Chapter 348: Hints (2nd Update)
The dinner on September 21 was a practical banquet, but it's hard to say who it was to give it to, but it was a meal about separation. The next day, the Zi Palace and the two palaces, and the heir emperor will drive back to Luan, and Su Shun and other eight ministers, the kings of the clan, and the ministers of civil and military affairs will return to Beijing with them, and of course some of them will have to stay in Chengde to deal with the aftermath. Guo Xing'a didn't need to drive back to Luan, he didn't have to go to the enthronement ceremony of the heir emperor, but stayed in Chengde. He was scheduled to set off on the ninth day of October, and went to northern Xinjiang by Chengde and Gu'an, where he was appointed as a general in Heilongjiang and Jilin. So this meal, whether it is Guo Xing'a sending everyone who is driving, or everyone sending Guo Xing'a, or it's really hard to say.
Because it was during Xianfeng's funeral, the scale of the banquet was not too large, so the eight ministers did not all attend, and there were not many people who really gathered together. In the near branch of the clan, there are the old five masters Mianyu, the fifth master Yixuan, and the seventh master Yixun, and among the eight ministers, only Prince Yi Zaiyuan, Prince Zheng Duanhua and Su Shun came, and the rest were Guoxing A and Zhili Governor Wen Yu. Eight people sat down at a round table, and the food and wine were not very rich, but the atmosphere was quite harmonious.
Everyone said some cherished parting words, and the fifth master and Zaiyuan said a lot of nonsense about telling Guoxinga to "work hard and be a king", and the rest was to eat. The fifth master is not drunk, and I don't know if he is unwilling to violate the system, or if he is ready to maintain his health. The fifth master also said that he had no scruples, he was a good man, the liquor was like water, bowl by bowl dry, but he rarely spoke. There are a lot of words from the seventh master, and there are no people present who he can't talk about, and he doesn't drink much, but he can talk to anyone who catches him, but what he says is nonsense. Zaiyuan and Duanhua are here to meet the situation, and the ones who are really a little sad are Sushun and Guoxing.
"Sixth brother can't stand you! We are a lifelong friendship of my father, but the sixth brother threw you into that ice and snow. If you don't want to go back to the customs, don't blame the sixth brother! Su Shun took Guo Xing'a's hand, he was really a little reluctant, and after drinking a few glasses of wine, he seemed to see Hui Yang's figure behind Guo Xing'a.
"Let's buddies talk about buddies, official business says official business, sixth brother, you are starting from the overall situation, I understand, I don't blame you! Kanwai is my hometown! When Emperor Daxing proposed it, I was willing to go home, it's actually good to go home, and the people over there don't know each other, but at least the soil is pro! Guo Xinga recalls his hometown in the northeast.
"Sixth brother is ashamed!" Su Shun thought that Guo Xing'a was talking about two hundred years ago, and he felt that he was a little mean to Guo Xing'a.
"Don't say it, don't say it, it's all in the wine!" Guo Xing's tears fell, and he felt even more guilty. Su Shun went this time, but he had to walk around the ghost gate, and there was a big pit in front of Su Shun, but Guo Xing'a couldn't remind him.
Guo Xing'a and Su Shun's wine was so drunk that they wiped their tears, which made the other people on the table a little sad, and the sentimental five masters also said, and even dried three bowls in a row. A little excessive, he simply stood up and began to make a circle, toasting the people present one by one.
"They're going to kill you!" After saluting Su Shun with a glass of wine, he walked around Su Shun's back, as if he was going to walk to Guoxing, who was sitting next to Su Shun. But suddenly stopped behind Su Shun's back, reached out and lifted Su Shun's braid and said loudly.
This sentence is completely out of bounds, but Guo Xing'a, who was sitting next to Su Shun, trembled suddenly, and the eyes of Yi Xun on the other side also shot out a cold light that was not easy for outsiders to detect. Guoxing Ah has a golden finger, Yi Xun and his sixth brother have talked to each other, of course they know what Yi Cheng means, Cixi and Yi Xin want Su Shun's life.
"Please kill, please kill!" Su Shun didn't know the inside story, and Yicheng's reminder was too vague, he thought that Yicheng had drunk too much, so he didn't think much about it at all, and lowered his head very cooperatively, making a posture of waiting to cut off his head.
Yi Cheng's face was still giggling, and he didn't say anything superfluous, let go of Su Shun's braids, and began to salute one after another. Before he finished the lap, he himself was already drunk. The fifth master Mianyu and the seventh master Yiyun saw that they were drunk like mud, so they got up and said goodbye and wanted to help Yiyi go back.
"Old Seven, stay here, you have been in charge of the Shenji Battalion before...... Su Shun suddenly remembered that this unobtrusive Seventh Master still had a small army in his hand.
"I'll talk about it when I return to Beijing!" Yi Xun didn't have a head to say a word, and this tone was a bit of a "wait and see" meaning, and it was flickering to hear Guo Xing'a.
"How can I talk to your sixth brother! No big, no small! The fifth master didn't know if he knew the inside story, anyway, before Yiyun's voice fell, he began to reprimand Yiyun.
In a mess, Su Shun didn't say anything more, and after sending the three close branch sects out, the remaining five people drank for a while. Guo Xing's heart is a little mixed, Yi Xun may be reckless, or an unintentional sentence, but there is something in the absolute words. People and Su Shun don't have a deep friendship, they can remind that they claim to be good friends of the Tong family, but they don't explain a word, which is really not interesting enough.
"Sixth brother, the words of the fifth master and the seventh master, it's a little wrong, you have to be more careful when you go back to Beijing this time!" Guo Xing'a can't say that he has the ability to predict the future, so he can only follow the introduction left by Yi Chen.
