Ripple silent

It's summer.

The Forbidden City in the middle of June in the lunar calendar is shrouded in continuous cicadas all day long.

In his almost stubborn way, the young emperor let those reform edicts related to the political system, military, imperial examinations, agriculture and commerce be issued like snowflakes.He has his way.With a little pride and loneliness, even madness.

In the Hall of Mental Cultivation.Almost all the ministers and workers in charge of the ministries were there, and there were constant people presenting new memorials, and there were also constant people who received the oracle and went down to supervise it.Guangxu had no time to look up from the stacks of memorials, asking questions and making instructions on the memorials.

"How about Sheng Xuanhuai's supervision of the Luhan Railway?"

"It's already broken ground."

"Let Zhang Zhidong help him more. Although Sheng Xuanhuai has rich experience in business, he must have the support of senior officials." Guangxu handed down the approved documents, took a sip of tea, and said: "Manage the capital. I have thought about the candidates for the university hall, and Sun Jianai is the most suitable one, and we will start it as soon as possible. The order will go on, and all provinces' alternate ministers, doctors, censors, and students of the Eight Banners, who have aspirations for new learning and aspirations, can enroll."

"Yes, sir, let's do it now."

Guangxu read the papers for a while, and said again: "By the way, did I order the governors of the provinces to select bright students from the school to study in Japan?"

"My minister is working on it, and the Japanese side has already made contact, and the lists proposed by various places can be compiled in a day or two. It's just...it's just that Liangjiang and Liangguang haven't seen the list for a long time."

"It's Liu Kunyi and Tan Zhonglin again..." Guangxu's pen stopped in the air. "The sky is high and the emperor is far away... I passed on my oral order to severely reprimand Liu Kunyi, the Governor of Liangjiang, and Tan Zhonglin, the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi. In the future, anyone who is slack in following the rules and fails to implement the new law will be severely punished."

After saying that, as if he suddenly remembered something, he took out a notebook from the side.Walking up to Xu Yingkui, Minister of Rites, "Xu Yingkui."

"The minister is here."

"There is a censor who participates in your old-fashioned and absurd, obstructing the New Deal. Today, you will give me a clear replay of all the sections in the notebook."

"Your Majesty," Xu Yingkui, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, knelt down in response. "I have no intention of obstructing the New Deal. Song Bolu and Yang Shenxiu's involvement in the crimes is really absurd."

"You're talking nonsense!" Censor Yang Shenxiu heard this, stepped forward and scolded, "The emperor has repeatedly ordered you to wait for the matter of the institutional bureau, but you have repeatedly evaded it and prevaricated with empty words. This is not obstructing the New Deal or what it is."

Xu Yingkui said: "Yang Shenxiu, you are so bloody, opening the system is to destroy our military aircraft. I would rather disobey the order than open it, Your Majesty!"

Standing on the side, the doctor of the Ministry of Officials resolutely said: "Your Majesty, what Xu Daren said is very true. The ministers of the Prime Minister's Office all thought that changing the internal affairs is a matter of great importance. If you open the system bureau, you will set up the ancestors I don’t care about rules and regulations. Master Xu’s loyalty can be learned from the sun and the moon. What crimes need to be recounted?! If the emperor blindly listens to the slander of the reckless savages and ruins the ancestor’s Dafa, how can I, as a courtier, be loyal to the Qing Dynasty again? !"

Yang Shenxiu couldn't help yelling: "Fortitude, you are rebellious! How dare you threaten the emperor!"

"I'm not afraid of being threatened by anyone! If I'm afraid, I don't deserve to sit here!"

Everyone in the hall fell to their knees.

"I contradicted the emperor, I deserve death!" The resolute tone didn't mean that.

