“…… Seeing the martyrdom of his lover, he was close at hand, but he couldn't save it, and his ministers were all burned,...... When the lover left Fuzhou, he was pregnant, Cheng Tian's grace returned to the community to recuperate, but he was hateful, and he attacked from the Japanese crown, its cruelty and tyranny, and the Japanese in general, where the old and young women and children, all slaughtered, the Peony Society is loyal to the king, although the strength of the battle is invincible, still stubborn and not rebellious, its men are more and the Japanese Kou fierce battle martyrdom, the women in the society in order to avoid being captured and humiliated by the enemy, then all of them hang themselves in front of the ancestral spirit, a tree hangs dozens of people, extremely heroic...... The death of a lover, one body and two lives, can overcome pain! …… Words cry blood, can't be exhausted. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info......"

At this time, Liu Chengyin recited Lin Yizhe's recital again, and the Empress Dowager Cixi was sad to hear it, and her tears finally fell.

Seeing Cixi crying, Concubine Hui hurriedly got up, took the handkerchief, and gently wiped away Cixi's tears.

"Lafayette take care, don't be too sad and hurt ......your body," Concubine Hui persuaded softly, but her own tears couldn't help but fall, wetting Cixi's hands.

The Empress Dowager Cixi held Concubine Hui's hand, and when she saw her crying with pear blossoms and rain, she just wanted to say something, but she couldn't help but sob.

Soon, Liu Chengyin finished reading again, and he closed the fold again, with a sad look on his face.

"Why don't you read it again......" Empress Dowager Cixi whimpered in a low voice.

"Back to the Empress Dowager's words, the slave finished reading......" Liu Chengyin looked at Cixi with some concern, and replied in a small voice.

In his impression, the Empress Dowager Cixi rarely had such emotional times.

"Read it again!" Empress Dowager Cixi said.

"Stay! Don't read it! The Empress Dowager Ci'an shouted Liu Chengyin, got up and came to the Empress Dowager Cixi's side, held her arm and comforted, "Sister, don't cry, I still have to meet the ministers today......

The Empress Dowager Cixi then remembered that today was the day when Lin Yizhe entered Beijing to meet her, and nodded with tears in her eyes.

"On that day, I ordered her to return to her hometown and relatives, originally to exempt the outside world from the discussion and to reassure all parties, but I didn't expect to cause her to lose her life......," the Empress Dowager Cixi said with self-reproach, "And it's still a corpse and two lives......"

"Sister, don't say that!" The Empress Dowager Ci'an remembered the gossip officials who forced Lin Yizhe to abandon his forehead back then, and couldn't help but be angry, "It's all that class of scholars who are hateful!" What kind of big hat to press you and my sisters, causing our sisters to fall into such an embarrassing situation! ”

"It's their bastards, who are trapped in the unkindness of our sisters! They have a good reputation, but a bad reputation makes us sisters carry it! The Empress Dowager Cixi said angrily, a pair of phoenix eyes flashed with cold light, which made Liu Chengyin shudder.

"Sister, don't be angry, I cried just now, and now I'm angry again, it's the most hurtful." The Empress Dowager Ci'an persuaded softly, "People can't be resurrected after death, Lin Yizhe has made a great contribution this time, and in addition to rewarding him, he should also be a good life to comfort him." ”

"What my sister said is that there is such a man in the world who values love and righteousness, so he should be rewarded for his affection for Eya." Empress Dowager Cixi said, "It's not too much to reward a first-class baron. ”

At this time, the Empress Dowager Cixi and the Empress Dowager Ci'an naturally discussed the reward for Lin Yizhe, but they didn't notice the stunned queen over there.

"There is such a man in the world who values love and righteousness...... "Arut? Bao Yin sighed secretly in her heart, holding the handkerchief tightly with both hands, her long nails sinking into the handkerchief, almost broken, she didn't even realize it.

Influenced by orthodox poetry and books since she was a child, she has always been upright and virtuous, and she was originally quite unimpressed with the stories of those talented and beautiful women, but now she listens to the story of Lin Yizhe and Eya that is enough to cry ghosts and gods, somehow, there is a faint desire in her heart that she should have such a relationship!

Even if it is only for a moment, a man like Lin Yizhe is like a forehead to herself, even if she is dead, she feels no regrets.

Thinking that although her husband Emperor Tongzhi is also very good to him, and there are a lot of emotional exchanges, Emperor Tongzhi likes his beautiful appearance more than the heart-to-heart between Lin Yizhe and Aya, and he can't help but feel sad in his heart.

