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Chapter 262 The Doomsday of the Qing Court (6)

That night, Cixi did not sleep well overnight and had two nightmares. The first was that she dreamed that she had not had time to leave the palace and was captured by the People's Army. A group of vicious soldiers rushed into the palace and dragged themselves off the throne. She was then put on a sinful suit and got thrown into a prison car. She paraded on the streets of Beijing and was scolded by countless onlookers along the way, throwing miscellaneous items, and being humiliated. She was finally dragged to Caishikou for investigation and prosecution.

Just as the executioner waved his knife, Cixi woke up from her sleep. The eunuchs who were watching the night were so panicked that they were all busy serving her, fearing that Cixi would get angry again.

After Cixi calmed down, she realized that she had a nightmare. It was only the third day of the day. Looking at the eunuchs and the palace maids were all in panic, Cixi couldn't help feeling sad, so she couldn't bear to scold them anymore. She just drank a few sips of water and then went to bed again.

In a daze, the door of the bedroom opened with a "creaking" sound, and a cold wind blew in from the door, blowing the curtain open. Cixi was clever and sat up from the bed. When she looked left and right, the eunuchs and palace maids disappeared. And just when Cixi woke up, she heard footsteps and saw someone coming in from outside the door. Cixi calmly looked at it and saw that the man was wearing a crown on his head, a rolling dragon robe, and a court bead hanging on his chest. Yanran was dressed as the emperor. She just couldn't see his appearance clearly.

Cixi only said that it was Guangxu, and she felt a little calmer, saying, "If you don't rest in the palace, what are you doing here?"

The man suddenly said, "Lan'er, let's see who I am?"

The sound was familiar, but it was obviously not Guangxu. "Lan'er" is Cixi's nickname. It has not been called out for many years. Suddenly, Cixi's heart was shocked and she said tremblingly: "Emperor... Emperor, is it... you?"

The man said, "Who is it if I am not me?" He said that, and walked two steps forward. Under the candlelight, this man looked beautiful and elegant, and was the husband of Emperor Xianfeng Yizhu and Cixi.

Cixi couldn't help but feel heartbroken. She hurriedly got up from the bed, knelt on the ground, and said tremblingly: "Emperor...Emperor...Where are you from..."

Xianfeng sneered and said, "Lan'er, you have done a good deed. When I return to heaven, I will entrust the Qing Dynasty to you. I just hope that you can be self-reliant, support the new king, work hard to govern, and revive the Qing Dynasty. What have you done in the past forty years? Are you worthy of my instructions to you?"

Cixi said in a trembling voice: "Emperor... I dare not forget the emperor's instructions!"

Xianfeng snorted and said, "You haven't forgotten my instructions? I have just returned to heaven and my body has not yet been cold. You colluded with Lao Liu to launch a coup and kill the regent ministers appointed by me. Is this how you keep forgetting my instructions?"

Cixi shivered all over and said, "Those are Lao Liu's proposals, and I can't help myself!"

Xianfeng said sternly: "Shut up, you dare to deceive me. Sushun, Mu Yin, and Kuang Yuan have come to the underworld to tell you, and Lao Liu has confessed all of them, thinking I don't know! Besides, you later killed Empress Dowager Ci'an and forced Lao Liu to retreat. For more than 40 years, you have been in power in the court alone, but you have been arrogant, bullying the emperor and abandoning the state affairs. Now the Qing Dynasty is in danger and is about to overthrow. How can you meet me and what can you meet the ancestors of the Qing Dynasty?"

Although Cixi had been in power for more than 40 years and had killed Kokang, she didn't even dare to be generous in front of Xianfeng. One reason was that she was just a concubine in front of Xianfeng, and all the power base came from Xianfeng. The ethics of the Three Bonds and Five Constant Virtues were still quite binding on Cixi; the other reason was that Xianfeng was a dead person. Since ancient times, China has been the most deceased, and Cixi really felt guilty, so she dared to argue, knelt on the ground, and her whole body was shaking.

At this time, I heard footsteps again, and more than 10 people came in one after another, all of whom were in the same imperial clothes. When Cixi looked at it, it was Daoguang, Jiaqing, Qianlong, Yongzheng, Kangxi and other kings of the Qing dynasties. Xianfeng also knelt down on the ground and said, "The unworthy descendant Yizhu has seen his ancestors and ancestors."

I heard one person say, "Is the great Qing Dynasty ruined the hands of this woman?"

Xianfeng said in a trembling voice: "My son is unfilial and misbelieve in the Yehenara clan, which makes the strange ruler of the country. His son is unforgivable to be forgiven and is willing to be punished by his ancestors."

Another person said, "Okay, we will kill Yehenara today and punish you again."

As they said that, they all surrounded the ridges, raised the sticks in their hands, and hit Cixi in their faces.

Cixi knelt on the ground, not daring to move, so she could only shout: "Give up your life, and let your life be spared."

At this moment, someone said again: "God of Lady, don't be afraid! Lord of Lady, don't be afraid..."

