Time entered September 1861, Yin Susu, who had just been named the queen for less than a month, was already four months pregnant, and at this time, her belly began to bulge slightly, and the signs of pregnancy could be clearly perceived.

With Yin Susu's pregnancy, Li Yongji also reduced his intervention in state affairs and took more time to accompany Yin Susu, just like now, Li Yongji is holding Yin Susu's hand and walking and chatting in the garden of Yonghua Palace.

"Your Majesty, in fact, you don't have to accompany me like this all day." Yin Susu looked at Li Yongji, who was getting taller and taller, with a smile on his face, "There are so many maids here, I can't do anything, you better deal with more national affairs, don't delay because of me." ”

"Cut, what's the delay." Li Yongji waved his hand and touched Yin Susu's long black hair, "So many ministers are not idle eaters, they are enough for major national affairs, and this country will not leave me alone." ”

"However, you have been so devoted to your concubines, it will make your concubines feel pressure." Yin Susu whispered.

"Feeling stressed?" Li Yongji helped Yin Susu sit down on the bench next to him, and touched her hand knife again, "What, you don't like it when I'm around?" ”

"It's not that I don't like it." Yin Susu lowered his head slightly, "It's just that you have been guarding me all these days, and you almost don't leave this Yonghua Palace. ”

"Who did you listen to? Who's chewing on your tongue? Li Yongji frowned, then turned his head and said to the group of women behind him, "Come on, pass me ......."

"Don't!" Yin Susu hurriedly stretched out his hand to cover Li Yongji's mouth, "Don't make a big fuss about this little thing, if you want to do this, then my sin will be even greater." ”

"Hey." Li Yongji gently took Yin Susu's hand, and waved his hand to let the female guards who came with him leave. Only then did he say to Yin Susu, "You, you are too kind, you are not powerful, since you are pregnant, I feel that your kindness has become more and more, is it really like what people say, this woman is pregnant, and she begins to burst out of maternal aura?" ”

"Your Majesty, you're really funny." Yin Susu smiled lightly, and then rested his head lightly on Li Yongji's shoulder. "Hey, the concubine is really a blessing that has been cultivated for several lifetimes, and I can only meet His Majesty in this life, and sometimes I think that even if I die now, this life is worth it. Of course, even if you want to die, you have to give birth to your majesty's child first. ”

"People say that you are prone to depression after giving birth, but you haven't given birth yet. I started thinking about it all day. Li Yongji smiled, "Okay, don't die or live, good days are still long." ”

"Hmm." Yin Susu nodded. Then he said, "But Your Majesty, the concubine is now pregnant, and she can no longer serve Her Majesty." If your majesty is in need, in fact, you can actually find someone else's. The concubine doesn't mind. ”

"What's wrong with you today?" Li Yongji finally noticed that something was wrong, "Who did you see today, who did you say to you?" ”

"No, Your Majesty, the concubine is just, I just feel that I have the favor of you alone, it's a little too much, after all, you are the king of a country, and you are a ......"

"Don't talk about it." Li Yongji blocked the other party's mouth with his fingers, "I'm not actually just an infatuated man who loves you, to be honest, sometimes I will be tempted by other women, but now, you are pregnant, if I go to find another woman at this time, I can't pass this level myself, so don't persuade me anymore." ”

Indeed, after all, Li Yongji is the soul of a modern person, and after being reborn into this world, his basic values have long been fixed, and it is indeed difficult to change them all at once.

As Li Yongji said, although he is now the only woman who has a physical relationship with Yin Susu, he has actually been moved by other women, such as that Soho, the more he looks at it, the more pleasing it is, and the relationship with him has long been unusual.

However, Li Yongji is a young and sullen type, and he prefers the kind of process of falling in love, and the kind of ** who wants to refuse and welcome, so although he and Soho are getting closer and closer, they have kissed and touched, but the real home run has not happened.

It's not that he doesn't want to, but he feels that the timing is not right, and he doesn't want to have a physical relationship with the other party too early to break that feeling.

In addition, Yin Susu's pregnancy is also a constraint, if it is according to the concept of men in this era, if there is a condition, it must be to take advantage of his wife's pregnancy to find a concubine to find a lover, but Li Yongji is different, he feels that it is a big mistake to find another woman during his wife's pregnancy, it is a real infidelity, at least his own values can't accept it.