It was not easy for her to suppress the surging emotions in her heart, looked up at the two queen mothers, and just met the eyes of Concubine Hui beside Cixi, when Concubine Hui met her gaze, she seemed to be afraid that she would see through her heart, and there was a slight envy in her eyes, she understood that Concubine Hui's mind was the same as herself, and she couldn't help but smile at the corner of her mouth and nodded.

Concubine Hui's face turned red, and she was extremely clever, of course she understood what the queen's smile meant, and the two looked at each other and smiled, everything was silent.

At about the same time, in front of the palace ban in the Forbidden City, Lin Yizhe and several ministers handed over the sign and were waiting for the audience.

"Lord Lin, please come here."

Li Lianying bowed down with a smile and said to Lin Yizhe.

"There's Mr. Lao Lee." Lin Yizhe clasped his fists with both hands, bowed and returned the salute, and after the two of them finished saluting, Lin Yizhe followed Li Lianying into the palace gate.

And seeing that it was Li Lianying, the second head of the inner court, who came to pick up Lin Yizhe in person, although the two of them just replied with this simple politeness, and did not say a word, but the other ministers who were waiting to meet seemed to smell an unusual smell and quietly exchanged glances.

"Lin Yizhe, you have worked hard from afar, so you don't have to be formal today." The Empress Dowager Cixi looked at Lin Yizhe, who was standing there respectfully after saluting her, said with a pleasant face, and glanced at her son Emperor Tongzhi beside her.

"Come, give me a seat." Emperor Tongzhi, who was sitting next to his mother, waved his hand and said.

Hearing Emperor Tongzhi's order, Li Lianying just wanted to step forward, but when he saw that Liu Chengyin had already stepped out, he immediately stopped.

Liu Chengyin personally moved an embroidery pier and asked Lin Yizhe to sit down. Lin Yizhe noticed the fatherly kindness that flashed in the eyes of the old eunuch, and his heart couldn't help but warm.

At this moment, Liu Chengyin looked at his gaze, just like his uncle Shen Baozhen.

"Lin Yizhe, are you in Beijing today?" The Empress Dowager Cixi said to Lin Yizhe in a homely tone.

"Back to the Queen Mother, the minister arrived in Beijing at noon today." Lin Yizhe replied respectfully.

"The last time I saw you, I remembered that you weren't as thin as you are now." The Empress Dowager Cixi looked at Lin Yizhe carefully and said.

Indeed, Lin Yizhe in front of her now, his originally handsome face looked a little thin, and his complexion was dark, his eye sockets were deep-set, with a frosty color, and his eyeballs were also bloodshot, which was completely different from the delicate and handsome when he saw him last time.

"I guess it's due to the wind and rain, right?" The Empress Dowager Ci'an looked at Lin Yizhe and sighed.

"Back to the Empress Dowager, since the incident in Taiwan, the ministers have been mostly on ships, and then in order to support the land division, they led the shipbuilding and naval soldiers to fight on land, and they were exposed all day long, so they were very black and thin." Lin Yizhe said and left his seat, and knelt down again, "The minister is in a hurry, his appearance is untidy, which hinders the view, and I also ask the Queen Mother and the Emperor to forgive the minister for the crime of dishonorance." ”

"Though thou art thin, thou shalt be at peace on the terrace! What's in the way? This is obviously proof of contributing to the country! If all the ministers in the world are like you, dedicated to the country, why should I worry about bullying other countries? The Empress Dowager Cixi sighed with emotion, "Hurry up!" ”

Lin Yizhe got up and stood and did not return to his seat.

The Empress Dowager Cixi noticed that Lin Yizhe's face had a sad look that could not be concealed, and remembered the excerpt that Liu Chengyin had read just now about the details of the war he played, and she couldn't help but feel sorry in her heart. She wanted to say something to comfort him, but somehow, the words she had prepared in advance came to her lips, but she couldn't say them, and finally turned into a sigh.

"Alas! Lin Yizhe, this time...... I'm really sorry for you......"

"Back to the queen mother, the minister's family is favored by the emperor and serves the country, which is a matter of the minister's duty! In front of the Queen Mother, how dare you speak of hard work? Lin Yizhe bowed to the ground again and said sadly, "The honor and disgrace of the minister is not a pity, but it is just ...... Those who died for the country are still slandered and slandered! The minister is not reconciled! ……”

At this time, Lin Yizhe, because of anger and sadness, couldn't stop trembling all over, although he was kneeling on the ground, but his fists were clenched tightly, making a gratifying sound.

