Rong Lu handed the post in, and the little eunuch who was guarding the door didn't dare to slack off, and immediately went in to report, who would dare to offend the red people in front of the Empress Dowager Cixi? When the little eunuch arrived at Cixi's dormitory, he saw that Cixi was asleep, so he rushed to Li Lianying's residence, which was not far away, and called Li Lianying up. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Manager Li, Lord Rong asked to see Lafayette, but the servant found that Lafayette had already slept, so he specially rushed to the Lord in charge to see what the Lord in charge would do."

"Pass him in." Li Lianying got dressed as she spoke, and rushed to the door to greet Rong Lu.

"Lord Steward, Lafayette has been sleeping peacefully for a long time!" Rong Lu handed Li Lianying a gift list as he spoke, which was the first thing Rong Lu did every time he entered the palace to see Li Lianying. Because of this, the relationship between Li Lianying and Rong Lu is also quite close.

"Yes, Lafayette is in a good mood today, so she went to bed early, I don't know what Lord Rong is doing when he enters the palace late at night?"

"Your Excellency, shall I tell you later? Can you wake up Lafayette now, and say that I have something urgent to see, and I must see you tonight. ”

"Oh well. You wait, I'll call. Li Lianying said as she walked towards the Empress Dowager Cixi's bedroom. But to Li Lianying's surprise, when he walked to Lafayette's room, the Empress Dowager Cixi had already gotten up, which made Li Lianying quite panicked.

"Lafayette, why don't you sleep well. Minions, no one is bothering you! ”

"The mourning family had a nightmare, and they dreamed that someone wanted to kill the mourning family, and they heard the footsteps on your side, so the mourning family got up." After the Empress Dowager Cixi answered Li Lianying's words, she said, "Lianying, what happened? ”

"Lafayette, Lord Rong came to Beijing late at night and said that there was something important to tell him, the footsteps just now are ours, and Lord Rong hopes to see Lafayette now."

"Then pass him in!"

Rong Lu was led by Li Lianying to the Empress Dowager Cixi's dormitory, and first asked the Empress Dowager Cixi to say goodbye.

"Rong Lu, what did you do when you entered Beijing late at night to seem so secret, you have to see the mourning family at this time."

"Lafayette, look at this." As he spoke, he handed the secret edict of Emperor Guangxu that Yuan Shikai gave him to Li Lianying, and Li Lianying then handed it to the Empress Dowager Cixi.

After reading the edict through the light, Cixi couldn't help but be furious, and stretched her face long, which looked especially terrifying under the flickering light.

This image made Rong Lu, who was kneeling below, shudder, and cold sweat broke out on his back.

"Rong Lu, who gave you this secret edict?"

"It was Yuan Shikai who gave it to the slave after returning to Tianjin." Rong Lu then recounted how Yuan Shikai gave a secret edict and how he showed his loyalty. The Empress Dowager Cixi couldn't stop nodding her head when she listened.

"Yuan Shikai still has a conscience, but why didn't he come directly to report back to the mourning family?

Instead, he went to Tianjin to find you, proving that this Yuan Shikai wanted to see how you behaved? If you show fear, he will take advantage of the opportunity; If you are calm, he will also take advantage of the situation. Hmph, this Yuan Shikai, the mourning family also has a ghost in his heart, this person must be guarded against. ”

Empress Dowager Cixi's words made Rong Lu and Li Lianying, who were on the side, a little frightened.

Lafayette's analysis is so reasonable, which is exactly the same as Rong Lu's original analysis, which is where Rong Lu was shocked.

And Li Lianying was shocked: It seems that Lafayette doesn't trust me very much, so wouldn't it be disappointing to get no benefit from telling the truth?

"Back to Lafayette, the slave doesn't think Yuan Shikai is very bad, so he has a meritorious informant!" Rong Lu interceded for Yuan Shikai.

"Moreover, the minions think that Lafayette does not reward those who are loyal to Lafayette, and I am afraid that it will chill the others." Li Lianying continued Rong Lu's words.

After listening to the words of the two, the Empress Dowager Cixi did not say anything, but said, "Let's talk about it." ”

"Lafayette, the slave thinks that since the emperor is rude to Lafayette now, Lafayette should take measures. The slave thought that Lafayette should come again to 'listen to the government'. Rong Lu kowtowed to the Empress Dowager Cixi as he spoke.

The slave thinks that Lord Rong is right. Galeries Lafayette, at this point in time, you can't hesitate any longer. Li Lianying said on the side. As far as Li Lianying is concerned, he has long been dissatisfied with the change, and he has said bad things about Emperor Guangxu and the change to Lafayette more than once.

The Empress Dowager Cixi did not have an excited expression, and after listening to the words of Rong and Li, she said softly:

"The emperor is too unreasonable, he actually wants to do this to the mourning family?"

"Lafayette, the slave is simply losing his conscience when he sees the emperor doing this, if it weren't for Lafayette, you have a good heart for a while, can his emperor sit in this position today? Now that I am the emperor, I want to be ungrateful again and put you up Lafayette. The emperor is simply too unreasonable! Li Lianying pretended to be angry.

When the Empress Dowager Cixi was talking to Li Lianying, she stared at him while constantly looking at the sandalwood table by the window. Li Lianying understood what Lafayette meant, and after he finished speaking, he walked to the table and saw a piece of folding on it, Li Lianying picked it up and handed it to the Empress Dowager Cixi.

