't fulfill this wish for them, he couldn't take away Rong Qing's love and do such absurd things.Not to mention that he has no feelings for other women except Concubine Zhen, even if he did, he couldn't have this kind of thing with Yin'er. What happened before she entered the palace?Cixi asked. In order not to make Cixi suspect, Guangxu quickly changed his words, saying that before Yin'er entered the palace, he didn't know anything about her family's situation, and it was obviously inappropriate to accept her as a house.Cixi smiled and said that it was not easy, the clan's mansion kept the details and sent someone to investigate.If you are afraid of trouble, you can go back and ask her yourself. Guangxu originally wanted to ask Cixi to transfer Yin'er away from him, and let her go back to the North Third Institute and stay with Concubine Zhen, but Cixi refused immediately. He returned to Yingtai, feeling very irritable, and the more he thought about it, the more he worried about Concubine Zhen .In the past, although she also lived alone in the North No. 3 Institute, she still had Yin'er by her side. Through her, she could know a little about everything, including the outside situation. Now that Yin'er left, Concubine Zhen's eyes darkened, The days that followed were even more difficult. Guangxu knew that this matter was Cixi's idea, but he felt helpless.He didn't dare to do anything to the emperor's father who had always been riding on his head, and poured all his anger on Yin'er.He thought that since Cixi asked her to stay here, let her stay, anyway, he didn't need her to serve him.For several days, Guangxu didn't let Yin'er serve him, didn't even let her enter the bedroom and living room. While Guangxu was thinking hard about how to get Yin'er away, Yin'er was also thinking about how to convey Master Zhen's advice and return the green jade ring to the emperor.According to Master Zhen's wishes, this green jade ring will be rewarded to whomever the emperor gives birth to a child with. After coming to Yingtai, Yin'er had already made up her mind to return the green jade ring to Guangxu according to Master Zhen's wishes, but she didn't mention anything about Concubine Zhen begging her to have a child.Yin'er knew that Master Zhen was in a hurry, so she impulsively blurted out her plan to give birth to the emperor's son.Don't say that Master Zhen may have a bright future, but if not, as Master Zhen's caring servant, she cannot and should not take it seriously.Her only thought is to take good care of the emperor, as Master Zhen told her to learn to take care of the emperor's body.For this reason, Master Zhen specially told her the recipe of making soup in the imperial dining room and Chashuizhang in the past. Where there is life, there is hope.This folk saying is also applicable to this royal real dragon emperor.As long as the emperor is in good health, he can survive an old man in his sixties.This is Yin'er's most simple idea: the emperor is well, and Master Zhen will be well sooner or later.Including Rong Qing and herself, they will also get better, so the first thing she does here is to serve the emperor well, persuade him to be at ease, and persuade him to be patient and wait for Master Zhen.But she has been here for several days, and she has never had a chance to speak to the emperor alone, and she didn't even have time to hand over the green jade finger ring to him. Since the first day she came here to see the emperor, she has never seen the emperor again.She didn't know why, not only did the emperor not let her serve him, he even didn't let her enter the living room and bedroom, including the study.Even if he ran into the emperor occasionally in the corridor or in the courtyard, the emperor didn't even look at her directly, and didn't give her a chance to speak at all.Yin'er was puzzled, wondering where she had offended him.The emperor ignored her, but she couldn't ignore the emperor.I have been here for several days, and I took a big risk to bring the ring of Concubine Zhen's master here, but it has not been handed over to him yet. One morning, the eunuch next to the emperor suddenly notified her, asking her to prepare, saying that in the afternoon the respect room would send someone to pick her up and leave Yingtai.Yin'er was dumbfounded when she heard this, and asked the other party why.The eunuch can't tell, maybe the emperor doesn't want to use maids here.Yin'er was in a hurry, and desperately went to look for the emperor, thinking that no matter what, she