It is the time of the palace to drive the Old Summer Palace, this year is still in late spring, so the Old Summer Palace is bright in spring, the spring flowers are splendid, everyone is enjoying it, after the silence of winter, the Old Summer Palace is lively again, the clothes are fluttering, the sideburns are fragrant flowers, a good peaceful scene.

Everyone had just settled in the garden for a few days, and the news from the northwest and north had arrived one after another.

In the Changchun Immortal Pavilion, the flowers are fragrant, the green willow filaments hang to the ground, Li Guifei is bowing her head and embroidering a Caiyue, Ann Qian is helping to serve the needlework, the Queen Mother is sitting on the kang, playing against the emperor, the two of them are playing backgammon, using the chess pieces of Go, the Queen Mother is not good at Go, and feels that it is a headache, or the backgammon is concise and bright, and it takes less time, the Queen Mother played a white son and asked the emperor, "Kulun is also dispatched?" ”

"Yes, the will of the Institute of Science and Education has been passed on thoroughly," the emperor said with a smile, "as long as it is land outside the borders, how much it occupies, it will all belong to them, if the Russians come to attack, it doesn't hurt if they can't hold it, naturally there are commanders of various towns and general troops, although there are many bitter cold places outside, but according to the situation transmitted back by the spies of the Xuanli Office, there are also a lot of rich pastures, and there are many coal mines and iron mines, although they are not used now, it is always right to occupy them first." ”

"Of course, it's right to think like this, but Xinjiang has Zuo Zongtang in charge," the Queen Mother knocked on the chess pieces and said, "Uriya Sutai is here, and there is no one to preside over it, so it doesn't seem very good." ”

"The son wants to send an important minister of the court to sit in the town, no matter what the Russians think," the Tongzhi Emperor said with a smile, "Boyan Namohu is the son of the monk king, and a Mongol, the hereditary prince of Korqin, and set up the Uriya Sutai Counselor and Minister for him to keep an eye on." Although the south and the north of the desert are not subordinate to each other, the son sent a Mongolian relative to the noble, so as not to make people think that the center has any other intentions for the north of the desert. ”

Mobei Mongolia is quite self-reliant, this is a fact, but the emperor can think of this extent, and choose a special person to go, it is also very rare, the queen mother nodded with satisfaction, and said with a smile, "Don't worry, even if there is any attempt, we are not afraid, now that the official road has been completed, what other ideas do they have, there is no way, the official road is complete, and they will slowly get rich, but they will also find that the center's control over the place will become stronger and stronger, and it will never be the time for them to have the final say." Besides, there were governors in various parts of Outer Mongolia before, and they were afraid that they would rest early. ”

"Yes," said the Emperor, "as soon as the matter in the north is settled, the official route from Kulen to Uriya Sutai will be prepared, so that Mongolia will no longer have to worry." ”

The Queen Mother nodded, "That's right." After a few words, the emperor practiced the four chess pieces into a line, and won the game, and the emperor smiled, "My son won." ”

"If you win, you win," the Queen Mother dropped the chess pieces and said with a smile, "Is it possible that you still tell me to lose any lottery to you?" ”

Concubine Ligui raised her head and said with a smile, "The emperor should ask the queen mother if she would like to invite today's lunch." ”

The flower served the tea, and the emperor took a sip, "I haven't had dinner with the emperor for a long time, and I was thinking about the anchovies here in the emperor's mother, I don't know if the emperor will be willing to take out the anchovies." ”

"That's what I said," said the Queen Mother, "there are no anchovies there, but I'm full of old women here, and it's boring for you to come to me to use it. ”

The emperor got up with a smile, "Since the emperor doesn't want to see her son, the son has to leave," he instructed Tang Wufu again, "Wait and send a steamed anchovy!" ”

Tang Wufu responded, and the Empress Dowager looked at the back of the emperor leaving with a smile, and said to Concubine Ligui, "The emperor has really grown up, and there is no need to worry about anything outside in the future." ”

"Yes," Concubine Ligui cut the thread with silver scissors, and replied, "It is rare that the emperor respects your sister so much, and this blessing is not envied by others." ”

"There is respect for the Queen Mother," Anqian said with a smile, "All palace ladies are all the same respect, noble concubine Niangniang, do you still talk about it?" Knowing your favorite rubies, this year's rubies from Myanmar are all for you. ”

Concubine Li said with a smile, "I'm such an old woman, what kind of ruby do I use, the emperor is a filial person, and I am also stained with the light of the queen mother." I accepted this red treasure but I was a little worried, there are so many concubines in this emperor, and they don't have them, I'm afraid that it will be bad for me to be talked about by them. ”

"It's nothing, you're an elder, so naturally you should use it first." The Queen Mother smiled.

"It's just that the emperor always spoils the nobles, and it's not a thing," Speaking of the harem, Concubine Li said worriedly, "The nobles have never conceived children, so it can be seen that there is no blessing, but the emperor goes to other places less, how can there be more dragon fetuses?" The Empress Dowager should persuade the emperor to be. ”

The Queen Mother shook her head and said with a wry smile, "After I was in Austria, I also advised Joseph II not to interfere in the emotional life of my children, how could I slap myself in the mouth here?" The Empress Dowager thought of some rumors in later generations, saying that Cixi was too strong to interfere with the way of the Tongzhi Emperor's husband and wife, so it was counterproductive, so she was very vigilant and never easily advised the emperor on these matters. (To be continued.) )