Cixi's eyes swept with determination, and when she saw that everyone was there, she said with a smile on her face: "I don't want all the concubines in the harem to be so diligent, it's really a blessing of the Qing Dynasty," After a while, she still smiled and said, "Get up." ”

Li Lianying immediately walked over and continued to lead me and Ziyu to bow to Longyu.

Longyu accepted the gift and ordered the gift, and Ziyu and I thanked him.

The second seat on Cixi's left hand side was vacant, Cixi looked sideways slightly, and Li Lianying said: "Concubine Yu's mother is not well, and she can't come today." ”

Cixi said "um" and said with concern: "Why is Concubine Yu's body always not good, can the imperial doctor heal with his heart?" ”

Li Lianying said: "The imperial doctor doesn't dare not be unreasonable, but Concubine Yu's body is an unadjusted disease, and I am afraid that she will have to recuperate for a while." ”

Cixi sighed softly, "That's fine, just let her rest," and instructed the concubines in the harem, "You must remember to take good care of yourself on weekdays, don't make it like Concubine Yu, and you will know how good it is when you linger on the sickbed all day long." ”

Everyone lowered their eyes and said, "Yes." ”

Cixi leaned on the auspicious Ruyi side pillow on the throne and fiddled with a blood jade ring on her thumb, her eyes swept to my face, pointed at me and said, "Concubine Zhen, come here." ”

I was stunned, got up and left my seat, knelt in front of Cixi, and said respectfully: "The slave is frightened, and I hope that Lafayette will not hesitate to give advice." ”

Cixi waved her hand and asked me with a smile: "I heard that not long after you went out of the Ningshou Palace of the Mourning Family yesterday afternoon, the queen beat you, are you okay?" As she spoke, Cixi glanced at Longyu.

I looked at Cixi and smiled: "Thank you Lafayette for your care, it's all the minions who are ignorant and make the queen angry, and the queen is merciful and magnanimous, and the minions are already fine." ”

Cixi said "um" and chuckled: "Concubine Zhen is sensible, it's okay, so that the mourning family can rest assured," and said to Longyu, "The queen remembers that in the future, don't move and know how to do it, you must convince people with virtue, and the harmony of the harem sisters is the blessing of the queen and the queen's merit." ”

Longyu said: "Yes, the slave has been taught. ”

Cixi didn't tell me to get up, I had to kneel, and after a while, Cixi took a sip of tea and asked me: "The mourning family knows that the concubine has been wronged because of yesterday's incident, and what reward they want, the mourning family agrees." ”

I secretly said in my heart: What a Cixi, on the one hand, she only verbally reprimanded Longyu and gave me face. On the other hand, it seems that others think that she is praising me on the surface, but in fact, she really punished me on the inside.

As long as she reprimanded Longyu, I knelt as long as I could. First tell me to taste a dismount, and then pretend to give me a candy to eat. It's really like I'm a kid to soothe me!

I said gently: "The slave doesn't want anything, it's just that there is a sentence that must be told to Lafayette to be useful." ”

Cixi asked curiously, "What's the matter?" ”

I said, "I wonder if Lafayette has ever heard the word 'bribery'?" ”

Cixi said in a deep voice: "Naturally, I know, what does Concubine Zhen mean by this?" ”

I lowered my eyes and said, "Since Lafayette knows the word 'bribery', he must know the harm of bribery." ”

Cixi squinted at me, "How could the mourning family not know?" ”

I frowned and said, "Since Lafayette also thinks that bribery is not good, then Lafayette must take care of this matter." ”

Cixi chuckled and said, "Concubine Zhen's words are going around and around, what do you want to say to the mourning family?" ”

I smiled and said: "When the slave first entered the palace, he learned that it was originally from the emperor, and all the palace dependents, princes and ministers who often enter the palace, every time they meet Lafayette, they must send red envelopes to their fathers-in-law, otherwise it will be difficult to move an inch." Some fathers-in-law even stipulate that every day when the emperor asks the queen mother for peace, he needs to tattoo fifty taels of silver, and the queen and concubines are decreasing step by step. If you can't hand over the red envelope, you can't ask Lafayette for peace, which is a great sin. The minions even heard that they had even forced out their lives because of this. ”

Cixi frowned, looked sideways at Li Lianying, Li Lianying hurriedly knelt down and said: "Lafayette Mingjian, the slave really doesn't know about it." ”

I said: "Li Anda doesn't know about this matter for granted, Li Anda is deeply favored by Lafayette, where is the lack of these fifty taels of silver, it must be that the father-in-law below is ignorant." ”

Cixi breathed a sigh of relief and said in a deep voice: "Why did the emperor never mention this matter to the mourning family? ”

I said softly: "The emperor has always been benevolent and filial, and he also has great respect for Lafayette, and the slave wants to come even if he asks for fifty taels of silver every day, the emperor would rather suffer a loss himself, and never want Lafayette to be angry and worried, and only wish that Lafayette can enjoy happiness in peace," lowered his voice, "It turned out that the slave didn't understand the sophistication of human feelings, so he really couldn't help but say this sentence more, which made Lafayette angry, but I'm afraid that only Lafayette's words worked, and the slave really couldn't see the face of those fathers-in-law and dogs." Let's ask, which sister here hasn't suffered the loss of this group of fathers-in-law? ”

The more I said, the more angry Longyu's face became, seeing that she couldn't sit still, she got up and said: "Lafayette, it's true, although the slave has always disliked the fox charm of the concubine, but the concubine is right about this, the last time the slave went to Ningshou Palace to ask for peace, the little eunuchs together actually asked for forty taels of silver from the slave, which is bold!" I thought it was Lafayette who meant it, so I didn't say much, but now I know that this is not the case, and I ask Lafayette to be the master of the slave! ”

Cixi patted the case, and was silent and rude, and after a long time, she said, "Li Lianying." ”

"The minions are here."

"Go and arrest the group of things under Ningshou Palace who don't know the height of the sky, and after investigation, it is true that the bribery was taken privately, and there is no need to report it, just kill it with a cane."

"The minions obey."

When Li Lianying walked past me, she seemed to be staring at me fiercely.

But I'm not sure.

But it was okay, I immediately smiled, bowed, and said, "Lafayette is wise." ”

Cixi's gaze paused on Longyu's face and said, "Could it be that if it is the meaning of the mourning family, the queen will condone such dirty things?" Sighed, "If you have time to learn from Concubine Zhen more and learn that kind of cleverness, the emperor will like you more." ”

I hurriedly said, "The slave doesn't dare." The queen mother is fragrant and beautiful, how dare the slave compare with the sun and the moon. ”

Longyu sneered and said to me in a low voice, "It's a shame that you still have a little self-knowledge." ”

I lowered my eyebrows and said, "Yes." The slave knows that he is stupid and cannot be compared with the queen's mother. ”

Cixi shook her head helplessly, and said loudly: "Empress! The two words of exit are extremely calm and extremely depressing.

Longyu lowered his head, not daring to say more.

Afterwards, Longyu and I both returned to our seats, and for a while we felt that our legs were very sore, and our palms couldn't help but cover our knees, but we couldn't show a painful expression, so we had to endure and endure. After a while, Cixi smiled and said kindly: "It's not too early, let's all kneel down first!" ”

Alas! and kneel again.