Ripple silent

It was probably a peaceful morning. In fact, it was not that warm in Beijing in mid-spring, but the whole Hall of Mental Cultivation had already begun to clamor.The eight-carried sedan chair wrapped in bright yellow silk was prepared outside the palace gate early.The eunuchs and maids shuttled briskly and orderly inside and outside the hall, making final preparations before leaving.

The 28-year-old owner of the Hall of Mental Cultivation is stretching out his arms in front of his huge full-length mirror. Beside him, an eunuch who is four or five years older than him is putting on the last piece of several layers of court clothes for him - dark blue and yellow tapestry. He fastened the buttons of the gold-rim court robe one by one, turned up the horseshoe sleeves on the left and right sides, and then tied a silver-plated bead-and-ruby court belt around his waist, and skillfully and carefully smoothed the front and rear folds of the waist. After taking the Gananxiang beads and putting them together, I wound the not-so-thick braid and the tassel out of the bead chain, took a lotus cloisonné enamel silver clip and fastened it firmly on the right side of the braid, and finally handed it on The seven-pointed beaded velvet-top raw silk tassel crown.

"Wouldn't this be too noisy, Xiao Lanzi?" After taking the crown and putting it on, the emperor looked at himself in the mirror suspiciously, "It's better not to wear the enamel clip."

"Why do you look so quiet? Long live Lord, this is almost catching up with the clothes on the altar of sacrifices." Lan Qin, the chief eunuch in charge of the Hall of Mental Cultivation, turned around and took a small mirror, holding it behind the master's head, "Look, you This is to see Lafayette, not to meet some foreign envoy, with this enamel clip, it will appear that you are not so familiar with Lafayette, and it will appear that you take Lafayette as your relatives..."

The emperor tilted his head slightly, and only chuckled, "Alright."

"Then... is it time to start driving or wait for the sun? Will you stop resting?"

"Let's go now, don't feel tired... Oh, don't forget to take the two books on the Sanxitang case."

"It's "Research on Japan's Political Change" and "The History of Russian Peter's Political Change" wrapped in velvet satin. The slave has already asked someone to put this book together with the pair of cat's-eye pendants that you want to honor Lafayette."

"Well. Very good." The emperor took a big step towards the slightly cold morning mist outside the palace, although in Lan Qin's eyes, his figure who hadn't slept all night was a bit thin.

All the eunuchs and maids kneeled and kowtowed. The voice of "Respectfully send the emperor off to drive" resounded harshly over the Forbidden City, which had not yet woken up.

Lan Qin followed outside the Hall of Mental Cultivation, raised the car curtain from the left hand side, and did not forget to protect the emperor's head with her right hand.

"Little Lanzi, thanks to you." The emperor murmured as he got into the sedan chair.

Lan Qin lowered her head and lowered the car curtain.

With Lan Da's right hand lightly lifted, the sedan chair bumped steadily and quickly towards the Summer Palace.

For the emperor who was sitting in the sedan chair, his heart was warm at this moment, to put it a bit exaggeratedly, surging.Because he wants to do something that he hasn't done in the past ten years.He wants to do something that can honor his ancestors at the top and save the country and the people at the bottom.He wants to do something that may make his mausoleum engraved with "Holy Master Ming Jun".He wants to do something that will make all the people who look down on him in the world bow their heads, shut up, pack up and leave.Not only must he do it well, but he must also do it neatly, beautifully, and be admired by everyone from all over the world.

However, before this can be done, the consent of one person must first be obtained.At least, "no objection".

Today, he will go to get this "consent" first.

Yes, he has never needed such a "consent" so urgently. With it, everything will no longer be fantasy and extravagant hope.He has to get this "consent" and she has to give this "consent".He does not allow failure, nothing in case.It seems that as long as there is such a "consent", the merits and virtues will be completed and the great cause will be accomplished.

As soon as the sedan chair left Desheng Gate, the sun gave him a big face.

He was slightly nervous.It is surging tension.It is also the tension of expectation.Even with some intoxication and madness.This tension made his thin cheeks unconsciously show a long-lost, innocent smile.He seems to have seen the beautiful and magnificent map in his heart, which is spread out layer by layer in front of him, until the end of the sky and the corner of the sea, and the golden eternal flowers are blooming on the other side. Standing still, the great powers proclaim their vassals, singing all over the world.

