Chapter 39 Section thirty-ninth

As soon as the emperor left, the Empress Dowager Ci'an changed her expression, "Yuzi," she lowered her voice, "Did you see it? The emperor has thought about Guilian." "The slave also saw it." "Be careful for me." The Empress Dowager Ci'an thought for a while and then said, "The most important thing is to ask Gui Lian to calm down a bit! Don't make a joke out of me." In fact, it is not a joke that there is such a thing.Although Yuzi is unmarried, she knows everything about the affairs between men and women when she is a court lady "bed manager" and "account manager". She has never seen or heard of it.The emperor took a fancy to that court lady, not only was it not a joke, but it was also a beautiful thing.However, the emperor was only thirteen years old and was still studying. If he was really fascinated by Guilian, Empress Dowager Cixi must blame it on this side.In order to avoid right and wrong, Yuzi attaches great importance to the words of the "master".

So she backed out, quietly found Guilian to a secluded place, and warned her: "You are in front of the emperor, you should be careful and stop smiling!" "Yeah!" Guilian agreed, and quickly glanced at her, like a flash of lightning in a black head. "It's your eyes that kill you!" "What's the matter? Sister Yuzi!" This time, she didn't glance at her, but stared blankly at Yuzi with her eyes wide open. The two eyeballs, which looked like longan seeds, kept turning. Yuzi thought she was an ignorant little sister, and it was inconvenient to say some things, and she didn't understand them, so she thought for a while and replied: "The palace is not happy to look at people like you, don't keep glancing around, and don't look at people like you." Stare. You, your two eyeballs, don't keep turning them all the time, can you?"

"This..." Guilian lowered his head and pouted, "I can't control myself!" It was true after thinking about it, Yuzi sighed helplessly, "Then," she asked, "Can you control your own two legs, or not?" "Of course it's okay" "Okay, you just control your two legs. First, if you want to leave Changchun Palace, no matter who tells you, you have to tell me first." "Yes," Guilian nodded, "I know. I must tell you first." "Second, when you see the emperor coming, you have to hide away." As soon as these words came out, Gui Lian's face changed, "Sister Yuzi!" She asked in panic, "I'm on duty for the first day, but what's wrong? I don't know!

You, you have to teach me, I will definitely listen to you and work hard. " "You did a good job as an errand." Seeing her pitiful demeanor and soft language, Yuzi liked her 70% but also 30% jealous, touched her face and said, "You just did a good job as a errand. " What is this called?Guilian has to think about it carefully, anyway, according to Yuzi, it is always good to control his two legs.Therefore, when they saw the emperor's followers, they immediately avoided them. The more this happened, the more times the emperor came to Changchun Palace. Finally, Empress Dowager Cixi had to send An Dehai to look for it.

The emperor was still reluctant to part and asked, "What's the matter?" "Please go and try the dragon robe to see if it fits?" "Try it here!" "No!" The Empress Dowager Ci'an said, "Go!" With the order of Empress Dowager Ci'an, the emperor returned to Yikun Palace. The "Four Deacons" eunuchs have been serving for a long time, and with the help of the maids, they hurriedly put on a new dragon robe and put it on for the emperor. "Please stand in the bright place, Your Majesty!" An Dehai said. This was for the Empress Dowager Cixi to take a closer look, but An Dehai's voice was like talking to an irrelevant person, neither polite nor emotional, and the emperor felt very uncomfortable.

Therefore, the emperor really wanted to scold An Dehai for an excuse, but then he thought about the wonderful thing that would happen soon, which would make An Dehai laugh and cry, so he immediately calmed down and obediently walked towards the light. The Empress Dowager Cixi also followed, looking at it from front to back, left, and right. This bright yellow satin dragon robe is embroidered with nine golden dragons among the five-color clouds. In addition, patterns such as "Five Blessings Holding Longevity", "Wealth and Nobility Keep Head" and other patterns are added, and stone blue sea waves are embroidered on the hem, which is called "Eight Treasures Standing in Water". Thousands, dazzling.

The Empress Dowager Cixi was very satisfied, she nodded and said, "Very good!" How good it is, but the emperor still doesn't know, he can only look down and see the clothes on his chest, what does it look like on his body?Can't imagine.So I couldn't help shouting loudly: "Bring the mirror!" The two court ladies brought a large mirror to look at the emperor, and looked back and forth for a long time. He was a little shy and restrained in his complacency, so he couldn't help twisting his shoulders and waving his hands, as if he was not very strong. "Wearing a dragon robe is even more different." An Dehai said, "The emperor must be more disciplined."

"Yes, be steady!" Starting from this sentence, the Empress Dowager Cixi gave a big lesson, saying positive truths, and at the same time, she often compared the emperor's "failure to learn well".Every time the emperor replied: "Yes", he said in his heart: "Kill Xiao Anzi!" So a thing that should have been very happy turned out to be a big mess, causing the emperor's appetite to lose his appetite. He barely ate a bowl of rice when he was serving the meal, and excused that he had to endorse the next day, so he knelt down and exited the Yikun Palace.

