The Empress Dowager's team returned to Ning Province to the east, first along Chang'an Avenue to the east, and then turned north, heading to the Grandmaster's Mansion in Chaoyang Gate. A bright yellow sedan chair in the middle is Cixi's imperial sedan chair, Guan Zhuofan rode a horse and slowly walked behind the side of the sedan chair.

Guan Zhuofan thought to herself, she chose to live in August 14, of course, because this is the day closest to the Mid-Autumn Festival, which can be regarded as a festival with her mother's family. Tomorrow, the real Mid-Autumn Festival will have to be celebrated in the palace, and as the queen mother, most of them will have to preside over some ceremonies.

After the Mid-Autumn Festival, it's time for me to go. He looked at these familiar streets in the capital, and was a little reluctant for a while, thinking in his heart that it was still the foreigners of Wall and Forrest, who were free and easy, accustomed to wandering, and did not feel lonely when they were away from home.

Wall and Forrestal, after the first edict was issued, set off for Shanghai. For not being able to let them have a good Mid-Autumn Festival, Guan Zhuofan felt a little sorry at first.

"Wall, old man, I'm sorry. This year's Mid-Autumn Festival, I'm afraid you have to pass on the road. He looked at Wall, remembered Yang Ying, and added: "When I go back to Shanghai, I can't help but say sorry to my sister-in-law for me." ”

"It doesn't matter, we're all used to it, and besides, it's just the Mid-Autumn Festival." Wall and Forrest both laughed, "Yixuan, we are waiting for you in Shanghai, I hope you can come back soon." Although you have commanded everything, if you were not in charge, everyone's faith would not be so strong. ”

"Well," Guan Zhuofan nodded, "Don't forget the sentence I asked you to bring back." ”

"Boss, don't worry, how can you forget?" Forrest cleared his throat. Gesturing to the point. "Gold is everywhere in the gold mountains. You can kick a piece on the road, at least this big, so high. ”

"Haha," Guan Zhuofan was amused by his demeanor and tone, "Okay, good, just like the truth." ”

"Yixuan, seriously. I really admire you. Wall said with emotion, "The prophecy you said at the beginning was too accurate. ”

"What prophecy?"

"Don't you remember? That time, I took a new breech gun and went to the Yamen of the Domain to find you......"

Oh, Guan Zhuofan remembered. That time, with the arrival of 6,000 breech guns, Wall came to demonstrate himself the maneuvers from aiming to firing, praising him as Yoyuki, and asking in confusion, "What kind of chicken am I?" ”

"At that time I suggested that the whole army be armed with breech guns, you told me. Naturally, someone will come and change our guns in the future. "I asked who it was. You say it's Americans! ”

"Seems to be the case." Guan Zhuofan said with a smile.

"Did you know at that time that we were going to the United States now?" Wall looked at him with admiration.

"There are blind cats who meet dead mice." Guan Zhuofan shrugged his shoulders, "Why take it too seriously." ”

Wall shook his head, still incredulous, but he didn't chase after it.

Guan Zhuofan immediately remembered Wall's demeanor, and thought it was really interesting, and suddenly heard the sound of drums in front of him, and Fang Jiayuan had arrived.

He funded a lot of silver to Zhaoxiang, and the grandfather's mansion at this moment has really taken on a new look, and he has also bought the two courtyards next to it and connected them together, which is much more magnificent than the original. The imperial sedan chair was carried into the second door, and Cixi slowly got off the sedan chair, and the two elder brothers, Zhaoxiang and Guixiang, kowtowed at the door, stood and bowed to serve. The female dependents inside were brought by King Fujin to ask the Queen Mother for peace.

According to the rules, the old lady in Andehaikou, Cixi's mother-in-law, also wanted to salute her, but Cixi refused, and when she saw her mother, she immediately hugged her, and helped the old lady into the house with her sister like a filial daughter.

"Alas, it's not easy for you to come back this time." As she spoke, the old lady wiped away her tears.

"Mother, look at you, I'm not back." Cixi smiled, and inevitably defended herself, "I wanted to come back a long time ago, but the past few years have been difficult, and I have to worry about big and small things, so I haven't been able to leave." ”

From here on, the mother and I will start a sentence.

The place where Guan Zhuofan stood was in the second gate, and in the inside, he was served by the eunuchs and palace maids. I stood like this for half a morning, and I didn't see Cixi again, only saw the occasional eunuch and palace maid at the door of the main house. When I was bored, I thought to myself, this kind of decency is not interesting, Lao Tzu has many big things to do, but he is standing guard here. It's just a matter of standing guard and sentry, and you can't even get a glimpse of the beauty, why didn't the queen mother's sister come out and show her face? I don't know if Grandpa's wife is good-looking......

