Chapter 28 Chapter 25

Dimly, she heard the emperor calling her softly: "Zhen'er, Zhen'er, I see you are here." Is it a dream or is it waking up?Concubine Zhen can't tell... In the evening, the sun was setting and the western sky was full of red. Sitting alone on the steps of the jade railing in the Hanyuan Hall of Yingtai, Emperor Guangxu stared at the sky that suddenly became dark red with a melancholy expression. It's bright red, it's also blood red, it's so red that it's about to bleed... Guangxu felt a pain in his heart. He imagined Tan Sitong, Lin Xu, Yang Rui, Yang Shenxiu, Liu Guangdi, and Kang Guangren at the entrance of the vegetable market. Their heads were chopped off and rolled on the ground. Get pale.

It's their blood that's splashed red, it's their blood... Guangxu murmured, his heart was trembling and bleeding... Emperor Guangxu couldn't bear to look any more, he buried his head in his arms in pain and sobbed sadly. As the sky gradually darkened, the cool wind from the lake blew over, and Emperor Guangxu shivered in thin clothes. "Your Majesty, it's too cold outside, go back to the palace!" Wang Shang came over to persuade him. "No, I won't go back, it's just as cold in the hall." Wang Shang had no choice but to go in and get a piece of clothing to put on the emperor.

Guangxu still sat still, he murmured: "Kang Youwei, Liang Qichao, you finally listened to my words and fled. I am waiting for you, waiting for your comeback." It was getting dark, and Emperor Guangxu thought about Concubine Zhen again. For eight years, Concubine Zhen had accompanied him almost every night, and now he was alone... Ah, Jane, where are you? Jane... Guangxu cried out. Wang Shang ran over to help Emperor Guangxu and said, "Your Majesty, don't be too sad, but don't break the dragon's body." "Wang Shang." Emperor Guangxu stopped and asked, "Help me find out where Zhen'er is? I beg you."

"Ah! Your Majesty, I killed this old slave. I will definitely ask you about the whereabouts of Concubine Zhen." Emperor Guangxu was supported by Wang Shang into the hall. The Hanyuan Hall is relatively cool because it faces the lake on all sides, so it was originally a place for the emperors and empresses to enjoy the cool and escape the heat in midsummer. Now it is cold inside the hall, and the lake wind blows, and the broken wallpaper makes a tearing sound. Emperor Guangxu shivered and went to bed. Wang Shang pulled the quilt tight for him. He looked at the wallpaper and sighed: "Look at the wallpaper on this wall. If you don't paste it again, how will you live in winter!"

Before dawn, Guangxu was awakened while he was still in a deep sleep. Li Lianying brought a new dragon robe for Emperor Guangxu to put on, and then escorted him to the Hall of Supreme Harmony. Emperor Guangxu walked behind Li Lianying, surrounded by eunuchs, as if he was afraid that he would fly away. Emperor Guangxu thought to himself that he had not been allowed to go to the palace for several months since he pawned the empress dowager Cixi's political training. When we arrived at the Hall of Supreme Harmony, all civil and military officials were waiting outside the hall. After Emperor Guangxu and Empress Dowager Cixi were worshiped by all officials, Empress Dowager Cixi sat majestically in the middle of the emperor's throne, leaving only half of the seat for Emperor Guangxu .

Empress Dowager Cixi did not raise her eyelids to Emperor Guangxu, as if the person sitting next to her was not a living thing.She glanced at the group of officials and said: "In recent months, the emperor has not been in court due to the poor health of the dragon, but it has aroused the suspicion and rumors of some troublemakers at home and abroad. In order to stop these slanders, Aijia had to ask the emperor to be sick It's time to go to court, your majesty, don't you think so?" Cixi, with her head slightly to the left, squinted at Emperor Guangxu with her eyes. Emperor Guangxu trembled all over. He finally understood the reason why he was called to court today.

Emperor Guangxu had no choice but to answer: "Yes, yes." It turned out that after the Reform Movement of 1898, Cixi was planning to abolish the emperor, so she announced to China and foreign countries that the emperor was seriously ill, which aroused people's shock.A few months ago, the emperor, who was still in a heroic posture at Tiananmen Square to announce the reform, suddenly fell ill.People naturally turned suspicious eyes to the Empress Dowager Cixi who suddenly moved from the Summer Palace back to the imperial palace and sat on the emperor's throne. Her plot to dethrone the emperor was well known by Sima Zhaozhi.

