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Chapter 3 Cixi Returns to the West

Don’t think about the Ming Dynasty, how can I live tonight?

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Get up, stand, stare.

In the eyes of the eunuchs who were serving the side, the seriously ill emperor had obviously recovered. Not only was his expression and temperament far better than before, but his movements and steps seemed to be quick and straightforward. They did not realize that they were not facing the same emperor, although this person looked almost the same on the outside.

Lin Guangyu stood in front of the window, but his vision was fixed on the water outside the window. He did not try to leave this environment. Under the background of Guangxu being imprisoned by Yingtai, any attempt to leave was futile.

After his initial shock, unable to believe or even indignation, he could no longer accept the fact that he possessed himself as Guangxu. Otherwise, he would have died in an unprecedented earthquake. He was not afraid of death, but he did not want to become the dust of history in an unknown state. After a brief confusion of thinking, he gradually straightened out his thinking and took over the existing knowledge of this body.

He was also surprised to find that he had not lost the knowledge and wisdom he had originally possessed, nor did he lose his independent judgment and values. For example, he knew clearly what Guangxu did to Longyu, but Longyu gave him the first impression, at least he was a gentle and considerate woman - a woman who was far more gentle and considerate than girls born in the 1980s. When he had this kind of favor, he had no guilt at all, because Longyu's gentleness was aimed at this body, but except for his own heart, the already lost Guangxu could not feel this...

What should I do in the future? This is a realistic proposition. Working hard to survive is a direction, but how to survive better is a proposition. Although Guangxu passed away in 1908 in history, he is in good health and feels good in all aspects. He is not as energetic as the sign of the end of the day.

From the perspective of political life, once Cixi passes away, she has a legitimate status and power as the emperor and can get rid of this situation. It is only a trivial matter to leave Yingtai at the moment, but it is a general trend to leave Yingtai in the future.

This is the general trend, why bother to stick to the details!

To open Longyu, we are to accept reality, understand reality, and respond to the needs of reality. In the flash of lightning, countless thoughts have passed by, and decisions about future decisions are gradually taking shape.

——The deadline for Cixi is approaching, so she should not act rashly, but should be more respectful and cautious;

——Unout history rumors rumored that Cixi, Li Lianying or Yuan Shikai poisoned Guangxu, although it has not been proven, it must be guarded and should be extra careful;

——Longyu has an outstanding status and is favored by Guangxu, which is of great use;

——What will happen in the future is still unknown. At present, we should focus on restoring freedom and regaining power.

After experiencing the initial uneasiness, when facing the thorny situation, he came up with a complete strategic system. He is worthy of being a top student in a prestigious university. He smiled mockly and said, "Isn't this a problem-solving material problem?"

Longyu came again. She was surprised to find that the emperor's attitude towards him after the lightning strike had improved a lot, and he no longer had the same bitterness and deep grudges as before. Although there was some strangeness and amnesia in his words and behaviors, the emperor could understand it with just a slight click, and it was more reasonable and no longer the previous extreme and stubbornness. When the wind and thunder were moving, the emperor was naturally a real dragon. Perhaps after such a thunder and lightning, the real dragon would wake up! She felt happy in her heart.

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At dusk, although Cixi's bedroom was bright, it was full of depression and was so depressed that it made people breathless. After the direction of Yingtai was thunder and lightning, Cixi was also frightened and fell into a coma.

"Mr. Du, the Empress Dowager's condition..." Since Du Zhongjun is not an imperial physician and is not on duty at night, when he arrived in a hurry, there was a circle of people kneeling there, and he was exploring the condition in a panic. When he saw him walking in, he immediately spoke and asked as if he was backbone.

In fact, almost every imperial physician present can make a judgment on Cixi's condition. The reason why he has not reached a conclusion is simply that he does not want to tell the well-known facts in person. Du Zhongjun is famous for his straightforward words. Wouldn't it be better to let him say it?

What Yingtai saw and heard was too shocking. Du Zhongjun had not yet come to his senses until this time. In the anxious eyes of everyone, he grabbed Cixi's pulse. While diagnosing, he asked the eunuchs and palace maids beside him. They dared not hide it, and they told all the time when Cixi fell ill. In contact with everything in Hanyuan Palace, he couldn't help but fall into deep thoughts - the heavens of the Qing Dynasty were probably going to change...

"Mr. Du..." Everyone was a little anxious when they saw that he had been taking his pulse for a long time.

"Come here, make longevity soup for the Empress Dowager..."

