"Grandma-" Xiao Tiantian jumped into Cihui's arms and began to be coquettish after a loud shout.

Early in the morning, Yang Zaoer took her daughter to the Summer Palace to meet the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces. Tian Tian is still young, so naturally he doesn't have to take care of all kinds of etiquette, but Yang Zao'er can't. She respectfully saluted the empress dowager of the two palaces, Cixi did not say a word with a dark face, Cihui only said one word: sit down and talk, and hugged Tiantian with tears in her eyes.

"Grandma doesn't cry, Tian Tian wants to study in the capital, and she won't leave in the future."

Xiao Tiantian wiped her tears from Cihui's eyes indiscriminately, but Cihui's eyes were like bursting embankments. On one side, there are children who have been brought up by their own hands since childhood, and it is a lie to say that there is no emotion. On the other hand, there is a family and a country, since the Manchus were slaughtered by Yuan Shoushan in Fengtian, most of the elites among the Manchus have withered, and everyone understands that the Manchus can no longer support the Manchu Dynasty, but to be merciful to watch the collapse of the Qing Dynasty with their own eyes, this is also a kind of cruelty.

Xiao Tiantian jumped out of Cihui's arms, took out all kinds of food from his backpack that had been prepared for her grandmothers, and filled the table. Looking at Xiao Tiantian's innocent smiling face, looking at the kindness of the little man holding the food on tiptoe and trying to raise his little hand to his mouth, he finally touched his cheek to hold back his tears, bent down and caught the food handed by Xiao Tiantian with his mouth. Cihui, who is already dead to the country, can't eat it, but this must be the food that the little granddaughter carefully prepared for herself, Cihui still nodded again and again and said: "It's delicious, it's delicious." Xiao Tiantian is the most well-behaved. After speaking, he stroked Xiao Tiantian's head dotingly.

Since Yang Zao'er's mother and daughter entered the palace, Cixi has been staring at the door without saying a word. Xiao Tiantian always glanced at Cixi from time to time. But Cixi was frightened by the black-faced Cixi and didn't dare to step forward, Li Tian didn't forget the roar on the phone. Li Tian thought for a long time. In the end, it was decided to give the little grandmother a piece of food, although the little grandmother rarely smiled. has often reprimanded himself harshly, but his love for Tian Tian has never been less. Li Tian checked the table for a while, and finally found a food that she thought should be the most suitable for the taste of the little grandmother, held it in her hand, and walked over. Li Tian thought very simply, she put the food in the grandmother's mouth with her own hands, which made the grandmother who was crying burst into tears and laughed, she thought that she could make the little grandmother happy again.

When Li Tian tiptoed and tried to raise his head to eat, he smiled and said that this was specially prepared by Tian Tian for his little grandmother, but he didn't want Cixi to slap her on the hand. Li Tian, who was on tiptoe, fell to the ground. The food in his hand also flew far away. Li Tian, who looked aggrieved, didn't dare to cry under Cixi's powerful aura, but tears had already flowed out.

Seeing her daughter fall to the ground, Yang Zao'er stood up violently, she was no longer the girl who had nothing to ask for, and several years of court life had already developed the temperament that a queen should have. Yang Zao'er, who had an angry face, was fierce in her eyes, and she was about to speak......

At this time, Cixi's face was already hideous, and she stared at Li Tian, who was at a loss, and was about to open her mouth to scold......

"Smack-" Cihui on the side was the first to react. Before Cixi and Yang Zao'er could speak, Cihui slapped his palm heavily on the case. He said sharply: "What for?" What's the tantrum? The child kindly brings you food from Jiangnan, this is the child's filial piety, you have anger in your heart, don't sprinkle it on the child. Before he finished speaking, the person had already left the seat and picked up Li Tian on the ground and began to persuade him.

It can be seen that Cihui is sincere heartache for Tian Tian. At least this is Yang Zao'er knows that Cihui has only been angry with Cixi twice, both because of Xiao Tiantian. Now that mercy has come forward. Yang Zao'er thought that saying anything heavy to Cixi at this time might stimulate Cixi to react violently, which would be detrimental to the country or Xiao Tiantian personally. Therefore, Yang Zao'er sat down again without speaking.

