Chapter 2 Death
Mingyue of the Great Song Dynasty http://www./0_1/ Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, the little Zai Tian is already 4 years old. The child, who is already 26 years old, still has to pretend to be like a child who is only 4 years old, no matter what he says and does.
"Little Prince, please slow down." Cuixi followed the little prince out and said in a hurry.
"Don't follow me, I want to play alone." Zai Tian stopped and pouted at his nanny.
"I won't follow you, what should I do if you fall?"
"Go away! Go away," Zai Tian said angrily.
"Okay, I'll go away. Be careful yourself." Cuixi had no choice but to stop.
At the entrance of the stone steps of Prince Chun’s mansion, a luxurious Beijing horse-drawn sedan parked next to the copper lion outside the mansion. Prince Gong walked out of the sedan chair, and Princess Gulun, who came with him, rode a tall horse, and she jumped off the horse briskly.
When the guard saw that it was their father and daughter, he quickly opened the door and knelt down and shouted: "Sixth Master is auspicious, the eldest princess is auspicious."
Prince Chun, wearing a rich robe, was slender and handsome. When he heard the servant report that Prince Gong was coming, he quickly walked out of the living room and smiled and said, "Brother Six, why are you here on a heavy snow day today?"
"It's okay today. Gulun wants to see Zai Tian, so he brought her here. Gulun, why don't he call Uncle Qi?"
"Uncle Qi, where is Zai Tian?" Princess Gulun asked hurriedly.
"I'm going to play with my nurse in the back garden now, so I'll go find him by myself."
"Uncle Seven, Ama, I'm going." After that, he ran to the back garden.
Prince Gong walked into the living room and sat down on the noble red sandalwood chair. After a while, the servant brought tea. Prince Chun quickly handed over the pipe. Prince Gong took out a cigar from his clothes, lit it with a match, and took a sip.
"My Sixth Brother likes foreign things, so I can't stand that one," Prince Chun said with a smile.
Prince Gong said to several servants: "You all go down."
Seeing that Prince Gong's face was solemn, Prince Chun hurriedly sat down in the seat next to him.
"Lao Qi, the emperor... the emperor is probably not able to do it."
The paper coal from Prince Chun fell to the ground. He bent down and picked it up, saying in surprise: "Is that so? You... have you entered the palace?"
"The Emperor summoned me..." Prince Gong wanted to say "What did the Emperor say?" Prince Chun stared at him and asked anxiously, "The Emperor said..."
Prince Gong stopped again, took a deep breath of cigarette, looked at Prince Chun with his eyes sharply, and said nothing. After a while, he continued: "Lao Qi, this time, I'm afraid we are going to join forces again like we were in Rehe back then."
At this moment, the little Zai Tian stood alone by the pond. He held the railing and looked at the colorful fish in the water. He said in his heart: If you remember correctly, it should be my turn to ascend the throne this year, why didn’t there be any movement? If I become an emperor, how could I live with Cixi, the most vicious woman in Chinese history? I have to find someone to get rid of her.
Cui Xi looked at the spoiled little prince and couldn't help but mutter: "This child likes to play alone and speak alone... Who should he listen to?"
Princess Gulun came over and saw Cuixi muttering alone, and asked curiously: "Cuixi, what are you muttering alone here?"
Cui Xi turned her head and saw that it was Princess Gulun. She quickly lowered her head and bent down to bow to Princess Gulun and said, "It's the eldest princess. I'm talking about the little prince. He always likes to play alone and prevents us from getting close to him."
"Is that true?" Princess Gulun smiled and said that when the eldest princess was coming, Xiao Zai Tian hurried to her and said happily to the eldest princess: "Sister, I miss you so much."
"Let me hug you first." Gulun picked up Zai Tian and kissed his cute little face hard.
In the living room, Prince Chun and Prince Gong were still sitting in the living room chatting. Prince Gong said: "The emperor is afraid that his deadline is approaching. He knows that the Queen Mother Citizen does not like Queen Arut. Once he dies, he is worried that Queen Arut will be sent to the cold palace... Even the queen's pregnant child cannot be saved."
"He wanted to entrust Queen Arut and her fetus to you, so that she could preserve Queen Arut's status in the harem, and his bones and blood could also inherit the throne. The emperor is so smart!" said Prince Chun.
