Due to the multi-party military escort, Luang drove fast at a high speed. The pen %fun %pavilion www.biquge.info travels at least seventy or eighty miles every day. Starting from Taiyuan, a short distance to the south, arriving at Houma Town, Gangyi Gangzhongtang died of illness due to his advanced age, saddle horse fatigue, and illness.

The Empress Dowager Cixi was saddened by the loss of this loyal minister and sighed. was finally persuaded by Li Lianying. The brigade continued southward and arrived at Fenglingdu on the bank of the Yellow River more than ten days later.

Fenglingdu is a famous crossing of the Yellow River since ancient times. After walking for so many days, I finally saw the Yellow River, and everyone was happy. The Empress Dowager Cixi also saw the Yellow River for the first time, and suddenly the idea of sacrificing the river sprouted.

Lifted the sedan curtain and said to Li Lianying: "Little Lizi, prepare incense and candles, and the mourning family wants to worship the Yellow River." ”

Li Lianying answered and went to prepare. Cixi pulled up the curtain and walked out of the sedan chair. The civil and military officials, the prince Baylor, the concubines, the palace maids and the troops of all parties, saw the queen mother out of the sedan chair, they got off the horse and left the sedan chair, knelt together in the local area, and shouted "Long live, long live, long live".

Although Cixi was often worshipped in the palace, she had never seen such a pampered occasion, so this scene made her overwhelmed for a while, but she was not a mortal after all, and immediately reacted and motioned for everyone to get up.

The grand spectacle disappeared in a moment, and the procession temporarily regained its calm.

Li Lianying stood next to the Empress Dowager Cixi with incense and candles, and the Empress Dowager Cixi looked back at him and said, "Lianying, let's go!" Li Lianying followed the Empress Dowager Cixi forward. A group of ministers finally understood the Queen Mother's intentions, and they all followed behind the Queen Mother, moving forward silently, and all of them followed the Queen Mother to the east.

Another grand scene was formed.

The Empress Dowager Cixi found that everyone was following her, stopped, smiled at everyone, and waved her hand again, signaling everyone not to follow. The whole team stopped like this, but everyone's posture did not change, they all stood facing east, watching Li Lianying accompany the Queen Mother to the east in the distance.

The Empress Dowager Cixi and Li Lianying left the brigade and went east, up to a Gaoshi bag, and looked at the Yellow River in the east, as if full of passion.

"That's it!" Empress Dowager Cixi said. Li Lianying hurriedly set up an incense case. Everything was ready to stop, Cixi and Li Lianying both knelt down.

Of course, Li Lianying did not kneel side by side with Cixi, but knelt behind Cixi. The brigade in the distance saw the two figures on the high ground in the distance kneeling, and they also knelt down.

The Empress Dowager Cixi closed her eyes tightly, and she recited the words in her mouth: "May God bless me with the eternal beauty of the Qing Dynasty, and may my mothers and sons have a safe journey." ”

Li Lianying also had words in her mouth: "May Lafayette live forever." ”

The crowd in the distance saw the Empress Dowager Cixi and Li Lianying standing up, so they kowtowed three times to the east and stood up. After the Empress Dowager Cixi finished sacrificing to the river god, with the support of Li Lianying, she slowly walked towards the team.

Due to the severe drought for many years, the water flow of the Yellow River is not wide, and it flows through the Loess Plateau, so its water is all yellow and turbid mud. The entire Yellow River is like a huge yellow dragon, rushing eastward.

A group of palace concubines had never seen the Yellow River before, but they saw it today, pointing and pointing, and there was a sound of talk and laughter.

I had already received the news of the arrival of the Holy Driver, and a large number of ferries had gathered at Fengling Ferry, and most of them were very large ferries. Due to the large number of men and horses, it took several times to cross, so the whole team was divided into several parts, and crossed the Yellow River in batches and teams.

After crossing the Yellow River, the brigade drove westward and drove straight into Shaanxi from Tongguan. Along the way, all the loess paved roads, the water is sprinkled and swept, the magistrates greet and send off, the hospitality is very rich, and the guests are like ceremonies.

On this day, the brigade will enter the boundary of Huayin County.

From Huayin County to the west, a few days to reach Weinan County. Further west, is Lintong, fifty or sixty miles west of Lintong, is the ancient capital of Xi'an.

So, when Luan first arrived in Xijing, he lived in the governor's yamen. The main hall of the palace was originally the place where the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu lived when he inspected Shaanxi, but now it is useless and has to be vacant.

The side halls on both sides of the main hall are prepared as waiting places for summoned personnel. At the back of the main hall, there is a wide house with a door consisting of six panels, usually only two in the middle, and the throne can be seen from the outside and inside. The interior is decorated with yellow satin.

During the period of Xi'an, all the court ceremonies were held here. A room on the left side of this room is the place where the Queen Mother summons her ministers and deliberates every day. Behind this row of houses are the bedrooms of the queen mother, the emperor, and the queen.

In the middle is Cixi's bedroom, and the emperor and empress live in a small house next to it, which is connected to the queen mother's bedroom. There are three other small houses in the west, which are the bedrooms of the eldest brother. Li Lianying lived in a small house on the east side of Empress Dowager Cixi's bedroom.

All arrangements were in order, and the Empress Dowager Cixi began to discuss meritorious deeds.

Cen Chunxuan, the secretary of the Gansu domain, was very appreciated by the Empress Dowager Cixi because of his meritorious escort, and was promoted to the governor of Shaanxi. Cen Chunxuan has been promoted, since he is the official of Shaanxi Province, he will inevitably do everything in the Three Qins to please Lafayette.

The Empress Dowager Cixi is now stable, with Li Lianying waiting inside, and Cen Chunxuan protecting her outside, so that she can relax and no longer have to be afraid, so her old man sighed from the bottom of her heart, "It's time to take a breath!" ”

The emperor arrived in Xi'an on the fourth day of the ninth month of the 26th year of Guangxu. At this point, the Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu ended their panicked escape experience and put on the posture of their masters.

In Xi'an Xinggong, although the living conditions are not as good as those of Jingshi, in general, it is reasonable; It's not as luxurious as in the palace, but it can't be said to be inelegant and quiet. Therefore, the queen mother and the emperor, who had experienced the hardships of fleeing, did not show dissatisfaction.

After this period of repair and maintenance, Emperor Guangxu's physical condition has improved, and his spirit has improved a lot, although he still thinks about Concubine Zhen and is still cold to the queen, but the light in his eyes is no longer scattered, and his attitude towards the Empress Dowager Cixi has improved greatly.

When the Empress Dowager Cixi saw the sick Guangxu, she couldn't help but feel compassion, and she didn't treat him as fiercely as before, and sometimes coaxed him to say a few words of homely words. Such a day is comfortable enough for the Empress Dowager Cixi.

But as the saying goes, a good time doesn't last long. The news came from Jingshi. It is said that foreign devils rushed into the Summer Palace, did mischief in the garden, threw the throne of the Queen Mother into Kunming Lake, and painted many unsightly obscene paintings in Cixi's bedroom.

This Summer Palace is the work of Lafayette all his life, all of Lafayette's family is in it, foreign devils dare to break in, and desecrate Lafayette's bedroom, this is worth it! But at this time, the capital is still in the hands of foreigners, let alone the Summer Palace.

Therefore, if you want to return to Beijing, you must first withdraw from the foreigners, and if you want to return to the foreigners, you must negotiate peace with them and agree to their conditions. (To be continued.) )