But Cixi's heart was even more angry. Listening to Cihui talking nonsense about the little grandmother being in a bad mood. Looking at Yang Zao'er's unkind face, he was unwilling to say it in front of Yang Zao'er. Because Cixi saw the chill in Yang Zao'er's eyes. In the end, she could only snort heavily to express her dissatisfaction.

"If you don't want to see the child, get out." Cihui, who was teasing Xiao Tiantian, replied heavily.

Cixi looked at the boss with Cihui's eyes, she dared to tell herself to get out? How dare she tell herself to get out! How many years. For many years, no one dared to lose their temper with themselves, because those who dared to lose their temper in front of themselves died. Today, my sister actually told herself to get out of the way for a wild species?! Cixi was immediately furious.

"Ahem, ahem." Yang Zao'er's two coughs were like cold water on the head to extinguish Cixi's anger. Only the power in one's own hands is one's own strength, this is what Li Ming told himself when he insisted on establishing a new army twelve years ago. It's ridiculous that at that time, I thought that if I had a righteous name, I didn't need to spend money on it, and Li Ming's victories in foreign wars again and again, I thought that being defeated in the hands of Li Ming was defeated by Li Ming's false Guangxu's righteous name. Now facing Yang Zao'er, who seems to be smiling, Cixi really understands that only the army represents the ultimate strength, and all her current strength is only the thousands of so-called Manchu Qingrui in the hands of Shi Duo, who are not even enough guns.

As a politician, Cixi was well aware that the situation was not in her favor. She didn't dare to get angry at Yang Zao'er, because if something happened to Yang Zao'er, Li Ming, who was far away in the south of the Yangtze River, would kill her. He didn't dare to make a move on Li Tian, because it might cost the entire Manchu people for a momentary pleasure, because Cixi believed that Li Ming was capable, but this did not mean that Cixi had no temper at all. Don't you dare to be angry with others, don't you dare to be merciful and angry? Cixi glanced at Yang Zao'er and said coldly to Cihui: "What did you just say to the mourning family?" ”

"Hear clearly, this palace told you to get out-" Cihui, who comforted Xiao Tiantian, stood up, looked at Cixi and said: "This palace is the Queen Mother of the East Palace, and it is the main palace. Why can't this palace tell you to get out of the house, the concubine? ”

Killing people is not enough, but the words are even more heart-wrenching. Cixi's biggest regret in her life is not that she was seized by Li Ming, but that she was able to hold the power of the world but was not carried in from the main gate, and now she was once again poked in the heart by Cihui.

"What kind of ...... are you?"

"Empress Dowager Hui is the Empress Dowager of the East Palace, and the emperor announced it to the world. is Xiao Tiantian's grandmother, what is it that is not the Queen Mother of the Palace? "Don't wait for Cixi to finish. Yang Zao'er got up and walked to Cihui and said, "Why be angry about her words, the queen mother, please calm your anger." ”

Cihui nodded and didn't speak. But Yang Zao'er's mother completely left Cixi speechless. Everyone is called the queen mother, and this title is there. Now she is the only one left to work hard for the continuation of the Qing Dynasty. Cixi, who had mixed feelings in her heart, opened her mouth but couldn't say anything, so she waved her sleeves and turned to leave. It's just that no one notices that the shadow of China's supreme rule for nearly half a century is so bleak at this time.

Xiao Tian, who was watching all this from the side, didn't know that the power of a dynasty was completed in the brief conversation just now, Xiao Tiantian only knew that the little grandmother was angry, and the eldest grandmother and the mother were angry with the little grandmother. She just didn't want her grandmother to cry anymore, so she said to her mother, "Mother, I want to sleep with my grandmother at night, can I?" ”

"Absolutely." In the eyes of mercy's infinite expectation, Yang Zao'er agreed without hesitation. A sentence came, and the long-closed door creaked open. Xiao Zhuozi, the eunuch in charge of the Summer Palace, walked in in response.

"Tell Li Xiang that the palace and the princess will stay in the Summer Palace tonight and will not go back."

"Chirp-" Xiao Zhuozi retreated, and soon a phone call reached Li Hongzhang's desk.

