Eunuchs who traveled through the Qing Dynasty

Not to mention how Sushun and the others took care of the funeral, but the queen stayed by Xianfeng's side all the time, not daring to leave.Concubine Yi and other concubines were waiting outside the window, and even the little prince was brought here.This night seemed endlessly long, except for the little prince who fell asleep in Zhang Wenliang's arms, how could anyone else dare to blink?

At this moment, the queen's mind was overwhelmed.I can't even tell what it feels like.Looking at Xianfeng on the brocade couch, who was so angry, he couldn't help but burst into tears.After all, the husband and wife who had been with Xianfeng for seven or eight years, but now he was angry with him like this, and his heart was full of guilt and remorse.

In fact, from the heart, since the day she entered the palace, she has always had a good relationship with the emperor, and the emperor respects her very much.But this kind of respect always made her feel a little strange, sometimes sitting together and talking, like two gentlemen who get along like water, you are also modest, and I am also modest.In the past, I didn't feel anything. As the mother of the Qing Dynasty, I was just doing my duty.But since Xiao Ran came into existence, everything seemed to have changed.

Although Xiao Ran was just a little eunuch, as soon as he saw him, his heart suddenly became full. It seemed that only by being with him could he have a kind of complete relaxation, even indulgence.I don't know when, a kind of thought grew wildly in my heart like weeds.There was a time when I wanted to deliberately avoid him, but I couldn't do it after all.If you don't see him for a day, you will feel flustered.

Is this what it feels like to love someone?She has asked herself countless times.Sometimes I really want to throw myself into his arms desperately, to savor the warmth of being pampered and loved.But when he thought of his own identity, he could only suppress this impulse in a certain corner of his heart.

The several skin-to-skin kisses with Xiao Ran made her feel extremely ashamed.Sometimes I would make excuses for myself: he was just the body of an eunuch, at least not a man.However, it was such an eunuch, who always made her feel a strange aura, that kind of catharsis that had been imprisoned for a long time and suddenly released, which made a dignified and virtuous woman like her fall into it, unable to stop.

But every time his feelings for li xuan deepened, he felt more guilty.Every time she faced Xianfeng, she didn't even dare to look him in the eye.The deep self-blame and uneasiness tortured her all the time.Especially now, looking at his dying appearance, I wish I could let him go for a while, maybe it will make my conscience feel better.

Is this me?Could it be that in my bones, I was born to be a bad woman? ...

The candlelight flickered slightly, reflecting on Xianfeng's haggard face.The sunken cheeks formed a huge shadow, which made people feel an inexplicable palpitation.At this moment, he was no longer the king who stood aloof and was worshiped by hundreds of millions of people. He was motionless and rotten.Immediately, the queen felt infinite pity in her heart.

A string of clear tears fell on his face, and the queen quickly wiped them away with a silk cloth.At this moment, Xianfeng's lips moved suddenly, and then slowly opened his eyelids.

"Your Majesty! You... you're awake!"

When Xianfeng saw the queen, his cloudy eyes lit up immediately.At this moment, he was speechless, his lips kept moving, but he could only make a low, intermittent hiss.

"Your majesty, it's me, I'm the queen, I'm Meier!" The queen said eagerly, grabbing his hand.There was joy in Xianfeng's eyes, but soon this joy turned into anger and contempt.

"You... hate me, don't you?" The queen's body trembled, tears streaming down her face.

Yes, it is impossible for Xianfeng not to hate her, even though Xiao Ran is just an eunuch.If physical betrayal is a kind of humiliation, then this spiritual betrayal is more like a sharp knife, piercing his heart fiercely.The dignity of a man, an emperor, was completely deprived at this moment.Especially the person who stole the queen's heart is just a eunuch worse than a dog!

After many years of husband and wife, the queen understood the meaning in his eyes in an instant.Sighing faintly, she suddenly wiped away her tears, raised her hand to brush her temple hair, and smiled.In the flickering candlelight, this smile looks beautiful and sad.

"Your Majesty, I know what you are thinking, and I also know that I am sorry for you and Aixinjueluo. But soon, soon I will pay off my sins." After a pause, she In a light but firm tone, he said: "If you are not here, I will go with you."

Xianfeng was stunned, and his dull eyes suddenly lightened up, and he raised his hand tremblingly.The queen held it lightly, caressing his skinny cheek lovingly.Once you make up your mind.The messy mood immediately calmed down.

"We have been married for ten years now. You have been favored by me all these years, and you have always been very kind to me. With a husband who respects you like a guest, what am I not satisfied with? That's all, all of this It's all the fault of my concubine, and I know that I have sinned deeply. How can I live in this world? I am sorry for you in this life, and the only way to repay your kindness is to die.... Your Majesty, can you forgive me?"

Xianfeng seemed to cheer up all of a sudden, and his cheeks glowed bright red because of excitement.The queen sighed in her heart: This is the reflection of the light!He raised his finger tremblingly, and drew the word "one" tremblingly on the queen's palm.