had to hand over Master Zhen's green jade ring to him.Guangxu was studying in the study, and the little eunuch locked the door to prevent her from entering.At first she spoke kindly to the little eunuch and begged him to inform the emperor, but he ignored her.She was in a hurry and said that she must see the emperor.The little eunuch blocked the door, and the two started arguing.At this time, Guangxu's voice suddenly came from the study, and he asked the little eunuch to go in. Know why I let you go?Guangxu asked with a sullen face and his hands behind his back. The slaves don't know.Yin'er shook her head and said in a panic, the servants came here only to serve the emperor well. Just serving?What else did the empress dowager tell you?Guangxu stared at Yin'er's small face, feeling that just as Cixi said, this girl suddenly became more beautiful.Thinking of this, he felt a little bored, and immediately asked what Cixi told her. Lafayette also ordered the servants in the same way. right? The slaves dare not tell half a lie. But that's not what you said when we met for the first time. You said that Master Zhen asked you to come. That's right.It was the decree made by Lafayette, and it was also entrusted repeatedly by Master Zhen before the slaves came. Then tell me, how did Master Zhen entrust you? Master Zhen heard that the emperor was ill a while ago, and asked me to come here to take good care of him. Even Zhang Deshun taught the servants how to make soup for the emperor in the past.She allowed the emperor to recuperate with peace of mind, and the dragon's body recovered soon.Master Zhen also said that Yin'er hesitated at this point, wondering if he should mention the emperor's early son. what did she say?Guangxu asked impatiently. Yin'er groaned for a long time, and finally talked about Concubine Zhen's wish, hoping that the emperor will take care of his health as soon as possible and have a son early, and said that as long as the emperor has a son, Lafayette will not be able to pass on the throne to the elder brother. Guangxu listened to it for a while Tian was speechless, thinking that this hit his mind.The problem is that Concubine Zhen is in prison. He begged Cixi more than once to let them be together, but Cixi refused, leaving him alone. The child cannot fall from the sky.Thinking of this, he was out of breath. nonsense!Guangxu's face darkened, you know that Master Zhen and I share things separately, and you can't even see him once, where can you get a precious son? Master Zhen said that it doesn't matter which concubine the emperor is with bold!Guangxu drank and groaned. emperor!Master Zhen really said so.At this point, Yin'er had no choice but to bite the bullet and repeat what Concubine Zhen said that day, but she didn't dare to mention that Concubine Zhen begged her to sacrifice herself. Guangxu glanced at Yin'er, apparently not believing that Concubine Zhen would persuade him like this.He knew Concubine Zhen, especially on this special issue, she had never been so magnanimous, or even her own sister Concubine Jin would have had a very unpleasant fight with her.On the one hand, Guangxu felt that she was too stingy in this regard, which sometimes made him laugh and cry.On the other hand, she felt that her stinginess was a deep love stinginess. She cared so much about him that she wished she could dominate him every day, and she didn't want him to kiss any other women.He suddenly felt that Yin'er was teasing him, and even thought that she had other purposes, and she had some good intentions, because Yin'er knew he didn't like other concubines, but she just said that any woman would do, isn't it? Hint? Yin'er, you not only forgot Rongqing, you also forgot Master Zhen's grace.Guangxu sneered, thinking in her heart that Lafayette was behind her back, she would never have thought of this idea: I can't see that you are so young and have a lot of scheming, so you came here to play this idle game! The slaves did not understand what the emperor said. I don't have much time to chat with you, you can go back wherever you came from.Tell those who support you that the emperor does not want women or children, and would rather be a bachelor for the rest of his life and be a loner.If it is said that Guangxu seldom stayed with other concubines in the past, there were some things that hindered Concubine Zhen's face and made her helpless, but now, when Concubine Zhen was thrown into the cold palace to suffer for him, he was willing to do it for him without complaint or