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Chapter 23 Prince Gong Yixin

Yihuan died, and the news reached the palace. The whole city was covered with mourning. Empress Dowager Cixi issued an imperial edict and stopped court for seven days. However, during these seven days, she did not see me once. Daily news came from the people arranged by Zai Tang. The Empress Dowager spoke to Prince Qing, and the Empress Dowager spoke to Duke Cheng'en. The Empress Dowager ordered Duke Cheng to lead the guards, the inner minister of the guards, and the Manchu chief of the Zhenglan Banner, the Empress Dowager spoke to Prince Rui, Pu Jun, the Empress Dowager spoke to Prince Li Shiduo, and the Manchu chief of the Zhenghuang Banner, and the Manchu chief of the Zhengbai Banner, and Nahele, the Manchu chief of the Zhengbai Banner... Although there was no clear statement, as long as someone with a slightly sensitive sense of politics, it can be seen that it is only a matter of time before and after. (Note: The Minister of the Emperor of the Leader, the General Manager of the Guard, is commonly known as the General Manager of the Guards, and has six people, two of them each of the Inlain Huang, Zhenghuang and Zhengbai Banners.)

I was worried and anxious in the study of Yangxin Palace. Although there was no danger in these seven days, Cixi would not attack me during Prince Chun's mourning, which was too much. But I did nothing. In addition to Zai Ding, only Weng Tonghe came to see me every day. Although Teacher Weng felt the danger, he was helpless. After my reminder and repeated persuasion, he put down his opinion of the world and was willing to pass on a message with Prince Gong Yixin, the leader of the Westernization Clan he looked down upon. It was not until the fifth day that good news came from Prince Gong. He told me that a group of royal families supported me, and another group of royal families agreed to remain neutral.

I then let go of my heart. I had already discussed with Zai Ting. If it really didn't work, the guards would kill Cixi in one fell swoop, and then asked the queen Longyu to call his timid father to put him under house arrest. Then, in the name of Cixi's serious illness, she recruited Prince Qing, Prince Rui, Gangyi and others to take it down and ask for it on the spot. Although it was a bit risky, it was about to come. If I didn't bet once, I would die!

Fortunately, Prince Gong gave me a reassurance.

In addition to the power of Prince Gong and the former Prince Chun family, I also joined the Xishan Camp (Jianrui Camp), the deputy commander of the Han Army of the Inlaid White Banner, Feng Sheng A, the admiral of the Fengtiansheng horse-built army, led 17,000 horse-built troops to arrive day and night, and are expected to arrive in Beijing in two days. There are so many military aspects, and among the royal family, only Yimo Beile clearly expressed support. In addition, most of them expressed neutrality, especially Prince Li Shiduo, Prince Rui Kuibin, and Prince Shuncheng County. The three princes of Nehele, who were relatively estranged in blood, did not express any opinions on the abolition of the establishment, but the three princes all expressed their constraining and deployment and did not allow them to act rashly. Shi Duo was the Manchu governor of the Zhenghuang Banner, Kuibin was the Manchu governor of the Inlaid White Banner, and Nehele was the Manchu governor of the Zhengbai Banner. The soldiers of these three banners would not be moved without the instructions of the emperor and Prince Gong. However, if they were asked to send troops to attack the Empress Dowager, they would never be allowed.

More importantly, Enzo introduced me to a person through Zai Bing, the commander of the infantry army, Hui Chong. Speaking of which, the two of them had a friendship with each other, so they were the respected admiral of the Nine Gate, but they had a relationship with Enzo. In addition, Hui Chong was appointed as the admiral of the Nine Gate, and Enzo was able to connect with Prince Chun. Due to his special identity, he was not seen in Prince Chun's mansion that day. (The commander of the infantry army, commonly known as the Admiral of the Nine Gate.)

Although he was appointed by Empress Dowager Cixi, he was also the direct descendant of Prince Chun. He was very resentful to me, but was bewitched by Cixi's methods and believed that I was greedy for fame and killed my father. But today I went to Prince Chun's mansion with Enzo to kowtow, and then I learned the truth. Inspired by Enzo, I came to cry and expressed my loyalty.

(Author's note: Although Yi Xin had a bad reputation in the later period, she was extremely strong in the early period. During the Tongzhi period, Cixi wanted to get rid of him several times, but every time she was opposed by all military ministers and officials in the court. By the Guangxu period, I could not take a closer look at the team, so I could only say it based on my intuition. Yi Xin was the emperor of Guangxu because of her personality, after she became emperor, she immediately broke off her wings to prevent accidents. The two brothers took different paths. Cixi took advantage of Yi Xin to the throne, while in the late period of Guangxu, she was full of wings, and important gangs were Prince Qing, Rong Lu, etc. Among them, Zai Yi and his son were later due to the fact that Zai Yi was later.

