I can't die

Jiao Youying's words could not be calmed down in Zai Chun's mind for a long time, and the first collision between master and apprentice finally ended after sunset at Xishan.

"Your Majesty, how could Jiao Youying be like this today?"

Li Lianying thought about Zai Chun's words to Jiao Youying today, and felt strange in her heart. According to her master's past style, when facing the eight ministers, almost all of them pretended to be innocent.

Zai Chun lay on the dragon bed, glanced at Li Lianying who was fanning the wind beside him, and sighed: "Jiao Youying is a smart man, he can hide it from him for a while by pretending to be stupid, but can't hide it from him forever? Besides, there was someone yesterday The news came in, saying that Jiao Youying's son had gone to the capital a few days ago, and I'm afraid he has already noticed that there has been a change in the capital."

"what?"

Hearing this, Li Lianying's heart trembled. He had never expected that Zai Chun would have other sources of news, so he knew the outside news.Also, how did Jiao Youying know about the changes in Beijing? (Zai Chun’s other news channels are for the time being.)

"Then the eight ministers also know about the emperor's plan?"

"That's not necessarily the case. No matter how smart Jiao Youying is, I'm afraid it's just a guess now. But looking at him today, it seems that he and Sushun and the others are not all on the same mind."

Today, Zai Chun's exposure was obviously a right bet.

If Jiao Youying really dedicated his life to Sushun and the others, even if it was just a conjecture, he would have told Sushun and the others about it, instead of asking his son to go to Beijing to prove it.What's more, Jiao Youying is no longer in the military aircraft department, but has become the emperor's teacher. From a certain point of view, he can be regarded as an "imperial party" in the eyes of others.

Historically, in party struggles, either the west wind overwhelms the east wind, or the east wind overwhelms the west wind. In the end, only the royal party can really last the climate.Even though Zai Chun is still young at this moment, as long as the Qing Dynasty does not change the dynasty, sooner or later, Zai Chun will build his own team.It seems that Jiao Youying is already paving the way for the future.

It's no wonder that the short-lived father Xianfeng valued such a Hanchen with no background so much when he was alive. He was so smart, knew the details, and had a long-term vision. It can be said that "Zhuge is alive".

"Aying."

"The slave is here."

"Tomorrow, I will find some treasures from the library and send them to Jiao Youying and Sushun Zaiheng. It is said that the emperor likes this emperor teacher very much, so he gave gifts to the eight ministers to show his closeness. In a few days, I will find some small treasures in private. The eunuch let out the wind and said that I had leaked the word that once I return to Beijing, I will dismiss Prince Gong as Prime Minister and hand over the power of the eight ministers. Remember, do it naturally, don't let others see the clues."

Listening to Zai Chun's order, Li Lianying quickly knelt down to respond.This errand, just giving gifts and disseminating some news, is something that the eunuchs in the palace are good at. It's not difficult to do, but it needs to be done "naturally".Li Lianying thought about it, and then got a little fussy.

So, two days later, Li Lianying summoned a few close servants, specially picked some golden bells, golden rattles and the like from the emperor's treasury and sent them to Minister Ba Guming.

Zaichun is only 6 years old, and there are not many in the private treasury that can be embezzled at will. These gold children's toys were all rewarded by Xianfeng and Cixi Ci'an over the years.Although it is not very expensive, it is something close to him.After receiving these rewards, Sushun Zaiheng and others couldn't laugh or cry, combined with Zaichun's age, they thought about it, and felt that the emperor must be really satisfied with Jiao Youying, the emperor's teacher, and thus changed a lot towards the eight ministers He even felt that it was a good move for Jiao Youying to be the emperor's teacher to win over the little emperor, so he despised the two empress dowagers even more.

After the news spread throughout the palace that "the emperor will dismiss Prince Gong when he returns to Beijing, and the government affairs of the capital will be returned to the eight ministers", Sushun Zaiheng and others have completely let go of their guard.

Sure enough, before Emperor Xianfeng's last seven days, the eight ministers made a memorial to implement Zai Chun's return to Beijing to ascend the throne.

Compared with the complacency of the eight ministers, Cixi Ci'an seemed very quiet.Zhiqing, Zai Chunan's eyeliner in Songhezhai, is only a third-class court lady, so there is not much news that can be passed on.Because of the need to get close to the Eight Ministers, Zai Chun rarely went to Songhezhai these days.until. . . .

"Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager Mother and the Holy Mother Empress Dowager are invited to the Songhe Zhai."