regret. She rejects all women. Yin'er heard something in Guangxu's words.Suddenly remembered the joke that Xiao Huihui made with her, and remembered that Cixi also showed meaning in her conversation with her that day. Although she hoped that Guangxu would allow her to hug her grandson, she would never let him be with Master Zhen because of this.Apart from her, the emperor can have sex with any woman.She vaguely felt that maybe Lafayette sent her here, and there was such a meaning in it.So Guangxu developed hatred for her from this, and has been ignoring her until now he wants to drive her away.It's hard to tell when things have gotten to this point.Both Master Zhen and Lafayette are very concerned about the emperor's descendants, but their purposes are completely different. Master Zhen asked her to come here to prevent the elder brother from taking the throne.Cixi sent her here to make the emperor forget about Master Zhen.Thinking of this, Yin'er felt that it was meaningless to say any more, so she took out from her bosom the finger wrench that Guangxu had brought to Concubine Zhen through her elder brother, and held it in both hands and handed it to Guangxu. What's the meaning?Why did Master Zhen ask you to return it?Seeing that the ring he brought to Concubine Zhen was brought back by Yin'er, Guangxu couldn't help being stunned. Master Zhen said, she asked me to bring a message to the emperor.Your Majesty, you may not believe it, but you will believe it when you see this finger ring.The master also said that if the finger is brought to you again, it will be regarded as a letter from her. Whoever is the first concubine next to the emperor to give birth to a son will be rewarded with this ring. This is what Guangxu's mother said when she gave him this ring.Concubine Zhen liked this finger very much, and Guangxu promised Concubine Zhen that when she gave birth to a child, even a daughter would give her this finger.Concubine Zhen asked Guangxu, what if other concubines were born before her, and Guangxu said that he would smash his finger.Concubine Zhen said that she couldn't smash it, she was confident that she would give birth to a son for him, and this emerald finger ring must belong to her.Since she entered the cold palace, Guangxu resolutely gave her the ring in order to express his most sincere affection for her, to show his determination not to be close to women for her.At this moment, Concubine Zhen will let Yin'er bring her finger back, which means that she will give up the right to have a child for him. From this point of view, what Concubine Zhen said to persuade him to have a son early was true, and Yin'er did not tell a single lie.Because only he and Concubine Zhen know the unknown secret here.Thinking of this, Guangxu felt sad, Concubine Zhen seemed to be in despair about her situation, that's why she did this.At the same time, he felt that he had underestimated Concubine Zhen. At critical moments, she could often jump out of her own limitations and start to think about many issues from the big picture. She made this determination so that his throne would not be taken away by others. of.She showed the most grandeur in her most timid place. If Yin'er hadn't taken out this green jade finger ring, he would have always thought that Yin'er was being instructed by Cixi to play tricks in front of him. He misunderstood Yin'er, and even more misunderstood Concubine Zhen.Guangxu was silent for a long time, took Yin'er with both hands, and assured her that on the day when he, the emperor, kept his word, the first decree would be nothing. Happy wedding. When General Ye He saw his son Rong Qing standing in front of him, he could hardly believe his eyes. When his son knocked on the door, he was watering flowers and weeding in the back garden.He was surprised that ordinary guests would never come in through the back door, not to mention that there was often no one in the backyard, and no one answered the door when they knocked.He hesitated for a moment, then stepped forward to open the backyard door, and there was a merchant selling wild goods outside the door. Father Rong asked the merchant who he was looking for, but the man didn't speak, walked into the backyard, and closed the door behind him.Father Rong asked him in a panic what he wanted to do, and the man dropped the bag on his shoulder and called Dad.Only then did Rong's father recognize him as the only son Rong Qing who had been missing for more than a year. Rong's father tremblingly led his son into his