For the Boxer Rebellion, foreigners came to kill Cixi to vent their anger and also wanted to please foreigners. Therefore, Yi Xin was sad at this moment and died. Moreover, Yi Xin was too arrogant and always believed that this country should be his, so he felt a certain pain for the country. As for whether the plot here is reasonable or not, readers would probably scold me. Let me explain my brief opinion here... Prince Gong Yi Xin had a poem "Drinking alone on the day of Yuan Dynasty" in the late year. The last sentence said: I wrote a short story to chase the past, and a dream of chun is not clear. The meaning is very clear.)

Standing opposite were Prince Qing, Prince Rui and several Beile Beizi. In comparison, if we are from the royal family, we are not opponents, and those who are from the martial arts will have a fight, but it is also a situation where both sides suffer losses.

As for the ministers, Weng Tonghe replied that the ministers rarely spoke about this matter, and I didn't care about this. The key is that Li Hongzhang, the governor of Zhili and the minister of Beiyang, was of great importance. I immediately wrote a handwritten order, indicating that Li Hongzhang could not mobilize a soldier without my handwritten order, and asked Weng Tonghe to send him personally. Unexpectedly, he refused to go to find Li Hongzhang when he died. In desperation, I had to find Zai and ask him to find someone who was absolutely loyal and bold and meticulous. If Li Hongzhang did not obey the order, he would immediately rectify the law!

Zai Ting took the order and later learned that he had gone to find Prince Gong. Prince Gong sent his son Zai Ying to Tianjin to monitor Li Hongzhang himself. Yi Xin also added a special order, if the situation was urgent, he could force Li Hongzhang to lead his army to Beijing to serve the king if necessary. The local governors and governors led by Zhang Zhidong also wrote letters, saying that the emperor should not be abolished. For a moment, the court and the country were shocked. (The Huai Army and Beiyang were roughly equivalent to Li Hongzhang's private army, so he could not kill and could only coerce.)

My eyes fell back to the palace. Langwei and Suwei should be managed by Cixi's younger brother Guixiang, and my younger brother entered the palace shortly after. Although he had the foundation left by the old Yihuan for him in the past, and Yihuan's death also gained a lot of sympathy, this also made many people secretly blame me for not knowing how to be filial to my father. In the final analysis, Cixi blamed me for being too serious. Her father was seriously ill and the emperor was still greedy for his reputation. He held his father to kneel down and greet him. In short, many people who did not know the truth were bewitched. In this way, Guixiang was generally controlled by the palace.

Judging from the situation, the most critical point is concentrated on Gui Xiang.

Thinking of this, I suddenly slapped my thigh. Hey, why didn’t I expect that Gui Xiang is not only Cixi’s younger brother, but also Longyu’s father? Longyu is now a key figure, so I must coax her well! I have decided to call Xiao Dezi and go to Zhongcui Palace.

In addition to Li Hongzhang, Xiao Dezi was another eunuch who knew that Cixi ordered me to serve the whole story. Moreover, his identity was originally from Cixi's faction, so his words were naturally convincing. With just a few words, Longyu believed me and I explained to him in detail the plan. Once I was abolished, Longyu's own destiny would not be much better. Between her husband and aunt, Longyu finally made the right decision, and she would convince her father Guixiang and let him remain neutral.

With an anxious attitude, sexual matters are naturally put aside. We hugged each other that night, secretly praying for the future of the couple.

The next morning, a message came from Prince Chun’s funeral. Zai Bing no longer stayed in the palace for no reason and hurried back to the palace to attend the funeral. Gui Xiang was not far away from Cixi, making Longyu unable to start.

That night, Prince Chun Yihuan was buried in the tomb. Zaifeng knew the importance of it, so he asked Zaiwen to secretly return overnight and come to my side. After listening to my analysis, Zaiwen was quite anxious. He even said something like he would assassinate Cixi tonight. After being scolded by me, he buried himself in the chair in a little frustration.

Seeing him like this, I was both angry and funny. In front of Longyu, he also said that he wanted to kill Cixi. That would have pushed my wife to the opposite side, so how could he do this?... He enlightened him: "Zaifeng, don't say that the Old Buddha has great kindness to me, even if he is an old lady from an ordinary family, she is my concubine. I just want to keep this position so that I can be worthy of the country passed down by my ancestors. But I have no intention of killing, Zaifeng, don't be wrong."

"Hmph! She has a big fuck..." Zai Feng said halfway, when I saw him getting up again, I quickly shouted: "Zai Feng! Don't forget that your mother is her own sister!", and repeatedly winked at Zai Feng. I said this to Longyu. Maybe there is another eunuch outside who is not very eye-catching, which is the eyes and ears of Cixi, and they always believe that I don't have the heart to be defeated.

Longyu didn't make any big moves after hearing this, but just sighed lightly and said, "Zai Bing, it's night, you go out. I have something to say with the emperor."

I quickly signaled to run out.

Longyu sighed deeply again and looked at me and said quietly: "Master, let's... let's go to see the Old Buddha tomorrow. At worst, I will fight for this life and always protect you..." Before he finished speaking, tears had already flowed down. I hugged her and comforted her, but I was thinking about tomorrow's plan in my heart. Gangyi, Gangyi, why haven't you come to see Cixi? I've been waiting for you for a long time!
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