He didn't enter the gate, went around, looked left and right at the corner door in the southwest direction, found that no one was tracking, quietly entered the inner house, the garden scenery was just right, he didn't stop until he reached a building, there were already people waiting outside, and when he saw someone coming, he took him into the inner room, he lowered his head and saluted, "Jingzhongtang sent the little one back, and asked the servant to bring a basket of oranges back." Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

"Oh?" There was a man with a short beard and a gentle jade, he was writing something with his head down, and when he heard someone talking, he raised his head and smiled, it turned out to be Gui Xiang, "What did he say?" ”

"Just say that you can't eat the master's peaches for nothing, and ask the slave to bring the oranges back, but there is no other way."

"This Jing Lian," Gui Xiang shook his head, looking at the basket full of fresh oranges, the emerald green leaves lined with yellow oranges are very beautiful, people can't help but salivate and want to cut the oranges, "It's still so vague, oranges, the meaning is clear, it means that the matter is done, it seems that Wu Changqing can go to Fujian." Gui Xiang put down his pen and said with a smile, "It's not in vain that Li Hongzhang came to entrust me, I still have this face." ”

There was a middle-aged scholar on the side who looked at the words written by Gui Xiang, "The word Grandpa, more and more beneficial, in the end, it was taught by the Western Sage Lafayette in the past, I heard that you and Lafayette's words are also somewhat similar, right?" ”

"I've been practicing this character for a long time," Gui Xiang said with a smile, waving his hand to let the person who came to report the letter step back, "The Queen Mother taught a little when her old man was still in the mansion in the past, and later accompanied Emperor Yingzong to study in the palace, and learned a lot, not to live up to the master's teachings, and now she can barely be an errand in front of the palace." ”

Gui Xiang was sent to Shanxi as a Taoist platform after Emperor Guangxu succeeded to the throne, most of the people in the officialdom praised him high and low, he was the brother of the Empress Dowager Bingzheng, who dared to offend him? On the pole to worship under his door called the junior, and later returned to Beijing and became a member of the Ministry of Rites, and now he is the Minister of Imperial Guards, which is also the Queen Mother after the coup d'état is not very at ease with the guard soldiers, so she wants to use her brother to guard.

"Why should I be humble? With such a family background, you don't need to be very proficient in writing and ink," the scholar smiled, "You are already outstanding, isn't the Western Holy Lafayette also relying on you?" Jingzhongtang also wants to sell your face, and our grandfather's face is naturally first-class. ”

"This is not my face," Gui Xiang said with a smile, "This first point is Lafayette's face, yes, I'm just staining it, and the second is that Jing Lian is selling Zuo Zongtang's face, so I can open my mouth, otherwise I dare to call the king's favorite general." ”

The scholar had a sly smile on his face, "Who, even if it is the king of the council, he can't go beyond the West Holy Lafayette, grandfather, do you say it?" ”

"Yes, it's also this reason, but now, the world likes to say a sentence, the county officials are not as good as the current management, the West Sage is high, it is better for Prince Gong to take care of everything, everyone should be afraid. But this sixth master has a huge face, where will he see me? Gui Xiang said, he took a sip of tea and buried the deep meaning in his eyes into the vapor, "Speaking of which, I still have no face." ”

"The sixth prince is indeed a scenery, but I'm afraid that this scenery will not be good for many years, people are not good for a thousand days, and flowers are not red for a hundred days, and now you can't see it, grandpa? The sixth prince and the queen mother are on different paths. How can one get along with the other? ”

"Nonsense," Gui Xiang scolded with a smile, "where do you get it?" Flim flam. Besides, Galeries Lafayette will say that he wants to fight? It's the rotten people who want to fight. ”

"Grandpa laughed, if Xisheng doesn't want to fight, I'm afraid that someone will go to Vietnam, is it possible that this person can be sent over to use it? It must not be successful, but it just expressed an attitude, the newspaper published the "Please Ying Diary", which is also just for the French to see, I must not let go of Vietnam, if you are reckless, there will be only one Tang Jingsong who will be dispatched in the future. This kind of thing is a slap in the face of Prince Gong. ”

"I don't think Prince Gong will continue to care about the negotiations, and anyone with a discerning eye can see that if this Vietnamese matter can't be negotiated, how can the Suez Canal be negotiated over there?" The scholar concluded that his conclusion was indeed correct, and Prince Gong had already made up his mind at this time, as long as the French did not fight with China, Vietnam would have played out their brains, and they would not care.