wife's bedroom.Rong Qing threw himself at his mother's side and knelt down, calling for her repeatedly.Mrs. Ye He was stunned for a long time, and finally recognized that it was her son, she rolled her eyes and passed out. Rong Qing pretended to be a boatman more than a year ago, and boarded a ship on the Yangtze River late at night before he and Xiao Gege got married, and fled down the river to Shanghai.When he arrived in Shanghai, in order to escape the pursuit of the imperial court, he changed his name and surname, and hid in the foreign concession to avoid the limelight.Later, through various relationships, he tried to find the lost Cha Shui Zhang and his brother Yuan Liu, but to no avail. what to do?Faced with this situation, some people persuaded him to flee to Japan, saying that Kang Youwei, Liang Qichao and other important members of the new party had gone there one after another.With the help of an interpreter at the Japanese embassy, ​​Rong Qing, who had nowhere to go, was about to leave Shanghai for Tokyo, Japan. On the night before his departure, he suddenly decided not to leave.The reason why he didn't leave was because he really couldn't bear Yin'er.He was not reconciled, so he broke up with his sweetheart forever, and he did not believe that Cixi could single-handedly abolish the emperor of the Qing Dynasty. Later, under various pressures, Cixi did not dare to announce the emperor's abdication.Then Boxers rose up all over the country one after another, and some people in the court wanted to use the Boxers to fight against foreigners. The contradiction between China and foreign countries suddenly became more acute, and the current situation became more and more chaotic.Under such circumstances, Rong Qing thought that the time had come, so he pretended to be a foreign merchant and went all the way north to Beijing, where he had been away for a long time. He hid at home, but Yin'er was always on his mind.He came back at the risk of his life just for her, so he had to find a way to find out about her and send her a message at the same time.For more than a year, no matter whether it was family members, relatives or friends, they thought he was dead or had fled abroad.Yin'er is in the deep palace, and the news is even more blocked, so it is very important for her to know that he is still alive. For this reason, he has been looking for an opportunity to visit Yin'er's house. He dared not tell his parents what was in his mind.Because the two old men finally waited for their son to come back, they hid him at home and were still worried, and they would never let him go out to take risks.He hides in the house to sleep and read all day long, and only dares to come out at night to exercise in the backyard.The more he was fine, the more he thought of Yin'er, and when he thought of Yin'er, he couldn't bear to be full of irritability. One afternoon, taking advantage of his father's opportunity to accompany his mother to burn incense in the temple, he dug out the words written in the ancient county of Dingzhou. With the lettering on his back, he changed into an old suit, pretended to be a businessman like he did when he sneaked into Beijing, and quietly left the backyard door without telling the rest of the family. Rong Qing came to Yin'er's house from the T-shaped alley.He patted the door open, and it was a young man who opened it.The man looked at him and asked who he was looking for.Rong Qing was stunned for a while, and asked a young master Fugui if he lived here.The young man opened his mouth and said that Fugui had died a long time ago, and the house was sold. He bought this house from someone else.Rong Qing hurriedly asked the other party if he knew where their family moved now, but the man said he didn't know, and closed the door before he finished speaking. It's over, I can't find their family members, I can't find out about Yin'er, let alone contact Yin'er.Rong Qing walked aimlessly against the green brick wall beside the alley.After exiting the alley, he turned around and walked towards Xisi Street.Ordinarily, he shouldn't show up in such a lively place with many people.He had something on his mind, he completely forgot about it, he was full of worries all the way, only thinking about Yin'er.It was almost noon, and he walked to a pawn shop on the side of the street and stood there in a daze.He suddenly remembered that two years ago, the emperor asked him to follow Xiao Huihui, and it was here that he met Xiao Huihui.At that time, Xiao Hui went in to pawn