Ande Hai came to arrest Er Mao on Ci Xi's order. According to her original intention, Er Mao should be thrown into death row at noon yesterday. However, because the two empress dowagers did not agree on the opinions for the time being, they monitored and controlled him for a day.
But now, the big net that Sister Wu has put away has picked up more than a thousand rebels, and after interrogation, it has been proved that these people are Xiao Letian's peripheral spies. This is irrefutable proof. Xiao Letian's power must not be allowed to stay. .
Cixi originally thought that her sister could execute Ermao on the spot, but she never expected that the Ministry of Punishment would receive an order from the Empress Dowager Ci'an not to kill anyone.
Now Cixi couldn't hold back her anger, and all her long-standing dissatisfaction with Ci'an suddenly burst out. She roared and ordered An Dehai to capture Ermao even if it was necessary. Kill with ground stick.
Dogs that have received strict orders from their masters are always the most ferocious. With a group of eunuchs and more than a dozen guards, Andehai rolled up a trail of smoke and dust from the Forbidden City to the North Sea.
"Your Majesty, the Queen Mother is lucky. I am here to get the Ermao under the order of my master. Please forgive me for disturbing you!" After saying this, a group of guards waved their hands and rushed forward to tie the Ermao.
"Stop! You dare to kidnap someone before the Yi family has spoken? Who taught you these rules!"
An Dehai knelt down on the ground with a bang and kowtowed, "Lord Buddha, please calm down, Old Buddha, please calm down... The slaves are just obeying orders. Countless people have already confessed under the torture of the Ministry of Punishments. These Ermao are the rebellious subordinates of Xiao Letian. This You can’t keep those who have been planted and killed!”
Ci'an didn't expect that An Dehai would dare to talk back. He was so angry that he said, "Okay, okay, you are such a good slave. I just said one thing, but you actually used ten sentences to talk back... Come on, don't give me anything." I'll slap you!"
At this time, Andehai carried forward the spirit of being shameless first, and even more shamelessly. He knelt on the ground and said, "Don't be angry, Lafayette. I will do it myself, I will do it myself... one, two, three..."
Anderhai was still counting while he was growing taller. He looked respectful on the surface, but his eyes were moving mischievously. He was estimating the time for reinforcements to arrive.
Just after he slapped more than ten people, a group of eunuchs came running from the direction of the Forbidden City in the south. One of them, a phoenix chariot, was surrounded by people and rushed towards the chaotic scene.
"Ande Hai! You bitch, you can't do such a small thing well. Why did you make the Queen Mother so angry when I asked you to catch a thief? If my sister is in trouble, you can't chop off a hundred heads!"
"Yes, yes... I realized my mistake. I opened my mouth... Thirty-five, thirty-six, thirty-seven..."
Ci Xi had no time to pay attention to Ande Hai, who was playing tricks. She walked up to Ci'an and curtsied in two steps. Then she pointed at Er Mao and said, "Sister, there is no need to talk about this kind of rebellion. Just kill him. Keeping it is a waste of food." …”
"No!" Ci'an turned away from his usual kind-hearted expression and shouted sternly, "Er Mao cannot be killed, and the more than a thousand people in prison cannot be killed casually. Before the situation is unclear, we cannot listen to one side or act rashly!"
Cixi also got into trouble today. She yelled in a high voice, "Sister, what do you mean by this? I am a dirty slave. Don't I even have the right to deal with you?" There are thousands of people, what does he want to do? Isn't this just a rebellion?"
"Er Mao, this bitch, has been Xiao Letian's spy in the palace from the beginning. If I hadn't been trying to win over this monkey in the past few years, I would have wanted to do it. Now that Xiao Letian is gone, I still have to keep him. What is the use?"
Ci'an knew Cixi's ambitions from the beginning to the end, and also knew that this sister was dissatisfied with him. However, in recent years, the government was unstable, the south was troubled, and the British and French forces came to the north. Ci'an always tolerated her for the sake of overall stability.
Unexpectedly, Cixi was so angry today that she completely forgot that she was only the Queen Mother of the West Palace, and that her status as the Queen Mother of the East Palace was far above hers.
"Okay, okay, my sister is really angry today!" At this point, Ci'an stood up from his chair, pointed at the eunuchs, maids, and guards around him and shouted, "Everyone, please step back, ten steps away." No other people are allowed inside, my sister and I have a private conversation!"
At the critical moment, Ci'an still chose to put the overall situation first. Under her strict order, people began to retreat, and no one dared to stay within ten steps.
Er Mao was controlled by a group of strong eunuchs. He looked outside with cold eyes. The two queen mothers were arguing fiercely, but their voices were very low. No one knew what the two queen mothers were talking about. Everyone only knew that the atmosphere was getting more and more depressing. .
Ci'an said in a low voice, "You want to eradicate the roots? I also want to eradicate the rebellion in this world, but before you do it, can you answer my question?"
