"The emperor has returned to the city!"

The secretary Weng Tongyi returned to Yingtian Forbidden City first as if he was standing up for Zhu Jishi, and immediately passed the news of Zhu Datianzi's return from a vacation at Fort Maria to the female guard guarding the gate of Qianqing Gate. In the harem, everyone with ghosts in their hearts is a flurry of chickens and dogs.

In addition to the two French women who accompanied Zhu Jishi to Fort Maria, it was Tokugawa Akiko. The Luo family sisters used the excuse that Luo Xiangmei was unwell and stayed in the Yingtian Forbidden City. Su Yuniang was busy reorganizing the Guards to prepare for the Northern Expedition next year, so naturally she didn't have time to go to Fort Maria. Wang Yunjiao was not in Yingtian at all, but personally sat in Huai'an to monitor the Cao Gang and the Worship of God Society's every move - at present, the cable telegram from Yingtian to Shanghai has just been pulled, and the telegraph line from Huai'an to Yingtian has not yet been pulled, and the absence of a spy leader is not very beneficial to the possible bloody suppression. Hong Xuanjiao didn't go to Fort Maria either, her status in Zhu Jishi's harem seemed to be the lowest, and she could have warmed Zhu Datianzi's bed by relying on her appearance. Now Maria, the great ocean horse, is here...... So as soon as Hong Xuanjiao smelled the smell of Gong Dou, she simply closed the door and stayed in her small courtyard to worship the Buddha! The girl of God's family, Jesus's sister-in-law actually believes in Buddhism, Hong Xiu knows everything, and I really don't know what to think.

And Zhu Jishi, the four of them cultivated at the northwest foot of the beautiful Purple Mountain for a full 20 days before responding to Tiancheng. During this period of time, the Luo family sisters were not idle, and frequently summoned foreign ministers, Zuo Zongtang, Liu Peng, Luo Zenan, Luo Bingzhang, Pan Zengshou, Pan Shicheng, Wu Chunqiu, Chen Jijie, Zhu Yuanshan (Minhou, Hongru Bachelor, Zongren Mansion Order), Li Hanzhang (Li Hongzhang's brother. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs) and other important ministers of the imperial court saw it all over. As for the content of the conversation, it varies from person to person. Some of them are about the enlightenment of the crown prince and the eldest son of the emperor. Some of them are asking for their opinions on the "Imperial Family Model", and some simply imply that they are creating public opinion to restrict the harem from interfering in politics, but I don't know if such an act of Lu Dao itself is considered interference?

Luo Xiangmei had seen the big market in Europe, and had met and talked with the princes and ministers of the Western powers. Naturally, he will not be weak in his heart for summoning a few ministers. But Luo Xiangju is worried, she has been called the chief photographer harem for the past two years, and she is actually responsible for recording the time of Zhu Jishi's concubine. She is a concubine herself, so why bother to take on the responsibility of the future? And she is still a little afraid of her husband. never dared to disobey Zhu Jishi's intentions. Now that he heard that Zhu Jishi was back, he went straight to his sister's room as soon as possible.

"Sister, what should I do about this? The emperor must know that let's give him eye medicine again! Speaking of which, he is always our master...... "The nervous pretty face turned white, and he looked sad."

"Maria is back?" Luo Xiangmei was grooming under the service of two henchmen and female officials, and when she heard her sister's words, she just smiled faintly. To be honest, she doesn't think she's doing anything wrong, how can there be no rules in the harem? How can there be no order for the elders and the young? There are no rules, there is no order, that is burying the root of the problem! How many palace struggles have been fought over the years. It all started with no rules!

Maria...... I think I'll go back to the palace first, right? The Emperor was to attend a meeting of the Constituent Assembly and listen to the opinions of the members of Parliament on the Imperial Code. Sister. Don't you ...... with Sister Maria?" Clementina has a lot of opinions.

"When she returns to the palace, let her come to me, I haven't had a good chat with her for a while." Luo Xiangmei remained silent, just said lightly.

"Sister......

Luo Xiangmei looked back at the anxious girl, and smiled: "Ju'er, look at your worried look...... What are you afraid of? ”

"Sister, this is the harem ......" Luo Xiangju said in her heart, what if her eldest sister fought with Maria in the palace? I don't know who the Emperor will help?