However, today is no longer the era of Wu Zetian. It is no longer so simple to abolish the emperor if you want to, and kill if you want. People's suspicions about Emperor Guangxu's disappearance from the throne and his sudden illness arose everywhere. First, the overseas Chinese business community, headed by Shanghai enlightened businessman Jing Yuanshan, jointly signed a letter of inquiry to the imperial court. Doctors should be sent to treat the emperor. What made Cixi even more troublesome was that the plan to abolish the emperor was opposed by the court officials headed by Li Hongzhang, including Liu Kunyi, Governor of Liangjiang, and Zhang Zhidong, Governor of Lianghu. Even the power did not support Cixi to abolish Emperor Guangxu.Under internal and external pressure, Cixi had no choice but to suspend the abolition of the emperor, so she took Emperor Guangxu out to accompany her to the palace for public discussion.

Cixi resentfully vented her anger on Li Hongzhang, who had openly dared to stand up against the deposed emperor, and drove Li Hongzhang, who had just resumed his post after the Reform Movement of 1898, out of the capital.She also bitterly scolded the two governors of Liangjiang and Lianghu who took the lead in opposing the abolished emperor, and sooner or later she would have to settle their accounts, and naturally she bet on her old lover Rong Lu. Cixi glanced sideways at Emperor Guangxu, and cursed secretly: "Don't be too happy, boy, sooner or later, my mother will abolish you." Then Emperor Guangxu announced that Li Hongzhang should go back to his hometown.

Emperor Guangxu was taken aback when he heard it, and thought to himself, I expelled him from the Prime Minister’s Office after the Reform Movement of 1898, and you reinstated him after the Reform Movement of 1898, and now you want me to make an example to the others, so that the officials will fear you and dare not oppose you to abolish him. God, you woman is too poisonous.But he was cursing like this in his heart, but he still didn't dare to defy him.Although Li Hongzhang's objection to the abolition of the emperor was not to protect the Guangxu Emperor, but to protect the veterans from being disturbed by the new emperor, he did not expect to become the Empress Dowager Cixi's punching bag.

A merchant ship bound for Guangzhou was sailing on the sea. On the deck, Li Hongzhang and his eldest son Li Jingyuan were leaning on a railing and looking into the distance. Looking at the sea with rolling waves, Li Hongzhang sighed with emotion... Empress Dowager Cixi, you are too vicious. I am already a man of more than seventy years old, and you sent me far away from Guangdong and Guangxi. Isn’t it because you want to abolish Emperor Guangxu? I said a few words of justice, and you drove me out of Beijing city!When you need me, you can talk all the way, when you don't need me, you kick me away! "Hey! Jingyuan, as a father, I have truly experienced what it means to be an officialdom like floating clouds!" "Father, there is no need to be too sad. Life is impermanent. This transfer to Guangdong and Guangxi may not mean frustration. As long as father is alive, there will be a turning point for recovery." Li Hongzhang listened, sighed deeply, and said, "My son is the one who knows me." yes!What the son said is reasonable, prosperity must decline, and decline must prosper!I, Li Hongzhang, have always had ups and downs in my life, sometimes ups and downs, right?Emperor Guangxu vacated me, and Empress Dowager Cixi immediately appointed me the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi. Maybe it won’t be long before I will be appointed again. When will the Qing court be able to leave me, Li Hongzhang?Sooner or later I will have to hold on to that half-bijiang mountain... Li Hongzhang, who was over seventy years old, began to feel complacent again, and his bronzed face glowed red again.He looked at his son and said excitedly: "Yuan'er, among my children, you are the one who knows the difficulties of being a father the most." "Father, Yuan'er will always follow you and share your worries." Jingyuan said again: "Father, the annihilation of the navy was not my father's fault, but the queen mother's fault. If she hadn't embezzled huge sums of money from the navy, we would have been well-equipped and invincible to defeat Japan. Therefore, the people complained You are too unfair." Li Hongzhang sighed after hearing this: Queen Mother, Queen Mother, you agreed to run the Beiyang Fleet, and you asked for the military expenses to be used to