"Little Lanzi, hurry up."

Lan Qin, who was walking on the left side of the sedan chair, raised her hand again, and the whole team began to trot.

On this day, the 24th year of Guangxu, the second day of the third lunar month in the year of [-] in the lunar calendar.

Today's weather... probably will be really pleasant.

Lifting the sedan chair curtain, looking at the gradually exposed sex in the northern suburbs of the capital, and listening to the broken footsteps of the servants in front of and behind the sedan chair, Aixinjue Luo Zaitan, whose palms were already slightly moist, thought so.

In the last ten days of April, the Summer Palace is glowing with small patches of green, the magnolias have long since withered, the lotus blossoms on the lake are still early, and the Longevity Hill still looks a little bleak.

Across the glass, in the whole Leshou Hall, there was only one lady offering cigarettes and one maid offering tea standing close to the door of the clean room.Cixi was looking at the excerpts inside.The maids were nailed to the ground motionless for two cups of tea, not daring to breathe.The Empress Dowager was absolutely serious and nervous when she was reading the papers. All the servants had to ensure that this old lady, who had already lived in the suburbs of Beijing, could still manage state affairs without being disturbed.

When the Empress Dowager drew the curtain in the first ten years, after reading the memorial, she always drew a few strokes heavily with her thumbnail on the last page, or drew a vertical line, or drew a cross to tick off, so that Zhang Jing of the Military Aircraft Department could follow the instructions. Yi decree to do it; in the past few years of Xunzheng, if the queen mother has any doubts about the things in the booklet, she will directly instruct the princes and ministers who should be in charge.In the moment when this woman who already knows her destiny is critiquing the papers, with the movement of her fingernails and the opening of her mouth, it is unknown how many people will be promoted to rank, gain both fame and wealth, or be imprisoned and beheaded, sent to exile I don't know how many loyal ambitions have disappeared since then, and how many slanderous slanders have been solidified forever.

The servants only hoped for a "Juanzi, respect the cigarette." Or "Ronger, enjoy the tea." Everything was cleared up after the rain, and everyone was busy with their affairs. An old man from a rich family with a little more dignified appearance.

Today, however, the atmosphere is completely different.The maids instinctively felt the strangeness.Through a layer of glass and a bat veil, the old lady seemed to be dazzled, holding up her glasses and holding several memorials and a new book over and over again, looking at the memorial and putting it down, then looking at the book when she put it down , has yet to make a decision.Could it be that I heard from my ex-aunt that we are going to fight foreigners again.My aunt said that she only saw the Queen Mother worrying like this during the war with the Japanese during the Sino-Japanese War.My aunt also heard from my aunt's aunt that she only saw the Queen Mother worrying like this when the British and French devils burned the Old Summer Palace.The maids stood for three cups of tea, but they still didn't figure out what happened to the queen mother today.

At the moment when they were muttering in their hearts, the old queen suddenly let out a laugh by herself, put the memorial and the book to her right hand, and called, "Ronger, here is your respect."

The palace maids Xiao Juanzi and Xiao Rongzi breathed a sigh of relief, and Xiao Sui hurried into the back room to serve the queen mother drinking tea and drinking green sticks. Seeing that the old queen mother was indeed in better spirits than before reading the booklet, she accompanied the old lady by the window in the south. Ao Ta told her jokes and basked in the sun warmly.

Just when it was time to serve the snacks, the voice of "Long Live God is here" spread far to Le Shoutang.

"To Lafayette, Lord Long Live's sedan chair has turned around Yulan Hall, and it will arrive as soon as we speak."

"Go and greet me, little plum."

"twitter."

When Li Lianying walked into the yard, she saw that Guangxu had already stepped into the threshold, and she hurriedly bowed her body and said, "My servant, please greet me, Long Live Lord."

"Get up, Li An and answer." Guangxu passed by Li Lianying's side.

The servants stand on the left and right outside the courtyard.Li Lianying and Lan Qin followed in together.Lan Qin held a tray in her hand and stood a little far from the door with her head down.