"You said that Xiao Letian must be dead. Where is the evidence? You said that the French gave you a clear guarantee. Are the French credible? You want to seize Lotte Matheson for the court. How are you going to do it? Who is going to do it, and who is going to coordinate the interests of Americans?”
"My good sister, the newspapers in Europa have made it very clear that Xiao Letian has fallen into the hands of the Prussians and his life and death are unknown. So if we want to find evidence, we should go to Prussia! But now Dongjiao Minxiang is not there at all. There are no envoys from Prussia..."
Ci'an suppressed the anger in her heart and used a calm tone to enlighten her sister little by little. She knew very well that the more delicate the situation, the less likely the court itself was to be in chaos. The current Qing Dynasty was like a patient recovering from a serious illness. But I can't bear the trouble.
But the woman Cixi is exactly the same as in the historical records. She is good at the inside but faint at the outside. This woman is a self-taught genius in balancing the domestic political situation, but once she sets her sights on the whole world, she will immediately become dizzy.
The history of the late Qing Dynasty was so humiliating that it was even a bit ridiculous. When a nation experienced two Opium Wars, a Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, the Annan War against France, the Xinjiang War against Russia... and so on, after such major defeats, it could still survive. Issued a declaration of war against all nations.
This extremely stupid declaration of war was written by the Empress Dowager Cixi. It was this declaration of war from all nations that directly triggered the Gengzi Incident when the Eight-Power Allied Forces entered Beijing.
Okay, this topic has gone too far. It is a bit unfair to use the blame of the past life to put the blame on Cixi in this life. But Cixi's performance was indeed consistent with historical records. He simply couldn't listen to Ci'an's words.
"Sister, you are so confused. After all, aren't you just using Er Mao's words to refute me? We all know who Er Mao is. Will he tell us the truth?"
"Haha, I don't know anything about Prussia and Germany, and I don't want to figure it out. I just know that Britain and France are not easy to mess with. The Russians and Americans are not easy to deal with. As for Prussia, I have asked before. Yi?, it has not been unified until now, and it is the same as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, so what is there to fear..."
Ci'an didn't know how to form words now. She found that Cixi had turned into a copper pea that was inseparable from oil and salt, and could no longer listen to anything.
"Okay, okay, I don't care what you think, you can't kill this Ermao, and the prisoners detained in the Ministry of Punishment and the Ministry of Internal Affairs can only be interrogated, not indiscriminately killed! This is my decree..."
With a clang, Cixi squatted down the tea bowl on the table. She stood up and said sadly, "Sister, why are you so stubborn? Do you know that this is a great opportunity for us Manchus? The conditions of the French have already been We have made it very clear, as long as we help the French Emperor vent his anger, France will give us its full support..."
"Aren't the Russians causing trouble in Xinjiang? The French agreed to exert pressure. You must know that Russia is France's defeated enemy! There are also industrial zones. The French have said that after the market, France will pay and provide people to help us, and it can even be used Sell us weapons and warships at the lowest price..."
"My good sister, if we seize such a big opportunity, Manren's empire will be even more secure!"
Ci'an was completely speechless, thinking to himself, could the Frenchman have become a good person? The Old Summer Palace was burned down six years ago, and now you say it has become a country of benevolence, or even a reliable ally?
"You, you, you...are you going to piss me off to death? You said Prussia can't be trusted, but the French can't be trusted? Have you forgotten all about the enmity six years ago? I don't care what you think, the situation is unclear anyway You can’t act rashly...can’t you wait a few months and half a year before taking action?”
"Sister, this opportunity must never come again!"
"Shut up, I am the East Palace, don't force me to ask for the late emperor's will..."
One sentence was like a cold wind blowing across the North Sea. It was obviously summer, but everyone seemed to have fallen into an ice cellar. Er Mao didn't hear clearly what he said before, but Ci'an said this with emotion, and the pitch was higher than before, so Er Mao heard it clearly.
"Oh my God, my godfather is simply a god. He has said before that Ci'an has a good nature and the late emperor will definitely give her a Sword of Shang Fang to support her. I didn't expect it to be a secret decree!"
"My good daddy! You are really an immortal. Why can you guess everything? How on earth did you do it?"
Not only Er Mao was shocked, but everyone present was dumbfounded. Many lowly people even wanted to prick their ears to become deaf. The more people knew about this royal secret, the faster they would die.
Ci'an also regretted it. She couldn't understand why she lost her words for a moment, but Cixi's reaction was faster. She showed the level of an Oscar-winning actress, her lips flattened and tears came out of her eyes.
"Sister! You have wronged my sister's loyalty to death, wuwuwu...sister, isn't this all for the sake of the Qing Dynasty?"
As she spoke, Cixi's knees softened and she knelt down directly to Ci'an. When Cixi knelt down, everyone present could no longer stand and fell to their knees.
"The Queen Mother, please calm down... The Queen Mother, please calm down... The Queen Mother, please calm down..."
At this moment, Ci'an, surrounded by the crowd, really seemed to be alone.
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