Empress Dowager Cixi's thoughts were still on that dragon robe.After the meal, while digesting food in the front porch and backyard, Dongde Haifa, who followed behind, sighed: "The emperor is also wronged. It has been seven years since he took the throne, and he only has a dragon robe!" Most of the grievances come from accidents. First, Hong Yang Weiping, and later the Nian army, the courtiers complained, and the times were not peaceful. It is necessary to practice self-denial and refrain from waste.Prince Gong, Wen Xiang and others also often cry for poverty, so internal and external arguments like this restrained her desire to "open up and have a flower".It also made An Dehai feel that it was not very interesting, and he was in vain the number one celebrity in front of the powerful queen mother.

Therefore, seeing her expressing this at this time, naturally he refused to let go of the opportunity to speak up. "Actually," he followed closely, leaning close to Empress Dowager Cixi and said, "it is not the emperor who is wronged." "Who is it?" "It's the master!" An Dehai said, "In the world of the Qing Dynasty, there is no master. I'm afraid the game will be over long ago. The master has worked hard and worked so hard. No one else knows, but the slave can see it with his own eyes. Ordinarily, outsiders should think about it." Find a way to build the Old Summer Palace so that the empress dowager can also have a place to relax. Don't talk about rewarding meritorious deeds, but paying tribute to the emperor's filial piety. Shouldn't it be the same? The slaves often think about things that everyone can see Why didn't the Sixth Lords think of it? If they thought of it, they deliberately refused to do it. That's bullying the emperor, who is young and ignorant. If the emperor is willing to say a word, what should he do for the empress dowager, filial mother It's a matter of course, who dares to say 'no'?"