When Guangxu entered the room, he heard the Empress Dowager chatting and laughing with the maids on the left and right. He straightened his clothes, turned to the left chamber, stepped on his right leg, blocked his left skirt, lowered his horseshoe sleeves, knelt down respectfully, and kowtowed loudly: "My son My dear father, please be safe, my dear father is in good health, and I wish you all happiness and prosperity.”

"Get up," Cixi said with a smile all over her face, "Why did the emperor come here so early? He's so far away, look at his pale face, hasn't he been up all night? ... Yo, haven't you had breakfast yet? Hurry up, little Lizi, and bring those new-style dim sums to the emperor to taste....The emperor sit down, why are you standing there?"

With a humble face, Guangxu sat down in front of Xiaoji.

"Dear dad..."

"Hurry up, bring it here." Li Lianying took the brocade box from the servant's hand, pushed the original snacks on the small table to the right, and placed the new-style dim sum in the brocade box on the side one by one up.

"Dear father...I don't know how your old man lives in the garden these days, whether it is comfortable or not."

"Very good. The mountains and rivers here are open, no matter how you say it, it's brighter than the palace... I'm tired of the emperor, who spends all day in the deep palace compound..."

"How dare my son talk about the many things that happen every day, relying more on his father's support and teaching... The son also wants to add a few more yachts to his father. I heard that the new batch of small boats built in Fujian are very quiet.

"Really... I think it's better to forget it. Those barbaric boats are not as stable and atmospheric as the painted boats... Why doesn't the emperor eat it, eat it."

Guangxu paused, nodded hurriedly, picked up the unknown snack on the left and brought it to his mouth.

"This is called cream cake, a dessert for foreigners. Li Hongzhang came to the garden a few days ago to honor me. At first I thought it was greasy, but after I tasted it, it was delicious. How does the emperor like it?"

"Delicious." He replied politely.

Cixi laughed silently. "Eat more if it tastes good."

"By the way, dear father," Guangxu put down more than half of the cake in his hand, turned around and called Lanqin, Lanqin walked over carefully holding the tray, Guangxu picked up the small box with tortoise shell embedded on it and handed it to Cixi with both hands. "This is a new pendant specially ordered by my son from the Ministry of Internal Affairs to give you a new pendant. My son wants...to enter spring and summer, and the cat's eye will be lighter and more refreshing."

Opening the box, Cixi really smiled, "It's really hard to show filial piety to the emperor... Xiao Lizi, keep it safe for me."

Guangxu seemed relieved, "As long as my father likes it, it's better for my son to see his father's life comfortably. Oh, by the way, my son has read two books recently, and I really want to discuss them with you... Xiao Lanzi, bring me those two books... Dear father, my son has spent almost all night..."

"It was written by that Kang Nanhai." Guangxu was startled.Cixi interrupted him and turned to Li Lianying, "Xiao Lizi, take Lanqin and the others down to have a rest first, they are really tired after running all the way, and get some snacks or something, by the way, don't forget those who came with the emperor Guards, please give me some food too." Then he said to the other personal eunuchs and maids around him, "You all kneel down first."

"Slave thanks Lafayette for his grace."Lan Qin hurriedly knelt down to thank her, and withdrew with Li Lianying.

After retreating to the corner of the Le Shoutang courtyard, Lan Qin immediately called Qian'er to salute Li Lianying, "The chief executive is auspicious."

Li Lianying asked him to stand up with a "hmm", took out a pouch from his cuff and stuffed it into Lanqin's hand, "Lafayette rewards you."

Lan Qin skillfully put away her purse, knelt down and thanked her: "Xiao Lanzi, thank you, Lafayette, and thank you, Chief Manager."

"Do what you should do, Lafayette will not treat you badly. You have nothing to do here, go rest."

"Hey, let the big manager worry a lot."

In Le Shoutang, there was an awkward silence for a moment.

Cixi lowered her legs from the pedestal and wanted to get up, but Guangxu quickly reached out to help her.

"Emperor, I know you have a lot of prejudice against me." Guangxu was a little uncomfortable with the Queen Mother's open and honest attitude, and he quickly raised his hem to kneel, "Dear dad, how dare my son..."

Cixi pulled him up immediately, "I still don't know what the emperor is thinking. We don't have to talk through our stomachs like this. The emperor is not tired and I don't mind it. If you have anything to say, just say it."

Guangxu raised his head unnaturally, his eyes still downcast.

