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"Yes!" Guan Zhuofan said, "The minister respectfully obeys Yi's order!" ”

After a pause, "The minister packed the ticket, when the Queen Mother returned to Luan Beijing, the matter must have been ...... The rumors dissipated, and the sky was clear, otherwise, the ministers would be severely reprimanded, and ...... Faceless stands between heaven and earth. ”

A hot and sour breath came up, Cixi tried to control herself, did not say anything more emotional, just nodded, and said, "Okay, I believe in you." ”

"Empress Dowager Xie."

In the bedroom, there was silence again.

After a while, Cixi smiled lightly and said, "Okay, take out the things!" ”

Guan Zhuofan was slightly stunned: "Please make it clear to the Queen Mother - what is it?" ”

"Edict!" Cixi glanced at him slightly, "The edict of Lili Niu'er as the heir of the emperor, the edict of me and my sister to remove the curtain - don't tell me, you are not ready for these two things, right?" ”

The edict is sealed, with the seal of "Imperial Reward" and "Tongdaotang".

Guan Zhuofan was greatly embarrassed, hurriedly stood up, and said, "Where did the Queen Mother come from?" The minister has already said that who belongs to the emperor depends on Chen's arbitrary decision, how can there be a reason for the queen mother to draw up an edict before the holy judgment? As for whether the queen mother of the two palaces is 'hanging the curtain' or 'removing the curtain', except for the two queen mothers themselves, how can there be a third person in the world who can put a beak? ”

Cixi knew that Guan Zhuofan was telling a lie - the draft must have been prepared, but looking at his embarrassed appearance, she couldn't help but feel a burst of happiness in her heart.

She finally resisted the desire to ridicule him further, and said: "What you said is also - then, just urge the Beijing side, and the hands and feet are a little sharp, everyone...... But they're all waiting. ”

"Everyone is waiting" - this sentence still implied sarcasm, Guan Zhuofan naturally heard it, but he didn't say anything unusual, first replied "yes", and then said: "Now that Beijing and Tianjin have opened trains, everything is convenient, send a telegram back this afternoon, and the draft will be delivered at noon tomorrow." ”

"Hmm...... Something like a train is really convenient. ”

Cixi raised her head, looked at her mind for a moment, and said, "When I go back to Luan, I should also take the train, right?" ”

"Yes!"

After a pause, Guan Zhuofan added, "The Queen Mother and the Queen Mother came to Tianjin, things were in a hurry, and the 'float' was not too arranged. ”

"Floats?"

"It's the carriage of the Queen Mother."

"Oh......"

After a pause, Cixi said, "Some small things, it's rare that you still think about them." ”

"The Queen Mother's take, how can it be a trivial matter?" Guan Zhuofan said, "Besides, this is also the minister's business. ”

"Hmmm......"

After a while, Cixi said: "By the way, your will to enter the 'Auxiliary King', this time, has also been made clear, right?" ”

"Back to the Queen Mother," Guan Zhuofan said, "There is no meritorious work or anything, the ministers really don't have it, and the over-the-top honor of the 'Auxiliary King' is all due to the grace of the two Queen Mothers, as well as ......"

After a pause, "The identity of the minister's 'imperial husband', so the minister thinks that after the heir emperor practices Zuo, he will serve the queen mother of the two palaces and issue this edict in the name of respecting Yizhi, it seems that it is ...... More appropriately, now, it seems...... There's no rush yet. ”

"Serving the Empress Dowager of the Two Palaces and Visiting the Hundred Officials" -- it is the "very grand and grand" ceremony of "removing the curtain".

Indeed, if you do this, each other's faces will be bright.

Cixi nodded, "Okay. ”

Each other...... No more words.

After a long while, Cixi said softly: "There is nothing else, you can kneel down - I will accompany the 'east side' and walk around." ”

"Yes......"

Guan Zhuofan seemed to want to say something, but finally didn't say it, knelt down on one knee, raised his hands and flat chest, and bowed and withdrew.

The door closed.

After a while, two lines of tears slowly slipped down Cixi's smooth face.

