"Thirsty? If you want to drink water, I'll pour it for you. ”

"Want to eat fruit? I'll go wash. ”

"Hungry and want to eat? I'll go to the end. ”

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It is said that the emperor is ruthless, but he married a loving and righteous emperor, and the sky pities him. Yang Zao'er originally wanted to remind Guangxu that these things could be done by the subordinates, but she preferred to watch her man busy for her. Yang Zao'er looked at Guangxu with a happy face, and the two old ladies standing at the door at this moment looked at the emperor who was fanning the queen with a flattering face, and they were angry again.

Before entering the door, Cihui was scolded again. reprimanded the queen for not paying attention to her body, why she didn't see the imperial doctor before the menstrual affairs last month. turned his head and began to reprimand Guangxu again, why the queen was pregnant in February, but Guangxu, who was a husband, didn't know anything. Just Cihui said that it was not enough, Cixi was also on the side to help. Then called Kou Liancai and the little magpie, and the queen mother of the two palaces strictly ordered the lifting of dietary restrictions in the palace, and repeatedly emphasized that from now on the palace should be prepared with hot meals and hot dishes for the queen to take at any time. The fruits in the palace must be fresh until they are picked on the same day, and the fruits that stay overnight must not be eaten by the queen. Wait, wait, in short, the two old ladies are not pleasing to the eye when they look at Yingtai now, except for the queen's belly. After the reprimand, he took Yang Zao'er's hand and told Yang Zao'er with a smile on his face that this pregnant woman needed to pay attention to, but he regarded the emperor who was still fanning on the side as a transparent person. Full of faces, there is the appearance of Sun Wanful.

Guangxu just said: Just pregnant, it's not necessarily whether it's a man or a woman. was chased by the merciful dragon head crutch to the head of the rat. In a hurry, Yang Zao'er hurriedly confessed to the queen mother, saying that she didn't care, seeing that the emperor didn't tell the emperor that it was all the daughter-in-law's fault. Mercy only then let Guangxu sigh and then forget it.

The pregnant woman could not serve anyone, and the old ladies were not at ease with the fact that Zao'er would continue to live in Yingtai. and criticized Yingtai for nothing, and by the way, scolded the emperor for how he would not take care of people. Final decision. Yang Zao'er returned to the Summer Palace with the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces to live today, and was personally taken care of by the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces until the Queen gave birth to the Dragon Heir. This made Guangxu extremely dissatisfied, this is my daughter-in-law.

Guangxu complained and said: "This is to rob the people's daughter." The words came out. The four fiery eyes of the two old ladies and the heavy beating of the dragon's head crutches made Guangxu shut up very interestingly. So Guangxu turned to Zao'er with sad eyes. I hope she will speak.

didn't wait for Zao'er to open her mouth to plead, Kou Liancai came to report. Lord Shangshu Weng of the Ministry of Rites asked to see him, and the emperor's wedding had been prepared, and it needed to be presented to the Queen Mother of the two palaces for holy reading. This was a big deal, and the two old ladies immediately called it.

According to the estimation of the Ministry of Rites, the eighteenth day of the seventh lunar month of the 23rd year of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty (August 15, 1897) is an auspicious day. All in all, in a word. There is no better day for the emperor's wedding. The old ladies spent a whole morning reading the various matters of the wedding drafted by the Ministry of Rites, and the results were very satisfied, and they ordered the Ministry of Rites to quickly purchase all the items needed for the wedding. In short, money is not a problem, people are not a problem, and if things are not done well, then the problem will be big. The only dissatisfaction of the two old ladies is that there is still more than a month left on the wedding day, and the queen will be more than three months pregnant by then. It's not good to be pregnant at the wedding. However, this is not a problem, the Ministry of Rites will solve this problem, because if it can't solve the two palaces, the Queen Mother will make the Ministry of Rites "die ugly". These are the original words of the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces. I heard that it was the first to come out of the emperor's mouth.

