Thanks to the fact that the Taiping Army's Northern Expedition did not progress well and Wu Chaoyue did not have the strength to go north for the time being, the next day's morning dynasty still began in a song and dance, and continued to end in a group of harmony. However www.biquge.info perhaps because of the suspicion of stealing the axe, the leaders of the coup clique such as Guizi Liu, Gui Liang and Cao Yuying always felt that today's Cixi seemed to be a little abnormal.

Specifically manifested in the handling of government affairs, in the usual early dynasties, no matter what government affairs, usually the shrewd and capable Cixi first came up with ideas, and then negotiated with Ci'an to decide, and nine times out of ten they were decided in accordance with Cixi's ideas, and occasional disputes were basically the first concessions of the more loyal Ci'an, and basically there was no situation where Cixi's decision was completely vetoed by Ci'an.

Today's situation in the early dynasty is a little different, the courtiers played several government affairs, including Cixi's most important personnel transfers and appointments, Ci'an first opened his mouth to take out the charter, and then asked Cixi's opinion, Cixi's words also gave people the feeling that she seemed to be a little more respectful to Ci'an, as if she suddenly reined in some of the sharpness.

For such a situation, although Ci'an, who has a somewhat wooden personality, is not keenly aware of the abnormality, he still feels much more comfortable. However, it was undoubtedly a dangerous signal for the devil six and others with evil intentions, and they began to suspect that Cixi was trying to compromise in exchange for Ci'an's support for her secret negotiations with her little uncle.

Because of this, the seven culprits of the coup group also strengthened their determination to have a showdown with the empress dowager of the two palaces, and the early dynasty had just dispersed, and the six devils and others did not even go to the military plane, and hurriedly gathered in the court room, and immediately ran to the outside of Cining Palace to hand over the sign to ask for a meeting, and directly explained that it was to ask Ci'an and Cixi to meet the seven of them at the same time.

Worried that something big had happened, Ci'an, who lived in Cining Palace, immediately ordered to summon the devil six and the others, and asked anxiously as soon as they met: "Sixth, what's wrong?" Why did the seven of you come so early that the dynasty just dispersed? ”

"The ministers have a major event, and they want to report to the two queen mothers in person." The devil kowtowed and replied: "Brother Dare to ask the Empress Dowager East to invite the Empress Dowager West, and then let the ministers wait for the report." ”

"What's the big deal? So important? Can't you let the mourning family know first? Ci'an was a little puzzled, but seeing the solemn kindness of the devil six and others, Ci'an still did not force the devil six to confess immediately, but just said that he had sent someone to invite Cixi and asked the devil six and the others to wait for a while.

The result of the wait surprised Ci'an - Cixi actually asked the eunuch who sent the message to say that Zaichun, who had changed his name to Emperor Tongzhi, was crying and could not come to meet Ci'an. Devil Liu, Gui Liang and the others listened to it, of course, they wondered in their hearts, although Ci'an felt a little surprised, but he didn't take it to heart, but just asked Devil Six and the others: "Old Six, what is the matter with you?" If you can't decide, the mourning family will discuss with the Queen Mother in person. ”

After exchanging a few glances with each other, the devil Liu, who was publicly promoted as a representative, considered that Ci'an was more honest and easy to bully, and was easier to deal with than Cixi, so he gritted his teeth, took the lead in kneeling down to Ci'an, kowtowed and said: "The Empress Dowager of the East forgives her sins, and Weichen is courageous, and I implore the two Empress Dowagers to issue an edict and give death to Weichen!" ”

"What?"

When Ci'an suspected that his ears were wrong, the monk prince and the old prince Hui also knelt down and said in unison: "The ministers have the courage to implore the two queen mothers to give death to the ministers!" ”

"Weichen and others implore the two queen mothers to issue an edict and send the ministers to Xinjiang."

