Guan Zhuofan was silent.

In the Xinuan Pavilion of the Heart Cultivation Palace, except for him and Ci'an, there is no third person, but in the Ming Hall outside the door and in the courtyard outside the window, there are many eunuchs who are busy, speaking in a low voice, and it should be inaudible outside, but here, it is not a place to discuss this issue.

In fact, is there a second answer to this question?

Now, Cixi's belly is already very big, no matter how serious the little emperor's condition is, and even if there is something to do, she will never come back before giving birth.

So, what difference does it make to tell her, or not to tell her?

What's more, if Cixi knows the news, but can't rush back to Beijing, then she can only be anxious and angry, and the most taboo thing about her body is this, in case, because of this-

However, the son is seriously ill, but he does not know about it to his mother—not to mention, this son, is the emperor, and this mother, is the Queen Mother—how can he say the past?

After a while, Guan Zhuofan said calmly: "This matter ...... Only relying on the queen mother's mother and the queen mother to make decisions is arbitrary, and it is not something that her subordinates dare to discuss. ”

"Well, that's what you're talking about." Ci'an pondered the words and said cautiously, "I think that my sister going to Tianjin to pray for the blessing of the first emperor is a great merit, and you must not give up halfway, otherwise, don't say that the first emperor is below...... is the emperor, as a ...... The Son of Man is also troubled. ”

After a pause, he continued: "Tell my sister about this, if she comes back, the matter of praying for the first emperor will be considered to be abandoned halfway; Don't come back, it's so far away. I'm in a hurry. 'Meditation and prayer' or something. No matter what, I can't talk about it! In short, just tell her that this great merit is - alas, if that is so, why make it difficult for her? ”

Guan Zhuofan glanced at Ci'an in surprise: She had actually thought about this matter a long time ago, and she had thought about it very thoroughly. This high-sounding rhetoric is made up by yourself, but that's it!

In his heart, an indescribable situation arose.

"Yes, Queen Mother Queen Mother Shengming."

"Besides," said Ci'an, "my sister is not a doctor, so she will come back, too-"

After a pause, he said, "So." It's better not to tell her about this for the time being. ”

"The Queen Mother...... Shengming. ”

"Wait until they come. I'll tell them about it. ”

"They" refers to the relatives and military aircraft who were edicted to enter the palace to "knock for joy" for the emperor.

Guan Zhuofan's heart was like knocking over a five-flavor bottle.

This woman is really ...... Alas!

Also, where is she stupid?

In a sense, she can be regarded as one of the smartest women in the world!

He couldn't articulate his current feelings: gratitude? Ashamed? Guilty? Confused? ……

"Yes."

He couldn't say anything more than the word "yes".

People come and go outside the door and the hall, which contrasts with the surprisingly quiet in the Xinuan Pavilion.

"That's right," Ci'an suddenly remembered something and broke the silence, "Last time, Liufu Jin entered the palace to greet her, and I heard her say that during these days, the sixth master has been living in Biyun Temple in Xiangshan, eating fasting and reciting Buddha, and the eunuch who passed the decree will not be in the air when he arrives at Fengxiang Hutong, right?" ”

"Probably not, I heard that Prince Gong had returned to the city yesterday."

"Ah, this, what a coincidence......"

In fact, this is not a "coincidence".

Guan Zhuofan glanced at the big chiming bell placed in the corner, and said: "Back to the Queen Mother, the hour is almost up, and the relatives and military planes who live close to you are about to arrive, minister...... Go to the military aircraft and wait for them. ”

"Huh? Oh yes, yes, there you go. ”

The first one to arrive was King Gong, he met with Guan Zhuofan, and he didn't say anything, just grabbed Guan Zhuofan's two hands with both hands and shook them vigorously.

The second one to arrive was King Zhong, who was obviously frightened, with a dazed expression on his delicate face.

In the military aircraft department, although there are two elder brothers, King Gong and Guan Zhuofan, but on this occasion, he can't say hello, he looked at King Gong and Guan Zhuofan, silently sighed, found a stool in the corner, sat down, and said nothing.

