After Pu Yi was kicked out of the Forbidden City by Feng Yuxiang, he lived in the Alcohol Palace, moved to the Tianjin Concession the next year, lived in the prestigious Zhang Yuan, and only moved to Jingyuan two years ago.

The Tianjin Concession has been recovered by the Nationalist Government in 1929, but only nominally, it is still the world of foreigners, Jingyuan is within the original Japanese concession, covering an area of about 2,000 square meters, it was originally Lu Zongyu's house, named Qianyuan, Puyi moved before changing its name to Jingyuan.

The abolished emperor Pu Yi likes to make friends with high-ranking officials of the Republic of China, and celebrities from all walks of life also like to deal with the little emperor, and get a touch of royal nobility, Chen Zikun is the chairman of the National Defense Construction Supervision Commission, a first-class general in the active army, and his prestige is prominent, second only to Zhang Xueliang, who dominates the north, plus the two have known each other for many years, Pu Yi naturally wants to invite him to be a guest.

Chen Zikun took the three ladies to the banquet, Jingyuan was full of lights, so lively, there were a lot of cars parked in front of the gate, and the housekeeper guarding the door saw Chairman Chen's special car with a three-star flag, and rushed back to report, not much effort, Pu Yi personally went out to greet him.

It was a slender young man in his twenties, of medium height, wearing round-framed nearsighted glasses, oily hair parted in the middle, a sophisticated English evening dress, shiny leather shoes, and an authentic British accent: "Welcome, Honorable Chairman Chen." ”

Chen Zikun stepped forward to shake hands with him and introduced his three wives.

Yao Yilei saw Pu Yi ten years ago, when he was still a half-grown child, and now he is an adult, but his appearance has not changed much, he still has a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks, and he is slightly obscene, she naturally has nothing to be shocked about, and calmly accepts Pu Yi's kiss and hand salute.

Jian Bing is also breezy and light, she is born in the fireworks industry in Shanghai, Shanghai opened its port early, and the idea of equality brought by foreigners is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and she is not interested in imperial power.

Xia Xiaoqing is different, the reckless heroes in the land of Yan Zhao are still full of awe for the emperor in their bones, if they want to put it aside, they can see that the emperor has been burning high incense for eight lifetimes, and there is green smoke on the ancestral tomb, but how can this emperor look so different from what he imagined today.

In Xia Xiaoqing's mind, the emperor should be wearing a bright yellow dragon robe, a red tasseled hat, hanging with morning pearls, and a tall and majestic figure, how can he actually look like a little man, that's it, but as the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, he can't even say that he doesn't even have braids.

She was thinking nonsense here, others didn't know, after a simple greeting, everyone entered the hall, today was full of friends, all of them were upper-class people in Western clothes, Westerners and Orientals, local gentry and virtuous people in Tianjin, and Manchu widows and widows, all came to greet Chen Zikun, groveling and extremely polite.

Pu Yi introduced his two wives to Chen Zikun, the queen Wanrong and the concubine Wenxiu, and the second daughter was graceful, at first glance, she was a wealthy lady, but she was wearing a Western-style skirt, and she talked like a fashionable person with a new school education.

Chen Zikun waved his hand, and the entourage presented gifts, and opened the exquisite packaging, which were three rose gold Swiss watches, one for men and two for women.

"Breguet! Great, I'm trying to ask someone to bring it from Shanghai, Victor, thank you. Pu Yi was very excited and couldn't put it down, Wanrong and Wenxiu were also well-informed people, knowing the preciousness of this watch, and thanked Chen Zikun and his wife with a smile.

"Cousin, what a good gift, let me take a look." A girl in men's clothes squeezed in from the side, twenty-four or five years old, and she was also beautiful.

Pu Yi said: "This is Prince Su's fourteenth daughter, Dongzhen, who likes to wear men's clothes and ride horses, just like boys. ”

Dongjin said, "I still like to fly airplanes." ”

Chen Zikun said: "Oh, I don't know what type of aircraft Fourteen Gege is good at flying? ”

Dongzhen's eyes flowed, circulating on Chen Zikun's body, and asked rhetorically: "You are the famous General Chen Kunwu." ”

Chen Zikun said: "It is under this, what advice does Gege have?" ”

Dongjin giggled, pulled up Wanrong with a wine glass and ran away.

Pu Yi said: "Dongzhen is a crazy girl, she has lived in Japan for many years, and she has no dignity at all, Chairman Chen, don't mind, it's noisy outside, let's talk in the inner room." ”

Entering the study, Pu Yi introduced Chen Zikun to a 60-year-old thin old man.

"This Mr. Zheng Xiaoxu is my calligraphy teacher."

Chen Zikun was in awe: "Mr. Zheng's ink treasure is hard to find in Shanghai and Nanjing." ”

Zheng Xiaoxu was polite and began to talk eloquently, it was nothing more than China's civil strife, and the emperor had to go out of the mountain to clean up the situation, Chen Zikun blackened his face on the spot, Pu Yi observed his words, hurriedly stopped Zheng Xiaoxu, and changed the topic and said: "I have prepared a few small gifts, and Mr. Zheng will help me get them." ”

It didn't take much effort, other servants brought a few brocade boxes, Chen Zikun opened one of the long boxes, inside turned out to be a delicate treasure knife, the Mughal white jade frontispiece handle was wearing bright yellow silk, the gilt knife Tan hollow carved dragon, the knife body was extremely smooth, the seal engraved Qianlong year, Proton, Tianzi No. 17 words, the scabbard is made of golden peach bark, similar to mountain pattern armor.

