In recent days, many of the new policy measures have been carried out in a seemingly orderly manner, and although the pace is a little rapid, it is not quick to achieve quick results. In the previous dynasty, there were still a few untimely objections, but fortunately, Zai Yan had long been used to it, and occasionally when he was really angry, he just came to Jingren Palace to complain to me. After all, for Zaiyan, the important thing is not to talk to others for a while, but to be good at presiding over those reform measures that are different from the past and quickly push forward.

Cixi was quiet in Ningshou Palace as if there was no trace of waves, but I understood that this was just the tranquility before the mountain rain was coming, and I also hinted at the overload of the mountain and the rain, one night, the house was filled with light smoke and fragrant flowers, "Your Majesty, Lafayette has never supported the emperor's reform and reform, why has there been no movement on Lafayette's side recently, and even the emperor's mother has stopped a lot in the harem, doesn't the emperor think it's strange?" ”

Zai Yan smiled and said: "It's okay, let Lafayette plan to go!" ”

I wondered, "Why?" And said: "The emperor knew that Lafayette was accumulating strength to choose a day to counterattack, but didn't he hurry up to move forward to resist?" ”

Zai Yan looked at me and said, "Everything has priorities, and the most important thing now is not about my safety, but about the implementation of the new policy measures. ”

I frowned and said, "But if something happens to the emperor, wouldn't the reform and reform be equivalent to an untimely death?" ”

Zai Yan sighed when he heard this, and then said lightly: "I never thought that the Restoration could be entrenched only by relying on my Guangxu Dynasty, what the Restoration needs is at least not less than the joint efforts of the two generations of emperors and courts, and I can only open this end with my strength, if there is no follow-up power to help it, even if this end is opened, it is useless, and now, as long as these new policy measures I presided over can be successfully retained for future generations, I have died without regrets." ”

At that time, the dark sky was full of twinkling stars, a bright moon emitted a bright soft light through the cloud dust, like a thin veil quietly covered the lush fragrant wood in the yard, the house was silent, and the ears heard a long and shallow cicada hiss on the branches outside the window from time to time. Zai Yan came here today with a solemn face, and after a while, he finally spoke, "Zhen'er, my time is running out. ”

Of course, I understood the meaning of Zaiyan's words very well, so I poured a cup of tea and asked softly: "The emperor found something wrong today?" ”

Zai Yan took the teacup, and couldn't help sighing, and the words in his mouth were as solemn as a solid stone in the mountains, "Lafayette, I want to abolish the emperor." ”

My heart trembled, after staying in the Forbidden City for so many years, this day still came, I thought I was mentally prepared, but when I heard Zai Yan say this, my scalp still couldn't help tingling, and there was a "pop" sound in my head, and after a long time, I asked: "Does the emperor have a way to deal with it?" ”

Zai Yan lowered his eyes slightly and picked up my hand and said: "I am not afraid of Lafayette abolishing the emperor, I am only worried about who Lafayette will find to take over the throne, and I am also afraid that Lafayette may implicate you in the trumped-up sin." ”

I pursed my lips and smiled slightly, and said lightly: "Your Majesty, the minions have always been on the emperor's side, and it is inevitable that Lafayette will be implicated in the minions, but the minions have long expected that there will be such a day, and the minions are not afraid." ”

Zai Yan looked at me and nodded slowly.

I shook my head at him, and then said: "The slave is not afraid of being involved, but the emperor should give it a go, and the emperor also said, in case Lafayette finds a gentleman with no ink on his chest to take over the throne, wouldn't it be a mistake to do it, in case Lafayette finds an ignorant child from the clan, wouldn't he do evil, even if it is not for others, not for other things, just for the emperor's own freedom, his own heart, is the emperor so willing to be imprisoned by Lafayette in Yingtai without a little autonomy?" ”

Zai Yan wondered, "How did you know that Lafayette would imprison me in Yingtai?" ”

I was stunned, I looked at Zai Yan for a while and didn't know how to answer, I regretted it in my heart, and I couldn't help but say the wrong thing, I just didn't move and opened my mouth slightly, after a while, I took a deep breath, licked my lips and said: "The emperor doesn't want to think about it, if Lafayette wants to rest assured, where can the emperor be imprisoned except for Yingtai in Zhongnanhai?" ”