There was a rumbling thunder outside the window, and it was obvious that the summer rain was coming again, "What about the Eight Banners?" Gui Xiang asked, these things are all related, the Eight Banners, the Suez Canal, and Vietnam are by no means isolated incidents, "Sir, do you think I should mix this matter?" ”

"The Queen Mother she pulled a Seven Princes, a Cheng'en Gong, a Beizi, a few princes did not speak, but I am afraid that there are a lot of people who agree, these people are enough, and those people locked up in the Zongren Mansion are enough, although I don't know much about it, but according to the posture of Xisheng, it is bound to keep most of the people, and a small number of people are not afraid of what big waves they will set off, and the people at the bottom of the Eight Banners are all retracted, and the money bags of these princes and county kings are all protected, and the rest of the people are down. It doesn't matter, it's better not to offend people now. ”

"I don't know how many people have spoken to me openly and secretly," Gui Xiang said with a smile, "It's just a matter of saying that this military aircraft department is monolithic, the six departments and nine Qings outside are all characters under Prince Gong, and others can't grab them, such a day is not very good, but people outside think that the palace and the government are one, there is no second heart, we know, and it is not a monolith, the West Sage has her own ideas, and there are also people in his belt, now that the palace has a little bit of suspicion, then we can do things well." ”

"Grandpa Shengming." The scholar smiled and said, "Then there will be no problem." ”

The dark clouds are getting lower and lower, the air is getting hotter and hotter, the time for the housekeeper to report to the palace is up, Gui Xiang got up and instructed the scholar, "Don't forget to explain your affairs to Mr. last time, if you don't get it right, you will have to return to the palace in autumn." ”

When Gui Xiang took the carriage to the front of the palace, the rainstorm had been pouring down, the guards took a silk umbrella to pick up, which was coated with waterproof paint, which was lighter and more durable than the paper umbrella, Gui Xiang was not arrogant, and these people greeted him very kindly, and after a while they arrived at the edge of the Siyi study house, the duty room of the ministers of the guards, the messenger led Gui Xiang into his own duty room, and the first half of the guard minister handed over the shift, and the head of the guard came to ask for peace.

Gui Xiang asked someone to bring a chair and then tea, "On such a rainy day, it's best to drink a cup of hot tea," Gui Xiang asked crookedly on the kang: "It's nothing big today, right?" I have to ask your brother first, otherwise I will be in front of the palace," Gui Xiang smiled and nodded the lid of the cup to the commander of the guards sitting in front of him, "If I encounter the will of heaven, it will not be good for me to eat and scrape." ”

"Grandpa, you're joking," this guard is obviously also a banner man, and he doesn't call the lord a knighthood, he held the tea and said with a smile, "Grandpa is the younger brother of the West Sage, a serious uncle of the country, and the West Sage can't be angry at you." ”

"Xisheng is also my king, how can he use family affection to break the rules."

The commander of the guards just said this to pat Gui Xiang's ass, "It's not anything else, it's just that the Black Flag Army of Vietnam has won a few more battles, and except for Thang Long Mansion, all other places have been recovered." ”

"This kind face must be very happy," Gui Xiang said with a smile, "this errand is easy to do." ”

After drinking tea, Gui Xiang got up, straightened the court clothes on his body, and did not go to the Qinzheng Palace, first went north, inspected in the Old Summer Palace, and arrived at the spring of Wuling, only to see acacia flowers and trees planted everywhere, the three-story palace was hidden in a cloud of pink smoke, and there was the laughter of children on the side, this is the residence of Concubine Yungui, there should be no children, how can there be children's laughter? Gui Xiang was very surprised, and it was inconvenient to enter the hall, but he knocked under the Jade Pavilion, and a girl like a jade tuaner ran out of the sea of flowers, obviously the daughter of Emperor Ying's concubine, Princess Pu Yu of Huiqing. (To be continued.) )