Chapter 53 Section 53

According to the rules of banner people, presenting wishful wishes is the meaning of congratulations from the younger generation to the elders.Therefore, on the day of the Empress Dowager, the emperor should offer his wishes to the Empress Dowager.Because of this great accident, Huang Tianfu didn't dare to be negligent. Before the Empress Dowager Cixi returned to Chuxiu Palace, she prepared a gold-encrusted coral ruyi, and rushed to the front of the palace to wait. As soon as the Empress Dowager Cixi arrived, she went back to her bedroom to change her clothes. Huang Tianfu took advantage of this to tell the emperor what Li Lianying meant.After everything was ready, I told Li Lianying to play back.

"Lafayette, please come out of the hall! Lord Long Live has been waiting for a long time." "What is he still doing here?" Empress Dowager Cixi said coldly, "The wings have grown hard, why can't he fly far by himself?" Li Lianying didn't dare to answer her words, she just said: "Today is a day of great joy. Everyone outside is hearing the good news! Please Lafayette let the Long Live Lord fulfill his filial piety, and see the military aircraft announce the decree!" The phrase "everyone outside is listening to the good news" reminded the Empress Dowager Cixi that the decree was announced too late, which may cause many speculations and turn into bizarre rumors, which will make people angry.

Therefore, she accepted Li Lianying's advice, came out of the dormitory, and sat down in the middle. The emperor stepped up with a smile on his face. Ruyi, please accept it from the Queen's Mother." As he spoke, he took the box from Huang Tianfu's hand who was kneeling on one side, and held it high above his head. "It's hard for your filial piety!" Empress Dowager Cixi said lightly. His tone and demeanor were indifferent, and he did not accept the wishful offer from the emperor.Princess Rongshou couldn't see it, she stepped out and picked up Ruyi, and forced her into the arms of Empress Dowager Cixi, only then did she resolve the imminent deadlock.

So the emperor laughed again and said: "I would like to ask the mother-in-law to give her son a day off, and remove the study, so that my son can serve the mother-in-law and have a good time." "Mmm! Mmm!" Empress Dowager Cixi turned to Princess Rongshou and said in a slightly surprised voice, "Have a good day?" Princess Rongshou pretended not to understand what she said, just to make fun of it: "Lafayette, pass on the decree and evacuate the study! Let Shufangzhai's play start earlier. There are so many plays prepared today, I'm afraid I won't be able to finish listening to them if it's too late. "

"Okay!" The Empress Dowager Cixi had a slack look that was too lazy to ask questions: "I will also give myself a day off. After the announcement of the decree, the emperor himself will say it to the military plane." "Yes!" The emperor agreed, stood up, and still stood beside the Empress Dowager Cixi, looking envious. "You go!" After the Empress Dowager Cixi gave the order again, and there seemed to be warmth in her voice, the emperor felt that the pressure in his heart was relieved. He agreed, exited the Chuxiu Palace, changed his clothes, and summoned the military plane to the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

At this time, the imperial ministers and military aircraft ministers have all received good news.For state-owned celebrations, python robes commonly known as "flower clothes" must be worn. Fortunately, preparations have been made in advance, and they will be changed into neat clothes in the court room immediately.At the same time, everyone prepared as he wished, some of which were forwarded to the memorial office, and some were presented in person. The Ruyi of the imperial court and the military aircraft were handed over naturally, inlaid with gold and jade, and filled the imperial case in a dazzling array.Seeing it in his eyes, the emperor couldn't help but silently recited a sentence in Yongzheng Zhu's decree: "You think it's satisfactory, but I don't want it."

After congratulating him, King Shiduo presented two decrees in yellow-faced red envelopes, which had already been transcribed in block letters. The emperor looked at the first one first, which read: "I respect Empress Dowager Cixi Duanyou Kangyi Zhaoyu Zhuangcheng: The emperor Yin Shao Piji, rich in spring and autumn, is allowed to choose talents as a match, to assist the palace; Queen." Seeing the word "Li", the emperor did not hesitate to take up the ink brush to scribble it out, then after a little thought, he wrote the word "Zhuang". Then look at the second track.

