"Bold Ruilin, you dare to insinuate the Queen Mother." Prince Gong Yixin listened to Ruilin's comparison of Cixi to the poisonous queen Lu Pheasant who was in power after the Han Dynasty killed Han Xin and other heroes, and was furious, pulled out the white rainbow knife, and smashed Ruilin's kneecaps with the handle of the knife, Ruilin's legs bent and knelt on the ground again, hurting like an angry baboon, but he was still fearless, spitting blood from his mouth, like a buffalo panting and saying: "Thanks to the grace of the first emperor, Ruilin was able to go into battle with a seven-foot body to kill the enemy and serve the country." The first emperor passed away, I only know that there is an emperor in the world, and I don't know what the Queen Mother is. ”

"Backbone!" Cixi ordered the eunuch to bring a glass of wine to Ruilin. Ruilin, who is nearly seventy years old, grabbed the octagonal unicorn wine bottle in the jade jade plate, drank it all with his neck tilted, and laughed, "Good wine!" The old man ......" before he could say a word, white foam gushed out from the corners of his mouth, his body fell to the ground like a piece of wood, he rolled to the ground holding his stomach, and shouted: "Poison, poison in wine." ”

After a cup of tea, Ruilin's face was bruised, his mouth and nose were bleeding, his screams of pain were getting smaller and smaller, curled up on the ground motionless, only the wine bottle that fell on the ground "clanged" and rolled, Li Lianying walked over, bent down and tested Ruilin's mouth and nose with her fingers, ran out of breath, and said to Cixi: "Queen Mother, he has returned to heaven."

Queen Arut's surname is kind, and she is five months pregnant, and she saw the bloody scenes one after another, and couldn't help but cover her mouth and vomit.

Jade Ruyi is a symbol of the queen's identity, the Empress Dowager Cixi didn't like Empress Arut originally, and when she saw that she broke the jade Ruyi, she scolded her with a cold face and angrily: "As the queen, you should be the mother of the world, this scene is frightened like this, what kind of system?" ”

Empress Arut smelled blood, but she still vomited, and Cixi waved her hand and asked the two eunuchs to take her down. Emperor Tongzhi thought that Cixi was going to attack the empress, so he begged with a sad face: "Queen Mother, the queen is not guilty, and she is pregnant, please don't punish the queen mother." ”

Cixi said: "The mourning family is to let her go to a place to recuperate, and before the child is born, the emperor will not see her." There are still a lot of state affairs that you need to work on. ”

Empress Arut, who had a big belly, was put out of the curtain by the eunuch, walked a few steps, and couldn't help but turn her head and call for help to Emperor Tongzhi: "Your Majesty, save me." ”

Emperor Tongzhi's face was pale and powerless, two lines of clear tears flowed down his face, and he closed his eyes in pain.

At this time, the Empress Dowager Cixi blushed and sighed and said: "Ruilin used to gallop on the battlefield for me in the Qing Dynasty, exterminated the bandits and bandits, and was a loyal minister, but now he is dead. In addition, Prince Gong, you go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to get some silk and satin, gold, silver and jade, and personally bring people to appease the ministers and wives of various countries, saying that the gunfire is just a small accident. ”

Prince Gong Yixin said: "The Queen Mother is wise, I will do it immediately." ”

"The Queen Mother has arrived!" At this time, a eunuch outside the tent shouted loudly, and then seven or eight people came in, led by the Empress Dowager Ci'an. She was two years younger than Cixi, she looked very young, her complexion was very white, she wore a sable fur hat, she wore a scarlet gold five-phoenix dress, a jade face and a peach blossom, and a graceful figure. With the support of a tall maid, he sat next to the Empress Dowager Cixi. She coughed incessantly as she walked, obviously not getting better. Emperor Tongzhi just gave Gui Bao a look and asked him to invite the Empress Dowager Ci'an.

When Cixi saw Ci'an, she got up to greet her, roughly told her what had happened, and said, "My sister is unwell, so she should rest early." I'll take care of this here. ”

Empress Dowager Ci'an nodded, expressing her agreement with her decision just now.

Waiting for the Empress Dowager Ci'an to sit down, Prince Yi Xun asked: "Ruilin is dead, is the meeting of the Ming Divine Machine Camp held as scheduled?" ”

Emperor Tongzhi said categorically: "The Ming Dynasty will have already sent a note to the palaces and foreign envoys. Ruilin had an accident, and I took charge of it myself. ”

When Prince Alcohol heard it, an emperor was going to be a general, and he would be in charge, isn't this nonsense? He criticized Emperor Tongzhi and said: "Does the emperor want to follow the example of Emperor Zhengde of the previous dynasty?"

