Chapter 46 Section forty-fifth

Early in the morning of the Dragon Boat Festival, the wife was ordered to enter the palace to celebrate the festival, and Prince Baylor's Fujin and Gege arrived a lot. Of course, King Jin Fujin was the most popular, and it happened that her second son Pujie was full moon, so besides congratulating the Empress Dowager Cixi, there was also a lot of congratulations for King Fujin. The noon banquet was over, and the Empress Dowager Cixi needed to rest. She liked to be lively when she was old. Although she was dozing off on the soft couch, she still told her: "Leave me alone, just play by yourself. Just don't go far."

So King Jin Fujin, Princess Rongshou, Sigege, the daughter of Yikuang's widow, the queen's sister, and the wife of Zaize, Duke of Zhenguo, gathered in the room behind the palace to chat. Under the guidance of Princess Rongshou, the topic naturally turned to Empress Dowager Cixi's Wanshou, "Today is the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, and the day is half over." Chun Wang Fujin asked, "Sister, what should we do?" "The tenth day of October and the fifth day of May, isn't it already halfway through?" Si Gege seemed surprised: "The days are so fast, it will be here in a blink of an eye."

"Elder Sister!" Chun Wang Fujin repeated before asking: "How should we be filial?" "That's not based on everyone's filial piety." Princess Rongshou replied. "That's right! But you have to look at what Lafayette means. Obedience is filial piety. Loving lively is the way to be lively, and loving quiet is the way to be quiet." Chun Wang Fujin asked again: "Sister, have you heard what Lafayette mentioned? " "I mentioned it before." Princess Rongshou didn't say any more. "What's the matter? How did it come about?"

"Lafayette naturally understands everyone, saying that there is no need to be extravagant..." "No!" Mrs. Zegong rushed to say: "Lafayette belongs to Lafayette, we still have to be filial." "That's right! That's what you said." Chun Wang Fujin asked: "Sister-in-law Qi, listen to what Brother Qi said, how much money can the Ministry allocate?" "Seventh brother" refers to Zaize.After the vacancy was opened in Zaizhen, the Minister of the Du Branch, Pu Yong, was transferred to the Ministry of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce, and Zaize was filled in the vacancy.

The so-called "how much money can be allocated by the Ministry" is self-evident. It is asking how much money the branch can allocate for the longevity celebration? "I don't know." Mrs. Zegong said, "Can he dial less?" "It's not that many calls." Sigege intervened and said, "But Brother Seven can't be blamed." "Who is to blame?" Mrs. Zegong's voice was filled with panic, "Master Qi never dared to call less!" "Who is to blame? Naturally, the military plane is to blame." "Blame the military plane?" Chun Wang Fujin asked, "Could it be Uncle Qing?"

"My old man can't be the master either." Si Gege replied: "Now Qu Dajun is in power, if he says no, he just can't!" The voice was loud, a little angry, but the Empress Dowager Cixi heard it clearly when she closed her eyes and meditated, and she couldn't help but think of Qu Hongji's usual remonstrance: "take it from the people, use it for the people, and spend more money on the local government. The expenses in the palace should be cut as much as possible. There are too many redundant staff in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and it is urgent to cut them down." Only now did I know that he was still withholding Wanshou's expenses.

"If this Qu Dajun continues to do this, he will tear up the face of our Bannerman!" Si Gege said bitterly, "Of course half of it is my own failure to live up to expectations." "What's the matter?" Madam Zegong asked. "Hey! Sister-in-law Seven," Chun Wang Fujin said bluntly, "fourth sister is naturally referring to Uncle Zhen's matter. The "Beijing News" was a little too sarcastic." "It's not just this matter. Anyway, it's cynicism, and it's wrong to scold us banner people! I don't know what he's worried about? "

"Fourth Sister," Chun Wang Fujin asked, "I heard that Wang Kangnian, who runs the "Beijing News", is Qu Dajunji's favorite student, and the two families are very close. Is there such a thing?" "Why not?" Si Gege sneered, "I don't know how many important secrets have been leaked? To be honest, we don't know as many things as foreigners!" "Foreigner?" "The interviewers sent here by Britain and Japan aren't foreigners?" "These people!" Chun Wang Fujin asked in surprise, "Then don't you want to publish it in the newspaper?"

"certainly." "Does Lafayette know?" "I don't know! Who dares to talk too much in front of Lafayette?" "Isn't this an affair with a foreign country?" "You can say that too!" "That's what you said," Chun Wang Fujin said, "What is this Qu Dajunji thinking about?" "Who knows?" Si Gege said in a pleading voice: "God bless, please don't implicate the emperor again!" "What's the matter?" Chun Wang Fujin and Mrs. Zegong asked in unison. "You think..." "Fourth sister," Princess Rongshou interrupted with a majestic voice: "Don't talk endlessly, Lafayette decides everything, so why worry about it?"

Princess Rongshou is extremely authoritative in the generation of "Zai", so Si GeGe naturally dared not say anything more with such a sharp warning. In this silence, there was a voice ahead. "Big princess!" It was Empress Dowager Cixi who shouted. "Here!" Princess Rongshou said softly, "Go ahead! Wake up." Arriving in front of the soft couch, I saw Empress Dowager Cixi staring blankly at the sky, wondering what was on her mind?Others waited in horror, but Chun Wang Fujin said coquettishly: "What is Lafayette thinking?" The Empress Dowager Cixi did not answer her question, but said: "Da Gege, you ask someone to find a few copies of that "Beijing News" for me to read."

"Yes!" Princess Rongshou gave Si Gege a slight look, as if she was blaming her for causing trouble.