XXVI. The Outbreak of War (3)
At the end of the summer in September, Emperor Xianfeng and Xingzhen played Go under the grape trellis in front of the big water law, the big water law was in the south of the platform in front of the Yuanying view, the north was a Western-style stone niche, the stone niche was close to the Yuanyingguan platform, there was a bronze Western-style lion head in the middle, the mouth sprayed water, fell into the semicircular seven-level water platform below, the seven-layer water platform also sprayed water layer by layer, fell into the drainage ditch on both sides of the pool. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 The info pool is in the shape of a semi-circular begonia, on the left and right shores, there is a turn-tailed stonefish at the end of the drain, and there are also stonefish on the left and right sides of the pool. The water from the western archway flows out of the mouth of the upper fish from the drainage ditch, falls into the mouth of the lower fish, and the water potential is excited back, and the reflection is sprayed into the pool. There is a copper deer in the middle of the pond, which seems to run in the south direction, and its horns are divided into eight branches, and eight water sprays from the tips of each horn. There are five copper hounds on each side of the deer, and water spurts out of the mouth and shoots at the copper deer. The pond is carved with white jade along the shore, and the stone flower pot with a seat is placed, and the three-layer line method pine is planted, and this fountain is commonly known as the ten dog spray deer. On the north side of the east and west stone fish of the pool, there is a large sea pig with a tail turned over, and the water spews out from the mouth, shooting out more than three zhang. Outside the big pool, there are 13 layers of square water spray tower in the east and west, the tower is in the pool, there are eight large water spray pipes at the bottom of the pool, there are 80 small water spray pipes on the tower body, and the water shoots six feet high. There are sixteen corners of copper thistle terrestris at the top of the tower, and sixteen water sprays and falls into the pool. It was also designed by the almighty Lang Shining, and was known as one of the three major water fountains in the world at that time.
The grapes are breezy under the cool breeze, and the water vapor sprayed out by the big water method not far away is permeated, it is a good place to escape the heat, and the queen who has always been afraid of heat also likes this place, Xingzhen put down a sunspot, and said to Emperor Xianfeng with a smile, "Your Majesty, if you don't save it, I will eat this horn." ”
Xianfeng laughed, "Queen, how can I let you eat this horn," a white man was laid under the heart of the belly, "Look at my step, how about it?" ”
Xingzhen suddenly scratched her ears and cheeks, and couldn't help but lament in her heart, her chess strength was really not as good as Xianfeng, Xianfeng saw Xingzhen's embarrassment, and couldn't help but laugh. "Queen, this is stumping you. Hehe" picked up the fragrant glutinous drink at hand and took a sip.
In the distance, a small eunuch hurriedly held a stack of folds, bypassed the Great Water Law, and walked in front of a Western-style stone niche paved with white marble. Fan'er's eyes were sharp, and she saw the little eunuch who came from afar, and saw that the emperor was happy, so she hurriedly stepped forward to stop the eunuch and ask what was going on. I saw that the little eunuch was sweating profusely, walked under the grape trellis where Emperor Xianfeng was sitting, and knelt on the neatly manicured lawn.
"Start the emperor, 800 miles of urgent documents."
Emperor Xianfeng's hand was hanging in the air, and his original excellent mood was swept away, the emperor snorted coldly and said to Xingzhen, "Look? There's really not a moment to spare! Throwing away the chess pieces in his hand, Fan'er hurriedly stepped forward to take the documents in the hands of the little eunuch and handed them to the emperor, and Emperor Xianfeng finished reading the excerpts. His face turned white all of a sudden, and he didn't speak in a daze.
Xingzhen looked at the emperor's face, and then looked at the little eunuch who was kneeling on the ground trembling, knowing that it was not a good thing, and asked, "Your Majesty, what's wrong?" ”
"The Anglo-French alliance has declared war on the Qing Dynasty." After Emperor Xianfeng said this sentence sluggishly, he suddenly became angry, and slammed the fold onto the chessboard, and several chess pieces carefully polished by Hetian Yu fell to the ground, "Useless Ye Mingchen!" ”
Xingzhen stood up. was also stunned inexplicably, "It's not that Ye Mingchen is trying to deal with foreigners, how can this be!" "I can't drag it out for time, I'm really confused! Didn't I also remind Guo Songtao. Drag, be sure to drag time!
"After the Xilin case and the Yaluo ship incident, the foreigners became more and more arrogant," the emperor closed his eyes, his face was ashen, "Jiangnan is rebellious." This foreigner wants to ride on our heads again! ”
"How is the strength of the troops in Guangzhou?" Xingzhen hurriedly asked, waving her hand to tell An Qian Fan'er to clean up the game of Go, "If you are ready, it is good to be able to resist it." ”
Xianfeng shook his head, "I'm afraid it can't, Xianfeng four years of Guangzhou Red Army rebellion, more than 200,000 people surrounded Guangzhou, after that, the green battalion and eight banners in the two Guangxi territories were all used to quell the rebellion, and there was no more soldiers to guard Guangzhou to fight against foreigners." ”
"What about the group practice?" Xingzhen asked.
The emperor smiled more and more bitterly, "I learned that Liangguang still needs group training!" The regimental training that was set up did not allocate military salaries, and the military salaries were all sent to Liangjiang to calm down the rebellion, and now the regimental training is afraid that it will all be dispersed. ”
"Prepare the emperor's coat and call it up." Xingzhen instructed Yang Qingxi, turned around and said to the emperor, "Your Majesty, it is estimated that the military planes have arrived at this time, so let's go to the Qinzheng Palace to discuss." And comforted the emperor and said, "The emperor and relaxed, the first emperor when the British army invaded Guangzhou, in Sanyuanli was blocked by the local townspeople, suffered a lot of losses, and then the British wanted to enter the city of Guangzhou, Guangzhou Minzong more than 100,000 people on both sides of the Pearl River swore to fight to the death with the British army, and resolutely refused to enter the city of the British army. This is also the capital that Ye Mingchen, a fool, can get the title of baron, not relying on military strength but relying on people's hearts to win a title, so Ye Mingchen is becoming more and more tough on the outside, excessive and ignorant toughness, without the slightest reliance on toughness.
"Well, the queen can always comfort me," the emperor felt less worried on his face and stood up, "I will go to the Qinzheng Palace first, and the queen will come over later." ”
"Yes, congratulations to the emperor." Xingzhen curtsied, bowed her head with a smile to see the emperor away, lifted up, the smile on her face was swept away, and she became solemn.
The palace people on the side didn't dare to speak, only Fan'er didn't care, stepped forward and picked up the chess pieces on the ground, and handed them to Xingzhen, "Niangniang, this chess piece is broken." ”
Xingzhen looked down and saw that the warm white jade chess piece was broken in half, and the sharp wound reminded Xingzhen that although the jade stone was beautiful, it was not broken after all.
"Broken is broken," Xingzhen took the broken chess piece, put it under the sun and looked at it carefully, didn't speak for a while, and the remaining half of the chess piece in her hand was also crisscrossed with cracks, "This kind of beautiful thing but has no resistance to attack, if it is broken, it will be broken." ”
Xingzhen dropped the chess piece, and the mood that was originally shocked by the bad news was thrown on the ground with the flag, shook his head, and cheered up his spirits, "Let's go, go back to the dormitory first, and then go to the Qinzheng Palace, Xiao Anzi," Xingzhen instructed An Dehai, and An Dehai took a step forward to obey the order, "You go out of the garden, go to the Cheng'en Mansion to see, if there are any letters, bring them back to the palace." "I don't believe that I have left so many back-hands, and I can't use any of them!
"Wow!" (To be continued.) )
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