This was originally used by the servants to allude to Concubine Yi in private, and of course it had already been heard by the emperor and queen.The queen nodded and said: "The emperor wants to see Concubine Yi, I'll help you announce it."

walk out the door.First announced Concubine Yi, and then ordered the imperial physicians in the Hou to come in and ask for pulse.As soon as Liang Chongen knelt down in front of the couch, Xianfeng growled impatiently, "Heh, heh".As Concubine Yi, she couldn't sit in front of the couch, so she could only kneel at a distance, choked up and cried out: "Your Majesty!" But Xianfeng still ignored her.

The queen was surprised, and hurriedly ordered Liang Chong'en to step aside, and said, "What is the emperor going to do?"

An anxious look flashed across Xianfeng's eyes, and he still drew a "one" with trembling fingers.The queen said: "Concubine Yi is here. But if you have anything to say, do you still want to see elder brother?"

Xianfeng became more and more excited, and there was a non-stop gurgling in his throat.Fingers crossed.Still a "one".The queen's heart suddenly sank: So what he wanted to write was the word "three"!He wants to kill the third son! !

In a moment of desperation, he stepped forward recklessly and grabbed Xianfeng's hand, blocking the sight of Concubine Yi and Liang Chong'en behind him.He whispered: "The concubine is willing to go with you, is there anything else you can't let go of?"

"Heh! Heh..." Xianfeng's head twitched once and for all.Very angry.He tried hard to withdraw his hand.The queen felt as if a needle had been pricked in her heart. She hardened her heart and held it tightly, refusing to let go.Concubine Yi said in surprise behind her: "Your Majesty... what are you going to do?"

The queen blocked Xianfeng's gesture, but couldn't hide his face.Xianfeng faintly heard this sentence, as if he had grasped at straws, suffering from being unable to speak, he could only turn his face sideways desperately, and looked eagerly at Concubine Yi.Concubine Yi dared not get up.Quickly knelt and walked to the couch, only to see Xianfeng's eyeballs rolling wildly, and he couldn't figure out what it meant for a while.

The queen was so anxious that she didn't know what to do, she just grabbed his hand tightly.A heart almost jumped out of my throat.Xianfeng didn't know where the strength came from, and he straightened his body fiercely.This tilt of the head unexpectedly knocked down a jade box beside the pillow and a kit.There are two seals inside, one is the "Yu Shang" seal handed down from the Qianlong Dynasty, and the other is the "Tongdaotang" seal belonging to Xianfeng himself.The empress was quick to wit, picked up the jade box, handed it to Concubine Yi and said, "Thank you quickly, this is a reward from the emperor!"

Although Concubine Yi felt a little strange, she was most aware of the weight of the square seal.She has always been ambitious, and only by relying on this seal can she have the opportunity to seize power and rise to the top in one step. For a moment, she is excited with sorrow and joy, and thousands of emotions are turned into tears together!Immediately trembling, he held the seal in his hand, and said in tears: "To the emperor, the emperor... thank you, thank you..." But no matter what, he couldn't say the word of kindness.

Seeing Concubine Yi's reaction, the queen regretted greatly.Having been in contact with Concubine Yi in the past few days, I can't understand her temperament very well.In a moment of impatience, she made a mistake and handed over the supreme power to her. Who knows what troubles will arise in the future?After thinking about it for a few moments, he hurriedly picked up the remaining kit and said, "This one was given to me by the emperor, my concubine, thank you!"

Seeing this scene in his eyes, Xianfeng immediately vented his breath, staring blankly at the queen, all hope was lost.The queen's heart was twisted like a knife, and she wished she could bump her head to death in front of him, but at this moment, she could only watch helplessly as the expression in his eyes gradually dimmed.The trembling hands also gave up struggling and hung down dejectedly.

"emperor!!!"

Concubine Yi cried for the first time, it was like a signal sounded, all the way from Dongnuan Pavilion, to the palace gate, inside and outside the vermilion wall, all responded in unison, crying loudly.

A state-owned funeral is like a "heaven and earth collapse", so don't worry about mourning. The way you cry is like "jumping" like a mourning concubine, or jumping feet, or lying on the ground without getting up, with your eyes closed, and you can't breathe for a long time , and then plucked up all his strength, burst out the cry.The more earth-shattering it is, the more loyal it is.For a while, the Li Palace 36 in the other courtyard was full of crying.The fish at the bottom of the pond were startled, and the old birds flew high above the branches.

The only exception is the queen.She didn't cry, and when Xianfeng's withered palm slipped from her hand, she completely fainted.

When he woke up, there were still wailing inside and outside the palace walls.Only Baolu and the two maids were serving in the room, and they couldn't help crying at this time.Afterwards, Su Shun and them will take care of themselves.At this moment, the queen calmed down so rarely that she didn't cry, she only said softly, as if she had exhausted all her strength: "You all go down."

"Master, you..."

The queen waved her hand, and Baolu led the people back out.There was only a pale candle in the room, still beating slightly.