things, but he caught him on the spot, which led to a series of incidents such as he asked him to deliver the letter, and the letter was lost by Xiao Hui. As soon as he thought of Xiao Huihui, he couldn't help thinking that, as far as he knew, Xiao Huihui was Li Lianying's confidant, and he would take care of any inconvenient things that the chief executive had to deal with.At that time, Xiao Hui came back here to work for Li Lianying. He sent the treasure that the manager stole from the palace to sell here, and turned it into a bank note that can be exchanged for cash. Nowadays, the army is in chaos and people are impetuous. Manager Li will definitely Taking the opportunity to earn a lot of money, maybe Xiaohui will come back to this famous pawn shop and continue to turn the treasures in the palace into money in his pocket.In other words, as long as he stays here patiently, he may be touched one day. Just like that, Rong Qing came here for several days.He lied to his family that he went to his uncle's house to inquire about the situation.One afternoon, as soon as Rong Qing walked to the entrance of a small alley near the pawnshop, his eyes lit up suddenly, and he was so excited that he almost didn't cry out. Xiao Hui, just like before, walked quietly from the horizontal alley with a bundle in his arms, obviously entering the house. A pawn shop pawns things. good friend.Rong Qing stepped forward and patted Xiaohui on the shoulder lightly. Xiao Huihui felt guilty and was startled instinctively. When he turned his head and found that the man in front of him was Rong Qing, his big eyes widened even wider, and the eyeballs almost didn't fall out of their sockets.It was said that he fled abroad, why did he suddenly come back to Beijing. It's you?You are too courageous Walk!Don't bother me.Rong Qing pointed to the depths of the alley and said. Look at what you said, never did I bother you.Xiao Huihui followed Rong Qing obediently, walked to the reeds in the Houhai area, and told him in a low voice, if he had anything to say, it was chaotic outside, and the gate of the palace would be closed after 1 hour, and he had to hurry before that go back. Have you seen her?Rong Qing said something out of nowhere. who?Xiao Hui didn't recover for a while. nonsense.Rong Qing lowered his face.Xiao Huihui immediately came to his senses, and realized that he must have been asking about Yin'er, because of this, he lost his letter back then, which almost caused Rong Qing to lose his head. You ask that relative in the palace, Yin'er Palace Maid?Xiao Hui knew in his heart that Yin'er and him were definitely not relatives.At that time, he was young and didn't understand these things between men and women.After thinking about it carefully, Yin'er's so-called relatives were just an excuse, and they must be a good couple.Rong Qing didn't speak, but nodded sullenly.Xiao Hui smiled and told him that Yin'er had done well and became an aunt in charge. Where did she become a boss.Rong Qing's heart tightened, and his voice trembled slightly. Of course it is in the palace. Nonsense, ask which palace you are in. Serve as an errand by the emperor. She went to Yingtai? You are outside the palace, how do you know that the emperor is in Yingtai? less nonsense!If you don't tell the truth, see?Rong Qing pinched Xiao Hui's neck, pointed to the dark lake water among the reeds and said, there are drowned ghosts in this pit every year! Didn't lie to you!This is also a common thing in the palace. You are transferred here for a while, and then there for a while. You are always on duty for the master and you never look back. Miss Yin is always waiting and has no head! What's the meaning?Rong Qing felt something was wrong. Don't you know everything?She went with the emperor.It is hard enough for the emperor to be alone in Yingtai.Xiao Hui murmured for a while, and finally told him that it was Lafayette's intention, that he wanted the emperor to take her into the house.Speaking of this, Xiao Hui smiled vaguely, and said that one day, you will also become a relative of the emperor.As soon as the words were out of his mouth, he suddenly felt something was wrong, covered his mouth with his hand, and kept saying that he didn't say anything. When Rong Qing heard this, his face turned green, and his heart suddenly burst into anger. He was working hard for the emperor outside, but the emperor bullied his wife.He pondered for a moment, suppressed the anger in his heart and thought about it carefully, he felt that it was