These are the words of Gui Liang and Cao Yuying, and then after waiting for the prince and the prince to plead for the abolition of the prince, and the other to take the initiative to ask for all the power in his hands, of course, Ci'an couldn't help but pinch his thigh to verify whether he was in a dream, and then asked with a stammer: "Seven Aiqing, what are you doing here?" You are all ministers of the emperor and the mourning family, why did the mourning family suddenly give you death? Distribute you? ”

Devil Six didn't answer, but just took out the damn letter from his sleeve and held it above his head with both hands, Ci'an understood, and hurriedly asked the personal eunuch to step forward and take the letter and forward it to him, and then carefully looked at the content of the letter, of course, Ci'an immediately asked in surprise: "Sixth, where did you get this letter from Wu Chaoyue's traitor?" ”

"It was sent by Wu Chaoyue, the traitor who sent Hubei Xuezheng Lian Zhaolun, and specifically asked Lian Zhaolun to find a way to hide from others and send this letter to the Queen Mother, but it was just a mistake, and it happened to be intercepted by the monk and the prince."

Devil Ziliu replied truthfully, and then he roughly said how the monk and the prince got the letter, and the monk and the prince over there were afraid of the relationship, and interjected: "The Empress Dowager of the East forgives the sin, it's not that Weichen has the courage to peek at the letter written to you, it's that the envelope is not signed, and the fire paint was broken by Lian Zhaolun on the road, and Weichen read the content of the letter directly without asking much." ”

Of course, Ci'an didn't have the heart to care about such a trivial matter, but he just tried to calm himself down and think carefully, and then he inevitably hated the monk and the prince a little secretly - if the monk didn't intercept this letter, how good would it be for Lian Zhaolun to quietly send this letter into the palace?

Speaking of conscience, if Wu Chaoyue can really surrender through negotiation, Ci'an is 10,000 percent willing to negotiate with Wu Chaoyue, but after secretly hating the monk and the prince for bad things, Ci'an, who is not too bad, carefully calculated for a while, and quickly saw through Wu Chaoyue's shameless purpose, threw the letter on the pseudo-phoenix case in front of him, and said sharply: "Discord plan!" This is Wu transcending the shameless discord of the traitor, the mourning family will never destroy the Great Wall, let the relatives hurt, and the enemies are happy! ”

"Thank you, Empress Dowager." The devil kowtowed six times, and said pretendly: "But the Queen Mother, if you agree to Wu Chaoyue's request for the traitor, you can really make the Wu thief quit the army and surrender, and the ministers are willing to repay the country with death!" ”

Gui Liang, Cao Yuying and others echoed, but the twenty-three-year-old Ci'an waved his little hand and said categorically: "You Aiqing don't need to say much, Wu Thief's move is just to make the monarchs and ministers of our Qing Dynasty centrifuge, and the mourning family will definitely not be fooled!" I won't negotiate with Wu thief no matter what! ”

Knowing that Ci'an was more honest and honest, he was a little credible, and the six devils and others were a little settled in their hearts, so they quickly kowtowed together again to thank them. Then the devil six said cautiously: "I just don't know if the Queen Mother of the West will ......?" ”

"Sixth brother, don't worry." Ci'an interrupted Devil Six's spitting and spitting, and said even more categorically: "Not to mention that my sister will not be fooled there, even if she is confused by Wu thieves for a while, the mourning family will definitely stop her, and she will never be allowed to waver in the slightest!" ”

"But the Empress Dowager East, the Empress Dowager West may have seen this secret letter, but she is silent?"

The monk and the prince were about to say a word, but before the devil who had changed his face and the alcohol prince stopped him with his eyes, Ci'an over there was already surprised and asked, "My sister has already seen this secret letter there?" How can it be? What did she see there? ”

"Weichen heard that the day before yesterday, the younger brother of the Empress Dowager Xi, Yehenara Guixiang, entered the palace and met with the Empress Dowager Xi alone." The monk said truthfully: "The relationship between Wu Chaoyue and the Queen Mother Xi's family is well known, Gui Xiang was also saved by Wu Chaoyue thief once, and the ministers were worried, Gui Xiang sent a letter to the Queen Mother Xi for Wu Chaoyue's thief." ”

Hearing this, of course the prince who was kneeling on the other side had the heart to strangle the monk and the prince, and the result was not bad, Ci'an, who was in shock, didn't care about how the monk and the prince learned the news, but asked in surprise: "Gui Xiang secretly sent a letter to the Empress Dowager Xi for Wu Chaoyue's traitor, is this possible?" ”

"The minister is just speculating, not conclusive." The monk finally said a human word.