Empress Dowager Cixi listened to all these words, because the words were long, she felt that there were some things that were right and some things were wrong, and she couldn't finish thinking about it for a while, so she didn't open her mouth. However, An Dehai was very familiar with her demeanor. While he was speaking, he was peeping, and he never expressed disapproval, so he knew that his words were effective.So he went on to say: "Slaves often think that when they were in Rehe, it was true that Sushun cheated on his master, but there is one thing to say, that Sushun's filial piety to Emperor Daxing is not to be criticized. Whatever you want, you can do whatever you want Now, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Household Affairs have such tight hands, but who are they supporting? If it is to support the emperor, the emperor is only thirteen years old. Poor, he has been emperor for seven years and only has one Dragon Robe. Doesn’t this make people wonder?” "Hmph!" The Empress Dowager Cixi snorted in her nose, with a wry smile and a sneer. "Besides," An Dehai became more enthusiastic, "At that time, the fleeing was in Rehe, and the bandits had not yet been suppressed. Life was a little bit bitter. Now it is very different from the situation in the past. Besides, the times are difficult, Daku The income is not much, isn't it a lie?" "You don't know that!" said the Empress Dowager Cixi, "There is also a lot of money to suppress Nianhua." She suddenly stopped talking, thinking that it was not appropriate to tell the eunuchs about the country's finances. "Yes!" An Dehai quickly said again: "But the slave also heard some gossip, and didn't know the truth, so he dared not tell the master." "What gossip?" "It is said that the imperial court has allocated so much military expenditure, but it is really used for fighting, but only 30% of the 10%." "Uh!" Cixi stood still and asked carefully, "Where did it all go?" "It's not like the flowers are divided up and down." The Empress Dowager Cixi knew about the deduction of military salaries by military officers. She couldn't believe the integrity of the senior officials, except for Zeng Guofan and Ding Baozhen. When you arrive in Beijing, there are gifts as usual, which is not surprising.But 70% of the 10% fell into private pockets, it was shocking, she had to pay attention. "You said up and down, but who is it?" "This slave doesn't dare to say anything." An Dehai was very cautious, "I only heard that Liu Ye and the others have deposits in foreign banks." "Oh!" The Empress Dowager Cixi was surprised, "Did you put all the money with the foreign devils?" After a pause, she shouted: "Little Anzi!" "twitter!" "Go and find out, how much money did they keep with the foreign devils?" "Yes!" An Dehai said, "The foreign devil's business is difficult, and the master has to extend the slave's time limit." "The time limit doesn't matter, you just have to find out the truth." Empress Dowager Cixi said sternly: "You are not allowed to make false reports." "I don't dare!" An Dehai then said with a smile: "I still have something to do, I beg for God's grace, but..." "What's the matter?" Empress Dowager Cixi squinted at him, "If you have something to say, it's such a ghost again!" "The slave also begged the master last time. The master ordered the slave to go to the emperor himself. I am afraid that the slave will not be able to ask the emperor, so I still have to ask the master for grace." "It's the same thing again!" Empress Dowager Cixi thought for a while, then shook her head: "You still have to ask the emperor." "Yes!" An Dehai agreed aggrievedly. Seeing his demeanor, the Empress Dowager Cixi couldn't bear it, so she comforted him and said, "Please ask the emperor first before you talk, and if it doesn't work, then tell me." With these few words, An Dehai felt confident and relaxed.After careful calculation, there happened to be an opportunity. On the emperor's birthday on March 23, it was also a name to borrow longevity to ask for rewards.And there is still a month to go, and there is still time to work hard. So An Dehai changed his normal behavior and flattered the emperor. He smiled when they met, and often praised the emperor for his good reading in front of the Empress Dowager Cixi.In this way, at the beginning of March, he found an opportunity and proposed that this year, Emperor Wanshou should have a lot of fun for a few days. With the promise of the Empress Dowager Cixi, he personally went to the Shengping Office to meet up, prepared several jokes of the emperor's favorite martial arts, and the cooperation of clowns and Huadan, and then came to the emperor to perform in front of the emperor. "Well done!" The emperor smiled happily, "I really have to reward you with something!" Hearing this, An Dehai was delighted in his heart, but on the surface he replied very respectfully: "Slaves should serve the emperor. As long as the emperor is happy, it is better than rewarding slaves." "There must be something rewarding." The emperor asked after a moment of pondering, "Xiao Anzi, are your parents still alive?" "Talk to the emperor, the slave's parents have passed away." "Have you got the seal yet?" "The year before last, the Empress Dowager Meng awarded the fourth-rank seal ceremony." "Oh, you are a fourth grade." The little emperor asked, "How about following the rules?" "Slave asks for an order, which rule does the emperor ask?" "Your grade!" An Dehai replied unhurriedly: "According to the rules, it is the fourth grade. If there are special orders, then it is not necessary to follow the rules. The rules are originally set by the emperor." "Oh!" The emperor pondered for a while, and said hesitantly, "I want to reward you with a crown, I wonder if it's okay?" "I don't dare!" An Dehai quickly knelt down and said, "I will never dare to invite rewards. However, the emperor wants to make a different rule, so there is nothing wrong with it. The slave said this, it is definitely not a coincidence." "I know you're not playing tricks. As long as you can make another rule." The emperor pointed to An Dehai's head and said, "The blue top is dark, it's too ugly. I'll change it for you." There is such a happy thing in the world!I want to change to a red cap, but the emperor wants to reward this.An Dehai almost laughed from the bottom of his heart, but no matter what he had to do it, the crown was beautiful. So he met each other with his hat off, and said with sincerity and fear: "I have received so much kindness from you, and I will not be able to repay you in the next life as a cow or a horse. I really dare not invite the emperor's kindness again. I hope the emperor will appreciate the sincerity of this servant, and take it back!" The little emperor was at a loss for what to do. He tried his best to think, and remembered a sentence that was often used in the appointment of ministers in the imperial edict, and then said it: "Don't insist on resigning!" "The emperor has given orders." Xiao Li chimed in, "Just thank you!" "I don't know how to repay the emperor's kindness." An Dehai said, "I am grateful for the kindness, and I really don't know how to say it." He deliberately put on a dull and honest look. The emperor smiled silently.An Dehai was also satisfied, cheered up, and helped to take care of the celebration of the emperor's longevity, spreading out the ostentation as much as possible, making it colorful and lively. This is to please the emperor, but it is also to cater to the wishes of the Empress Dowager Cixi.The widowed queen mother in her prime is most afraid of the silence before the flowers under the moon, the loneliness and desolation that comes from her heart, and there is no cure for it.The only way is not to look for sustenance, not to let this lonely and desolate mood appear.An Dehai is important to her because he can always think of some tricks to pass her free time.But it’s not easy to have a lot of fun. First, there must be a name to avoid gossip; I can't sleep at night, and I can't be lively if I want to. These days are different. West Nian has crossed Hutuo and fled to the south of the river. Li Hongzhang moved from Jizhou to Daming Mansion, the hub of the three provinces of Zhi, Henan, and Shandong. There were Zhang Yao, Song Qing, and Shanqing's Mongolian cavalry from the Yu Army, who split up to intercept and pursue them, fighting extremely vigorously.Not only has the siege of Gyeonggi been resolved, but also according to the experience of the Empress Dowager Cixi who has read military newspapers every day for the past few years, as long as the officers and soldiers are not stationed in one place in the name of guarding, and the teachers and elders are raised, they will not be afraid of hard work, pursue and fight hard, and collect The day of Gong is not far away!Therefore, it is very necessary for her to make up for the regret of "not having a good year" by taking advantage of Emperor Wanshou to have a good time with a relaxed mood. Seven days before and after Wanshou, officials of the seventh rank and above can wear boa robes, which is called the "flower dress period". Before Nuanshou and Zhengri gave the ministers a seat to listen to the opera in Ningshou Palace where Emperor Gaozong retired, the palace was already lively for two days .