"What's wrong with the harem? As long as I am still the queen, she, the imperial concubine who has not yet been officially canonized, will be under my control! She waved her hand, dismissed the female officer who served her, stood up and paced in the room, "Sister Ju, if you want to invite you, don't worry that Maria and I are fighting in the palace, she and I can get along well in Europe, we can be regarded as good sisters." ”

"Sister...... What you said sounds false, as soon as people come back, they will dominate the emperor, and it has been 20 days......" Luo Xiangju's heart was sour, and she didn't know if she was sad or jealous. In the past, the most favored woman around Zhu Jishi was her! As long as Zhu Jishi is at home, when will she stay alone in the empty room for so long?

Luo Xiangmei smiled lightly: "Even if you compete for favor, you have to have a rule...... It is our duty to try our best to please the emperor as a concubine, if the emperor likes to ride her oceanic horse, our sisters have to accept their fate. ”

"Sister......" Luo Xiangju paced, pouted and slipped out of the smoke to wait for her rival Maria. Sure enough, after a while, Maria. Clementina went back to the palace first.

The Constituent Assembly has always been long and smelly, often going on all day, and a large number of members of the Constituent Assembly tend to quarrel for a long time over a trivial matter like a sesame mung bean. The constitutionalism of the Ming Dynasty has just begun, and there is still a long way to go before it comes to this point.

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"Concubine, Maria has said goodbye to the queen."

As soon as Yanma returned to the palace, he didn't wait for Luo Xiangju to come to invite, so he automatically went to Queen Luo's residence and kowtowed. It's not a kneeling bow, but a traditional Chinese bowing ceremony, and I don't know if it's because of negligence or intentionality, the female official of Kunning Palace didn't prepare a mat for her, so she directly knelt on the hard floor tiles.

"Sister Maria, you came just in time, there is something I want to tell you about in this palace." Luo Xiangmei didn't give Maria a seat, so she asked her to kneel and talk to herself.

"I am the queen, you are the imperial concubine, and the Ming harem respects you and me. These days, I've been jumping up and down as a villain, but you're out of the way. ”

Maria smiled and said, "Why don't you come out as a concubine and be a villain with your sister?" It's a big deal to let the emperor punish the concubine severely, anyway, the concubine likes to punish him. ”

Luo Xiangmei said: "Anyway, my wicked person will do it here, if I continue to do it, the emperor will not be able to tolerate me, and you can do it after rectifying the harem." ”

Hearing her sister say this, Luo Xiangju, who was with Luo Xiangmei, was suddenly confused, which one is this singing? Maria. Isn't Clementina against the rules of the harem?

Maria said: "Sister Xiangmei, my little sister can't compare to you, I haven't been a royal concubine, and I'm not the mother of the crown prince, so I'm afraid I can't be a wicked person...... Why don't you just blow the wind on your pillow? ”

Luo Xiangmei suddenly frowned slightly, and said, "Sister Maria, you haven't forgotten what I told you in Europe, right?" ”

Maria nodded: "Queen, you have a name and a prince, and I have a lot of money and I know how to please the emperor." But others have guards in their hands, secret police...... In front of the gun and the knife, my money and your title are equal to zero. ”

"If only you remembered!" Luo Xiangmei said coldly, "Then what are you going to say to the emperor?" ”

"Of course, it's straightforward." Maria laughed, "Didn't my sister say that the Chinese rule is that the husband is the wife and the wife is the concubine?" My sister is a concubine, the property of the emperor, and the emperor's lowly slave girl, how dare she not tell the truth? ”

Luo Xiangju's mouth on the side opened into an O-shape, listening to the conversation between these two people, how could it seem that they had already been summed up, and they wanted to deal with Su Yuniang who held the guards and Wang Yunjiao, who held the Jinyi Guard's spies?

Luo Xiangmei said: "You want to put the responsibility on me? ”

Maria said: "I will shoulder all the responsibilities of the emperor, and you will shoulder the responsibilities of the queen of the foreign court." ”

These two people are really complicit! Luo Xiangju looked at her sister, then at Maria, and said in her heart: "It turns out that you two are not good people, and you have played the emperor and the civil and military officials......

Luo Xiangmei breathed a sigh of relief, she was not afraid of the responsibilities of the outer court. She is the queen, and it is reasonable to rectify the harem and establish the Gangchang. Although the old foxes of the Xianghu faction have not been very energetic, the lords of the Heaven and Earth Society really dare to come out against them, and these scholars will definitely support themselves. But Zhu Jishi's dissatisfaction can't bear it, if Maria refuses to take responsibility, she will not be deposed for the time being, but a big fall from grace is certain. (To be continued......)