Boiling longevity soup means that people are no longer able to do it. When Du Zhongjun heard what everyone was most taboo to say, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief, but his face looked sad.

Cixi was running towards the end, and everyone was in a mess...

The night was as deep as water. Lin Guangyu, who had already achieved a new life, was still sleepy and looked at the starry sky in front of the window: Which purple star is the symbol of the Emperor Star? While thinking, the little eunuch stumbled in and fell to the ground after entering the door: "Report... Report to the emperor, the empress... old... old... the old lady, she... the queen... asked the slave to invite the emperor... to move..."

Moving to the car? Maybe the little eunuch dared not say it, maybe he couldn't explain it clearly, and he didn't reveal much substantial information. Lin Guangyu was confused at first, and then he immediately reacted: "The Empress Dowager?"

The little eunuch nodded desperately - it was almost time for Cixi! Lin Guangyu was overjoyed, but his face looked sad, "Come here, show off..." In fact, there was no need for him to shout, Yingtai had been alarmed long ago. The emperor left Yingtai in a sedan chair carried by thirty-two people. The emperor had no power, but the treatment and specifications did not lower the standards. It was particularly favorable for ordinary officials to get a "rewarding the carriage in the Forbidden City" - it was just a sedan chair, but the emperor could enjoy such a great show.

With the maintenance of Changshou Tang, Cixi slowly woke up and struggled to explain her last words with her last breath. During the day, she had appointed the emperor's younger brother Zaifeng as the regent, Zaifeng's son Puyi as the eldest prince and studied in the study room. It was originally for the Chengsi after Guangxu's death, but she didn't expect that she was almost the same now. After saying a few words, she couldn't hold on and fell into a coma again.

Zaifeng, Longyu and Li Lianying were kneeling in front of the sickbed, and outside were surrounded by a group of imperial physicians and close relatives of the royal family. Suddenly everyone heard Xiao Dezhang's shout: "The emperor is here!"

Except for Longyu, no one expected that the arrival of the emperor was actually the emperor. Everyone's confusion was the same: Didn't the emperor be so ruddy? Why did he look rosy now and didn't look like he was seriously ill? Although the emperor had no power, everyone could not neglect on the surface of the courtesy of the monarch and ministers. Everyone hurriedly crawled on the ground and said respectfully: "I welcome the emperor with my servants, long live my emperor!"

Longyu's expression was the most normal, and the most abnormal one was Li Lianying. Lin Guangyu didn't care about their surprise. He entered the door and said, "Don't give me a favor and calm!" When he heard that he was calm, Li Lianying dared to secretly raise his head and look at the emperor. His heart was beating violently. The sound of "The Emperor" just now almost scared his heart and liver out of his throat. The emperor had already taken "Caila" with "added ingredients". The reason was almost dead. Why is his body getting healthier? Could it be that God opened his eyes? No, it must be that Yuan Shikai, a bastard, didn't choose the medicine and missed the big thing! He just raised his head, but was facing the emperor's eyes. As soon as he looked at each other, he felt a shock all over, as if he had fallen into an ice cellar and began to tremble all over.

Lin Guangyu didn't see any abnormality, and just glanced at him and walked forward. Li Lianying said he was lucky. Although the weather was already cold, beads of sweat the size of beans still oozed out of his forehead. He was so panicked that he quickly wiped it off with his sleeve.

"How is the Empress Dowager's condition?" After carefully observing Cixi's expression, Lin Guangyu judged that the other party had been dead for a while, but he still wanted to verify whether his judgment was correct.

"Report to the Emperor," Longyu whispered, "The Empress Dowager is suffering from dysentery and has weak liver fire. She has just used Changshou Tang..." Great! The big stone in Lin Guangyu's heart fell to the ground, and he turned around and said to everyone: "I have something to say to the Empress Dowager, you can wait in the side palace first." When he spoke, he looked at Longyu, smiled slightly, and thanked her for notifying her in time. Although because the occasion was just a corner of his mouth, Longyu had already felt it, which was rare in 20 years. Her eyebrows raised slightly, feeling extremely comfortable for the softening of the emperor's attitude towards him - at this moment, she had forgotten the coldness of the emperor to her for 20 years.

Everyone retreated to the side hall, but their confusion was lingering: When did the emperor's illness be cured? Several imperial physicians were asking Du Zhongjun with their eyes, but the latter shook their heads repeatedly. Since Zaifeng was present, everyone was not inconvenient to ask questions.

