In the palace prepared by Taiyuan Mansion, Cixi lived comfortably and happily; The meal offered by Taiyuan Mansion, Cixi ate delicious and was even happier. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Emperor Guangxu still didn't ask about anything, as if the country was not his at all. He seems to have forgotten that his surname is Aisin Jueluo, and that he is a descendant of Nurhachi.

When he was walking on the road, he saw the fleeing people, and he thought that he was the king of the country and should be responsible to the people, but now he was also fleeing, and the people's lives must be even more miserable.

Thinking of this, he wanted to run away from this team and leave the emperor's position, but he was naturally cowardly and did not have that much courage. So I am constantly fighting against my own thoughts.

As soon as he saw Cixi, his mind was confused, he didn't know what to do, he didn't know what to say, he just blindly remained silent.

After entering Taiyuan, the Empress Dowager Cixi resumed her old habits in the palace.

Officials from all over the world are summoned every day to discuss the current situation. Whenever Chen was summoned, he was gentle and gentle, and the officials were allowed to speak at will. Sometimes when asked about the people's sufferings and local pros and cons, they must get to the bottom of it and never tire of it.

One day, she was talking to Xu Handu, the prefect of Taiyuan, when Li Lianying hurriedly entered and whispered a few words in her ear. She was silent for a while, and said to Xu Handu: "You go down, serve the emperor well, and you will have benefits in the future." ”

Xu Handu went out with a thousand thanks.

"Where is Ronglu?" Cixi asked Li Lianying.

"Rongzhongtang has arrived outside Taiyuan City."

"When he entered the city, let him come to me."

"Yes." Li Lianying responded and walked out.

"Rong Lu, you are still a loyal minister, and you have come so far away." As she spoke, the Empress Dowager Cixi sobbed softly again.

"For the safety of the country, Rong Lu is smeared with liver and brain, and he will not give up. Ask Lafayette to take care of himself. Rong Lu replied without humility or arrogance.

"The foreigners invaded, the country became like this, and the Jingshi was also occupied by foreigners, how should you live our lives?" The Empress Dowager Cixi showed a pitiful expression on her face.

Rong Lu has always been honest and straightforward, and said bluntly: "In the opinion of Weichen, there is only one way to go." That is, it is necessary to kill the king of Duanjun and other princes and ministers who help Yihequan, and then they must return to Beijing, and it is not a matter of always wandering outside, and they must have a long-term residence. ”

The Empress Dowager Cixi didn't squeak for a long time, so Rong Lu knelt on the ground and waited silently. Li Lianying hurriedly leaned into Cixi's ear and said, "Lafayette, Rongzhongtang has had a hard journey, let him go back and rest!" It's time for you old man to rest, too! ”

Only then did Cixi come to her senses and say, "Go down and rest!" Rong Lu kowtowed and retreated.

There is one question that has been plaguing the Empress Dowager Cixi these days, and that is the question of where to go now. Should you go back to Beijing as Rong Lu said, or if you don't go back, where should you go if you don't go back?

Do you stay in Taiyuan and don't leave, or as Zhang Zhidong said, "move the capital to Dangyang, Hubei", or go to Xi'an?

The Empress Dowager Cixi summoned so many ministers and held several meetings of military aircraft, and only this one issue was discussed. And there are many different opinions, each with its own merits and pros and cons, and it is really difficult to come to a consistent conclusion.

Just when the Empress Dowager Cixi was thinking about it left and right and it was difficult to decide, the Eight-Nation Alliance helped her. On this day, the Queen Mother was pondering, and Li Lian suddenly sang outside the door: "Rongzhongtang has arrived!" Breaking Cixi's contemplation.

Rong Lu entered the door, saluted, and said in a heavy tone:

"Lafayette, news has just come from Shijiazhuang that the German-French alliance is marching westward and has now entered Guguan Town, east of Jin; It was also rumored that the German-French coalition army attacked Xuanhua from the northwest, and the situation in Taiyuan was critical. This sudden news shocked the Empress Dowager Cixi into her eyes wide and her mouth open.

At this time, Guangxu suddenly broke in from outside the house and shouted at the Empress Dowager Cixi: "Dear father, let's run away, the foreign soldiers are here again." "I don't know where he got the news. After Guangxu finished speaking, he fell at Cixi's feet.

Cixi looked at the pitiful appearance of Emperor Guangxu, sneered, and asked, "Ronglu, what do you think?" ”

It was only then that Emperor Guangxu found Rong Lu beside him, bowed his head and knelt, then turned around and pulled Rong Lu's sleeve and said, "Rong Zhongtang save me!" Rong Zhongtang save me! "Emperor......" Empress Dowager Cixi only shouted "Emperor" and was speechless.

"The emperor can rest assured, protecting the holy car is the duty of the minister, and the minister is ten thousand deaths, and he must also keep the holy car safe." Rong Lu lowered his head and replied.

Emperor Guangxu seemed to understand Rong Lu's words and smiled at him. Li Lianying helped him to a chair next to the Empress Dowager Cixi. Emperor Guangxu sat down in relief, innocently like a child.

The Empress Dowager Cixi didn't look at the emperor, staring at Rong Lu, waiting for his answer.

"In the opinion of Weichen, Taiyuan is tight at the moment, and there is indeed a danger in returning to Luanjing, so it is better to go to Shaanxi temporarily and 'patrol' Xi'an Mansion. After the agreement was reached, the Jingshiyi people retreated and returned to Luan. I wonder what Galeries Lafayette thinks? ”

"That's all there is to it."

After intense preparations, the holy car is about to set off again. Everything is ready, and there is only one thing that the Empress Dowager Cixi can't rest assured, and that is the negotiation of the Jingshi.

I don't know how Yixuan and Li Hongzhang did it, and they have not been able to reach an agreement with foreigners; I don't know how these foreigners did it, occupying other people's capitals, killing people from other countries, plundering other countries' property, and why they were so tough on the issue of peace negotiations, and they did not give in at all.

This made the Empress Dowager Cixi very anxious. Li Lianying saw that her master was unhappy and knew that she had something on her mind, so she came up.

"Lafayette, don't worry, you old man, you have to negotiate peace slowly, it's not a matter of urgency. Slaves, look, the foreigners are messing around in our Qing Dynasty, not for anything else, but for our land, trying to rob us of our money.

What are you afraid of, Lafayette, no matter who is hungry, you will not be hungry Lafayette. Foreigners want us to give him some land, we want our gold and silver, give him some, anyway, we are in the Qing Dynasty, there are so many of these things, why bother with those red-haired ghosts? ”

The Empress Dowager Cixi thought about it again and again, and said, "This is also a way out of the way. Lianying, your name is Rong Lu. ”

After a while, Rong Lu came. Cixi discussed with Rong Lu again, and then asked Rong Lu to call Li Hongzhang of Jingshi to explain what he meant.

On the eighth day of the eighth month of the twenty-sixth year of Guangxu, the Empress Dowager Cixi took her Li Lianying, her emperor, and her retinue with her. She left a will to "measure the material resources of China and form a friendship with the country" and fled to Xi'an.

After staying in Taiyuan for more than a month, the two palaces have been going south from here. In addition to the Eight Banners Army, there were also escorts from Shaanxi, Gansu, Sichuan, and other places, and the momentum was much longer than before. The brigade of people and horses hugged each other, opened the road in the mountains, and built bridges in the water, and it was not smooth to march. (To be continued.) )