build the Summer Palace and celebrate your birthday. It's time for a new ship, so why did it fail!Speaking of the Beiyang Navy, Li Hongzhang became sad again. Looking at the ships in the distance, Li Hongzhang was even more moved by the scene. He sighed: "I never thought that the Beiyang Navy, which has been in business for half its life, would be wiped out so quickly. It took so much effort to cultivate it. The generals are also dead and scattered... Alas, the Beiyang Navy, my hard work of Li Hongzhang! Teacher..." Li Hongzhang cried again. "Father, don't be too sad. Victory or defeat is a common matter in military affairs. Besides, father, you have done your duty. As for the "Treaty of Shimonoseki", it is not my father's fault. It is obvious that I can't beat him! The signing was also signed for the court, and it was also approved by the court. , how can you be charged with this eternal crime, father don't need to worry too much." "Hey! That being said, after all, I went to Japan to sign the contract. How can Chinese people understand me!" well!Empress Dowager Cixi, you sent me to sign the "Treaty of Shimonoseki", and you agreed to pay the money and cut Taiwan, so why should I bear the charge of treason! !I, Li Hongzhang, have been accused of all kinds of crimes and treason for glory. Li Hongzhang, Li Hongzhang, why are you so unlucky? I almost died just to sign this treaty... Hmph, in good conscience, if I, Li Hongzhang, hadn't gone to deal with the Japanese, Beijing would have been lost long ago.Now Empress Dowager Cixi, you are sitting peacefully in Beijing to enjoy the blessings, but you send me to far away Xinjiang.Besides, if it weren't for you embezzling our naval expenses, how could we not be able to defeat Japan, and how could we have reached the point where I was asked to sign the surrender treaty!well!Responded to that sentence again. Li Hongzhang sighed to his son: "Success is Xiao He, and failure is Xiao He!" Li Hongzhang sighed unceasingly. He looked at the rolling sea current, thinking that his fame and wealth in his life were as fleeting as a passing cloud. The Beiyang Navy, which he had worked hard for 20 years, was in vain in an instant. He couldn't help but think of the words of Confucius. , Then he sighed to his son: "Confucius is right, life is just one sentence. 'The dead are like a dead husband, and the dead are like a dead husband!'" The big ship whined black smoke and continued to head south, and the sea breeze blew Li Hongzhang's snow-white beard... On the surface, the Empress Dowager Cixi asked Emperor Guangxu to sit on the throne with her in a brand-new dragon robe and accept the worship of all officials, but as soon as the court was over, Li Lianying escorted him back to Yingtai, and removed the hanging board, letting him sit on the isolated island, No one is allowed to come into contact with him. Back in Yingtai, Emperor Guangxu took off his dragon robe and threw it on the bed, threw himself on the bed in pain and cried: "Oh my God!"How is this different from when I was an emperor at the age of four?Could it be that I have regressed back to being a child?Queen Mother, if you want to kill me, just kill me, why bother to humiliate me like this... After crying, he jumped up and sat down on the chair. He propped his chin with his left hand, and wrote the three words Yuan Shikai on the table with his right hand. Let me know, one day I will drink your blood and chew your bones. When Emperor Guangxu was cursing and pronouncing Yuan Shikai's name bitterly, Wang Shang came in sweaty and leaned into Emperor Guangxu's ear and said, "Your Majesty, I have heard about Master Zhen." "Ah! Where is she?" Emperor Guangxu put down his pen and stood up excitedly. "she……" "What's the matter with her, tell me quickly, tell me quickly!" Emperor Guangxu asked her anxiously, holding Wang Shang's shoulders with both hands. "She was thrown into limbo." "Ah! Where is it?" "Zhenzhu'er is locked in two small rooms on the north side of Jingqi Pavilion in Ningshou Palace. The servant has visited secretly. The two doors of that room are locked horizontally with three large locks and iron chains, and the two small doors are closed. The windows were also nailed with wooden slats. In front of the house was an empty stone lawn, and the back of the house was covered with neck-high young trees and weeds. The servants also asked about it. In order to scare her to death, the queen mother did not have a maid to accompany her at night, and she was alone. He was shut up alone in those two huts." Emperor Guangxu