"Don't worry! The brothers are all old sparrows, and which little thief can be calculated! Su Shun still didn't seem to care.
Yiyun, who was scolded by the fifth master, has also been muttering. It is also said that because he supports the will left by Xianfeng, he supports the eight ministers, and it is possible for him to say some wine to remind Su Shun, but how did he know this news! Whether it is the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces or Yi Xin, they will never give this important matter to the wind. He didn't know that Yicheng had been staring at a person, a person named Cao Yuying.
After Jiao Youying was promoted to the military aircraft, Cao Yuying became the chief military aircraft Zhang Jing, and after Su Shun took power, he tried every means to woo him, but Cao Yuying did not give much face. Su Shun didn't know, but the nosy Yi Cheng knew that this Cao Yuying was Yixin's hardcore. Later, Cao Yuying evaporated in the world on the grounds of returning to her hometown and province, and completely got rid of Su Shun, but Yi Cheng found that Cao Yuying did not leave at all. This guy not only did not leave Chengde, but also disguised himself, sneaked into the summer resort, and told Cixi a story vividly. It was the night before the eight ministers "put the car on hold".
The story told by Cao Yuying is very good, called "The Story of Mrs. Xiaogouyi". It is said that before Xianfeng died, he summoned Su Shun alone in the East Warm Pavilion of the Yanbo Zhishuang Hall to arrange the big plan behind him. But in terms of the arrangement of the queen mother of the two palaces, Xianfeng was a little undecided, and he was very worried about the queen and Concubine Li.
According to Cao Yuying, Xianfeng was worried that Ci'an was kind-hearted but cowardly, and felt that Cixi had always wanted to climb on Ci'an's head, and he had to find a way to stop Cixi. By the way, Su suggested that Xianfeng follow the story of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to deal with Mrs. Gouyi, kill Cixi first, and then set up the crown prince. lest Cixi hold her son to be proud of the emperor, ensure Ci'an's status and safety, and avoid the occurrence of harem interference. However, Xianfeng still had a deep affection for Cixi, so he couldn't do it anyway and rejected Su Shun's proposal.
Cao Yuying's story, although it has a nose and eyes, is not reliable. Xianfeng and Su Shun discussed each other in the secret room, and they didn't even leave a eunuch, how did he Cao Yuying know, it couldn't be Su Shun who told him! But Cixi really believed it, because what Cao Yuying said was very in line with the actual situation in the palace, and at that time, Cixi and Su Shun were in a fierce conflict, and Cixi had Su Shun's heart after eating it, so of course she was willing to believe these words.
After that, Cao Yuying broke a lot of fierce news from the military aircraft department, and it was even more unbelievable to Cixi. The Military Aircraft Department, like other imperial court departments, also had some things that could not let the emperor know about them, and Su Shun and the others also went into the water, just hiding it from the two palaces. Cao Yuying is the chief military aircraft Zhang Jing, and he is naturally very clear about the twists and turns of the military aircraft department, and he came to blow the unspoken rules of his department, of course, he is like a few treasures.
Cixi was already angry, and she knew that Su Shun was going to murder her, as well as all kinds of unseemly selfishness of the eight ministers, of course, she couldn't immediately clean up these eight bastards. It was precisely because of the superposition of these factors that there was another major event of the eight ministers "shelving the car", which strengthened Cixi's determination to collude with Prince Gong and get rid of the eight ministers.
It is also said that the reason why we know the cause and effect of Cixi's fall to Yixin is because of the good of others. He, the emperor's younger brother, has been mixed with the people all the year round, and he has come into contact with people at the bottom of the society, so he is not only chivalrous, but also treats his subordinates very well. Many eunuchs and maids in the palace have received his favor, including the people around Cixi. Cixi is a female dependant in the palace, and she is also a widow, she can't see a man when no one is around, no matter how secret things are, someone must be accompanied by her. Otherwise, there will be some lace news, and she will have more headaches than the eight ministers forcing the palace. Since there was someone to accompany them, the palace people naturally knew the content of Cao Yuying's conversation with Cixi.
The rules in the palace are strict, and if you take a wrong step, you may lose your head, and the palace people naturally don't have the courage to leak secrets, not to mention that those who can stay by Cixi's side are all her confidants. But this time the matter is too big, and the palace people are not sure if it will affect the chivalrous fifth master like the Buddha of the Wan family, so even if there is a risk of losing their heads, they have to give the fifth master a letter. And the fifth master also said that he has never been very concerned about political affairs, even if he knows, he will not leak it, and the palace people are not afraid that the fifth master will sell them. In later history, although Yi Cheng was not reused, no one could help him like a tumbler, and there were also factors in this regard. Wherever there are poor people, there are his spies, and he is better informed than anyone else.
Cixi didn't know about reminding Su Shun, but as soon as the banquet was over, she sent someone to call Su Shun to the palace. With a drunken Sushun, when he saw Cixi, he was very embarrassed, he drank during the state funeral, but it was a great sin of disrespect. However, Cixi didn't care about these details, and just took out two copies of the edict and handed it to him.
"Emperor Daxing's handwritten edict, you recognize it! I won't say more, you can arrange it! Cixi didn't have any expression, and was as cold as a piece of ice.
"Ahh How so? Su Shun's wine immediately turned into a cold sweat, Xianfeng's handwriting was very familiar to him, but he couldn't accept the content of this edict.
"Don't you obey the edict?" Cixi asked very plainly.
"The slave doesn't dare, the slave will arrange it immediately, please rest assured that the Queen Mother!" Su Shun's answer was extremely difficult.