There are only two major events at hand, one is the negotiation with Japan. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 On the fourth day of the first month of August, Japan's special envoy Okubo Ritsu held face-to-face negotiations with Prince Gong, Fumisho and others at the Prime Minister's Yamen, and first debated the meridian boundary of "Fanji".

Okubo Ritsu's purpose was to "prove" Taiwan's "birth" that it was not under China's jurisdiction, and of course Prince Gong and Wenxiang could not agree, so they debated it repeatedly and dragged on for half a month.

The second major event is the celebration of the 40th birthday of the Empress Dowager Cixi, and this major event is related to the first major event.

Prince Gong and others all knew that the Empress Dowager Cixi couldn't help but look forward to her heart, in order to make her birthday happy, she should negotiate with Japan and conclude it as soon as possible, but this meaning must not be revealed, otherwise it can be used as a lever for the opponent to peek into the truth and truth.

At Okubo Ritsu, I was also anxious to conclude negotiations. Because seeing that China has used the power of "lion fighting" in this major dispute, on the one hand, it sent Shen Baozhen to lead troops into Taiwan, overhaul combat readiness, and did not hesitate to use force to maneuver;

On the one hand, Li Hongzhang had frequent contacts with the US and French envoys in Tianjin, striving for diplomatic assistance.

Originally, it was a matter of their own grievances, but it was delayed for a long time, and it was difficult to ride a tiger, and it was really fought, and there was no certainty of victory, so it was better to see the wind and sail and close the tent as soon as possible, and there was more or less advantage to take advantage of.

Therefore, Okubo Ritsu, on the surface, was tough, but secretly asked the British minister Wittoma to mediate, at this time, Shen Baozhen made a twist, saying that "although the Japanese preparation has increased, the Japanese feelings are gradually timid, and he does not know how to think about retreating, and rumors are spreading, hoping that I will be intimidated by it and accommodate and seek profit." If I enter into the other, I will have to go one step at a time, but I will gather my forces thickly, and there will be no gap, and I will go away from them. Gu Kuan's claim to be the fault of the past has been enough for the Ming court's overstepping grace, if it is wanton demanding, he is willing to adhere to the fixed opinion, and refuse it. ”

Both King Gong and Wen Xiang felt that his words were reasonable, so when Wei Tuma relayed the conditions of the Japanese side and demanded compensation of 3 million yuan for the military expenses, Wen Xiang replied very simply:

"Don't give a single penny!"

Although the mediation broke down, Prince Gong secretly played the emperor, saying that the negotiation would definitely succeed. Hearing this, the emperor was happy to put the matter aside, inspected the three seas, patrolled the Nanyuan, stationed in the siege, watched the drills of the Shenji battalion, and watched the former ministers of the emperor and the guards of the Qianqing Gate shoot, and did not return to the palace until the beginning of September.

On the day of returning to the palace, when the little nobleman was waiting for the emperor to bathe, he found that there were many spots on his arms, shoulders and backs, etc., and their color was pale red, as bright as roses, and he unconsciously lost his voice and shouted:

"Huh!"

"What's wrong?" The Emperor asked.

This is something that you don't have to hide, you don't dare to hide, and you can't hide it. "Long live the lord," replied the little nobleman, "wait for the slave to take the mirror and ask the long live lord to see it for himself." ”

The little nobleman took a big mirror, knelt down and lifted it up, and the emperor noticed the strangeness on his body, "What is this?" He was quite panicked, "Quickly pass Li Deli!" ”

After passing the imperial doctor Li Deli to come, he undressed and examined, but he couldn't see anything wrong? Ask the emperor: "Is the emperor itchy?" ”

"It's not itchy at all."

If it doesn't itch, it will be bad, but Li Deli's words are just the opposite, "It doesn't matter if it's not itchy." He said, "The minister gave the emperor a medicine to clear the fire and eliminate the poison, and ate it." ”

"What do you call eating and watching?"

"If you can get rid of the red spots, you'll be fine."

The emperor was quite dissatisfied with this, "Can't get rid of it? He snapped.