After Lin Yizhe kowtowed three times, he raised his head suddenly, and his eyes were like a burning black sun, which startled Emperor Tongzhi on the seat.

Lin Yizhe said word by word: "The minister implores the Empress Dowager and the Emperor to be the master of the Peony Society's righteous people who defend the land, the sea and land soldiers who fought against the former enemy, and the martyred heroes of the minister's lover!" ”

Hearing Lin Yizhe's cry, the Empress Dowager Cixi remembered the excerpts of the Qing gossip officials led by Song Jin and the impeachment of Lin Yizhe in the past few days, and her eyes suddenly rose with anger.

Emperor Tongzhi saw Lin Yizhe's grief, and he was a little helpless for a while, he turned his head to look at his mother as if asking for help, and was startled by the anger in his mother's eyes.

"Lin Yizhe, get up!" There was a hint of hoarseness in the Empress Dowager Cixi's voice, and her emotions obviously became excited.

Lin Yizhe's body did not move.

"Lin Yizhe, you are slandered because you are doing things with sincerity! You can rest assured, we and the emperor always know that you are dedicated to the country, and you will not be wronged! Seeing that Lin Yizhe still didn't mean to get up, the Empress Dowager Ci'an comforted him softly.

"Li Lianying, help him up!" Cixi said in a deep voice.

Li Lianying responded, stepped forward to hold Lin Yizhe's arm, and when his hand touched Lin Yizhe's arm, he quickly pinched it lightly with his fingers.

"Lin Yizhe, our and the emperor all know about your suffering, so you can rest assured." The Empress Dowager Cixi tried her best to calm down, "Your merits are known to everyone in the world, and no one can erase them!" We and the emperor and everyone in the world know that as long as we are dedicated to the country, the court will never lose each other! ”

"Minister...... Thank you for the grace of the Empress Dowager! ”

When Lin Yizhe heard the words of the Empress Dowager Cixi, he knew that this time the "cry of Qin Ting" had already achieved the desired effect.

The Empress Dowager Cixi and the Empress Dowager Ci'an comforted Lin Yizhe with kind words, and then the summons ended. Shortly after the summons ended, a hurried figure left the Forbidden City and headed straight for the officials' quarters. After a while, he turned into an alley and entered the mansion of Li Hongzao, the Minister of Military Aircraft, through the back door.

"What? The emperor rewarded Lin Yizhe's concubine with a second order? ”

Hearing the news of the report, Li Hongzao in the study couldn't help but be surprised.

"It's not just that," the person said in a low voice, "The Queen Mother also called the people of the Peony Society 'Yifan', and made a special decree to erect a monument in Taiwan to commemorate the sacrifice of this woman, the victims, and the former enemy of the sea and land soldiers!" ”

Hearing the news, Li Hongzao couldn't help but change color on his face.

"What reward did the Empress Dowager give him?" Li Hongzao forcibly suppressed the panic in his heart and asked.

"The emperor has decided to give Lin Yizhe a first-class baron, an ivory waist card, and he can ride a horse in the Forbidden City." "I haven't seen any promotion in his official position, but I heard that the emperor wants him to temporarily walk in the prime minister's yamen and participate in this ......peace talks with other ministers."

Li Hongzao had a stirring spirit in his heart, but he was still silent on the surface. After talking to the visitor for a while, the visitor hurriedly took his leave.

When he was the only one left in the study, Li Hongzao paced to the table, was silent for a long time, picked up the pen, and wrote the words "Lin Yizhe" on a piece of rice paper.

“…… Although his official position has not been promoted, he is asked to walk in the Prime Minister's Yamen! Li Hongzao's brows twisted unconsciously, "Could it be that you want him to ...... in the future?"

Thinking that Lin Yizhe might be valued by Wen Xiang, Minister of Military Aircraft, and Prince Gong, who presided over the Prime Minister's Yamen, Li Hongzao's face became more and more gloomy.

“…… The purpose of the reward, Mao Dong and the others are in danger! Jeopardy! ”

Li Hongzao dropped his pen and paced rapidly in the study.

“…… Will, those who want to participate in him again will be in danger! ”

“…… There are those who dare to admonish the garden workers, but they are afraid of their lives! ”

Li Hongzao muttered to himself, thinking of the depth of Lin Yizhe's plan to solve the problem through the "garden worker", and the distance of his gaze, no one in the Manchu Dynasty knew it, and he was even more worried.

