Chapter 3 The shadow of the primer is hard to disperse

The tragic death of Emperor Tongzhi and Empress Arut cast a shadow on the soul of the young Emperor Guangxu. From then on, Emperor Guangxu trembled when he saw the Empress Dowager Cixi angry... In late autumn, there are many fallen leaves, the sky is gray, and the cool wind is blowing sand and dust outside the window... Among the upright officials, Emperor Tongzhi was seriously ill in bed, and Empress Alut cried to see him. When she saw her loving husband dying, her heart felt like a knife... "Your Majesty..." Queen Alut only called out, and then wept bitterly. "Queen... I'm leaving...you have to take care of yourself...I know the queen mother doesn't like you, and you'll have to suffer even more after I'm gone...But, for the sake of the emperor in your womb, you must live on..."

"Your majesty, your illness will recover, you will definitely recover..." The queen broke down in tears. The emperor stared at the empress who was pregnant with Liujia and sighed: "Alas! It's a pity that I will not live to the day when the emperor's son is born." After saying this, tears fell like rain, and the empress became more and more sad when she heard it... The Emperor Tongzhi was sweating coldly on his forehead. Trembling, he took out the edict from his underwear, panting and said, "Queen, this is the edict, please keep it well... After I die, if you give birth to a prince, you will show the edict, and let the emperor succeed you." One must not lose it."

Queen Alut knelt down beside the sick bed and took over the will. "You have to know that the queen mother will not let our emperor succeed her after I return to heaven... Because you have become the empress dowager, she can only be the empress dowager, so she has no right..." "Okay! My own son conspired against me, too, so I love you for nothing!" Empress Dowager Cixi suddenly came in and sneered and scolded. The emperor and queen were shocked. Empress Dowager Cixi pointed at Emperor Tongzhi and cursed: "You want to coerce me by making a will? Tell you, I have chosen the emperor's heir."

After saying that, he waved his hand outside the door, and the eunuch announced, "Bring a new heir to the throne." Prince Chun Yizui walked in with four-year-old Xiao Zaitian (later Emperor Guangxu) in his arms. Emperor Tongzhi looked at it and widened his eyes... "Hand over the will!" Cixi forced Queen Arut with fierce eyes... "No... there is no will." "I heard it with my own ears, can you hand it over?" Cixi forced her over step by step... "No, no..." Queen Arut retreated to the corner. Cixi walked over, broke her hand away, took a look at the will, then slapped Queen Arut twice, then tore up the will and threw it on the ground.

Emperor Tongzhi fainted upon seeing this... "Your Majesty..." Queen Arut cried and rushed over... "Wow..." Xiao Zaitian burst into tears in fright. The cries made the candles in the palace tremble... The cries scared the people present to sweat... From then on, whenever Emperor Guangxu saw the Empress Dowager Cixi angry, he would tremble with fright...