Although he is not as treacherous as An Dehai, Ci'an's henchman eunuch Chen Fu will not be stupid enough to open his mouth and talk nonsense, after returning to Tieling City, because he saw Ci'an, Cixi and Prince Xuan at the same time, Chen Fu did not rush to tease out the fact that he saw Gui Xiang in Wu's military camp, but just reported Jiang Zhongji's reply to Ci'an and others, saying that Jiang Zhongji only promised to treat him politely, but he did not dare to guarantee on behalf of Wu Chaoyue that he would definitely pardon Ci'an and Prince Dan and others. There is also the refusal to promise a temporary halt to the siege.

Of course, Jiang Zhongji's reply disappointed Ci'an and Prince Dan, but Cixi was not surprised, and said to Ci'an and Prince Dian: "Sister, the fifth child, in my opinion, Jiang Zhongji, the thief, is still a little sincere, at least he can tell the truth and promise to take him responsible, so that his words can be truly credible." If this Jiang Zhongji dared to promise to pardon us without the consent of Wu Chaoyue's traitor, and promised us a reward, it would be absolutely credible. So according to Xiaomei, at least Jiang Zhongji, the thief, will make a promise, and he will definitely be able to do it. ”

Ci'an, who had always lacked assertiveness, nodded subconsciously, and also felt that Cixi's analysis was reasonable, Jiang Zhongji's cautious reply was indeed more sincere and reliable than promising to promise everything, and he was confused, Ci'an asked Chen Fu again: "Little Fuzi, what else did Jiang Zhongji's thief general say?" ”

"Back to the Empress Dowager Dong, Jiang Zhongji's thief general also promised that he could accept our surrender at any time." Chen Fu replied truthfully: "Jiang Zhongji, the thief general, said that he also knows that it is difficult for the Queen Mother to make up your mind, and he understands the Queen Mother's difficulties, so even if his thieves enter Tieling City, as long as the Queen Mother surrenders, he still guarantees that he will fulfill his promise, treat the Queen Mother, the Emperor and the Lord with courtesy, and send you to the capital safely and hand them over to Wu Chaoyue and the traitors." ”

Ci'an quietly breathed a sigh of relief, and Cixi over there also quietly breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly said: "Sister, it seems that Jiang Zhongji, the thief, really didn't plan to take the opportunity to harm us, where to go, and ask my sister to make an idea as soon as possible." ”

Ci'an sighed again and asked the prince of Xuan, "Old Five, what do you think?" ”

"This ......." The prince hesitated a little, and said hesitantly: "The younger brother thinks that since Jiang Zhongji and the thief generals have already spoken to this point, the two imperial sisters-in-law may wish to think about it carefully, or they will directly agree to reduce the casualties of the military and people in Tieling, and also let the subjects of the world know that the two imperial sisters-in-law and the emperor's love for the people are like sons, so that Wu Chaoyue has no reason to poison the imperial sister-in-law." Otherwise, just wait a little longer and see the situation, anyway, Jiang Zhongji's thief general has also made it clear, and he can accept the surrender of the imperial sister-in-law at any time. ”

Ci'an hesitated again and again, but he still didn't make up his mind immediately, just wiped the corners of his eyes and said: "Then let the mourning family think about it again, you also think about it carefully, how to choose, and we will discuss it together tomorrow." ”

Cixi and Prince Xuan agreed together, and obediently offered to leave, Ci'an did not stay, but asked Chen Fu to send Cixi and Prince Xuan out of the temporary residence for him, and then instructed Chen Fu who came back to hand over the errand: "Xiaofuzi, you are also tired, you don't need to be an errand here, go down and rest." ”

Chen Fu, who has always been obedient, did not agree immediately, but said cautiously: "Queen Mother, the slave still has a few important words, I want to say it to you alone, please ask the Queen Mother for permission." ”

"Something important?" Ci'an looked up and saw that Chen Fu was still glaring at him, Ci'an immediately understood that the situation was wrong, and hurriedly drove the temporary palace maid who was found by the prince from Tieling City to serve him out of the room, leaving only Chen Fu alone in the room, and then said: "What important words?" ”

Chen Fu was indeed a very cautious person, first carefully looked outside the door and window to see if anyone else was eavesdropping, and then approached Ci'an, and pleaded in a low voice: "Queen Mother, the matter is too big, please allow the slave to speak close to your ear." ”

