16. The sound of firecrackers (5)
The Empress Dowager Cixi took the fold passed by the General Administration Department, her brows furrowed, she was already busy in the next year, plus the affairs of the western frontier, the monk and the king sacrificed their lives for the country, and now it is the time when the government and the opposition are shaken, I didn't expect this time, the Beiyang Navy Division has a mess again, the Empress Dowager slapped the fold on the case, and made a muffled sound, Ann Qian added a little white sandalwood to the incense burner, and saw the Queen Mother's face uncertain, poured a small half bowl of hot milk tea from the copper Ruyi pumpkin pot, and served it to the Queen Mother, "The Queen Mother is tired, Let's drink some milk tea and rest for a while. … ≦,”
The Empress Dowager Cixi shook her head, but still took the silver bowl in An Qian's hand, "Tired or not," Cixi showed a look of deep disgust on her face, "It's just that this year has been closed, and there is no good news everywhere!" It's all a swarm of bad news! The Queen Mother shook her head, stood up, stretched her waist, walked out of the Dongnuan Pavilion in the main hall of Chuxiu Palace, walked into the main hall, and was about to go out, Anqian hurriedly stopped, "Niangniang, it's snowing outside, you are wearing thin, let the slave maid take a cloak." ”
"I don't go out, just stand at the door and take a look," the little eunuchs rolled up the curtain made of cotton, and the queen mother fell one after another on the crack of the door. Anqian took a hand heater and stood silently behind her, and the Queen Mother was calm, "Have you arrived at the military plane?" ”
"It's all waiting in the straight room."
"Tell me, what's going on?" The Queen Mother frowned, "Go to the Heart Cultivation Palace." ”
"Wow!"
Weihai.
The steep sea breeze blew from the sky, the big dark clouds filled the air, accompanied by the sea breeze is a gust of snowflakes, blowing on people, it is a biting cold, the black sea waves brush and brush this cliff, not far away the ironclad warship seems to be a large piece of wood, slightly undulating in the sea, all kinds of flags on the warship fly in the air, the largest of which is the highest part of the warship, hanging a triangular yellow dragon flag, the five-clawed black dragon on it shakes with the wind, it seems to come alive, there are several soldiers with cold expressions wearing hats, the eyes are blazing, The eagle's falcon-like eyes swept around, and when he turned his head, a series of rapid horses' hooves suddenly sounded behind his ears, and several people standing under the dragon flag turned their heads suddenly, one of them held down the thing on his waist, and was about to throw it upward, and the other old and serious person hurriedly held it down, "Don't panic, it's our people!" ”
The man fixed his eyes on a person wearing black clothes, and a red hat, it was the communication scout of the Beiyang Naval Division, the scout spared no horsepower, waved the whip again and again, passed a few dark whistles, bypassed two small mountain bags, and arrived at the front of a three-entry courtyard at the mountain pass, the porter hurriedly stepped forward to pull the horse, and the scout climbed into the courtyard with a rolling belt, there was not a single servant in the courtyard, but there were soldiers standing guard everywhere, the scout was taken by the officer, and when he arrived at the study in the west, he didn't even have time to raise his head and quickly knelt down," Dashuai, it's news from Beijing! ”
"Bring it up," a rich baritone remembered, and the Chinese officer hurriedly untied the bamboo tube behind the car scout, and the scout quietly retreated, and the Chinese officer untied the bamboo tube, revealing a bag inside, "Marshal, please (to be continued......