"Ronglu, look at this recital." The Empress Dowager Cixi said and handed it to Rong Lu.

Rong Lu took it and took a general look, and knew that this was Yang Chongyi, that is, the official who participated in the Wenting style during the reform of the law, he was Li Hongzhang's in-law, and he and Zhang Zhongxin jointly joined forces.

In fact, Rong Lu knew it without looking at it, because these two had asked Rong Lu's opinion before going on this fold. Now that Lafayette has handed him this fold, it proves that Lafayette has this heart.

"Lafayette, the slave thinks that Yang and Zhang are adapting to the current situation. The emperor has made a mess of the country, and the people are not living well, can you bear to let the country fall into the hands of these people who have no talent to govern the country?

Galeries Lafayette I was wise and governed the country well, and now only you can turn things around. Lafayette, the slave once again asks you to come out to train the government, or the country is hopeless, and the nation is hopeless. ”

Rong Lu couldn't help crying after speaking, as if he was afraid that the Empress Dowager Cixi would not come out to discipline the government.

"Okay, okay, don't cry, the mourning family comes out to discipline the government."

"Lafayette, this is a blessing from the Qing Dynasty! The minions have thanked you on behalf of the entire court officials. After Rong Lu finished speaking, he kowtowed a few more times.

"Lafayette, what do you think the emperor should do?" Li Lianying felt that this question should be asked, so he cautiously said to the Empress Dowager Cixi.

"Well,......, tomorrow you will bring someone to bring him to Yingtai, right? And they put him there. ”

"Lafayette, do you need to draw up an edict? If needed, the minion will go back to the draft. Rong Lu asked for instructions on the side.

The Empress Dowager Cixi thought for a while and said, "Okay, you go back to ****** first to discuss it before making a decision." The Empress Dowager Cixi paused for a moment, as if she remembered something, "Have you come to Beijing to lead the army this time?" The mourning family is afraid that there will not be enough guards in the palace tomorrow. ”

"Back to Lafayette, the slave has ordered Yuan Shikai to rush to the capital with a thousand men and horses tomorrow morning."

"That's it. You go down first, and tomorrow morning when you go to court, you will bring the edict to the mourning family, and you will be busy with this matter! ”

"Yes, Galeries Lafayette." After Rong Lu asked the Empress Dowager Cixi for peace, he withdrew from the Summer Palace and went directly to King Qing's residence.

In the Forbidden City, Emperor Guangxu did not sleep well. He thought that the current situation was becoming more and more unfavorable, and the Empress Dowager's attitude towards him was becoming more and more estranged, and Emperor Guangxu's heart was at a loss, as if a night walker in the dark did not know where to go next.

Emperor Guangxu thought about these questions, tossed and turned on the bed, and it was not until the second watch that he had a faint feeling of sleep.

Just as he was trying to fall asleep, he seemed to feel someone by the window handing something inside, and he wanted to call but he didn't, because the man had turned away.

Guangxu listened to the direction in which the man was going, but to his disappointment, the man did not seem to have passed through the garden.

Emperor Guangxu turned over and got up, found a piece of clothing to put on, and came to the window to see what was handed in. He could see through the faint light outside the window that it was a piece of paper, a thin piece of paper.

He brought the piece of paper to the bedside and lit the candle. By the candlelight, Emperor Guangxu saw the words on it clearly: "Yuan Shikai has betrayed you, you should flee quickly!" This look almost made Emperor Guangxu faint.

Since Yuan Shikai was summoned on the third day of the eighth month, Emperor Guangxu has been waiting anxiously for Yuan Shikai's news, but he waited for this news. Emperor Guangxu didn't want to believe his eyes, so he looked at it carefully, but he still saw those words.

Guangxu wanted to find out who gave the news, so he turned over the piece of paper and found that it read, "Please believe what I say, as for who I am, you don't have to ask." Don't look for it, I'm a person who calls the world home. ”

Only then did Emperor Guangxu believe that Yuan Shikai had betrayed him and completely betrayed him. Emperor Guangxu couldn't help but feel sad for a while, sad for himself, sad for the country, and sad for Kang Youwei and others.

I changed the law for more than 100 days, but in the end, I ended up like this. When Emperor Guangxu thought of this, tears couldn't help but fall.

Suddenly, he remembered Concubine Zhen, his only confidant, the only person who could understand him. Emperor Guangxu felt that he should go to see Concubine Zhen, and there was an intuition telling him:

He may never see her again in his life, if he doesn't go now. Emperor Guangxu no longer hesitated, he got dressed, took the piece of paper, and went out of the door and walked towards Jingren Palace.

Walking on the road, Emperor Guangxu couldn't help but feel a chill, and he wrapped his clothes tightly. Looking at the high walls on both sides of the road, he felt a sense of depression, a strong sense of depression.

He seemed to feel that the Empress Dowager Cixi was laughing proudly in the wall, and two hands were slowly stretching out to kill him.

Emperor Guangxu was so frightened that he ran quickly, but the hideous face and those two hands of the Empress Dowager Cixi were still hovering in his mind, and he couldn't leave for a long time.

He seemed to feel that he was caught by the Empress Dowager Cixi and was about to be thrown into Kunming Lake, and Concubine Zhen was also arrested and sent to the cold palace. (To be continued.) )