immediately said: "I want to see her." Wang Shang replied: "Your Majesty, this old slave is desperately trying to help you see Master Zhen, but now I am worried about finding a boat. Don't worry, Your Majesty. I have been in the palace for more than forty years. It is still possible to find a boat." , Your Majesty, don't worry." "Then quickly find a way to find a boat." "The old slave obeys the order." On a dark and windy night, the north wind roared, and the trees on Yingtai Island were blown loudly. Wang Shang took Emperor Guangxu's hand, and unknowingly came to the bushes by the lake behind the palace, and got down on the boat tied under the shade of the tree. Emperor Guangxu had already dressed up as an eunuch and wore eunuch clothes. "Your Majesty, lie still on the boat." Wang Shang whispered. Wang Shang squatted on the bow of the boat and rowed towards the wooded shore. Because of the wind, Wang Shang had a lot of effort to pull the boat to the shore, then jumped ashore, tied the boat to a tree, and came to help the emperor. After going ashore, he walked in the dark among the trees by the lake for a while before turning into the courtyard wall.Both he and Emperor Guangxu pretended to be watchmen and eunuchs, holding knocking boards in their hands, and paying attention to knocking on patrol in case they came across. Fortunately, the place where Concubine Zhen was imprisoned was too remote. These two rooms used to be used by palace maids who died of old age, but since then they have been deserted and no one passed by. That's why Wang Shang and Emperor Guangxu didn't meet anyone.They walked through the bushes and weeds and came to the window behind Zhenfei's hut. Wang Shang stood watching the wind a little far away, allowing the poor couple to meet. "Aifei, Aifei, I see you are here." That night, the north wind was blowing, and the cold air hit people. The hut where Concubine Zhen lived was even colder. After coming out and putting on clothes, he climbed onto the wooden bed again, turned off the small light, and lay down tightly wrapped in the quilt. She is used to the night of not answering every day and not answering, and she has to survive no matter how terrifying the night is, she wants to survive, until the day when Cixi dies and Emperor Guangxu regains power. As soon as she squinted, it seemed that Emperor Guangxu was beside her. Every night, she seemed to be dreaming but not dreaming. Seeing the dark sky outside the window, Concubine Zhen couldn't help but shed tears again, so she called out a thousand times and ten thousand times in her heart: Your Majesty, where are you? Jane misses you so much, misses you so much... The only answers to her were the sound of watchdogs in the distance outside the window and the squeak of mice stealing food at the foot of the wall... In the haze, she seemed to hear the emperor calling her softly: "Zhen'er, Zhen'er, I see you are here." Is it a dream or is it waking up? Jane can't tell. "Zhen'er, Concubine Ai..." Ah, it is the emperor, it is the voice of the emperor. Zhen'er turned over and listened attentively, the sound was outside the window.She quickly put on her clothes and rushed to the window. She stood on tiptoe, and when she saw the face she was looking forward to day and night, she almost fainted. "Zhen'er...it's me, I came to see you secretly." Emperor Guangxu grabbed her hand. "It's the emperor, it's the emperor..." Zhen'er fainted in surprise, and Emperor Guangxu held her arms tightly to prevent her from falling down. After a while, Concubine Zhen woke up. She sobbed and said, "Your Majesty, I really didn't expect that we would meet again. Your Majesty, how are you doing now?" Concubine Zhen asked crying. "The Empress Dowager imprisoned me in Yingtai. Every morning, she went to make a decoration for her, and the next court took me back to the isolated island, removed the drawbridge, and prevented me from contacting others." "The Empress Dowager has made you a puppet. Her desire for power is truly terrifying. It is even worse than Wu Zetian." Emperor Guangxu said angrily: "She originally wanted to abolish Zhen, but she probably did not dare because of opposition from China and foreign countries, so she had to get Zhen to block her eyes and ears." Concubine Zhen sighed: "The queen mother will not win the hearts of the people if she continues like this. Take care, the emperor. As long as he can survive, he is not afraid that he will not have a bright future. Cheng Tang was imprisoned in Jintai in the past, and Xia Jie was destroyed later. King Wen