After thinking about it carefully, he found that there was indeed such a possibility, but Ci'an did not hesitate, and immediately announced that he would drive Chu Xiugong to ask Cixi in person, and he would also go with seven people including the sixth devil. Although the devil six and the others didn't want to offend Cixi too much, it was a major matter that forced Ci'an and Cixi Ming Zhao to refuse to negotiate with Wu Chaoyue, so they had to go with them, and everyone on the road naturally glared angrily at the monk and prince who didn't have a zipper on his mouth.

Riding the pseudo-phoenix luan to the door of the Chuxiu Palace where Cixi lived, Ci'an did not wait for the eunuch to report, and led the devil six and others directly into the Chuxiu Palace, and when he entered the apse where Cixi lived, he saw Cixi muttering with his henchman eunuch An Dehai at first sight, as if he was discussing something that hurt the heavens and reason.

Then, something strange happened, seeing Ci'an leading the core backbone of the Devil's Six Coup Group in with an angry face, Cixi, who had always been very deep in the city, turned pale, and blurted out without saluting Ci'an: "Sister, why are you here?" ”

"Sister, I have a question for you, I hope you will answer truthfully." Ci'an said directly: "Did Wu Chaoyue ask someone to bring you a letter?" ”

In front of everyone's eyes, Cixi's face turned a little paler all of a sudden, and she secretly looked at the devil six and others who were saluting her, her eyes were full of fear. Ci'an over there was very impatient, and asked again, "Sister, why don't you answer?" Is there any? ”

I don't know how much Ci'an knows, Cixi has no choice but to nod and say, "Yes, he asked someone to bring me a letter." ”

"Then why didn't you tell me?" Ci'an asked dissatisfied.

Fine beads of sweat oozed from Cixi's forehead, and she quickly analyzed and found that Ci'an could never know the content of the secret letter that was burned by her own hands, so she replied: "Sister forgive me, because Wu Thief's letter has no actual content, and there is a lot of disrespect for my sister in the words and sentences, so my sister didn't dare to report it to my sister, and I burned the letter at that time." ”

"What do you think of the Wu thief's request?" Ci'an asked again.

When it sounded, Cixi only felt a loud noise in her head, and she was almost not frightened by Ci'an's words, and suddenly exclaimed in her heart: "How is it possible? How could Ci'an know that Wu Chaoyue was going to join forces with me to kill her? Ci'an knew the contents of the letter, but I didn't report it to her, which is equivalent to proving that I have the intention of killing her, what should I do? What should I do now? ”

Not to mention, at the critical moment, it was the monk Lingqin who saved Cixi's life - the monk who was greedy for life and afraid of death suddenly knelt down to Cixi, kowtowed and said: "Empress Dowager Xi, if you really think that Wu Chaoyue is credible, then Weichen is bold, please make an edict to the Empress Dowager Xi now, and push Weichen out of the noon gate and behead him!" ”

The look of fear disappeared from Cixi's face, replaced by a face full of surprise, and in a daze, Cixi hurriedly asked, "Monk Wang, what do you mean by this?" Why did the mourners kill you? ”

Finally, it was Ci'an's turn to be dumbfounded, and seeing that the surprise on Cixi's face was not fake, Ci'an came back to his senses and asked Cixi: "Sister, Wu Chaoyue didn't say that he wanted to kill the monk Aiqing in the letter to you?" ”

