Yang Xiaoshan's guess was not wrong, Cixi at this moment had already had murderous intentions towards Su Shun. Su Shun was quite disrespectful to him earlier, and left the capital to flee to Chengde because he was in a hurry. Only the emperor's car is in the palace, and the cars of the other harem concubines are all temporarily hired by the people, and the comfort is of course very poor.

Cixi was assigned an old mule and old car, which was quite bumpy and the road. She asked Su Shun for a new one, and Su Shun perfunctory to her at the time: "Where can I find a car halfway?" I'll figure it out when we get to the front. When she got to a town and city to rest, Cixi mentioned the matter again. Su Shun was playing in front of Emperor Xianfeng, and the eunuch waited until he stepped down to tell him. Su Shun said impatiently: "It's already been a long time, how can I have time to handle this kind of thing!" After a while, the chariot set off, and Su Shun rode past Cixi's mule cart. Cixi wept and pleased, and Su Shun replied in a righteous voice: "The danger cannot be compared with usual, where to get a new car here, it is good to have an old car." You don't look at the old car that the queen is sitting in is also an old car hired on the street. Who are you? Want to be above the queen"? Cixi was about to argue, and Su Shun had already ridden away.

When Xianfeng died, Cixi did not want to be at the mercy of the minister, since she had the imperial seal of the first emperor in her hand, she had the right to govern, so Cixi pulled Ci'an and asked to "listen to the government". Ci'an is an honest woman, and she didn't want to engage in these intrigues, but she couldn't stand Cixi's strong crying that Su Shun wanted to bully orphans and widows, and couldn't let him do whatever he wanted.

What a shrewd man Su Shun was, he was already quite wary of Cixi. How can the queen mother of the two palaces listen to the government? In this way, isn't he, the minister who cares for his life, just an ornament? The result he wants most is to make the two queen mothers puppets, and whatever you say, you just stamp it and it's over. Therefore, on the grounds that there was no precedent in the Qing Dynasty, he rejected Cixi's request to listen to the government.

At the same time, Prince Gong's request to come to Chengde for the funeral also came to Su Shun's hands, Su Shun was worried that Prince Gong would complicate the matter, and it was not good that he came to demonstrate and seize power, the little emperor had not officially ascended the throne in the capital, and they had not yet been recognized by the hundred officials to get the real power, and Su Shun was afraid of extraneous branches, so he needed important ministers to stay in the capital and refused Prince Gong's request to come to the funeral.

When Prince Gong learned that his request for funeral was rejected in the palace, he knew that Su Shun must be doing a ghost inside, but he had no choice but to bring Yang Xiaoshan to discuss countermeasures.

"It's normal for me to be a younger brother to mourn my brother. Su Shun this guy actually refused, there must be a ghost in his heart. Prince Gong slapped the table and said indignantly.

"This is good, it shows that they are still afraid of you, the prince, although they have the edict of the first emperor, but they are in Chengde at the moment, and they have not yet returned to Beijing, we have to strike first." Yang Xiaoshan said.

"Then are we going to break in, the funeral is our love for Xinjueluo's housework, even if he is a minister, he can't stop it." Prince Gong was determined to come hard.

"This is not good, it makes them wary, but it is not good, it is better to find a cronie and contact the Queen Mother directly." Yang Xiaoshan came up with an idea for Prince Gong.

Before Yang Xiaoshan's words fell, suddenly a guard outside came in to report, "Lord Wang, the former eunuch An Dehai An asks to see him." ”

Prince Gong and Yang Xiaoshan looked at each other and smiled, just worried that no one would take the line, and the informant himself would send it to the door.

An Dehai was entrusted by the two queen mothers to return to the capital from Chengde day and night to find Prince Gong.

"Lord Wang, the slave wants to report to the prince." An Dehai looked quite deferential, and when he saw Prince Gong, he knelt down and kowtowed, not daring to have any problems with etiquette.

"What's the urgency for my father-in-law to come all the way from Chengde?" Prince Gong knew that this An Dehai never left Xianfeng's side, and even if the emperor died, he should be guarded by his side.

An Dehai looked around cautiously, and finally stopped at Yang Xiaoshan.

"This is the Duke of Zhenguo and Chang Guogong, he is his own person, there is no need to avoid it. It's okay, my father-in-law will say it directly. Prince Gong knew what An Dehai meant, so he asked him to say it directly.

An Dehai calmed down, sorted out his emotions, and then said: "Slave An Dehai is under the order of the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces, Prince Zhaogong, you go to Chengde to discuss important matters. ”

"What's the big deal?" Prince Gong's brows moved slightly, and he asked.

An Dehai looked at Prince Gong, he had been in the palace for many years, and knew that Prince Gong and Su Shun had always been at odds, so he gritted his teeth and said in a low voice: "Lord Su, he appointed himself as the minister designated by the first emperor to take care of his life, and he was quite disrespectful to the queen mother of the two palaces, and did not let the queen mother listen to the government. The Queen Mother wanted Prince Gong to go secretly to discuss how to deal with Lord Su. ”

Prince Gong glanced at Yang Xiaoshan very meaningfully, meaning that your guess is really right, this Su Shun represented by the Minister of Gu and the Empress Dowager can not cooperate, the Chinese military hundred officials, only he can restrain Su Shun. I didn't expect the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces to come to me so early.

"Gonggong An doesn't know, that Su Shun just rejected my request to go to Chengde for the funeral, and there is no excuse for this king to go now." Prince Gong pretended not to be in a hurry and shook his hand.

At this time, An Dehai was in a hurry, and Cixi gave a death order, so that he must invite Prince Gong to come.

"The prince can go secretly, the queen mother has already thought of a way for the prince." An Dehai hurriedly said, for fear that if Prince Gong didn't go, his task would not be completed.

"Oh? What's the solution? Prince Gong couldn't help but be curious.

"The first emperor has just left, and Chengde still lacks a large number of shamans, and the prince can pretend to be a shaman. As long as you arrive at the Chengde Palace, the villain will naturally arrange it properly. Cixi was really scheming, and she had already thought of a way to ask An Dehai to invite Prince Gong to come secretly.

"The Queen Mother is really smart, this king will go to Chengde with his father-in-law to meet the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces." Prince Gong was very happy, he originally wanted to find it himself, but he didn't expect the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces to come directly to invite him, which would save a lot of trouble.

Under An Dehai's arrangement, Prince Gong and Yang Xiaoshan disguised themselves as shamans and successfully arrived at the Chengde Palace.

Xianfeng's corpse has been parked here for a long time, Su Shun and the others have already returned to Beijing, as long as they return to the capital and the little emperor officially ascends the throne, their eight ministers will be able to justifiably grasp the power of the court, and when the time comes, neither the Empress Dowager of the Two Palaces nor Prince Gong will be able to stop them.

It can be said that at this juncture, Prince Gong came to Chengde, met Cixi, reached an alliance of uncles and sisters-in-law, and changed the direction of the Qing Dynasty's power.