*

At noon the next day, two drafts were "delivered" on time -- one was the draft of the edict of Princess Li Rong'an as the heir of the emperor, and the other was the draft of the edict of the two empress dowagers, Ci'an and Cixi, who "removed the curtain."

Because it was noon, the two queen mothers wanted to take a nap and did not submit it immediately; After the two queen mothers took a nap, Guan Zhuofan personally sent the draft up.

Cixi instructed to "open the study" and invited Ci'an to come over and "take a look" together.

"I don't quite understand it," said Ci'an, "and you've seen it, just tell me about it." ”

Cixi thought to herself: Of course you have already seen it, there is no need to watch it a second time.

However, there was nothing abnormal on his face, and he nodded, "Okay! ”

Let's first look at the edict of Li Rongan as the heir emperor.

This edict uses the tone of the empress dowager of the two palaces, and most of the rhetoric is a high-sounding cliché, and there is no big meaning, anyway, the edict of the emperor, the choice of words and sentences, are all similar, what Cixi paid attention to was how the edict determined the relationship between Rong'an and the two emperors in front of him.

When it comes to Wenzong, the term "blood heir" is used, not the "heir" commonly used by the persuasive excerpts.

"Heir" can be understood as "biological", but the main meaning is "out of the main palace", no matter how close Princess Rong'an is to the queen mother, in the end it is not her own birth, Huanghuang edict, different subordinates persuaded to enter, but unscrupulous sycophants, every word, must withstand the scrutiny and criticism of future generations in the world, therefore, changed to an uncontroversial "blood heir".

Of course, the word "heir" is not really uncontroversial, but the word "heir" is no longer controversial, and the word "blood" is not controversial - so when these two words are put together, it is "not controversial".

When it comes to Mu Zong, he uses "female brother".

This was quite unexpected by Cixi.

"Female brother" means "sister", this, Cixi knows, but no, why use "female brother" instead of "sister" or even the "sister" in some people's mouths?

Well, forget about "sister-in-law" - this truth, as if "heirs", Rong An and Mu Zong, are not compatriots of the same mother, and they can't get the word "sister-in-law".

What about "sisters"? Rong An and Mu Zong, of course, are sisters and brothers, "sisters" - no problem?

After pondering for a moment, Cixi understood:

There is already a "blood heir" in the front, and there is another "sister" in the back, but the snake is added to the picture, and it cannot increase the legitimacy of Rong'an's succession. Since Rong An and Mu Zong are brothers, the meaning of "brother and brother" is invoked, and Rong An has the qualification to replace Mu Zong, although the "brother" and "brother" here are just reversed, and they are actually "brother and brother".

Look at the edict of the Empress Dowager of the Two Palaces to remove the curtain - this is what Cixi really cared about.

The edict of Li Rong'an as the heir emperor was written in the tone of the empress dowager of the two palaces; This edict was written in the voice of the heir emperor after ascending the throne.

The edict praised the queen mother of the two palaces, saying that they "hold the pearl of wisdom in their hands, spin the universe", "the morning and the evening, the dream of sleeping at night, holding the hair and spitting the breasts, and being extremely industrious", "making every effort to govern the country with a comprehensive number of thousands, and humbly embracing the public opinion", "the holy virtue is Liufang, and Ze is the four tables", and finally "the chaos is leveled, the prestige of the world, and the sea is happy", "under seven years, it is the rule of the world that is the eight wildernesses and the peace".

Although it is a sycophant, every sentence is well-founded.

When the military situation was urgent, the excerpts of "600 li to step up" and "800 li to step up" were handed to the palace -- basically Changchun Palace, which really didn't matter a little, and it didn't matter what the queen mother of the two palaces was doing -- she received the folds when she was grooming and when she was passing the meal, and no matter what the queen mother of the two palaces was doing at that time, she had to stop and look at the excerpts first.

In the middle of the night, when I was asleep, the excerpt of "Eight Hundred Miles Faster" arrived, and I was called out of bed, which was also commonplace.

"Holding the hair and spitting the breast" is not a false reputation.

Cixi silently thought in her heart, "Finally, he still has a little conscience and said a few fair words!" ”

Looking at it again, Cixi's eyes couldn't help but light up, "Chinese and foreign salty people are called 'female Yao Shun'."