was imprisoned in Mili Seven After Zai, Shang Zhou was destroyed, and now the emperor is imprisoned in Yingtai, and after he is released from prison, he will surely make a comeback. Your majesty, you must not be pessimistic and disappointed!" Guangxu shook her hand tightly and nodded: "I must live on, and one day I will regain power, and I must punish those dog heads who undermined the reform. First, I must kill Yuan Shikai. The hatred in my heart." "Your Majesty, yes, you will definitely see your day, and Zhen'er will definitely survive until this day." "Zhen'er, you are my closest confidant. It is enough for me to have a caring person like you in this life." "Your Majesty..." Concubine Zhen was so excited that she shed tears. "My dear concubine, don't cry... I can't help crying even if you cry." Emperor Guangxu said that tears welled up in his eyes. Concubine Zhen wanted to wipe his tears, but her arms couldn't reach her. "Your Majesty, I can't reach it, wait, I'll lift a stool." Concubine Zhen lifted down the wooden box containing the clothes, lifted the chair to the window, and stood on it. She stretched her arms down and wiped away the tears on Emperor Guangxu's face, and said sadly, "Your Majesty, please don't let me go." Sad, Jen Er will always be with you." He touched the emperor's cheek again, sadly said to her: "Your Majesty, you have lost weight, you must take care of yourself." Guangxu stroked her cheek and said, "My concubine, you have lost weight too." Then he cried. "Don't cry, Your Majesty, let us swear that no matter how much they abuse us, we must live on." "Okay, we swear we must live on." Emperor Guangxu said excitedly. "Your Majesty, Zhen'er has a request, I implore the Emperor to agree." "Tell me, Zhen'er, not to mention one request, even a hundred, even a thousand, I will agree to you." "Your Majesty, in order to achieve your great cause in the future, don't come to see Zhen'er in the future. If you are discovered, it will endanger the safety of the Emperor. It is not a pity for Zhen'er to die. Your Majesty, you must persevere." "No, I want to see you every day, and I can't live without you for a day." "Your Majesty..." Concubine Zhen was so moved that she burst into tears, Guangxu quickly covered her mouth with his hands, and persuaded: "Zhen'er, don't cry, Zhen'er, don't cry, my heart is about to break." Ah, how much they wanted to hug each other, but the cold wooden window ruthlessly blocked their love like a mountain... "My concubine, I want to kiss you so much!" "Your Majesty, Zhen'er is also in the same mood..." Wang Shang came over to persuade: "Your Majesty, the time is too long, be careful who comes, let's go." "No, wait a little longer." Concubine Zhen wanted to let go, and said, "Your Majesty, let's go." "No..." Emperor Guangxu grabbed Concubine Zhen with both hands. when!when!when!In the distance came the sound of a watchman beckoning. "Your Majesty, it will be too dangerous if you don't leave." Guangxu paused in pain, and then let go of his hand. He was reluctantly dragged away by Wang Shang. Concubine Zhen watched Emperor Guangxu off from the window until she disappeared in the darkness... It was late autumn, with the cool wind blowing in, and the fallen leaves on Yingtai Island looked desolate. Standing on the steps in front of the palace, Emperor Guangxu frowned, looking at the withered reed leaves by the lake, not far away. A group of autumn geese passed by, and hurriedly flew south... Emperor Guangxu looked up at the geese that had gone away, and forgiving Mr. Weng who was vacated and returned to his hometown in the south, couldn't help crying. The intimacy with Master Weng in the past is vivid in my memory... In the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Emperor Guangxu had a knee-to-nee conversation with Master Weng. During the Sino-Japanese War, Master Xuan Weng came to discuss the war late at night.The two angrily showed the word "war" on their palms together. In the study room, Weng Tonghe presented Emperor Guangxu's "Research on the Political Change in Japan" and "The Story of the Russian Emperor Peter the Great". Master Weng recommended Kang Youwei and Liang Qichao to Emperor Guangxu with shining eyes. On the eve of Tiananmen's edict, Master Weng nervously drafted the reform edict for Emperor Guangxu in the Hall of Mental Cultivation, and the two clenched their fists together. Outside the palace gate, Weng Tonghe, who was vacated and returned home, knelt by the roadside, staring at Emperor Guangxu in the imperial sedan chair with teary