(1st Update)

When the training of the Praetorian Guards was in full swing, the capital was more than ten miles away, but it was calm and peaceful, and the political arena of the Qing Dynasty seemed to have entered a "windless period" in this spring, which perfectly corresponded to the sentence in the Bible: "Under the sun, there is nothing new".

However, this special and delicate situation is only an undercurrent before the arrival of the great wave, and the forces of all parties will not die down, but hide in the dark and are ready to move, quietly brewing a new round of fighting.

Of course, only a few people can know these most confidential information, and Ye Kai is one of them, although he is far away in the suburbs of Beijing, every movement in the capital is constantly flowing into his ears through various channels, with Han Chun's eyeliner, coupled with Shu Qing'a's intelligence department, even if Ye Kai spends most of his time on military training, he can also synchronize and update the movements in the capital in an orderly manner.

According to the confidential files of the Military Advisory Office sent by Han Chun'er, one thing worth paying attention to in the capital has been worth paying attention to recently, which is the birthday of the Empress Dowager Longyu

Changchun Palace, Suishou Palace.

Xiaode Zhang is commanding a group of eunuchs and palace maids to put up lights everywhere in the hall, pasting gold and silver, busy and happy, today is the forty-first birthday of the Empress Dowager Longyu, everything is not allowed to be sloppy, in order to leave a good impression on the master, the big eunuch worked extra hard.

Because it is not the birthday of the whole year, the location of this birthday banquet was chosen in the dormitory of the Empress Dowager Longyu, but even so, the specifications have not been reduced too much, after all, this is her first birthday since she became the Empress Dowager, so the party or something should be as good as possible.

In the dormitory of Changchun Palace, the atmosphere is rare and festive, there is a faint incense in the air, behind the bead curtain, the Empress Dowager Longyu is dressing up, on this special day, she is extraordinarily careful, just combing the hair There are several people waiting at the same time, and then it is the hair, after the cumbersome process of spraying incense, she will put on the bright yellow and red queen mother's court clothes, and personally go to the main hall to entertain the coming princes and ministers.

Putting on court clothes, wearing finger covers, and standing in front of the mirror, Longyu really had the addiction of the queen mother, sat on the seat with a proud face, and enjoyed the hard-won grace with peace of mind.

Long Yu, who closed his eyes, leaned back in his chair peacefully, and suddenly a thought suddenly appeared in his heart, when that woman was alive, she thought about it almost like this.

"Queen Mother, the princes and ministers are here, the servants have taken a look at the time, you should also go out to meet." Xiao Dezhang came in from outside the curtain, approached Longyu, and said softly.

Longyu, who opened her eyes, didn't rush to answer, she was still sitting leisurely, and she didn't mean to leave at all, now that she was the queen mother, she naturally had the majesty of the queen mother, anyway, she was waiting for them, so what if she was in a hurry? After a long time, she slowly asked.

"Is Zaifeng here?"

"The regent went to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs this morning to inspect and couldn't come, but he brought a congratulatory gift, which can be regarded as a tribute to the Queen Mother." Xiao Dezhang lowered his head, knowing that something was wrong, he tried his best to pick good things to say.

"Humph!" Hearing this, Long Yu suddenly sneered, and said to himself: "He is the regent of the prison country, acting for the imperial power, and he has all kinds of opportunities, how can he be free to come to me?" ”

Seeing Longyu's sour appearance, Xiao Dezhang hurriedly made a round, it is no secret that his uncle and sister-in-law are not in harmony, it is no secret in the palace, for this substitute queen mother, Zaifeng may not be in his eyes at all, but on this occasion, Longyu must not go wrong.

"Queen Mother, don't be angry, Yu Private, you are Zaifeng's eldest sister-in-law, he has to respect you, Yu Gong, you are the Queen Mother of our Great Qing Kingdom, and he Zaifeng is just a prince, Zaifeng is unkind, the Queen Mother must not get along with this kind of person."

"The mourning family is not angry, this birthday party is not for him, Zaifeng love will not come." Longyu's face was gloomy, and he slowly spit out a cold word.

Although Longyu said this, how could Xiao Dezhang not know that Longyu was angry and directly gave face, no matter who it was, it would definitely be uncomfortable.

"Zaifeng can't come, someone can come." Xiao De turned his head and quickly pulled the topic away from Zaifeng.

"Who?" Longyu said in a muffled voice.

"Lao Qing Wang, Yi-Xuan."

"King Qing is here?" Xiao Dezhang's words finally made Longyu ignite a trace of joy, for this matter, the invitation was the first to be sent to Qingwangfu.

"It's good that King Qing is here, it's good that King Qing is here."

Longyu kept chattering in her mouth, the three words "Qing-Prince-Wang" were like a shot in the arm, and she finally cheered up with relief, in the entire Qing Dynasty officialdom, Yi-Liang is second only to Zaifeng The real power figure, what about the prison country? Even to a certain extent, Yi-Xuan's power is greater than that of Zaifeng, and after several ministers of military aircraft, his foundation is far from being comparable to Zaifeng.

Seeing his master's happy face, Xiao Dezhang naturally did not stop there, he was worthy of being an expert in observing words and feelings, and the scale was extremely accurate.

"Queen Mother, the arrival of King Lao Qing is the first happy event, and another thing is double happiness."

"What's the matter?" Longyu asked curiously.

"Congratulations to the Queen Mother, another good general."

After listening to Xiao Dezhang's words, Longyu didn't react for a while, "What good general?" You slave is a clean mouthful. ”

"Lord Liangbi Liang of the Praetorian Guard is willing to serve the Queen Mother."

Longyu's eyes widened, a little unable to believe her ears, a few days ago she asked Xiao Dezhang to contact Liangbi, and told that if there is a chance, it is best to bring him over, originally did not have much hope, but I didn't expect this to happen, this is really happy from the sky.

"What about others? Where, the mourners want to see him. Longyu asked excitedly.

"Back to the Queen Mother, Lord Liang is in military affairs and can't be there in person, but he asked someone to let the slave bring a birthday gift." Xiao Dezhang replied, his voice deliberately accentuated the word birthday ceremony.

"Bring it up, the mourning family wants to see it." Longyu was on the rise, and asked according to Xiao Dezhang's words.

"Come on, bring the birthday gift of Lord Liang!" Xiao Dezhang hurriedly ordered, and after a while, several eunuchs outside the door moved in a large gift box, and after opening it, a delicate new camera lay inside.

According to Ye Kai's instructions, this latest American camera, ingenious with gold and silver jewelry inlays, as soon as the gift box is opened, it will shine gold, elegant atmosphere and practical effect, this gift appeared, immediately attracted Longyu's eyeballs, staring closely at the things in the box, she has always liked to take pictures, she relied on this kind of Western gadgets, to survive day after day of cold palace-like days.

"Liangbi has a heart!" Longyu finally smiled.

"Queen Mother, it's not too early, the princes and ministers are still waiting."

Xiao Dezhang urged again, Longyu's attitude at this time was completely different from just now, she nodded with satisfaction, put on the finger sleeves one by one, and then walked out of the door satisfied.

Just like Xiao Dezhang planned before, what followed was of course not an ordinary birthday party, and what made Longyu really satisfied was not a delicate and flattering gift, but a sense of power projected from it.