Female middle Yao Shun!

This word is not the first time Cixi has heard or seen it, but when the monarch and the ministers are not right, how can those fluttering praises be compared with the "curtain removal" edict, which is the most important proclamation of the country?

Although the coffin has not been "covered", it has been "decided".

In Cixi's bright eyes, a faint, moist mist rose.

She calmed her excitement a little and continued watching.

The emperor said that the empress dowager of the two palaces "took care of me and bowed to the heart", and over the years, I "looked up to the lotus and the benevolent body in everything", and now, for the first time, I have ascended to the great treasure, trembling, walking on thin ice, and I am deeply afraid that "virtue is difficult to deputy", therefore, "I have repeatedly called on the queen mother of the two palaces to continue to train", so that I "have something to rely on".

However, the Empress Dowager of the two palaces said that at the beginning, "the curtain was lifted", "it was not intended to be done", it was really because Emperor Mu Zongyi Chongling ascended the throne, and we sisters and sons could not help but ask about things, "hanging the curtain" is an "extraordinary move" at an "extraordinary time", and when the emperor is an adult, we will naturally withdraw the curtain and return to the government.

In the past few years, the top and bottom have been concentric, internal and external, and there is today's situation; As for you, you are also an adult, and you are also married, we look at you, well, very good, very good emperor! We are very relieved! So, alas, it's time for us to have a few days of leisure! You are a good boy who is filial and sensible, and you should understand the hard work of the emperor!

Seeing this, Cixi "snorted" in her heart, and said secretly: What are you pretending?

However, although it is "pretended", it is "pretended" beautifully.

Each other's faces are beautiful.

Read on.

The emperor said that the empress dowager of the two palaces was firm, and I "repeatedly appealed for nothing", and there was really no way, so I had to "look up to Yiyi's will, respectfully serve Cijia, remove the curtain and return to the government, move the famous garden, and raise Chonghe", at the same time, "Yunyi worships the emblem of the two palaces, in order to admire Hongci in case of emergency", "All the ceremonies should be carried out, and the ministers of the king should handle it respectfully." ”

In this paragraph, there are two places that Cixi is particularly satisfied with.

One is "moving to the famous garden, raising Chonghe".

Although these eight characters do not directly connect the three words "Summer Palace, He, and Yuan" together, they are tantamount to the highest level of legal form, which determines the "ownership" of the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces to the Summer Palace.

One is "the minister of the king respectfully handles it".

The general edict, involving the ceremony, the language is "the yamen respectfully handled", rarely "the king's ministers", these five words, on behalf of the two palaces of the queen mother's curtain removal ceremony, is comparable to the emperor to the throne of the country's highest level of ceremonies.

As for what the "emblem" is, it is not what Cixi cares about the most - in fact, it is not that she doesn't care, but these things, she really doesn't understand, so she has to do what people say.

It seems that there is nothing to be picky about - even if you write it according to your own will, you may not be more satisfied.

Pretending that Ci'an hadn't read these two edicts at all, Cixi explained them in detail for Ci'an, and Ci'an nodded again and again while listening.

All right.

Ci'an inquired and asked Cixi: "Let's ...... With the seal, right? ”

Cixi nodded.

Ci'an lifted his heart slightly, put it down, and quickly took out a small bag, took out the "imperial reward", and handed it to Cixi.

Cixi took it and stamped them one by one on the two drafts.

"Imperial reward" is yang, and the imprint is blue.

Before the national mourning, you can't use red ink, you can only use blue ink.

Cixi returned the "imperial reward" to Ci'an, and then, she also took out a small bag and took out the "Tongdaotang".

Ci'an watched Cixi's movements, and his heart lifted slightly.

Dipped in the seal clay, Cixi pinched the jade seal that was inches square and moved it to the edge of the "Imperial Reward" mark.

She seemed to hesitate slightly, and Ci'an's heart involuntarily lifted up.

However, Cixi finally gently put the seal down.

Raising his hand, on the manuscript, the "Tongdao Hall" of the Yin Text Seal is clear.

*(To be continued.) )