Chapter 35: Who Do You Care?
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"We can't just talk about weapons! Again, an army without faith cannot win a war. We don't need these armies to be loyal to the royal family, they are loyal to the land under their feet, and we can't be slaves. ”
Qingyu thought about it and shook her head again. She also watched the movie of the First Sino-Japanese Naval War, and Deng Shichang finally used the method of ending up together, which is faith. A soldier's faith!
At that time, the equipment of the Beiyang Naval Division was no worse than that of Japan, but the shells fired were sand, and good warships did not have good supplies, and it was a joke to say it. Even if she had decided to allocate money every year now, what if she died? And those people are greedy? She really has no confidence, so she might as well cultivate people first.
"Niangniang, are you particularly happy that you can't have children?" Chery looked at Qingyu, couldn't help laughing, saw that there were no outsiders around, and said softly.
"Chery!" Xianfeng drank lightly, he could tolerate Chery joking with Qingyu, but he couldn't joke about it.
"Your Majesty!" Qingyu smiled, pulled Xianfeng, and was a little speechless at Chery, "So you don't get married or have children, anyway, we've made enough fuss, and it's over as soon as you close your eyes, without nostalgia at all." ”
"That's pretty much what it means, I'm different from my mother, my mother is kinder than me. Over the years, I have done a lot of unkind things. I'm afraid of retribution! Chery calmly bowed his hand to the couple and said softly.
He didn't call himself a slave to Qingyu, he didn't want to say that.
"Do you make the emperor and me guilty? Everything you do is what we do. Therefore, you say that you have done sin, you are afraid of retribution, and you will repay us in return, and we still want a son! "Qingyu is 'phew' again, he is just Xianfeng's gun, what is the difference between him doing evil and Xianfeng doing evil with himself, he thinks so, he still doesn't want to think so!
"Mother, you know, I didn't mean that." Chery was a little helpless.
"No, I never thought you did anything wrong, do you think those people from the East India Company will feel guilty?"
"......" Chery opened his mouth, of course he knew that the British would not feel guilty, even if they had now agreed not to dump opium in China, but the smuggling had never stopped.
Since last year, they have stepped up their crackdown. Because of the existence of the new treaty, they immediately put people to death and confiscated all their property in China. Even though the British side was a little unhappy, Qingyu wrote a letter to the Queen of England.
In their language, the Queen received the letter and gave it to Parliament, so that it could be read aloud in Parliament. It was Qingyu's protest, and a group of so-called gentlemen really couldn't ignore the handwritten letter of Her Majesty the Queen of a country. But they still have to show their subjects that they can't let a single person die overseas. Or with this very dishonorable death!
There was also a dispute about that matter for a long time, but Qingyu persevered. Just like this time, he knew very well that the Xianfeng couple recruited him back at this time. He also hurried back in time, if they didn't mention the marriage.
"Chery, I don't care what you think, but I'm not wrong, and the emperor is not wrong. We don't do anything for ourselves. Exchange one for ten, for hundreds, for a thousand people to live, will you do it? If so, you can resign. You are not suitable for this position. ”
Qingyu is very serious, she must let Chery know that they are right, whether he really thinks he has done anything or not, but she does not carry this pot.
"Mother, I'm a sick person, I've been poisoned. I can't live forever. Why bother? It's better to be like the emperor and Niangniang, and spend time on more interesting things. Chery was depressed, he just didn't want to get married, did they need this?
"Forced marriage is not a matter for me and the emperor, whether you get married or not really has nothing to do with us. So next time you find a better reason to reject your parents. ”
Qingyu understood what he meant, all his excuses were just that he didn't want to get married, he didn't mind, but she minded this person using their career as an excuse.
"Yes!" Chery looked sideways at Xianfeng, "She's a ruthless woman!" ”
"I don't think she's ruthless!" Xianfeng smiled at him.
Xianfeng had actually been watching them. Coming in from Chery, there seems to be no strangeness between them. They hadn't seen each other for almost five years, but they were obviously familiar with each other and trusting each other. Xianfeng was still a little angry when he looked at Qingyu, and then looked at Chery:
"Your parents are old, don't you want to think about your mother regardless of your father?"
"Your Majesty, this slave will talk to his parents when he goes back." Chery thought for a moment and nodded at them.
"It's a man's world, and you can say no when you choose an excuse. Chery, you make me think you're a little cowardly. Qingyu shrugged his shoulders at him.
Qingyu still has a say in the matter of refusing to marry. She went abroad when she was a child, and after returning to China, her father, who only existed in the title, began a battle of forced marriage. It's as if she's not married, it's his shame.
She once said to her father, 'Isn't it good to get along so politely?' ’
What I got was a slap from my father.
Qingyu didn't move, smiled at him, bowed and left. In the future, every month, she will automatically transfer a sum of money to her father, and then they rarely see each other. It rarely means that as long as her father doesn't come to her, she can't think of going to see him.
Thinking about it later, she and her father met more outside, and she didn't like to go to his father's house very much, and his father didn't seem to invite her to his house.
'Polite' getting along, she thinks is the best way for them to get along. She told him bluntly what she thought. There's really not enough between them to talk about that. She didn't bother to tell him that she didn't get married, but she didn't need him to force marriage.
Sometimes when she comes home and hears her father's phone message, she will be stunned for a moment, and maybe she will go back when she is free, but most of the time, she will be too busy to forget about this.
"Mother, have you ever cared about anyone?" Chery looked at her. For five years, he had been reading her articles. He liked her articles, but they were sometimes too cold, and this woman had something important in her heart. All she showed was that she didn't care about anything.
Why did he order such a piano for her, he heard the story behind the piano, a man made a piano by hand for the woman he loved. And that one to Alice. He heard that this was written by a great musician to a girl, maybe it wasn't love, but that heart moved Chery, so he bought the song and made it into a music box. Even if she could never know this, it would be nice to know for herself.
At this time, he couldn't help but wonder, did this woman ever have such feelings? Including to His Majesty the Emperor.