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"Yo, Lafayette, why are you still asking about the minion's coming, how much knowledge does the minion have!" Liu Chengyin said with a smile.

"I don't ask you guys, who are you going to ask?" Empress Dowager Cixi's words were full of trust in Liu Chengyin, "Just think I want you to help me get an idea, do you think, what's the matter?" ”

"The minion is short-sighted, how can he help Lafayette get ideas!" Liu Chengyin said.

"If you tell you, just say it." Empress Dowager Cixi said.

"Hehe, Lafayette, the slave hasn't read for a few days, and he doesn't know the way of the sages, but only knows some simple truths of ordinary people." Liu Chengyin combed the hair of the Empress Dowager Cixi and said with a smile, "The slave remembers that there is a saying among the people, which is called 'Rather demolish ten temples than destroy one marriage'." ”

After listening to Liu Chengyin's answer, the Empress Dowager Cixi already understood in her heart. But she didn't speak, but waited for Liu Chengyin to continue.

"Lin Yizhe's matter, the slave feels that he is wishful thinking to marry a fannu, it is not a big deal for him to be public or private, if he is really forced to divorce someone, both of them are pitiful enough. But this 'Huayi defense', that class of scholars took it seriously, stared at this matter and embarrassed the court, it was really a bit excessive, but the court was not good at screwing them up. Liu Chengyin said, "The slave thinks that if he can let the outside look at it, Lin Yizhe will make a step, it will be easy to do." ”

"According to you, how can you tell Lin Yizhe to make a step?" Empress Dowager Cixi asked quietly.

"Back to Lafayette's words, the slave these days, seeing that Lafayette has been working hard about this matter, he also thinks about how to share Lafayette's worries. If Lin Yizhe can understand the hardships of the court, take a step back, and do not have to leave the concubine, but temporarily send the concubine back to his hometown and province, and avoid this limelight first, things will be easy to do. ”

"Send the concubine back to the hometown? ......," the Empress Dowager Cixi muttered.

"The slave remembers that in this ordinary people's house, the bride marries into her husband's family, and after living for a while, she also has to return to her hometown." Liu Chengyin said, "And I have to stay at my mother's house for a few more days." According to the slave's opinion, as long as the concubine leaves the Lin family and returns to her parents' house to live for a while, the discussion outside will naturally subside. ”

"But Lin Yizhe's concubine is the daughter of the leader of the Fan clan, and she suddenly went home to save her relatives, and there is no one to accompany her, if the people are suspicious, they will cause chaos, and they will miss the work of picking wood, but it is not beautiful." The Empress Dowager Cixi thought about it and expressed her worries.

"At this point, the slave also thought that for the sake of the hearts of the people, the queen mother could give this woman a set of women's clothes to show her honor. This woman has such a reward from the queen mother, even if one person returns to her hometown, it is also extremely beautiful, no one dares to say no, so, her father should be at ease, and the wood-picking project of Fanmin will not be affected. Liu Chengyin said, "Of course, there is no need to issue the decree of the seal, otherwise it will be another storm when the official hears it." ”

"That's a good idea." The Empress Dowager Cixi felt that this method was very good, and she was happy for a while, and her brows, which were originally a little frowned, were all relaxed, "That's it!" ”

Hearing Liu Chengyin's solution, Li Lianying was also ecstatic in her heart, and at the same time full of admiration for Liu Chengyin.

"Li Lianying, I'll leave this matter of serving the woman to you." The Empress Dowager Cixi said, "I don't know if she is really pregnant, whether there is or not, this silver for the fetus will come out of your use, give one hundred taels." ”

"The minion will go and buy it!" Li Lianying agreed very happily, "The slave feels that one hundred taels is a little less, so it is better to give five hundred taels to show the grace of the queen mother." ”

"Yo, why is Second Manager Li suddenly so generous?" Empress Dowager Cixi smiled, "Don't you want to show favor to Lin Yizhe? ”

"If the slave returns to Lafayette, who else in this palace can reward the grace of the slaves except Lafayette? The slave just now just gave Lin Yizhe's family some rewards for Lafayette, and the word 'show grace', the slave would never dare to exceed the rules. Li Lianying said respectfully.