This edict still uses the tone of "following Yi's decree", announcing the two daughters of Changxu.Under the three characters "authorized as", there are two empty spaces, and there is another sheet with eight characters written on it, all of which are next to the word "Yu".Although it was the first time for the emperor to deal with such incidents, it is not difficult to imagine that these eight characters were used to choose titles. At this time, Shiduo still had something to say: "Besides the queen, are the other two concubines or concubines? Please decide. "

Only then did the emperor realize that he should ask Yizhi to make a decision.But he was really afraid that mentioning the matter of concubine concubine would cause Empress Dowager Cixi's displeasure and hit a wall, and at the same time delay time, so he made his own idea: "Concubine concubine!" "Yes." Shi Duo said again: "Please circle the title." The emperor took a look, and circled two words: "Jin" and "Zhen", and filled in the blanks with a pen. The 15-year-old Tatarah's name was Jin's concubine, and the 13-year-old Tatarah's name was Zhen's concubine. .

After dealing with such a matter that day, he retreated immediately.The emperor changed into plain clothes again and rushed to Chuxiu Palace to serve Empress Dowager Cixi and listen to an opera at the Royal Shufangzhai.Shufangzhai has also been rebuilt to a new look. The Empress Dowager Cixi rested in the back hall for a while, and then went out of the hall to deliver an order to start the play. Today's play is still mainly based on the "inner court worship" that is advertised as an errand in the palace. The repertoire is arranged and the roles are assigned by Lishan.The play completely catered to the Empress Dowager Cixi's preferences, and because Li Lianying had informed her in advance that the Empress Dowager Cixi was not very happy that day, and she had to be particularly flattering when she was on errands. If something went wrong, it would be difficult to recover.So Li Shan secretly asked Hou He to be extra "Mao Shang", he said: "Everyone will give me a big compliment. I know it in my heart."

