Chapter Seventy-One: The Pressure Is Great
Ci'an was stunned: "You, what did you say?" β
Although Cixi's voice was soft, she said word by word: "I said, 'Back to the emperor, the concubines are willing to live in Tianjin, retreat, and pray for the emperor!'" ββ
Ci'an said in a trembling voice: "This, how can this be made? You, you ......"
"You" twice, I don't know what to say, I froze.
Cixi smiled slightly bitterly: "Sister, to tell you the truth, I don't know, this ...... Is it my heart? But he who is in a hurry to talk ...... Say it! β
After a pause, his voice was full of bitterness: "Now that the words have come out, are they ...... Can I still take it back? β
"No, no, no!" Ci'an was a little incoherent, "Thinking about the day and dreaming at night, it may not be ...... Well, I mean, what you say in your dreams may not be able to do......"
A word "quasi", no matter what, cannot be spoken.
A thought popped up in her mind: in the past two days, her complexion has not been very good-no wonder!
Cixi sighed and said, "Sister, I've thought about it carefully, no one can say for sure about ghosts and gods, is my dream really 'him' dream, or is it just that I have thoughts day and night?" I...... It's hard to say. But what if? I mean, in case...... Is it really his 'dream'? β
Ci'an opened his mouth, unable to say anything.
"If it was really him 'dreaming', I agreed to 'him', but I regretted it, this, after a hundred years, how can I see 'him' underground?"
"But, but, no, it can't ...... For this. You're ...... So wronged by yourself! And also. The emperor was not yet an adult. inseparable from the mother; No matter how much the country does, it can't do without you! No, no! Never do it! This, this, alas, there will always be another way to go, right? β
After a pause, he suddenly woke up: "By the way, 'he'...... How so? β
I hope that something will happen. Perhaps, before "he" could answer, he "disappeared" again.
In this way, this matter can be put on hold for the time being.
"He was very relieved and said, 'Since you have this heart, I can't stop you from .......'"
Compassion sank.
Cixi continued: "'...... However, I think it's time for your retreat. It doesn't have to be too long, just a year. As long as you are sincere, after a year, everything should be stable, and I will tire you for a year! ββ
Ci'an was stunned: "A year? β
"Yes, a year."
Ci'an couldn't help but touch his chest with his hand: "Thank God! β
He exhaled lightly, and then frowned: "However, a year is not a short time, this year, not to mention anything else, government affairs...... What to do? β
Cixi smiled: "Sister, isn't there still you." β
Ci'an smiled bitterly and said, "Don't tell me jokes!" I...... It's not that you don't know, look at the excerpts, sometimes, I can't understand it! Where can I be alone? β
"I'm not joking, sister, it's not ...... And 'him' to help! β
This "he" is not the other "he".
Ci'an was stunned for a moment, and said in his heart: Well, that's right.
Then an idea popped up: If you go to Xiaosuzhou Hutong, you are discussing this matter with "him", right?
The more you think about it, the more likely it is.
However, this is naturally not necessary to be broken.
I don't want Cixi to say it herself: "Today, I went to Dun Niu'er's house, got a free time, and asked 'him', if I go to make incense and make a vowβI mean, leave Beijing temporarilyβwill it have any big impact on government affairs?" He said, this will not be, there is a queen mother in the capital to preside, the last time, the queen mother of the Holy Mother visited Tianjin, before and after, for a whole month, the central government affairs, everything is as usual. ββ
Last time, Cixi's military parade in Tianjin, whether the "central government affairs" was "business as usual" is difficult to say. During the period, the Juxian Pavilion unveiling the post case, the Rui Wangfu chef murder case, two shocking cases broke out one after another, and the king fell down and couldn't get up again; Bao Jun was also implicated, and was forced to withdraw from the military plane, and the waves were stormy, and the boat was not capsized.
However, it is true that the routine government affairs have not been greatly affected, and it is not impossible to insist that "the central government affairs are business as usual".
Cixi continued: "I say, what if not a month, but a year? β
He was startled and said, "If you make a wish for incense, where do you want to spend Xu Chenguang?" The minister wants to admonish the queen mother......"
I interrupted him and said, I'm just making an analogy, not saying that I really want to go out of Beijing for a year; Even if you go out of Beijing, you won't be asked to 'serve' from beginning to end, so don't worry about it. Besides, don't you mean 'freedom of religious belief'? If you worship the Bodhisattva or not, I can't care if you come; No matter how I worship the Bodhisattva, don't talk to me. β
Ci'an couldn't help laughing: "You speak...... It's amazing. β
Cixi smiled slightly and said, "If you don't talk to him, he will talk to you, endlessly, annoyingly!" β
After a pause, he said: "Hearing me say this, he no longer 'admonishes', thought about it for a long time with a bitter face, and said, this is a big matter, please think about it carefully for the Queen Mother, and then return to the Queen Mother - sister, if you listen to his tone, even if I go out for a year, there must be a way to call it 'central government affairs, everything is as usual'." This kind of thing, he is one one, two is two, and he will not be sloppy with the two of us. β
Ci'an nodded: "That's right." β
After a pause, he remembered something: "So, you haven't ...... Tell him about the dream of the emperor? β
"That's nature! Naturally, I have to discuss this matter with my sister first! Let's make up the rules, let's find him again! β
Speaking of this, Cixi snorted lightly and said, "When the time comes, I don't know how to tell him this!" He is talking about Western learning, the first emperor dreamed of this kind of thing, nine times out of ten, he didn't believe it, when the time comes, he must be only in his mouth, in his stomach, he doesn't know what to think of me! β
Cixi's pretentiousness was extremely natural, and Ci Anxin felt slightly ashamed: "He" doesn't believe it, I can't help it.
After a long while, Ci'an hesitated and said, "Then, find him...... Ask? β
Cixi was overjoyed: I finally said that I moved you!
"Good! After Ming'er was called, he was left alone to discuss this matter! β
"But......" Ci'an sighed long, "well, I thought it would take a whole year...... My whole being, all ...... It's empty! β
Ci'an's words are not the slightest artificial.
She does not have the ability to handle political affairs alone, and when she thinks that in the coming year, she will have to face the complexity alone, and she feels like a mountain of weight, and she can hardly breathe; Thinking about it again, if you accidentally "inappropriate command" - this is not a small family to live, one less bundle of firewood, two or two meters more! - I don't know, how much damage will be caused, and how much will be left behind?
When I think of this, it is really a lot of pressure, "the whole person is empty"!
*(To be continued.) )