After listening to Kou Liancai's words, the Empress Dowager Cixi only snorted. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info She didn't like Emperor Guangxu in the first place, but now someone said good things for him in front of her, so the Empress Dowager Cixi immediately spoke again, and her voice was a little stern.

"Bold slave, the mourning family sent you to serve the emperor, you didn't serve well, but you came to ask the mourning family to investigate the eunuchs who did not perform their duties in detail, what use did I send you, the chief eunuch!"

When Kou Liancai heard this, he muttered in his heart: Can I control those eunuchs? They acted in front of your queen mother, did misdeeds, and were rude to the emperor, but you came to scold me.

The more Kou Liancai thought about it, the more angry he became, and he wanted to say two sentences to the Queen Mother, if he angered the Queen Mother, he would only die at most, but he had already put his life and death out of the equation.

Just as he was about to speak, a cool breeze blew, which cleared Kou Liancai's mind a lot, and he immediately realized:

It's not a pity to die himself, but who will take care of the emperor after he dies? He can't leave the emperor alone, and the emperor still needs his care. Thinking of this, he hurriedly kowtowed to the Empress Dowager Cixi, and at the same time forcibly took back the words that came to his mouth.

"It's a slave, no, the slave must take good care of the emperor when he goes back."

The Queen Mother saw Kou Liancai kowtowing vigorously, so her already small anger calmed down, not to mention that she was having a good time. She muttered for a while and said:

"You just do your part, don't meddle in your affairs, take good care of the emperor, go down."

"Yes, Queen Mother."

Thinking of all this, two tears finally fell. He was afraid that the emperor would see it, so he quickly wiped away his tears with the back of his hand.

He saw that the emperor was still pacing back and forth, as if he did not see him, so he called out cautiously:

"Your Majesty, you have to cherish your body, don't be tired of state affairs."

Kou Liancai's words were speculation, and he didn't want to say it.

Because Guangxu was scolded by the Queen Mother in the past, he always sat there sullenly when he came back, instead of pacing back and forth, so he guessed that the emperor had encountered something difficult.

Emperor Guangxu finally stopped, raised his head to look at Kou Liancai, then turned his eyes to look at the quiet garden outside the window, and said to Kou Liancai with sadness:

"Liancai", this is Emperor Guangxu's name for Kou Liancai in the palace, just like the Empress Dowager Cixi called Li Lianying. "Do you think I'm too weak?"

Kou Liancai didn't know what the emperor meant by asking, so he replied: "Why does the emperor think so? ”

If you were replaced by another person, you would never dare to ask the emperor such a rhetorical question.

It's just that Emperor Guangxu has been taken care of by Kou Liancai since he was a child, so Emperor Guangxu has extremely deep feelings for Kou Liancai, and he has never regarded Kou Liancai as his slave, so the relationship between their master and servant is quite close, and it can be said that there is nothing to talk about.

Emperor Guangxu glanced at Kou Liancai and continued:

"I feel sorry for my ancestors, and I can't live for the people. Since the British invaded the Qing Dynasty, various countries have followed suit, resulting in frequent crises. Li Hongzhang followed Japan's example to implement Westernization, I hoped that Li Hongzhang's move could save the doom of our Qing Dynasty, I didn't want the First Sino-Japanese War, my Qing Dynasty suffered a fiasco, and had to cut the land for peace, so that I had to cede the land of my ancestors to Japan, I did something sorry for my ancestors! ”

Kou Liancai wanted to comfort the emperor with two words, but was stopped by the emperor with gestures, and Emperor Guangxu then said:

"Since Germany forcibly leased Jiaozhou Bay last year, foreigners have also asked for the lease of territory, and if this situation continues, the fate of our Qing Dynasty will be suspended. If I don't try to be strong anymore, I'm afraid that I will really become a sinner for the ages of the Qing Dynasty. I'm troubled now, just because I can't find a way to be strong, Liancai, can you think of a way for me? ”

After speaking, Emperor Guangxu looked at Kou Liancai with an expectant eye.

"Your Majesty, the servants see that the ministers of the court and the central government are satisfied with the power in their hands and do not want to forge ahead, not to mention that changing the law may endanger their interests." Kou Liancai paused, glanced at the emperor, and saw that the emperor was listening to his words, and there was a look of approval on his face.

So he continued, "The slave thinks that Lafayette is on his side, but I am afraid that Li Lianying will try his best to encourage Lafayette to obstruct the change of law." ”

When Emperor Guangxu heard this, his heart trembled, although he himself knew very well that the Queen Mother would obstruct Tu Qiang's matter, but when he heard Kou Liancai say it, he couldn't help but be shocked.

Yes, Emperor Guangxu himself is not unclear, although Lafayette nominally returned to his Guangxu, and also solemnly moved to the Summer Palace to spend his old age, but what is the actual situation?

Lafayette's move to the Summer Palace actually moved the entire imperial court to the Summer Palace.

Lafayette seems to be very satisfied with her current life, riding dragon boats around in the lotus bushes on Kunming Lake all day long, taking all the eunuchs, mainly Li and Cui, to walk around Kunming Lake, watching plays and painting in the Summer Palace, looking at it and being contented.

But this is just an illusion, in the Summer Palace still maintained the etiquette in the palace, the Guangxu Emperor did not dare to make decisions when encountering major events, and often had to endure the long road from the Forbidden City to the Summer Palace to take a sedan chair to see Lafayette, the most obvious is that Lafayette will always regularly meet with the princes and ministers of the court.

All this, anyone with a little brain can see that although Lafayette is in the Summer Palace, she still controls the government, she is still the first person in the Qing Dynasty, and the relationship between her and Emperor Guangxu is that of mother and son.

Emperor Guangxu himself also had a deep understanding of this.

Guangxu, the young son of heaven, is now in his youth and strong blood, he wants to do something and do a great career, but he is subject to Lafayette everywhere, so he is very distressed and wants to get rid of Lafayette's control.

But it backfired, the more Emperor Guangxu wanted to jump out of the palm of Lafayette, the tighter Lafayette's control over him, therefore, there was a sharp contradiction between Emperor Guangxu and Lafayette.

Emperor Guangxu became more and more dissatisfied with Lafayette.

When Emperor Guangxu saw Kou Liancai mention this, he couldn't help but sigh on his back, showing a painful face. Eunuch Kou saw it in his eyes and felt pain in his heart.

He wanted to comfort the emperor a few words, but he didn't know where to speak, and at this moment, a little eunuch rushed in.

When Kou Liancai saw it, he hurriedly took two steps forward and stopped the little eunuch at the door, and asked lightly, "What's so flustered?" ”。

"Lord Weng asked to see him, saying that he had something to discuss with the emperor."

Kou Liancai turned his face to look at the back of the emperor facing the window, and did not say a word, he knew that he should be silent.

Emperor Guangxu didn't seem to hear it, he still looked out the window in a daze, it seemed that Kou Liancai couldn't speak anymore, so he walked up to the emperor lightly and whispered:

"Your Majesty, Lord Weng asks to see you." (To be continued.) )