"Didn't the emperor want to discuss those two books by Kang Nanhai with me? Why didn't you talk?"

"Father, my son shouldn't have disturbed you with these Lao Shizi's books..."

"What kind of books does the emperor think I read in the garden every day? I don't just read idle books. Besides, even if they are idle books, like the Water Margin of the Three Kingdoms, even if they are storytelling songs, reading them is not without benefits."

"Dad taught me a lesson... this book... son, son read it several times, and I always feel that I should show it to you..."

"I also learned most of it from the notes of the ministers. Some people complained to me, saying that this son surnamed Kang is so arrogant..."

"son--"

"The emperor listened to me. What do the ministers mean? Some say he is arrogant, some say he is empty, and some say he is transparent. I am not without ideas. The emperor sees that although I am In this garden, just asking about the government does not mean that I am not worried or sad. We lost the war with Japan in the year of Jiawu. I haven’t had a good night’s sleep since then... The solar eclipse at the beginning of this year was a big deal Bogey, I'm afraid that there will be some trouble again, and the result... It's only three months, the British have occupied the Yangtze River, and the Germans have to leave Jiaozhou Bay..."

"Dear father, it is the incompetence of the son who made the ancestor's foundation fall like this..."

"How can the emperor be blamed for this? Could it be that I, a mother, have no responsibility... Now that I think about it, the fault is my fault... But I can't bow my head, all the civil and military officials in the court are watching us... So, the emperor saw that I listened to operas and went swimming in the lake all day long in front of people, but...that was all because of my strength..." Cixi tugged at the beautiful clothes on her chest, tears streaming down her face The cheeks that were no longer young flowed down and dripped onto the memorials in her hand, and the ink stains were immediately dizzy.

Guangxu knelt down, "Father, don't blame yourself, it is your son's unfilial piety that made the country suffer and make you sad..."

Cixi waved her hand and did not wipe her tears, "I know what you want to say when you come to me, and I know what you want to do. If the reform can really restore the decline and drive away the great powers... then you can let go and do it Well, as long as you don't violate the great law of your ancestors, I won't stop you easily and embarrass you...Emperor, after all, you...are the emperor of our Great Qing Kingdom."

For a moment, Guangxu wondered if he had misheard in a trance, but when he raised his head and met the eyes of the tearful Cixi, he knew it was not a dream.

"Dear dad..." He couldn't remember the last time he cried.This time, it was tears of joy that broke through his dry eye sockets for a long time.

"Emperor get up, come." Cixi stretched out her arms, helped her trembling nephew, held his hand again after many years, and patted the small sandalwood chair beside her, "Come, sit here... I don't want you to promise to do your best to govern the country, and I don't want you to swear that you will manage every day. Just keep these three things firmly in mind: First, this reform is not a child's play. We must not forget the principles of governing the country taught by our ancestors. "Governing a big country is like cooking a small fish." Absolutely not."

Guangxu nodded.

"Look at you, you're such an adult, you can't stop crying." Cixi wiped away her tears with a silk handkerchief, "The emperor said again, the old things of the ancestors must be changed, they must be changed, and they can't stay the same. But it is still beneficial for the emperor to think about the things of his ancestors. Just like this tree, the reason why it can flourish and bear fruit in autumn is because of the rotten things in the ground. Although it is a reform, But you can’t forget your roots when it changes. This is the second.”

Cixi took the "Tianyanlun" that she had just read, "The emperor must have read this book. I still understand the principle of natural selection, survival of the fittest". But the emperor, we are both sheep who eat fast and chant Buddha. , we will never become a wolf that kills and commits crimes. If we insist on putting wolf skins on ourselves, not only will we not be able to deceive the enemy, but we will be crushed to death by the wolf skins on the way to escape. It may be beneficial to foreigners , for our Qing Dynasty, it may be a kind of sex. This third point is the most important. Only things that are rooted in our Qing Dynasty and come out of our own needs, rather than blindly imitating foreigners, are good. is usable."

As she spoke, she pointed to the small table with desserts, "It's like the cream cake the emperor ate just now. It wasn't the original made by Li Hongzhang as a tribute to me, but I asked the imperial dining room to imitate the original dim sum made by foreigners." The appearance looks almost the same as that of foreigners, but the taste is completely different. If the emperor obviously eats something wrong, but still insists on saying that it is delicious, in the end the only one who suffers is yourself... Do you understand?"