eyes, his white hair was blown by the cool wind... Ah, Master Weng, where are you now? Do you know that I have been imprisoned in Yingtai, lost my freedom and power. How much I want to send you a letter to express the concern in my heart, how much I want to go to the south to appease the grief of my benefactor, and how much I want to escape from this prison and start looking east again. well!Now I have no way to go to heaven, and no way to go to earth!But I beg my mentor to take care... exactly: Winter is coming, and the north wind is howling, and Yingtai Island is in a depression.Minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Yang Lishan came to the island to ask Emperor Guangxu on official business. He saw that the window paper in Hanyuan Hall was torn, and the cold wind blew in from the gap. Emperor Guangxu sat curled up at the table. Li Shan couldn't bear to see the shabby place where the current emperor of the Qing Dynasty lived. Before leaving, he said, "Your majesty, it's too cold here, and the window paper is all torn. I'll go back and find someone to frame the emperor." Emperor Guang said: "Then I will trouble you." This was originally a very common and trivial matter, but it was reported to Empress Dowager Cixi by Li Lianying. One day, Empress Dowager Cixi asked Li Lianying to send a message to Yang Lishan that she would give him a reward. Yang Lishan came here wondering, wondering, and recalling that he had not made any achievements recently, why the Queen Mother wanted to reward me. Yang Lishan went to the East Nuan Pavilion of Yiluan Hall, kneeling on the ground with a drum in his heart, and kowtowed to the Queen Mother. "My minister Yang Lishan pays homage to the Holy Mother, the Empress Dowager, and the Empress Dowager is auspicious." The Empress Dowager Cixi half closed her eyes, twirling a string of Buddhist beads in her hand, before she spoke for a long time: "Yang Lishan, I heard that you have been very busy recently, and you are very concerned about the emperor. I will give you a special reward. Li Lianying..." "twitter." "Give that horse to Lord Yang! So that he can pat the horse's butt twice more." "Follow the order." Li Lianying took a black skinny horse and threw it in front of Yang Lishan. The black skinny horse's buttocks pointed at Yang Lishan's kneeling head and pulled a few shits. Yang Lishan was ashamed and angry when he saw this, but he still didn't know what offended the Queen Mother and humiliated him so much.He looked at Li Lianying with puzzled eyes. "Go, go and frame the emperor's windows a few more times, and Lafayette will give you a good reward." God!It turned out that it was because of this matter, Yang Lishan never thought that such a trivial matter would be so humiliated, he hated and was anxious in his heart, but he didn't dare to show it, for fear of losing his head, he quickly said: "Thank you, Queen Mother!" The gift, the old minister is convicted, and the old minister will not dare again." Empress Dowager Cixi ignored him, closed her eyes and touched the beads again. Yang Lishan knelt on his knees for a long time before retreating gently. As soon as the news spread, no one in the imperial court dared to care about Emperor Guangxu, and even if something happened, they dared not go to Yingtai to find the emperor. From then on, no one dared to come to Yingtai Island except Emperor Guangxu and a few eunuchs. Patronize. Yingtai Island became a real prison island. The north wind howled, the sky was freezing cold, and at noon it was blowing and snowing heavily. In the afternoon, Emperor Guangxu stood in front of the Hanyuan Hall and stared at the direction of Concubine Zhen's prison... In such a cold day, Concubine Zhen must be freezing unbearably, the damned Empress Longyu would not add clothes to her.Hmph, one day I will beat her into limbo, so that she can also taste the feeling of being immortal. A gust of cold wind brought large swaths of snowflakes to Emperor Guangxu's face. Emperor Guangxu shivered from the cold. When Wang Shang saw it, he quickly took a cloak and put it on Emperor Guangxu. Guangxu whispered: "Wang Shang, I want to send a padded jacket to Concubine Zhen at night, so I will take off my jacket for her." Wang Shang said: "Long Live Lord, this old slave just secretly tried the ice in the back of the palace and you can go. In the evening, this old slave will take the emperor to see Master Zhen." Guangxu said gratefully: "Wang Shang, I only have two caring people in this world, one is Zhen'er, and the other is you. One day, I will