Because Li Deli often sees the emperor and knows his temper, he quickly knelt down and said, "The minister must let the red spots disappear." Your Majesty, please rest assured! After taking this medicine, Chen Ming'er will bring someone else to ask the emperor for a pulse. ”

So Li Deli opened a prescription, but the understatement of honeysuckle and the like, on the surface, seems to be milder than scabies, but secretly he is very nervous, as if he is pregnant with a ghost fetus, he doesn't dare to say it, he can't say it.

I still don't dare to say it, it has nothing to do with me, and when I say it, it becomes right and wrong, and I wait to see the situation, and when I have a certainty, I will consider the severity and deal with it with the camera.

After a few days of this, he was summoned again. This time I met in the Xinuan Pavilion of the Heart Cultivation Palace, the emperor was idle, and when he saw Li Deli, he said: "Your medicine is very spiritual, the red spots on my body have all disappeared, look at it, what other conditioning medicine do you want to take?" ”

Then he undressed majestically and asked Li Deli to examine it carefully, and sure enough, the red spots disappeared, and the skin was light and smooth.

Li Deli congratulated the emperor and said: "The emperor is in good health." You don't need to take any toning medicine. ”

When he resigned from the palace, he was followed by a eunuch to deliver the decree, rewarding two small rolls of Ning silk and a mink hat brim.

Li Deli thanked him and developed a reward, and his colleagues came to congratulate him, and he also smiled and entertained, perfunctory for a while, and left a famous imperial doctor named Zhang Benren who saw surgery.

"I'm thinking about a skin disease with you." Li Deli said: "On the shoulders, back, and shoulders, large and small red spots, some are round, some are waist-shaped, and they are not itchy, what is that?" ”

"It's hard to say." Zhang Benren asked: "Do you want to drum or not?" ”

"No drums." Li Deli made a gesture of stroking, "I touched it, it's flat." ”

"Are they connected?"

"No, no. One is one. ”

"That's not good!" Zhang Benren shook his head, "It's 'bayberry'!" ”

Although he cared about it, Li Deli's heart still sank suddenly, and he calmly asked again: "How long will it take for this bayberry rash to get rid of?" ”

"If you don't have an accurate child, it will be a few months if it is slow, and a few days if it is fast."

"It's broken!" Li Deli collapsed on the chair in a daze, unable to make a sound for a long time.

"What's going on?" Zhang Benren leaned over and asked quietly, "Is it Bielor?" ”

"It's not! It doesn't matter if it's him. ”

"And ......?" Zhang Benren said with great difficulty: "Could it be ......? ”

Two and a half sentences, you can imagine who he guessed? Li Deli nodded slowly.

"Is there such a thing?" Zhang Benren shook his head, "Dare to love because you are wrong, right?" ”

"I read that right. Unless you're not right. Li Deli repented again, "I was wrong!" I should have recommended you to see it. ”

"Yes!" Zhang Benren bowed to the ground, "Uncle Li, let's talk ahead, if you want to recommend me, you have to treat me." ”

Li Deli was puzzled, rolled his eyes and asked, "What kind of burden?" ”

"It's a disease that can't be cured! To tell you the truth, you have to lose your head, how can you do it if you don't take care of it? ”

"I know, you say, how do you want me to treat you?"

"It's still you who governs, I'll help you see how to treat it, I'll make an idea, you make an idea."

Li Deli didn't make a sound, and it took a long time before he asked, "When will it happen again?" ”

"It's not necessarily, maybe a few months, maybe a few years, maybe a lifetime."

"Thank God, I hope it's gone, don't send it for the rest of your life!"

"Even if you don't have it for the rest of your life, the prince who will be born in the future will have fetal poison."

Zhang Benren sighed gloomily: "I see that the qi of the Qing Dynasty is almost there." ”

Li Deli didn't have such far-reaching worries, he was only thinking about the present, whether he wanted to report this "imperial disease" that had not existed since ancient times, and if so, who should he talk to? (To be continued.) )