unlikely, the emperor was not this kind of person, and neither was Yin'er.He blamed himself in his heart, and got angry without knowing the ins and outs of the matter.So he regained his composure and asked Xiao Hui when this happened.Xiao Hui said that the emperor is thinking about Master Zhen right now, if he is not in the mood, even if the emperor is willing, it will be a matter of the future.When Rong Qing heard this, he immediately understood in his heart. Before breaking up, he asked Xiao Hui to send Yin'er a message. Rong guard!Now it's not like before, the emperor usually doesn't let me go there, I can't see Miss Yin.Xiao Hui hastily evaded. You can figure it out on your own, if you can't bring it, wait for the palace to send someone to check on you.Rong Qing's tone was threatening, and he tore off the burden on his shoulders while speaking.Xiao Huihui tightly covered the bundle with both hands, and kept saying that he would bring a message to Yin'er for him. Oh well.What do you say? Tell her I am alive. That's all?Xiao Hui stared in surprise. Yes, that one sentence is enough. After Rong Qing finished speaking, he took big strides and left like a gust of wind.As long as Xiaohui returns this sentence to Yin'er, Yin'er is by the emperor's side, Yin'er knows that he is alive, and the emperor will know his whereabouts.This sentence brings them the same message, but it has different meanings to them.He believed that as long as he didn't die for a day, Yin'er would pin her hopes on him.Similarly, as long as Yin'er does not leave the palace for a day, he will wait for her until that day comes. A few days ago, the news of Tianjin's fall spread to the palace. Cixi stood in front of the white jade Guanyin Bodhisattva in the quiet room, holding Buddhist beads in her hands, and her heart ached.The old woman couldn't figure it out, those Boxers who were brought into the palace by King Duan all wore red cloths on their heads, and they were extremely majestic.These people performed in front of her the ability of invulnerability, swallowing swords and spitting fire.Once in front of foreigners, nothing works.In terms of numbers, the defenders in Tianjin, plus the Boxers, are more than ten or twenty times more than those foreign devils combined.A few days ago, there were frequent reports of good news, why did it collapse in the blink of an eye? Watching the Eight-Power Allied Forces hit the door of the house.Langfang and Yangcun had already been captured. The artillery outside the city was booming these past few nights, and Lao Gao's fire broke out from time to time.She wanted to wait and see how Li Hongzhang and Prince Gong talked with foreigners.As long as she is not allowed to step down, she is willing to agree to any conditions.Now it seems that there is no play, so she can't wait any longer. Thinking that the disaster of forty years ago was about to repeat itself under her nose, she shuddered.When Lord Xianfeng was alive, foreign devils stormed into Beijing, set fire to the Old Summer Palace and Qingyi Garden (it was later restored and renamed the Summer Palace), burned, killed, raped, and committed all kinds of crimes, leaving her with unforgettable memories for life.Later, she was in power for decades, and she had never experienced anything, from the rebellion of the Taiping Army and the Nian Army, to the killing of the Regent Minister Sushun, including smashing the New Deal of the New Party in one fell swoop.She defeated one opponent after another, but she never expected to always fall into the hands of foreigners.Internally, she is good at everything and can play well, but when she meets foreigners, she seems to be unable to do anything. She moved from Chuxiu Palace to Le Shoutang on the east side of the East Sixth Palace. The backyard here is next to Zhenshun Gate, and all the fleeing horses and chariots gathered outside Shenwu Gate.It is much more convenient to go to Shenwumen from here than Chuxiu Palace. If there is any trouble, leave immediately.Standing under the gauze lantern, she was thinking about something while waiting for Xiaohui to go back to Yingtai to ask Guangxu to come here.Thinking of the time before and after Guangxu came to power to pro-government, nothing happened early or late, but it was less than two years since he came forward to train politics again, and such a big thing happened.After a while, Xiaohui came back and reported that the emperor had come.Cixi let Guangxu enter the hall immediately, and Guangxu entered the hall with Yin'er. The