Guangxu calmed down his anger slightly, and said to Gang Yi: "I know what you all think. I don't care if you threaten or stop you, and I don't care how long it takes you to understand the importance of the reform. It's your own. However, it is up to me to change the law, issue an edict, or restore the new!... If you refuse to do the things I want you to do, fine. There will be no need to do the things in the future. Now, I will spread my decree to abolish Zhanshifu, Tongzhengsi, Guanglu Temple, Honglu Temple, Taichang Temple, Taipu Temple, and Dali Temple. Encourage all ministers, workers and scholars to write a letter, All citizens who have written a letter should also submit it in the original form. The governors of the provinces and the officials of the feudal government should be sent by telegram. Anyone who has a letter to say something can write it on their own, and there is no need to deliver it.”

Guangxu paused for a while, glanced at everyone in the court one by one, and said slowly in an unquestionable voice: "Also, from the beginning of the lower grades...the township examination and the Tongshengsui examination...Abolish the Four Books and Five Classics , change the strategy theory.”

For the young emperor, there were things to do, and the days always passed quickly, and June became July unconsciously.

But for the elderly Cixi, the fairy days of idle clouds and wild cranes are so long.

The lotus has bloomed all over Kunming Lake.Boating on the lake, or feeding the goldfish, those "annoying things" in the Forbidden City seem to grow in the heart like grass.Even the green bars are pumped frequently.

"Little Lanzi, tell me about the censor of the Ministry of Rites."

"Back to Lafayette, the censor of the Ministry of Rites is called Wang Zhao. That day, he wrote a note requesting Lord Long Live to go to Japan to inspect the Meiji Restoration in person, and asked Huaitabu, Xu Yingkui and the others to present it on their behalf..."

"Ha, what a joke!" Cixi interrupted him and laughed, "It's a good thing he figured it out."

Lan Qin nodded and continued: "Wai Tabu and the others didn't agree, and the Wang Zhao was not a fuel-efficient lamp. He clamored for the edict of the Lord Long Live to encourage writing and speaking, and the two parties started arguing in the lobby of the Ministry of Rites. Originally, he couldn't earn money." The result came out just in time for the Lord Long Live to inspect the ceremony in person that day, and he heard it all at the entrance of the lobby. Didn’t Waitab hit the muzzle of the gun?”

"It's like this..." Cixi's expression became serious, and she said to herself: "So I rewarded that Wang Zhao, and let it go for nothing?... But what is the reason for removing Li Hongzhang?"

Lan Qin didn't dare to say any more, and waited on the queen mother to draw the green stick again, and said some words of comfort.

Suddenly Cixi asked again: "How is the emperor's health recently?"

Lan Qin hurriedly said: "Long Live Lord is greedy to read the booklets at night, which somehow caused some heat. Master Zhen comes here often, and brings some white fungus and lotus seed soup to extinguish the fire. It's not a hindrance."

Cixi asked again: "Where is the queen?"

"Queen...the queen hasn't seen Lord Long Live for a while."

Cixi frowned, "That's all. Kneel down."

That night.

The Empress Dowager did not clearly pursue the matter of Long Live Lord's dismissal of the sixth official of the Ministry of Rites and Li Hongzhang.But how could she not pursue it.Thinking of this, Lan Qin put down the cinnabar she was grinding, turned around and asked the people below to change the cold sweat towel.

"No need, Xiao Lanzi, I'm not hot." Although Emperor Guangxu said so, his forehead was covered with fine beads of sweat, he closed the folder in his hand without even lifting his head, put it on the stack in his left hand, and Go get the top stack on the right hand side.

"It's almost Haishi, it's hot dog days, you have to wipe off your sweat if you don't go to bed early, long live." Lan Qin said and handed the slightly iced cotton sweat towel to Guangxu.

After all, the person in front of me has been by his side for ten years.It has been so long.Taking care of his daily life, government affairs and family affairs every day, familiar with every small change in him... Ten years in a dream, it seems that nothing has changed, vaguely he is still that childish boy.

When Lan Qin looked again, the high-spirited boy who was fixed in his mind suddenly grew ten years older, and his eye sockets and cheeks were slightly sunken in the yellow halo of lights.

Lord, the Queen Mother no longer intends to wait any longer.

Think about it and tell him now.Tell him that everything he's been doing these past few months has been in vain.Tell him that all his efforts to sleep and eat will be wiped out.How much I want him to get out of this deep palace, escape from this long-planned political vortex, escape to the ends of the earth, and see this piece of land that should belong to him but hasn't really belonged to him for a day.