Therefore, it is obvious that because of the recent crazy growth of his body, Li Yongji's libido has become stronger and stronger recently, but he would rather use the five girls to solve it himself than find other women, in order to stick to the "integrity" in his heart!

This insistence is actually a bit ridiculous in the eyes of outsiders, but Li Yongji is such a person who insists on self-morality, or in other words, as long as he thinks it is right, he will stick to it, regardless of what others think.

It's like sealing Yin Susu as the queen, in fact, there is a lot of opposition in the government and the opposition, everyone thinks that Yin Susu's status is too low, even if she is pregnant, it will be heaven to give her the title of concubine, but after the seal, it is a bit excessive.

But Li Yongji didn't care, he just insisted on giving Yin Susu a seal and making Yin Susu his queen.

Not only that, due to Yin Susu's lack of energy during pregnancy, he also asked Yin Susu's own sister Yin Xiuxiu to temporarily replace Yin Susu's position as the head of the Internal Affairs Office, to temporarily manage the affairs of the Internal Affairs Office instead of Yin Susu.

It can be said that Li Yongji is a typical love house and black, nepotism, but Yin Xiuxiu is actually doing well, and even doing better than Yin Susu, which makes Li Yongji a little relieved.

"Your Majesty ......" Yin Susu thought that Li Yongji was looking for an excuse to blacken himself, in order to make himself feel better, so he couldn't help it anymore, and he was moved with tears in his eyes, and the landlord Li Yongji cried quietly in Li Yongji's arms.

"You, look at what I said, I'm crying again." Li Yongji touched her head pityingly, "Okay, just cry a little, it's good for physical and mental health, but if you cry badly, it will hurt your body." It's not good for adults and children. ”

It seemed that the word child touched Yin Susu's nerves, she nodded hurriedly, and then slowly straightened up from Li Yongji's arms and stroked her stomach: "Yes, Your Majesty, the concubine doesn't cry." ”

"That's right." Li Yongji wiped the tears on Yin Susu's face with a handkerchief, "You, it's okay to walk around more, don't stay in the house all day." Embroidery or something, at this time it is better to do less. It's not good to be too bothered. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, the concubines all listen to you." Yin Susu lowered his head.

"Since they all listen to me, then you tell me where you heard those words." Li Yongji said softly, "Don't worry, I won't do anything, I just want to know who told you this, and I don't want you to hide anything from me." ”

"This ...... All right. Yin Susu nodded. But what you are not allowed to do, in fact, she is also for my good. ”

"Don't worry, I know."

"Actually, this matter is not something that someone specifically sued me. Rather, I listened to the people outside. ”

Immediately afterwards, Yin Susu told the truth of the matter.

It turned out that after Yin Susu became pregnant, she began to raise a fetus in Yonghua Palace. Although Li Yongji accompanies her all day long, accompanying her every day does not mean accompanying her all the time, and there is still a lot of time when she can't see each other.

In fact, Li Yongji has a lot of other things to do. For example, time and space trading, which is something that must be done every day, and other things like discussing military affairs, holding telephone conferences with scientific researchers from the Guangde secret base, etc., in short, although Li Yongji rarely appears in public, it is impossible for him to really do nothing.

This woman's love is always easy to fluctuate during pregnancy, and she is prone to irritability and the like, so a few days ago, Yin Susu took advantage of Li Yongji's time and space trading to secretly go out of the palace with Lili and a few guards for a private visit.

It was this private interview with Weifu that made her hear a lot of rumors that were unfavorable to her from the outside world.

As the so-called Son of Heaven has no family affairs, it means that the Son of Heaven, as the king of a country, is like the big stars of later generations, and his every move is in the spotlight, so their family affairs are also state affairs.

It is human nature to explore gossip, and the gossip of the Son of Heaven is something that everyone talks about.

Li Yongji, as the founding monarch of the Chinese Empire, won all battles, not to mention his prestige at home and abroad, and was light on forced labor, light on taxes, good-looking, and good personal morality, so his prestige was unmatched in the land of China for a while, even if it was his enemy, even if it was the Manchu Qing who was struggling to survive, he was mostly admired.

Such an almost perfect image has been elevated to the status of a god in the minds of the Chinese people, and it is difficult to tolerate others saying bad things about Li Yongji, even his women always look at it with a critical eye.

