North of the Forbidden City, above Jingshan, inside the Qiwang Tower. The Empress Dowager Ci'an stood in front of the window and looked at the Forbidden City, where the sky and the earth were covered with rain and mist.

"What a rich and prosperous place, but it reveals a dead air, the mourning family doesn't want to live back in this life, the mourning family must leave here......"

Ci'an said this to Fuqing, and since that accidental physical contact, the twenty-nine-year-old has been ignorant of a trace of inexplicable emotion in her heart.

Ci'an reminded himself to be rational, but once the river of desire flooded, it was not reasonable to suppress it. This time, Ci'an's unusually tough attitude has changed the image of a good old man in the past, which is somewhat related to this unbalanced mentality.

Qing Sanye is not a fool, he once had a marriage, but unfortunately his wife was frail and sick and died with him for four years, the third master and his wife have a very good relationship, and after his wife died, he has been disheartened and drilled the road to becoming an official, and his life events have been delayed like this.

But all men who value affection and righteousness are very sensitive in their minds, and they can detect the strange gaze of women at him, and to be honest, he has long seen this little bit of Ci'an's thoughts about him.

Some people say that the management of the palace in the feudal dynasty is very strict, but it is actually all, and the Manchurians themselves have a proverb 'dirty Tang, stinky cold, clear nose...' that means that the inside story of the dynasty is actually very dirty.

It is not uncommon to steal sisters-in-law, brothers and daughters-in-law, and it is also common for concubines to be exchanged for uncovered conferences, and there are not a few fathers-in-law and daughters-in-law who pick up ashes.

Including the palace inside, Cixi cheated with her brother-in-law and played lewd scenes with eunuchs, which could not be hidden from the eyes of the people, Ci'an was already clean and self-loving, and there were really no scandals about Ci'an in Sijiu City.

To be honest, the third master is really a little tempted, but he is a man with a sense of responsibility, and he knows that a woman like Ci'an who has no waves in ancient wells, once she is emotional, she will devote herself wholeheartedly to it, and a woman who is carried away by love is irrational.

Ci'an is in such a dangerous environment, it can be said that there are enemies on all sides, and the slightest carelessness is a broken end, and her death in real history is a big mystery in the late Qing Dynasty.

Qing Sanye didn't want Ci'an to lose his mind, he hoped that Ci'an would be safe, and once he had a relationship with her, Ci'an would definitely be chaotic.

"The Queen Mother is relieved, I firmly believe that Xiao Lotian will win, as long as he leads the troops into Beijing, they can't agree to the Queen Mother's conditions if they want to......" The third master said respectfully.

"Hehe, then Xiao Letian really won't rebel?" Ci'an said to Fuqing with a smile.

"No, I'm absolutely sure...... Even I know that Xiao Letian won't even ask for an official position in the imperial court... The Queen Mother doesn't understand this person, he always gives people a feeling of being outside of all living beings......"

"How can you describe it? It is the eyes of God that look at the world...... He seems to have seen through it, and all the changes in everyone are under his control......"

"Why did he let Zhou Mingkui appease the local officials instead of letting his officers accept the local administration? This shows that he never wanted to divide Tanggu...... If my guess is correct, Xiao Letian should be on loan from the imperial court......"

Ci'an was silent for a while, and asked a little worriedly, "I don't know how the battle is now, there are 10,000 Eight Banner Army plus more than 3,000 Huai Army, and so many war horses...... Can Xiao Lotian win?"

Qing Sanye's brows twisted into a dead knot, and he clenched his fists tightly, "Yes, he will definitely win, how can he fail when he can defeat the strong army of Europa?"

As he was talking, suddenly there was a commotion under Jingshan, and people didn't know what was going on, only that the crying shook the heavens and the earth. Ci'an didn't have the heart to chat, so he hurriedly asked Zhou Daoying to go down to investigate.

After a while, Eunuch Zhou ran back and said, "Queen Mother...... Oh no, the Empress Dowager and the emperor are here, crying one by one, they come up the mountain, saying that they want to apologize to you..."

"What? Could it be that Xiao Lotian has already arrived? Shouldn't it, the outer city is very quiet, and there is no noise of soldiers coming in and out? How can this be ......?"

At this time, Ermao spoke, "Don't guess, I guess Cixi now knows what the new army is doing in Europe, and she has completely admitted defeat now...... There is no need to bargain this time, the Empress Dowager, all your conditions Cixi has to agree..."

What Ermao said was right, when Cixi led Emperor Tongzhi to walk to Ci'an, she and her son were already crying with flowers all over their faces, and their eyes were swollen like peaches.

The Empress Dowager of the West and the little emperor knelt down in front of Ci'an, "The Empress Dowager is auspicious, my sister has pleaded with the Empress Dowager...... and then the little emperor also cried and kowtowed, "The child emperor has asked the Empress Dowager to say goodbye, and the Empress Dowager is dissipated......"

Behind Cixi, An Dehai and countless eunuchs kowtowed, and their brains were bloody, "The Queen Mother is angry, please let the Queen Mother ...... angry"

Cixi really put in the money, this bitter meat trick is really good, kneeling on the bluestone slab under the heavy rain and letting the heavy rain pour the wet body can't get up.

"My sister was instigated by a traitor and misbelieved, please calm my anger...... My sister is willing to go to the cold palace, but I just ask my sister to have pity on our children...... The Qing Dynasty can't be messed up..."