Chen Fu was cautious to this point, of course Ci'an understood that the matter was not trivial, and immediately nodded in agreement, Chen Fu also came to Ci'an's ear, and whispered carefully about the story of seeing Cixi's second brother Gui Xiang in the Wu military camp, Ci'an's face changed greatly when he heard it, and he exclaimed in a low voice: "Gui Xiang and Wu thief came to Tieling together?" And got the kindness of Wu thief? Didn't he deliver the letter of deception for the Empress Dowager Xi? Why is Wu Thief still so good to him? ”

"The slave is also strange about this, so he didn't dare to report it in front of the Queen Mother of the West just now." Chen Fu said in a low voice: "The messenger who sent someone to monitor An Dehai in person and arranged for Gui Xiang to send a fraudulent letter was arranged by a minion, and Xiao Haizi and Xiao Mingzi sent by the slave came back and said that An Dehai and Gui Xiang did not play any tricks when they met, which can prove that Gui Xiang went to send a fraudulent letter. ”

"So when I saw Gui Xiang in the Wu thief's camp, the slave was very strange at that time, it stands to reason that Gui Xiang went to deceive Wu thief, even if Wu thief didn't kill him, it was impossible to treat him so well? Why is the thief surnamed Deng still commensurate with him Guixiang as an uncle and nephew? also explained that Gui Xiang could speak directly no matter what he wanted? Gui Xiang did something to deceive the Wu thief, how could the Wu thief be so good to him? ”

The look of surprise gradually disappeared on Ci'an's face, replaced by endless suspicion, carefully recalling the previous past, remembering that Cixi was good at advocating to send An Dehai to deliver the letter, and suddenly appeared when he found that An Dehai had abnormal behavior, and took the initiative to confess everything and plug his mouth, and remembered the Wu army's chasers who suddenly arrived on the way north, as well as the preferential treatment that Gui Xiang received in the Wu army, Ci An'an naturally inevitably had doubts, and said secretly: "Is the Empress Dowager Xi really just asking Gui Xiang to send a letter of fraud?" ”

After giving birth to this suspicion, several things gradually surfaced in Ci'an's mind, first of all, Devil Ziliu once felt that Cixi sent Gui Xiang to send a fraudulent surrender was a superfluous move, and the second was that after the siege of the Wu army, although Cixi said that she would die for the Qing Dynasty, but in and out of her words, she was all instigating herself to open the city and surrender. In addition, the most important point is that the first person to propose surrender in front of Ci'an was Cixi's absolute henchman An Dehai!

The more he thought about it, the more he felt that Cixi was full of suspicions, and Ci'an asked in a low voice: "Little Fuzi, in your opinion, why do you think Wu Thief treats Guixiang so well?" ”

"Then the minions will be bold." Chen Fu replied in a low voice: "The slave thought about it and felt that there was only one possibility, that Gui Xiang might not go to the Wu thief to deceive him, but to tell the Wu thief, so that the Wu thief knew the whereabouts of the Queen Mother and the emperor, so the Wu thief chaser would suddenly chase and kill us, and Gui Xiang would get that kind of hospitality when he was on the Wu thief's side!" ”

A word woke up the person in the dream, thinking that Gui Xiang might be going to tell the truth, Ci An's doubts were immediately solved, and he couldn't help but slap the table, and opened his mouth to call Cixi to confront him face to face. But when the words came to his lips, Ci'an forced himself to calm down, and said to himself in his heart: "This matter can't be rushed, Chen Fu alone has no evidence, and he can't hold any evidence, and the Empress Dowager Xi will definitely not admit it." When the time comes, the rumors will leak, and there may be extraneous branches. ”

"Little Fuzi, you have done a good job in this, but you must keep your mouth shut and never let others know. Okay, you go down and rest, let me think about it. ”

After praising Chen Fu and confessing the ban, and sending Chen Fu away, Ci'an didn't say a word, and her heart turned over and over, just thinking about how to find out the truth, exposing Cixi's crime of betraying herself and the whereabouts of Prince Tan and others for her personal interests, and how to treat Cixi............