Yin Susu began to enter the field of vision of the common people, or after she was named the queen, before that, except for a few people, few people knew about Yin Susu's existence.

That's fine, but after hearing that the emperor only favors this one woman, many people began to worry about the emperor, and heard that this woman actually still controlled the powerful internal affairs office, and the worry was even heavier, and they all felt that this woman must be relying on means to confuse the Son of Heaven, if it is not restricted, it is very likely that Wu Zetian is the second.

The Chinese Empire did not have too many restrictions on the speech of the common people, so everyone dared to speak freely, and these people did not dare to say anything about the emperor, but they had no scruples about the queen.

Especially many scholars who can't adapt to the new form shì, they are full of complaints, but they don't dare to say about the emperor, and they don't even think it's the emperor's fault, so they say that the people around the emperor, such as ministers, such as concubines, and if there is no concubine, they naturally say that Empress Yin Susu.

In short, these people are just angry youths, who only dare to make mouth cannons and complain in teahouses and other places.

But these words were heard by Yin Susu, who was interviewed privately by Weifu.

Yin Susu is pregnant, she is already sensitive, and in fact, because of Li Yongji's favorite, she herself feels happy and sweet, but she always has a sense of panic and unreality.

The reason is very simple, that is, despite his close relationship with Li Yongji, Li Yongji still has a lot of secrets, and his behavior is always different from that of normal people, which makes Yin Susu feel that Li Yongji is a very familiar stranger.

Moreover, Yin Susu was born with a gentle personality, and the upheaval of life back then made her have some fear of being victimized, always feeling that her current life is too good, afraid that she can't afford her blessings, and she is afraid that this qiē will suddenly break like a dream bubble.

In the past, she kept these worries in her heart, but after she became pregnant. These feelings are strengthened, and this Weifu private interview heard those trolls say bad things about themselves, and the symptoms of this worry are even more obvious.

In other words, after listening to those people quoting scriptures and saying bad things about themselves, Yin Susu also felt that it seemed that it was inappropriate to favor the harem.

Yin Susu is not a person who does not read, on the contrary, her knowledge and literacy were the highest among the four personal maids, and later she read a lot of books given to her by Li Yongji, especially history books, so she still knows a lot about ancient and modern Chinese and foreign history.

Most of these ancient and modern Chinese and foreign history books record the same truth. That is, if a woman is favored by a great emperor, the end is often not good, and if a great emperor favors a woman, it will often be synonymous with mediocrity, or will slide in the direction of mediocrity.

What Daji, Yang Guifei, Wu Zetian, Cleopatra VII...... One example after another is telling Yin Susu that it is not right for one person to dominate the emperor. It is very dangerous, and as a queen, you must not be jealous, otherwise it is also the army. is dangerous.

Because of this, Yin Susu wanted Li Yongji to find another woman, which was not her original intention, but she synthesized all kinds of information. The rational judgment made.

In fact, he already belongs to the category of depression, but the intensity is not high. If she doesn't pay attention and let her think so crankily, it will only make things more and more serious, and if you use one word to describe it, it is unfounded.

Just when Li Yongji wanted to say something more to enlighten Yin Susu, he suddenly saw a tall woman wearing black women's professional clothes running over quickly.

The woman ran all the way, but the male and female guards standing around turned a blind eye and had no intention of going up to stop her.

There is only one reason, that is, the identity of this woman is not simple, because she is the queen's sister, the emperor's sister-in-law, and also the deputy governor and acting prime minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs - Yin Xiuxiu!

Because Yin Susu didn't take care of political affairs during her pregnancy, Yin Xiuxiu held the real power of the Internal Affairs Office, and these guards were all under the jurisdiction of the Internal Affairs Bureau, so in a certain way, Yin Xiuxiu was their top boss.

If it weren't for the presence of the emperor and the empress, these guards and ladies would have to bow and greet her when they saw her, and it would be absolutely impossible for them to turn a blind eye like they do now.