An eunuch got the transmission and came to Yanbo Zhishuang Hall, saw Zai Chun who was studying with Jiao Youying, saluted and said with a choked voice.

Zai Chun was immersed in Jiao Youying's lively and interesting lecture, when he heard this voice at first, it took him a long time to recover, and he glanced at the kneeling eunuch.

It was An Dehai. .This kid actually came back from Beijing without missing an arm or a broken leg?

Zai Chun couldn't help but feel that this man's fate is tough.

"An Dehai? Are you back? How is the hand healing?"

Listening to Zai Chun's question, An Dehai quietly raised his head to look at Zai Chun, then knocked his eyelids again: "Your Majesty, the Holy Mother and Empress Dowager are merciful, and specially allowed the little one to return to Beijing for medical treatment, and he is much better now."

"Why don't you take a lot of rest and come to work in a hurry?"

"The empress dowagers of the two palaces said that everyone is busy with the late emperor's return to the palace recently. There are not enough manpower, so how can the young ones be lazy. No, it's just here."

Three more days will be the day when Emperor Xianfeng's body will return to Beijing, and the Jehol Palace will indeed be much busier than usual.As An Dehai is an important confidant of Cixi, being able to come back to work will certainly bring a lot of help to Cixi.It's just that I don't know what Ruo Sushun and others will think when they see the person who was supposed to be killed by them come back alive and kicking.Zai Chun calculated the impact of An Dehai's return to the palace, and then glanced at Jiao Youying.Jiao Youying was seen sitting upright, without squinting, as if he didn't pay attention to An Dehai at all.But for a while, Jiao Youying couldn't see what he was thinking.

"Is the journey safe?"

"It's very safe, the emperor is concerned, and the servant is very grateful."

"Oh? That's good. But how did I hear that not long after you left, there was a fire at Gubeikou. It wasn't you, a bad star, who brought all the bad luck away?"

Although Zai Chun was talking about An Dehai, his gaze was fixed on Jiao Youying, who was once one of the Minister Gu Ming.

As Gubeikou is an extremely important pass from Chengde to Beijing, it is natural that the fire in the mountains should be reported to heaven.It's just that the memorial said that it was the dry weather in July that caused the dead leaves to catch fire and cause the mountain to burn.

hehe. .No matter how little political experience Zai Chun has, he is not stupid.

An Dehai's heart trembled when he heard Zai Chun's question.My mind quickly became active.

"Your majesty, this slave dare not respond. If you say that this slave is a great talent, he just escaped that catastrophe. It's just that poor Eunuch Liu is busy running around for the emperor. He probably smoked a lot."

"Eunuch Liu? Which Eunuch Liu?"

Zai Chun had never used any father-in-law surnamed Liu before, so he was unavoidably surprised when he heard it.

"Liu Jinzhong, Eunuch Liu, as soon as the servant returned to the palace, he heard from the maids and eunuchs under him that Eunuch Liu went to Gubei to preach the decree on purpose because of this matter. After all, the emperor will pass by Gubei when he returns to the palace in a few days. Leaving a group of refugees there to obstruct the emperor's eyes, isn't it?"

Hearing An Dehai's words, Zai Chun was even more surprised, he never asked any eunuch Liu to go to Gubei to pass the decree?Wait, preaching?Could it be that someone falsely preached the imperial decree?

"Back to the emperor, this Eunuch Liu once served the late emperor. He was a former imperial eunuch. He had a good relationship with Concubine Ye in the past."

Seeing Zai Chun's bewildered expression, Li Lianying quietly approached Zai Chun and reminded him in Zai Chun's ear.

Served the late emperor?The imperial eunuch, is Li Lianying's position now?

As for Concubine Ye, Zai Chun knew that she was once a favorite concubine of his short-lived father, but was kicked down by his mother Cixi who came from behind.

"That's how it is."

Zai Chun digested the meaning of An Dehai's words in his heart, and then saw the flash of resentment in An Dehai's eyes, and finally understood the intention of An Dehai's words.

"It seems that this Eunuch Liu is indeed not easy. I heard that the elderly in the palace would like to find a younger generation to take care of them. I see Xiao Anzi, you are a conscientious person, so you can worry more about it."

An Dehai also didn't expect that the little emperor could know the elegant meaning after hearing the Xuan Xuan, so he knelt down and kowtowed in thanks: "Thank you, Your Majesty! This slave will definitely take good care of Eunuch Liu."