Emperor Zhengde, that is, Zhu Houzhao of the Ming Dynasty, once used the alias of the mighty general Zhu Shou twice, led his troops to the battle, and was a famous grotesque faint monarch in the Ming Dynasty. Emperor Tongzhi saw that Prince Alcohol compared him to Emperor Zhengde, he was furious, swept over the tea set on the table with his sleeves, and refuted him: "I love the Xinjueluo family since it immediately won the world, since entering the customs, which emperor is not strong?" This is the first meeting since I was in power, and it is the time to establish the prestige of the Qing Dynasty, and whoever does not agree with it is coveting my throne, and I will give up the throne by issuing an edict. ”

Emperor Tongzhi's words were obviously said by Prince Yu Gong Yixin and Empress Dowager Cixi, but Song Xiaofei looked at their faces, but he was surprisingly calm. The Empress Dowager Ci'an, who hadn't spoken for a long time, coughed twice and expressed her support for Emperor Tongzhi: "The emperor is right, since the matter has been decided, it is not good to cancel it suddenly." ”

There has always been a misunderstanding in the history books, that is, the Empress Dowager Ci'an has no opinions. In fact, Ci'an is the queen born in the eight classics of Zheng'er, the mother of the world, is the "queen mother", the power is not less than Cixi, in 1861 if it were not for Su Shun and other eight big orders too arrogant, Ci'an chose to stick to the Xianfeng Emperor's will, not to cooperate with Cixi, Chinese history will be rewritten. Many historical brick families count Cixi in charge of the Qing Dynasty from 1861, saying that Cixi has been in charge of the Qing Dynasty for 40 years, which is completely lazy, otherwise her "godbrother" An Dehai would not have been killed, and the reason why Emperor Tongzhi dared to choose the queen by himself was also supported by the Empress Dowager Ci'an.

The real Empress Dowager Ci'an was born in a family of eunuchs for generations, and she has received a good education since she was a child, after the death of Emperor Xianfeng, as the empress, she still speaks with a lot of weight, and Cixi needs to discuss with her every time she encounters something. Seeing that Ci'an supported Emperor Tongzhi, Cixi lowered her head and took a sip of ginseng tea, and said to Emperor Tongzhi: "This hunt, since the emperor wants to have fun, it's up to you." However, the training of the 2,000 sergeants of the Shenji Battalion is too short, and in normal times, the children of the Eight Banners are also unfamiliar with guns, so I am afraid that it is not enough to promote the prestige of our country. If you lose face in front of foreigners, you will be ashamed of the emperor. I transferred 5,000 elite soldiers from the Huai Army, led by Liu Mingchuan, and the emperor will meet together, and the two armies will face off against each other, which will be more lively, how? ”

The princes and ministers present expressed their agreement with the opinion of the Empress Dowager Cixi, and the Empress Dowager Ci'an was not good to say anything, so it was decided.

Liu Mingchuan is a native of Feixi, Anhui Province, ranked sixth among the brothers, with pockmarks on his face, known as "Liu Liumazi", is the first tiger general under Li Hongzhang, he was a robber when he was young, and defected to the Huai army led by Li Hongzhang at the age of 21. Liu Mingchuan is especially good at leading the horse army, and in the past, among the more than 7,000 war horses in the 28 horse battalions of the Huai Army, there were about 13 battalions and more than 3,500 horses belonging to his "inscription battalion". But Liu Mingchuan was arrogant, recruited colleagues to frame, resigned in 1868 and returned to his hometown, and spent nearly seven years in his hometown of Feixi, so he was really panicked, and went to Tianjin to find Li Hongzhang to make a comeback, Li Hongzhang just received Cixi's secret order, and asked him to send a fierce general from Mulan Qiuer, so he pushed the boat down the river, and selected 5,000 Huai troops to be handed over to Liu Mingchuan, so that he could protect Cixi.

Song Xiaofei knew that Zeng Guofan, who had always been good at reading people, commented on Liu Mingchuan: "There is a numb face, and he is handsome", as soon as he heard that he was coming, he knew that the coup of Emperor Tongzhi was no longer playful. After returning to the imperial tent, he persuaded Emperor Tongzhi not to act rashly tomorrow, not only the two thousand sergeants of the Shenji battalion would definitely not be able to defeat the five thousand Huai soldiers, but now Empress Arut was also in the hands of the Empress Dowager Cixi, ostensibly under house arrest, but in fact hostage.

Emperor Tongzhi's eyes were glazed, his spirit seemed to have been hit hard, and he said in a low voice: "Don't say it, this is my last chance to fight, even if I know that I can't do it, I will do my best to do it!" ”

At the same time, in the curtain of the Empress Dowager Cixi, Prince Gong and Cixi almost quarreled. Cixi wanted Liu Ming to teach Emperor Tongzhi, an ignorant child, a lesson, so that he could suffer a little and remember his surname for a long time. Prince Gong disagreed, he said: "In case the emperor makes any mistakes, it will be difficult for foreigners to speak." ”

Cixi asked coldly: "If Zaichun leads people to bombard the city, what will it do?" ”

Prince Gong said: "Although Zaichun is messing around, it's not like this, right?" ”

Cixi said: "It's better that he doesn't play too much. I have already secretly admired Li Hongzhang, if Jaechun leads people to attack the city, he will no longer be my son! ”

At that time, Li Hongzhang beat the side drum with Liu Mingchuan in the tent and said: "Although the Queen Mother of Our Lady has given you full power this time, this time it is not as good as a thief, you must pay attention to proportion, in case you hurt the emperor, let alone come back, I can't save your life." ”

Liu Mingchuan touched his shiny forehead with his left hand, laughed, and said, "I, Liu Mazi, crawled out of the pile of dead people, I haven't seen any scenes!" But it's the first time I've seen Master Li so timid, and I don't even blink an eye when you agreed with your brothers to kill 10,000 long hairs to boost morale. ”

"It looks like seven years at home isn't enough!" Li Hongzhang said, he once again instructed Liu Mingchuan: "At this time and that time, you must be more careful." ”;