I can't die

As the famous Empress Dowager of the West, how could Cixi not know the background of the corruption of the household officials?I just want to use Zai Chun as the emperor's mouth to beat Hubu and Prince Gong, so don't take her too blindly. (Prince Gong holds great power, it is impossible to turn his face.)

After all, there is no overnight feud between mother and son. In fact, Cixi had been waiting for Zai Chun to be soft, and planned to smuggle the treasury by herself, and pay for her birthday with her own pocket. After Prince Gong's mansion once, he really took out 70 taels from this group of people, and then handed over 50 taels.

It seems that Jiao Youying still has a bit of conscience, and it is not in vain for him to let him go.Cixi thought so.

(This is really not to whitewash Cixi. As a political leader who has stood for more than 40 years in history, Cixi still can't do the stupid thing of evacuating the treasury for her own birthday. Everyone must have heard that Cixi The matter of embezzling military expenditures for the construction of the Summer Palace on her birthday? I checked the information and found that this is also a fabrication. The real reason is that Emperor Guangxu took power from Cixi in order to take power as soon as possible, so he tried his best to build the Summer Palace for Cixi’s retirement I want Cixi to stay out of government affairs after she lives in the Summer Palace. Moreover, the funds for the construction of the Yuanzi did not come from military expenditures, but were raised by Prince Chun himself from wealthy businessmen from all over the world.)

As for how Jiao Youying managed to make Prince Gong spit out the money, I will talk about it later.

Besides, with the 50 taels as a base, the entire Imperial Palace’s Internal Affairs Office moved at an extremely effective speed. For a while, the entire imperial palace was decorated with lights and festoons, and busy palace people could be seen everywhere, especially the Chuxiu Palace where Cixi lived. It is even more magnificently pretended.Red glazed lanterns, bright yellow ornaments newly offered by Jingdezhen official kilns, and five blessing birthday pictures woven by skilled embroiderers from all over the world are all over the inner walls of Chuxiu Palace.

Zai Chun felt very distressed when he saw the money pouring out like running water, but he couldn't help it, he had already promised to save Cixi, and the word "filial piety" came first, so he could only endure it.

Finally, at the end of November, which is Cixi's Qianqiu Shengshou.

Cixi wore a phoenix robe made of bright yellow brocade, and a pair of Luanfeng Heming flag shoes covered with glass beads. Followed by the palace people, she walked all the way from the Chuxiu Palace to the Cining Palace to accept the courtier's order from her husband. Congratulations.But seeing Cixi's phoenix robe, embroidered with gold and crepe, from a distance, the shell brocade is formed, and the color of the river is shining.The oriental pearls hanging on the phoenix robe are each the size of a thumbnail, and the pearls are round, white and tender, and they are all inexhaustible treasures.It really is a family of heaven and wealth.

When Cixi came to the Cining Palace, she lived in the right seat of the Cining Palace. Because Cixi is the main seat today, Ci'an, who has always been in the center, humbly sat down on the second seat on the left to congratulate her, while Zai Chun sat on the right second seat.

Below, under the leadership of their respective husbands, the wives took their seats in turn, led by Prince Gong Yi and the major military ministers.

The empress dowager's Qianqiu birthday ceremony is actually similar to the emperor's Wanshou Festival, but the regulations are lower, but Cixi is different. She is the empress dowager who hangs down the power, and she has to make a face for Chun Chun, so this birthday banquet is no longer below the emperor's standard .

The birthday rites paid by princes and officials are very particular, which can basically be summed up by the three words "exquisite, precious, and strange".Most of the birthday gifts are exquisite handicrafts such as ruyi, bonsai, clocks, screens, lacquerware, weaving and embroidery, and the content is based on the theme of blessing, longevity and auspiciousness.The birthday gifts highlight the implication of praying for blessings and birthdays both from the decoration and from the shape.Zai Chun looked at these birthday presents and passed them in his heart, probably there were no less than 10 taels.

it's a pity!It cannot be exchanged for silver and collected from the treasury.

