After being silent for a long time, Xingzhen Bei opened her mouth and asked: "Now the historical trajectory has deviated greatly from what we know, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom actually did not launch the Northern Expedition, but launched the Eastern Expedition in advance, Shanghai and Ningbo were occupied by them, and their relationship with the foreigners was actually handled well, what do you think of this matter?" ”

Rong Lu said lightly: "I don't know what went wrong, I heard that the king of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom did not die in Changsha and I thought it was very strange, and then in order to bring history back to the original state, I also spread the rumor that the Taiping King killed the king, and then found out that the Taiping Army contacted the Shanghai Knife Society to conspire, and also made some arrangements in advance, originally thought that the knife would be destroyed, and the Taiping Army could not occupy Shanghai in a short time, but I didn't expect it to be stopped." ”

Xingzhen muttered thoughtfully, "Then what happened to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom?" weishenme they can do this? I watched those twists and turns, and the one who talked about it the most was Xiao Chaogui, the king of the West, could it be that he also crossed over? Or ......"

Rong Lu saw that she was talking to herself, and he was about to think nonsense, and hurriedly interrupted: "I have checked Xiao Chaogui, there is nothing suspicious, I think it may be the butterfly effect brought about by our crossing, I have fought with several famous generals of the Taiping Army, they are indeed very powerful, it seems that we still can't underestimate the wisdom and ability of the ancients." He bit the word ancients very hard in his words, just to imply that there was no traverser on the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

Xingzhen sighed faintly and said, "It's best if you don't have that, if you do, we're also in trouble." We don't have the power yet, and we can't do a lot of things, and if there are traversers on the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, our advantage will be gone. ”

Rong Lu said worriedly: "I received news from the south yesterday. The Taiping army began to launch the Fujian campaign, and Li Kaifang led tens of thousands of troops to begin to attack Fujian, but I didn't expect that I had only left Hengyang for more than ten days, and the Taiping army would make a big move. I am afraid that if this continues, the Manchu Qing will be overthrown sooner or later, and we will not have enough time. ”

Xingzhen smiled faintly and said: "You don't have to be too pessimistic, you forget that the center of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is also unstable, sooner or later there will be a duel between Hong Yang, and at that time, it will be impossible for either the West King, the North King or the Wing King to stay out of the matter, the faster they develop, the sooner the contradiction will erupt." The stronger they grow, the more terrible the losses will be when the fire rises. When the Taiping King kills the king, it is our chance. Jiang Zhongyuan's book is very well written, and at this stage we should no longer consider attacking, but should take a defensive position throughout the country. It is best to drag the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom into a phase of stalemate, once it is stalemate. We occupy most of the country's territory. Both manpower and material resources are more than the Taiping army, and they are slowly consumed. ”

Rong Lu patted his head and smiled: "I only think about the strength of the Taiping Army, but I forget that they still have the hidden worry of causing trouble to Xiao Wall, yes, there will always be a fire at the top of the Taiping Army, no matter who wins or loses at that time." The Taiping army will be greatly damaged, and it is the best time for us to achieve strategic stalemate, and then slowly drag them to death. ”

Xingzhen bowed slightly, and then said, "In the future, you will spread more news to the palace." Although I can still occasionally see Xianfeng's recitals, but the recitals are really the most untrustworthy thing on shijie, and the news in the capital and the palace that is spread falsely is ridiculously biased, and we need to share information. ”

Rong Lu nodded and said, "This is no problem, I will regularly send the news of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and foreigners to the palace for you in the future." "It turns out that Xingzhen doesn't know the true deeds of Xiao Chaogui, the king of the West, and her only slightly reliable source is Xianfeng's folds, and how much of this kind of thing is true? Although An Dehai could also get some news from outside the palace, those news were all things that had been processed by rumors, and they were even more outrageous, so she didn't guess that Xiao Chaogui would be a traverser. Since Xingzhen asked him to send news to the palace in the future, it would be better, Ronglu made up her mind not to let Xingzhen get the slightest exact news about King Xi, so that she would never be able to guess the true identity of King Xi.

Rong Lu is actually calculating, now Xingzhen may not get the exact news, but in the future, after she gets power, it will be impossible to hide it, but at that time she was already the empress dowager Cixi who was in power, and when it really came to that day, even if she still wanted to throw herself into Xiao Yungui's arms, she was afraid that she couldn't, because the power behind her would push her and Xiao Yungui hostile. Thinking of this, the corners of Rong Lu's mouth couldn't help but float a cold smile, and he secretly cursed in his heart: "Xiao Yungui, Xiao Yungui, even if I Rong Lu can't get it, don't think about it, when you know that your biggest enemy is your original fiancée, how will you choose?" Hehe, things are getting more and more interesting. ”

Xingzhen didn't notice him, but muttered: "An Dehai can leave the palace twice a month, you can arrange for someone you trust in the capital to contact him, and you still write all the letters in Hanyu Pinyin, which is much safer." Then he suddenly looked up and saw Rong Lu's weird smile, frowned, and said, "What are you laughing at?" ”

Rong Lu hurriedly put away his smile and said, "I didn't laugh at anything, I just sighed that you can even receive An Dehai's command, can you find Li Lianying, the big eunuch, another day?" ”

Xingzhen said lightly: "Xiao Anzi is very loyal, even if you betray me, he will not betray me, I always feel that you men are unreliable, or people like Xiao Anzi who are not men or women are more relieved." ”

Rong Lu couldn't laugh anymore, could it be that the Empress Dowager Cixi trusted her eunuchs far more than her cronies and ministers? And she said that she would betray her, could she see something? At that moment, Rong Lu hurriedly said, "How could I betray you? "Then I secretly said to myself, I just deceived you.