Opening the kit, inside is a Hanyu seal of the fellow-dao hall.After staring blankly for a while, he put the jade seal on the table upright.Open the dressing box and pour all the jewelry on the table.Then he opened a hidden compartment inside and took out a small porcelain bottle.Pull out the cork, and pour out a pill the size of a bean, which is bright red.Suddenly, a strange fragrance filled the room.

"If you hurt you in this life, I will pay you back forever."

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Baolu stood guard outside the door, unable to hear any cries from inside, and was very anxious.On the one hand, they were worried about what would happen to the queen, and on the other hand, the death of the emperor was a major event.The news had to be sent to li xuan immediately, but he couldn' t get away from here.It seemed that there was no way to discuss it with the queen, so after thinking about it, he called a familiar eunuch to stay here, and sneaked out of Dongnuan Pavilion by himself.Let's see if we can get out of the palace in the chaos during this great funeral.

Who would have thought that as soon as he slipped near the palace gate, he saw a large group of soldiers with live ammunition coming from outside the palace, the leader was Prince Zheng Duanhua, waved his hands left and right, divided into three teams and rushed into the palace gate.The guard guarding the gate not only did not stop him, but closed the palace gate after the guards entered.Baolu was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat.He turned around and ran all the way back to Dongnuan Pavilion, ignoring the Queen's orders, and rushed in.

Seeing this, I couldn't help but fell down in shock.The queen's eyes were closed tightly, and her cheeks were turning blue.It was falling to the ground and twitching slightly.Baolu screamed, scrambling to help her up, crying loudly: "Master, master! You can't seek faults! We, the gang, are going to be doomed!"

The queen gave him a shake, but she recovered a little bit of sanity, and moaned weakly: "...you...what did you say..."

Baolu said in a confused way: "It's over! They came in, and Prince Zheng came in with soldiers!"

"what!……"

The queen suddenly woke up like a needle stabbing her thigh.What Xiao Ran said that day immediately rang in his ears.Once I fall down at this juncture, it will not only be the people in the palace who will suffer, the safety of the world will be at stake, maybe hundreds of millions of people in the Qing Dynasty will be involved in a storm!

"No, I... can't die! Baolu, quickly... tell the imperial physician!"

Although the poison in the Queen's body was not a deadly poison, it took a lot of trouble to save her.Liang Chong'en and the others worked hard for nearly an hour, and they were finally out of danger.At this time, the queen was already on the verge of collapse, but she didn't dare to wait a moment, and hurriedly ordered someone to pass on Concubine Yi.At this time, Concubine Yi was also in a hurry. It turned out that as soon as Xianfeng died, Duanhua led people to secretly search for a large number of people in the palace.There is no doubt that these people are all on the top of Yidi, but everyone in the respect room, the Xing Shensi, and the Imperial Hospital is already in danger.Sushun took the opportunity to read out the imperial edict, enshrined Zaichun as the crown prince, and at the same time announced the list of the eight ministers of Gu Ming, namely Zaiyuan, Duanhua, Jingshou, Sushun, Mu Yin, Kuangyuan, Duhan, and Jiao Youying.Among the eight people, except for Jing Shou who is fairly loyal, the rest are all Sushun's buddies!

"Queen, Su Liu and the others are going to attack!"

"Tell me, what should we do now?" The queen gasped for a long time every time she said a word, and the hair on her temples was already tied into locks by sweat.

"Hmph, Su Liu is going to sing about forcing the palace!" Concubine Yi gritted her teeth and said, "They won't be able to fight us orphans and widows for a while, but when Emperor Daxing's Zi Palace will return to Beijing, that's the question. It's a big deal! If he doesn't come back to Luan for a day, he will be rampant for a day!"

"You said he would pretend to be the emperor? But...according to the ancestral system, the elder brother can only officially ascend the throne after returning to Luan."

If Sushun wants to borrow the power of the emperor, he must wait for the little emperor to ascend the throne, and Concubine Yi naturally knows this.But this matter, the queen thought so simply, she couldn't help shaking her head and sighing: "Why did the queen forget that Emperor Renzongrui also died here 41 years ago, and the princes and ministers followed Zhu's instructions and asked Emperor Xuanzongcheng to take the throne?" On the same day, I honored Zi Palace and returned to Beijing, and held the Enthronement Ceremony in the Hall of Supreme Harmony on August 27. This is a ready-made example, how could Su Liu and the others not think of it? I guess they will definitely do it!"

"Since it is a common practice, how to stop it?"

Concubine Yi frowned deeply, and walked back and forth for a long time, saying: "Two-pronged approach! Let's use two seals to press him together and force him to return to Luan. I'm not afraid that he will turn the world upside down. On the other hand, Liu Ye must send someone to deliver the letter immediately, and it is best to let him come to Chengde for the funeral!"

"Funeral funeral! Good idea!" The two of them kept planning until the sky turned pale before they settled on their plan.Yi Neiyi should come to Chengde soon.

Concubine Yi just left.The queen immediately called Baolu, and said: "I will give you a waist card, don't go through the main entrance, try to sneak out of the palace through the west corner gate, and inform Xiao Ran of the news!" After a pause, he hesitated and said: "But I side……"