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The Wu army did not leave much time for Ci'an and Cixi and others to think about it, and the next day's dawn, the Tieling guard general Cheng Lu hurriedly ran to Ci'an and Cixi and others to report, saying that they found that the Wu army was mobilizing troops and carrying artillery, flying ladders and other siege equipment, and it seemed that there was an attempt to launch a large-scale siege. Ci'an was shocked when he heard this, and quickly ordered Cheng Lu to organize an army to prepare to defend the city as soon as possible, but Cixi sighed and said: "The time to come has finally come, whether to surrender to save your life, or to commit suicide and martyrdom, you have to make a decision." ”

glanced at Cixi, who was deliberately guiding herself, Ci'an didn't rush to answer her stubble, but arranged for the prince to lead the guards to protect her temporary residence, and then instructed Cixi: "Sister, you go and take care of the emperor first, don't let the sound of Wu thief's cannon frighten him, let me think about it again, and then discuss with you what to do." ”

"Stinky bitch, things have come to this point, and you still don't cry when you don't see the coffin."

Cursing Ci'an in her heart, Cixi, who is currently inferior to Ci'an in terms of power and status, did not dare to disobey, so she could only obediently return to her residence and take care of her own son Zaichun, who had now changed his name to Kant. But it's a pity that Jae-chun's son has never been with his mother, so although the mother and son live in the same room, they also have few words, and there are almost no heart-to-heart words.

In the end, after the sound of Wu Jun's siege artillery came from outside the city, the less than eight-year-old Emperor Kant took the initiative to snuggle into Cixi's arms to seek refuge, but Cixi was worried at the moment, and he didn't have a good love son to take the opportunity to repair the mother-son relationship, just casually comforted Emperor Kant, while patiently waiting for Ci'an to make a decision.

After a simple lunch in the constant sound of cannons, Ci'an suddenly sent Chen Fulai to invite Cixi to meet, and clearly said that there were important words to discuss with Cixi alone, Cixi also said that Ci'an had made up his mind, and was busy handing over Emperor Kant to An Dehai and the temporarily recruited bannerman palace maid to take care of it, and followed Chen Fu to Ci'an's residence, and saw Ci'an, the main palace empress of Emperor Xianfeng, again.

As soon as Cixi entered the door, he found that the atmosphere was not good, there was no palace maid in Ci'an's temporary residence, Chen Fu led Cixi into the door and immediately closed the door, and at the same time, Cixi also saw at a glance that the mysterious yellow silk box appeared in front of Ci'an again, as well as a wine jug and a wine glass! As a result, Cixi's heart immediately beat a drum and said secretly: "What's the matter? Why did you get that thing out again? That pot of wine, what's going on? ”

"Get on your knees."

Ci'an suddenly spoke, although his voice was not loud and his tone was not intense, but there was a full majesty in his words, which made Cixi's face change suddenly, and she asked tremblingly: "Sister, sister, what did I do wrong?" Why should I kneel? ”

"How do you explain Guixiang's matter?" Ci'an asked rhetorically.

"Gui Xiang?" Cixi's heart jumped, her face suddenly became a little pale, and she said, "Didn't Gui Xiang go to Wu Thief's side to deliver a letter of fraud?" Sister, why did you suddenly ask about him? ”

"Concubine Yi, do you still want to quibble?" Ci'an suddenly changed his name to Cixi, and said coldly: "Let me tell you the truth, Guixiang also came to Tieling, just in the camp of the Wu thief's army, and was well treated by the Wu thief." When Chen Fu went to the Wu thief camp yesterday, he happened to meet him! ”

"Boom!"

There was a loud sound of artillery outside the city, but no matter how loud the sound of the cannons was, it was no bigger than the sound of a thunderbolt in Cixi's heart, when Cixi subconsciously went to look at Chen Fu who was guarding in front of the door, Chen Fu nodded and said respectfully: "The Empress Dowager of the West forgives me, when the slave went to the Wu thief camp yesterday, he did see your younger brother Gui Xiang and said a few words to him." ”

"What did he say?" Cixi blurted out.