Soon, Prince Rui Renshou, Prince Zhuang Yiren, Prince Yi Zaedun, Prince Zheng Chengzhi, Prince Li Shiduo, Prince Yu Benge, and Prince Horqin Boyan Nemo Xu, all arrived, and the four big military planes, Wen Xiang, Cao Yuying, Xu Gengshen, and Guo Songtao also arrived.

The room was crowded with people, the lights were dim, and people whispered to each other, and the atmosphere was very oppressive.

The last one to arrive was the King of Alcohol, and as soon as he entered the door, he said in a loud voice, "Wow! What's going on! ”

King Gong glared at him and said, "What are you yelling about? What do you mean by 'this thing'? It's a 'happy event'! ”

The Alcohol King immediately shut up.

However, everyone knows that this is not a real "happy event", and it is really difficult to put on an expression for a group of relatives and nobles. In the house, everyone felt that the expressions on other people's faces were strange and ugly, but they didn't know that their own expressions were also strange and ugly in the eyes of others.

In particular, Prince Yi Zaidun, Prince Zheng Chengzhi, Prince Li Shiduo, and Prince Yu Benge are four.

Some of these four are "families of sins", such as Prince Yi Zaidun and Prince Zheng Chengzhi; Some are young and have not experienced any big scenes and storms, such as Prince Shiduo and Prince Yu. None of them had any decent positions, nor had they ever done any decent errands, and they had always been separated from the political center, and other people, before entering the palace, most of them knew what was going on from the eunuchs who passed the decree, but the four of them knew nothing - no one had to talk to them, and they themselves did not dare to ask.

However, after the palace gate is under the key, summoning the foreign ministers, there is no example, it must be a big thing, so he will do this! I don't know if this "big thing" is out of the palace or on my own body? If it was on me - just thinking about it would make me almost faint!

Therefore, he held his heart tightly, trembled slightly, and entered the palace.

As soon as I entered the palace, my eyes widened, and the palace was actually lit up with lights - what was the situation?

What's the happy event?

That's not right!

Everyone I saw—the officials on duty, the eunuchs, and Sula—the expressions on everyone's faces were like dead old men.

Only then did I know that the emperor had "smallpox".

Sure enough, it's a "big thing"!

Although, this incident is not from himself, but the horror is inexplicable, and there is no need to say it.

"Now that everyone has arrived," Guan Zhuofan said, "Second brother, sixth brother, let's 'please get up'!" ”

"Second brother" refers to Prince Zhuang Yiren, he is the second, he is older than King Gong, and among the relatives and nobles seated, the seniority is the most respectable.

Yiren nodded.

"Just ask the second brother to take the lead, and the sixth brother will be the second......"

Yiren hurriedly shook his hand: "Yixuan, this can't be helped, this should be ...... by you."

There was a pause, "Or the sixth ......"

King Gong interrupted him: "Second brother, the order of Yixuan's row is right - this is 'knocking joy', not the court to discuss politics, if you are not there, I will naturally take the lead - don't push it around!" ”

"Huh? Ah, good, good......"

So, King Zhuang took the lead, King Gong followed, a large room of people went out of the military plane one by one, entered the left door of the inner one, walked along the long street of the west, turned left into Zunyi Gate, and then turned right into the door of raising the heart, and entered the palace of the heart of the heart.

The location of "knocking" is naturally not the West Warm Pavilion, but the East Warm Pavilion, which is usually discussed and discussed.

As soon as I entered the Ming Palace, I looked up and saw that in the mist, it was actually a statue of a treasure elephant solemn - willow eyebrows and cherry lips, which was actually a goddess. The older ones know what this trick is; The young ones can't help but widen their eyes again, where is this sacred? This...... Which one is it singing again?

In the East Warm Pavilion, there are standing and kneeling, messing up a large room of people, in the candlelight flickering, there is an uneven sound of "knocking joy to the queen mother" and "knocking joy to the emperor", one after another.

This scene gave Guan Zhuofan a rather unreal feeling, as if this was a stage and an absurd drama was being staged.

China really can't afford not to change and can't change.

But isn't he taking advantage of this absurdity to his own best interests?

Alas.

*(To be continued.) )