"What's the matter?" Guangxu, who was busy with writing, took a long time to catch a glimpse of Lanqin standing there, neither advancing nor retreating, "Is there something wrong with my face?"

"No," Lan Qin said softly, "I'm just worried that Lord Long Live has been working day and night for the reform. Since the end of April, he has been in poor health. If this continues..."

Suddenly, the eunuch outside announced: "Master Zhen is here!"

Guangxu smiled when he heard this, and hurriedly got up to meet him.I saw that Concubine Zhen had a big glossy braid, a royal blue melon cap, a dark blue gown, a small crimson waistcoat, and a pair of satin low-cut riding boots. The bannerman and concubine at the place looked like a Han Pianpianjia son, flying into the East Nuan Pavilion like a bird.

Lan Qin hurriedly bowed and said, "Greetings to Master Zhen." Then she retreated outside the door.

Concubine Zhen didn't make a sound, she took out a fan from behind, spread it out with a snap, shook it a few times, and said to Guangxu: "Whose son is this on the opposite side, he has such a handsome appearance, is so knowledgeable and reasonable, I have a sister-in-law who is proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, with a shy face, I never said that the matchmaker is only twenty-eight years old, I don't know if my brother is willing to marry her and care about the rest of his life?"

Guangxu saw that she was well-dressed and acted sternly, and knew that she was watching him work on government affairs for months, deliberately pretending to be a man to make himself happy, so he couldn't help but feel pity and love, and laughed: "Young master, Can your sister be called Zhen'er?"

Concubine Zhen snapped the fan away and said, "How did you know, brother?"

Guangxu took Concubine Zhen's hand, and said in a low voice: "My lord, I owed her a debt in my previous life, and I am here to repay the debt in this life."

Concubine Zhen smiled idiotically, "Is what the emperor said true?"

Lights went out.

Lan Qin stood outside the Hall of Mental Cultivation, and the affairs of men and women in the hall could be vaguely heard.

Before the storm, let the emperor chat for comfort in this gentle village.But I couldn't bear to listen to it.

...Lan Qin was suddenly frightened by an undetectable agitation in her heart.

Loosening the stand-up collar of the pine-blue python robe, he walked quickly into the yard, trying to wake himself up by the cold wind in the middle of the night, and subconsciously wiped the sweat from his forehead—only to find that there was a sweat towel in his hand of.

It was the one that I folded neatly, held in my hand all night, and wiped off Guangxu's sweat.

Lan Qin let out a wry smile, spread out the sweat towel and spread it on her face.

Probably, to hide the tears.

summer palace.

When Guangxu came to the yard to pay his respects that day, it was just in time for Cixi to take a nap.The weather was too stuffy, and the steam from Kunming Lake couldn't escape, so it was stuffy, hot and humid.Guangxu's collar was drenched with sweat, Lan Qin hurriedly asked the little eunuch to go to Yulan Hall to get new clothes in exchange.

"Long Live Lord, why don't you go back to Yulan Hall and wait, you're just wasting your time, it's a terrible thing to suffer from heatstroke."

"I'll just wait here. It's okay."

About half an hour later, Cixi woke up.

"Why is it such a hot day?" Cixi asked Guangxu to sit down, "The emperor is so busy with political affairs, so don't keep running in this wilderness, and you will be exhausted."

"Sir, pay respects to my father." Guangxu lowered his horseshoe sleeves and knelt down.

Cixi said: "What's the matter, let's talk about something."

"Father, my son has something important to do, and I still have to report it to your old man."

Cixi said: "Is there any important matter that you can't get up and talk about?"

Guangxu still couldn't get up, and continued to say solemnly: "Dear father, at the beginning of the reform, the ministers believed that the reform needed to change the system first, and ordered the prime minister's office to set up a system bureau in the inner court. Don't let it go. My son has been thinking about this matter carefully recently, and thinks that if we want to create a system first, we should follow the example of our ancestors-Kai Maoqin Temple, hire politicians from East and West, select talents from Broadcom, and discuss day and night. Pay attention to governance. I don't know what my father wants."