After lunch, the queen mother of the two palaces ignored the emperor's pleading expression, and under Yang Zao'er's shy smile, Guangxu saw Yang Zao'er off with reluctant eyes. It's not that Guangxu doesn't send it personally, the key is that Guangxu still has something to do. You have made other people's daughters' bellies bigger, so you have to say hello to your father-in-law and mother-in-law. However, this time it was an official of the Ministry of Rites summoned in the Hanyuan Palace. Guangxu originally didn't want the main building of Yingtai to become a place to discuss state affairs, and home was a spiritual harbor sheltered from the wind and rain, so it should feel like home. Except for Li Hongzhang's visit once while eating and drinking, this is the first time that he has summoned ministers in the main building to discuss state affairs. Although this is not Guangxu's doing.

Si Tianjian is very efficient. It was quickly calculated that the 26th day of the 6th lunar month (July 25th) is also a good day, but the 18th day of the seventh month is more auspicious. The day was chosen. Guangxu rushed to the Summer Palace non-stop and told the Queen Mother about it.

Guangxu was criticized again. How does the emperor of a country do things is still so rough, he doesn't prepare anything to go to the woman's house to propose marriage, and he goes to let people out empty-handed. Guangxu was full of grievances, and he could be regarded as thinking of it, but you two old ladies didn't mention it.

The emperor's bride price is a real gift for the queen's mother's family. For example, in the Han Dynasty, gold alone cost more than 10,000 catties. When the daughter of Liang Ji, a powerful minister in the Eastern Han Dynasty, was elected queen, Emperor Liu Zhi of the Han Dynasty "hired 20,000 catties of gold, and took a horse to tie silk, just like the old classics", and the gift money doubled. In fact, in each process of completing the "Six Rites", the emperor's family had to give a bride price. Even if the emperor wants to marry a few more times, it is not so casual and costs a lot of money.

Of course, this is an old ritual, and a thousand years have passed, and many rules have changed. But the queen mother of the two palaces only listed half of the bride price so that Guangxu's eyes were red, mud horses, this is about to catch up with the price of a heavy cruise.

Before the gift list was finished, Yang Zao'er persuaded the queen mother of the two palaces to spend money: "The queen mother's kind daughter-in-law understands it." It's just that after all, the sudden receipt of such a grand gift by a small private family will be frightened to the mother, please try to reduce it as much as possible. ”

As soon as the Queen Mother heard that it made sense, she asked Yang Zaoer to draw up the bride price herself, but the Queen Mother was dissatisfied. Looking at the few bride prices on the ceremony, the Queen Mother tripled with a stroke of her pen, and there were words in her mouth: "The royal bride price is not as good as the rich people, isn't this a slap in the face of the royal family." "Yang Zao'er is not allowed to refuse, and the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces asked her to purchase it immediately. Guangxu also immediately went back to arrange the southward journey.

Now it is less than a month before June 26, and these days not only have to go south to Ningbo Mansion, but also have to complete all the matters such as bride price and wedding. In addition, Zao'er's mother's house is also a rural place, and it is too late to purchase wedding supplies on the spot, so all the items are purchased in the capital. After loading the minivan just produced by Dongfeng Automobile Factory, it was directly loaded on the train, pulled to Shanghai by special train, and then transferred to Zao'er's mother's house in Ningbo.

Because the queen is pregnant with a dragon heir. The Guangxu Dynasty was fully launched. Premier Li Hongzhang personally came forward to procure, so as long as the required items could be used, Kou Liancai set off to the south on the same day. Although there are not as many weddings held at the queen's house as there are royal rules. But it's a lot. It took half a month for the left to discuss and the right to get ready for loading, until the Ministry of Internal Affairs came to report that the special train had stopped at Platform 1 of Beijing Railway Station. Waiting for the queen to return to Luan.

Although the queen is pregnant with a dragon heir, she goes back as a daughter this time. It was not etiquette for the emperor to travel in the same car, and he had to wait until three days later before he could leave for Ningbo to get married. Guangxu was furious: Lao Tzu is pregnant with Lao Tzu's seed in his belly, where are there so many rules. I didn't expect that none of the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty spoke for the emperor this time, and in the era when etiquette is greater than the sky, such a major event as marriage must be carried out according to the rules, and it is against etiquette for the queen to have a dragon heir without a big wedding, and now the big wedding must be handled according to etiquette. There was no way, Guangxu on the platform could only take Yang Zao'er's hand and reluctantly see him off. He could only leave in three days at the earliest.