Cixi hurriedly shook her head and denied it, and when she asked the reason, Ci'an also remembered to give the damn letter to Cixi to read, but it was okay not to read it, and at first glance, Cixi immediately had an urge to rape her little uncle first and then kill and then rape and then kill again, and scolded in her heart, "Fuck your father!" I almost didn't scare the old lady to death, and the old lady thought that Ci'an had come to kill me with the secret edict of the first emperor! It's a shame that the old lady didn't talk much, otherwise the old lady would be miserable today! ”

After scolding, Cixi finally made up her mind, first asked the source of the letter, and then immediately said: "Sister, don't be fooled, this is just Wu Chaoyue's trick of the traitor, the purpose is to make us and the six princes and their ups and downs, suspicious of each other, and then induce us to destroy the Great Wall and cut off our arms!" ”

"And how should this matter be handled?" Ci'an asked.

"Please ask my sister and me to jointly issue an edict, and the world will be clear, no matter who the subjects of the Qing Dynasty are, if there are those who dare to speak up and negotiate peace with Wu thieves, they will not be forgiven!" Cixi replied categorically.

Seeing Cixi's attitude, the devil six and the monk and the others were of course relieved, knowing that at least they didn't have to worry about the knife that suddenly stabbed them from behind, but Ci'an's attitude was obviously a little hesitant, and said: "The edict is good, but doesn't this cut off all hope of appeasing the Wu thief?" ”

The faces of the six devils and the others changed slightly, and they suddenly understood that Ci'an actually still wanted to make peace with Wu Chaoyue. But fortunately, Cixi immediately said: "Sister, there is no hope, let alone any illusions about Wu Chaoyue's traitor!" That traitor's rebellious heart has not been a year or two for a long time, and he also openly formed an alliance with Changmao, joined forces to rebel against the imperial court, and hoped to appease him through negotiations, which is tantamount to seeking his own death with the tiger! ”

After that, Cixi also turned directly to Devil Liu, and said loudly: "Lord Gong, you are the chief of the military aircraft, you will draft the edict now, and my sister and I will use the seal on the edict, and then immediately send it to the world!" ”

Devil Six hurried to see Ci'an, Ci'an still had some hesitation, but finally nodded, Devil Six was overjoyed, and hurriedly sat down in front of the bookcase prepared by An Dehai for himself, and drew up an edict in a moment to cut off all the ways to negotiate peace with Wu Chaoyue for Ci'an and Cixi. Cixi first used the seal on the edict, and Ci'an slowly stamped the imperial reward seal on the edict, handed it to the devil six, and then ordered: "Sixth brother, you kneel down, I still have some sister words to say to the Empress Dowager Xi." ”

The devil six and the others agreed, kowtowed respectfully and then retired, and then Ci'an drove away the other palace maids and eunuchs present, and then said to Cixi: "Sister, is the matter of the edict too arbitrary?" In this way, we can only fight with Wu Chaoyue's traitor, are you fighting to the death? ”

"Sister, do you really have the intention of making peace with Wu Chaoyue?" Cixi asked with a smile.

Ci'an nodded calmly, and said: "If you can really make Wu Chaoyue surrender to the traitor, in fact, making some concessions is not negotiable. ”

"Sister, sister advises you again, the Wu thief is treacherous, and it is indeed very dangerous to negotiate peace with him." Cixi shook her head, smiled again and whispered: "But if my sister really has the heart to negotiate peace, we actually still have a way to retreat, a way to go." ”

"The edicts have been issued, what retreat do we have?"

Ci'an glanced at Cixi, Cixi pursed her lips and smiled, attached to Ci'an's front and muttered a few words in a low voice, Ci'an suddenly realized, and couldn't help but whisper: "Sister, you are too ruthless." ”

"No poison, no husband." Cixi replied lightly, and sneered: "And if we don't do this, maybe we will force the sixth brother and them to become the second Su Shun and Zaiyuan, and then we two sisters will be swordsmen, and I will be fish and meat." ”

Ci'an's body was shocked, and then he remembered that if he didn't refuse to negotiate with Wu Chaoyue with a clear attitude, in order to protect themselves, the devil six and others might strike first, and then come to a Qixiang coup!