It was late at night, and Xiao Tiantian, who had been playing for a day, fell asleep in Cihui's bed. Singing nursery rhymes, Cihui, who gently fanned Xiao Tiantian, gently covered Xiao Tiantian with a thin quilt, and then walked out of the dormitory lightly.

In the outer hall, Yang Zao'er, who saw Cihui coming out, immediately got up and stepped forward to help: "Tian Tian is naughty, it's time for a mother." It's late at night, and the queen mother goes to bed early. ”

"I'm old. Slept late. Cihui sat down and said with a solemn expression: "What does the emperor mean?" ”

"The emperor did not return to Beijing this time to prepare for an operation that began immediately. The queen mother is not worried, this is not for the country. In the opinion of the daughter-in-law, whether it is the Manchu Qing Dynasty or the new dynasty, today's China is the most incapable of civil strife. So as long as the full people can keep a few in peace. I believe that the emperor is also magnanimous. ”

"The emperor's mind and mourning family believe it, but the mourning family is not the emperor's biological mother, so the word queen mother can't afford it."

"Tian Tian, from birth to now, you have brought the most. Tian Tian always calls you grandma. You are Tiantian's grandmother, why can't the emperor call you a mother. Again. The emperor said that he never forgot the stage of the grange back then. It was you who sold your property to support him. ”

"It's not the same time it used to be. The mourning family only hopes that the emperor can look at the mourning family and still have some thin noodles, and let go of the Manchurians. ”

"The queen mother is too worried. At this time, the emperor did not enter Beijing immediately, hoping to give the people, especially the Manchurians, a buffer time to think. The emperor's daughter-in-law once said that the world is so vast that there is no room for millions of people. When Dayu set Kyushu, King Wu of Zhou and King Cheng, Su Shen sent envoys to pay tribute. At that time, the Zhou people called "Su Shen, Yan, Bo, and my northern soil". In fact, as long as the Manchurians don't stir up trouble, where will the emperor kill his fellow clansmen who are members of the Huaxia clan. Now that the Han Dynasty is unstoppable, the daughter-in-law only asks her mother to restrain the Manchurians to keep a few things, so that the world can be truly peaceful, and the soldiers can fight for the country wholeheartedly without worrying about turning the gun on their own people one day. After finishing speaking, Yang Zao'er, who had eaten a snack, suddenly vomited.

Cihui frowned, but did not pass on the imperial doctor, staring at Yang Zao'er all the time. When Yang Zao'er blushed and nodded, Cihui suddenly lowered her face and asked, "You are the mother of two children, what are you embarrassed to say about this kind of thing." It's just that the emperor doesn't know, right? ”

"At this time, it is a critical period for the dynasty, and the daughter-in-law does not dare to disturb the emperor's mind for such a trivial matter."

"The mourning family doesn't understand national affairs, but this kind of thing is the biggest thing in the eyes of the mourning family. Let the imperial doctor take a look, and the mourning family will call to reprimand the emperor. ”

Yang Zao'er begged Cihui not to disturb the emperor to consider national affairs at this time, but Cihui didn't care, the reproduction of children and grandchildren was the most important thing for the Queen Mother to take care of. So Li Ming, who had just been lying down, had to get up again in a hurry on the phone, and then was scolded by Cihui under the good news that his eldest wife was pregnant again.

Lao Tzu is really strong, and there is another one. But Zao'er is really, and she didn't say anything when she was pregnant, which caused me to be scolded again. I'm the emperor too. The Queen Mother didn't give any face, and was scolded like an idiot. But fortunately, it is the emperor. If it were a hundred years from now, where would five children be raised?

Guangxu fell asleep happily. But there are many people who can't sleep. Cixi waited for a worried mercy with a gloomy face.

"Sister, it's my sister's fault that I'm angry with you today. But you shouldn't lose your temper in front of your child. ”

"You know what, it's called temptation, do you understand?"

"My sister doesn't understand this, but my sister knows. Now the court is full of Han ministers, and most of the officers and soldiers in the army are also Han Chinese, and in this situation, our Qing Dynasty has actually lost the world. The Manchurians themselves can't hold up the world of the Qing Dynasty, can they blame others? My sister doesn't think so much, she just wants to treat these children well, and I hope Li Ming can see our friendship with the children. Give Manchurian a way to live. In the words of kindness, the color of pleading is already on display.