Everyone in the Qiwang Tower sighed in their hearts, "It's another moral kidnapping, and it's bullying the Empress Dowager Ci'an's soft-heartedness, and she always uses the overall situation of the court to pressure Ci'an to back down, and honest people are being bullied these days..."

Zhou Daoying...... Invite the emperor in, if there is any major event that the sky is falling, the adults will carry it, what is the matter with the children, don't get sick from this heavy rain......"

As soon as Ci'an's yin and yang weird voice reached Cixi's ears, this woman knew that it was bad, this is not Ci'an's style on weekdays, this palace change has completely changed this sister.

It's no wonder that Ci'an has changed, anyone who has experienced such a great change will feel a little, Ci'an is a good person but it doesn't mean that she is a fool.

Although the little emperor of Tongzhi was a little rebellious, but at the critical moment he still had to go to his mother, he stood up and walked to the house, Cixi twisted his waist at the moment he got up, which was to remind Tongzhi to hurry up and say good things.

The little emperor of Tongzhi is a very special one among the emperors of the Qing Dynasty, first of all, he is the only son of Xianfeng, and no one can find fault with the clean inheritance. In addition, Tongzhi is very young, only ten years old this year, which is the age of love, Ci'an likes him from the bottom of his heart.

"Come on, hurry up and wipe the emperor...... You are the hope of the Great Qing Kingdom, how can you be drenched in the rain? You are not in power, and when the sky falls, it is also our adults who bear the ......."

Tongzhi knelt on the ground and let the eunuch pull him, but he couldn't get up, "Queen Mother, I know that my mother did something wrong, I only ask the Queen Mother to spare my mother's life, and the emperor is willing to share the blame for my mother...... The ruling of the two palaces in the Qing Dynasty is the last order left by my father, why am I called Tongzhi? Doesn't it mean that the empress dowager of the two palaces jointly supports and governs the government?"

The little emperor's heart was crossed: "Queen Mother, I know that my queen mother has made the wrong mind, used the wrong brain, and has the idea of fighting for power and profit, but who in the court does not have this mind? It's just that my mother is more clear...... Someone once said, 'There are only eternal interests, no eternal enemies', and after this incident, my mother will never have the heart to fight for power with the Queen Mother again......"

"I beg the queen mother to look at the face of the emperor and give my mother a chance...... The Qing Dynasty wants peace with you..."After speaking, he kowtowed.

Ci'an was stunned, "Oh, the little emperor is really big, what you said is very reasonable, I don't know who taught you?" Don't say it, I guess, is it what Xiao Letian said?"

Ci'an turned his head and looked at Ermao, "You said it to the emperor, right? I don't believe that those Confucian scholars can teach such a straightforward truth......

"Get up, what can the mourning family do? What the mourning family wants has actually been sued to her a long time ago, who will let her live or die without letting go......"

Cixi outside the hall heard this and hurriedly said, "Sister is really benevolent, how dare my sister refute my sister's words, you are the Empress Dowager of the East Palace, naturally I respect you, whatever you say is what you say, I can use the treasure now..."

At this time, there was another group of people at the foot of Jingshan, and it was Prince Gong Wang Yi who was the first, and he also knew the latest news, as soon as he heard that Xiao Lotian had really won a few big battles in Europa, he was scared that his feet were weak.

The late Qing Dynasty court was afraid of foreigners has become a common problem, as soon as I heard that Xiao Letian's new army can even defeat foreigners, and then think about those Eight Banners soldiers who smoke a lot, what are the chances of winning?

Thinking back to the information that Mailer brought back, Yi's intestines were blue with repentance, how could such a strong enemy start a war so hastily, Cixi was really harmful.

"Queen Mother, my brother is guilty...... Please forgive the Queen Mother..."Yi knelt beside Cixi, followed by also began to kowtow "Queen Mother, Yi Xun has already led people out of the city, he wants to stop those soldiers who are going to fight, he went to negotiate with Xiao Letian, our court can't blindly fight this battle......"

Ci'an sneered and said, "Since Uncle has a clever plan, let's say it, and the mourning family will listen to it..."

Yi also ignored the Queen Mother's cynicism and kowtowed, "Queen Mother, the minister estimates that Xiao Letian will have at least two hours to arrive in Beijing City, and during this time, reconciliation must be reached within the imperial court, we can't let Xiao Letian take advantage of the loophole..."

"We don't have any opinions on your conditions, there is no problem with Fuqing's promotion, I have already done it when I release people, as for engaging in foreign affairs, we will grind with the Hanchens, anyway, you must always satisfy the Queen Mother......"

"What about Xiao Letian, the hungry wolf is already on the edge of the city, how are you going to send him away?" asked Ci'an.

"Money...... Let's give him money... Isn't it just for Xiao Lotian to do so much, allowing him to be tax-free in the Special Administrative Region, and allowing him to open a branch in the mainland, but it is really not possible for the imperial court to collect 1.8 million taels of silver now...... He Xiao Lotian is in charge of one or two thousand soldiers, and this money is enough to satisfy his appetite......"

Hiss...... Ermao gasped when he heard this, and thought in his heart, "Godfather, this is the person who does big business, he is not afraid of anything if he has a gun in his hand, one million cash, and there are several ocean-going cargo ships in the hands of his godfather, and the silver trade volume will increase even more ......"

"If you don't have this million, you can exchange it for an ironclad ship from Europe, anyway, Prussia will definitely give your godfather a preferential price, so let's do it, long live your godfather..."

No one cared about Ermao's excitement, and now the people present were already arguing about how to deal with Xiao Letian.

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