I don't know if Yang Rui, the coward, handed over the secret edict to Tan Si and the same person, and there has been no news for several days, not even a hint of trouble.

I always had a bad premonition lingering in my mind.

Zai Yan was detained by Cixi in the Yangxin Palace for two days and did not go to the early court, and Fan Changlu also lost the freedom to enter and leave the Forbidden City. Late that night, I secretly changed into eunuch clothes and went to the Palace of Cultivation to see Zaiyan, and when I saw that he had lost weight, I couldn't help but feel distressed, and I drove over to look left and right for a long time before frowning and saying: "Why doesn't the emperor cherish himself like this?" ”

He grabbed my hand and asked, "Can the edict be handed over?" ”

I nodded slowly.

He asked, "To whom?" ”

I said softly, "Lord Yang Rui." ”

Zai Yan said "oh", and then looked at me and asked, "Is there any news to enter the palace in the past two days?" ”

I let out a breath and shook my head.

Zai Yan led me to the front of the case, and while holding the pen, he said: "Although Yang Rui is loyal to me and supports the reform of the law, Yang Rui is timid by nature, he is thoughtful, and he will never take risks, I am afraid that the first secret edict is still in Yang Rui's hands, and he will not dare to act rashly." ”

While speaking, I had already helped Zai Yan cut the paper and spread it on the case, and was studying Danmo sideways, "When the slave handed over the secret edict to Lord Yang Rui the day before yesterday, he saw a bit of the adult's temperament, and he couldn't help but worry in his heart, just because at that time, only Lord Yang Rui was still in Yuehua Gate, and the slave could only press the chips on the adult to fight, but until today, he didn't hear any movement, so he thought about coming to the emperor to discuss." ”

Zai Xiang dipped his ink, "I will write another secret edict, and you will hand it over to Lin Xu outside the Qianqing Palace tomorrow," as he spoke, Zai Yan lowered his eyes and just wrote a few words, then paused, thought about it, and said to me again, "Fan Changlu probably can't help you, you go to Wang Shang, he has not been monitored and detained by Lafayette." ”

I nodded "um".

The next day, as soon as the hour arrived, I was already dressed and waited outside the gate of the Qianqing Palace with my head down, I have to say that it is best to act in the Forbidden City or the costume identity of a little eunuch, as long as you don't behave too blindly, almost no one can recognize who you are, after all, no one is so boring that they stare at a little eunuch at every turn. In the middle of the night, the supplementary service officials stepped out one by one, Guerjia?? Rong Lu and Tatara?? Resolute walked in front and chatted together.

Gualca?? Rong Lu said: "Lord Fortitude's words in the court are really happy! ”

He Tara?? Resolute smiled and replied: "It's all just the duty of the minister, the emperor is young and vigorous, imaginative, not at all a talent for governing the country, and the minister is just telling the truth in the court, and in the end it is not as unique as the adult." ”

Gualca?? Rong Lu chuckled and waved his hand and said, "I'm here first to congratulate you on your promotion," then shook his head and said, "I didn't have to have such a remark, but I really couldn't swallow this breath in my heart!" ”

He Tara?? Resolute arched his hand, "Xiaguan will have to rely on adults to take care of him in the future." ”

Gualca?? Rong Lu said: "They are all courtiers, what can I take care of you?" ”

He Tara?? Resolute smiled: "The Guerjia clan has sacrificed a lot for the country, and the officials admire it from the bottom of their hearts, not to mention that Lafayette is also the Guerjia clan, and the adults have been prosperous since they became officials!" ”

Gualca?? Rong Lu lowered his head and sighed: "The official fortune is prosperous...... Poor Youlan, she ...... at a young age."

He Tara?? Resolute said: "The adults and the family are all righteous and awe-inspiring, so it is not easy for Yan Liu to be so smart and strong." ”

Gualca?? Rong Lu looked at him sideways and said, "Who said that the young orchid willow is weak!" ”

He Tara?? Gang Yi hurriedly said: "It's the lower official's gaffe." ”

Gualca?? Rong Lu took a deep breath and said: "I don't blame you, everyone else only says that Youlan is weak and can't help the wind, but they don't know that my Youlan is the real downright and generous, and women don't let their eyebrows go!" ”

He Tara?? Resolute listened to a lot of words, and followed behind, and echoed a few words. It's disgusting to hear this kind of conversation, and I don't bother to listen to it anymore. At this time, it happened that Yu Guang caught a glimpse of Lin Xu and Tan Sitong walking out with worried faces, and there was no lack of slow followers at the end of the crowd as if they had something on their minds, seeing this, I was happy, so I hurriedly raised my feet and walked around the backs of the two, and gently patted Lin Xu and Tan Sitong, the two of them were startled, and suddenly turned around together, and looked at me, their expressions were extremely surprised, and they stood in place in disbelief.

But he didn't dare to say a word.

I raised my eyes and stared at the two of them, then lowered my head slightly, and whispered, "Please also ask the two adults to come with me." With that, I continued to walk forward.

After Lin Xu and Tan Sitong glanced at each other, they also followed with bated breath.

