Zhongnanhai Annex, Xinhua Palace.

In a small room at the side door, sat five men and one woman from another dimension, some called them "new members", some called them "Defectors", and some called them "Group of Six".

Whatever they were called, the six men didn't seem to care, and for four years they had followed in the footsteps of Her Majesty the Empress, faithfully fulfilling their duties as lackeys – and gaining the equivalent of flesh and bones.

At this time, they were bored waiting for the summons of Her Majesty the Empress.

After all, it was painful to endure boredom, and someone soon thought of a way to dispel it.

"How about a gamble?" Lieutenant Colonel Wu Haisong, an agent of the Intelligence Service in the uniform of an ordinary civil servant, proposed.

Lieutenant Colonel Pan Guochen, a training staff officer of the Marine Corps Teaching Brigade, tilted his head: "What are you betting on?" ”

"Today is June 25th. In our time and space history, on June 28, 1914, Archduke Ferdinand, the Crown Prince of Austria-Hungary, was killed by Serbian assassins during a visit to Sarajevo, and became the spark that ignited the flames of the Great War of the World. Now let's make a bet on whether that event will happen on time on this plane, and how? ”

Pan Shaoan, deputy director of the General Research Department of the Ministry of Science and Technology, pushed his glasses and said: "I don't think it will happen, the whole history has been completely turned upside down, even if there will be a world war, it must be due to other reasons......

"Since 1910, however, history seems to have returned to that track, and after the Italo-Turkish War and the two Balkan Wars, the situation in Europe is now on the verge of breaking out, and the contradictions on all sides are tense. The incident of the Grand Duke's assassination is not completely impossible, and in terms of probability, I think it is five or five. Yang Yuxiang, deputy director of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Department of the Ministry of Finance, analyzed the small mirror in his hand.

Fang Tianhua, deputy director of the Prime Minister's Department of Political Affairs, twisted his chin and shook his head: "Now on the German-French border, the situation in Alsace and Lorraine is worth noting, the conflict has gradually expanded, and the German government has announced that it will send troops to suppress it. At least, it's higher than the probability of five or five openings that Yu Xiang said. ”

"There's so much nonsense, if you want to bet, bet." Lieutenant Colonel Liang Gensheng, deputy wing commander of the 9th Special Service Wing of the Army Air Corps, urged impatiently.

Wu Haisong snapped his fingers casually: "It's still Brother Asheng, how about it, is there anyone else who wants to play?" If the Sarajevo incident will break out on time, it will be big, and it will not be small. Anyway, the market will open three days later, and I will bet two hundred first, and the bet will be big. Let's start with it, the bottom line is three to one, and the winner will get back at least three times from the loser, no problem, right? ”

Pan Guochen shrugged his shoulders and flipped out his wallet: "Anyway, it's boring, I'll bet a hundred yuan, it's good to bet a little." ”

"Xiao Pan is refreshing enough, a month's salary is here." Wu Haisong took the hundred-yuan bill with the portrait of the Yellow Emperor and shook it in front of him, "Who else?" ”

"I'm also betting small." Fang Tianhua also bet 100 yuan.

"Small." Liang Gensheng stook 200 yuan in one go.

Yang Yuxiang threw a wink at Wu Haisong: "Husband...... I'm sorry, anyway, our property is separated, and what you lose is yours, and it has nothing to do with me...... Two hundred, a small bet. ”

After being abandoned by his wife, Wu Haisong turned his expectant eyes to the last gambler - Pan Shaoan.

"Hai Song, as I said earlier, there is no suspense at all...... Four hundred, bet small. ”

Wu Haisong sneered twice: "Okay, you just wait to be eaten by the dealer......

"Don't talk nonsense, count the money quickly, keep the bets down, and wait to be exploited in three days." Yang Yuxiang hit her husband mercilessly.

The game is over, but the summoner hasn't been seen yet. While recording the gambling game in his notebook, Wu Haisong shouted impatiently: "What's the matter, it's so slow today, my ass hurts." ”

"I heard that the Queen Mother is here today." Yang Yuxiang said.

"So what?"

"Later, the three highnesses were passed in, and the family gathered here, I don't know what Lu Dao wants to discuss."

Fang Tianhua's eyebrows twisted slightly: "Xinhua Palace is the place where His Majesty works, and you don't have to come here to talk about family affairs...... There is something strange. ”

"Does the Queen Mother want to remarry? After all, he is only six years older than the emperor, and he looks so beautiful......" Yang Yuxiang is really difficult to change his nature.

Wu Haisong looked serious: "If the three highnesses are called in together, I think it is a matter of choosing a concubine and a concubine, and the three highnesses are not small after all." ”

Fang Tianhua nodded and said: "Yes, if you say this, the marriage of the three highnesses has dragged on for five or six years, and the Queen Mother is afraid that she will not be able to sit still." ”

A hundred meters away in a straight line, in the queen's office on the second floor, the five members of the royal family were facing the same thing with different expressions.

