Since the Beihai border, Ci'an officially sacrificed his killer weapon, after the emperor's secret decree, the political atmosphere in the Forbidden City suddenly changed, and Cixi's arrogance was pressed to the bottom.

In fact, Cixi is not unaware of the shadow of the secret decree, in the intricate power struggle within the palace, many secrets cannot be hidden, as long as you pay attention, anyone can inquire about something.

But the secret thing, hidden and blowing like a gust of wind, is not very frightening, it only makes people feel mysterious. But once the secret is made public, everyone can feel the irresistible strong pressure, don't look at Cixi's arrogance, under the sword of the emperor's secret decree, she doesn't even dare to let go of a fart.

Although Emperor Xianfeng is already lying in the coffin, the secret decree in his hand is the name of righteousness, that is, the monarch and the minister.

You Zeng Guofan is a courtier promoted by Xianfeng, and people like Li Hongzhang, Zuo Zongtang, and Weng Tongyi are even better, and even Prince Gong is Xianfeng's younger brother.

In the minds of these people, Emperor Xianfeng is the first person they are loyal to, which is the truth of monarchs and ministers, fathers and sons instilled in Confucianism for thousands of years.

When there was a coup d'état in Xinyou, Cixi, Ci'an, and Prince Gong all stood together and became a faction against the eight ministers of Gu Ming. At that time, these three people represented Zhengshuo, because they were closest to the imperial power, and they were closer to the eight ministers of Gu Ming anyway.

It is precisely because of this that the local governors and Han ministers chose to be neutral and even directly help Ci'an Cixi to carry out the palace change. In fact, it was not the ministers who pledged their allegiance to Cixi at that time, and to be honest, Cixi did not give much benefit at that time.

The courtiers were actually loyal to the imperial power, especially the Han ministers, who were very good at judging the shape of the form, and who was closest to the imperial power would naturally choose whom.

And today, five years have passed since the Xinyou coup, Cixi looks like her power is growing, but it is still not enough to see compared with Ci'an, not to mention the status gap between the East and West Palaces, just Chong Xianfeng's secret decree, Cixi has been doomed.

With this secret decree, Ci'an could justifiably mobilize the power of the Manchu and Han ministers to strangle Cixi, and to put it mildly, if Ci'an ordered Zeng Guofan to lead troops into the side of the Qing monarch in Beijing, as long as the secret was in hand, the Manchu civil and military would not be able to say anything.

This is what Cixi fears the most, this little woman has never been given imperial power, unless...... Unless she can kill Ci'an and blackmail her son to order the princes.

Today, on this evening of lightning and thunder, Cixi once again felt the shame on the shore of the North Sea, that day Ci'an saved Ermao in front of 10,000 people, and even did not hesitate to expose the killer feature of the secret decree.

Terrible woman, hateful woman, don't you just occupy a righteous name? In terms of beauty, talent, and wit, I am weaker than you, and even my belly is more angry than you, you steer who does not lay eggs.

Cixi smiled on her face, but the viciousness in her stomach was not vented, and only when she saw her son's back could his eyes show a trace of tenderness.

The little emperor of Tongzhi looked at the rain scene outside the hall very childishly, and the small back was Cixi's backer.

"The emperor is coming into the palace, the summer sun has been basking for a day and the rainstorm is suddenly pouring is the time when the yin and yang are not in harmony, be careful of the heat......"

Cixi's words, Emperor Tongzhi was too lazy to listen, he didn't turn his head back or pay attention to his mother, and even sat on the threshold with his ass. Ci'an in the back sighed and shook her head, she knew that Cixi had used her own flesh and blood to demonstrate again, and she had seen too many such scenes.

At this moment, suddenly there was a flash of light overhead, and a lightning light split the sky, which was the brightest lightning in the whole rainstorm, and the little emperor stood up excitedly at a glance.

"What a bright bolt of lightning, is this the power of the electric mother?or is the hidden dragon appearing?" Before the little emperor could finish speaking, a small figure suddenly walked from the emperor's side, and it seemed that he was only half a head taller than the emperor.

The figure quickly reached out and covered the emperor's ears and whispered, "Your Majesty, be careful, it's going to thunder..."

"Ermao, you are so bold...... Cixi recognized it at a glance, this is the Ermao she hates the most, more than a month ago, it was because she wanted to arrest him that she and Ci'an were stiff, and her face was folded on him.

This dog slave actually dared to lean on the emperor's side, and this group of people who were waiting didn't want to live? But before Cixi could scream angrily, just as she was halfway through her words, a thunderbolt suddenly sounded in the sky.

Thundered...... The thunder was so loud that all the doors and windows were buzzing and trembling, and the hall was full of echoes, and Cixi and Ci'an were so frightened that they almost fell off the soft couch.

Several palace maids and eunuchs actually fainted in front of their eyes, the yin qi of this Forbidden City is too heavy, and everyone is not brave enough.

Cixi stretched out her hand to point at Ermao froze, her face was pale and bloodless, and she forgot the second half of the sentence she wanted to scold Ermao.

