Before Cixi could speak, the tall and thin ochre-yellow-faced middle-aged eunuch on the side immediately shouted: "Bold minion!

Although Chen Huaji couldn't read the official robes of the Qing court, he was quite familiar with physiognomy, he saw that this eunuch had high cheekbones, slightly long cheeks, and a lion's nose and a wide mouth, and knew that he must be a powerful person, and he was afraid that Qin Xiaolou would suffer, so he hurriedly said: "Xiaolou is young and ignorant, and there is a place to say the wrong thing, Wanwang Queen Mother Haihan!"

I didn't want Cixi to smile faintly: "Little Lizi, it's okay." On weekdays, no one in the palace dares to chat with the mourning family like this, it's really dull and boring. If you want to say that this Chuxiu Palace, except that the objects inside are more exquisite, there is nothing unusual......" After that, a pair of hanging eyes glanced at Qin Xiaolou and continued: "The mourning family will ask you first, if there is an old mansion and a new mansion, what choice do you make?"

Qin Xiaolou didn't hesitate, and said loudly with a puffed chest: "Naturally, I choose a new house." What's the meaning of the old house, like the Queen Mother, you just said, it's dull and boring, or the new house is fun!"

"Hahaha......" Cixi heard this, covered her mouth with the embroidered handkerchief in her hand, and actually laughed, "The words of the little doll are really funny. ”

Qin Xiaolou stretched out his hands, measured the eight characters with his left hand, and measured the words with his right hand and said: "Back to the Queen Mother, Xiaolou is not a little doll, he is eighteen years old this year." ”

"Eighteen years old, seventeen years old, good, really good age. Cixi sighed lightly, and there seemed to be endless memories in her words, "In the second year of Xianfeng, when the mourning family entered the palace, it happened to be seventeen years old...... The first emperor named the mourning family as a nobleman, and lived in this Chuxiu Palace Lijingxuan. That scene, although young and casual, was indeed the most relaxed and happy day in my life. Four years later, the mourning family gave birth to Jae-chun here. Later, the first emperor canonized the mourning family as Yi Guifei here......"

"No wonder, Lafayette is merciful and misses the old, and he lives here at my age, so he naturally has feelings. Qin Xiaolou sighed.

"Although this kid is reckless, he can still speak!" Cixi smiled and said slowly, "If it wasn't for the disaster that happened, I'm afraid I would have been living here all along." ”

"Disaster?" Qin Xiaolou said strangely, "The Queen Mother is shocked, how can there be a disaster?"

"Alas......" Cixi sighed, "that year, when the British and French armies entered Beijing, I went to Rehe with the first emperor, and the next year, the first emperor died in Rehe...... Later, I took Zaichun back to Beijing to ascend the throne, raise the heart hall, and listen to the government. After Zaichun's death, fourteen years ago, on the fiftieth birthday of the mourning family, he moved from Changchun Palace to Chuxiu Palace, the palace where I lived in my youth, and rebuilt the palace with 630,000 taels of silver. You see that on the wall of the verandah in this courtyard, there are still these old and important ministers inscribed birthday greetings for the mourning family, and many of these ministers have also traveled west with cranes......"

Cixi said this, picked up the cup, took a sip of soup, and twisted the eighteen jade seeds in her hand, her face was stunned.

Chen Hua and seeing that Cixi was moved, he knew that it was Qin Xiaolou's question that touched the softest part of her heart. This Chuxiu Palace is the most important place in Cixi's life, all her youth, all her attachment and reluctance to the first emperor are in the Chuxiu Palace, which is between the pine and ancient cypress. And to this day, this palace can be said to be the place where she started her career and the place where her youth is buried.

Qin Xiaolou listened attentively, and also sighed: "I see, it's still like this, it is indeed the old mansion that has more stories." ”

"Galeries Lafayette, you are tired, do you want to go and rest? The eunuch on the side said with concern.

"It's okay, little Lizi, what interesting things have been arranged for the full moon today?" asked Cixi.

"YN has paid tribute to some rare birds and fish, according to your wishes, you can rest for a while, and then go to the imperial garden to release the animals, and there is a troupe from AH in the evening, saying that there are some new things......" the eunuch bowed down.

"Okay, it's hard for you to arrange these interesting things every year, the palace is just too boring. Cixi waved the handkerchief in her hand, "Just rest, Changji, you take the little doctor and this interesting doll, and go to the Imperial Garden with me." ”

Turning his face to Chen Huaji, he said: "When you are free, the mourning family wants to have a good chat with you, if you really have the ability, it is good to get an errand in the Tai Hospital." With that, everyone supported Cixi and walked towards the imperial garden.

Chen Huahe was stunned for a moment, and before he could speak, he walked with everyone under the leadership of Mu Zuo.

There is a pond in the center of the imperial garden, Cixi walked to the edge of the pond, there were already a few little eunuchs who brought a number of golden silk nan bird cages and bamboo baskets made of fish baskets, all kinds of rare birds chirped and fluttered in the cage, it was very good. The fish basket was also splashed and jubilant.

Cixi twisted the rosary in her hand and recited the mantra, opened the birdcage one by one, and poured all the fish in the basket into the pond with the help of the eunuch.

One hundred and ten birds of all colors fluttered into the sky, and everyone raised their eyes to look, which was very beautiful. Strange to say, a flock of birds flew out hundreds of feet, hovering over the Forbidden City, chirping, and suddenly forming a team and flying back towards the Imperial Garden. The trees around Cixi were all full of released birds.

The same is true for the fish in the pond, first they swam in all directions, and after half a cup of tea, they swam back in groups and flicked their tails in front of Cixi.

"Oh yes! Lafayette is blessed with heaven! Fish and birds are reluctant to give up, and they are all touched by Lafayette's grace!" Xiao Lizi knelt down and kowtowed, and the other palace maids and eunuchs saw this, and they also hurriedly knelt on the ground: "Lafayette is blessed with heaven, and the grace of heaven is mighty!"

Cixi was overjoyed, and said with a smile: "Okay, good! Mid-Autumn Festival, there is this auspicious omen, little plum, the mourning family wants to reward you heavily!"

In this situation, others are afraid that they will really be in the dark. But Chen Huahe knew at a glance that there must be a secret in this: "This eunuch is thoughtful, so he will make the master happy, no wonder he is deeply favored by the Queen Mother." ”

Looking closely at the fish and birds flying back, you can faintly see that there are red spots as thin as the tip of a needle on the fish head. "Sure enough, it's the ...... of Xuanmen Mathematics," Chen Hua and secretly thought.