"Yo! Dog minion, squeeze me with words! The Empress Dowager Cixi secretly laughed and scolded in her heart, but she didn't say so. After all, what Li Lianying said was also the truth, in order to earn face for herself, so she smiled and said, "If you want to give it, be generous, make up an auspicious whole number, and get a thousand taels." ”

"Slaves obey!" When Li Lianying heard that the Empress Dowager Cixi wanted to pay a thousand taels of silver to Lin Yizhe's concubine, she didn't hesitate at all, but happily agreed. The Empress Dowager Cixi couldn't help but be surprised when she saw that Li Lianying's face didn't have the slightest bit of pain on her face through the Western mirror in front of her.

As soon as she thought about it, she figured it out.

Li Lianying is now doing whatever it takes for the garden work to go smoothly, and he can't be ungenerous now. As long as he can guarantee the garden workers, he will not hesitate to go bankrupt.

"Hehe, forget it! Li Lianying, it's not easy for you, you should keep that little bit of silver for yourself! The Empress Dowager Cixi said with a smile, "This thousand taels of silver reward will be issued by the Internal Affairs Office." ”

"Minions thank Lafayette for your grace!" Li Lianying was grateful, and immediately knelt down and kowtowed to thank her.

After the Empress Dowager Cixi finished grooming and using some snacks, she ordered, "Swing and go to Zhongcui Palace!" ”

"Huh-"

"Liu Chengyin, you have someone to invite the sixth master, and you will also come to Zhongcui Palace."

"Huh-"

Prince Gong's Mansion, backyard.

"I'll kill you unscumbersome!"

With a roar of rage, Prince Gong Yixin fiercely whipped a young man about fifteen or sixteen years old who was tied to the bench with a gag with a leather whip in his hand.

Every time the whip hit the young man's buttocks, a large number of blood spots were splashed, and the young man's gagged mouth let out a "woo" snort, and the muscles on his face twisted up because of the pain, and the beads of sweat of the bean kept flowing down, dripping onto the bluestone ground, mixed with the blood stains on the ground, emitting a penetrating dark red.

Looking at the tragic situation of the beaten person, that is, the eldest son of Prince Gong Yixin, known as "Cheng Belle", the servants of King Gong's Mansion were all shocked.

Although the servants were afraid, none of them dared to come up at this time to persuade Prince Gong.

It's no wonder that Prince Gong is so angry, it's really because this "Cheng Beile" is too unpleasant.

This stubborn "Cheng Belle", Yixin's eldest son Zai Cheng was born in 1858, in fact, he is very talented, and he has received a good education since childhood, and likes to read and recite poetry. Although Zai Cheng is literate, among the princes of the Tongzhi Dynasty, he is known for his debauchery and stubbornness. This may be related to the early death of his two younger brothers, who are the eldest son, and have been doted on by his parents since he was a child. The failure of Prince Gong's tutor is evident from this (comparable to that of the Crown Prince of Prussia).

Just this summer, Zai Cheng led a group of evil young people to Shichahai. While drinking tea on the shore, I saw a bewitching woman sitting next to me, who was alone and unmarried, and frequently flattered him. Déjà vu, want to talk and stop. Zai Cheng likes to touch flowers and grass, and sent his subordinates to buy a bouquet of lotus pods as a gift, and said to her: "This is a gift from the uncle, I want to meet you, is it okay?" The woman replied, "My family is miscellaneous, and it is very inconvenient, so please choose a place." Zai Cheng was overjoyed when he heard this, and invited her to a secret room in a restaurant to meet. The two have been together for a long time, and the woman knows that she is Zaicheng, but Zaicheng doesn't know who the woman's surname is. One day, Zaicheng said to her: "We are in love, but we can't stay together." What can I do? You might as well marry me. The woman replied, "If you have a mother-in-law and a husband, it will not work." The only way to do that is to rob me halfway through. Uncle robbed a woman, who dares to say half a word! "Zai Cheng heard that he was overjoyed. still asked the woman to meet in the Shichahai tea house, and he led a group of evil young people to rush up and rob the woman. For a while, public opinion was boiling, thinking that Zaicheng robbed the women of a good family, but I didn't know that the two of them designed it in advance. In fact, the woman's husband was a banner man, and her husband heard that she had been robbed by the famous "Cheng Belle", and did not dare to go to the government to accuse her, so he was angry and became insane, and all day long, he bared his chest and talked nonsense on the street. The matter reached the ears of Prince Gong, and Prince Gong was furious, and after checking it, he learned that the woman was also the daughter of the clan (royal family), and in terms of seniority, she was still Zaicheng's aunt!