Zai Yan stared at me and said, "Hmm", "Then can Zhen'er still guess where Lafayette will imprison Zhen'er?" ”

I smiled dismally and said, "Zhong Cui Palace!" Because that is Zhen'er's hell, she is detained under the eyes of the queen mother every day, and no matter how much resentment the queen mother has in her heart, she can be cleaned up in the end! ”

As I spoke, I walked around to Zai Xiang's back and squeezed his shoulders twice with both hands, then leaned down again, and said softly: "The emperor is content, I think that the emperor's life in the future will be much better than the life of the slave, at least the emperor can still cultivate himself in Yingtai, in order to look forward to the future," I sighed lightly in my chest, I tightened my arms around Zai Xiang, and continued, "The emperor must remember the words he promised the slave." ”

Zai Xiang smiled and asked, "What words?" ”

I looked at him sideways and said, "No matter how things develop in the future, the emperor is not allowed to hurt himself!" ”

Zai Yan pulled my hand, didn't say anything, and only asked me with a smile: "What about Zhen'er in Zhongcui Palace?" And how? ”

I thought about it for a while, and joked: "Zhong Cui Palace is the supreme purgatory in the Forbidden City, and it is an ascetic cultivation for a minion!" ”

Zai Yan couldn't help but laugh.

The two talked privately until late at night, the next morning, I just woke up in bed and saw that Zai Yan had been dressed up to go to the morning court, and I thought about it all night, today is July 29th, everything will change dramatically on this day, I saw that he wanted to go out, and he hurriedly got up and called him: "Your Majesty." ”

He turned to me and smiled, and then walked over as if he had something to say to me, "Are you awake?" ”

I half-sat on the bed and looked at him with an "um".

Zai Yan sat sideways at the head of the bed and hugged me, there was a faint fragrance of hibiscus flowers in his arms, and a low magnetic voice sounded in my ears, "Seeing that you are sleeping so soundly, I thought that I would give you the things after the next court," lowered his eyes and asked me, "But I woke you up?" ”

I rubbed my head into his arms and shook my head slowly, "No," I added, "At this hour, Zhen'er should also wake up." ”

He whispered: "I just wrote a secret edict on the case, I don't know when Lafayette will attack me, it is estimated that in these two days, after Lafayette imprisons me, you will definitely hand over my secret edict to the hands of the reformers." ”

I smiled lightly, looked up and whispered, "What does that edict say?" ”

Zai Yan said: "I think I want them to try to save me." ”

I laughed, "The emperor has figured it out?" ”

Zai Yan lowered his eyes and stared at me, and let out a deep "um".

After a while, Zai Yan said to me: "But you must remember that when this secret edict is handed over to them, it must warn them not to alarm Yuan Shikai unless they are helpless. ”

"Yuan Shikai?!"

I was startled, and immediately straightened up from Zaiyan's arms and looked at him with a frown.

Zai Xiang also looked at me and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

I was stunned, and after a moment, I shook my head and said, "It's nothing." ”

Yuan Shikai is not a trustworthy person, he established the Yuan Hongxian, overthrew the republic, and restored the imperial system, but after all, he couldn't resist the greed in his heart, and he was the emperor for eighty-eight days.

Then, I said, "What does the emperor think Yuan Shikai is?" ”

Zai Yan said: "I have seen this person once, those eyes always reveal greed, can never be reused, and it is not worth entrusting, he seems to be on my side now, but in fact he is a wall grass, where the wind blows, where he falls, everything he does is actually for his own sake, I still keep him, but now he still has some use value in the new policy." ”

I asked, "Utilization value?" Since the emperor already knew that Yuan Shikai was a person, he still dared to use it? ”

Zai Yan said: "It's just a shock." ”

I asked, "Shock Lafayette?" ”

Zai Yan said: "The enemy does not move, I do not move." As long as there is the superficial support of the new army behind Yuan Shikai, Lafayette will not dare to act rashly. ”

I was a little curious, completely out of my own selfishness, and asked Zaiyan in a low voice: "Will the emperor kill him in the future?" ”

Zai Yan looked at me and said pleadingly, "If necessary, I will." ”