The Empress Dowager Ning was in a rage at this time, and she looked resolute and unstoppable if she didn't reach her goal: "No, I can't wait any longer, I'm going to do it within this year, don't say anything, just choose one for each now!" If you don't choose today, I'll help you decide tomorrow! ”

Empress Liu Qianhua looked helpless and tired: "The Queen Mother is angry...... Well, hear what they have to say anyway. ”

The Queen Mother flicked her sleeves: "Okay, since the emperor said so, you will say it one by one." Whoever is in your heart, tell the queen mother to follow the emperor, and the queen mother and the emperor will come up to make decisions for you. Ping'er, you say it first. ”

Crown Prince Liu Ping turned his face impatiently: "Queen Mother, Imperial Sister, I will tell you when I want to decide." ”

The Queen Mother pointed at Liu Ping and turned to Qianhua: "Listen, listen, no matter how I ask him, he just perfunctory me, this doesn't suffocate people to death." ”

"Why don't you ask Yuchun first?" Qianhua didn't plan to expose Liu Ping on the spot.

The Queen Mother nodded angrily: "Okay, Yuchun, come on, after so many years, there are not thousands of good men you have seen, but also hundreds, right, really not a single one?" ”

Princess Yuelan Liu Yuchun lowered her head, pinched the corners of her skirt, and her ears were slightly scented: "Queen Mother...... I don't know what to say......"

The Queen Mother was so anxious that she clapped her hands: "Oh, my baby princess, when is it, just say whatever you want." ”

Qianhua hurriedly came over to add fuel to the fire: "Yuchun doesn't know who to choose, based on my observation in the past few years, the princess has a good impression of His Royal Highness Shangchang, the prince of the Ryukyus, and His Royal Highness Praun Joe, the prince of Siam, is she stumped by the topic of choosing one of the two?" ”

When the Queen Mother heard this, she shook her head again and again: "Marrying a foreign prince?" It's not good, it's not good, the princess is pampered and has always lived in this Beijing city. The Ryukyus are a big sun and a typhoon, and if you don't die in the sun, the wind will blow away. Siamese has a big miasma and many poisonous insects, and sooner or later there will be a serious illness! No, no, no......"

"Queen Mother...... It's not that you have to get married, why don't you just recruit other princes to be horses? His Royal Highness Praon Joe's brother has already inherited the Siamese throne three years ago, and there are many brothers above His Royal Highness who can inherit the throne, so as long as His Highness is willing, he does not have to return to China, whether he lives in the palace or opens another horse mansion, it is no problem. As for His Royal Highness the Ryukyu King, it is not a matter of a day or two for the Ryukyu King to ask for his subordinates, as long as the Ryukyu King is agreed, after the subordinates, the Ryukyu royal family will no longer have to stick to the island, and move to Beijing to open a palace together, and the family can meet at any time at that time, isn't it a good thing? ”

Qianhua explained, and the Queen Mother smiled: "Okay, good, that's good, Yuchun, see how thoughtful the emperor is for you......"

"Queen Mother...... I ......" Yuchun bit her lip, not knowing how to speak.

The Queen Mother didn't care about the three seven twenty-one: "Then it's decided, it's easy to choose one of the two, it's easy to choose one of the two, the queen mother and the emperor will go together to help you ask, see who is more sincere to you and more willing to stay for you......"

Yuchun is in a hurry now: "Don't, don't ask......"

The Queen Mother paused for a moment, then nodded with a smile: "Okay, okay, let's not ask, then you decide on your own." ”

"Do you have to get married right away?" The kitten is still struggling with the worst of the time.

The Queen Mother suddenly straightened her face: "I just said so much, but I didn't listen to it?" We've got to get things done this year! I'm twenty-three, and I'm not married, and then I'll be an old girl, not to mention anything else, I don't look good in that wedding dress! I married your father at the age of sixteen, and my life is not good? gave birth to a few of you in the early years, one and two of them are so beautiful, if you really want to marry when you are an old girl, can you still give birth to you so well? ”

"There is no such reason......

"Shut up, your business is settled! Whether it is the prince of Siam, the prince of the Ryukyus, or the queen mother, they all like it very much. I'll give you a day, and I'll come to ask you tomorrow, if you can't choose again, the queen mother and the emperor will make decisions for you. ”

Yuchun was left aside, and at the critical moment, she was confused, shaken, at a loss, drifting with the flow, at the mercy of others.

Liu Fan, the youngest Prince of Wurui, chose to take the initiative.

"Queen Mother......" Liu Fan crossed his hands and looked kind, as if he was a good child who would never listen to his mother. My affairs, just ask the queen mother and the emperor to decide. ”

The Queen Mother breathed a long sigh of relief: "It's still Fan'er to save my heart, everything is going on, I'm not in a hurry, since you said so, just flip through the book I gave you and choose the one you like." ”

Liu Fan gently closed the notebook in his hand: "It's been turned over, that ...... The eldest lady of Prime Minister Ma's family, Ma Suwan, is it okay? ”

The Queen Mother nodded happily: "Okay, good, of course it's good, your father took a fancy to her when he was alive, and he wanted to be our daughter-in-law, but she was still young at that time, so she didn't think much about it." Now it seems that it matches your age, and it is needless to say that your appearance and temperament are naturally needless to say, and she is the daughter of the Marquis Ma's family, no problem, absolutely no problem. ”

Liu Fan's loveless face was dressed with a simple mask called "filial piety": "If the queen mother likes it, please follow the emperor for everything." ”

After solving the two soft persimmons of Yuchun and Liu Fan, the Queen Mother turned her attention to Liu Ping.

"I'm still the same sentence, I'll naturally mention it to you when the time comes, don't force me."

After throwing off these words, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince rushed out of the interrogation room-like room with lightning speed.