The Emperor felt a rare kind of friendship.

Therefore, the emperor and Zai Cheng are together, often have the desire to win, and sometimes they have to take into account the distinction between monarchs and ministers, so it is difficult to always be harmonious and speak freely.

Unlike the queen, the emperor thinks that "Miss Zhuangyuan" is naturally a talented woman, and it doesn't matter if she loses to her academically, and no outsiders have heard about it, so there is no need to feel ashamed.

Of course, the empress was very well educated, very cautious in her speech, and never hurt the emperor's self-esteem, but only the camera enlightened and made statements casually, and if the emperor was silent and did not answer, she also saw the opportunity and often never mentioned it.

And when she encounters a topic that the emperor is interested in, even if she can't answer, she must listen attentively, so that the emperor can talk about it vigorously.

Thinking of the Empress Dowager Cixi, thinking of Concubine Hui, and then thinking of the Empress, if she lived in Chengqian Palace on this day, she might be summoned to Changchun Palace tomorrow to listen to some words he didn't like to hear, and the queen would have a good face for at least three or five days.

Thinking of the Empress Dowager Cixi's cold face towards the empress, the emperor felt a chill on his back.

Back in the Qianqing Palace, the emperor was like two worlds.

On a good night, how many years of husband and wife in the world have been dependent on each other, pity and love, and they are the Son of Heaven, but they must endure such cold and desolate loneliness, how can they be willing?

No money! For the Ministry of Internal Affairs, it was depressing news, but things were not desperate, Beijing could not do it, and there was still a way to think outside Beijing.

Mingshan and the others originally had a plan, all the rich provinces had to be repaid, but it was just the second step, and they couldn't help but use it in advance.

Therefore, Ming Shan still entered the palace and asked the emperor to authorize the Ministry of Internal Affairs to write to the provinces of Lianghu, Liangguang, Sichuan, and Zhejiang, and purchase 3,000 large pieces of wood such as nanmu, cypress, and Chen Huangsong.

On this day, the emperor ordered to drive out of the palace, and brought a group of young relatives and nobles who "walked in front of the emperor", and officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs inspected the Old Summer Palace very carefully.

During the inspection, it was the emperor's words, the decoration here should be ingenious, the stairs there should be hidden and not exposed, and the officials of the internal affairs office who obeyed them all solemnly expressed "obeying the order".

But when it came time to summon him, it was all the words of the four men who knelt before the emperor.

Speaking of money, the total amount of donations is less than 300,000 yuan, the hard decoration everywhere, carved with rosewood or red sandalwood, a hall called a groove, a total of 52 grooves, to the Guangdong Customs "pass on" two-thirds, the remaining one-third of the small pieces, in Beijing to attract investment to undertake.

In addition, the wood plants, all provinces cited reasons, saying that "if you dare not prevaricate, it is really difficult to get in the way". Where does the estimated cost of millions of silver come from?

The more the emperor listened, the more upset he became, and finally he could only order: "You can do it, that money can be used, as long as you talk to the yamen, I will definitely follow it." ”

The emperor is young and not experienced enough, Mingshan and others are worried, and find that this matter is quite reckless, and it is very difficult to continue, but it is already difficult to ride a tiger! So several parishioners gathered powerful officials and quietly gathered to plan a way to deal with it.

"It's on the head, I can't say it's not counted, only hard top!" Guibao, the superintendent of the gardener, had a desperate idea in his heart, hoping to make the gardener bigger, and when it was impossible to end, he could move the Empress Dowager Cixi out and preside over the plan, so he strongly advocated it.

He said: "The wedding the year before last, at the beginning, it was not also difficult, this one cried poor, that one refused to give money, and when it came, it was still vigorous and lively!" ”

Chonglun was more steady, shook his head and said: "The big wedding is a big wedding, and there are six masters and Baozhongtang presiding over there, and the governors of the provinces have to buy face for whatever they say." Now, these two masters ??????"

He made a six, seven, gesture, meaning King Gong and King Alcohol, "We're all waiting to see the excitement, let's not make a bad ending!" ”

This is tantamount to not saying it, if the yamen can make sense, why bother?

After the three ministers and one official of the Ministry of Internal Affairs returned to the city, they hurriedly convened a meeting and carefully estimated the expenses of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Industry for routine repairs every year, and listed all the funds that could be used, but only 200,000 taels of silver, which was to no avail.

Only try to use it first on the "Heaven and Earth Family Spring" that the Empress Dowager Cixi often inquires about the progress.

At this time, there was a mess in Shenwumen, the emperor was lucky to be in a small service, and when he returned at dusk, a horse pulling the cart was frightened somehow, and galloped into the palace from Shenwumen, until Jingyun Gate, only to be stopped by the guards guarding the palace gate.

This incident was reported as news, and the emperor's absurd behavior spread to the public.

Li Hongzao couldn't bear it anymore, and decided to make a direct admonition, and made a knee-deep Chen, because the system was critical, after all, he couldn't speak freely, so he personally made a secret fold and handed it to the emperor in person.

Li Hongzao and the emperor are the friendship of teachers and students, and in the past thirteen years, except for the three years of the mother's funeral system, there is almost no day. So what the emperor's temperament is, only he knows best.

External and internal rigid, good face, heavy feelings, temperament and extremely smart, the way of persuasion, only the camera opens, or takes color and sings, secretly metaphors.

What he heard were many rumors, the most bizarre of which was that the emperor had appeared in Shaanxi Lane, in the area of Hanjiatan, where there was the famous "Eight Great Hutongs", how could it be the place where the Son of Heaven could stay?

Therefore, Li Hongzao said that he could not believe anything. However, I was puzzled, so I had to ask someone for advice.

This person is Rong Lu, who is a close friend of Li Hongzao, he was transferred from the Ministry of Works to the left waiter of the Ministry of Households, and is also in charge of the "Three Libraries", but he has always been a member of the "General" under Prince Alcohol, and he is responsible for protecting the Beijing Division.

"There's such a thing." Rong Lu had no scruples about Li Hongzao, and told him bluntly, "Not only to the eight major alleys, but also to the three places where there are indiscriminate." ”

Li Hongzao was shocked, and his words were unspeakable: "Then, what kind of place is that?" ”

Rong Lu hesitated and didn't answer, because Li Hongzao didn't know those places, he couldn't explain it, and he really couldn't bear to speak! After thinking about it, he replied, "You just asked!" ”

Li Hongzao's heart was like a knife, sitting there, silent for a long time, and under the agitation of thoughts, he squeezed out a sentence: "Why did you run to those places?" ”

"You can't keep visiting the Bada Hutongs!" Rong Lu replied: "The world of the Kuo Uncle of the Internal Affairs Office there has been an errand in the inner court, and they all know it, what should I do if I bump into it?" ”

"Have you met before?" (To be continued.) )