I can't die

Zai Chun can figure it out, how could Cixi, who has been up and down in the harem political sea for many years, not think of it?After Cixi got the news, she secretly broke down.

What is this thief looking for, isn't he just looking for the seal left by the late emperor "Tongdaotang?"

On that day, before his death, Emperor Xianfeng bestowed two seals, "Tongdaotang" and "Yu Shang", which symbolize supreme rights, to Zaichun and Ci'an respectively.Ci Xi asked Zai Chun many times as her own mother, but Zai Chun flatly refused.Although Cixi was so angry that she couldn't help her mother, she didn't dare to force her, so she had to let it go for the time being.It never occurred to me that someone would dare to break ground on Tai Sui's head, and wanted to use his own son to take food from his own mouth, which is really BIG courageous.

"Did the emperor say that he lost something?"

Cixi listened to Li Lianying's reply through the bright yellow bed curtain, and asked coldly, which made Li Lianying's heart tremble.

"The emperor said that nothing was lost. The emperor carried that thing close to his body, and even a god would not be able to take it away."

Li Lianying bowed her waist to reply, and glanced quietly at Cixi from the corner of her eye, only to see that Cixi's charming face was blurred behind the yellow veil, and she didn't know what kind of expression it was.

At this time, the West Hall of Songhezhai was very quiet, and even the sound of individual footsteps could not be heard. Cixi thought about everything in her heart, and then lazily ordered: "The Ai family knows about this matter, so go back and answer the emperor's words." , tell him to rest early this morning, Ai's mother will take care of it for him. He Rong, take it easy and send Xiaoyingzi out."

"The slaves obey."

He Rong was Cixi's personal aunt, and after hearing Cixi's orders, he led the way and sent Li Lianying out of Songhezhai in person.Although Songhe Zhai is known as "斎", it is not much smaller than Yanbo Zhishuang Hall. He Rong accompanied Li Lianying for many nights in a good voice before returning to Cixi's side.

"came back?"

Cixi was still awake at this time, watching He Rong come back, and made a move to He Rong.

"Reporting to the Empress Dowager, the slaves are back."

He Rong walked up to Cixi, lifted the veil and knelt down at the foot of the bed.

"You are strange, why did Ai's family ask you to personally send a little eunuch who is only fluffy today?"

"The queen mother's thoughts, the slaves dare not speculate."

He Rong still kept his eyebrows low and pleasing to the eye, good manners are not allowed.

Cixi didn't seem to care about He Rong's reaction, so she just sighed and said to herself: "It is said that the honor and disgrace of slaves belong to the master, and vice versa. Li Lianying is favored by the emperor. Treat him better. Benefit. Although Zai Chun is my own son, I have been thinking about some things these days, and I finally feel that in the past, I have underestimated this good son who is only six years old."

There have always been more young emperors in the Qing Dynasty.Taizu Shunzhi ascended the throne at the age of six, and Shengzu Kangxi succeeded to the throne at the age of eight. Empress Dowager Cixi, who was born in the Aixinjueluo family, was always unpredictable.For the past few days, she has been thinking about Zai Chunneng's method of subduing Shengbao, the servant of the Ministry of War, and sending Zhilan to secretly cover Chencang, but the more she thinks about it, the more she feels a little startled.

"The emperor is born of the empress dowager and the first emperor, a dragon son and a phoenix chick, it is extraordinary."

Relying on Cixi's favor, He Rong responded softly.

"That's it."

Cixi smiled after hearing He Rong's words, thinking that Zai Chun came out of her own stomach after all, with broken bones and tendons still attached: "Since the emperor has brought this matter to us, I am a mother-in-law." You can’t just ignore it. He Rong, tomorrow morning you will go to the place of the empress dowager in the East Hall, so to speak..."

. . .

That night, Zai Chun and Ci Xi didn't sleep well.

It took half an hour for Zai Chun to fall back asleep after getting up in the middle of the night. In the morning, he almost missed getting up on time to cry for Xianfeng. Fortunately, Li Lianying waited on him properly, so he got up in time.

