Li Lianying took Wang Chenhao to Wanshou Mountain to meet Cixi. When he arrived at Paiyun Hall, he asked Wang Chenhao to wait there, and he went up the mountain to report to Cixi first.

Li Lianying is a sleek person. Historically, he was a tycoon. He was Cixi's confidant and did not offend Guangxu. He was well aware of the rules of Mingzhe's self-protection, so he was invincible for decades.

Although Li Lianying found out that Wang Chenhao was not simple, he would not tell Empress Dowager Cixi in the original form that since she had collected Wang Chenhao's money, some words were not to be said.

No one would be so stupid that he could not get along with the God of Wealth. Wang Chenhao generously gave 5,000 taels of silver, but gave Li Lianying a generous impression and would not stir up trouble for him.

Li Lianying's words are naturally very important. Especially Cixi was suspicious. With Li Lianying, a close minister, giving her a shot first, it could be considered a big help to Wang Chenhao.

Li Lianying went to see Cixi and obviously wanted to say that for a while, it seemed a bit deserted to stay there in the huge Paiyun Hall.

This Paiyun Hall was originally the Great Baoen Yanshou Temple built by Qianlong for the 60th birthday of his mother. It was looted and burned by the British and French coalition forces during the Second Opium War. It was renamed Paiyun Hall when Cixi rebuilt it.

The word "Paiyun" is taken from Guo Pu's poem: "The immortal Paiyun Mountain, one-shoulder gold and silver platform". The Paiyun Hall is located in the center of the building in front of Wanshou Mountain and is also the most spectacular building complex in the Summer Palace, showing its royal style.

Wang Chenhao waited for about half an hour before he was summoned by Empress Dowager Cixi. With a beautiful female official leading the way, Wang Chenhao came to the west gate of the first attic of Foxiang Pavilion and stopped to wait for the order again.

The female official went in to report, and soon heard Xuan summoning the imperial edict: "The Admiral of Xuan Beiyang Navy, Senator of the First Class Baron Wang Chenhao, met with him!"

The sound came from the third floor, and then passed through the second floor, the first floor attic, and then passed five or six times before reaching Wang Chenhao.

Wang Chenhao sorted out his nervous mood, then lifted up his official robe and walked upstairs along the stairs. When he turned outside the east gate of Sanchong Building, Wang Chenhao took a deep breath again and controlled himself to sort out his nervous mood, recalling Zhang Peilun's warning, then bowed and took a quick step in.

After walking in, Wang Chenhao took a quick look at the situation in the cabinet and found Empress Dowager Cixi first. He saw an old lady with a rich face and peaceful temperament sitting upright on a cushion in front of him.

Li Lianying stood beside her, and she didn't need to ask her that she was Cixi.

As soon as Wang Chenhao came in, Cixi's eyes never left him. At this time, Wang Chenhao's eyes touched her eyes. For some reason, Wang Chenhao became even more nervous without a name.

Taking a deep breath again, Wang Chenhao calmed down his nervousness, remembering the palace rules that he dared not move forward, and stopped within a few steps at the door.

Wang Chenhao shook his horse's hooves twice, lifted his robe and knelt on his head and bowed.

This kowtow is not the same as on TV. Since Wang Chenhao is a second-rank official with Buddhist beads hanging on his body, he does not have to kowtow to the ground. He only needs the Buddhist beads to touch the ground to represent kowtow. The higher the official position, the longer the Buddhist beads are, the more they are. After kneeling down at Li Hongzhang, the Buddhist beads are touching the ground, even if they bend down, they save them from bent down.

Wang Chenhao pressed his hands on the ground, lowered his head and shouted loudly: "My minister Wang Chenhao, please pay homage to the Queen Mother of the Holy Mother, the Empress Dowager, and the Immortal of the Buddha will live forever and live with the heavens!"

OK! Wang Chenhao not only learned Wei Xiaobao's money-spending skills, but also brought out Wei Xiaobao's super flattery skills at this moment.

The room suddenly became quiet and no one said anything. Wang Chenhao didn't dare to look up again, and secretly asked for it that it was a flattery that hit the horse's legs.

However, Cixi was stopped by Wang Chenhao's flattery saying "Immortal blessings and immortality will live forever and be with heaven". It was the first time she had heard someone flatter her like this for so many years in control of the Qing Dynasty.

Undoubtedly, Cixi worshipped the Buddha and asked someone to call her the Lord Buddha. In her bones, she hoped that the immortals would live forever and live with the heavens.

Li Lianying was also stunned for a while. He knew Cixi’s thoughts and secretly praised Wang Chenhao for being a flatterer.

Sure enough, Cixi showed a rare smile on her calm face and said, "Raise your head and let the Ai family see our young handsome talent from the Qing Dynasty!"

"Oh!" Wang Chenhao responded, knowing that Cixi liked to meet people for the first time when she met someone, and how many points she could get this time depended on her luck, so she immediately changed into a smile and raised her head.

Empress Dowager Cixi looked at Wang Chenhao's face carefully. When she saw Wang Chenhao's heart a little scared, she smiled and nodded, saying, "It seems that she is a loyal and honest person, get up!"

Wang Chenhao suddenly felt relieved. This first impression of Cixi was crucial. Now that he has passed the test successfully, he will be less trouble in the future.

"Thank you Empress Dowager Empress Dowager!" Wang Chenhao hurriedly got up, rolled up his horse's hooves and stood respectfully.

Cixi nodded slightly when she looked at her, and then asked slowly: "Sen. Wang is upright and newlywed, why don't he accompany his beautiful wife and concubines at home?"