When Cixi opened her eyes again, she found that she was still lying on the bed, and her palace maids and eunuchs were surrounded by her side. Then she realized that she had another nightmare, but this nightmare touched Cixi's fragility in her heart. She still believed in the theory of ghosts and gods. Therefore, when she looked back, Cixi was really a little scared.

After calming down, Cixi said, "What time is it now."

A eunuch said, "I'll say to Mr. Lamceu. It's not until the fifth day of the day, but it's almost over. Mr. Lamceu can sleep for a while."

Cixi realized that her clothes were wet with cold sweat, but she didn't want to sleep anymore and said, "I can't sleep at this moment, so I'd better get up."

The eunuchs and palace maids did not dare to neglect them, so they hurriedly took clean clothes to serve Cixi to change them, and then served Cixi to dress and comb her hair and wash.

After getting up, Cixi discovered that there were several broken bottles and cup fragments on the ground, probably when the eunuchs and palace maids were busy just now, and there was no time to clean up. The eunuchs and palace maids were so scared that they trembled all over, standing aside at a loss, with a look of horror in their eyes. I wonder who the bad luck came to this time.

Cixi looked for a while, sighed, and said, "Let's put these broken ones away and clean them up. Go and see if the emperor has gotten up!" After saying that, she stood up and left the bedroom.

The eunuchs and palace maids were relieved and finally escaped. So some people followed Cixi and some rushed to the Qianqing Palace to inform Guangxu to get up. It was not yet time to get up, but Cixi had already gotten up, so Guangxu naturally could not sleep anymore, so he hurriedly washed up and rushed to Cining Palace to pay tribute to Cixi.

Although the emperor and the empress both got up early today, they did not get too early. Therefore, they talked for a while in the Cining Palace, and it was almost time to gossip. After the two of them had breakfast, it was clear that it was clear. At this time, Prince Qing Yili and Prince Chun Zaifeng came to the palace to report that the military carriages and horses and horses were ready to get up, and the other military ministers had entered the palace and were waiting outside the military aircraft.

Although he was ready to run away, he still had to leave some of the motions that should be gone, not to mention that the People's Army has not yet attacked, so there is no need to worry. So Cixi and Guangxu invited all the military ministers in Zhenghe Hall. They also exempted Zhang Zhidong, Natong, Yulang and Xu Shichang, the four ministers who stayed in Beijing. Of course, the ministers also wished Cixi a smooth trip to Guangxu's Summer Palace. The atmosphere was very harmonious and there was no big difference between them.

After these incidents, Cixi and Guangxu got up and left Zhenghe Hall, Zhang Zhidong, Natong, Yulang and Xu Shichang, the four ministers, kept sending them out of the Meridian Gate.

At this time, dozens of large carts were parked outside the Meridian Gate, all of which had their horses and hundreds of honor guards. This time, when Cixi and Guangxu went to the Summer Palace, Cixi and Guangxu did not bring many people. On the one hand, there were too many people and traveled slowly; on the other hand, too many people would also affect the hearts of the people in Beijing. Therefore, this time, only 500 honor guards and more than 1,000 imperial guards were brought. After all, there were more than 3,000 imperial guards stationed in the Summer Palace. It was completely enough to defend the safety of Cixi and Guangxu.

This time I left without a hurry, so Guangxu's concubines and the eunuchs and palace maids who served were able to bring them. However, Guangxu did not have many concubines, and there were only Empress Longyu, Concubine Zhen, Concubine Jin and others. During the Gengzi State, he only brought Empress Longyu. Concubine Jin fled, and the other concubines fell in Beijing. After returning to Beijing, Guangxu did not accept a new concubine. Now there are only Empress Longyu and Concubine Jin in the harem.

At that time, Cixi and Guangxu took a carriage together. Empress Longyu and Concubine Jin each took a carriage. Cixi's personal palace maids and eunuchs took a carriage. The other two were eunuchs who had status and power in the palace. The rest were loaded with luggage items from Cixi, Guangxu and others. The four ministers including Yili, Zaifeng, Dai Hongci, Yinchang were all riding horses on both sides of Cixi and Guangxu's carriage. After everyone got on the carriage, Cixi ordered to set off. Then the group of people and carriages set off and left the palace from Zhengyangmen.

The Summer Palace is about 15 kilometers northwest of Beijing. In the past, when Cixi and Guangxu traveled, they would go out of Beijing by Yongding Gate in the south. After leaving the city, they would take about 10 kilometers of roads. But now the People's Army has entered Sifang Railway Station in the southeast of Beijing and then traveled from the city gate in the south. Wouldn't they intend to confront the People's Army?

Therefore, at this time, we cannot pay too much attention. After leaving Zhengyang Gate, the convoy of people and horses turned west and walked along the city wall around the west Fucheng Gate to the city. Fucheng Gate was originally a water truck, but this time it actually passed the palace convoy.

After leaving Fuchengmen, the convoy headed west along the street outside Fuchengmen, walking about 5 or 6 kilometers to reach Balizhuang. Although the convoy had only more than 1,500 people, the movement was still very slow. In addition, it took a lot of time to go through the motions in the palace. Therefore, it had been nearly 3 hours when the convoy arrived at Balizhuang, and it was almost 9 o'clock in the morning.
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