The queen mother of the two palaces who was not at ease also came, and repeatedly told the queen's personal maid Little Magpie on the platform to be careful and careful, two meals of milk and two eggs a day, and fresh water is indispensable. By the way, threaten Yang Dongzi, the head of the guard, the queen Danfan is a little frightened, it is not something that he can get by. Let Guangxu on the side pout, he can't get past all the doors, what else do you want.

The train carried the hope of the future of the Qing Dynasty on the Beijing-Shanghai line, and the Japanese European ship, which had been in Singapore for a month, sailed to the Zhoushan Islands accompanied by the Qing warships.

Gonbei Yamamoto looked out from the bridge of the flagship Kongo, and not far away, two 700-ton destroyers were swaying back and forth around the Japanese battleship formation at a speed of 28 knots. These are two Qing destroyers listening to the wind and watching the sea. It has been sailing with the Japanese fleet since Singapore. This is the request of the Qing Kingdom, yes, Yamamoto Gonbei can also accept it, but you can honestly follow it. What does it mean to behave in front of yourself and sway back and forth perversely? That's right, his own capital ship can't catch up with him, and the small warships that can catch up can't beat other people's two-seat twin 45L/1O2mm main guns, is this the capital you can be arrogant? Well, I'll be honest on your territory, the entire Imperial Japanese Fleet has been meticulously implemented according to your requirements, what do you want to do with the barrels of guns? God didn't shake your turret down.

The exhausted Japanese sailors, who had been sailing for more than two months, had managed to recuperate in Singapore for a month before regaining some morale, and became nervous as the two warships sounded the battle sirens from time to time along the way. Okay, okay. I can live with all this. In the coastal waters of Hong Kong, the Japanese government in order to ensure that the Qing State would not be attacked halfway (after all, they must have attacked the Qing ** ship in Toshima first). For this reason, the British Far East Fleet was specially invited to participate in the voyage of the Japanese fleet and propose amendments. The British saw this as an opportunity to observe the capabilities of the Japanese fleet up close, so they sent Fremant, commander of the British Far East Fleet, to sail with the Japanese fleet in a cruiser.

When the British fleet first joined, the Qing ** ship was honest for a few days. But only for a few days, because the warships were not well supplied. After all, they sailed from Canton Bay to Singapore, stayed at sea for a while, and then returned with the Japanese fleet, and the supply of 700-ton destroyers was exhausted. So Gonbei Yamamoto and Philmant were fortunate enough to see how the Qing people supplied the warships during their sea journey.

The destroyers and supply ships, which also maintained a speed of ten knots, hoisted all the supplies needed by the warships, such as grain, fruits, and coal, from the supply ships to the destroyers through two large, three small, and five booms mounted on the supply ships, and the Qing people were even supplying shells. This was an eye-opener for Fermantle, who had long heard that the Qing could supply at sea, and recently the Germans had been building supply ships in secret after the Qing dynasty. This time, he saw with his own eyes how the Qing people carried out sea voyages to replenish supplies. Looking at the Qing people who were working in an orderly manner, Philmante believed that the Qing people were extremely proficient in this.

And all this is not good news in the eyes of Yamamoto Gonbei. Because this means that the Qing people have the ability to ambush at sea for a long time, so that as soon as the Japanese combined fleet leaves the port in the future, they must worry about being attacked by the Qing at any time.

But that's all for later, since you can find this sign, you can carry out targeted layout. Yamamoto Gonbei also thought that the Qing people would see that the British were in their own formation, and they would give the British some face to be honest, but they did not expect that they would start the rack exercise on the night they received the supplies. The roaring sound of cannon frightened the Japanese fleet up and down. The sound of the cannon was very similar to that of the 3o5mm heavy guns, and the whistling of shells rushed at the Japanese team. So the sirens over the entire Japanese fleet sounded loudly, and all the artillery began to operate, when the red-hot shells drew an arc in the sky. Whistling over the fleet, it landed on the other side. Until the sound of the explosion of the shells falling came, the entire Japanese fleet was still in a panic. He didn't make the necessary preparations to face the battle. Yamamoto understood with frustration that the Japanese fleet and Ben were not capable of dealing with the surprise attack.

Now Gonbei Yamamoto is staring at the arrogant warships with red eyes, and he even wants to swallow these two warships alive. You have already frightened the Japanese fleet to the point of three times a day, and you are firing artillery in the middle of the night to conduct some emergency exercises, are you trying to turn all the Japanese sailors into psychos?