"He said everything, what kind of letter did he send to Wu Thief, why did Wu Thief Horse Team suddenly catch up with us." Chen Fu didn't dare to look at Cixi's eyes, and said with a slight bowing of his head: "Prince Guixiang still wants the servants to help you, help you coax the Empress Dowager, the prince and the emperor out of the city to surrender to the Wu thief army, and promise to give the slaves a heavy reward after the matter is completed." But the Empress Dowager of the West, please forgive her sins, the slave is not that kind of person. ”

If the poor second son of Guixiang could stand in front of Cixi, Cixi would definitely be able to tear the stupid and incompetent brother with his own hands and chew it raw without dipping it in soy sauce! But there was no way, Gui Xiang would not be here, and Cixi could only stand on the spot in a daze, letting the thunder in her heart continue to explode, completely deaf to the sound of artillery coming from time to time outside the city.

"Concubine Yi, you disappointed me too much." Ci'an spoke again and said coldly: "If you want to surrender and save your life, you can tell me clearly, why do you want to play those tricks?" You said it yourself, as long as your words are reasonable, I didn't listen to you that time? Why are you lying to me this time? Do something like that without me? ”

"Sister......, I'm ......."

Cixi stammered, not knowing how to answer Ci'an's question, and she didn't know what she was talking about. Over there, Ci'an slapped the table heavily and shouted, "Kneel down for the mourning family!" ”

With a plop, she could no longer resist the fear in her heart, Cixi finally knelt down on Ci'an's knees, trembling and said, "Sister, you listen to my explanation, you listen to my explanation!" ”

"Okay, I'll give you a chance to explain." Ci'an's tone was cold and abnormal, and he said, "Tell me everything you did truthfully, and then tell me, why did you do this?" To put it bluntly, for the sake of the love of sisters for many years, I can consider sparing your life! If you dare to say half a lie, the mourning family has a way to deal with you! ”

The fear in her heart was too great, and Cixi didn't think much about it, so she could only tell her that she had sent Gui Xiang to tell Wu Jun about the false deception, and then kowtowed desperately, crying bitterly and said: "Sister, sister, I was confused for a while, and I was confused for a while, so I did this!" I really don't have any intention of harming you, I'm just afraid that you won't agree to surrender to the Wu thief, and you are greedy for life and afraid of death, so you did such a foolish thing! And after doing this, I have been feeling guilty and can't sleep well every night...... I feel ......, and I always feel sorry for ....... ”

Cixi cried and defended gradually quietly, because at this time, Cixi had already found that the look on Ci'an's face was wrong, in addition to being hideous, there was also a mysterious cruel smile, and then, Cixi's heart jumped violently, and she suddenly understood something, and said secretly: "Could it be that you are deceiving me to confess?!" ”

"It is said that your concubine Yi is very smart, and the women don't let the eyebrows be shaved, and they can't think of it." Ci'an finally spoke, and said with a cruel smile: "The mourning family is just scaring you casually, why did they recruit all the crimes?" To tell you the truth, it was true that Chen Fu saw your precious brother yesterday, but he couldn't say a word to your brother, and your brother didn't sell you! ”

"Boom Rumble ——!"

At this moment, a violent explosion that was far louder than ordinary artillery suddenly came, but no matter how loud this sound was, it was no bigger than the shock caused by Ci'an's words to Cixi - hearing Ci'an's truth, Cixi, who had always been unfazed, softened, and immediately collapsed directly to the ground, and screamed in her heart: "Fooled!" The mourning family was fooled this time! ”

Ci'an unhurriedly opened the yellow silk box in front of him, tore open the seal and opened the inner box, took out a bright yellow scroll from the inner box, unfolded it and said: "The edict of the first emperor, Yi Guifei Yehenala kneeling down!" ”

Cixi struggled, and tried to kneel several times but couldn't keep her body stable, Ci'an ignored her, but just read aloud: "The emperor's edict: Consult the Empress Dowager of filial piety: Concubine Yi Guifei helps her mother to be the queen mother, and she has to be respected as the queen mother. He Guo is not at fault, and he should always give gifts; If he fails to do so, you may gather your courtiers and pronounce me this decree and immediately put him to death, so as to put an end to future troubles. Chin this! ”

Finally proved that there was indeed such an edict of Emperor Xianfeng, Cixi was once again paralyzed in front of Ci'an, her whole body trembled for a long time and couldn't say a word, Ci'an put down the edict, picked up the wine jug next to her and poured a glass of wine, put it in front of Cixi, and said coldly: "For the sake of many years of sisterhood, leave you a whole corpse, drink it." ”

"Sister, I ......, I did something wrong, but I also think about you and the emperor."

