The light sprinkled on the bright glazed tiles of the imperial city. A piece of golden, dizzying. Red walls and yellow tiles, this is the royal style.

It's a pity that the grandeur has gone by. The so-called Qing Dynasty has long since died, and now, the place with red walls and yellow tiles is called "Forbidden City Museum" is the first national museum in republican China. You can swagger into the former royal forbidden land and see the once sacred and majestic imperial city.

If this is left in the past, those grass people who bought tickets to visit the imperial city will be a late end. Don't say that you are going to visit the Imperial City, even if you stand on a high place and glance at the Forbidden City, it is also a crime of "great disrespect", that is, the prince does not have the courage to watch Ouchi.

But now, as the former Prince of Alcohol and the regent of the Great Qing Kingdom, Zai Khan is standing on the roof of Prince Alcohol's Mansion, holding a British-made monocular, looking in the direction of the imperial city, crying while looking at it, surrounded by several clothed servants of the palace, supporting the left and right, lest the prince fall off the roof in a trance.

The Alcohol Prince's Mansion is located along the north river of Shichahai. The scenery is excellent, the location is excellent, standing in the palace and climbing high and overlooking, you can easily see Jingshan. If the visibility is good, you can also look down on the magnificent Forbidden City with red walls and yellow tiles in the south of Jingshan.

As a member of the royal nobles, he did not enter the imperial city, and last year he held the three-year-old little emperor in the imperial city to accept the three kneeling and nine knocks of the civil and military officials in the imperial city. But when the shouts of "Long live" still echoed in the ears, the guns of the revolutionaries had already sounded in the south, and the deafening sound of the cannons not only destroyed the last pillars of this decadent dynasty, but also shattered the dream of the regent who carried the ocean.

The dream of the regent, this is not a dream in the first place. Since the establishment of the Qing Dynasty, there have only been two "regents" The previous regent was Prince Rui Dol Yuan, as the first hero of the Qing Dynasty to set the Central Plains, he was also powerful and invincible, but not long after he died suddenly, the regent of the Great Qing Dynasty became a street rat that everyone shouted and beat, not only lost the hereditary prince, but also lost the qualification to be sacrificed in the temple, and even his name could not be found on the royal genealogy. The bleakness of the fate of the first regent of the Great Qing Kingdom can be seen from this; As for the second regent of the Great Qing Kingdom, it is Prince Alcohol Zai, although he did not lose the land on the genealogy, but he is even more miserable than Dorxiang, because he is the "regent of the dead country", the national work of the Great Qing Kingdom for more than 200 years, even if it is dead in his hands.

From this, it can be seen that the regent of the Great Qing Kingdom did not end well, and it is no wonder that Zaiyang was so sad that he cried.

Since the Qing Dynasty issued the edict of abdication and moved out of the Forbidden City, Zai Shen has been living in seclusion in the palace of Prince Alcohol, staying at home, as for the reason is also very simple, one is that he can not face the accusations of the banner people for his "regent of the dead country", and the other is that he really can't get out of the palace, and the current Prince of Alcohol Mansion is "protected" by the Republic of China zhèngfǔ without the permission of President Yuan, Zai Khan Liu Jun Emperor Fuyi is a prisoner in this gorgeous cage. Can't go anywhere.

The "protection" measures of the Republican zhèngfǔ for the Alcohol Prince's Mansion were strict, with soldiers guarding the front gate, side gate, back door, and even the dog hole, and these soldiers came from different places, the Beiyang Army was Shandong soldiers, the Republican Army was Hubei soldiers, the Alliance was Fujian soldiers, and the Guangfuhui was Xijiang soldiers. These soldiers from different provinces guarded a group of royal nobles from the Manchu era. What kind of people can escape from the palace under their noses?

Therefore, Prince Alcohol Zaikhan had no intention of fleeing at all, although he had to stand on the roof of his house almost every day and look in the direction of the Forbidden City, but this action only showed his remembrance of the past, and did not mean that he was doing some secret plots.

"Alas, the world has changed."

Zai Khan sighed. Turn the telescope to look in the direction of the tank.

Taiye Pool is located in the east of the Forbidden City, although it is outside the Imperial City, but because it is the location of the West Garden. Therefore, it is also a royal forbidden land, because it is divided into two parts in the north and south by an earthen embankment, which is also called Zhonghai and Nanhai, after the failure of the Wuxu Reform. Emperor Guangxu was imprisoned on a small island in the South China Sea, called Yingtai, surrounded by water on all sides, and only connected to the land by a stone bridge. It is very suitable for imprisoning prisoners, although the water is not too deep there, and the Guangxu Emperor also escaped from the island once, but until he died, he was still under house arrest there, and even Zaiyang never saw the last of the Guangxu Emperor, although he was the younger brother of the Guangxu Emperor.

Looking at Yingtai, sweat and tears rolled down, blurring his vision, and hurriedly took out a silk handkerchief and wiped his eyes.

"Lord Wang, take care."

The clothed servant muttered in a low voice, and then quickly lowered his head, not daring to ramble again, after all, this kind of scene has been commonplace since the recent rì, as long as the regent climbs high and overlooks, he will definitely cry, and others can't persuade him. Later, he went, anyway, this prince is now also a fallen phoenix, just show a little loyalty, if it weren't for the fact that there is still some income in this palace every year, and it can also ensure the body of the coats, if it were for the sake of their own silver, these coat minions would have dispersed in a hurry to become citizens of republican China.

"Dog minion, I want you Luobei!"

As usual, Zai Yang scolded. He raised his binoculars again and continued to look towards the Central Sea and the South China Sea.