After presenting the birthday gift, the emperor Zaichun performed his filial piety, presided over the empress dowager, and entertained all the officials.The royal banquet is extraordinarily sumptuous and has strong Manchu characteristics. "Birthday Banquet" has 28 hot dishes, 29 cold dishes, [-] soup dishes, [-] side dishes, [-] fresh fruits, [-] melons, candied fruits, and [-] snacks, cakes, cakes and other noodles. One hundred and nine products.The dishes are mainly chicken, duck, goose, pig, deer, sheep, pheasant, and wild boar, supplemented by fungus, bird's nest, mushrooms, mushrooms, etc.After Zai Chun gave Ci Xi his congratulatory speech and was seated, the banquet officially began, and hot dishes and soups were served.After the meal, offer milk tea.After that, remove the banquet table.Then set wine and dinner.The birthday banquet lasts for four hours. It is arranged at noon, held at noon, and ends at noon.

"Emiang, this congratulatory message was written by my son himself, with Jiao Laorun's pen, is it okay?"

Zai Chun was still young and couldn't drink, so he went forward holding a generation of milk tea to laugh with Cixi.

Cixi took the teacup from Zaichun's hand, and touched her son's round face with satisfaction: "The emperor is very filial, and Jiao Youying's job is not bad. It's not a waste of his knowledge."

It can be seen that Cixi is very happy today, and it is rare to mention that Jiao Youying did not criticize.

"But the Ai family wants to know how Jiao Youying transformed the silver. Does the emperor know?"

As far as Jiao Youying is really a capable minister, Cixi is still not sure that he can snatch food from Prince Gong's mouth. Unexpectedly, Jiao Youying actually made money.

"What else can I do? To tell the truth, I guess Prince Gong just wanted to make Emiang feel at ease."

Ci Xi looked at Zai Chun as if she was unwilling to say anything, but she didn't ask any more questions. She smiled and continued to talk to Zai Chun, creating an atmosphere of filial piety.

The courtiers at the side looked at the peacefulness of the emperor and the empress dowager above, and of course they laughed at Yan Yan, fearing that they would spoil the interest of the empress dowagers.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, a young eunuch hurried in, walked to Prince Gong's table, and whispered a few words in Prince Gong's ear. He glanced at Cixi and Zaichun.Then he dismissed the little eunuch and said a few words to his Fujin.

After hearing Prince Gong's words, Fujin's face also became extremely pale, but because it was difficult to show too much on Cixi's birthday, he could only use the excuse of going to the toilet, and quietly retreated out first.

At this time, Prince Gong was holding a glass of wine, as if he was going to celebrate Cixi's birthday, then he walked up to Cixi and Zai Chun, saluted, and then said to Zai Chun and Cixi in a low voice: "Please forgive me for the matter in your family. Retire first."

What is so important?Even the Empress Dowager's birthday banquet has to be withdrawn early?

Zaichun and Cixi met each other when they heard the words, and frowned.

"Why is it so urgent?" There was a trace of displeasure in Cixi's words.

Prince Gong bowed deeply, buried his head so deeply that he couldn't see the expression on his face.

"There is a loss in the minister's family. The third and fourth sons died suddenly at home."

what? !

The third and fourth sons of Prince Gong died suddenly at home?

It was mentioned before that Prince Gong's eldest son, Zaicheng, is ten years old this year, and he is an ignorant and incompetent devil king.In addition, Prince Gong still has three sons, the second son Zai Ying, the third son Zai Jun, and the fourth son Zai Huang.

After Zai Chun heard the bad news, his heart skipped a beat. He only had the idea of ​​punishing Prince Gong's eldest son a few days ago. Why did his other sons die?Who is so bold that he dared to kill the son of the prince who was in charge of politics, and still chose to celebrate his mother's birthday?Is it artificial?Or is it his fault?

"I'm sorry for the emperor's brother. Go quickly. Xiao Anzi, accompany Prince Gong to visit the mansion."

Cixi was also upset. After all, no one wanted to have a funeral on their birthday. It's just that Prince Gong's status and status are different. If something happened in the family, it would be fine if it was a natural disaster, but if it was man-made, it might not be a trivial matter.

Why didn't Zai Chun feel strange?Why is there something going on at Prince Gong's house as soon as Cixi celebrates her birthday?Busy also told Li Lianying: "Aying, go to Lama Temple and call Xia Changping, and also go to Prince Gong's mansion to have a look. Don't be negligent, and help me more."

If it was artificial, in terms of solving the case and investigating it, I am afraid that no one is more professional than Xia Changping and these blood drops.

When Prince Gong heard about Xia Changping, his complexion changed slightly, but he seemed to remember the tricks of these strange people like Xue Dizi, so he didn't refuse.

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