Before the eunuch's voice fell, he heard someone whispering outside the hall: "The Queen Mother, the Emperor, the British Minister and the French Minister jointly sent a note, saying that Yuan Shikai is a friend of the great powers, a loyal minister of the imperial court, and definitely not an accomplice of the Jiujiang Rebellion, and the ministers of the two countries are willing to guarantee Yuan Shikai." "It's a small military aircraft in the Military Aircraft Department, since the Gengzi year, the Military Aircraft Department has one more task, which is to deliver the note of the foreign minister to the palace, to be precise, it is an order, just like the master gives an order to the slave, this errand is not easy to do, and the two ends are angry, so it is usually the most unpopular small military aircraft to take on this kind of errand.

"Yuan Shikai is my courtier of the Qing Dynasty, what is the matter with the foreigners? Want them to make noise? King Xiao Gong snorted dissatisfiedly, but he just snorted, and the others didn't even dare to hum, and they all looked at the chin of the Empress Dowager Longyu.

Even foreigners came to intercede with Yuan Shikai. What do you mean? The Empress Dowager Longyu glanced at the kneeling ministers in the Heart Cultivation Palace.

"Since Yuan Shikai dares to come alone, he has a clear conscience, and the court can't cold the heart of loyal ministers." Prince Qing hurriedly said.

"Humph! Yuan Shikai didn't go to sing, he was really condescending. Pu Wei snorted and glanced at King Qing.

Yixuan ignored King Xiaogong and kowtowed: "The Queen Mother, the Emperor Mingjian!" Yuan Xiangcheng's move is enough to show his heart, if he is a person with a weak heart, how can he throw himself into the net? You might as well call him in and ask him clearly, lest someone say strange things and hurt the hearts of loyal ministers. ”

"Then call Yuan Shikai to meet you." The Empress Dowager Longyu issued a decree.

"Queen Mother, Yuan Shikai didn't wear an official uniform, which doesn't conform to the rules of the imperial court." Pu Wei said.

"Do it right! King Gong doesn't even understand this truth? If it weren't for someone who was suspicious, how could he Yuan Shikai be in vain? The precedent of cloth clothes entering the Hajj is not unheard of in the Guangxu year. King Qing glanced at Pu Wei dissatisfied, he said "cloth clothes into the pilgrimage" refers to the Wuxu period of the Guangxu Emperor summoned the person Kang Youwei to the incident, after that, the "Wuxu change" began, however, the cloth clothes Kang Youwei is now in exile, and the little Taoist Yuan Shikai who was mistaken by Guangxu as a member of the Restoration has become a man of the Qing Dynasty by relying on the blood in the neck of the six gentlemen who changed the law.

The world is impermanent.

The eunuch hurriedly ran to deliver the decree, and after a while, he returned to the Heart Nourishing Hall with a fat man, the fat man with a short figure, it was none other than Yuan Shikai, the "Beiyang Pillar Stone".

As soon as he entered the Heart Cultivation Palace, Yuan Shikai knelt down, touched the floor tiles "bang" and cried: "The criminal Yuan Shikai has a negative grace, begging to die, to thank the world, to know his heart!" Woo...... Woo......"

Everyone looked over, but saw that Yuan Shikai was wearing filial piety, not wearing a hat, and a pair of cotton shoes on his feet were also wrapped in white cloth, which was no different from the people who wore filial piety, but his hands were tied behind him, and the rope was tied strongly, presumably not tied by himself, and there were a few branches inserted on it, which meant to bear the guilt of Jing. At this moment, his smooth forehead was already smashing blood, but he was still slamming hard against the floor tiles.

"Alright, don't knock! Someone came, and lifted him up, and untied the ropes. Stop kneeling, all of you, and get up and speak. Empress Dowager Longyu frowned, if you want to say that you don't hate Yuan Shikai, it's false, although Emperor Guangxu is indifferent to her, but after all, it is her husband, if it weren't for Yuan Shikai's informant, Guangxu would not have been under house arrest for ten years, and finally died there without knowing it.

Everyone thanked and stood up, Yuan Shikai was helped up by the two little eunuchs, and the rope was untied.

"Yuan Shikai, what do you mean when you say you are guilty?" Longyu asked.

Yuan Shikai wiped the corners of his eyes, knelt down again, and kowtowed: "The minister just learned that the Jiujiang Rebellion Party sent a telegram to support the criminal minister to be the republican leader, and was pushed by the chaotic party to be the mastermind, this is the first major crime of the criminal minister!" The criminal has no place to vent his anger, full of grievances, and nowhere to plead. I only ask the queen mother and the emperor to give the guilty minister a death, so as to stop the hope of a small jump in the sky! This is the guilty minister's plea for sin, hastily written, failed to polish, coupled with indignation, arm shaking and hand fighting, scribbling handwriting, insulting the holy eye, this is the second major sin of the criminal minister. After speaking, he took out a book from his cuffs, held it with both hands, and raised it above his head.

