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With the help of Fan Wenrui and Zhang Zuguang, Li Lianying, the little eunuch who left the capital, did not dare to delay for a second and went straight to Weihui's mansion. After receiving the message of the Queen Mother sent by Li Lianying, Li Hongzhang beat his chest and burst into tears, and his head knocked dozens of times on the blue brick floor of the Shuai Mansion, and his brain was bruised and swollen. After he hurriedly made arrangements for Zhang Shusheng, Pan Dingxin, Wu Changqing, and Tang Diankui, he immediately took Tang Dingkui and a small team of people, and after changing their disguises, they rushed to the capital non-stop.

After arriving in the capital, Li Hongzhang did not enter the city directly, firstly, because he was worried that his fellow party members would find out his whereabouts, and secondly, because he already knew that his queen mother had now been imprisoned in the Old Summer Palace. After some prior investigation, he had a more detailed understanding of the current situation around the Old Summer Palace. Due to the compromise of Yi Xin and others, although most of the other two gardens of the Old Summer Palace were still protected by military horses loyal to Yi Xin, the Changchun Garden, where his empress dowager was located, was completely in the hands of the Russians.

In order not to reveal his whereabouts and to meet his holy empress dowager as much as possible, Li Hongzhang made an appointment with Du Han's wife in a secret place outside the city after some careful consideration. He knew that the current Russians had a tacit understanding with Yi Xin and others, and if they wanted to enter the harmonious and strange fun smoothly, I was afraid that it would not be a simple matter. In addition, Tong Guò's subordinates made several inquiries to Changchun Garden, and he also grasped some information, that is, from time to time there were always several Fujin people from the palace in and out of Changchun Garden. Of course, he didn't know that this was actually a tacit understanding between the Russians and Yi Xin and others, Yi Xin didn't worry about Cixi, nor did he worry about the Russians, and the Fujin people visited Harmony and Fun, to put it bluntly, there was only one purpose, that is, to see if Cixi was still there.

Accompanied by Mrs. Du Han and several maids, Li Hongzhang also dressed up as a woman and came to Changchun Garden. Due to the overall operation of Li Hongzhang, everyone was fully prepared, and Mrs. Du was willing to "dedicate" herself to the empress dowager, which made the Tsarist military officer in charge of the guard dizzy, and finally showed mercy to him, a "woman" who looked too ordinary.

Li Hongzhang, who entered the harmonious and interesting with trepidation, saw that the former scenery was no longer there, and he was comparable to the queen mother who fell to the yellow flower, he really had mixed feelings. If it weren't for the identity, if it weren't for the fact that Mrs. Du and Tang Dingkui, who was half-sitting in a sedan chair, and others were beside them, this master and servant really had the urge to hug their heads and cry when they saw it.

Cixi barely suppressed the grief and indignation in her heart, concisely introduced the great rebellion of Yi Xin and others, and then carefully inquired about the current situation of the peace talks, when she heard that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom did not intend to accept the terms of the peace talks by drawing the Yellow River at all, Cixi's eyes immediately turned red, "Look at it...... Look at it...... This is the good result of this gang of thieves. Peace talks? Bullshit peace talks! Behind our backs, we scolded us for selling how many things to the Russians, and if we sold them, what if we sold them? Whether it's Russians or Westerners, they just want to bargain for a few pieces of land to get some cheap for their sons, but what about the red bandits? Those red bandits not only want our Qing Dynasty to dominate the world, but also want our lives! ”

Li Hongzhang was even more choked up at this time. He fell to his knees on the slippery wooden floor with a thud, kowtowing like pounding garlic, "Queen Mother Shengming...... Woowoo...... If the Queen Mother can't re-hang the curtains, the Qing Dynasty ...... I'm afraid that the Qing Dynasty will be ruined in one fell swoop......"

"Draping curtains?" Cixi's little hand rubbed her wet eyes and sighed mournfully, "Where is it so easy...... If it weren't for the Russians in the middle, Yi Xin and Zaiyuan would have poisoned me a long time ago......"

"The Queen Mother must not be discouraged, as long as there is Hongzhang, the Queen Mother will have the day when the curtain will be re-draped!" Li Hongzhang banged a few more times.

Looking at Li Hongzhang's swollen forehead, Cixi was really a little distressed. She left her seat, moved lightly, walked to Li Hongzhang in front of her, and stretched out her hands, "Don't do this...... Hongzhang, adversity sees sincerity, I understand your intentions. Alas...... To be honest, I used to be really suspicious of the Han officials in the court, but now I understand that you are the mainstay of my Qing Dynasty. ”

Cixi's heartfelt words moved Li Hongzhang on the ground like a child, his face was buried in the back of one of his queen mother's hands, and he cried bitterly, "It's too ...... Dowager...... Whining...... The son is not ugly, the dog is not poor, Hongzhang was born as a Qing dynasty and died as a Qing ghost. For the Queen Mother...... Hongzhang would rather be willing to cut his ......"