Guangxu chewed Cixi's words, raised his head to look at her more carefully, and suddenly found that the wrinkles on her face covered by fine powder were so deep, and his heart tightened in a daze.But Cixi was about to stand up, and just about to get up to help her, she pushed her down again.Cixi walked to the small table by herself, hesitated a little, picked out a plate of yam and bean paste rolls, and sat back beside Guangxu, "I remember, when you were so hungry that you couldn't control yourself when you were young, you ran to the eunuch's room to steal it. I even punished you to kneel for this... Now that you are grown up, let these things go, here, eat as much as you want, eat more."

Guangxu bit his lip, tremblingly took it from Cixi's hand, and stuffed it into his mouth.

"Our own snacks are delicious." Cixi smiled, and her gold-studded nails stroked down the top of Guangxu's head, and stopped beside the enamel silver clip, "Silly boy, eat slowly, don't choke .”

Served Cixi's lunch in person, and waited for her to take a nap to say goodbye. When Guangxu returned to the palace, it was already time to feed.He didn't even wait to change the court clothes, and didn't have dinner, so he hurriedly announced Weng Tonghe. The two masters and apprentices had been talking in Dongnuan Pavilion that the Haizheng was getting louder, and he ordered his servants to send Master Weng back to his residence.

Then, he didn't even have the strength to stand up from the chair and lie down on the slump.Just like that, he leaned his entire upper body on the back of the heavy sandalwood chair and closed his eyes.There seemed to be a slight smile on the corner of his mouth.

"Long Live Lord..." Lan Qin was afraid that he would just fall asleep, brought a cup of red dates and millet porridge, put it warm on the small table next to him, leaned slightly and called softly, "Long Live Lord, please eat some food."

"Dad, she..." Guangxu just said in the same soft voice, "...she believed me..."

Suddenly feeling sad, Lan Qin stopped making a sound, turned around and wanted to leave.

"Little Lanzi." Guangxu called out suddenly.

"Yes." Lan Qin came back and stood in front of the Guangxu case. "Long live."

"Today, my own father asked about my silver card, and I like it very much."

"Sharing worries for the Long Live Lord is what a slave should do."

"Since when did you learn to speak like them?" Guangxu said with a smile, "it's not like you at all."

"The servant is really happy for the Long Live Lord. You can drink as much as you want." Lan Qin picked up the warm porridge next to him and brought it to Guangxu's eyes.

Guangxu took the small cup and only drank a couple of sips, "I can't eat any more, let's have a good meal when I wake up tomorrow." The hand he put down the small cup was still trembling.

Lan Qin clearly remembered that after the Sino-Japanese War, the Maguan Treaty ran out of seals, and Guangxu picked up the jade seal and smashed it on his left hand. The people on the left and right could not grab it, and it took two months just to change his dressing.For a treaty, he almost lost one of his hands - the disaster of the Qing Dynasty, the suffering of the people, and the ten fingers connected to the heart, he hurts more than anyone else.It's been three years, and that hand still can't hold any heavy objects, and it hurts a little every rainy day.

Lan Qin withdrew the small cup, then ordered the waiter to prepare the bed, asked the servants to prepare the wash, and undressed Guangxu himself.Please take off the prayer beads, unload the belt, take off the court clothes and lining, and then take off the lotus silver clip on the head, untie the braid, carefully remove the braid, and smooth it with a comb.After serving and washing, Guangxu lay down on the bed, Lan Qin tucked in the quilt, finally put down the bed curtain, and retreated outside the dormitory.

Lan Qin wasn't supposed to be on duty that night, but he sent the person on duty that night to rest and stood by the door of the dormitory by himself.

——Just as Lan Qin had predicted, Guangxu almost stayed up all night.

This time, the "consent" he wanted really came, and it came so quickly and happily.Floating in front of my eyes like a phantom.But it was real at the same time, and it carried the hot tears of my own father, so hot that I couldn't touch it.He wondered if he had a fever or had a dream.He didn't even dare to fall asleep. He was afraid that if he fell into a deep sleep, the surprise would slip away while he was dreaming; In the morning mist, all that is left is to wait, to be engulfed by the sun's rays and disappear into nothingness.