emperor's father asked his son to do something?Guangxu had just fallen asleep when someone woke him up from the bed.He knew that in the middle of the night, Cixi must have called him here to discuss the escape, but he deliberately pretended to be confused. how?You seem to be fine.Are you not leaving?When Cixi saw Guangxu's nonchalant appearance, she became furious.With such a big incident, he was like a spectator.The implication is that I have listened to you all these years, and it has nothing to do with him. The emperor's father, Xu Erchen, did not leave, so Erchen stayed in Beijing in order to negotiate with the envoys of various countries.Guangxu glanced at the main hall, and found that the palace was already in chaos, but it was still in order here. He had to admire Cixi's calmness in the face of danger. Silly son!If you fall into the hands of foreigners, who does the Qing Dynasty count on?Cixi's tone was full of pity for her son, but she was secretly scolding Guangxu in her heart.You want to stay in Beijing, and when the foreign devils enter the city, you will sell me with the foreigners.She knew that foreigners had always supported Guangxu between her and Guangxu.As soon as she left, Guangxu stayed here, and immediately took back the power of the imperial court through the hands of foreigners, and even never allowed her to return to Beijing.Even if Guangxu can't do it, foreigners will definitely be able to.As long as they write a clause in the peace treaty to prevent her from intervening in the government again, everything will be over. There are so many people in the harem, concubines, eunuchs, court ladies, what to do without them?Guangxu used these people as an excuse, but in fact, he didn't want to leave or plan to leave at all.Just as Cixi expected, although he was deeply distressed by the foreigner's capture of Beijing, he instinctively felt that it was a rare opportunity for him to take charge of the government if he came forward to clean up the mess at this moment. Everyone has his own life.Cixi immediately blocked Guangxu's reason and told him to prepare quickly, so he fled with her. The son thought that Guangxu should be left behind, and he felt that he should stay to handle the state affairs no matter whether it was private or public.Especially in this case, his departure is equal to the soldier's escape from the battlefield. No way!You must come with me.If the emperor becomes a prisoner of foreigners, then what a fart!Cixi flatly rejected Guangxu's request. As far as she knew, she had arrested Tan Sitong a while ago, put Guangxu under house arrest, and came out to listen to the government behind a curtain. Foreigners had conspired to force her to step down and return power to Guangxu.Foreigners seem to think that a young emperor is easier to deal with than a stubborn old woman.So she had to take Guangxu with her wherever she went.Otherwise, as long as Guangxu separates from her, foreigners can take advantage of his status as emperor and help him to power at any time. At that time, it will be too late for her to regret it. What about Jane?Guangxu stood there and refused to leave, and asked Cixi about the concubine Zhen. Don't worry, I have my own arrangements.Cixi said to Guangxu, and then ordered Yin'er, who came with Guangxu, to ask her to prepare the emperor's luggage for the road immediately, saying that she would set off after dawn. Yin'er agreed, and walked outside the hall.Guangxu said to go with her to tidy up, Cixi glanced at him and said go ahead.Guangxu followed Yin'er to the altar outside the main hall one by one, feeling unspeakably nervous.It turned out that Guangxu wanted to use tidying up as an excuse to leave Cixi's side first, and then try to escape outside the palace while taking advantage of the chaos.In short, it will be dawn in two or three hours. As long as Cixi leaves, the rest of the matter will be easy to handle. Guangxu gently told Yin'er to hurry up.Yin'er seemed to understand what he meant, and the two immediately quickened their pace.As soon as the two of them walked down the steps, Xiao Huihui suddenly chased him out from the door, saying that Lafayette asked the emperor to stay here with her, and that Yin'er could pack up by herself.Guangxu was taken aback, and although he stopped, he refused to go back. He told Xiao Huihui to tell Cixi that some things must be sorted out by him.Unexpectedly, Cixi suddenly appeared on the altar outside the hall, and stretched out her hand to beckon him back.Guangxu glanced at Yin'er