The summer day in Beijing is extremely hot, as soon as the sun emerges in the morning, the entire Sijiu City follows up like a steamer, and the sky and the earth are full of steaming heat, and people can even see the shadow of the heat wave rolling in the air in a trance.

Throughout the day, except for those who can't survive without going out, the whole city of Beijing seems to have become a dead city, all the teahouses, wine shops, and big smoke houses even if they put up their awnings, there are not a few customers who come to the door, and the upper body of the little two who guard the shop is pulled clean, the frizzy whip is coiled around the neck, and the tongue sticks out to fight with the dog.

The Han people who have been here for hundreds of years can't stand this kind of weather, let alone those who are full of people, and the ethnic minorities who come from the white mountains and black waters simply shut themselves in the house when they encounter this kind of weather.

At this time, people can deeply appreciate the benefits of living by the water, the three major seas in the capital, surrounded by the mansions of princes and nobles, civil and military officials and business tycoons are also willing to spend money to buy some industries here. When the hot summer is miserable, let the moisture at the water's edge blow a little cool.

"Hurry, hurry...... Hurry up, don't you see that the ice in the copper basin is about to melt? If it turns into water in the study after a while, I'll pick your skin ......."

"Oops...... A few of you who don't have long brains have said more than a hundred times, the cold noodles eaten by the prince should be put in a silver bowl and chilled with ice water...... Is it your first time on an errand?"

"What about the sticky poles? Why don't you hurry up and work, you know what the monkeys are called, and why don't you dip them all for me......"

This is Prince Gong's Mansion, here is Cuijin Garden, here is the royal mansion next to Shichahai, He Shen chose to build a house here, it is estimated that he also liked the coolness of the summer here.

The eunuch in charge next to Prince Gong, his head was about to burst into flames, this hot heavenly prince hadn't eaten a meal for a few days, and it was easy to say that he wanted to eat a bowl of cold noodles, and these clumsy grandsons just wouldn't serve.

"Hurry up, hurry up... Cheap bones, lazy bones, if the little appetite that the prince just had makes you miss it, I will really kill people today......"

Under the urging of the big eunuch, the little eunuchs and the maids turned white with fright, and everyone trotted all the way, bowing their heads and not daring to say a word.

At this moment, a maid carrying an ice plate may have suffered a little heat stroke, and suddenly her body was crooked on one side, and the copper plate fell to the ground, and large pieces of ice rolled all over the ground.

"Oops... You slut...... What a precious piece of ice this is, I can't afford to sell you...... You dare to fall to the ground? You are going to die yourself, but don't blame me......" The eunuch pulled his characteristic long voice, rushed up, and kicked the little girl in the head with both feet.

"Master, I was wrong, please spare me......" The dizzy maid knew that she kowtowed and begged for mercy, and she couldn't even remember to put the ice cubes on the plate.

For Prince Gong, using some ice in summer is really not a valuable thing, but in Sijiu City, even if it is an ordinary medium-sized family, as long as you spend a little money, you can buy a little less ice to eat. Today, the little maid was beaten, purely because the whole palace was not in a good mood.

The prince hadn't seen a smile for many days, and even all his subordinates didn't dare to smile.

Just when the eunuch in charge was beating the little maid, a little eunuch suddenly ran from the side of the pool, and I saw him running over the chaotic crowd with a hot swish with his robe in one hand and a large envelope in the other.

"Let's let go, everyone let's let go...... The important tasks of the military aircraft cannot be delayed, and it can be stepped on in vain if you step on it......"

"Six sons... What kind of baby military plane, send me a letter, I will invite you to drink tea and listen to the drama in the evening......, "The supervisor who beat people stopped fighting, and flashed his collar and sprayed hot air out.

If you want to put it as usual, the little eunuch called Liuzi has to stop and talk to the elders, even if it is urgent, you have to leave a sentence and so on, but today is still evil, and the little eunuch doesn't bounce a.

"Hey, this grandson is too faceless today, is this to let me clean him up?" Just when he scolded, the little eunuch had already run away. In less than a quarter of an hour, I heard the thunderous roar of the prince from the study behind the rockery, "What... How could it be so ......fast?"

The eunuch in charge who beat people was so frightened that he almost committed suicide by jumping into the pool, and he looked at the maid with blood on her forehead with a frightened face, as if she had seen a ghost, "You, you, you...... Who are you, and how did the prince know you?"

Well, he thought that the prince was angry that he beat the maid. Of course, Prince Gong doesn't care about the life or death of a little maid, what he is holding in his hand now is the secret letter just sent by the Prime Minister's Yamen, and every word on it is shocking.

"French warships appeared in the waters of the Ryukyus four days ago and began shelling the port of Naha without declaring war...... It took 21 carrier pigeons to piece together the complete information from the spy flying pigeons we had planted before......"

"The French fleet consisted of ten battleships, one battleship, seven heavy cruisers, two light cruisers...... Oh, what a mess, what a waste of pen and ink...... Huh, the number of artillery pieces is more than 700?"

"The artillery battle continued that day, and the fire in Naha Castle soared into the sky, and the heavens and the earth seemed to collapse in the rumbling cannon...... At noon, two warships of the French fleet made a surprise attack on the village of Kunigami, and now that the village chief has been captured, the French have built a bridgehead for landing......"

The master with a rat beard read this information to the prince one by one, he is also a second knife, belonging to the fake Western experts in Sijiu City, he doesn't understand many professional military terms at all, and Prince Gong is also angry.