It's like a prisoner who has been imprisoned for many years. When he is just released from the chains, he doesn't know how to stretch his hands and feet.Even walking outside the cell was something that required a lot of hard work for him.Stiff for too long.Been chained for too long.Instead, they are used to this kind of shackles, and they are afraid of freedom.

So he began to try to make himself look forward, if all this did not dissipate by tomorrow morning, what should he do.However, while looking forward, there are always a few moments that make him almost start to think about his 28 years of life—the loss of the love of his parents, the happy childhood without talking about it, the involuntary marriage, the puppet-like... 28 years.But he forced himself to put all the unhappiness aside.On the eve of the reorganization of the Qing Dynasty, why should I still cling to the past?

Today, you should be happy.

However, for unknown reasons, Lan Qin, who was standing outside the dormitory, heard some strange sounds inside the curtain that night, trembling intermittently in the dark night without moonlight.

The night is already very deep, but the mid-spring wind is still slightly chilly.Lan Qin shivered, wrapped in a python robe, but felt something bulging in her bosom, took it out and saw, it turned out to be the purse that Lafayette rewarded during the day.

That's right, when I met the Queen Mother for the first time, when the Queen Mother rewarded himself with silver, the purse looked like this too.

When Lan Qin was a child, she was still a child of an ordinary scholar family in Beijing, and her life was relatively happy. Unexpectedly, when she was nine years old, her mother was insulted by foreigners and hanged herself. maintained.Lan Qin gritted her teeth and walked into Xiaodao Liu's courtyard with her family on her back in order to let her seriously ill father and younger siblings eat dry food.

Talented and intelligent, he worked as an apprentice in ceramic painting at the Forbidden City Building Office with his good calligraphy, painting and literary talent.

By the time he was 21, his 12 years of life as an inferior eunuch had completely curbed his self-willedness and spirit. Gradually, he became so numb that he couldn't even remember his mother's face.And this year, just in time for the 50th birthday of the current Empress Dowager, the Manufacturing Office will make a new set of bone china vases for Chuxiu Palace.The Empress Dowager requires twelve pairs of roll calls, and there must be speeches, not vulgar.

During his twelve years in the palace, he wrote two poems to his deceased mother every winter and summer solstice. In this year, there are exactly 24 good poems with sincere feelings, all of which are blood and tears from the heart.He painted these 24 poems with 24 solar terms and 24 allusions of filial piety in two monochromatic colors of red, black and black, and burned them into twelve pairs of rare and good objects.After her birthday, when the Empress Dowager saw this set of bone china, it was just in time for the life sacrifice of her son, Emperor Tongzhi. The old Empress burst into tears, and pointed to the vase and asked which group of poems was composed by a dutiful son.

When he met the Queen Mother for the first time, when he looked up and saw Lafayette, he immediately shed tears. Lafayette asked him why he was crying. He only said that Shazi squinted his eyes, but he dared not say that the Empress Dowager’s kind face and the face of his mother who had almost forgotten Looks average.

Stuffing a bulging purse into his hand, Lafayette said, from these few poems, I know that you are more filial than my son, so follow me from now on.

From then on, he had the name Lanqin, and over time, he couldn't remember his real name anymore.After following the queen mother for three years, one day, the queen mother suddenly sent away all the people around her and asked him to stand by her side alone.Xiao Lanzi, when the Queen Mother called him that, his eyes turned red.

Xiao Lanzi, how am I treating you?

Lafayette's treatment of slaves...that is the heart of a bodhisattva for all living beings, and it couldn't be more compassionate.

Then how do you see me in the bottom of your heart?

You are the Goddess of Mercy who has done good deeds for the Qing Dynasty and the whole world.The servant can say whatever he thinks in his heart.Even if the servant is asked to dig out his heart and lungs for Lafayette, the servant is also willing.

Well, the mouth is really sweet.Xiao Lanzi... You know, when the first emperor left, he took away my mother's heart... Now, the emperor is my heart, and the heart of our Qing Dynasty.He is old, and I helped him choose a happy day for his big wedding, so he should be in charge of the government when he speaks.It stands to reason that I should also take a good rest... But, he is still a short-tempered kid after all.Come and sit down.It's all right, just sit here. ...Emperor, he is not like you. You are stable and down-to-earth. You know what to do and what to say... Xiao Lanzi, I want you to take good care of the emperor for me. You agree what.

