Chapter 73 Section 73

"It's really a shame!" Li Lianying said while playing with the mutton fat jade snuff bottle that Yu Ming gave her, "I have to find a way to benefit him." "It's not busy, there are plenty of opportunities." Gao Dongyuan asked, "I don't understand, why did it turn over all of a sudden? Is there someone playing tricks in the middle?" "Of course!" Li Lianying pouted towards the east, "Jingren Palace." "We have to figure out a way early on." Gao Dongyuan asked in a low voice, "How is Lafayette?" "I still can't see it, as if I don't know about it."

Gao Dongyuan thought for a while, then said in a deep and slow voice: "You have to mention it! Otherwise, within two or three years, it will be the world of others. " Whose world was it at that time?Will it be Zhenfei's world?This question seems ridiculous, but think about it otherwise.Li Lianying knows very well that if the power struggle is like the two ends of a balance, one end is Chuxiu Palace, the other end is Jingren Palace, and although the emperor is the hub, he is not biased, then it is nothing to worry about. Don't go over the bridge", the concubine Zhen will never be able to surpass the Empress Dowager Cixi.

The worrying thing is that there are increasingly obvious signs day by day that the emperor is not reconciled to the situation where mother and son are like monarchs and ministers, and he wants to be an emperor who can be his own master.Let me reassure you that you don't need to deceive yourself, the Empress Dowager Cixi has indeed usurped a lot of power from the emperor, and she will force him to lean towards Jingren Palace invisibly, and it will become a two-to-one.In this way, the number of growth and decline at both ends of the balance is self-evident. This series of thoughts flashed through her mind like lightning, and Li Lianying felt terrified by Gao Dongyuan's warning.But on the surface, he is unwilling and inconvenient to acknowledge Gao Dongyuan's warning, which cannot be ignored.

"Don't worry!" he said, "it won't make a difference." "It will be difficult to control when it becomes the climate." "It's not just a matter of a day or two." Li Lianying said again: "Everything is the same as usual, you just pretend that there is no such thing, what to do, I am inside!" Things are more or less cleared up.There is Wang You in Jingren Palace, and Quan Geng in the House of Internal Affairs. A line passes through the concubine Zhen and goes directly to Tianting.On the day when Yuming hit a wall, Concubine Zhen had a secret conversation with the emperor.Afterwards, Quan Geng happily threatened everywhere: "I already knew that Yu Ming would end up in disgrace!" Looking at these situations together, the inside story is clearly revealed.

Li Lianying felt that it was a great humiliation to fall into the hands of Concubine Zhen, Wang You, and Quan Geng, and whenever she remembered this incident, she would feel evil in her heart.However, he still endured and waited for the opportunity. This opportunity is foreseeable. Every ten or eight days, the Empress Dowager Cixi will ask: "What's the news outside?" When asked this day, Li Lianying calmly replied, "It's not all about Yuming!" "What's going on?" Empress Dowager Cixi asked, "I heard from Cui Yugui that Concubine Zhen wanted to entrust others with money but failed, so she urged the emperor to embarrass Yuming. Is this the case?"

"No. Cui Yugui believed it was true that the concubine Zhen wanted to send people's money, which was fabricated by some people." "Then why?" "Yes," Li Lianying replied in a low voice: "Concubine Zhen advises Long Live Lord to make up his own mind. Use whoever should be used, and use whoever is not needed! Let everyone know that it is Long Live Lord who is the emperor, and the emperor himself has all the power palm." Empress Dowager Cixi suddenly changed color, the veins on her forehead popped out, and her eyes were convulsing violently. She stared at Li Lianying for a long time, then suddenly slowed down and asked, "Didn't you say that Yu Ming was recommended by the concubine Zhen? But why?" And you can't live with yourself?"

"Yes, it was originally recommended by Concubine Zhen, just for Lafayette..." Li Lianying kowtowed and said, "I dare not say any more." Empress Dowager Cixi's hands trembled and she remained silent for a long time.The pale golden setting sun shines on half of her face, and in the light and shade, it draws a very clear outline. The broad forehead, straight nose, and tightly closed lips look so powerful and deep.Li Lianying was thinking: It seems that a person with such a face should not have those hands that tremble when frightened and angry. "When the wings grow hard, it's time to fly away. Fly! Fly far and high, let me see if you fly well." Empress Dowager Cixi said to herself sternly, then turned her face and ordered: "Remember to remind me Me, when the emperor comes, I will tell him that the two sisters should be promoted."

Li Lianying didn't understand what she meant, so she only agreed: "Yes!" "Fly! Fly high and far, let me see how well you fly!" Then, the Empress Dowager Cixi stood up and walked away, stepping on the "bottom of the flowerpot" calmly, and sprinkled the setting sun on her back, Sink quietly into the darkness.