There is a lot of construction, because Yuan Shikai and President Yuan took a fancy to that place and used it as the presidential palace, and now the Xiyuan is already the location of the presidential palace of the Republic of China, and the royal garden has now become the center of republican China. In fact, Zai Ping didn't care about the construction of the Presidential Palace, he was just curious, and he didn't know how Yuan Shikai would arrange the use of Yingtai in the future, after all, there was a puppet son of heaven who was under house arrest, and the son of heaven died in Yingtai, that place was very unlucky, I really don't know why Yuan Shikai took a fancy to it, is it just because Xiyuan is close to the Forbidden City and can get some "royal spirit"?

Zai Khan couldn't figure it out, and he didn't want to continue pondering, now he had been standing on the roof for half an hour, and the slippery glazed tiles made his legs weak, so he ended his peeping at the presidential palace in time, and ordered the clothed servants to set up a wooden ladder, walk down the wooden ladder, and stand back on the patio.

Handing the telescope to a coated minion, Zaiyang glanced at the patio and asked, "Hello hasn't come back yet?" ”

"Back to the prince, the chief steward hasn't come back yet." The clothed servant replied tremblingly.

Angry Manga is the steward of Prince Alcohol's Mansion, his Han name is Zhang Wenzhi, and he is also from Baoyi, because he has served Zaiyang's father Yimu for many years, and he is very trusted. So Sula was promoted step by step to the position of steward, and the surname of the banner was the honor of Yitweezer. Since the abdication of the Qing dynasty and the abdication of the country. This Zhang Wenzhi took on the heavy responsibility of purchasing the prince's mansion, and he saw the trust of the royal palace.

However, buying is purchasing, Zhang Wenzhi can't say where to go, there are soldiers to follow when he leaves the palace, and if he goes far, he must first apply to the "Alcohol Palace's Supervisory Committee", and only after getting approval is he allowed to travel far, and he must also be "protected" by the soldiers.

In short: the current Alcohol King's Mansion is a birdcage. Zai Yang is the little bird in this birdcage. Alive, but without any zìyóu.

Ever since the republican zhèngfǔ removed the telephone in the palace, Zai Ping's only contact with the outside world was almost only newspapers, and after looking at the Forbidden City, he always had to read the few newspapers he had subscribed to carefully.

Zai Khan Ping rì reading newspapers are all in Bao Han Hall. This is not only the rice room of Prince Alcohol's Mansion, but also the living room of Zaihan, when he was the regent in the past, Zaiju would go out for a walk from time to time, but since he was driven out of the Forbidden City, he spent most of his day hiding in this Baohan Hall, either reading books and newspapers, or writing and painting, but also leisurely.

As usual, after looking at the Forbidden City, Zaijin was served by several clothed servants and returned to Baohan Hall, a few newspapers of the day have been neatly placed on the desk, a few pieces of rice paper from Rong Jinzhai in the capital are also spread on the table, and a clothed slave has been standing on the table with a wolf pen in his hand, as long as Zaiyang is willing, he can show his talents at any time.

However, Zai Khan is obviously not in the mood to write and paint, and he can't even raise his interest in reading newspapers. When he entered the study, he waved his hand, and all the servants in the room retreated, leaving him alone behind the desk and staying for a long time.

Wait for the Western table clock in the study to ring. Only then did he come back to his senses, so he opened the drawer. He took out a letter and placed it on the table and looked at it again.

This letter is not signed, nor is it headed, only a few lines of small print, if it was placed in the past, this letter would not be presented to Zai Khan's eyes at all, but now the situation is different, because this letter simply flew into Zai Khan's study for no reason.

Yesterday, when Rì Zaiyang went back to the study to read the newspaper, as soon as he opened the first newspaper on the Internet, he saw this letter of unknown origin covered under the newspaper, and he was quite surprised at that time. Because according to common sense, it is impossible for the people in the palace to have direct contact with the people outside. Even the housekeeper Zhang Wenzhi must be searched by the soldiers every time he goes out of the palace and returns to the palace, let alone a letter, even a note that he does not want to take back to the palace.

In the words of the Republic of China, this was to prevent the Qing dynasty from being used by the Manchu diehards, and it was said to be the proposal of Zhao Bei, the commander-in-chief of the Republican Army. Since the outbreak of the war, the soldiers who guarded the palace have been using this excuse to prohibit the people in the palace from communicating with the outside world, and even the newspapers that Zaiyang reads are also sent to the palace by the soldiers, so unless the soldiers acquiesce. No letter can be delivered to Zai.

However, this letter of unknown origin was still sent to Zai Pei, although Zai Yang couldn't understand how this letter was sent to the palace, but the content of the letter surprised him very much.

It was actually a letter of loyalty, and the content was nothing but the restoration of the Qing Dynasty, which, according to the letter, had been issued since the edict of the abdication of the Qing Dynasty. Some feudal officials have secretly plotted a rescue Ji Ge, "planning to rescue the deposed emperor Fuyi from the palace under house arrest, and lead the remnants of the Eight Banners to return to the country."

After reading the letter yesterday, Zaiyang was frightened, and he didn't close his eyes all night last night, pondering the feasibility of this "great cause of recovering the country", but finally came to an inexplicable conclusion: This letter may be a trap set by the Republic of China, and they want to exterminate the Qing Dynasty, so they deliberately sent someone to send a letter. wants to use this as an excuse to eliminate all the criminals in the alcohol king's mansion, and at the worst, it is also necessary to cancel the "preferential conditions for abdication and clearance".

Now that they heard that Yuan Shikai's Beiyang was in a financial crisis, and the revolutionary army in the south was also in a financial crisis, they must have felt that the preferential treatment conditions of the Qing family were too generous, so they wanted to repay the debt, and wanted to find an excuse to kill the Manchu royal family members openly, so that they would no longer have to give the royal family preferential treatment.

If this is the case, then this inexplicable letter is a trap.