helplessly, followed Xiao Hui back to the main hall of Le Shoutang in frustration. Watching the emperor's back in the dark and entering the main hall of Leshou Hall, Yin'er hurried back to the Hall of Mental Cultivation to find some old clothes and daily necessities for the emperor.While she was fixing things, she was thinking about Master Zhen.In the past few days, she has been worried about what will happen to Master Zhen if foreigners invade Beijing, and if Lafayette and the emperor leave here.Thinking of just now that Lafayette promised Guangxu face to face that she had her own arrangements for Master Zhen, she felt relieved. In fact, the emperor didn't want to leave Beijing with Lafayette at all.The emperor told her more than once that if Cha Shui Zhang was still by his side, he would immediately flee here with him.He would rather die under the guns of foreigners, than Lafayette would use him as a puppet in his hands, sign an unbearable treaty with foreigners, and then put the account on him.Just now, he said that he would organize things with her, but in fact, he was looking for a chance to escape from Lafayette, but he didn't expect something to happen, so Lafayette called him back. 吟兒理好東西，匆匆趕回樂壽堂。那邊的人已經走空了，不像剛才太監們進進出出搬東西，顯得十分忙碌。眼見天快亮了。四下反倒出奇的黑。她進了大殿，不由得心裡暗暗吃了一驚。老佛爺穿了一身平常人家的服裝，估計是從宮中的老媽子那兒要來的，儼然是一位普通人家的老婦人。她這一身走在街上，大概誰也認不出她就是當朝聖母皇太后。 大殿內只有老佛爺和吟兒。慈禧看一眼吟兒，說皇上已經先走了，她在這兒等她： 吟兒，全宮的宮女我都沒帶。就帶了你一個人，你可得陪住我了。慈禧說得很輕，神色非常莊重。 The servant understands.吟兒受寵若驚。 可別打扮得花枝招展，越不起眼越好。慈禧邊說邊摘了吟兒耳邊的珠花，隨手扔在地下。 Thank you Lafayette! 千萬記著，路上可別叫老佛爺。你就叫我叫姑姑吧。慈禧揮揮手，那意思可以走了。吟兒上前攙扶著慈禧，慢慢向殿外走去。吟兒心裡在想著珍主子，不知道她放出北三所沒有，想問又不敢問。她繞了個圈，先問起皇后主子走了沒有。 她能不走嗎？ 珍主子呢？她故意裝出漫不經心的樣子問。 你還惦著她？慈禧顯然非常憤怒，當即停下盯一眼吟兒。 老佛爺您別生氣。吟兒硬著頭皮說，珍主子也是皇上家的人，洋鬼子打進來，萬一有什麼三長兩短，丟了祖宗的臉。看見老佛爺呆愣著不言語，吟兒心裡有些發慌，連忙說：奴婢心裡想到了，不敢瞞著老佛爺。要是說錯了，任憑老佛爺處罰。 你說得沒錯，不能把她扔在這兒。慈禧過了半晌才點點頭，站在那兒發呆。吟兒催著老佛爺快上路，說天已經透亮了。慈禧猶豫了一陣子，告訴吟兒，說她所以在這兒等她，是為了讓吟兒陪她去辦一件事。吟兒點點頭，問什麼事，慈禧要她去請珍妃上這兒來，並讓一名小太監陪她一塊去，吩咐她快去快回。 吟兒奉慈禧的旨令與小太監一路跑到北三所。看門的太監看了慈禧的手諭，立即開了門上的三道鐵鎖。吟兒見到珍妃，欣喜若狂地對她說：珍主子！您大喜了！馬上您就能見到皇上了。 皇上問政了？珍妃天真地問。可憐她自從吟兒離開身邊後，慈禧再也不讓敬事房派人來伺候，除了太監一日送三餐飯，連個說話的人也沒有。一年來她過著與世隔絕的生活，夜裡聽見城外的槍炮聲，她還以為有人放鞭炮，壓根兒不知道發生了驚天動地的大事，洋鬼子殺進北京城了。 吟兒說一時半時說不清，要她趕緊離開這兒，說皇上和老佛爺都在貞順門那兒等她，珍妃讓吟兒等她一會兒，從衣箱底取出那身繡著大紅牡丹圖案的旗袍。吟兒說路上太扎眼，不能穿。珍妃不顧吟兒阻攔，一定要穿在身上，因為這是光緒最喜歡的衣服，一年多沒見皇上面。一定要穿得漂漂亮亮，哪怕見過皇上之後再換掉。她換了新衣，對著那面破銅鏡擦了臉，用小木梳梳了頭髮，這才興沖沖地跟著吟兒向樂壽堂走去。 吟兒攙著珍主子匆匆走著，一邊將這些天發生的事告訴珍妃。聽著聽著，珍妃突然不走了。 朝政爛到這樣兒了，就這麼一走了之？珍妃痛心地說。 Master Zhen!我可求您了。老佛爺開恩，這可是太陽打西邊兒出來了。待會兒您見著她，千萬多磕頭少說話，平平安安先過了眼前這關成不成？吟兒一聽對方說起朝政的事心裡發慌，因為老佛爺最恨身邊的人談論朝廷上的事，對珍妃這一點更是咬牙切齒。 國家興亡，匹夫有責啊！珍妃喃喃地說，她本來就關心這種事，加上在北三所關久了，沒人說話，一聽說洋人就要打進北京城，拖著吟兒，說要是當年依著皇上的新政，怎麼也不會鬧到現在的局面啊！ 我的主子，您千萬別說這些，惹火了老佛爺，這不是沒病找病？您惦記著朝政，等見了皇上再慢慢兒說去 吟兒連哄帶勸地將珍妃一路帶到了樂壽堂，天色已經大亮。在小太監的引見下，吟兒與珍妃進了正殿。 Lafayette!珍妃來這兒給您謝恩了。吟兒走到慈禧面前說。 珍兒拜見老佛爺。珍妃給慈禧請了跪安。 咱們這一向可是少見了。聽你這聲不容易呀。慈禧從鼻子裡哼出一聲冷笑。 要不是這種時候，珍兒想見老佛爺也見不著。 yes.見一面少一面，能見著還是咱們有緣分。慈禧這才發現珍妃身穿大紅旗袍，顯得分外扎眼，心裡頓時竄出一股無名火，嘴上卻笑著說，好漂亮呀！人是衣裳馬是鞍，老理兒真是不帶錯的。 老佛爺快啟駕吧，時候不早了。吟兒看出慈禧要挑毛病，慌忙上前勸慈禧趕快上路。正在這時，李蓮英匆匆趕來，說鑾駕備好了，催她盡快上路。 慈禧看一眼站在身邊的吟兒，吩咐小回回領著吟兒與皇上先走，並讓他們告訴皇上，她和珍妃一會兒就到。慈禧本來想留下吟兒，轉念一想還是讓她走了。慈禧眼瞅著吟兒和小回回出了大殿，這才轉身對珍妃說： 珍兒呀！你真的想跟我走嗎？ Lafayette!我珍妃本能地覺得有些不對，她叫她來這兒，不就是為了帶她一塊兒走，怎麼突然冒出這個問題。 換了我，這可是千載難逢的好機會，躲開我這個惡婆婆，你不高興了！ 珍兒願意伺候老佛爺！珍妃心裡非常慌亂。眼下的時局，都是慈禧一手造成的，她本以為，慈禧通過這件事會汲取教訓，將朝政重新交給光緒，所以她才能放出冷宮，重見天日，看來根本不是這麼回事。儘管她心裡非常仇恨這位作威作福的老女人，嘴上卻不得不說違心話，因為對方要是不肯帶她走，她就見不到皇上了。 你可別折我的壽，瞧你這臉蛋兒，像伺候人的嗎？走在路上，讓人一眼就瞧出你身分。我就怕你到不了地頭兒啊！其實慈禧早就想好了怎麼樣處置這個小妖媚，這會兒說這些不過像貓玩老鼠，盡可能折磨對方，延長對方痛苦的同時，滿足她心中積鬱以久的仇恨而已。 老佛爺改變主意了？珍妃心裡說不出的失望和擔心。 我這不是跟你商量嗎？ 珍妃太瞭解這位惡婆婆的性格。她知道，慈禧早在心裡打定主意，不讓她和皇上見面。對方所以這樣演戲，無非是為了盡情地折磨她。她沉默了一會，抬起頭說：老佛爺一定不讓我見皇上，那就讓珍兒回北三所冷宮，珍兒在那兒等老佛爺回鸞。 洋人打進來，宮中都待不住，冷宮就能待得住了？ 那那您總得給我個地兒啊？ 地兒我早就你找好了。慈禧沉下臉，看一眼珍妃，向身邊的崔王貴揮揮衣袖。 Minions are here.崔二總管慌忙上前答應。 伺候你們珍主子！慈禧說完轉身跟李蓮英走了。 Lafayette!I want to see the emperor!珍妃大叫。沒等她話音落地，二總管崔玉貴領著幾名太監衝進大殿，二話不說，當場將珍妃拖走 吟兒慌慌張張跟著小回回匆匆走出貞順門，沿著甬道向神武門走去。走到半道上，她突然想起替光緒整理好的行裝丟在樂壽堂。她要回去取東西，聽說是皇上的行裝，小回回只得讓她回去。她要吟兒快去快回，說好了在東鐵門邊等她。 吟兒匆匆向來的路上走回去，她進了貞順門，穿過懷遠堂。突然聽見不遠處的過道上傳來一片嘈雜的人聲，其中夾著女人的尖叫聲。 她本能地意識到也許是珍主子出了什麼事。她躲在牆角邊，身子靠在迴廊的木柱上，小心翼翼地探出腦袋。面對所見情景，她驚愕地張大嘴巴，不敢相信眼前所見的一切。她看見二總管崔玉貴和幾名太監橫抱著珍主子，匆匆向院子中間一口水井走去。珍主子一邊掙一邊大叫：放開我，放開我！I want to see the emperor!我要見皇上 眼瞅著這個場面，吟兒的心差點兒沒從喉頭躥出來。這時她才明白慈禧要她留下陪她辦一件事，那就是眼前所見的這件事。老佛爺要下毒手了。 她瞪大眼睛，看見崔玉貴親自抱著珍主子走到井台邊。珍妃雙手扒在井石圈上，大叫老佛爺饒命。那聲音是何等的淒慘啊！吟兒想衝出去救她的主子，不知為什麼，兩條腿像灌了鉛，一動也動不了。 崔玉貴和幾名太監將珍主子扒在井台上的手挪開，拚命將她往水井裡推。珍主子為了活命，本能地掙扎著。雙方相持了沒一會兒，但吟兒覺得那短短的相持是那麼漫長，足有一頓飯時間。不，比這還要長得多，以至於她一輩子也忘不了。 轟的一聲，珍主子終於被崔玉貴等人推進井裡。井口裡傳出一聲悠遠的回聲，那是珍主子於人世間留下的最後一聲呼喚：皇上！珍兒下一輩子再伺候您那叫聲像一把尖刀，慢慢剜著她心頭上的肉。她蹲在地下，嚇得渾身哆嗦著。接著，她看見崔二總管讓身邊的太監，由牆邊抱起石頭，那石頭顯然事先準備好堆放在那兒的。太監們將大石頭扔下井，井口裡傳出一片水花騰濺的迴響。 過了好一陣子，四下歸於一片肅靜。崔玉貴趴在井口看了一會兒，領著太監悄無聲息地走了