After the Dragon Boat Festival, the queen mother and queen mother issued an edict to drive the Old Summer Palace, in addition to the harem concubines of the first emperor, the old concubines and concubines left by Emperor Xuanzong should also be carried, but some of the concubines and concubines who have sons, such as the mother concubines of the king of alcohol and the king of Fujun, the queen mother made a decree, "Allow him to return home, and one should be supplied from the palace." Pen % fun % pavilion www.biquge.info "" can also live in the garden, free to come and go. For a while, all the palace people praised it.

Emperor Tongzhi lived in Qingyan, Kyushu, Ci'an lived in Changchun Xianguan, Empress Dowager Cixi did not live in the original Bitong Academy, but lived in Fangcaocong, Emperor Xianfeng's favorite place to stay, to the dormitory, had lunch, the Queen Mother had a look of sorrow on her face, Tang Wufu came up to ask the Queen Mother to rest, the Queen Mother also shook her head, just to stand up, "Let's go out for a walk." ”

The sun was shining at noon, fortunately I walked to the natural picture, looked at the huge magnolia trees, and the queen mother grabbed Anqian's hand, "After all these years, it seems to be still yesterday, this magnolia tree, I haven't seen flowers once." ”

"If the Queen Mother wants to see it, she will have to go into the garden early next year."

The Queen Mother hummed, turned around, and walked towards the south, outside the Peony Terrace, Yang Qingxi was already waiting, "Please go in and take a look." ”

The Queen Mother waved her hand and asked everyone not to follow, she carried her skirt and walked up the stairs, opened the gate of the palace where the warbler flew and the grass was long, the scenery inside was the same, but there was one person missing, Cixi raised her head, looked at the still golden and brilliant Ji Entang not far away, and sighed silently in her heart, "I didn't expect that I have been in this world for so long." ”

The peony is still silent, the flowering period has passed, only the verdant and lush branches and leaves, the queen mother walked through the path alone, found a late blooming purple peony, small, not afraid of the early summer sun, the queen mother picked it off, pinned it to the sideburns, raised her head, saw a Taihu Lake stone not far away, thin and wonderful, it seems to be a few lines of rare words, approached a look, the queen mother's body was shocked, the above is the peony poem made by himself when he and the Xianfeng emperor were separated from this peony platform, "three o'clock only lonely, and the world is fragrant." He muttered to himself, his face was not colorful, but the tears in his eyes were ignorant and flowed down.

After a cup of tea, the Queen Mother came out of the moon and opened the clouds, nodded to everyone, and said in a muffled voice, "Let's go." An Dehai, who was already waiting outside, hurriedly said, "Niangniang, Wu County Acting Governor Gao Xinkui has entered the garden, but see you next time?" ”

"Oh?" The Queen Mother nodded, "No need, just this one, don't be diligent in the palace, just find a side hall and draw the curtains." The Queen Mother sighed a little, "I still remember that we didn't have to be so cumbersome to see the minister back then, but now it's good, and there are more rules, and you have to hang curtains all day long to see people, and those who don't know think I'm out of shape." ”

"Huh."

Gao Xinkui followed the eunuch into the west side of the palace of Kyushu Qingyan, perhaps because no one has been in and out for a long time, although it is an extremely clean place, without the slightest dust, but in the end it is full of a stale atmosphere, to the palace, Gao Xinkui shook the horseshoe sleeves, and walked to the middle of the hall, courteous as a ceremony, "The acting governor of Wu County, Gao Xinkui, knocked to see the queen mother, the queen mother, the queen mother, Wan'an!" ”

"Get up," Yang Qingxi, who was standing in front of the bead curtain with floating dust, shouted, and when Gao Xinkui straightened up and knelt on the mat with his hands down, a voice sounded slowly behind the bead curtain, "Gao Xinkui." ”

"The minister is here."

"Do you know why this palace didn't summon you in the Heart Cultivation Hall or the Diligent Government Palace?"

"The minister thinks that the minister is of a low grade, and he has not reached the fourth-grade official position." Gao Xinkui replied.

"Oh? What about other than that? ”

"Weichen and Chen Shangshu of the Ministry of War originally belonged to the Sushun party, although the Queen Mother was merciful and exempted us from the crime of rebellion, but Jingcha is imminent, this past is not to blame and seems to have become an empty word, so the Military Aircraft Department and others do not want these remnants of the rebel party to approach the Queen Mother, which spoils the plan of Jingcha." Gao Xinkui replied.

Gao Xinkui said directly, and the Queen Mother nodded, "What you said is straightforward and tight," but she was noncommittal, "Do you want to see this palace yourself?" Or is Chen Shangshu ready to be Xu Shu? ”

"Don't dare to ask the Queen Mother, Su Shun this person, what does the Queen Mother think?"

"Oh? You are asking about the palace," the Empress Dowager Cixi raised her eyebrows, "That's an interesting question, isn't Su Shun a sinner who disregards Jun'en and commits the most heinous crimes?" What else is there to say? ”

"If the Queen Mother really thinks that Su Shun is a sinner, at this time, I am afraid that Su Shun will have lost his life a long time ago," Gao Xinkui still lowered his head, his expression was respectful, but his language was extremely sharp, "If the Queen Mother keeps Su Shun, she will not be so conclusive about Su Shun's coffin." ”

"Oh? So what do you think of the obedient people? The Empress Dowager Cixi asked, "I heard that you have been under the Su Shun curtain for a long time, and this feeling is naturally different from that of the people in the government and the opposition. ”

"Su Shun is a person, he is talented, and he can take care of the household department in an orderly manner, which is well known, Weichen thinks this is his strength, but his shortcomings are also obvious to the Commission for Discipline Inspection, and it is too much to offend people." (To be continued.) )