Longyu sighed and said, "The matter of Jiujiang, the mourning family knows that you are wronged, and they also know your loyalty to the imperial court. This fold, you still take it back, the court has never blamed you, you don't have to be suspicious, go back and manage the government well, if you are in a trance, you might as well take a few days off and rest in the capital. ”

Yuan Shikai held the fold, his shoulders trembled, and he choked up and said: "The queen mother and the emperor have no way to repay the trust of the ministers. Now Jiujiang, Anqingxiao small jump beam, the world is shaking, the minister please lead the army to go out, in one fell swoop to quell the rebels and the party, loyal to the court, for the queen mother, the emperor to die, he returned to the court, the minister will return to the hometown, and then do not set foot in the officialdom half a step. ”

Hearing this, everyone present was stunned, and the Empress Dowager Longyu suddenly ran out of ideas, and set her eyes on the face of the regent Zaifeng, waiting for him to speak, but Zaifeng was still silent.

Pu Wei stood up and said: "Xiangcheng Gong is loyal to the country, the court will not be suspicious, it is better for you to control the overall situation in the capital." As for the Jiujiang rebels, they are just a rabble, and they don't need to work for Xiangcheng to conquer in person, they only need to send a few princes who are familiar with the military to transfer the Beiyang New Army to the south. Anqing and Jiujiang are both cities bordering the river, and the navy's yamen has dispatched gunboats to rush there, and it will only take a few guns to break the city and make a contribution. ”

"What King Gong said is very appropriate, and the slave seconded it." Su Wang Shanqi echoed.

"The minion seconded." Qingwang Yixuan also stood up, swept his eyes, and glanced at Yuan Shikai who was kneeling on the ground, feeling quite puzzled, I don't know why he took the initiative to ask Ying at such a time, could it be that he was really frightened and confused, and he didn't even know how to avoid suspicion? Thinking of the scene where he stopped Yuan Shikai at the train station, Yixuan couldn't help but shake his head, if it weren't for the British Minister Zhu Erdian, who rushed to the scene after hearing the news, patted his chest to ensure safety, I'm afraid Yuan Shikai would have run to Tianjin.

"Since it is all said and said, then it is decided. Proposed purpose, Yuan Shikai was loyal to the country, rewarded the purple reins, gave the Forbidden City to take the shoulders of the two people, and during the period of the rebellion, Yuan Shikai signed the Ministry of War Shangshu, stayed in Beijing to do business, and counsellor military affairs. Empress Dowager Longyu said.

After saying that, he comforted him with good words, and then ordered the eunuch to carry Yuan Shikai to the Tai Hospital with the two of them to bandage his forehead, and then escorted him back to the house, and ordered Xiaode Zhang to hold two century-old mountain ginseng and send them to Yuan's house.

After Yuan Shikai left, Xiaogong Wang Puwei took out two folds from his sleeve, presented them, and said: "On the way to come, the slave wrote two impeachment folds, asking the Queen Mother to break it." ”

"Who does King Gong want to impeach?" Longyu took the fold, only looked at it twice, but his face changed, he looked up at the few people in front of him, and said in amazement: "You want to impeach King Qing and Zhang Zhidong?" ”

Prince Qing Yixuan and Minister of Military Aircraft Zhang Zhidong were all shocked, and when they came back to their senses, they knelt down and pleaded guilty.

But I heard Pu Wei say: "King Qing was ordered to supervise the construction of the mausoleum, and it is a felony to return to Beijing without authorization, and the slaves impeached him for not abiding by the court system and not obeying the decree of Yi." Zhang Zhidong Governor Huguang for many years, the Hubei New Army was formed by his own hands, but unexpectedly mixed into a large number of chaotic parties, jumped off the beam, and the group was stupid, and the Hubei New Army actually made a noise and mutiny, and the slaves impeached him for ignoring Jun'en and raising his own respect. Originally, the servants planned to impeach Duanfang and Yinchang as well, but since they had been loyal to the court, there was no need to investigate them for the crime of lax control. ”

"Slaves are guilty!" Prince Qing fell to the ground and wept bitterly. When the slave heard about the change in Jiujiang, he was anxious, so he hurriedly returned to Beijing. The slave has no other thoughts, he is thinking about the queen mother and the emperor, now the two palaces are in a big line, the lord is suspicious, the queen mother has just hung the curtain, orphans and widows, no one has mercy, how to say that the slave is also the slave of the Qing Dynasty, the slave of the court, if you don't rush back to be loyal at this time, the slave is really better to die in Botuoyu. ”

Yixuan cried pitifully, hooking Longyu's thoughts, one of the two cried on the ground, and the other cried on the edge of the kang, and the palace became more and more desolate.

Zhang Zhidong did not defend himself, and the desolation in his heart had nowhere to tell, although the Hubei New Army was organized by him, and Pu Wei's impeachment of him was not completely unreasonable, in fact, even he himself was not very clear, why he did not severely strangle the new school of thought in the New Army back then, perhaps there was a trace of thought hidden in his heart that even he was not aware of: I am afraid that the Great Qing Kingdom is going to end, or leave a way back for myself, not for the sake of myself, but also for the sake of future generations.

Seeing that one of the two impeached people was howling, but the other didn't say a word, Shanqi, who was going to watch the scene, knew that the scene directed by Pu Wei was about to close before it opened, so he stood up and played: "The slave thinks that now that the state is in danger, it seems that these minor details should be investigated, or we should focus on military affairs and exterminate the rebels first." ”

The Empress Dowager Longyu wiped the corners of her eyes with a silk handkerchief, looked at the two people kneeling on the ground, and then looked at the stunned princes and ministers, sighed, threw the two folds on the kang table, and said, "This fold is left." Kneel down all of you, and weary of your family. The matter of marching and suppressing will be handed over to you for discussion, and if the mourning family does not understand, they will not mix. ”