I saw Yin Susu quickly run in front of Li Yongji and Yin Susu, and immediately bowed ninety degrees: "See Your Majesty!" ”

"Alright, don't use that anymore." Li Yongji waved his hand and said with a smile, "What's so urgent?" Look at you, you run with a red face and a thick neck, and you don't look like a girl at all, how can you marry in the future. ”

"Hey, hey." Yin Xiuxiu stuck out her tongue, and then blinked, "I don't want to marry someone else, even if I want to marry, then I will marry His Majesty." ”

"Uh, you." Li Yongji shook his head, "Just say these things in front of your sister, I'm not afraid that your sister will be jealous." ”

"My sister won't be jealous." Yin Xiuxiu smiled, "I don't believe you asked my sister, she told me this all day long, and I was annoyed by what she said." ”

"Why, I'm just ......"

"Okay, okay, don't talk about it." Li Yongji hurriedly waved his hand, "Xiuxiu, let's get down to business, why are you looking for me in such a hurry?" ”

"Oh, yes!" Yin Xiuxiu patted her head, "Majesty, great joy, great joy." ”

"Where does the joy come from?"

"It's Russians, Your Majesty." Yin Xiuxiu said with excitement on her face, "Your Majesty, the Russians have relented, agreed to our negotiation conditions, and promised to cede the land to us, we won, we have won the Russians, isn't this a great joy?" ”

……

The Russians did succumb, and in addition to the issue of reparations, they almost agreed to the Chinese's conditions, and in order not to pay compensation or less compensation, they also took out a large amount of land and exchanged land for compensation.

The fact that the Russians are willing to agree to the Chinese's conditions so painfully means that Russia admits defeat, and conversely, it means that the Chinese Empire has won a victory, and it is a great victory for a Western power, and the significance of this victory is higher than the defeat of the Manchu Qing Dynasty and the like, which can greatly boost the people's morale and increase the credibility and cohesion of the government!

You must know that with the establishment of the Chinese Empire, with the government's emphasis on foreign affairs, with the popularity of various books introducing the West in the market, and with the addition of foreign history to the compulsory items in the civil service examination, most Chinese intellectuals are no longer as closed as before, and they no longer know anything about foreigners.

It is precisely because they know a lot about foreign affairs that they know that Russia is actually a very large country in the West. I have singled out the whole of Europe before, and although it has failed, it is also a glorious defeat.

But such a behemoth that can easily send millions of troops was defeated by the army of the Chinese Empire in three times and divided by two, doesn't this mean that our Celestial Empire is stronger than Russia, a European power?

In other words, although the political victory brought about by this kind of military victory may not play much of a substantial role in improving the lives of the Chinese people for the time being, the improvement of their morale is very obvious, which also makes them trust the government more and worship the emperor more.

Ordinary people don't care about the actual situation. They don't know that Russia's influence on the East is actually inferior to that of Britain and France, they only know that Russia is an old bullish power, and this old bullish power was defeated by the Chinese Empire, and now they are pitifully coming to sue for peace, which shows that the prestige of our Heavenly Empire is far-reaching, and the coming of all nations is just around the corner.

Although Yin Xiuxiu is in charge of the central power department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, she is young after all, and she is naturally just as enthusiastic about this kind of big victory. That's why I'm so excited.

"Be specific." Li Yongji shook his head, "What conditions did the Russians agree to?" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Yin Xiuxiu took a deep breath and calmed down. Then I picked up the notebook and looked at it, "According to the news from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Russians agreed to give us the Far East, and they also agreed not to support the Manchus anymore. Evacuation of military personnel in the Far East as well as in the Manchu Qing Dynasty. For the issue of 10 million taels of silver, they hoped to offset the Aleutian Islands with Russia's Americas.

Also, they want to sign a formal armistice with us. Then we will establish diplomatic relations with China at the ambassadorial level, and the two sides will send ambassadors to each other's capitals to enhance friendship between the two sides and reduce unnecessary misunderstandings. At the same time, they also demanded extensive free trade with our country, allowing Russian merchants to do business in our country normally. ”

"Well, the Russians did quite kindly this time." Li Yongji nodded.

"Yes, Your Majesty, the Russians have lowered their posture this time." Yin Xiuxiu shook her fist and said, "This shows that they treat us as equal opponents, and the reason why this can be done is because of our army." ”

"That's right, the status is all played." Li Yongji nodded.

"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the State Department do not dare to monopolize this agreement." Yin Xiuxiu said, "So I transferred it to our Ministry of Internal Affairs and asked me to submit this agreement to you." ”

It should be noted here that the current capital of the Chinese Empire is actually Nanjing, and the seat of the State Council, the old Tianwangfu in Nanjing, that is, this negotiation was actually held in Nanjing.