"This is the imperial sword of Emperor Gaozong, it is a treasure of the royal collection, the treasure knife is given to the hero, and I hope the general will accept it with a smile." Pu Yi said with a smile.

Chen Zikun had the heart to refuse, but he was unable to speak, he knew what Pu Yi had to do, and he had the intention to make friends with warlords from all walks of life, in order to re-ascend the throne one day, facing the south and turning his back to the north, but he really liked this treasure knife, he couldn't put it down, how could he put it down.

"Then I will thank Your Majesty for the reward." Chen Zikun stroked the treasure knife, but he sighed in his heart, what a loser, after all these years of being out of the palace, I am afraid that he has lost all his family foundation.

After Chen Zikun went out, Zheng Xiaoxu came back: "Your Majesty, what did Chen Zikun say?" ”

Pu Yi smiled conceitedly: "He called me Your Majesty just now, how else can I say it, Chen Zikun was my imperial Lanling guard back then, a royal person, no matter how big an official he was in the Republic of China, he was still my guard." ”

Zheng Xiaoxu said: "The emperor is sage." ”

At the beginning of the banquet, I don't know how to arrange it, Fourteen Gege actually sat next to Chen Zikun, and kicked him lightly from time to time, his eyes were full of spring and temptation.

Chan pretended not to see it.

Yao Yilei and Jianbing found out that someone hooked up with their husbands, and they were angry but they had a bad face.

"Zikun, you come and sit here." Xia Xiaoqing walked straight over, changed seats with Chen Zikun, and glanced at Dongzhen defiantly.

Fourteen Geges immediately died down and stopped.

After the banquet was the ball, this time the three ladies were the same enemy, and they would never let Dongzhen get close to Chen Zikun again, Chen Zikun thought it was funny, and saw Dongzhen holding a wine glass in the crowd, throwing a flattering eye at herself from time to time, lamenting that the world is declining, and even the daughter of Aixin Jueluo's family is so debauched.

Suddenly, I saw Dongzhen and a man in his forties talking and laughing together, and they seemed to be speaking in Japanese, just when Pu Yi came over, looked at Chen Zikun's gaze, and said: "That is Tada Jun Dazuo, an instructor at Beijing Army University, Dongzhen's old acquaintance, do you want to talk to him." ”

Chan said: "I don't have much in common with the Japanese. ”

It just so happened that Chen Zikun seemed to be talking about it, Tada Junchong raised his glass to salute here, and Chen Zikun also politely returned the salute, saying that this Jingyuan is really a miasma, hiding dirt and dirt, leaving the old and the young, politicians and soldiers, and everything, and I regret that I shouldn't come.

"Henry, are you going to live in the Garden of Silence for the rest of your life?" Chen Zikun abruptly mentioned this topic, which made Pu Yi feel shocked, and then a joy, and involuntarily thought of Zhang Xun back then.

But Chen Zikun's later words made him very disappointed, like pouring a basin of cold water on his head.

"It's not a good thing to stay in Tianjin, surrounded by the old and the young, and those Japanese with ill intentions, Henry, young people want to go out and see the world more, they can go to the United States, go to Europe, go to university or something, if you want, I can arrange it."

"Thank you, I have no plans to go overseas recently." Pu Yi was in a state of interest, and his spirit was gone.

Before leaving, Pu Yi strengthened his spirits and gave Chen Zikun another gift, Zheng Xiaoxu's calligraphy, together with the previous large and small brocade boxes, filled a trunk.

Back to the next place, Yao Yilei and others opened the box to appreciate the gifts, Pu Yi's generous handwriting startled them, in addition to the Qianlong imperial Bao Teng treasure knife, there are also jade antiques Su embroidery jewelry, etc., all of which are royal supplies made by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, not to mention the priceless value, but also very commemorative.

The three ladies chattered about the trip to Jingyuan, disappointed in the so-called royal prestige, and their evaluation of the fourteen Gege was surprisingly unanimous, saying that it was a **.

"The Japanese don't have a good thing." Xia Xiaoqing heard his father tell the story of the Eight-Nation Alliance's entry into Beijing, and he hated little Japan.

"In fact, Japanese women are not like this, virtuous and virtuous are no worse than Chinese women." Jian Bing corrected.

"She must have been strongly stimulated when she was a child, or she wouldn't have been so crazy." In the end, Yao Yilei, who had studied in Japan, made a conclusion.

Chen Zikun said: "This kind of crazy and stupid character is easy to approach others, and it is not known that this fourteen Gege is a spy of the Japanese." ”

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After going to Jingyuan, the next step is to go back to the hometown to sweep the tomb, Yao Yilei and Jianbing don't have to go together, Chen Zikun took Xia Xiaoqing and Xiaobei, and rushed to Cangzhou by car.

Master Xia's tomb was in a mass grave on the outskirts of Cangzhou, Xia Xiaoqing had no money at that time, so he could only bury his father hastily.

The Xia family is a small family in the local area, no relatives, and no family cemetery, Chen Zikun spent money to buy a piece of land, found a team of craftsmen, built a magnificent double-cave tomb, bought a good Nanmu coffin, and moved his father-in-law's coffin on an auspicious day.

Another important thing is to find the remains of Xia Xiaoqing's mother so that she can be buried with her father, which is an incompleteable task, because Xia's mother was lynched by the family back then, and only the Yan family knows where the bones are buried.