Zaicheng's character is stubborn, but the key is that he brought the Tongzhi Emperor badly. Although Tongzhi Emperor Zaichun and Zaicheng are both kings and ministers, after all, they are uncles and brothers, and the two are close in age (Zaicheng is 2 years older); Zaicheng has been reading in the study room in the palace since he was a child, and he has the same smell as Zaichun. When he grew up, Zaicheng often haunted the land of dogs and horses, and was well-informed, and often told the little emperor anecdotes about the outside world. After Zaichun became pro-government, he couldn't help the temptation, but the Empress Dowager Cixi and the queen watched strictly, he couldn't go out of the palace with Zaicheng Weifu, and went to the prostitution tavern with him for a night banquet, looking for flowers and asking willows, so that Zaicheng taught him those tricks, changing the method to test on the palace maids, as a result, the emperor's daytime prostitution spread to Yixin's ears, he was furious when he knew, but he didn't dare to publicize it, for fear of disgrace to the emperor. Therefore, under the pretext of Zai Cheng's seduction and robbery of the clan aunt, he ordered him to be imprisoned within the high walls of the Zongren Mansion, with the intention of permanent imprisonment. He didn't want Yixin's Fujin to die, so Zaicheng took the opportunity to ask the Empress Dowager Cixi: "Be the best of the Son of Man and go to the funeral and filial piety." "It is not too much for a son to do his filial piety to his mother. The Empress Dowager Cixi specially ordered Zaicheng to be released, but Zaicheng's original form was revealed, and he was still the same.

Zai Cheng has a bad record, but Yixin, who is a father, has no way to deal with him. This time, Prince Gong learned that his son actually offered prostitution to the emperor, so that the emperor was still lustful in his illness, and was caught by the Empress Dowager Cixi, and the emperor was ordered by the Empress Dowager to "think about it behind closed doors", and he couldn't help but be frightened. Under his anger, he immediately grabbed Zaicheng back to the house, and couldn't help but say that it was a "leather whip stew".

Prince Gong may have beaten him too hard, panting vigorously, and after ten more lashes in a row, he threw away the whip in his hand and sat down on the stool. The servant hurriedly stepped forward to wipe the prince's sweat with a towel and handed over tea.

Prince Gong grabbed the towel and wiped his face and hands, threw the towel to the servant, took another cup of tea and poured a big sip, stepped forward to pick up the whip and was about to continue whipping, but the porter trotted into the backyard.

"Lord Wang! Someone is in the palace! The porter panted and said, "It was said that the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces summoned me!" ”

As soon as he heard this, Prince Gong thundered like five thunderbolts, and the whip in his hand fell to the ground at once.

"That's it! Death today at the hands of this rebel! Prince Gong paused.

Forbidden City, Zhongcui Palace.

"Sixth Master, what's wrong with this today? God is not keeping, and his complexion is not good, could it be that there is something going on at home? ”

After Prince Gong greeted Ci'an and Cixi, the Empress Dowager Cixi immediately noticed Prince Gong's unusual situation today and couldn't help asking.

Hearing that the words of the Empress Dowager Cixi were full of concern and no sense of blame, a big stone in Yixin's heart fell to the ground, and his expression relaxed.

"Back to the Queen Mother's words, the minister occasionally felt cold today, his body was slightly unwell, and he didn't sleep well last night, because his complexion was not good. Let the queen mother worry, and the ministers are uneasy. Prince Gong replied in a hoarse voice.

"Liu Chengyin, show the sixth master a seat." The Empress Dowager Cixi instructed, Liu Chengyin stepped forward and personally moved an embroidery to Prince Gong's side, and Prince Gong thanked him and sat down.

"Our sisters invited the sixth master over today to decide one thing." The Empress Dowager Cixi talked about Lin Yizhe straight to the point, and told Prince Gong about Liu Cheng's idea.

"The sixth master thinks that if this matter is handled like this, will the official still have a written argument?" After the Empress Dowager Cixi finished speaking, she asked.

"Back to the Queen Mother's words, the minister thinks that this matter is handled very well, and it can be described as a plan for both worlds." Prince Gong said.

"It's just a reward in the palace, and it must be kept secret." Empress Dowager Ci'an said.

"What the Queen Mother said is, but at the moment, I don't know what Lin Yizhe means......" Prince Gong expressed his concerns.