Cixi frowned, and said slowly: "I didn't want to mention it at first, but the emperor mentioned the opening of the Maoqin Palace. I have to ask, who is the emperor's so-called selection of talents for Broadcom's current affairs? Is it Li Hongzhang? "

Guangxu's heart sank, "Dear father, son..."

Cixi frowned and interrupted him: "Why did you get rid of Li Hongzhang?"

"Li Hongzhang was defeated in the First Sino-Japanese War, lost his power and humiliated the country, and the people's indignation is still hard to calm down. He has occupied the position of prime minister for many years..."

"Hmph, no wonder..." Cixi sneered, "Li Hongzhang has already withdrawn from the defeat of the Sino-Japanese War, and the emperor still can't tolerate him. Do you want to move the position to Kang Youwei and the others! You keep saying Kaimaoqin Palace, To select the talents of Broadcom Current Affairs, let me tell you, Li Hongzhang is the number one talent of Broadcom Current Affairs. You just want to throw away these nine important ministers and let your darling Kang Party members enter the center!"

"Dad!" Guangxu's tone became more and more determined: "Dad said, as long as you don't violate the ancestral law, you can make your own decisions! My ministers are all for the sake of the Qing Dynasty, and Li Hongzhang was dismissed. I asked myself that I didn't violate the law." Ancestor's righteousness!"

Cixi stared at Guangxu, narrowed her eyes and said: "Then what do you mean, Kaimaoqindian wants to hire politicians from East and West?"

"The former Japanese Prime Minister Ito Hirobumi is unemployed and wants to travel to China. My son... I want to hire him as a foreign affairs consultant."

"You bastard!" Cixi poured a full cup of tea on Guangxu's face. "That's it. You removed Li Hongzhang just to please him, Ito Hirobumi! Why are you so confused! Ah? Ito Hirobumi is Li Hongzhang's deadly enemy, and even the enemy of my Qing Dynasty! He is Japanese. Until the Japanese rode on top of our Qing Dynasty and dictated! Is this world still dominated by our people?!"

Guangxu let the tea drip down his cheeks, tremblingly said: "Dear father, I am not confused! I understand very well!..."

Cixi took a deep breath and interrupted him: "Originally, you are the emperor, I don't care what you want to do or what you don't want to do, but the rules you have changed now are alienating relatives from outsiders and treating new people as newcomers." Alienate the old people, use Kang Youwei's family's law, confuse my ancestor's Dafa, and foreign enemy's family's words, confuse my ancestor's dynasty, what will our ancestors say about us?"

"Dear father, there is no other way for my son... Today, my Qing Dynasty is closed to political affairs, it is difficult to promote new people, veterans do nothing, scholars have no practical learning, and workers have no good teachers. The strong and the weak, the rich and the poor are inseparable! My son would rather Destroying the great law of the ancestors, I can't bear to abandon the subjects of the ancestors and lose the land of the ancestors!" Guangxu kowtowed heavily, and said: "I vow to reform the law to the death, to die for the country... I have the right to carry on... Unfilial..."

Cixi looked at Guangxu like a stranger.a long time.

sigh.Cixi didn't turn her head, she looked at the steaming Kunming Lake. "Since you have made up your mind, then I have nothing to say... It seems that my life...is over. The emperor kneels down."

Guangxu closed his eyes desperately.

Weeping blood in the lungs and hearts are all in vain.Standing up slowly, he retreated step by step from Le Shoutang.

Lan Qin rushed up to meet him, saw that Guangxu's entire front was soaked, thought he was sweating again, quickly took out a handkerchief and wiped it, and then looked at his face, he saw his lips were tightly closed, his complexion was as white as paper, Then I probably guessed one or two clues.In an instant, the palms of both hands were sweating with anxiety.

That night, Lan Qin handed Zhang Jing Yang Rui a secret edict written by the emperor himself.

