So, where is your team? In other words, who is his real "confidant"?

Just like what she said to Libin in the East Warm Pavilion of the Heart Cultivation Palace, the first name she thought of was Guan Zhuofan.

Cixi decided that as soon as Guan Zhuofan returned to China this time, she would call him to enter the military plane. Although Guan Zhuofan is young, the merits on his body are enough to be used in the military machine, and no one can say anything in terms of qualifications.

Under normal circumstances, one person withdraws from the military aircraft, and one person can enter the military aircraft, King Gong's father-in-law Gui Liang is old, and it is time to withdraw, and Guan Zhuofan is regarded as a Gong family by all parties, including King Gong himself, and King Gong must gladly accept Guan Zhuofan's lack of Guiliang.

Cixi was sure enough to put this "Gong Tie Man" in her sleeve steadily.

When I was silently planning this matter in my heart, the word "sleeve" shook in front of my eyes, and inexplicably became the word "skirt". Cixi's face burned to the ground, and she couldn't help but glance left and right secretly.

The palace maid and eunuch stood with their heads bowed far away, and no one noticed the queen mother's small gaffe.

Guan Zhuofan is the first step to enter the military machine, and then he always has to take one step at a time, and grasp the power to do things in the hands of his own people.

Thinking of playing against "him" every day, it was almost like "seeing each other day and night", Cixi's face became hot again.

King Gong himself was unaware of the possibility of direct or indirect conflicts with King Gong after Guan Zhuofan returned to China, but some people in King Gong's family were already vaguely vigilant, such as Cao Yuying.

But this worry cannot be spoken, because both sides are "their own people" and cannot be done without anything happening. Lay a mustard in the hearts of the people involved. Mess with yourself. You can only pay attention everywhere. Reconciled Ding Nai.

On the other hand, Xiangshang "used" Guan Zhuofan, Cixi and King Gong, including the conservative bannermen and nobles, but there was a consensus and tacit understanding.

This is the suppression of Xianghuai.

Whenever a faction is too big, it will never be welcomed by those in power. The Sanxiang characters with Zeng Guofan as the core, the same year as the good, the protégé of the old official. Connected to each other, all over the place. The "Hunan system" has become an overwhelming force in the political arena.

The Hunan army was dismantled, and the Huai army had the tendency to prosper. This time, from a purely military point of view, Li Hongzhang is actually more suitable than Zeng Guofan. Zeng Guofan's director lies in governing the army, not in the face of the enemy, and if you want to say that he commands operations, Li Hongzhang is stronger than his teacher.

However, some people on the military plane were worried that the "Hunan system" had become a big problem, and if Li Hongzhang was reused. Didn't you help out another "Huai system"?

Therefore, the work of twisting was finally sent to the head of Zeng Guofan. The thoughts of the ministers of military aircraft cannot be made public: the way of Zeng Guofan. Steady and steady, able to control the situation, but I am afraid that it will be difficult to succeed in the short term, and the Xuan army will soon return to China.

That is to say, in fact, Zeng Guofan was asked to make a head stop for the Xuan army, and the credit of Zuihou is still the Xuan army. "Hunan system" there, not much points added.

To balance the shili of the "Hunan system", you can't use the "Huai system", you can only use the "Xuan system", because, in the eyes of Cixi or King Gong, the "Xuan system" is "your own person".

Not to mention the nobles who wanted the imperial court to reuse the bannermen.

These undercurrents have just set off waves on the water, and there is still a period of time before the waves are turbulent.

The Yiyong Mansion in Wicker Hutong has been really busy in the past two days: painting the house, customizing the curtains, preparing the feast, and setting up a small stage in the middle of the courtyard, preparing two plays, which is called the most popular "Four Happiness Class" in the capital.

The Internal Affairs Office followed all the way, because the Queen Mother was coming to the Mansion of the Lucky Warriors.

Cixi ran to Guan Zhuofan's house because of the broken mouth of the alcohol king Fujin.

After the Bai family sealed the decree of the wife of the general of the Yipin Auxiliary State, the Yiyong Mansion immediately became lively, and the wives of various families came to the door one after another. At the beginning, Bai was not used to it, but as the saying goes: "To be this official, to do this ceremony." "Coupled with the migration of qi and the cultivation of the body, the Bai family soon became an authentic and graceful lady.

This is her "work" during the day, and at night, she finally takes off her mask, and the two Ming sisters, under the candle, laugh in the boudoir, and she turns back into a real white shuangshuang.