Hearing Prince Gong's words, the Empress Dowager Cixi also sighed secretly in her heart.

Lin Kunyu, Lin Kunyu, I hope you can appreciate our hard work!

Fuzhou, Lin Yizhe's Mansion.

Lin Yizhe was chatting with Yanagihara Maemitsu and Mizuno Zun and others in the inner hall, but Xu Run walked straight in.

"Master, General Guba's letter has arrived." After a little courtesy with a few Japanese, Xu Run handed a letter to Lin Yizhe.

Hearing Xu Run say the unfamiliar name "Lonely", Yanagihara Qianguang's spirit suddenly became focused.

Lin Yizhe took the letter, and did not shy away from the Japanese present, but directly opened the envelope, took out the letter paper, and looked at the content of the letter.

Seeing that the envelope and stationery were written in French, Yanagihara Maemitsu realized that this general named Guba turned out to be the famous French admiral who attacked the port of Kiel!

Thinking that Lin Yizhe could communicate with such a famous general, Yanagihara Qianguang was secretly frightened.

Yanagihara Maemitsu and Mizuno Jun both stared closely at Lin Yizhe's movements, and they both noticed that although Lin Yizhe's face was very calm, his hands were trembling slightly, and his brows were unconsciously wrinkled for a while.

And after reading the letter, Lin Yizhe seemed to be a little distracted!

"Since Lin Jun has something important to do, I'll leave first." Yanagihara said deliberately.

"Oh, it's okay, it's okay." Lin Yizhe smiled, his face instantly returned to calm, he said and put the letter away, and nodded to Xu Run, "It's okay, Mr. go get busy." ”

Xu Runwei retired, and Lin Yizhe continued to chat with Yanagihara Qianguang.

"The portrait of Uchiko, there is Lao Yanagihara-kun." Lin Yizhe said, "If Yanagihara-kun needs anything, just tell me." ”

"Well said, well said. Lin Jun rest assured, I will definitely give Lin Jun a satisfactory painting. At this time, Yanagihara Maemitsu's mind was already on the content of the letter, but on the surface he was still silent, but talked about painting with Lin Yizhe.

Yanagihara was good at Danqing, and after the founding of Japan, he studied Western painting, and his painting skills were extremely sophisticated. This time to visit Lin Yizhe in Fuzhou, one day unfortunately in the Lin Mansion saw the Eya dressed in the costumes of the Gaoshan tribe in Taiwan, the pure beauty of the Eya deeply attracted him, he immediately asked to paint a portrait of the Eya, Lin Yizhe was very happy, and on the spot and Yanagihara Qianguang clapper decided the matter, and promised to pay him a lot of money.

After chatting for a while, Yanagihara Maemitsu led everyone to say goodbye, and Lin Yizhe personally sent them to the gate of the mansion and got into the carriage.

On the way to the consulate, Yanagihara Maemitsu talked to Mizuno about what he had seen in the past few days.

"During this period of time, the impeachment from the supervision of the imperial history has been exhausting him, and there must have been some major changes today that made him so anxious." Mizuno said, "This letter must have written something that made him very nervous, which is why he behaved like that. ”

"That's right! He pretended to be casual on the surface, but he was actually very nervous in his heart! Yanagihara Maemitsu nodded a little excitedly, "It's surprising that he didn't expect him to have a direct contact channel with General Guba......"

"That's right! This letter turned out to be written to him by General Guba! This is especially important! Mizuno said, "This shows that there should be some dispute between France and the Qing Kingdom!" ”

"What kind of dispute will arise between the Qing Kingdom and France that makes him feel so nervous?" Yanagihara Maemitsu frowned, his mind began to spin rapidly, and he suddenly thought of a place, "Could it be ......?"

"Vietnam!?" Mizuno and Yanagihara Maeko blurted out in unison.

"This situation is very important! We have to figure it out! Yanagihara Maemitsu was so excited that beads of sweat oozed from his brain.

"Yes! If there was really a conflict between France and the Qing because of Vietnam, it would be of great benefit to the Empire's actions in Taiwan! Mizuno was also excited.

"We need to know what's in that letter!" Yanagihara Maemitsu clenched his fists and said in a deep voice.

"I think it's time for the 'chess piece' I laid out early to work." Mizuno said with some smugness.

"What? Chessman? Yanagihara Maemitsu made Mizuno Tsumi stunned for a moment, and immediately asked.