Li Shan is a wealthy guest of the song stage and dance pavilion, and also the protector of the Liyuan.With his words, no one dared to ignore them, and when they got out on stage, everyone put in a lot of effort and sang brilliantly.After the two small plays, half of the anger caused by the Empress Dowager Cixi for becoming a queen has disappeared. The third play came on stage and the meal was passed on.Usually, a play arranged at this time is always relatively poor.Because when the meal was passed on, there was an endless stream of food boxes, and the imperial court was constantly running around. If you take care of the food and drink, you can't help but neglect the entertainment of the eyes and ears, and miss out on good roles, which is a pity. A play at this time was "Catch and Release Cao". The Empress Dowager Cixi recognized Li Lianzhong as the colorful face playing Cao Cao, but she had never seen the one playing Chen Gong.Because I was eating, I didn't ask about it, but as soon as the four-sentence rocking board came on stage, the Empress Dowager Cixi stopped and paid attention.The person playing Chen Gong has a good voice, wide and narrow, high and low, and can do whatever he wants. It sounds very happy, especially the fourth line "I saw an old man by the road", when he sang at the end, his voice suddenly released, like a slap in the face. Like thunder, the voice of Yin Yin lasted for a long time, which made people both surprised and happy. "Who is this?" Empress Dowager Cixi asked Li Lianying. Looking at his words, he knew that the Empress Dowager Cixi admired this person, so he intentionally took care of him and asked him to make a contribution. just got it." "With fame?" Empress Dowager Cixi was surprised, "Why did you sing an opera? You come to Li Shan, and I'll ask him." Li Shan waited in front of the hall, arrived as soon as he passed the message, kowtowed his head and knelt there to wait for the question.The Empress Dowager Cixi used extra pretense and ordered him to stand up and answer. "Who is this singing Chen Gong?" "My name is Sun Juxian. The stage name is 'Old Folks'. I just came to Beijing from Shanghai. I have heard him a few times. I think his voice is very pleasant, so I specially asked him to try it. Because I don't know if it suits Lafayette, so I didn’t dare to play back beforehand.” "It's not bad, let him come into the palace as an errand." "yes!" "How can he be famous?" Empress Dowager Cixi asked, "What did he do? Whose 'old folks' are you? " "Sun Juxian is from Tianjin. He turned out to be a military scholar. When Chen Guorui was stationed in Tianjin, he was in..." At this point he stopped.Because the stage was singing that Lu Boshe was going out to sell wine, Cao Cao could hear the cooks sharpening their knives, and the members of the Lu family were discussing: "Tie him up and kill him, tie him up and kill him?" powerful.This is an important joint, which attracted the attention of the Empress Dowager Cixi. Li Shan was afraid of disturbing her hearing, so he shut up when he saw the opportunity. The Empress Dowager Cixi saw the end of the stormy "journey" and "stay in the shop" came on stage. She walked through the door with two yellow eyes and three eyes. Fang then asked about Sun Juxian's life. Li Shan was fully aware of Sun Juxian's life, but at this time and here, there was no reason to detail the experience of an actress.Therefore, it is only a brief replay. After Sun Juxian was selected by Wu Xiucai, he was cast in Chen Guorui's camp and served as an officer in charge of ordnance. . The official position ranges from military merit protection to the alternate capital of the third rank, and has been rewarded with flower feathers. "Since you have the top rank of the third rank, you can't be an official, but why did you go to sing?" "It's because of singing that he lost his official position." Li Shan replied: "One year Sun Juxian passed by Shanghai on a business trip from Guangdong, and his fellow countrymen knew that he could sing well. Everyone booed him and insisted that he show it. Sun Juxian didn't like it. As an amateur, I sang for three days. The poster said 'Old Folks', but I couldn't hide it from others. It would be unseemly for a third-rank military officer to openly perform on stage. Someone wanted to join him. When I was an official, I didn't have any savings, and I couldn't live on, so I simply went to sea." "This is a rare miracle!" The Empress Dowager Cixi said with great interest: "When he finishes singing, you send him, and I will ask him." "yes!" Li Shan answered very loudly, but he couldn't help but mutter in his heart, because Sun Juxian abandoned his official position to become an actress, full of complaints, and he usually likes to argue with others, and Tianjin people have a loud voice, so it always sounds like a big quarrel .If in front of the Empress Dowager Cixi, he is also so ignorant, he must cause a catastrophe. For this reason, Lishan rushed to the backstage to greet him.After Sun Juxian finished singing, he heard a eunuch shouting in front of the stage: "Reward according to Yi's decree!" Then "Cao Cao" and "Chen Gong" knelt on the stage to thank them.At this moment, Li Shan was already guarding the door of the lower stage, and when Sun Juxian came in, he personally opened the curtain for him, and said with a smile, "It's done! My 'old folk'! Take off your make-up quickly, Lafayette summons you." Sun Juxian was taken aback for a moment, then suddenly closed his eyes, tears exchanged, two very obvious tear stains appeared on his face with makeup.From the looks of others, I was so happy that I burst into tears, but who knew otherwise. "I have sacrificed my life for the royal family with a knife and a gun, and no one appreciates it. I don't want to be summoned by the empress dowager today. This, this, where did you start?" Hearing this, the complaints became more intense, Li Shanji changed extremely quickly, and immediately said seriously: "Juxian, you are wrong, don't think that your third-rank Dingdai is great, the red and blue troops earned by the Hunan Army and Huai Army from military merits I don’t know how many top yellow jackets? There are countless