"If it weren't for Li Ming pretending to be the emperor, how could the world of the Qing Dynasty fall to this." Between the words, mercy showed the color of exhaustion.

After the failure of the palace rebellion, Li Ming took away the last intelligence and military power in Cixi's hands in the name of the righteousness of the world, and Cixi also considered that the imperial court had realized the necessity of unifying under one emperor and handed over her last strength. Li Ming did not kill these people indiscriminately, he fulfilled his promise to send all these people abroad in the name of the imperial court, and these people did not disappoint Li Ming and Cixi, and a large amount of valuable information was transmitted back to China. However, the situation changed abruptly. The good Manchu emperor became the Han emperor, so all the forces that were originally loyal to Cixi fell overseas, which was equivalent to being co-opted by Li Ming. Otherwise, with the latent power in the country, it is enough to stir up the domestic situation, and Cixi can at least check and balance Li Ming and prevent him from changing the dynasty so blatantly. But now...... Therefore, Cixi always thought that Li Ming had deceived the last elite in her hands. So much so that he had to rely on Shi Duo's so-called 3,000 elite soldiers to finally defend the Qing Dynasty.

"Sister, you can't say that. Look at the world, even though Li Ming insulted the economy externally. However, the revolutionary party is still omnipresent. Assuming that Li Mingli had not defeated Japan on the Grange platform, the Qing Dynasty would have ceded the land and paid reparations. And so it goes. After the last fig leaf of ten years of foreign affairs was torn off by a small Japanese country, the Qing Dynasty would have to be defeated sooner or later when the people's hearts were lost. Now Li Ming wants to revive the Han court. In the end, it's just a little bit earlier. Why should my sister be too persistent, my sister persuaded my sister, it would be good to keep my foothold. ”

"Even if I lose to Japan, as long as I try my best to become rich and strong, will it be possible that I will not be able to reverse this situation?"

"I don't know. But what I do know is that once the Qing Dynasty was defeated by Japan, with the greedy temperament of the foreigners and the agitation of the revolutionary party, the Qing Dynasty was in a situation of internal and external troubles. ”

Cixi did not reply, and Cihui fell silent. After a long time, Cihui sighed and slowly left. Cixi looked at the endless night sky outside the door and sighed, maybe what my sister said was the truth, but history is not a hypothesis. The history of hypotheses is always based on the knowledge of the individual, something that is subjective to the will of the individual. And real history is made up of countless small events, and any one thing that cannot be considered has the potential to change the course of history. If you don't try it, how do you know that Daqing really doesn't have a chance?

"Qi Yu Niangniang, the East Empress Dowager has just left from the West Empress Dowager." Xiao Zhuozi flattered Yang Zao'er and presented a record of the conversation between the two queen mothers: "The slave thinks that the Queen Mother of the West is an unstable factor, and the mother should make a decision as soon as possible." ”

Yang Zao'er smiled and put down the record she had just read: "If you are disrespectful to the Empress Dowager of the West now, I am afraid that it will cause resentment among the Manchurians and is not conducive to the stability of the country, so let this matter go for the time being." Our dynasty is based on filial piety, and the palace attendants must worship the queen mother of the two palaces, otherwise the palace will not forgive. ”

"Chirp-" After Xiao Zhuozi responded, Qi Yide, the chief of the guard who was on the side at the same time, stepped forward and said: "Qi Yu Niangniang, there are many people lurking outside the palace wall recently. It is found that these Manchus are all dead soldiers of the Shiduo organization of Prince Li. The lowly duty was afraid that these dead soldiers would not be conducive to the mother, and the lowly post specially asked the mother to issue an order to allow the lowly to encircle and suppress it. ”

"If a large number of Jingxiao garrisons are mobilized, I'm afraid it's not appropriate."

"Niangniang is too worried, why do you need to use the garrison, the strength of the guards of the Summer Palace alone is enough. The rabble can be played in one drum. ”

"This palace is the lord of the harem, only within the palace walls. The matter outside the palace walls should be played to the emperor and asked the emperor to decide. (To be continued......)