Lafayette, slave me, me...

I know.I also miss you, Xiao Lanzi.But in Chuxiu Palace, I can't find another good boy like you.I need you, go to him, take care of him for me all the time, remind him for me... Do you understand, what I want is not just a living microphone and a photo box, but also a person who does not understand himself Who should be loyal to this confused slave...

Cixi's tone was so natural from whispering to loud and stern, and then suddenly, she said softly again: "Little Lanzi, how old are you this year?"

Back to Lafayette, the slave is 23 this year.

That's right, people of this age wouldn't be so confused.

She had a really kind smile.

Xiao Lanzi, I know you are a dutiful son.I've never seen anyone wrong...don't let me down.

The next ten years will be the ten years of going back and forth between the Palace of Mental Cultivation and Chuxiu Palace, and the Palace of Mental Cultivation and the Summer Palace.Every time I had an audience with the Empress Dowager, I had exhausted everything I had seen and heard, and I dared not and could not hide anything.

"Going back to Lafayette, the Queen hasn't turned the cards for half a month... Yes, it's the Long Live Lord who is reluctant..."

"Master Zhen is a bit naughty...but she is smart...after all, she pleases the Long Live Lord..."

"The medicine for the old ailment over there... only half a bottle... let's just say it's cured..."

"I spent two hours writing inscriptions in Dongnuan Pavilion with Master Weng... I didn't feel tired... The inscription was 'Summer Palace'..."

"Urge Li Zhongtang to actively prepare for the war, and his words are very firm..."

"I don't sleep well at night, it's still about using the seal for the treaty..."

"I've been smoking a lot, and my gadgets are just music boxes... I'm addicted to the phone again, it's no different from how foreigners respect you..."

"I'm reading Kang Nanhai's pamphlet...the "Confucius Restructuring Examination" that has been circulated in the market...you don't have to worry too much..."

A ten-year dream.

Looking out of the window, I habitually look for the comforting moonlight.By the way, the moon is invisible in the second grade of junior high school.Night Breeze was not at all amiable.Perhaps, this is the true face of spring.

Lan Qin tightly clutched the purse in her hand.Then suddenly he understood.I understand the reason why the queen mother let go today.It was as if he had forced himself to play dumb until the dead of night before he realized it.

If the reform is successful, tens of thousands of people will not only sing praises for the emperor, but also admire the enlightened and great empress dowager and praise the emperor for his achievements; To rectify the universe and take back the power is naturally a matter of course-"reform" is just a move she needs to go through to reorganize the political structure.

But the truth before us is that this method cannot be completely changed.The adoptive who survived like a puppet really thinks from the bottom of his heart that he can be the master of the world... In all corners of the world, there are [-] million masters of the common people - yes, and only her old man.

But how could I have the heart to disturb his sweet dreams?He had waited hard for ten years for his dream.I watched him with my own eyes, accompanied him through the ten years of pain to the depths of my soul.If possible, he hopes to help him dream as much as possible, even dream with him, even if it is only a few months.

But.Isn't he the one who is crushing this beautiful dream?Wasn't he the one who let him live airtightly in the Queen Mother's palm for ten years?Where is the qualification to say "together".He is just a double-faced person at both ends of the mouse head, the most hypocritical person in the whole world.

I am like this...what the hell is it.

Or, no one wakes up.Just let everything go in the direction the queen mother wishes, let this dream that has been dreamed for ten years continue to prolong until the emperor is deposed and deposed, continue until the queen mother drives west, and continue until I am gray-haired and expelled palace wall.

Or, expect a miracle.She extravagantly hopes that the queen mother can praise the emperor as her own son, and that he will become a real king one day.If it is really possible to do that, I will owe nothing to myself.

The nights are always tough.As long as she thinks of the futility of that person inside the curtain, the joy and sorrow at the moment, Lan Qin has an irresistible urge to say everything.

Covering his eyes weakly with his hands up, he smiled.

Lean your back against the wall as much as possible, as if you can pass on your heart.

However, what can I pass on to him.

With such a mutilated body?