As if God had fulfilled people's wishes, he was still thinking like this, and he saw the curtain of the main house move, and a palace maid carried it, allowing King Fujin to come out. When she saw Guan Zhuofan, she smiled slightly, turned her head and walked towards a house in the west, followed by two palace maids.

Guan Zhuofan thought to himself, although the appearance of King Fujin is slightly inferior to Cixi, but it can be regarded as a beauty.

This is another pair of sister flowers, but this time, Cixi is the elder sister.

Thinking about it, it's really emotional, this pair of sisters, who were trapped in the boat in Qinghe County, called the sky and the earth to be ineffective, and finally relied on the three hundred taels of silver sent by Wu Tang by mistake to be able to return to Beijing with their mother.

But speaking of which, Wu Tang is really a solid person, if he changes himself, he will never give away the silver and leave - such a beautiful pair of sister flowers, and they are not deeply involved in the world, how can they let it go gently? must go on the boat every day, shush the cold and ask for warmth, it must have touched their hearts. If that's the case, it won't be the turn of the emperor and his brothers to pamper them.

That's right! Guan Zhuofan suddenly remembered an interesting question - is my sister called Xingzhen or Yulan? This is a topic that has been debated in later historiography circles. If you can ask clearly, go back to the afterlife, and write a last paper, wouldn't you be able to become famous?

But on second thought, at this time, a woman's nickname is unwilling to say. Even the name of Bai Shuangshuang in the family relied on herself to make a fuss on her chest, so she was so scared that she had to say it. This...... Can you still touch the queen mother's chest?

Well, it's not like I haven't touched it...... The last time she died in Ruyizhou, she touched and pinched, but she didn't say anything, and she didn't dare to shout out loud. But at that time, she was only Concubine Yi, but now she is already the queen mother, and when she returned to the left wing and entered the palace to meet her, she had already made it clear that she was not allowed to touch it again......

He was thinking nonsense here, but King Fujin had already returned from the house in Dongshou, no longer looked at him, and went into the inner room of the main house, looked at Cixi who was talking to the old lady, and said with a smile: "Queen Mother, let's eat first?" ”

"Well, wait a little longer, you call Zhaoxiang and Guixiang in for me, I have something to say."

"Yes." Alcohol King Fujin squatted slightly, stood up and said with a smile: "By the way, that Guan Zhuofan, isn't he going to the United States?" I saw him at Ermen Station. ”

"Well," Cixi nodded slightly, "I specially asked him to come, I have a few words to ask him, it is inconvenient to say in the palace." ”

"Oh." Speaking of business, King Fujin didn't quite understand, turned around and went out, ordered a eunuch, and called the two elder brothers in.

The purpose of calling in is to give an account. The two elder brothers are not successful, the eldest brother Zhaoxiang is also a minister of loose rank, but he never goes to work on time, and the second brother Guixiang is idle at home every day and smokes a lot. But these two, and their hearts are higher than the sky, they took this opportunity today to fool their mother into interceding for them, wanting to get an official to go out and make some money.

In their minds, there is a sister of the queen mother who is in power, such a request does not seem to be too much, thinking about the Empress Lu and Wu Zetian back then, which one is not the Dafeng descendant?

Cixi refused to do such a thing—since she knew that these two brothers were useless, she was more and more reluctant to let the outside people look down on her.

"Zhaoxiang, you have a third-class duke, and you also have the status of a minister of scattered ranks, and you have to let others see your people on weekdays! As it is now, how can I talk to the sixth master? "It's a good day to save relatives, and the tone can't be too harsh, but the meaning of the words has to be explained, "Also, the second child, you have a few pounds and two, don't you know yourself?" Open your mouth is 'come to a domain', and you have to specify that you don't go to Jiangsu and Guangdong, why should you? In the future, you two are not allowed to talk to me about these things with your mother! ”

When the two brothers withdrew from it in a gloomy manner, Guan Zhuofan saw it, and guessed most of it in his heart, knowing that he was not begging for the lottery. After waiting for a while, I saw that there was food inside, and Guan Zhuofan himself, who was also replaced by the guards on shift, was with Zhaoxiang, and had a hurried meal before coming back to continue his shift.

After waiting for a while, I finally saw Cixi being surrounded by a large group of eunuchs and palace maids and sent to the house in Dongshou. He suddenly realized in his heart that it was a specially opened house for the Queen Mother to rest for lunch.

This break lasted until three o'clock in the afternoon. Just when Guan Zhuofan was pondering whether it was time to drive back to the palace, he saw An Dehai walking over.

"There is a purpose", An Dehai stood up and said, "I will see Guan Zhuofan." ”

*(To be continued......)