"Good...... Okay......" Cixi also whimpered a little, she gently stroked the woman's wig on Li Hongzhang's head with her hand, raised her head and closed her eyes a few times, "Get up, tell me about your plan." ”

Li Hongzhang's contingency plan had already taken shape before he set off. Along the way, although he was bumpy and tired, it couldn't stop him from continuing to refine his plan. This plan is really bold, and when it comes out at first glance, even Cixi, who has never known what it means to be afraid, can't close her mouth for a long time.

"This ...... Can this be done? Cixi rubbed her pounding heart and asked in a low voice.

"Queen Mother, this is the only way to go faster now." Li Hongzhang seems to be confident, "Taking advantage of the deadlock in the peace talks over there, it is bound to get some ministers who originally had great expectations for the peace talks at this time." In addition, Weichen also took into account that if Weichen led troops into Beijing, he would be prevented by Prince Gong's party along the way. Once the peace talks are terminated, it will also give the red bandits who are eyeing them an opportunity to take advantage of it. The Qing Dynasty couldn't give them Yixin, let alone the Red Bandits. ”

Speaking of this, Li Hongzhang's face showed a righteous and awe-inspiring look, "Besides, even if the Russian allies turn their faces and don't recognize people, then it is only Hongzhang who suffers bad luck, and it will not affect the status quo of the Queen Mother at all." ”

"Good...... Good...... Good ......" Cixi's rusty face finally had a glow, she slapped the table next to her, and called out softly, "It's up to Aiqing to call the shots." After the fact, Aiqing is the great hero of the revival of the Qing Dynasty, didn't our ancestors also crown the Han people as kings, and Aiqing should also be kings. ”

"How can a slave be virtuous, how can he bear such grace from the Queen Mother!" Li Hongzhang couldn't help but slide from the chair to the ground again, "The Queen Mother should also accept a slave." ”

"Oops...... You won't be allowed to do this when you see me in the future," Cixi hurriedly beckoned Li Hongzhang to get up, "Aiqing has something to say, but you can say it bluntly." ”

"There is no Ming monarch in the country, and the source of chaos is also," Li Hongzhang reluctantly leaned half of his ass back into his chair, "Queen Mother, in the past, the Great Zhou Dynasty with Wu Zetian was no less powerful than the Tang Dynasty, all because Empress Zetian was smart and sage. And she is thousands of miles away from today's Queen Mother, so ......"

Cixi shook her hand and giggled, "I understand what Aiqing means. But......" she bowed her head and muttered for a moment, "the Qing Dynasty is messy enough, and I don't want to be the target of public criticism." To be honest, if it weren't for our Qing Dynasty's Jiangshan Sheji, I wouldn't have been too lazy to go to this curtain. Alas...... Who doesn't know it's better to eat, drink and be merry in comfort......"

As she spoke, she looked at the two big men who had been kneeling by the door after following Li Hongzhang in, and smiled at Li Hongzhang, "Let's get them up too." Hehe, they will all be the great heroes of our Qing Dynasty in the future, what are their names? ”

Li Hongzhang hurriedly got up, called the two people to him, and pointed to the one on the left, "His name is Tang Dingkui, and he is the servant's guard battalion management belt." Then he pointed to the person on the right, "His name is Cheng Xueqi, and he is the pipe band of the scout camp." ”

"Oh......" Cixi nodded, and deliberately looked at the person named Cheng Xueqi a few more times, "I think he is very unusual?" ”

"The Queen Mother is really a saint!" Li Hongzhang pulled Cheng Xueqi, "Cheng Guandao originally went astray, and later abandoned the darkness and turned to the light when he was in Luzhou. ”

"Well, okay...... Okay......" Cixi smiled and nodded, "Hongzhang, be kind to these people who abandon the darkness and turn to the light, and don't cold their hearts." ”

"The Queen Mother......" Cheng Xueqi knelt down ordinarily, kowtowing like a chicken, "Queen Mother, the slave is not an official to serve the court, and the second is not greedy, just because he is not at odds with the red bandits, he is willing to serve the Queen Mother." ”

"Alas......" Cixi sighed faintly, "If our Qing Dynasty had more loyal ministers and good generals like you, why would we be here today!" ”

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