With a snap, Qinghuo Tea was slammed on the table, "I didn't call you here to let you read from the script, I want to ask you what you have analyzed? What's going on with the battleship? What's going on with the cruiser? What kind of cannon are all 700 cannons?"

"What are you rolling your eyes at, and I'm asking you...... You say that the Ryukyus can shoot at the French? What kind of artillery are they using? What the hell is Kunigami Village? What is the bridgehead?"

The rat's beard trembled for a long time, and then he squeezed out a few words: "Lord Wang, there are too few intelligence clues...... Wait, there's a small line of text at the bottom of the line, the head of the country actually blew up and sank a cruiser? A group of student soldiers captured another one?"

This time, Prince Gong completely collapsed, "Why is this so messy, just a weak country like Ryukyu can blow up and sink a French warship? and capture one, are you lying to me?"

The mouse beard rubbed his hands anxiously, "Lord Wang, that's what is written on the intelligence, there are no specific details, the carrier pigeon can drive multiple things, and more than a hundred words can be written on a silk silk...... Oh yes, my lord, there's another big harvest this time..."

"You say—" Prince Gong suddenly became excited. The mousebeard pretended to pinch his mouse's whiskers mysteriously and whispered. "Lord Wang, this information has said the identity of Xiao Letian's Ryukyu Prime Minister more than once, which can already prove that what he said before was a lie, what kind of resignation is not done, it is all nonsense to fool people, and the court wants to treat him for the crime of bullying the king......"

There was a crisp snap, and Prince Gong went up with a mouth, "Fuck you, what's the use of me asking you for this waste?You get out of here for me......" In the angry scolding, the mouse beard really fell from the study like a ball.

Prince Gong is about to go crazy, aren't you old bastard talking nonsense? The imperial court has long known that Xiao Letian is deceiving people, so many Qing Dynasty merchants and fishermen come and go back and forth in Ryukyu, can't this bit of information be detected?

But what can you do if you know? Do you turn your face with Xiao Letian? Mobilize a large army to conquer him? What are you kidding, even if you can win on land, but what about the sea? How can you fight the Ryukyus? Does the Qing Dynasty have a navy?

Not to mention Xiao Letian's previous leaflet and newsprint attacks, that big battle can scare the court stupidly, and everyone found that if Xiao Letian really went crazy with such propaganda and threw the foundation of the court out of the country, the country would collapse sooner or later.

"It's not smart, it's confused... Is this Xiao Lotian dead or alive?Why are you so difficult to deal with?" Just when the prince was grieving, there was a sudden bang, and all the doors and windows of the study were smashed open by the strong wind, which frightened Prince Gong.

There are many thunderstorms in summer, and today's surprisingly hot day indicates a heavy rainstorm in the evening, Prince Gong stood in front of the window, and his face was full of sultry heat mixed with strange cool winds, and the garden was full of eunuchs and palace maids running wildly.

Looking up at the sky, the dense clouds of black pressure pressed up like hideous demons and monsters, the sky in the distance flickered brightly and darkly, and the sound of muffled thunder had been practiced.

"Lord Wang, be careful of flashing...... The minions shut the window...... "The chief eunuch who had been violent just now laughed like a cat and mouse under the wall.

"Get out..."Prince Gong slapped this fat face aside, "Master, I want to blow the wind, can't I? Master, I want to see the rain scene, can't you?"

The fat supervisor slammed his head on the ground, "The prince is angry, the prince is angry, you dissipate the anger......"

"Fuck you, I'm most annoyed by this Xiao word today, Xiao Xiao Xiao...... The air leakage on all sides of Daqing is the ghost of this surnamed Xiao, are you dead or alive...... Can't you give me a letter?"

In the roar of Prince Gong, the raindrops of soybeans crackled and fell, and the dark cumulonimbus clouds covered the entire palace of Prince Gong, and the heavens and the earth were dark, only the wandering electric light was like a hidden dragon in the heavens and the earth.

At the same time, the Forbidden City was also raining heavily, and the dragon head in front of the Taihe Hall opened its mouth and sprayed water jets wildly, and the white waves in the Jinshui Bridge rolled as if a water monster had been opened.

There are many eunuchs and palace maids in the Forbidden City, and the yang energy here is insufficient, and in the lightning and thunder, there are those who are weak and even fainted by the fright, and many old eunuchs even kneel in the room and chant Buddha to resist the fear in their hearts.

In the palace of nourishing the heart, the little emperor of Tongzhi stood at the gate of the palace and looked at the pouring rain outside the hall with the eyes of a child, but his two mothers in the hall were already full of sadness.

"Sister, now I want to know whether Xiao Lotian is dead or alive, and I will never forget my sister's reprimand on the Beihai Sea before, but more than a month has passed, and there is no new news in the mouth......s of foreigners?

Ci'an listened to what Cixi said, and sighed, "Sister, I know that you have to deal with Xiao Letian, in fact, my sister is as ruthless as you, but governing the country is like cooking a small fresh, and there can't be the slightest omission in the early stage...... Then Europa is 108,000 miles away from the Qing Dynasty, and Tang Sanzang has never been to the realm back then..."

"I'm afraid that foreigners will lie to me... How many of those big-nosed people have good intentions? If they give false information, we will be sold and we will all be counted for money......

Ci'an is as cautious as ever, and this Daqing is someone who needs to be more cautious.

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