Xingzhen said lightly: "You'd better remember today's words, if one day you really betray me, I will make you regret crossing back!" ”

Rong Lu couldn't help but shudder, the original wishful thinking in her heart began to shake a little, Song Qingyun in front of her became more and more ruthless like Cixi, and even Rong Lu, who was familiar with her, was a little afraid.

Seeing that Rong Lu changed slightly, Xingzhen squinted her eyes and smiled lightly: "Look at your stupid appearance, you are also a general who leads the army, why, you were frightened by my few words?" ”

Seeing her coquettish smile, Rong Lu couldn't help but step forward to hold her jade hand. Xingzhen didn't break away lightly, so she held it with him. Seeing that Xingzhen didn't break away from her hand, Rong Lu's heart was hot, his face leaned over, and he muttered, "Qingyun, can I kiss you?" ”

Xingzhen raised her face and said: "Before the child was born, you gave me the rules, I don't want anything wrong!" ”

Rong Lu was a little excited, Xingzhen snorted, and secretly thought that this man was just useless. He has nothing to say when he has a face, far less free and easy and stubborn than Xiao Yungui, who will look down on this kind of man who is extremely easy to give up opportunities?

After another moment of silence, Xingzhen continued: "After you go back, you will hold the Hunan army well, and you will marry Zeng Guofan's eldest daughter, which is a good move." Although the Hunan army is xenophobic, if you become the son-in-law of Zeng Guofan. Then the situation is very different. ”

Rong Lu said hesitantly: "Although the Hunan army in the future is strong. But it is always too far away from the capital, and the far water can't save the near fire, if you want to start any chaos in the palace, the capital can't do without its own army. ”

Xingzhen nodded and said, "That's right, so I'm already contacting Prince Gong, and Devil Six is also an object that can be used." ”

Rong Lu snorted lightly and said, "You Weishenme said the word?" Am I also an object of exploitation in your eyes? ”

Xingzhen smiled faintly. The other jade hand touched Rong Lu's hand and said softly: "Cooperation is to use each other, don't you really know?" But you have one more benefit than Devil Six, and you can be my guest of the scene. ”

Rong Lu smiled at this time. Xingzhen had a smile on her face, but she secretly shook her head in her heart, this person seems to be shrewd, but in fact, it is best to control it, she can hold him firmly in the palm of her hand, and she is not afraid that he will turn the sky upside down.

followed Xingzhen and said, "There is one more thing you need to do." ”

Rong Lu asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Xingzhen said slowly: "Now in the Xianfeng Dynasty, Prince Yi Zaiyuan, Prince Zheng Duanhua, and Su Laoliu are the most powerful, and the old courtiers left by Daoguang are dead, and the old courtiers who are suing the old are becoming more and more unpopular with Xianfeng. Prince Gong and his father-in-law Guiliang and others have their own line, and in the future, they will definitely compete with Zaiyuan, Duanhua, Sushun and others for power in the court. And now that Su Shun is in control of Shang Yu's spare place, you seem to have been a sticky guard there in the past, and you should also know the power of Shang Yu's spare place, I think you can win over the people inside. When you have almost mastered the Hunan army, I want to transfer you back to the capital and take over the Shangyu reserve. ”

Rong Lu frowned and said, "I'll take over Shang Yu's spare place?" I'm afraid that Su Shun won't either. ”

Xingzhen smiled faintly and said: "If Su Shun wants to enter the center, he has to give up some things, although Xianfeng has no talent, but this power technique is still quite hot, he will not allow a minister to hold two key positions at the same time, even if he forgets, I will mention him." ”

Rong Luqi said: "But even if Su Shun no longer cares about Shang Yu's spare place, it is impossible for me to take over, Su Shun has a lot of friends, and he can do it casually." ”

Xingzhen was secretly amused and said, "You are Zeng Guofan's son-in-law, don't you even know that Zeng Guofan and Su Shun are in the same group?" ”

Rong Lu then understood, and said with a slightly red face: "I forgot about this stubble." ”

Xingzhen said softly: "You have an advantage over others, first, you have been a sticky guard, second, you are the son-in-law of Zeng Guofan, and you can be regarded as a person of Su Shun, third, you are a Manchurian, and you are loyal to the queen, fourth, Su Shun does not know the relationship between you and me, you can have more old friendships with him, zuihou, isn't there anyone I can help you speak in front of Xianfeng?" ”

Rong Lu nodded, touched his chin and muttered, "Yes, I have mastered Shang Yu's spare place, and it will be much easier to enter the palace and make love to you in the future." ”

Xingzhen's face sank slightly, and she said faintly: "You men, always think about those things. ”

Rong Lu was slightly embarrassed and said, "Isn't that because I like you?" ”

Xingzhen smiled, didn't want to dwell on this topic anymore, and said: "Don't talk about this, I'm tired and want to go back to rest, go back by yourself, if there is anything to bring in the future, after the affairs of the capital are done, you should go back to Hengyang first, there is still a big battle to be fought in Jiangnan." ”

Rong Lu snorted, but he was a little reluctant to leave, Xingzhen said softly: "The temporary parting is for a long-term reunion, we will always have time to be alone together in the future, if you are greedy for this short time, if someone notices something, then everything will be closed for both of us." ”

Rong Lu nodded heavily, leaned over and kissed her lightly on the cheek, and turned around without looking back. Xingzhen was slightly stunned, stroked her pretty face, and muttered to herself: "He finally got bold ......" (to be continued......)