The secret edict said: "... I ask you: What is a good strategy, so that the old law can be completely changed, the old, absurd and stupid ministers will be dismissed, and the wise and brave people will be promoted, so that they can discuss politics and turn China from danger to safety and weaken it. Is it strong, but does not have the sacred intention? Erqi negotiated with Lin Xu, Liu Guangdi, Tan Sitong and other comrades in a timely manner, sealed and sealed, and delivered by the Minister of Military Aircraft. Hou Zhen thought it over before handling it. I am very anxious and looking forward to it, and I am here to tell you."

"This other secret edict is for Mr. Kang. Lord Long Live told Mr. Kang to go to Shanghai quickly without delay. Mr. Yang, you are the most Chen Yi in the four chapters of Beijing. Lord Long Live trusts you. Don't make any other incidents." .”

Lan Qin had nothing else in mind at this time, but wanted to protect the emperor's life.

But he never expected that when Kang Youwei saw this secret edict, he immediately asked someone to rewrite a copy, and asked Tan Sitong to bring this copy to persuade Yuan Shikai overnight, let him raise troops to serve the king—kill Ronglu, and surround the Summer Palace with soldiers.

At midnight that night, Lan Qin, who was secretly interviewed by Li Lianying, was only asked one question - when will Ito Hirobumi arrive in Beijing to meet her.

Yes.It turned out that this was the queen mother's real bottom line.

Just after serving Guangxu to sleep, the emperor gave orders, temporarily changed to summon Ito Hirobumi on the fifth day of August.

My heart turned a thousand times in an instant.How he wished he was dumb.

However, he had to report the truth: the fifth day.

Therefore, the Empress Dowager, who was originally scheduled to return to the palace on the sixth day of August, hurried back to the Forbidden City from the Summer Palace on the night of the fourth day of August.

The next day, Guangxu and Ito Hirobumi were supposed to meet around the policy of reform and reform, and it was done politely under Cixi's eyes.

That night, Shenzheng, Dongnuan Pavilion of Yangxin Hall.

Guangxu dismissed all the servants and asked Lan Qin to warm a pot of wine and put it on the case. "Little Lanzi, you know how to drink."

Lan Qin was startled, how could she dare to step forward.

"What are you afraid of. I am not afraid." The words were reproachful, but the tone was warm.

Lan Qin sat down.Fill Guangxu's wine glass.

"Little Lanzi, do you know why my reform doesn't work?"

"My lord, I'm sorry for the slave's nonsense. For several months, the will of the Long Live Lord has been to open up the people's wisdom and strengthen the people's livelihood to enrich the country and save the country. People with lofty ideals all over the world drink wine to celebrate. Where did the saying that the reform cannot be achieved?"

Guangxu smiled, raised his cup and drank it down.

"For several days in a row, several or even a dozen reform edicts were issued." He turned his wine glass upside down, "In the world, I'm afraid...everyone will think that I am a lunatic eager for quick success...you think so too. "

Lan Qin shook her head and filled the wine glass he handed over again.

"If it's possible..." Guangxu lowered his head, and there seemed to be a lot of grievances in his eyes, but it flashed past, "If it was possible, I wish I could go slower, and slower... But from the very beginning, I knew these so-called The new law of the Qing Dynasty will become a joke one day. I have no other way, Xiao Lanzi, I can only and must use such an extreme way to tell the world how far the Qing Dynasty can actually go... because I know, I will never Here's the chance. I don't have time."

It turns out that he has already penetrated all kinds of things that he has not seen through.Lan Qin was heartbroken, suppressed her sadness, and jokingly said, "What is the Lord Long Live talking about? The slave is so ignorant, why can't he understand a word."

"If you really don't understand, maybe everything... no, everything will still be the same."

"It's an honor to be defeated!" Lan Qin blurted out somehow.

"So... you knew from the very beginning that I would lose." Guangxu raised his head and looked directly into Lan Qin's eyes.

Lan Qin's hand holding the flagon stopped in mid-air.

"Xiao Lanzi, Ito Hirobumi's advance meeting date, before it was actually conveyed to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, I only told you. Right." Guangxu's expression did not change at all, and he also smiled.

