The Western media, represented by the New York Times, are willing to interpret the queen's miscarriage from the perspective of power struggle, and its foothold is that because the queen is pregnant, Renxi even ignored her own grandson (or granddaughter) for her own desire for power, and persecuted the queen to cause her miscarriage. This statement, after the serialization and publication of Pulitzer's "Secrets of the Dry Palace", has become almost a conclusive conclusion and consensus, although it has no evidence to support it.

The local anecdotes of Daqian have a more characteristic explanation: in addition to "mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are natural enemies", the focus is also on the power struggle: Empress Erut will be one of the rivals of Empress Renxi's political intervention. Looking at all kinds of jokes together, it basically says that after Tongzhi's death, Renxi had the intention of forcing the queen to have a miscarriage, and the queen had no choice but to write to her mother's family, and her father replied with only four words "Queen Shengming". The queen knew that her mother's family had no choice, so she had to miscarry.

During this period, some unusual events also intensified people's curiosity and speculation - the accidental death of Prince Jing's eldest son Chengming, and the execution of Wang Qingqi by Ling Chi, which wiped out the three clans.

Chengming and Wang Qingqi were both companions of Emperor Tongzhi, and after the death of Emperor Tongzhi, his two closest courtiers also died one after another, and the official cause of Chengming's death was "falling from a horse", but it was rumored that he was personally executed by his father, Prince Jing.

What is even more surprising is the cause of Wang Qingqi's death. It was officially announced that Wang Qingqi had committed the great crime of "killing the emperor's heir", and sentenced him to death by Ling Chi and killed all members of his family.

Wang Qingqi's execution is said to be mainly due to a suspicion that Empress Erut was not pregnant with the blood of Emperor Tongzhi, and in his performance he also unceremoniously accused a minister of the Prime Minister's Yamen -- Lin Yizhe, the Minister of the Navy who had just become famous for defeating Japan, was the adulterer of the Empress, and even deduced that Lin Yizhe and the Empress poisoned Emperor Tongzhi together! Wang Qingqi's performance caused great anger among the Empress Dowager Renxi and Prince Jing, and Wang Qingqi was executed in the most brutal way invented by the executioners of this ancient empire.

Although only a few ministers knew the content of Wang Qingqi's recitals, the main content quickly spread, and some believe that it was the blow of these unfavorable news that led to the miscarriage of Empress Erut. The spread of such news also had a certain adverse impact on Lin Yizhe's reputation. What is even more striking is that shortly after the queen miscarried, Lin Yizhe died of illness. The official account of Qianguo for the cause of Lin Yizhe's death was that he was infected with "miasma" and died; Folklore has it that Lin Yizhe was impeached by Huang Shulan as Zhang Yuan and Wu Hao by the imperial history, and died of fright.

Despite extensive and in-depth reports and speculations by the New York Times and the Chicago Daily Tribune, as well as by newspapers and media around the world, the truth of the matter remains as dark as the ancient Forbidden City - dark, mysterious, and unfathomable.

After reading the newspaper, Lin Yiqing couldn't help but feel deeply sorry for Lin Yizhe's death.

He traveled to this era, in addition to the legacy left to him by Lin Yizhe, what he could feel fortunate about was his hairstyle - the hairstyle of the Qianguo people in this era was similar to his original time and space, mainly short hair, not the original historical time and space of the Qing Dynasty, which needed to keep braids.

Lin Yiqing was sighing there with emotion, and there was a sudden sound of neat footsteps at the door.

Lin Yiqing got up and put away the newspaper, sat down in the chair, and calmed down, he had already guessed who might be who came in.

Tuk Tuk knocked on the door twice, and a slightly hoarse voice came: "Is Lin Jun here?" ”

"Please come in." Lin Yiqing replied.

The door opened, and Saigo Kobei, dressed in a Japanese kimono with a double sword at his waist, and two samurai walked in.

Saigo Kobei came to Lin Yiqing and bowed respectfully, and the two samurai behind him also bowed.

Lin Yiqing bowed and returned the salute according to Japanese etiquette, and Saigo Xiaobei said in a respectful voice: "Mr. He Ruzhang, the minister of your country, has come to visit, and my brother has invited Lin Jun to meet together. ”

"Okay, let's go over together." Lin Yiqing nodded quietly, although he couldn't help but be a little surprised when he heard the visit of the Minister of Qianguo.

What he is worried about is that his identity as a "secret agent in Ouchi" may be debunked by this minister.

Lin Yiqing went out with the Xixiang Xiaobei at the moment, and a servant samurai led a horse to Lin Yiqing, Lin Yiqing turned over and got on the horse, and the Xixiang Xiaobei also got on the horse and walked side by side with Lin Yiqing.

Lin Yiqing noticed that today's Xixiang Xiaobei was not as hostile to him as he was that day, but when he looked at himself, his eyes were still a little strange,

The two walked silently for a while, and the Xixiang Xiaobei looked at Lin Yiqing, as if he had made a lot of determination, and said, "Lin Jun, I have a question I want to ask you, and I hope you can answer me honestly." ”

"Xixiang-kun, please ask, I will tell the truth and never deceive." Lin Yiqing sensed that there was something in Xixiang Xiaobei's words, and he was secretly vigilant in his heart, but on the surface, he nodded quietly and replied.

"Lin Jun, are you Lin Yizhe?" Saigo Kobei stopped his horse and asked in a deep voice.

"Why do you think I will be Lin Yizhe?" Lin Yiqing took two steps forward, stopped, and did not answer him directly, but turned around and asked with a smile.

"Please answer me first! Lin Jun! Yes, or no? Somehow, Saigo Kobei became nervous, and his forehead was covered with sweat.

"Of course...... No! Lin Yiqing laughed, he was a little curious about why the dead Lin Yizhe put so much pressure on Xixiang Xiaobei.

"Lin Yizhe is dead! You can't be resurrected from the dead! Lin Yiqing said with a smile, "I can tell you for sure!" I am by no means Lin Yizhe! ”

"That'...... That's great! Saigo Kobei's face was less nervous, but it still looked extremely serious.

"You haven't answered me yet, why do you think I'm Lin Yizhe?" Lin Yiqing looked at Xixiang Xiaobei and asked.

"You look like ......," Saigo sighed, "not just your looks, but also your ......" he shook his head and said no more.

"Our appearances are somewhat similar, but not exactly the same, and as far as I know, Lin Yizhe is a real civil servant and does not know martial arts." In order to completely eliminate the idea that Xixiang Xiaobei thinks that he is Lin Yizhe, Lin Yiqing emphasized another sentence, "We are both surnamed Lin, and our ancestral homes are in Fujian, which can be regarded as distant relatives, but I have never met him since I was born." ”

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