"Think about it, Empress Dowager Cialis is disliked by the Queen. If the Emperor really dies, can I protect her? Besides, if the Emperor dies, the Queen is only three months pregnant now, so the throne cannot be empty all the time. And the one born may not be the prince!" Prince Gong said worriedly.
Prince Chun stopped, frowned and said, "Yes, don't talk about others. I heard that the fifth brother had already had the idea to take his son Lian to the throne."
"Where are two more empress dowagers? Will they launch their respective candidates? If this is the case, then the world will be in chaos." Prince Gong said.
"This kind of thing must not be allowed to happen. I remember that when Emperor Xianfeng died, Sushun and Duanhua
The chaos and the marriage was hurt http://www.77nt/18604/ and the ministers in charge wanted to control the government, Sushun even wanted to be the emperor himself... In the end, wasn't it also subdued by our brothers?" Prince Chun said.
"If we had no alliance between the two Empress Dowagers, we would not be able to deal with Sushun and others. Do you know? What I worry most about now is not others, but Empress Dowager Cixi." Prince Gong said worriedly.
"Isn't the emperor her own son? She probably won't..." Prince Chun said in doubt.
"You don't know what kind of person Empress Dowager Cialis is, right? Back then, we arrested Sushun and Duanhua and the others, but we didn't want to kill them, but Empress Dowager Cialis pulled Sushun to Caishikou and beheaded Duanhua and exiled Duanhua to Xinjiang. Many people were even killed by nine clans. Her heart was cruel." Prince Gong looked at him.
Prince Chun nodded and his eyebrows rose.
The magnificent Forbidden City is shrouded in a hint of coolness, the yellow glazed tiles are shining with cold white light, and the tall and magnificent palace is like mountains, desolate and severe, with the cold north wind roaring between its beams and its double eaves.
The Forbidden City stood like a gloomy and huge castle on a vast and white horizon. The endless moat stopped sobbing, and everything seemed to be silent. The soldiers outside the palace stood motionless, with no expression on their faces.
Prince Chun sent off Prince Gong and walked out of the living room and walked to the back garden. The sunset was setting and the golden glow filled the treetops. In the dusk, the little Zai Tian looked at the sky alone. Prince Chun hurriedly walked to his son and said, "Zai Tian, why are you here alone? Where is Cui Xi?"
Cui Xi walked over from behind the tree and hurriedly said, "Prince, I'm here. Princess Gulun just left, and the little prince won't let me follow you."
"Zai Tian, what are you looking at?" Prince Chun hugged his son with love.
Although Zai Tian was only four years old, he retained all the memories of his previous life. Of course, he knew the preferences of the first generation of Prince Chun. He said nonsense: "Ama, his ancestor Emperor Kangxi ascended the throne at the age of eight, and defeated Taiwan. Ama and Liu Bolian were dealt with Sushun at the age of twenty-one. Protected the orthodox throne of the Qing Dynasty! I will be as outstanding as Ama when I grow up. I am already four years old and grown up. I want to ask Ama to allow her to start learning horse riding and archery tomorrow!"
Prince Chun looked at his son blankly, feeling a lot of emotion. What he was proud of throughout his life was to deal with Sushun's gang of rioters. Now, after his son said it, it was even sweeter, especially compared with Kangxi, which directly raised his vanity to the greatest extent!!! Looking at his four-year-old child, he said: "Child, the Qing Dynasty is now a troublesome. You should study hard and assist the emperor in bringing our Qing Dynasty into the ranks of world powers in the future. You don't have to be angry with those foreigners."
Little Zai Tian looked at the excited father and smiled and said, "Ama, you agreed. I want to learn horse riding, archery, martial arts from Master Luo, and protect Ama in the future, mom!"
Looking at his dancing son, Prince Chun nodded gently and ordered Luo Minghai, the leader of the martial arts master in the mansion, to lead people to make small bows and knifes overnight, and to teach the little prince martial arts tomorrow.
The sunset shone golden light on Cixi's bedroom, dazzling, and the lanterns had ignited their bright eyes.
At this time, Prince Gong had been led here by Li Lianying. He walked away uneasy, brushed his sleeves, and fell to the ground: "I pay homage to the Queen Mother."
"Sixth Master is here, get up quickly. Little Li, look at the seat." Cixi turned around.
"Zha, Master Six, please sit down." Li Lianying said.
Cixi looked at him calmly and said, "Sixth Master, I'm asking you to come today because I want to discuss something with you."