definitely repay you." Wang Shang choked up and said: "Long Live Lord is the king of a country, but he has suffered such a catastrophe. The old slave really can't stand it. In front of the queen mother, the old slave has to pretend to deal with it. As long as the old slave can do it Yes, we must solve the problems for the emperor." "Wang Shang... I can't help you." "Your Majesty, this is what this old slave should do." Seeing the emperor's eyes filled with tears, Wang Shang, who was over fifty years old, also shed tears. "Your Majesty, come into the house quickly, it will freeze to death." "Ok." "Your Majesty, be careful of the slippery steps." Wang Shang helped Emperor Guangxu back into the hall. Wang Shang removed the charcoal in the brazier, added a few more pieces, and then brought it to Emperor Guangxu's desk, saying: "My Majesty, hurry up." Grill your hands, look at the frozen ones." "Wang Shang, does Zhen'er have a brazier?" "Your Majesty, even if we don't have one, we can't take it with us. We can only bring her some more clothes. I've prepared the padded jacket and asked for it from a few court ladies. Alas, it's really not easy for Master Zhen. That place , she is alone at night, she will scare people to death." When Guangxu heard this, he gritted his teeth. "These inhuman ones, sooner or later I will deal with them." In the middle of the night, the snow fell harder and harder, and the north wind blew loudly. In the woods behind the Hanyuan Hall in Yingtai, Emperor Guangxu followed Wang Shang gently down to the frozen lake. "Your Majesty, the ice is slippery, be careful, don't fall." "Ok." They braved the storm to hide in the night with difficulty... With a "snap", Emperor Guangxu slipped and fell. "Long live, did you break it?" Wang Shang helped Emperor Guangxu up. "Fortunately, I just sprained my ankle, it's fine, I can walk." "Come on, this servant will support you." Wang Shang helped Emperor Guangxu limped towards the shore of the lake. The north wind was still howling, as if it was going to knock them down.Under the cover of the heavy snowstorm, they gently touched the small window behind Concubine Zhen's house without meeting anyone. "My concubine, my concubine..." Emperor Guangxu called softly a few times. Concubine Zhen was shivering in a thin quilt, hum!You want to freeze me to death, but I won't die, I must live on... Suddenly, she heard the voice she was most familiar with. Ah, the emperor! Concubine Zhen quickly put on her clothes and ran to the window. When she saw the emperor dressed as an eunuch with a thick layer of snow on his head and body, she was so excited that she cried... "Your majesty..." Concubine Zhen choked up and said, "How can you still come in such a heavy snowstorm, and freeze the dragon's body?" "Zhen'er, hurry up, these are the cotton-padded trousers that Wang Shang asked for from the old maid, you wear them inside, don't let them see it, ah!" "Your Majesty, please thank Wang Shang for me." The emperor stuffed the clothes through the gap between the wooden bars, and the concubine Zhen pulled the clothes out and draped them over her shoulders. "Zhen'er...Looking at how thin your clothes are and how cold your hands are, they abused you too much." "Your Majesty, it's too cold, go back quickly, you'll freeze to death." "Let me hold your arm again..." "Ah! Your Majesty, your face is frozen, go back quickly." "No, I want to be with you." At this time, a strong north wind rushed over again, and Emperor Guangxu coughed. Wang Shang hurried over and grabbed the emperor to persuade him: "Your Majesty, go back quickly, you will freeze to death." "My concubine..." Emperor Guangxu couldn't bear to leave. "Your Majesty, go back quickly..." Concubine Zhen let go of her hand and left the window cruelly. "Ah, Concubine Ai, come here quickly, I want to take another look at you, Concubine Ai..." Emperor Guangxu shook the wooden window anxiously. Concubine Zhen squatted under the window, tears gushing out like spring water. "Aifei, stand up quickly, I want to see you." "Your Majesty, hurry up, you will freeze to death..." "My concubine, I beg you, stand up quickly and let me take another look at you..." "Your Majesty, please leave now..." Concubine Zhen squatted at the foot of the wall and cried bitterly... "My concubine..." Emperor Guangxu was reluctantly dragged away by Wang Shang. Concubine Zhen rushed to the window, the emperor had already left, only the north wind and snowflakes were blowing... Two lines of tears poured out of her obviously thin eye sockets like spring water...