"Your Majesty, you are tired. You should rest for a while. You have to go to greet the Queen Mother and the concubines later... Don't worry about the nonsense of a group of factory slaves..."
Before Xiao Sixi finished speaking, Zai Chun opened his eyes, "Who are you! I should listen to what I should not listen to, and you still want to talk? How do you know this information is useless?"
"Damn beast, slave, you still dare to make an opinion on my behalf? Kneel down and slap me!"
Xiao Sixi was really afraid of the emperor's moodiness. After Zai Chun returned to China, it was no longer easy to see the easy-goingness he had when he was studying abroad. Today, the little emperor is angry when he says it, and he is shameless when he says he is shameless!
But you don’t know when he will suddenly become happy, which makes it difficult for the slaves to grasp the rhythm of flattery!
"A slave shall be punished by death, a slave shall be punished by death..." Xiao Sixi quickly knelt down and crawled to the corner and slapped herself hard.
"Who is the new member of the Royal Forest Army on duty outside the palace today? Come in and report the military situation to me..."
"Yes! Your Majesty!" Today it was Xie Ting's turn to stand guard. As soon as he heard His Majesty's call from inside, he quickly strode in and stood at attention to salute!
"Oh! It's Xie Ting! Tell me...this slave is really pissing me off!"
Xie Ting gave Xiao Sixi a pitiful look and quickly replied, "Your Majesty, strange rumors have been spreading at the Qinghe construction site since last night, and the source has not been found yet!"
"Actually, many of them are old stories, saying that His Majesty will turn all Eight Banner slaves into factory slaves, and even the nobles of the Eight Banners will have to stop paying their flags..."
"There's just a new rumor that's really exciting... They say Marshal Zeng's death was... caused by His Majesty's poison!"
"Fuck!" Zai Chun kicked over the soft table, and several plates of dumplings and ginseng soup were kicked to the ground, causing them to shatter all over the floor!
"It's so shameless! It's so shameless!" Zai Chun roared, "Are these people still unwilling to give up? Is it so difficult for them to accept me? The knife is put on their necks, and they don't know how to be afraid!"
The more Zai Chun changed his mind, the more anxious he became. Xie Ting was able to hold on and continued to report while standing, but the other eunuchs and maids were already trembling with fear. Xiao Sixi even forgot about the slap!
There was a big mess in the Yangxin Hall. The number of ermao with golden melon seeds was being counted outside. He hurriedly walked in. When he saw the chaos, he quickly sent someone to clean it up. Then he pulled the little emperor into the Sanxi Hall!
"Your Majesty, what are you doing? Tomorrow is a good day. The Queen Mother has told her many times not to get angry. Why don't you listen?"
"Er Mao... listen to the rumors spread by these bastards. I can tolerate the rest, but I really can't tolerate the rumors about poisoning the commander-in-chief!"
"What's wrong with me? In their eyes, I have become a heinous and foolish king? Am I King Zhou or Emperor Yang of Sui? I am so hated..."
The relationship between Er Mao and Zai Chun is not only a master-slave relationship, but also a childhood friend. Only Er Mao knew that the little emperor's emotional collapse at this moment was not only because of the rumors, but more importantly because of the commander's death!
Maybe Zaichun himself didn't realize it, but he was aware of it subconsciously! Zeng Guofan's death broke the balance of the court, and chaos was bound to happen!
And even if Zai Chun himself is arrogant, he also knows in his heart that the protection Marshal Zeng has provided him over the years is very important to him!
sense of security! Who doesn’t need a sense of security? No matter how powerful Emperor Tongzhi is, he is actually just a teenager in middle school!
Er Mao coaxed Emperor Tongzhi to sit on the couch, and after careful consideration in his mind, he whispered, "Your Majesty... Now I have asked the Queen Mother to stay in the palace. It is really impossible to convey internal and external news..."
"If that doesn't work, I'll break through the palace gate and ask the head of state in person? Don't you think there's something wrong with this rumor?"
Zai Chun's heart was agitated. "You...you found something? Is there something wrong with someone?"
"Your Majesty... think about it, how did the Marshal's coffin get away? Isn't it just that Long Live Master didn't go? How could the Zeng family be so narrow-minded?"
"If I analyze it, I'm afraid that the humiliation suffered by the Zeng family on Nanheng Street this morning is not just the fact that His Majesty didn't come... What if all the royal nobles in the capital didn't show up? What if Prince Gong didn't show enough respect?"
"Too many possibilities... too many possibilities... If someone deliberately forces the commander's coffin away, then one thing is for sure!"
"The elite Hunan troops in Liangxiang and Zhuozhou have no choice but to retreat southward! Don't look at the small number of thousands of troops, but they were all powerful soldiers who put down the Hongyang Rebellion and defeated Tianjing City!"
"The essence of the Hunan Army's vitality, the real fighting veterans, are not ordinary wimpy camp leaders!"
"The balance has been broken...the balance has been broken!"
Zai Chun received an imperial education since he was a child. The most important lesson here is to learn the various conspiracies in history. At least the emperor must understand what conspiracies and sneaky things have happened in his dynasty from the founding of the country to the present!
After hearing too much, Zai Chun suddenly realized that he would become a spirit. "Well! Are you saying that someone will take advantage of my relaxation during the wedding to cause trouble?"
"It's very possible! I got married, Marshal Zeng passed away, and the Hunan Army withdrew from the capital... Can't those bastards sit still?"
"That's why there are rumors among those factory slaves. Are they trying to use those tens of thousands of factory slaves to cause rebellion?"
"Your Majesty...hehehe...it's not just factory slaves! There are many people in the capital who are afraid of Your Majesty's reform! I'm afraid these people won't be safe!"
It's amazing to say that it's true. Once the conspiracy was revealed, there was no longer so much fear. Zai Chun's mood suddenly calmed down, as if a ray of sunshine suddenly pierced all the haze!
"Hahaha...Xiao Sixi! Don't fool around there. I don't know how well you slap your mouth? The sound is quite loud, but it actually doesn't hurt at all! Come in..."
Xiao Sixi rolled in like a ball, and kowtowed to Zai Chun with a smile, "Long live the master, if you want to hear a sound, the slave will naturally do it! Who wants the master to pity the slave..."
"Get up! Just like a dog... you go get the secret box from the Changchun Bookstore, and I'll let Er Mao open his eyes!"
"Er Mao! Back then, Emperor Yongzheng restored the secret folding system in order to govern the country and prevent Xiaoxiao from causing chaos... Today I tell you that I actually have this secret folding system!"
"But it's not a handwritten note, it's a secret code and a secret box!"
Zai Chun took out a large bunch of keys from Sanxitang's cabinet. They were all very small silver-white keys. There were more than ten in the large bunch!
There are several more keys in the cabinet. Ermao estimates that there are at least thirty keys here!
Zai Chun sneered, "Each key represents a secret box, and inside this secret box is a book title that only I and another person thousands of miles away know!"
"The title of this book is the code book. The local official who has the power to record secret messages used this book to piece together the message he sent to me!"
"The local ministers who have the right to record secret messages can only translate the secret messages sent by me by opening the secret box and comparing them... I do all this work myself!"
"Did you see it? This is the secret message sent this morning. Take a look at it, Ermao!"
