Ahem, ahem! The sound of coughing sounded in the palace, and the gathering place of the eunuchs was full of sick names lying in the room, and for a while even the normal maintenance of the palace came to a halt.

Guangxu had just returned from the military aircraft department, and the fact that Yuan Tengfei's forces in the south had occupied Jiangxi and Fujian provinces and began to attack the southern part of Hunan and Zhejiang provinces had already given him a headache and felt that the country was extremely difficult.

More than a month ago, the assassination incident that occurred on the official road from the capital to the Summer Palace finally made the bad woman finally hang up. Guangxu was in a very good mood and had a smile all day long, even if he was almost hit by an assassin's bullet, because he finally held the power that he had been looking forward to for more than twenty years.

After years of captivity, he has matured, and he is no longer the young man who forcibly pushed for change. Yinghai's troubled career over the years made him know that the emperor was not the one who held the most power, and the decrees he issued could only play a role if they were implemented by officials.

Therefore, in the face of Yuan Tengfei's rebellion this time, or the largest rebellion since the Hongyang Rebellion, Guangxu was not as impatient as the reform of the law, but handed over the matter to the ministers to deal with, but listening to the latest trends every day is an action that cannot be moved.

"Tea, I want tea." Guangxu, who was sitting on the mahogany chair, rubbed his temples and said loudly. But he waited a while, and the expected hot tea was not delivered to him. The eunuch Wang, who was guarding Guangxu's side, found that there was no boiling water in the upper study, so he went to the imperial kitchen to turn on the water.

"Man, where is the death? I don't even have boiling water ready, it's really unbelievable! He roared loudly, his anger a little cathartic, and his mood was a little better.

Eunuch Wang, who went to the kitchen, returned to the upper study with a pale face. He was followed by a small eunuch.

The little eunuch who hurried in from outside the door was covered in sweat. Knelt on the ground and kowtowed a few times. He said in a trembling manner: "I beg the emperor to calm his anger, the imperial kitchen has arranged for someone to boil water, and hot water will be delivered soon." ”

Guangxu was already in a very bad mood, seeing that Yuan Rei's power in the south was getting bigger and bigger, and there was a lot of fire in the nest. At this time, even the eunuchs in the palace dared to be lazy, and the depression broke out at once, and threw the teacup in his hand on the head of the little eunuch, and the head was broken and bleeding.

"You minions are damned. I can't do a little thing, drag him down and hit the thirty boards! ”

"Spare your life, Your Majesty!" The little eunuch's face turned pale all of a sudden, and his mouth kept howling, but he was still dragged down by the guards.

Whew, whew, although he treated the little eunuch, Guangxu was still quite excited, and the words in his mouth kept spraying like a machine gun: "What's going on with you?" Don't you even have hot water in the study? Don't you want to stay in the palace anymore? ”

Eunuch Wang hung his head and accepted all of Guangxu's reprimands. The two eyes kept on the bright yellow dragon robe on his body.

It was only after seeing that Guangxu's chest was not rising and falling too violently that the eunuch Wang said, "Your Majesty." I heard that the eunuchs who went out to buy were all sick, and many people who lived close to them were also infected, and the palace was suddenly short of manpower. According to the imperial doctor, it is very likely that a plague broke out in the palace. ”

When Guangxu heard this, he kept shaking his head to express disbelief: "What! Outbreak of the plague? That's impossible. Although there was a plague in the capital, it never reached the palace. You must have lied to me, didn't you? ”

"Your Majesty, the little ones don't dare to lie." The eunuch fell to his knees with a puff, "Please also ask Your Majesty to remove those eunuchs infected with the plague from the palace, otherwise it is likely to spread to other people." ”

Guangxu still didn't believe it, after all, when there was no plague in the capital, there was a plague in the palace. If this spreads, the world will be in an uproar, and the royal prestige will shrink into something! Or he intellectually knew that what the eunuch said was reasonable, but emotionally he couldn't accept that such a thing happened in the palace.

Eunuch Wang begged three or four more times, and Guangxu finally nodded: "You go and do this, move all those sick eunuchs to a secluded palace, and strictly guard them and don't let anyone come out." ”

"Yes! Emperor. Eunuch Wang left in a hurry.

Guangxu's mood became more and more depressed, his chest seemed to be blocked with a pound of cotton, and it was difficult to breathe. In the past, when Cixi was still there, she made decisions about everything, and now after enjoying the taste of power, one problem after another also followed.

"If that old woman is still around, what kind of measures will she take against the Southern rebels and the plague in the palace?" Guangxu got up from his chair and walked to the door with heavy steps, wanting to see the scenery outside.

The palace looks grand and oppressive, but if you think about it, you know that living in it is not a comfortable thing. In order to prevent the Assassins from infiltrating, there were no woods in the palace, which made it hot like a steamer in summer and cold in winter. Otherwise, why did the emperors of the Qing Dynasty like to live in the Old Summer Palace and Summer Palace in the suburbs?

In fact, when it comes to the plague, the best option is to leave. But Guangxu was assassinated once last time, and the shadow in his heart has not dissipated much, and he does not dare to leave the palace.

Guangxu, who was standing by the gate, looked out and saw the figure of the eunuch Wang more than a hundred meters in front. After taking a closer look, he found that the eunuch Wang was driving a group of eunuchs who were walking and procrastinating to the west, and it seemed that they were doing what he was told.

"Not bad! Sure enough, he is a capable man. Guangxu nodded in his heart, he was very satisfied with this eunuch who had been by his side since he was a child, and was ready to promote him to the next step and take over Li Lianying's position.

The next moment, he suddenly saw a staggering sick eunuch lying on the ground, unknown to him. And there was more than one such situation, and then four eunuchs fell, which really startled him.

"This, this plague is so powerful?" Guangxu had only seen the word plague in books and chapters before, and what was no one for a hundred miles, chickens and dogs were not left behind, etc., were just adjectives on paper, and he never thought that the attack would be so scary.

After the death of five people, even the palace guards around the royal eunuch quickly escaped, and they no longer dared to approach those sick eunuchs.

Eunuch Wang urged several times to no avail, and then he walked towards Guangxu.

Guangxu screamed as if he saw a ghost: "Don't get close to me! Stop, the guards stopped him for me. ”

The guards guarding the door cowered and stepped forward, but they did not dare to continue approaching thirty meters away from the eunuch Wang. Fortunately, Eunuch Wang stopped by himself, forty meters away from Guangxu.

"Your Majesty, the plague can't be controlled, please move to the Summer Palace! Only bring healthy people, and those who have been in contact with sick people are not brought. Eunuch Wang knelt on the ground and shouted loudly.

Seeing that Eunuch Wang was no longer approaching, Guangxu breathed a sigh of relief, and suddenly felt that there was something wrong with his actions just now and hurriedly remedied: "I know your loyalty, so I will do as you say." ”

After witnessing it with his own eyes, Guangxu no longer wanted to stay in this plague-ridden palace, and even forgot about the last assassination. (To be continued.) )