There is a beautiful wife, and she is short of beautiful concubines. Wang Chenhao flashed a flash of thought and replied quickly: "Weichen dreams that we want to come back to see the capital of our motherland. This time, Lord Li happened to go back to Beijing to do business. Weichen took a ride to visit Beijing."

Wang Chenhao suddenly realized that Cixi knew the whereabouts of him and Li Hongzhang and others. With Cixi's personality, she would not talk nonsense and ask useless questions. So she quickly made up a message, then diverted Cixi's attention, and said, "When I talk about this, I have to thank the Empress Dowager for the marriage? I don't know how happy it is to be able to marry in a phoenix crown and a red robe. She is worried about the goodness of the Empress Dowager every day!"

In ancient feudal society, phoenix crowns and robes were not only luxurious but also symbols of noble status. They could only be worn by a very small number of women with imperial edicts. Ordinary women did not have this blessing. In ancient times, men got married early, and their original wives usually received imperial edicts after their husbands became officials. Therefore, even fewer women actually got married in phoenix crowns and robes.

Li Youyi only got married after obtaining the second-rank imperial edict, so she was naturally very happy to get married in a phoenix crown and red robe. Wang Chenhao really flattered Cixi, but she believed it.

Cixi smiled and said, "Mr. Wang has made contributions to the court and the country. The Ai family will not treat the heroes unfairly, but instead makes Wang Li's heart!"

"The Empress Dowager is so serious!" Wang Chenhao smiled apologized: "Weichen and his wife never forget the empress dowager's marriage. They wished they could squeeze out every second to pray for blessings to the gods and bless the Empress Dowager with immortal blessings forever and live a lifetime with heaven!"

Wang Chenhao praised Cixi like this, but he was in a bad mood. He wanted this old witch to die quickly.

Cixi naturally didn't know what Wang Chenhao was thinking. At this moment, she suddenly laughed out loud. A row of folds suddenly appeared in the corner of her smile, and a large piece of thick powder was squeezed out.

After a while, Cixi returned to peace and laughed at Wang Chenhao and scolded: "You little boy, like he was wearing honey. Even the Ai family was amused by you. I guess that Wang Li was coaxed by you like this!"

When Wang Chenhao saw Cixi scolding him, his heart suddenly tugged, and a cold sweat oozed out of his forehead. He glanced at Cixi with his eyes and saw that she had no intention of getting angry. When he saw Li Lianying just smiled at him, he felt relieved.

Being with the king is like being with a tiger. Wang Chenhao secretly asked him not to talk too much. It is the best plan to stop at the right time. If you praise him too much, you must know the truth that everything will be reversed.

"I am afraid! I am wronged!" Wang Chenhao accused him of guilt and became honest.

Cixi did not mean to blame her. The purpose of her call Wang Chenhao was to find out. Now, after Li Lianying's reply and her personal photos and inquiries, she already had some clues in her heart.

Cixi was very busy, and she kept doing big and small things every day. It was rare to be able to squeeze out half an hour to meet Wang Chenhao.

At this moment, Cixi did not see anything rebellious from Wang Chenhao for the time being, so she no longer had the intention to test it.

Soon, Cixi curled her smile and said seriously: "Li Hongzhang is the pillar of our Qing Dynasty. Wang Chenhao, as his son-in-law, you must learn more from him. In the future, our Qing Dynasty will rely on you young people to support us!"

"Oh!" Wang Chenhao hurriedly bowed and replied, and could not be respectful. "I respect the Queen Mother's orders, devote myself to my whole life, and swear to repay the court to the death (repay)!"

Cixi nodded with satisfaction, then closed her eyes and twisted the Buddhist beads.

Li Lianying said at this time: "The Empress Dowager is tired! Lord Wang, please kneel down and rest assured!"

Seeing Li Lianying nodding at him, Wang Chenhao knelt and turned around and left the door.

After leaving the Buddha Incense Pavilion, Wang Chenhao suddenly breathed a sigh of relief. A big stone in his heart had fallen to the ground. It seemed that there was no disclosure when he had a conversation with the highest control of the Qing Dynasty for the first time.

"Sir Wang stay!"

Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly heard someone calling him from behind. Wang Chenhao turned around and saw that Li Lianying followed him. So he asked, "Mr. Li, are you?"

Li Lianying smiled and praised Wang Chenhao, "Congratulations to Lord Wang, the empress dowager is very happy today. I specially ordered our family to inform Lord Wang that tomorrow on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Lord Buddha will hold lanterns here to celebrate the Lantern Festival, and I will give you a special reward to invite Lord Wang and Mrs. Wang to visit the Summer Palace for a day!"

Wang Chenhao thought in his heart that this was not good. It was a good thing to visit the Summer Palace, but being too close to Cixi and the people around her always made him feel unsafe.

But after Cixi gave the reward, Wang Chenhao had to accept it, and immediately put on a surprise smile and said, "Thank you so much for the Empress Dowager, Lord Empress Dowager!"

Wang Chenhao said that, he was about to kneel down to the north and thank him, intending to act for Li Lianying to show him, but Li Lianying grabbed him and smiled and said, "It is enough for Lord Wang to pretend to be filial to Lord Lao Fu in his heart!"

"Yes, yes!" Wang Chenhao nodded repeatedly and said yes.

Li Lianying talked to Wang Chenhao for a while and then wanted to go back to serve Cixi. However, Li Lianying accepted Wang Chenhao's huge bribes and naturally made some statements, so she ordered a small eunuch to go to the Imperial Horse Supervisor to bring a BMW to send Wang Chenhao out.

Empress Dowager Cixi seemed to be really happy when riding a horse in the Summer Palace. However, Wang Chenhao couldn't help but smile bitterly. He had never ridden a horse when he grew up so old.
Chapter completed!