Lin Guangyu stepped forward, knelt down, and respectfully said to the 74-year-old old woman on the sickbed who was on her dying day: "I wish you my father my son!" Since it was a show, I had to do my best. When I hit the ground, Lin Guangyu had no resistant attitude at all. Of course, he was ignorant of politics and only asked about filial piety. After the movement just now, Cixi struggled to wake up again: "Is it you, the emperor?"

With the two eyes connected, Lin Guangyu could see Cixi's aging and wrinkled face more clearly. For the first time, he corresponded the memories in his mind to the real person, "It's the son-in-law."

Cixi closed her eyes, her expression was not much peaceful, but she seemed angry - Lin Guangyu's angry and neither humble nor arrogant answer made Cixi very uncomfortable. "Kneel up straight!" She said angrily, "Tell the Ai family, do you really think you are the emperor?"

Cixi's angry look was terrifying, but she couldn't scare Lin Guangyu. He straightened his body and replied with a sigh: "My son is the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, Aisin Gioro Zai Tian!"

"Okay... OK..." Cixi suddenly restrained her anger and a smile appeared on her face, "Ai's family finally did not see you wrong in the end... thirty-four years... Ai's family finally did not see you wrong in the end..."

What does "I read you right..."? Lin Guangyu was confused. Have you really seen it clearly?

Cixi said intermittently: "You have hatred in your heart, but the Ai family has not known... For the past ten years, the Ai family has been thinking about the things in the Wuxu year. It has been arguing until the end, and it has been a fight, and the Ai family has seen enough. The things you thought about ten years ago have already done them..."

"My son understand." Indeed, after the Gengzi year, Cixi vigorously promoted the new policy, and many of the ideas proposed in the reform period were practiced or put on the agenda. In some aspects, Cixi did more radical than Guangxu. Regardless of the gains and losses, at least she had the situation.

"The ancients said that birds are about to die, and their singing is sad. People are about to die, and their words are kind... The Ai family has brought you into the palace since childhood, raised you and taught you to read and read, and made you the emperor... The Ai family has had a quarrel with their own sister for you, and for you... Let your niece live for half a lifetime and have not even been able to hold a baby. You probably know this account in your heart."

"My son dare not have any resentment."

"Your younger brother Zaifeng became the regent, your nephew became the eldest prince... Ai family... Ai family still deserves you... Ai family wants you to be a good emperor, and he wants not to ruin the country of his ancestors..." Speaking of this, Cixi's expression became very excited, as if thousands of words were spoken, and all kinds of helplessness were hard to describe.

Lin Guangyu listened silently - even if there are comments from future generations, there is always a problem in front of people!

"Emperor, there is one last word that the Ai family has to tell you."

"Please give me advice from my dad!"

"You should not be very useful to the scholar's opinions of Kang Youwei; Yuan Shikai's ambitions and cruelty are also ruthless and must not be guarded against..."

"Dear dad, don't worry, my son understand."

"That's good, okay..." Cixi suddenly grabbed Lin Guangyu's hand, tightened her head, but she couldn't help but fall down to one side.

"Imperial Doctor, hurry up! Quick." Lin Guangyu saw that the situation was not good, and he quickly called out. Everyone rushed forward, snoring his nose, snoring his pulse, and pinching his pulse... After working for a long time, a painful voice sounded: "The Empress Dowager Feng Yubintian!" The eunuch Xiao Dezhang pried open the old empress dowager's teeth and put a big bead into her mouth, and the hall was filled with crying...

One old era ended, another new era began, "bang, bang, bang..." Amid the shamans' cymbals, Emperor Guangxu, who regained power, issued his first edict: "Close the palace gates tightly, and those who dare to enter and exit without an edict will be killed!"

Guangxu had no experience in this situation, but Lin Guangyu had a good understanding of the upper-level coup and knew that blocking news was the first priority. In this era, just closing the palace gate was enough to isolate the transmission of news, which was also a benefit from the characteristics of the era with underdeveloped information level.

"Minister of Xuan Junji, Minister of Foreign Affairs Yuan Shikai, Minister of Military Affairs Zhang Zhidong, Minister of Military Affairs Shixu, Minister of Military Affairs Lu Chuanlin, Grand Secretary Na Tong and others entered the palace immediately!" According to the general principle of funeral, princes and nobles, and important officials and important officials naturally had to arrive as soon as possible. Originally, this group of people took turns to serve in the Cining Palace during the day, but although there were still people on duty after night, the ministers of Military Affairs had already gone home to rest, so they needed to be summoned urgently.