Cixi observed her words and knew that Ci'an had already understood her hard work, so she said softly: "Sister, at present, we can only do this, first stabilize the sixth brother and them, and also leave us a way out, and in the future, take one step at a time." ”

Ci'an nodded, and after thinking about it for a while, Ci'an suddenly asked, "Sister, what did Wu Chaoyue say in the letter to you?" ”

"It's just a friendship, to test whether we have any intention of negotiating with him." Cixi casually said nonsense: "Now it seems that Wu Thief should have taken a two-pronged approach, deliberately showing that letter to the sixth brother and them, and on the other hand, making us feel that he is very sincere in negotiation, so as to receive a better effect of discord." ”

"Really?"

Ci'an asked suspiciously, and after seeing Cixi smiling and nodding, Ci'an asked again: "Then why do you look so flustered?" It's like you're afraid of something? ”

"My sister is worried about my brother." Cixi's tears came as soon as she said it, and she choked up from the corners of her eyes and said: "My sister doesn't dare to deceive my sister, Wu Chaoyue's letter was sent to the palace by my unsuccessful brother Guixiang, and if you dig deeper, he can't run away with a crime of rebellion no matter what, and I am his own sister, of course I am worried that he will be affected." ”

After that, Cixi also knelt down on Ci'an's knees, and said with tears in her eyes: "Sister, you spare my unsuccessful brother Guixiang, he was confused for a while, greedy for the silver given to him by Wu Chao's envoy, and wanted to repay Wu Chaoyue for saving his life, so he sent a letter for Wu Chao's dog thief." I have already taught him a lesson, and told him that he must never have anything to do with Wu Rebellion and the dog thief in the future, please let him go this time for the sake of our sisterhood. ”

Seeing Cixi's pitiful appearance of kowtowing and begging for mercy for her younger brother, Ci'an was suspicious, nodded and said, "Sister, get up, it's not a big deal, I just haven't happened." ”

Cixi thanked Ci Xi again and again, and kowtowed to Ci An before standing up, and after Ci An thought about it a little, she even said: "But there is no need to ask Gui Xiang and Wu Chaoyue to cut off contact, it is not bad to have one more secret contact channel, if Wu Chaoyue has any more letters to you in the future, you can let Gui Xiang send it to the palace again." ”

"My sister doesn't dare, my sister has the courage to do this thing again."

Cixi timidly refused as if she was really afraid, and Ci'an said: "It's okay, this is what I allow, but you remember, the letter must be read by me, and it can't be destroyed privately!" ”

Cixi timidly agreed, Ci'an nodded, and warned him uneasily, saying: "Sister, if there is any major event in the future, you must let me know first, and you must not make decisions without permission." Don't think that you can be lawless if you are the biological mother of the emperor today, I still have a way to cure you! ”

The speaker is unintentional, the listener is intentional, hearing Ci'an's words that do not confess to himself, Cixi respectfully promised on her lips, but she roared madly in her heart, "It turned out to be true!" There is such a secret edict! Xianfeng Xiaoer, it turns out that you treat me like this, you deserve to live to be thirty years old! Ci'an little bitch, sooner or later, the old lady will let you die without a place to bury! ”

"We have to step up to envelop the seventh! He is my brother-in-law, and he holds the forbidden army, so I can be invincible in the palace if I am wooed! ”

Cixi made up her mind in her heart, and couldn't help but have such a thought, "What's even better is that in the letter asking for negotiations, Uncle Wu Chaoyue also named the prince who can keep Lao Qi, and bargained a little, Lao Qi will not disagree with ......." ”

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Of course, Cixi also underestimated some of her little uncles, almost at the same time, after returning to the military aircraft with the other six coup culprits, and handing over the edict she had prepared by herself to the military aircraft department, the tired and thirsty devil Zi Liu just picked up the tea bowl, but his heart suddenly moved, and the tea bowl in his hand suddenly fell to the ground and shattered, screaming in his heart......

"Oops! Hit the trick! Sister-in-law, you are too ruthless! Not only is there still a way out, but also I want to add to the sins of this king! ”