"Lin Wenzhong's descendants, it's unbelievable that there are such people!"

Now that he has gained a foothold in front of the Queen Mother, I am afraid that he will never be able to shake it again! What a deal! ”

Li Hongzao thought about it for a long time, but he still couldn't get the point, but he suddenly remembered something, and immediately shouted loudly.

"Someone!"

Several servants rushed over.

"Go and ask a few of them to come over quickly! When they asked, they said, "I have something important!" ”

After a short time, the servants of the Li Mansion walked out of the mansion one by one and went straight to their respective destinations. After about a cup of tea, Zhang Peilun, Zhang Zhidong and others appeared in Li Hongzao's study.

"The teacher asked me to wait, I don't know why?" Zhang Peilun couldn't help but be surprised when he saw Li Hongzao's worried look.

"You must remember that before the peace agreement is concluded, you must not participate in Lin Yizhe again, and all the excerpts related to the battle of the Taiwan Strait will be withdrawn!" Li Hongzao looked at a few protégés and said in a deep voice.

"Why is that?" Zhang Zhidong said.

"This person is now favored, and has made great achievements, and is in the limelight, if he participates in the impeachment at this time, not only can he not be harmed at all, but he will be unhappy if the Queen Mother and the Emperor are unhappy." Chen Baochen looked at Li Hongzao and asked, "That's what the teacher means?" ”

"Exactly!" Li Hongzao nodded a little urgently, and his eyes swept over the faces of the protégés one by one, "Wait, did you write an excerpt?" ”

Several protégés all shook their heads, and only Huang Tifang was silent.

"Shulan, what did you write?" Li Hongzao realized that something was wrong and immediately asked.

"When he returned to his teacher, the student did not participate in the impeachment of Lin Yizhe, nor did he discourage the garden workers." Huang Tifang said, "It's just ......"

Hearing Huang Tifang's first answer, Li Hongzao breathed a sigh of relief, but as soon as he heard the "just" in the back, his heart immediately hung again.

"The student is just going to the book, and the war in the Taiwan Strait is over, and the Japanese are deliberately provoking, and they calculate our country's ...... in words" Huang Tifang looked at Li Hongzao's face and replied cautiously, "It was the student who asked the imperial court to pardon Duke Mao and Duke Dong and reinstate the official ......."

"Confused! Solan! Confused! Li Hongzao fell to his feet and sighed, "Do you know that as soon as you fold it, not only will you not be able to save Mao Dong Ergong, but it will harm them!" ”

"This ......" Hearing Li Hongzao say this, Huang Tifang, Zhang Zhidong, Chen Baochen and others were all shocked.

"Why does the teacher say that?" Zhang Peilun asked, at this time, among the crowd, it was still Zhang Peilun who seemed the most calm.

"Mao Dong's second duke went to prison, originally because the Queen Mother remembered their previous achievements, and did not want to punish them severely. Now the General Administration is negotiating with the Japanese, the Japanese are cunning according to the public law of all countries, and there is no one in the court who understands the public law of all countries, the queen mother is angry about this, you are asking for the release of Mao Dong and the second prince at this time, the queen mother remembered that this battle was all because of their miswords, will they be spared? Are you trying to save them or are you going to hurt them? Alas! Li Hongzao said mournfully.

After listening to Li Hongzao's explanation, Zhang Peilun and the others all changed color on their faces, and Huang Tifang was even more ashamed and ashamed.

A few days later, the Ministry of Punishment was imprisoned.

"Dare to ask this old brother, recently ...... Have you heard anything about it? ”

Mao Changxi, whose hair was already gray, laughed and asked the cell leader.

In the opposite cell, Dong Sui also pricked up his ears, and his face also showed a look of hope.

"Yo! Master Mao, you ask me! I'm just a little cell boss, I've been around here all day, I can't be separated, how can I know any news! The cell boss laughed, "I, I don't know much about reading, and I usually know how to read some pictorials, where can I give you a letter!" ”

"This old brother, I don't want to find out any news from you, I just want to know, isn't this a war with the Japanese, and what is the outcome of Taiwan now?"

"Ouch! I've heard a little bit about this, and it's only about the war going on over there for a while. The cell boss smiled, "But don't be surprised, I'm not very literate, and I can't speak well, I know something, and I can't explain it to you." As he spoke, he took out a thick stack of paper from his clothes, "Well, these are the 'Dian Shi Zhai Pictorials', with words and pictures on them, and they are very detailed about this, so you can read it yourself, and I don't need to bother to tell you about it." Do you think so? ”