After a while, Lan Qin showed a relieved smile on his face.Solemnly, he lowered his horseshoe sleeves and knelt down in front of Guangxu. "The slave deserves death."

Guangxu asked: "From the very beginning, isn't it?"

"From the very beginning."

Lan Qin thought he would be furious, for a long time, but only heard him say leisurely: "Ten years..."

The liver and intestines are broken. "My lord... the servant knows that it's useless to talk too much. I just want to die."

Guangxu smiled wryly, "Mr. Lan, you are joking. I can't protect myself, so how can I give the power to die..."

Lan Qin tried her best not to burst into tears.After ten years of waking up from a dream, there will be no relationship in the future.His suffering is his own suffering from now on.His difficulties are his own difficulties from now on.From now on, everything about him will have nothing to do with him.But how can this debt-like master-servant friendship be broken just by saying it?

"Master... the slave's crime is destined by God, the slave can't escape... it's just—" Gritting his teeth and swallowing hot tears, he suddenly felt that there were many things he wanted to say, but how could he say it? "It's almost autumn, the old injury on your left hand, remember to apply hot compresses..."

Taking a long breath, Guangxu seemed to be forcing himself to suppress everything, filled Lanqin's wine glass on the table with his trembling left hand, bowed down, and handed it to him.

Lan Qin's face was full of tears, she also took the wine glass tremblingly, and drank it down in one gulp.

Guangxu leaned into his ear and whispered, "...I never want to see you again," he was still smiling, "Get lost."

When it was almost dawn.The Forbidden City is very quiet.

Cixi called Da Qier and sat in the middle of the Hall of Mental Cultivation.It was still dark, and almost no one could see her gloomy face clearly.

King Qing, King Duan, the Minister of Military Aircraft and other officials above the second rank all knelt on the court.Officials of the third and fourth ranks knelt outside the hall densely.

Guangxu knelt in front of the throne alone, with an eight-foot-long bamboo pole in front of him.

This is the family law of the Qing Dynasty.

"The world is the world of our ancestors, how dare you act recklessly! These court ministers are all trained and selected by me to assist you for many years, and you don't use them! Find the Japanese pirate Ito Hirobumi to be my foreign affairs adviser in the Qing Dynasty. You are treason Do you know! How dare you collude with rebellion! You rebellious son!"

Guangxu was startled, "Dear father, why did the ministers collude and rebel?!"

"Look at what this is!" A folded edict was thrown from the throne. "How dare you issue a secret edict to ask the Kang party to plot against me, what are you colluding with and rebelling against?"

Guangxu picked up the booklet, and was stunned by her unreasonable questioning: "Dear father, I will never dare to let Kang Youwei..."

"Then why is this secret edict in Kang Youwei's house! How dare you ask Yuan Shikai to encircle the Summer Palace?! You are so disloyal and unfilial, even if you are placed in the home of ordinary people, you should have been escorted to the court for punishment! Colluded with the party, ignored the ancestors, Disobedient offender, I deserve to beat you to death in this court today! I am worthy of my ancestors, just pretend that I have never raised you! The Aixinjueluo family has never had you as a descendant!"

Guangxu's thoughts are chaotic at this time, he has no time to think about the ins and outs of the matter.Who came up with the idea of ​​a coup d'état, who went to find Yuan Shikai, and how Yuan Shikai conveyed the news to the top...all are unknown. The words "besieged by soldiers" are undoubtedly confirmed.

Cixi suddenly choked up when she was sad, and tears welled up, "I don't understand, how can you hate me so much? I am your mother, and your real father... You were carried into the palace at the age of four, with a bone Not good, I raised it with my own hands, and I let the nanny take it with me occasionally, and you still have to sleep with me at night. You often wet the bed, and I have to get up and toss several times a night... You are afraid of thunder, and you will be frightened when you hear thunder Crying, I have to hold you and coax you for a long time before you are willing to calm down... I have worked hard to bring you up, you are in charge, you want to improve, you want to reform, I agree with you from the bottom of my heart, I did not stop You...I stay in the yard all day, what's bothering you? You treat me like this...I really don't understand..."