third-ranks in the eighteen provinces, but there is only one Sun Juxian with a steel throat and an iron voice. Isn’t it that rare things are more expensive, will Lafayette summon you?” Sun Juxian held back her tears, thought about it carefully, and asked An to say: "Fourth Master, what you said is right!" "Then hurry up!" So a lot of "followers" hurriedly helped Sun Juxian take off her make-up, put on a long robe and mandarin jacket, and temporarily grabbed a red tasseled hat to put on for him, and Li Shan personally led her to see the Empress Dowager Cixi. "Chrysanthemum Immortal!" Li Shan whispered, "Keep your voice down!" "I know. In front of the queen mother and the emperor, it is natural to talk about etiquette." "That's right!" Li Shan was very relieved, "Go up! It's not in vain for you to throw away the three-pin top and wear it for this job!" Sun Juxian repeatedly said yes, and Li Shan became more and more relieved.Who would have thought that once in front of the Empress Dowager Cixi, she would make a mistake.It is a common thing to summon actors. All the so-called "inner court worship" are considered to belong to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, so the etiquette is the same as that of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and they call themselves "slaves".Sun Juxian didn't use these two words, but he didn't call himself "Chen", but called himself "Mu En". The Empress Dowager Cixi understood these two words, but it was quite fresh to her ears. The Han Chinese military attache said to her superiors that she was in the post of her father Huihui's Chi Taiguang Road in Anhui more than 30 years ago. Pass.This is naturally disrespectful, even disrespectful, but the Empress Dowager Cixi didn't think it was disobedient, and still asked him about his experience in learning opera with great interest. Sun Juxian is from a fancier background, he has never taken a subject, he learned from Cheng Changgeng, and also learned from Yu Sansheng. Today's "Catch and Release Cao" is the way of the Yu school. Then he asked about his origin.Sun Juxian's answer was roughly the same as what Li Shan said, when he mentioned that he had been injured twice, Empress Dowager Cixi was actually moved, as if she loved his loyalty and bravery very much. "Have you ever been a third-rank official?" Empress Dowager Cixi asked, "I heard that you were an official who was lost for singing?" "yes!" "You think it's a pity, don't you?" "yes!" "It doesn't matter. I'll reward you with a third-rank Dingdai." This is a strange number, even Li Shan was happy for him, so he reminded him: "Sun Juxian, meet and thank you." Sun Juxian met as promised, but it was not Xie En, "Lafayette, please take it back." He said, "Mu En dare not be honored." As soon as this remark came out, Li Shan paled, isn't this too ignorant of flattery?She secretly glanced at the Empress Dowager Cixi apprehensively, but she had a look of surprise on her face. "Why are you unpopular? Let me tell you a reason." "Dingdai is a national treasure. Mu En asked himself who he is? Dare to be rewarded by Lafayette!" This is becoming more and more outrageous, and it is tantamount to accusing the Empress Dowager Cixi of indiscriminately granting fame.Li Shan was sweating profusely, and was about to kneel down and accompany Sun Ju to make amends, but Empress Dowager Cixi said calmly: "Your words are true. I will reward you for something else!" Then she turned her face and ordered: "Reward Sun Juxian and Bai Yu Sixi have a finger and a small knife with a jade handle!" This is usually a reward for military officers who have made meritorious service in battle. Sun Juxian was overjoyed and kowtowed respectfully to thank him for the reward.Only then did Li Shan heave a sigh of relief, but he was very vigilant in his heart. The Empress Dowager Cixi was really unpredictable, and she had to be more cautious when she was on errands in the future. ※※※ On this day, Shufangzhai sang an opera, and finally broke up happily.When the Empress Dowager Cixi returned to Chuxiu Palace, she still appeared to be in good spirits, but the key to the palace gate ordered the wife not to stay in the palace, and the only person to accompany her to gossip under the lamp was Princess Rongshou. After talking and talking, they talked about the unpleasant matter of Lihou.After a day, her anger was gone, but the wounds in her heart remained. "It's a good thing, you see, it's so useless in the end!" She said regretfully: "Does the emperor really not understand what I mean?" Princess Rongshou didn't dare to answer, and she didn't want to talk about it anymore, she really wanted to change the topic, but the Empress Dowager Cixi had a bone in her throat, and she didn't wait for her to say anything, just expressed her grievances as soon as possible . "I'm well-planned, and I've been thinking in my heart that the ancients said 'marrying a wife and virtue', the common people are like this, and the post-Life should be more virtuous." She paused and said, "I also know that Dexin's family The two sisters are handsome, and the two sisters of the Changxu family are not bad, and they plan to stay. The two concubines, two concubines, and two pairs of sisters are also unique stories from ancient times to the present? Even my son can't understand that ten years of hard work is for nothing, do you think it will make me sad?" Princess Rongshou was also able to fully understand the painstaking efforts of the Empress Dowager Cixi at this time. Thinking about it, as she said, leaving two pairs of sisters in the palace is indeed a beautiful story that surpasses the previous generations.I always thought that the Empress Dowager Cixi always planned for herself, and made her niece the queen. After returning to power in the future, she could still pretend to be the queen, influence the emperor's will, and indirectly manipulate the court situation.Now it seems that this is not always the case. Apart from planning for herself, the Empress Dowager Cixi does not completely ignore the emperor.According to her arrangement, it is far more happy than the emperor only choosing Dexin's eldest daughter as his successor.It's