After Zai Chun got up, a group of palace servants waited on him to dress him up, then glanced at the palace staff briefly, and asked seemingly unintentionally, "Why didn't Aunt Fang come to wait on you today?"

Hearing this sentence, Li Lianying thought about it, and pretended to be relaxed and smiled: "This morning, the empress dowager got up and said that she dreamed of the late emperor, so she specially invited some old people who were in front of the late emperor to talk to her. It's long gone."

"understood."

It was actually Ci'an's action, which was beyond Zai Chun's expectation.However, since the empress dowagers of the two palaces agreed to this matter, I am afraid that Aunt Fang will not end well.

"Aunt Fang is an old man in the palace, right? But do you have relatives?"

"There is a niece who seems to be serving several old concubines in the Forbidden City."

"When we get back to Beijing, please give her some money and let her go out of the palace to get married. Aunt Fang has worked hard to serve the late Emperor and me."

Aunt Fang went to see Ci'an here, how could Zai Chun not know that she might not survive?It doesn't matter if you say you are a cat crying or a mouse, or you say you are too hypocritical, please feel at ease.Zai Chun could only comfort himself like this.

"Whoo."

Li Lianying replied.

After dressing, Zai Chun and Li Lianying walked towards the front hall of Yanbo Zhishuang Hall.I don't know what happened today, there seemed to be a lot of things, just halfway through, a eunuch came to report, saying that the empress dowagers of the two palaces had specially invited the emperor to discuss state affairs in the Nuan Pavilion, and the eight ministers were also there.

Hearing the little eunuch's words, Zai Chun and Li Lianying immediately looked at each other, and thought at the same time: something serious might happen.Otherwise, the Minister Gu Ming would not have blocked the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces and himself early on.

Sure enough, as soon as Zai Chun entered the Nuan Pavilion, he heard a noise in the Nuan Pavilion.The Eight Ministers and Cixi Ci'an were just like vendors in the ordinary vegetable market at this time, they didn't care about the etiquette of the nobles at all, and they were making a lot of noise.

"Prince Yi, don't deceive people too much. Dong Yuanchun is the censor. It is his responsibility and obligation to express his views on behalf of the courtiers. My Qing Dynasty has had an example of not being punished for speaking out since ancient times. Wouldn't it be embarrassing for you to do so?" Are the civil servants chilling?"

Empress Dowager Cixi's shrill but intimidating voice resounded throughout the entire warm pavilion.

"Although there is a rule in the Qing Dynasty not to convict censors with their words, Dong Yuanchun's evil words to deceive the public, deceive the government and the public, and deceive the saints are really heinous crimes!"

Prince Yi Zaiheng was also not to be outdone, he got up from the ground without being excused by the Queen Mother, and said loudly, looking directly at Cixi and Ci'an.

"Your Majesty is young, so what's wrong with letting the empress dowagers of the two palaces manage the government? Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang Wen has been assisting Lord Kangxi since she ascended the throne. Isn't this a precedent?"

At this time, Ci'an also changed from his previous meekness, and confronted each other, refusing to give in every word.

"But the eight ministers we waited for were ordered by the late emperor to take care of the government, and to praise the emperor, and could not obey the orders of the queen mother. And the sign that the harem cannot interfere in politics is still standing in the Forbidden City."

"The seal of 'Imperial Reward' bestowed by the late emperor, is it a display?"

It is clearly recorded in Emperor Xianfeng's will that before the young master took office, all the oracles must be sealed with the "Imperial Reward" and "Tongdaotang" before they can take effect. To a certain extent, it has given Ci'an great power Advantage.

"Although there is an 'imperial reward', it is not about governance, so it cannot be discussed in its entirety."

Prince Yi Zaiheng never let go.

Zai Chun watched the eight ministers and the two empress dowagers argue with each other, but he couldn't say anything for a while.He had no choice but to secretly touch the 'Tongdaotang' on his waist to cheer himself up, don't drag the empress dowagers back here.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, Jiao Youying suddenly looked at Zai Chun who had come in quietly, and asked, "Everyone, why don't I ask the emperor for instructions?"