This muffled thunder is really rare in the past few years, and even Qin Tianjian has recorded it in a rich way.

Thanks to Emperor Tongzhi's ears for Ermao to cover in advance, this made the little emperor not scared to pee, but in this way, Emperor Tongzhi's little face was also a little pale.

"Ermao, Ermao, you are really a god? How do you know that there will be thunder soon? How do you know that the thunder is so loud? Wait...... Your face is as usual, why aren't you afraid?"

Emperor Tongzhi asked well, Ermao really didn't have the same fright as other eunuchs, his face was pale and he almost fainted. Ermao let go of his hands and smiled slightly, "The slave is a rootless person, and he can't enter the ancestral grave if he dies without being a human or a ghost...... What do I have to be afraid of a minion? The power of this heaven and earth is nothing more than a broken bone, in fact, it is no different from an old dead bed, so I am not afraid of a minion..."

Emperor Tongzhi blinked, his eyes thoughtful, "Then why do you know that thunder is about to strike?"

"Your Majesty, this is Gewu... It's what the Europa call physics...... In fact, when there is thunder in the sky, sound and electric light appear at the same time, but because the speed of sound and light is different, after a distance of tens of thousands of miles, there will be a front and a back......"

"Dianguang is a Scud, just like the Shenxing Taibao, he is the first to run into the world, so that our eyes can see first...... And the sound is much slower in comparison, and it is always slow before it comes to the world and penetrates into our ears......"

"So we usually see lightning first and then hear thunder, just like just now, such a big lightning must be accompanied by a big thunder... The minion was afraid of frightening His Majesty, so he covered His Majesty's ears in advance......"

Now the people around him understand why the little emperor likes Ermao so much, this is simply a volunteer science promoter, modern European scientific knowledge has become an easy-to-understand story in Ermao's mouth, and the palace maids around him are stunned.

If it weren't for Ermao's young age, there would really be a large number of beautiful palace maids who would have eaten with him.

The loudest thunder passed, and the cumulonimbus cloud seemed to have released its explosive power, and the thunder behind was much less, only the heavy rain was still pouring.

It was only at this time that Cixi and Ci'an recovered from the shock, Cixi jumped down from the soft couch and pointed at Ermao's nose and began to scold: "Bold dog minion, spare your life, don't you say go to your kennel and wait for death, you still dare to appear here to bewitch the emperor? Take those two devils' deceitful nonsense and get out of here quickly......"

Cixi is really a little out of shape, this scolding is a bit of a shrew's posture of scolding the street, where is there still half a point of the country's mother spirit, Ci'an shook his head slightly when he heard it.

Ermao stood in front of the Queen Mother and respectfully knelt down and bowed, "Queen Mother, how dare a slave bewitch the Son ......of Heaven? It's like the sun rises in the east and sets in the west, whether people believe it or not, he is just repeating it day and day, and no one can change it, what about you......?

The first half of Ermao's sentence is quite respectful, but the second half of the sentence is too annoying, Cixi who is stuffed with this soft nail is about to vomit blood, if Ermao is not still a little useful, he would have made an order a long time ago.

Ci'an was also a little overwhelmed at this time, "Ermao, although you are not very old, but you are also an understanding person, what can you live on until now? Don't say any nonsense about the emperor's grace, do you still have the emperor's grace in your heart? Keeping you is nothing more than the court doesn't want to turn against Xiao Letian, this last bit of face, you have to save it for your master..."

Ermao knocked his head on the ground, and said neither humbly nor arrogantly, "Queen Mother Lafayette, what the slave is going to talk about today is Xiao Letian's matter, since there are no outsiders in this hall, the slave will be outspoken......"

"I think the Queen Mother has received the latest information on the Ryukyus today...... Don't be angry, this Sijiu City can't keep secrets, how fast the mouths of the Eight Banners masters, I think you understand better than me, master......"

"Now that the French fleet has begun to bomb the Ryukyus, and Xiao Letian is still uncertain about his life and death, it seems that there are already many people in the court who are tempted, and of course it is a pleasure to beat the water dogs......"

"But the slave has something to say in the front, the words of this foreigner are best listened to by the court, not only because of the difficulty of communication in the sea and the frontier, but also because the European countries have different minds, if you ask the enemy wrong, I am afraid that the result will be different......"

Ci'an and Cixi sat up straight when they heard what Ermao said, "It's okay, in this rainy weather, there is nothing to relieve the boredom of the mourning family, so let's listen to your Arabian Nights..."

Ermao smiled and said a word, and the entire Heart Cultivation Hall was silent.

"If there is not too much error in time, I think Xiao Lotian should now participate in the war in Europe, the battle of life and death between Prussia and Austria, how can Xiao Lotian not go......?

"He went to Europe for one purpose, and that was to kill people... Kill more foreign devils..."

Thundered...... There was another explosion of thunder outside the hall, and the faces of everyone in the hall turned white with fright.

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