However, because Nanjing is a large construction site, construction is being carried out everywhere, and it is dusty, so Li Yongji has been living in Yonghua Palace in Suzhou in order to make Yin Susu have a better baby.

In other words, the palace and the State Council are working in two places at this time, and everything is contacted by telephone, and with the completion of the telephone pole and optical cable operation in Nanjing and Suzhou, the State Council in Nanjing and the Yonghua Palace in Suzhou have been connected to the network, plus modern computers, video conferences can already be held between the two places, so even if the State Council and the palace are located in two places, there is no delay in state affairs.

However, because Li Yongji didn't want the other party to ask him for instructions on everything, so he could only call the Ministry of Internal Affairs first, and then someone from the Ministry of Internal Affairs would convey it.

Just like now, Shen Shiming, who is also the prime minister of the State Council, first talked to Yin Xiuxiu, the head of the Internal Affairs Office, and reported the situation, and then Yin Xiuxiu came to report to Li Yongji.

"What do you mean by asking me, what do you mean by the State Department?"

"Your Majesty, the State Council thinks we should accept it when we see it." Yin Xiuxiu said, "Lord Shen said that we are now in a state of ruin, not to mention the big railway plan, not to mention the reform of the reserve mobilization mechanism, just to say that the big migration plan is being prepared, it involves a lot of material and civil resources. In addition, the Xinjiang region is currently in contact with us about merging with the country, and it will not be a good thing for us to continue to fight with the Russians at this time. ”

"That's right." Li Yongji nodded, "In this way, if you call Shen Shiming back, we can agree to the conditions of the Russians, and promise to sign an armistice treaty with the Russians, but just one Russian American region and the Aleutian Islands are not enough to offset the indemnity of 10 million taels of silver, and at most five ...... Eight million, cheap them.

That is to say, after these places are given to us, we will have to give us two million taels of silver, and if we can't come up with the money, we can borrow, and my CITIC Bank can provide a low-interest loan as compensation. The collateral is that those captured ships of all kinds and Russian prisoners, sue the Russians, when the reparations will be paid, and when the prisoners will be returned to them. ”

In this day and age, there is no human rights to be talked about, so those Russian captives, except for a very few high-ranking officers, are sent as cheap labor to dig coal, and the life is called miserable. Coal digging is a dangerous profession even in the modern world, let alone in this era. Therefore, most of the coal digging are felons or foreign prisoners, how can Li Yongji be willing to throw away such a good cheap labor? As for the boats, Li Yongji didn't plan to spit them out, after all, he still planned to use these ships to transport people to California.

"If we don't let them go, will it make the Russians angry? Don't agree to the peace talks? Yin Xiuxiu said.

"No, if they still don't agree to my condition, then it proves that there is no sincerity, no sincere negotiation, so what's the point." Li Yongji smiled, "However, with Russia's current financial capacity, they can't afford it anymore, anyway, if the war continues, we can take those places in the Far East ourselves, and then they will be even more ugly...... So, listen to me, the final condition is like this, it must be determined to death, and they will definitely agree. ”

"Yes, I see." Yin Xiuxiu nodded.

"By the way, did the British reply to the French?" Li Yongji said, "I wrote letters to their rulers, and at this time, even the Russians have sent envoys, so they should always have a reply, right?" ”

"Well, I heard that the new envoys of the British and the French came with the Russians, but because the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was first concerned with the Russians, and began to negotiate with the Russians first, there was no formal contact with the British and the French for the time being. If you want to know what is going on between the British and the French, then I will urge the State Council to negotiate as much as possible. ”

"Well, let's rush then." Li Yongji nodded and said, "According to reliable sources, the southern part of the United States has begun to show fatigue a few days ago, and it is no longer as domineering as before, while the north has begun to ease up.

In short, time is pressing, and we must speed up the pace of interfering in the United States, even if we are not fully prepared, we must start acting in advance, otherwise we will miss the opportunity.

Therefore, the more we are at this time, the more we must settle the affairs of the British and the French as soon as possible, and the domestic affairs must also be arranged, especially the reserve reform plan, which must be completed before December, so that I can go to the United States at ease. (To be continued......)