Cixi was already sobbing.

Yu Zhong, who failed in the reform, was ashamed of Huaxia; Yu Xiao, who had no Yan Liezong after raising troops to encircle him.

Guangxu closed his eyes desperately.

In a trance, a pontoon bridge appeared in front of him.It twists and turns, leading to a small island in the middle of the lake.

In the haze of water smoke, a cool palace slowly appeared.It is Yingtai.

One bridge, one island, one hall.

From then on, it was all his world.

Cixi said that those little eunuchs who followed the emperor were too impetuous, so they were all replaced.

"Where's Zhen'er?" He asked the eunuch who just arrived today.

"Master Zhen was thrown into limbo yesterday."

"Lenggong?!" He couldn't believe his ears.

"Well, it's in the North Three of East Road."

"But...but why?"

"This slave doesn't know. Maybe Master Zhen contradicted Lafayette."

After hearing this, Guangxu couldn't help but start to go to Beisan Institute.Walking outside Han Yuan's gate, he was stunned.The pontoon bridge was dismantled at some point.

It turned out that he was completely imprisoned here.Who ever thought it would be like this.

Facing the north, separated by this square of Haizi, and separated by thousands of high walls, Guangxu repeatedly shouted: "Dad, Erchen certainly made a mistake, so why bother to implicate her?"Why bother to implicate her?implicate her? ...

There were echoes.

His cry of blood was heard throughout the Forbidden City.

But there was no answer.

"Lafayette." Lan Qin stood respectfully outside the gate of Chuxiu Palace.

"Come in, Xiao Lanzi, what are you doing standing outside?"

"Greetings to Lafayette..." Lan Qin walked in, kneeling stiffly.

Cixi's heart sank, "I have worked hard for you for many years. You don't have to think so much. From now on, you will still be in my Chuxiu Palace."

"Thank you Lafayette for your grace."

From then on, Lan Qin put away all his worries, changed into a new skin, and intelligently maneuvered in Chuxiu Palace.People say that Vice President Lan is born with a good temper and is a pistachio bestowed on the Forbidden City by God.Lan Qin always greets people with a smiling face, can always make Lafayette happy without stealing Li Lianying's limelight, can always flatter the chief executive and deputy chief executive, and can always manage the ups and downs properly, while his own Joy, anger, sorrow, and joy seemed to have disappeared from now on.Always do more of what should be done, and say nothing of what should not be said.

Everything about the emperor has become an eternal taboo in Lan Qin's mouth.

And only Lan Qin knew that after these ten years, he could never go back to the past, and he was no longer that little eunuch who would cry when he saw Lafayette's benevolent face.

From then on, there was a person in his life, but at this moment of separation, in the softest part of his heart, sprouted and took root.

In the middle of the night when there is no need to show others with a mask, the smile engraved in that person's mind will slowly climb to his heart, biting his nerves like a blunt file.

Sometimes in my dreams, I would dream that I was combing that person's hair.Weave the braids one by one, take out the braids from the Canaan fragrant wood beads, and then take the silver clips of lotus cloisonné enamel and fasten them at the root of the braids.This is enough.Just standing behind him, occasionally, occasionally glanced at his thin but handsome face in the mirror.That's enough.

At this time, Lan Qin's sleeping face was full of smiles.

But often when he woke up from the dream, he was afraid that he would not be able to help calling out his name, so he covered his mouth and swallowed.

It's getting cold.How is he doing?

It is late autumn.

In the cold wind, ripples suddenly rose on the open water surface of Haizi, and with the rustling of fallen leaves, Guangxu felt that he was ten years older.

"Little Lanzi, bring me a coat."

Several old eunuchs looked at each other.

Guangxu himself was taken aback.Three months passed, and it was still his name that he spoke.

He laughed at himself.

There is no Ama Erniang.Master Weng is gone.Jane is gone.There is no Forbidden City.There is no country.

Even Lanqin is gone.

From then on, there is only one person left alone, watching the cold rain in the morning and the wind in the evening.