Listening to Cixi's nagging complaints, Ci'an couldn't help but sneer, "Zai Chun has returned to China, and he has brought back his new imperial army and military assistance from the British. You are so stubborn!" '
'Now I'm starting to fight for power. Why haven't I seen you getting stabbed before? It’s true that a country is easy to change but its nature is hard to change! '
Thinking of this, Ci'an waved his hand and said, "You are too worried, my sister is too worried... Yixin and the others are just worried about the country of our Manchu people, and it is not enough to bully or not bully!"
"Isn't that a bully? You stand in the Yangxin Hall and try to shame me, then turn around and slam the door and leave. After all, I am also the Queen Mother of the West. How can I be shameless just like that?"
"Sister, you are too kind. You can't encourage this situation like this! Will the same thing happen to you if Long live the Lord personally takes charge in the future?"
"The late emperor gave the imperial reward and the seal of Tongdaotang to our sisters, but not to Yixin and Yixuan. This is the reason..."
It was okay not to mention the late emperor, but as soon as Emperor Xianfeng Ci'an was mentioned, the anger in his heart rose up, and the scene of Cixi Palace being transformed and destroying the late emperor's decree came to mind again.
Ci'an sneered and said, "Seal? No matter how good the seal is, it can't compete with tens of thousands of powerful troops? Sister, don't be confused..."
Ci'an raised his head and looked out the window and said coldly, "Didn't you say you want to test the waters? Why is there still no movement yet... I said, sister, go back and take a good look at our national history!"
"Our Eight Banners won't conquer the world by relying on stamps, but by relying on the powerful Eight Banners who dare to fight and fight hard!"
A nail that was neither soft nor hard made Ci Xi blush and have a thick neck. She originally thought that she would drag the Queen Mother Dong to fight against Jaap Liu, but she never expected that Ci'an would change her usual temper today and become tougher!
"Sister...I...who am I going to show my heart to...wuwuwu...don't I want Long Live Lord to take over the government smoothly..."
Cixi actually started to cry. She was so aggrieved!
Putting aside Cixi's complaints in the past, Ci'an would definitely have done something to balance the situation in the court. However, Ci'an is no longer the temper she used to be. Being forced to separate from her children has made her uncomfortable and sleepless every day.
I miss my children and my wild man. No matter how beautiful the scenery in Beiyuan is, I can't see it any better. Even my good temper has turned bad.
Listening to Cixi's cry, she remained indifferent and watched with interest as the last engineering ship slowly left the water of the North Sea.
Cixi was peeking at Ci'an with her eyes when she suddenly heard Ci'an exclaim, "Look...the water surface is moving..."
Cixi also forgot to cry, and subconsciously turned her head to look into the water. She was so shocked that four big characters actually appeared in the water.
It is an extremely huge font, with fine bubbles rising up from the bottom of the water, and there is a faint surging of water, and these bubbles are connected together, and it looks like the four words "Longevity without Borders" from a distance!
It's such a big fountain, each word has an area of more than 100 square meters, which means the water surface here in Beihai is so spacious that it really wouldn't fit anywhere else.
The painted pipes are hidden under the water. There are two power systems in total, human power and steam power. However, today is to debug the pipes, so the machine hidden in the distant steam room does not burn coal, but is powered by 16 groups of manpower. A hydraulic press provides water pressure instead of a steam engine.
This thing is actually an improved version of the large human-powered water dragon. The principle is the same, but it has more power and requires more eunuchs.
Behind the long high wall, each group of water dragons was controlled by four strong eunuchs to control the pressurized water. Under the order of the Prussian engineer, sixteen groups of eunuchs coordinated their actions and quickly added sufficient water pressure to the pipelines.
"Ouch..." Cixi also forgot to cry. She looked at the huge fountain in front of her in shock and screamed in surprise.
"There are really words...it's really squirting..."
Crash... Almost at the same time, the water column from the fountain rushed up to a height of more than half a meter. Now the four words "Longevity without Borders" can be seen more clearly.
"Greetings to the Queen Mother..." Zhou Daoying had already rehearsed and led a group of palace maids and eunuchs to kneel downstairs and kowtow, "The Queen Mother may live forever... The Queen Mother may live forever..."
Ci'an stood up from the chair with a smile and leaned against the window with a face full of happiness. It was a gift from her favorite man Fu Qing. Only that man and his child can feel at ease in this world.
Cixi's internal organs seemed to have been soaked in Shanxi mature vinegar for three years. Sour gas was spurting out from her nose and eyes. The huge fountain in front of her almost drove her crazy.
'Mine, it's all mine, it's all mine... Damn it, why do you have such a good thing, why! '
Zhou Daoying was still shouting downstairs, "Tianhou, the foreign engineer said that today we are just trying to see if the pipeline is smooth. We don't use a steam engine to drive and pressurize it, so the manual spray is not high..."
"When the water pressure in the boiler is turned up tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, this fountain can actually spray three to four meters high, and it can even spray up to the second floor... If the water mist it sprays encounters something... something..."
Zhou Daoying scratched his head and suddenly remembered, "It is said that if the weather is suitable, a small rainbow can be formed...but it is beautiful. This will be a grand scene in Beiyuan from now on!"
The more she talked about it, the angrier she became, but she still didn't dare to fall out with Ci'an. Cixi smiled coldly and said, "What's wrong? My sister doesn't like this fountain..."
"I like it, I really like it... From now on, this Longevity Fountain will become a grand sight in the capital!"
"Haha... I have a good appetite today, please pass on the food... My sister and I will have a nice drink!"
Cixi couldn't describe her mood. This meal was more uncomfortable than drinking bitter medicine soup. She originally wanted to win allies, but today Ci'an didn't have enough food and salt, and all Cixi's plans came to nothing.
After saying goodbye after the meal, when Cixi's sedan returned to the Forbidden City, she angrily tore the handkerchief in her hand into pieces and said, "Damn it! I'm really humiliating myself! I'm so cheap..."
"Li Lianying, please remember this day for me. Remember this day and always remind me... remind me not to forget today... I'm so mad at the Ai family..."
Along the way, Cixi was so angry that she almost set the sedan on fire, scaring the people around her with white hair and sweat. When they left the gate of Beiyuan, Cixi suddenly frowned and thought of something.
"Um... Lianying... you are here to serve me. Have you noticed that there is something unusual about Ci'an?"
Li Lianying rolled her eyes and said, "Well... you seem to have gained a little weight, right?"
"Yes, yes...he's just a little fat...and Ci'an also has a strange smell...what is it?"
As the sedan walked, the two of them thought about it. After entering the Shenwu Gate and entering the Imperial Garden, Cixi got off the sedan and walked in the garden, surrounded by her own people.
While walking, she tilted her head and thought, and suddenly Li Lianying slapped her head, "Ouch... I seem to have smelled this smell from some wet nurses..."
"It seems to be the smell of human milk..."
There was a click of lightning and Cixi was immediately shocked. She needed a bowl of milk every morning to replenish her body, and sometimes she would even drink it with her lips. Of course she would never forget the taste.
"Could it be that...my ancestors...could it be that..."
Hahaha... There were bursts of sinister laughter in the Royal Garden!
"Lianying...send all our men out and investigate this matter for me recently..."