"Please speak with the Queen Mother." Prince Gong sat down. "The emperor has not been in good health these days, and he has become increasingly unsatisfied in the past few days." Cixi stared at him and tested.
Prince Gong remained silent.
Seeing that he was not cheating, Cixi said with a word: "I heard that Sixth Master has seen the Emperor today?"
Prince Gong was shocked, then browsed and said, "Yes, I have seen the emperor today."
"What did the emperor say?" Cixi asked hurriedly.
"The emperor is a little worried about the country and the country." Prince Gong hesitated for a while and stopped again.
"Sixth Master, we are not outsiders, tell me, what if the emperor... do you think is the most suitable for inheriting the throne?" Cixi said directly.
The atmosphere in the room suddenly became tense, and Prince Gong sat there calmly, not panic. After a while, he calmly said: "I dare not guess."
Cixi knew that he was hiding it and didn't want to say it, and smiled and said, "Sixth Master, you have nothing to hide from me."
"I dare not"
"I also heard that the emperor plans to spread the word "Liu Master," Cixi pressed step by step.
"The Empress Dowager" Prince Gong looked at her in surprise. "The Sixth Master is now in a high position and is not moved by the emperor's dragon throne?" Cixi said sarcastically on the carpet.
"The Empress Dowager is clear, but I really have no intention of disobedience! The Empress Dowager should know that if I wanted to usurp the throne and seek power, I could have done this as early as the time when the late emperor Rehe died." Prince Gong replied without any worries or humility.
"Yes, when the late emperor passed away, you held the power of all power in Beijing. Prince Chun Lao Qi was the commander of the capital and the security of the capital and the palace. Although Sushun and others were the emperor's ministers, they were far away in Rehe. With just one order, the country and the country will be salivated to you." Cixi stared at his face.
Prince Gong remained silent and didn't know what to say for a moment.
Cixi looked at his expression, and for a while, her face became softer. She turned around and sat down, looked at him and said, "Sixth Master, I am telling you a joke, Little Li, serve tea for Sixth Master. Brew the Longjing that Li Hongzhang gave me, and let Sixth Master taste it."
At night, Cixi came to Ci'an's bedroom. Ci'an's bedroom was also decorated with magnificent beauty. Ci'an was kind and upright, and Tongzhi was very close to her. Ci'an had no son, and the only prince was very caring and caring, and treated her as his own. Over time, Tongzhi felt that Ci'an was his own mother. At this moment, the two wanted to sit down. Cixi talked about Tongzhi's illness, and their faces looked sad. Ci'an sat on the carved seat of Rosewood and Jade, sighed: "I didn't expect that the emperor would get this incurable disease at a young age."
"Sister, it's too late to feel sad now. We must think about the people who will succeed the throne. If the emperor... we are ready." Cixi said urgently.
"Is the emperor's illness really that serious?" Ci'an asked in confusion.
"I went to the palace just now, and the emperor probably can't stand tonight," said Cixi.
Ci'an was so sad that he sobbed.
"Sister, stop crying. Do you know how many people are staring at the throne? If the trouble is not good, there will be chaos in the world and the heads of the people will fall! We must choose Emperor Chengsi now, otherwise it will be too late!"
Ci'an looked up at Cixi and asked, "Does sister have an idea?"
After a while, Cixi finally expressed her thoughts: "I think Prince Chun's eldest son, the four-year-old Zai Tianjitong, is very appropriate."
In the evening, in the deserted Donghunting Pavilion of the Tongzhi Sleeping Palace, a huge red candle flashed in the wind, swaying lonely and lonely, as if it would be extinguished at any time.
Tongzhi turned over and exerted his strength and shouted shrillly: "Where is someone coming! I feel very uncomfortable..."
There was a silence around, and everything seemed to be dead.
"Mother, you are too vicious...Aren't I your own son? Isn't the tiger poisonous one yet... You cut off my diet and don't let the imperial doctor treat me...you..."
A drop of tears of despair rolled down the corner of Tongzhi's eyes, and his voice gradually weakened. One was raised indiscriminately into the air, as if he wanted to grab something. After a while, his eyes turned upwards, and his physically dropped, and his whole body stopped moving. Emperor Tongzhi, who had been dying for several days, finally exhausted the last trace of his life.
At this time, the candlelight burned out the last drop of candle tears and disappeared with a thud. In an instant, the entire palace fell into darkness. Li Lianying's excited ugly face gradually emerged from the darkness, looking particularly ferocious.
Chapter completed!