After I came to a no-man's land, I stopped, turned around and asked them: "Have you seen the emperor's secret edict brought to you by Lord Yang Rui from the former Japanese Palace?" ”

Lin Xu and Tan Sitong both looked puzzled when they heard my words, both of them frowned for a while, and Lin Xu asked, "What secret edict?" ”

Looking at their expressions, I knew that Yang Rui had not handed over the secret edict to Tan Sitong at all, so I said: "The day before yesterday, the emperor had expected that Lafayette wanted to abolish the emperor, and the emperor wrote a secret edict for me to hand it over to you, but Lafayette started too quickly, and the secret edict was not sent out of the emperor and was monitored in the palace of raising the heart. Therefore, the palace secretly went to the Heart Cultivation Palace, and the emperor expected that Yang Rui's personality must not have handed over the secret edict to you, and there was really no way, so the emperor wrote the second secret edict. ”

Tan Sitong suddenly realized: "No wonder I haven't been able to see the emperor in the past two days." ”

Lin Xu hurriedly asked, "Is the emperor in good health?" ”

I said, "Of course the emperor is good," looking at the worried faces of the two, I couldn't help but ask more, "Why do you ask like that?" ”

Lin Xu glanced sideways at Tan Sitong and said: "In the past two days, the ministers can't see the emperor, so they asked the reason in the court, and Lafayette listened to the government behind the curtain and said that it was because the emperor was in poor health and bedridden, so he couldn't go to court early, and Lafayette had no choice but to listen to the government again." ”

After listening to this, I shouted in my heart: Fart!

But I still tried my best to maintain a calm appearance and said: "I just went to see the emperor in this palace today, the emperor is very good, there is nothing at all, what Lafayette said about being bedridden is complete nonsense!" ”

Lin Xu and Tan Sitong both let out a long sigh of relief when they heard this.

I suddenly remembered what I had just heard about Gualja?? Rong Lu and Tatara?? When the resolute conversation came, he asked: "I saw that Lord Ronglu and Lord Gangyi were both triumphant on their faces, I don't know what was discussed today?" ”

Lin Xu sighed.

Tan Sitong frowned and said, "Guerjia??" Rong Lu and Tatara?? Gangyi just now in the court actually jointly advocated the deposition of the emperor, Lafayette heard the words and immediately promoted him to Tara?? Fortitude is a scholar of the Ministry of War and a co-organizer of the university. ”

Dethrone...... Then everything has to be rushed!

I snorted coldly, didn't say much, just said, "Wait!" There will be their good fruit to eat in the future! Before the words fell, I took out the second secret edict from my sleeve and handed it to Tan Sitong.

Tan Sitong glanced back at me, and then opened it to see.

I hurriedly raised my hand to stop, "Don't you see it here, right?" ”

Tan Sitong looked at me and said, "The situation is urgent, there is nothing bad, look at it immediately, burn it immediately!" ”

Lin Xu also said: "Yes, those who achieve great things should be informal, and besides, it is about the emperor, and they can't wait for a moment!" ”

I nodded "um" before withdrawing my hand.

Tan Sitong and Lin Xu watched it together, and after a while, Lin Xu said anxiously: "The emperor is in a difficult situation, let the ministers wait for the plan as soon as possible and try to save each other!" ”

Tan Si took out the matchbox from his arms on the same side and smoked the fire, and said: "The matter has come to this point, and I can only inform Yuan Shikai to quickly lead the recruits to come to the rescue." ”

I hurriedly said, "No," and added, "Yuan Shikai is not a person worthy of trust, and it is best not to alarm Yuan Shikai unless it is absolutely necessary." ”

Lin Xu asked, "What did the emperor say?" ”

I said, "This is also what the emperor meant." ”

Tan Sitong threw the burning secret edict on the ground, and it turned into ashes in a moment, Tan Sitong stepped on it with his foot again, "Lafayette wants to abolish the emperor, the emperor can't do things without soldiers and horses, and now only Yuan Shikai's new army can be relied on, otherwise he can only wait for death!" ”

I looked at Tan Sitong and said, "You should also know that even if Yuan Shikai comes, it won't work out, and the situation may be even worse!" ”

Tan Sitong looked back at me and said, "Yes," and said firmly, "It was in the past, but not necessarily now." ”

I frowned, "What do you mean?" ”

Tan Sitong said: "The minister will leave immediately and go to Tianjin in person!" ”

I said, "What do you want to do?" ”

Tan Sitong said: "The minister went to persuade Yuan Shikai to return." ”

Lin Xu stared at Tan Sitong and asked, "How sure can you be?" ”

Tan Sitong said: "Seventy or eighty." ”

Lin Xu nodded.

I don't know why, I just don't think it's reliable, "Yuan Shikai is mercenary and insatiable, why should you persuade him?" ”

Tan Sitong looked at me quietly for a long time, then took a step closer to me, leaned over slightly and whispered in my ear: "Do you know what I do in modern times?" ”

"What?"

"Negotiation."

Hearing the word "negotiation", my heart was shaken for a moment.

After Tan Sitong finished speaking, he slowly straightened up, took two steps back and stared at me.

I hesitated, "Is there no other way?" ”

Tan Sitong shook his head.

Lin Xu said: "Even if there is a way, there is no time." ”

I'm still a little flustered.

Tan Sitong said: "Niangniang must believe in the minister." ”

After hesitating for a moment, Lin Xu said: "Niangniang can't hesitate anymore, otherwise Fusheng won't be able to catch up with Tianjin, besides, Yichen sees Fusheng's eloquence is good, Niangniang should trust Fusheng." ”

However, no matter how good the eloquence is, it can't be said that the greedy heart that violates the yin and yang!

Tan Sitong said: "You have to try everything to know the result, don't you?" ”

I looked at him.

Tan Sitong said in a deep voice: "Niangniang should know that the minister will definitely do his best." ”

Anyway, the left and right are dead, why don't you just let him go?

At worst, it is to continue to follow the flow of history.

I took a deep breath, nodded slowly, lowered my eyes and said, "Lord Tan, don't leave any regrets for yourself, the palace and the emperor will wait for the good news of adults in the Forbidden City." ”