"Captain, what kind of shells did the damn War Department give us. The movement was too big, so don't scare the Japanese crazy and scare yourself to death first. The gunslinger was still trembling with fear.

"How the hell do I know, and I don't give a manual when I send shells. As soon as you fire. Lao Tzu thought that he was too arrogant and was retaliated against by Little Japan. As a result, Lao Tzu himself was startled, and when he went back, he impeached these damn logistics officers in the military department. The captain was also dissatisfied.

In the eyes of others, war is limited to firefights, but in the eyes of Guangxu, who has been washed by a huge amount of information, the exchange of fire between the enemy and us is only the smallest part of the war, and the actions of the Qing destroyers in front of them are another mode of war -- psychological warfare. The new ones assigned to the destroyers were air-reverberated bombs developed for psychological warfare, and because of the delay in the development progress, the Japanese fleet was required to stay in Singapore for a month.

Just above the sea level in the north, a large column of black smoke rose, and a huge formation of warships appeared on the surface of the sea, which was the Qing Navy task force that had completed the assembly. The Qing navy was head-on towards the Japanese fleet. While gradually slowing down, the flag was also sounded -- the commander-in-chief of the Qing Navy wanted to meet with the commander of the Japanese Navy.

The fleets of China and Japan were moored on the sea, one on the left and the other on the right, and this time it was Wu Deren who boarded the Japanese battleship Kongo in a small boat. Surprisingly, the commanders of the two fleets, who were about to break out into a major war, had an intimate conversation. There was no talk of the coming war, just a wide open chatter. Yamamoto Gonbei discovered that Wu Deren had a deep understanding of ancient myths and legends, and Wu Deren also found that Yamamoto was extremely familiar with Huahua. The two spoke calmly and harmoniously, and Wu Deren also gave Yamamoto a box of tea. What's even more unexpected is that Yamamoto also invited Wu Deren to have lunch together on the ship. This made Philistine, who boarded the King Kong at the same time, puzzled what was going on.

There is no situation, this is just to let the Qing gunners take a closer look at the enemy's capital ships to make sure that they know what to do. Countless telescopes have long been observing the Japanese ships everywhere. As for being observed by the enemy, Wu Deren looked disdainful.

It's been an hour and a half of delay here. Commander Wu Deren got up to say goodbye after drinking a cup of tea, and Commander Yamamoto got up to say goodbye. When passing by the turret, Wu Deren stopped, patted the turret and said, "This is a good warship." Yamamoto. Be careful when lending it to you. Don't break Lao Tzu's flagship. After saying that, he clapped his hands and walked away laughing.

Wu Deren, who returned to the Longyin, lit a cigarette and said leisurely: "We have won this battle." It's going to be a big win. ”

"Why?" Feng Qi, who was the chief of staff of the fleet, was very curious, and the others also looked at the commander with a blank expression.

"Don't you notice that the sailors who are temporarily serving as squires are not able to move steadily on the warships that are stationed? And almost all the sailors are at a loss, so the soldiers are still fighting a fart. Wu Deren's words best explained the current situation of the Japanese fleet, as an officer on the same ship, he didn't understand that such a sailor could not fight with Ben, so the laughter spread in the Qing fleet.

"No matter how bad Little Japan is, it is a warship that is stronger than ours, and we can't be lazy in fighting. I warn you, be careful with Lao Tzu when you fight, and if you break Lao Tzu's flagship Lao Tzu, you will plug him into the hole. Laugh a fart, to Lao Tzu. As Wu Deren kicked the navigator's ass with his face, the Dragon Yin let out a bright whistle and slowly sailed south with the fleet.

And the Yamamoto Gonbei here clenched his fists and turned his head, his face flushed. What does it mean to lend him for use, and what does it mean to call his flagship? He can't wait to fight to the death with Qingguo now.

"Don't forget about the collision with the ship in the South Seas." Filimante whispered to Yamamoto to calm down: "He just came to tease you on purpose." As long as you resist a little, they will dare to attack you on the spot. On the other side was an unruly wolfdog. ”

"Qingguo, this is a provocation." recalled that since he arrived in Xinhuipo, he has been humiliated by the Qing Kingdom, but Yamamoto is angry, but he doesn't dare to really do it. Filled with anger against the Qing State, he led his fleet towards the country. (To be continued)