Cixi, who was about to let Zaifeng leave, suddenly heard that the telegram was released, and she suddenly chuckled in her heart, who Zaifeng knows by herself, and she will definitely not joke with herself, and now, Zaifeng said to himself that the telegram will be released to death, which sounds like a joke on the surface, but if you listen carefully, it is not. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

"What do you mean by that?" After taking a deep breath, Cixi asked Zaifeng in front of her.

With a plop, Zaifeng heard that Cixi's words had a depressing taste, and suddenly felt nervous, and suddenly kowtowed again and said: "Lafayette, at about three o'clock this afternoon, the Liaodong Army conquered Jianmen Pass. Xiliang and his more than 40,000 officers and soldiers were wiped out. ”

Clanged eastward. Zaifeng raised his head and looked at it, and suddenly sighed helplessly, now, the jade Ruyi in Cixi's hand has fallen to the ground and shattered.

If we had accepted Liaodong's conditions at the beginning, we would not be limited to such passivity now, Zaifeng thought sadly and indignantly in his heart.

"Let's go down." After a while, Zaifeng, whose legs were almost numb, heard Cixi weakly push himself down.

Zaifeng, who had wanted to leave here for a long time, hummed, and was called back by Cixi before he took two steps.

Zaifeng didn't understand what Cixi asked him to catch, so he could only stand there and bow his head in a proper manner, and he didn't dare to look at Cixi.

"Go and send a message to Zaitao, let them try again, and start negotiations with the Liaodong Army."

"Wow." Hearing the helplessness, discomfort and pain in Cixi's heart, Zaifeng could only nod, and then turned around and walked out.

Mpt. Before Zaifeng, who returned to the department hall, had time to take a sip of tea, a subordinate ran over and said to Zaifeng, who was sitting in a chair: "Lord Qiyu, Minister of the Praetorian Guard." Prince Gong has been waiting for you in the living room for a long time. ”

What are they here for? Hearing this, Zaifeng blinked his eyes twice, lowered his head and thought for a while, then stood up and walked to the living room inside. As soon as he entered, Zaitao saw Fu Wei and Wang Zhanyuan, and several officials such as Shangshu of the Ministry of War were sitting in it and drinking tea leisurely.

"What do you mean, brothers, what are you doing in my little temple?" Zaifeng sat down in his place and asked with a puzzled expression.

The relationship between Prince Gong Fu Wei and Zaifeng is the best, I saw Fu Wei stand up and look at the dozen or so people present and said: "Zaifeng, you also know that Jianmen Pass has fallen, and the Liaodong Army is approaching Chengdu soon, so we will gather together." Let's talk about what to do. ”

Discuss countermeasures, what do you mean by this, even if this matter is to be discussed, it will be in the court, not here, Zaifeng was confused, and looked at the few people in front of him with wide eyes.

"Discuss countermeasures, then there is an emperor, what do we care?" Zaifeng smiled and said lightly.

"Something. It's better for a few of us to discuss, in order to be able to preserve the prosperity and wealth of us and others. Speaking of this, Fu Wei paused, took a deep breath and said again: "You should know what I mean." ”

The Commander of the First Town, the Commander of the Second Town, the Commander of the Fourth Town, the Minister of the Praetorian Guard, the Admiral of the Nine Gates, which one is not a person with a heavy army. Lowering his head and thinking for a while, Zaifeng swallowed a mouthful of saliva: "Are you trying to force the palace?" ”

It's terrible, these people actually dare to discuss the forced palace behind Cixi's back, if it is known, it will destroy the nine clans. Zaifeng's sweat had been left on his back, and he didn't know why these people, as royal relatives and nobles, would do such a heinous thing.

"Everyone, as members of the imperial family, we should share the worries of the imperial court, but you did this?" Zaifeng didn't want to be exterminated by the Nine Clans, and he didn't want to wade into this troubled water, these succeeded, and he had no impact, and if he failed, he didn't have any impact. It's okay to be your own rich man by the rules.

"Prince Alcohol, now that the Liaodong Army has broken through the Jianmen Pass, we will be able to reach the city of Chengdu in a few days, and when the time comes, the Liaodong Army will attack the city, and we will be in vain. It's better to control Lafayette and let her announce her abdication, and it's not very good for everyone to go down with Liaodong amicably. The First Town Commander smiled and said.

It turned out to be this reason. Hearing this, Zaifeng somewhat understood, these people were worried that Cixi would not surrender and did not agree to the requirements of the Liaodong side before they made such a move. But now, Cixi has ordered herself to convey orders to Zaitao in Baoji, and work hard to catch up with Liaodong again.

"Everyone, Lafayette has already ordered Zaitao to find Liaodong, can't we discuss it." When he said this, Zaifeng already had a prayer in his heart.

This one? The people present really didn't know the news, and after thinking about it for a while, the people present looked at each other, and then Prince Gong stood up and said, "Okay, then we'll see what the result is." ”

Finally stabilized these people temporarily, seeing that these people all nodded, Zaifeng took a deep breath, but he knew that these were all temporary, once the court and Liaodong could not talk about each other in the future, these people today would still say about forcing the palace, and if they didn't get it right, they would have to act.

No matter what, I'll do my part. It's better to take care of other things, Zaifeng, who took two deep breaths, thought of this, and then picked up a telegram draft and wrote Cixi's meaning on it, then came to the telegram room and handed the content to the telegraph officer in front of him: "Send it urgently." ”

Baoji, drunken fairy building. The imprisonment of the representatives of the imperial court has not been completely lifted until now, and although the representatives of the imperial court have been able to move freely throughout the restaurant, they have not been able to get out of the door at all.

Ay....... Sitting at the gate on the first floor and looking at the crowd outside, Zaitao was so envious in his heart, he had wanted to go out for a long time, however, he couldn't go out.

"What is the prince sighing for?" Songpan on the side looked at Zaitao in front of him and asked with a puzzled expression.

"I'm wondering, what does Zhang Zhongtang mean when he goes up and brings it back?"

What does it mean, Songpan lowered his head and thought for a while, and then remembered that when the imperial court wanted to negotiate with Liaodong for the first time, Zhang Zhidong went to Li Hongzhang's mansion, where to talk about it and brought back a result, that is, waiting.

I don't know what this waiting means, and Zhang Zhidong didn't say what it meant.

Although he is from Liaodong, he did not transmit any instructions to him there, and he can only bury his head in continuing to be a member of the imperial court and assist the imperial court in negotiations. (To be continued.) )