a pity that her intentions were too deep, and she didn't disclose it in advance, so that she made a mistake and lost all the games. It's a pity! Who is to blame?Think about it or blame the Empress Dowager Cixi herself.As long as she leaked a little bit of information about her plan, the emperor could readily follow through on it, but she was too stingy to say a word, which was too self-confident.Thinking of this, he couldn't help but let out a long sigh. "You don't have to sigh." The Empress Dowager Cixi said, "Everything is predestined. I want to open it too! My own son doesn't listen to me, let alone a belly away?" Even Mu Zong complained about this.Princess Rongshou said very uneasy: "Lafayette said this, I can be wronged for the late emperor and the emperor, who dare not be filial to Lafayette? It's just..." "how?" "It's just that I don't know as much as Lafayette, and I can't see how hard Lafayette has gone through?" The Empress Dowager Cixi didn't speak, and nodded after a while and said: "You are right! You have hit the root of my illness." "Daughter doesn't mean that much. She dares to talk nonsense about Lafayette's lack of behavior." "I know, I know. I'm not saying that it's wrong to criticize me. I just think my thoughts are sometimes a little too deep, as if people are unpredictable." The Empress Dowager Cixi then said: "From then on, I It should be changed." Princess Rongshou felt that what she said was still unpredictable, so she didn't dare to speak up, and just patted her back lightly. "Look, can the emperor really take this burden off?" This refers to the emperor in charge of the big government.However, although Princess Rongshou understood what she meant, she had no choice but to pretend not to understand, because the matter was too important to answer, so she could only pretend to be confused: "My daughter doesn't understand what Lafayette means." Princess Rongshou disapproved of the word, so the Empress Dowager Cixi stopped talking about it.That's a lot of words.The big wedding is scheduled for the 26th of the first lunar month of next year, followed by return to power on the 3rd of the second lunar month. Everything is a foregone conclusion, and there is no reason to change it. Is it not superfluous to say that the emperor is afraid of difficult tasks, as if he is still reluctant to let go? Therefore, knowing that Princess Rongshou is tight-lipped and reliable, she still had to tell her: "If our mother and daughter chat casually, don't say it!" It seems like a kind and common saying, but at this moment and this place, this person is nothing more than a leisurely one.Princess Rongshou was aroused for a moment, with mixed feelings, Huo Di bent her legs and knelt in front of Empress Dowager Cixi's knees. "What are you doing? Speak up if you have something to say." "My daughter has a few words to say, so I have to say them on my knees. I'm afraid that the honest words will hurt my ears and make the Queen's mother angry, so I kneel here first to make amends." Princess Rongshou's demeanor has always been prudent, she sees things deeply and thinks through everything, at this time, such actions and words must be extremely important, so she nodded and shouted: "Come on!" Waiting outside the palace was Cui Yugui, the chief eunuch of the Chuxiu Palace. People in the Ministry of Internal Affairs called him "Second Director". His status and favor among the eunuchs was second only to Li Lianying.Hearing the call at this time, he walked quickly with his swollen belly in his hands, knelt down on one leg, and waited for orders. "See who's in the house? Call them out!" Cui Yugui was ordered to check house by house, check one place, drive out one place, and close another place, only to hear the sound of door knocking, and finally even the hall door was closed. So the Empress Dowager Cixi said calmly: "If you have something to say, just say it! No matter what you say, I will not blame you. You know, I have a big matter, and I only discuss it with you." "It's a pity that the empress's mother didn't tell her daughter about the important event. Otherwise, it would have been done more smoothly." Princess Rongshou said: "My daughter knows the emperor's filial piety, and because of this matter, the emperor feels very uneasy. Very, I'm afraid it's against the Queen's mother's wishes. In fact, it's no wonder the emperor, he doesn't have anyone close to discuss it. Master Weng is close to the emperor, but the emperor doesn't mention this matter. Master Weng has always been cautious and never dared to talk about it. Mention. All in all, the emperor couldn't understand the kindness of the Queen's Mother, and he accidentally twisted it, and it was definitely not intentional. The Queen's Mother's nurturing grace is as high as the sky and as thick as the earth. My daughter is thinking, You don't necessarily take the emperor's unintentional mistake and always take it to heart, right?" "Of course! But," Empress Dowager Cixi said after pondering for a long time, "some things, you want to throw them away, but they just take care of them. There is really nothing you can do about it." "Emperor Niang, my daughter is going to speak presumptuously." Princess Rongshou said word by word: "Emperor Niang has only one son, the Emperor." "That's right! Because there is only one, I gave him all my heart. Helpless..." Empress Dowager Cixi hesitated and sighed: "Oh, don't mention it!" She lovingly caressed Princess Rongshou's face. face, "I finally have a good daughter who is sincere to me." "Naturally, a daughter must be filial to the emperor's mother. However, a daughter must also be a good sister, a good sister to the emperor!" "That's right! Any good daughter must also be a good sister." Princess Rongshou was very pleased, "There is really no one more holy than Huang Er Niang." She couldn't help being a little excited, "Mother is kind and filial, the world is peaceful, Huang Er Niang can enjoy the blessings!" This sentence made the Empress Dowager Cixi very happy, "I will enjoy a few years of blessings." She said confidently: "Finally, a peaceful situation has been handed over to the emperor, and I feel that I am worthy of my ancestors."