Cixi trembled and pleaded, and Ci'an said in a cold tone: "You are thinking about yourself, you have ruined the last hope of our Qing Dynasty, I can't tolerate you!" Xiaofuzi, Concubine Yi refuses to drink, you come to serve her to drink. ”

Chen Fu agreed, immediately came up and took the poisonous wine, brought it to Cixi, and begged Cixi to drink it by herself, but after Cixi hesitated for a moment, she suddenly overturned Chen Fu and jumped up, pounced on Ci'an like a mad lioness, pinched Ci'an's throat with both hands, and yelled with red eyes: "Stinky bitch!" To die, let's die together! ”

When Cixi choked Ci'an's neck, a cold sharp object suddenly inserted into Cixi's lower abdomen, and severe pain came, Cixi's body shook, and when she subconsciously looked down to see the situation in her abdomen, she saw that Ci'an had an extra dagger in her hand at some point, and the sharp dagger had been deeply inserted into her abdomen......

“…… Imperial sister-in-law, imperial sister-in-law, no! Oh no! The Wu thief blew down the Tieling city wall with gunpowder, and he has already entered the city! Wu thieves, they have been firing cannons, just to cover up the sound of them digging tunnels under the city! Wu thief is in, how should we ....... ”

The old Wudun prince of the Daoguang family, who was ordered to guard the palace, shouted and rushed over, but after kicking open the door, the prince saw that his sister-in-law Ci'an suddenly pulled out a bloody dagger from the stomach of his other sister-in-law, and then the blood gushed in Cixi's abdomen, and the person slowly slipped and fell to the ground.

"The specific situation, ask Chen Fu, fifth brother, he knows everything."

Ci'an's tone was cold and ethereal, as if he came from the sky, and said: "Since the Wu thief has entered the city, it is just the last edict given to me by the emperor, and I have also carried out the edict, so I can go to see the emperor with peace of mind." Old five, the emperor will ask you, if you can escape, take him to escape, if you can't escape, if you want to surrender, I won't stop you, I'll go first. ”

After that, Ci'an picked up the wine jug in front of him, and before Chen Fu came up and cried to stop him, he poured the residual wine in the pot into his mouth and swallowed it fiercely......

On the same day, the Wu army broke through Tieling, and the defender Cheng Lu led many of his soldiers to lay down their arms and surrender, and the prince of the puppet Manchu State also chose to surrender to the Wu army with the less than eight years old Emperor Kant after being surrounded by the Wu army. Cixi's henchman eunuch Chen Fu committed suicide after explaining the truth to the prince of Cixi, and followed Ci'an, Cixi's henchman eunuch An Dehai was happily ready to surrender to the Wu army for reward, but the prince of Pseudo-dun hated him for betraying the lord and seeking glory to Cixi to help him abuse, and decisively killed An Dehai before surrendering to the Wu army, killing this yin and yang man with a very bad reputation in history.

After the news reached the capital, Wu Chaoyue immediately posthumously crowned Cixi as the Empress Dowager of filial piety and Cixi, and tried to give Cixi all the honors that could be given to the dead, and trumpeted Cixi's outstanding exploits against Ci'an and against the devil six, and forcibly decorated Cixi with an attempt to escort Emperor Qixiang out of the city and was shamelessly killed by Ci'an, and sent Cixi to Zunhua to be buried with Emperor Xianfeng, so as to buy the hearts of the people of the Manchu Dynasty. and the remnants of resistance that split the Manchu court.

For Ci'an, Wu Chaoyue detained almost all of Xiangpenzi on her, and all the charges of splitting the country, hijacking the holy car, surrendering to Tsarist Russia and colluding with the six illegal coups of the devil were all pressed on Ci'an's head, and finally imposed a charge of brutally killing Cixi on Ci'an, depriving Ci'an of all titles, and not allowing her coffin to be buried in the so-called Manchu Imperial Mausoleum. As for whether Ci'an will cry out for grievances, after Cixi and Emperor Xianfeng are buried together, how will Emperor Xianfeng clean up in the nineteenth layer of hell, materialist Wu Chaoyue doesn't bother to pay attention to it.