Alcohol King Fujin is a frequent visitor to the Yiyong Mansion, in addition to being a matchmaker for Guan Zhuofan, unlike his sister, Alcohol King Fujin has a good impression of Bai himself and is willing to use her as an object of nagging.

So every time I entered the palace, I would almost mention the Bai family to my sister. Cixi's attitude towards this topic was very ambivalent, both bored and eager to listen. It's because she can't get rid of the strange antipathy for Bai, and she wants to hear it because sometimes she indirectly learns about Guan Zhuofan's situation from her sister's broken mouth.

Once, in front of Cixi, the alcohol king Fujin rarely complained to the Bai family. She finally mentioned Guan Zhuofan's marriage to the Bai family, and the Bai family's reaction at the time was quite strange, although she quickly covered up the past, but the alcohol king Fujin had already seen it: she was unwilling.

Alcohol King Fujin said indignantly: "Okay, I ate another soft nail from others." I don't understand, if I'm too young, my brother-in-law can't speak, that's it; But the brother-in-law marries a daughter-in-law, and you are not happy to be a sister-in-law, what does it mean? ”

"Not yin or yang", in addition to the Bai family, there is another one who is her queen mother's sister.

When Cixi heard this, she couldn't help but feel "hostile", and her feelings about the Bai family changed quite a while for a while. At the same time, I can't help but feel a little curious

After entering the palace that time, the Bai family entered the palace again. However, this time it was the Empress Dowager Ci'an who took it in, and only stayed in Cixi's Changchun Palace for a short time, and stayed in Zhongcui Palace at night. Ci'an shouldn't have thought about it so much, but in this way, it compared to the treatment of the Bai family in Cixi last time.

Cixi was quite annoyed, and was thinking about how to remedy it these days, when she listened to her sister's words, and suddenly had a flash of inspiration: "I'll go to 'his' house to have a look!" ”

The monarch's visit to the courtier's house is a very high honor for the courtier, and this grace far exceeds that of the Bai clan who stayed in Ci'an.

But the Queen Mother and the Emperor are different. Of course, the emperor can go to the home of any courtier, but after all, the queen mother is a woman's family, generally speaking, she can only be near the palace of the prince, which is essentially the nature of "going to relatives".

If Guan Zhuofan is at home, Cixi will not be able to come to the door, because there is really no such ceremony. But now there is no male host in the Guan family, only a sister-in-law, the queen mother is lucky, it can be understood as a string of doors between the hostesses, and public opinion will only regard this as a special grace to Guan Zhuofan, and it will not cause too much other criticism and association.

Cixi really likes to be ingenious in these things, and when she does it, she has a lot of pleasure.

When the day came, before dawn, the Internal Affairs Office, the Shuntian Mansion, and the infantry army commanded the yamen, and each sent people to drive away idlers near the wicker alley, clean the majesty's road, and the wicker alley was tightly sealed.

Cixi had already made a decree before, and everything was simple, so the procedure for the prince of the nearest branch of the routine was completely removed, otherwise she would rush into the Yiyong Mansion, and Cixi was in the Guan family, so she didn't want to say anything, and she didn't want to see anywhere.

The ministers of the guards, the ministers of the imperial front, and the Luan Yiwei cannot be omitted, but there is a decree, except for the alcohol king on duty, other unrelated people, etc., all waiting outside the second gate of the Guanfu. Anyway, every courtyard and every door inside stood with imperial guards.

The middle door of the Yiyong Mansion was wide open, because there was no male host kneeling at the gate, so the Queen Mother's Minghuang sedan chair was directly carried in, and the alcohol king supported the sedan chair until it stopped in front of the steps of the second hall.

Bai Shi was already dressed up at the bottom of the stairs, and when he saw the sedan chair enter the second door, he knelt down like a candle.

Cixi got off the sedan chair with An Dehai's arm, straightened up, saw Bai's, and said with a smile: "Hurry up." ”

The head of the palace maid of Changchun Palace and Cixi's personal maid Yu'er walked forward quickly and helped the Bai family.

Cixi tilted her head slightly to the left and right, and with the corner of her eye, she saw most of the courtyard clearly, and a strange feeling rose in her heart: This is "his" home!

The Bai family led the way in front of the right-hand side, and the group walked up the stairs into the second hall.

The sun was shining outside, but it was slightly dim inside. After a while, Cixi adjusted to the light in the hall, and when she looked to the left, she couldn't help but be surprised.

Guan Zhuofan was right in front of him, smiling.

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