The original list also included the chief military officer Yi Li and the Regent Zaifeng, but the former was on the way to Dongling to deliver the Buddha statue, and the latter was already in the Da Nei, and their names were not on the edict. After the decree was planned, it was said that the seal needed to be used, but the emperor's jade seal would not be available for a while. Cixi's Empress Dowager's seal could not be used. Only the Regent's seal was just carved and placed in the palace. It was originally Cixi who wanted to reward Zaifeng with his own hands, but it was convenient for Lin Guangyu.

"Just use the Regent's Seal!" He never expected that it was the destiny of heaven in the dark that made this edict play a great confusing role.

It was midnight, and Zhang Zhidong, Shixu and Natong were resting in the bed. When they heard the order, they came down. It was neither the imperial decree of the Empress Dowager nor the imperial decree of the emperor, but the special decree of the Regent. They were all very surprised - "Does the two palaces die at the same time?" Without thinking too much, they immediately crawled out of the warm bed, put on court clothes and hurried to the Forbidden City.

Lu Chuanlin is Zhang Zhidong's brother-in-law. Like Zhang Zhidong, he is an old man in his seventies. He still listens a little more. The eunuch who sent the order talks with him for a long time before he understands what the order means. The old man sat in the official sedan chair and went tremblingly.

Yuan Shikai was different from others. He was in a state of conquest on Aunt Hong's bed and was tired. Suddenly, he heard the noise outside the door, and then another chaotic footsteps. His heart tightened, and his energy was mostly discharged, and he had no thoughts. He turned down from Aunt Hong's belly and started to wear it. When he had just put it on his clothes, he pushed open the door, and a eunuch had already striding in the meteor path, with an anxious face. Without waiting for him to ask, he pulled out the duck's voice and said, "If you have the will, Yuan Shikai will kneel down and listen!"

"My memory, Yuan Shikai, listens to the sacred decree!"

"According to the regent's order, the Minister of Military Affairs and Minister of Foreign Affairs Yuan Shikai quickly went to Fuchang Hall." "Abide by the order!" When receiving the order, Yuan Shikai was puzzled in his heart, why was it the regent's order? What happened in the palace? Is it necessary to be so panicked?

When he looked up, he was an old acquaintance, the old eunuch Gao Haichang of Cining Palace. Yuan Shikai was very familiar with him, and he had never been short of money. He immediately grabbed the other person's clothes and said, "Old Haichang, what happened in the palace? Look at your appearance, what's going on!"

Gao Haichang didn't care about his friendship, so anxious that he pulled it away, saying, "Go into the palace! Hurry up..." Before he finished speaking, the shadows had already run away. Unexpectedly, he stepped on the air and fell to the hall. Yuan Shikai was shocked to see this and was about to go down the steps to help him. Gao Haichang, who was fifty years old, had already risen from the ground with a tremor. He rode a horse and whipped away without caring about the pain.

Seeing that the other party was so anxious, Yuan Shikai was thinking: Lao Haichang was in such a hurry that there were most of the sudden changes in the palace. In addition, the order clearly stated that it was Zaifeng's intention, so he speculated that the two palaces had died of death. When he thought that Guangxu had already taken his "new medicine" and died of poison, he felt indescribable pleasure and immediately asked his servants to prepare a sedan chair and enter the palace happily.

As soon as several important officials passed the Meridian Gate, they heard crying inside. They secretly guessed in their hearts, not knowing whether it was the emperor, the empress dowager, or the two of them died together. Yuan Shikai, who was walking behind everyone, was secretly happy, but his face looked sad.

Xiao Sula took out a few bundles of white silks and asked them to cover the red tassels on their tops before they led everyone into Fuchang Hall. As soon as she closed the door, she heard a quarrel outside. Yuan Shikai listened intently for a while before she realized that Xiao Gong Wang Puwei was going to enter the hall, but the imperial guards refused on the grounds that "not here". Lu Chuanlin, who was behind his ear, kept asking what he was saying outside. The clever Shixu had already climbed onto his back and helped him leave.

Zaifeng was already standing in front of the hall, and everyone was about to salute, and another person walked out of the inner room. When he looked closely, Yuan Shikai almost fell to the ground - it was none other than Lin Guangyu, who was covered in white and had a solemn face. Several ministers reacted quickly and hurriedly fell to the ground: "I am the servant who is the one who bows to the emperor."
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