XII. Minister of Destiny (1)
The queen appreciated this year's new bowl lotus in the imperial garden, but her expression was a little cowardly, An Dehai in addition to changing the way to make the queen happy, but also had nothing to do, fortunately, on this day, Feng Wanzhen, the king of Xiting Township, entered the palace to see, and An Dehai instigated Feng Wanzhen to show her martial arts.
"Master, I heard outside that the Xiangjun is very good at martial arts, and he has slashed several foreign devils, and now it happens that the Xiangjun is in the palace, so it is better to let the Xiangjun show his hand, so that we can see the world."
Feng Wanzhen, who was standing like a jade tree, saw that she was also heroic in a flag costume, and couldn't help nodding and smiling: "This is natural, Xiangjun, what do you think?" ”
Feng Wanzhen responded quickly, and after a short time, she changed her clothes, and stood on the edge of the Dicui Pavilion in the Imperial Garden, Feng Wanzhen pinched the sword trick with her left hand, and waved the wooden sword with her right hand, and slashed down obliquely from the upper right of herself, and then performed a swordsmanship, only to see Feng Wanzhen's posture graceful like a swimming dragon, fluttering like a frightening dragon, the wooden sword was danced by her, there seemed to be a sound of wind and thunder, Xingzhen was dazzled, and couldn't help but applaud, and waited until Feng Wanzhen shouted coquettishly, the original elegant figure was instantly frozen, a golden rooster was independent, Feng Wanzhen's sword pointed in the air, An Dehai and a group of palace people who were waiting also hurriedly applauded, Feng Wanzhen was not panting or sweating, and hugged her fists, "Niangniang, the concubine is ugly." ”
"There," the queen nodded, said with a smile, and waved her hand again, asking the palace maid to take a towel and wipe Feng Wanzhen's face, "Your martial arts are indeed outstanding." ”
"Concubines, these are just small skills," Feng Wanzhen said modestly, "It's not as good as a dignified soldier, just talk about the firearms of foreigners." No matter how high and strong the martial arts are, when they encounter muskets and artillery," Feng Wanzhen thought of the scene when she was pursued by foreigners before, and her heart palpitated, "That flesh and blood body can't compete with iron guns and iron cannons!" ”
"It's natural," Xingzhen nodded, "It is foreseeable that in the future, hot weapons, oh, muskets and artillery, will become the mainstream combat method." You saw it, too. If Li Hongzhang's firearms battalion hadn't resisted, the foreigners would have entered Beijing long ago. ”
The queen felt that it was a bit unpleasant for the two women to talk about military affairs in the picturesque imperial garden, so she changed the topic, "What are the countrymen doing at home?" ”
"Back to the mother's words. The concubine was originally from Tongzhou. I got used to it in the field. Feng Wanzhen was a little embarrassed, "I feel bored and panicked in this capital, and the concubine's father wants to ask the concubine to learn some needlework." Learn to be a housekeeper, don't always dance with knives and guns, chant in my ear every day, more broken than grandma, ouch, it's really annoying! Feng Wanzhen said exaggeratedly, the queen couldn't help laughing, and the palace maids and eunuchs who were waiting on the side also covered their mouths and snickered.
"It's really stuffy in the capital, and the palace used to feel boring, but you still have to have fun by yourself, and it's excellent to steal half a day of leisure, but if you are empty on weekdays, you will hand over the sign into the palace to accompany the palace to talk, although there are a lot of rules in the Forbidden City, but the palace is the most fond of freedom, you come in, the palace will definitely not detain you," the queen took the tea offered by Tang Wufu, "When the emperor returns to Luan, the palace will take you to the Old Summer Palace to play, and it will be lively there." ”
"Then thank you, mother." Feng Wanzhen is innocent and straightforward, the queen likes people with such a personality the most, the two of them talk and laugh, not long after, and in the evening, the queen left Feng Wanzhen to eat, the palace gate is about to be keyed, Feng Wanzhen got up to say goodbye, the queen nodded, "You go, enter the palace when you are free." ”
Feng Wanzhen bowed her head and said yes, and when she turned around and walked out of Chuxiu Gate, a eunuch with a white cloth tied around her waist ran into the main hall with a rolling belt, Feng Wanzhen turned her head, only to hear the shouts and shouts in the main hall, and after a while, there was an inaudible cry in the majestic palace shrouded in the deep night.
"When~~" The bell rang, and Feng Wanzhen's eunuchs and palace maids all showed frightened expressions on their faces, what is this? ……
Prince Gong shed tears and changed the brocade robe on his body, draped the hemp white cloth on his body, the bell of the Taoist temple inside and outside Beijing continued to ring, the night was particularly miserable, the housekeeper commanded the servants to replace all the festive color objects with bleak colors, Prince Gong's palace set up white lanterns inside and outside, and the Fujin Guerjia clan who had already worn white flowers on his head stepped forward to help Prince Gong sort out his clothes, Prince Gong stood in a daze, served by the Guerjia clan, but the tears on his face were like pearls with broken threads, rolling down.
Yes, it's almost a mother's compatriots, the past of more than 20 years, suddenly came to mind, both of them were raised under the knees of Queen Xiaojing, went to school together, rode and shot together, they love to play and snooze, and they have to get up to school every day, but they are always bedridden, but as long as the nanny says, "The fourth brother is leaving," he will quickly get up, and he can't care about washing his face, he will be the emperor's follower.
These days are no longer there, the two brothers are separated from each other forever, and they can't see the last time before the temporary time, Prince Gong thought of this, and couldn't help but sit down and cry bitterly......
"The emperor has died!"
Xingzhen felt a bang in her ears, and she couldn't hear any other voices in the hall, but she felt dazed for a while, and when she came back to her senses and saw the eunuch kneeling on the ground, she remembered what she had just heard, and couldn't help but smile: "What kind of bastard are you talking about, the emperor personally gave a gift to the palace on the Wanshou Festival a few days ago, and the emperor is doing well in Rehe, and then mess around, be careful of your head!" ”
The eunuch didn't dare to speak much underground, and An Dehai was full of gall, and hurriedly shouted: "But really? When? ~! ”
"It was three o'clock last night, and last night the dragon drove the guest, and the palace car was driven." The eunuch said tremblingly.
There were continuous cries outside Chuxiu Palace, listening to the sound, probably the concubines who stayed in the Forbidden City rushed over crying, the bell of Jingyang Palace rang on the spot, An Dehai knelt down in front of the queen with a sad face, Tang Wufu and others all knelt down, "Niangniang, mourn!" ”
"Queen Mother!" The cry of the concubine sounded outside, the bell and the cry finally got into the queen's mind, the queen couldn't believe the palace maid and eunuch, and heard the bell ringing outside, the queen suddenly understood, the eunuch was not talking nonsense, her husband, the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, really died! Thinking of this, the queen couldn't support it anymore, her chest hurt, and she suddenly spit out a mouthful of blood, and her whole body fell to the ground softly. (To be continued......)