Zai Chun was woken up by the sound of fireworks explosions all over the city. At about eleven o'clock, he finished his work on the military situation and drank a bowl of soothing medicine under Da Sixi's service. He just felt a little bit sleepy and left Man Cheng. Awakened by the noise.
Zai Chun reached out irritably and scratched the itches on his chin and neck. The red bumps grew more and more, and they looked like mosquito bites.
He was not that afraid. When he was training in the Ryukyu military camp, he also lurked in the wild and was bitten by poisonous mosquitoes on the island. He was no longer a purely pampered emperor.
This time, the imperial doctor said that the emperor's body was full of heat and poison that could not be released, and many red spots and rashes appeared on his skin.
Zai Chun didn't take it seriously after hearing this. After all, it was normal for the heat in his heart to be unable to vent in such a difficult battle.
At the height of the national crisis, Zai Chun had no time to think about the pimples on his body. He supported his body with both hands and resisted the dizziness in his head. "What's going on outside? What's going on?"
The many palaces made the sounds outside become distant and illusory. Thanks to Zai Chun, he moved his residence to the Gate of Supreme Harmony. After all, it was closer to the outside of the palace.
If he were still in the area of Qianqing Palace's Yangxin Palace and further away from the outside world, it would be harder for this sound to wake him up.
Da Sixi rushed over to help Zai Chun, "Long live Lord... Nothing happened. You should rest for a while. The third master is on duty outside. I just came to report that you fell asleep and didn't wake you up..."
"I heard that two trains of reinforcements from the Guanwai Army have arrived at the train station and are preparing to move to the front line of Yongding River..."
"Oh? Reinforcements are coming... Ask Fu Qing to come in and see me. I won't sleep anymore..."
Fu Qing was pacing anxiously at the entrance of the palace at this moment. The news just sent from outside the palace made him very uneasy, and he was still undecided whether to go to see Emperor Tongzhi.
At this time, he heard the summons inside, quickly lifted up his clothes, bent down and walked quickly into the side hall inside the Gate of Supreme Harmony.
"Long live the Lord's good fortune..."
"Stop kowtowing, it's boring, boring...I heard reinforcements are coming? How many are there? Is Hunchun here? Ask him to come see me..."
The third master looked bitter and said in a low voice, "This... the reinforcements are indeed coming, but General Hunchun's special train has not arrived yet!"
"Just now...there were some problems in the city just now, and I wanted to report it to His Majesty!"
"Oh? What happened in the city?" Zai Chun heard the anxiety in Fu Qing's tone.
"Your Majesty... there have just been more than a dozen fire points in the city. Some of the remaining Japs who were not screened out by us are already planning to rebel. They set off fireworks to communicate the news, and attacked our curfew checkpoints and the capital. The police and even... the army!"
"Ah! It's the other way around! What a thief who can't stop killing you!" Zai Chun didn't realize the seriousness of the problem at all. He thought it was just a small group of thugs causing trouble.
"Kill me! I don't care if there is another capital to watch... Don't leave any one behind, I will kill all the remnants of Guiziliu! It's really impossible if this poison doesn't work out... Cough cough cough!"
Just when Zai Chun was coughing excitedly, there was a sudden sound of footsteps outside, and Er Mao rushed in with a gust of cold wind.
"Long live my lord... something bad has happened... there is chaos outside the palace!"
"Ah! Are the thugs causing trouble... I already know it and am sending troops to kill it!" Zai Chun pointed at the soup bowl and waved his hand.
"No!" Er Mao didn't have so many worries. He had just come from the house outside the palace. "Your Majesty, this is not just a rebellion by thugs. Sijiu City has completely rebelled. Your Majesty, do you know the slogans shouted by those rebels? "
Zai Chun's hand holding the bowl of soup and medicine froze, "Well... you said..."
"Your Majesty! The rebels outside have been killing all over the city. They are shouting that Tianjin Guard has been captured by the rebels and the Yangcun Railway has been blown up..."
"General Hunchun has been bombed to death! They are shouting slogans like this, and they are marching all over the city! The whole city is in chaos, everything is in chaos..."
ah! Zai Chun shouted, and the soup in his hand was spread all over his body, and it smashed into pieces with a clang!
"You bastard thief! How dare you spread rumors and cause trouble... Damn it! Send troops to suppress it, I will kill everyone without leaving a trace!" The angry Zai Chun's eyes turned red.
How did he know that these were not rumors at all? Zhang Jing from the Military Aircraft Department rushed in from the Taihe Gate and knelt down on the ground with a cry, "Long live the Lord... Urgent military information, a telegram sent by Lord Chonghou of Tianjin at the risk of his own life!" "
Zai Chun was stunned, an ominous feeling suddenly surged in his heart, "Nian...Fuqing, you...nian...nian!"
Fu Qing took it and did not dare to neglect it. He sweated when he saw the words on the telegram: "Your Majesty... Chonghou will die... It is not good for your sinful minister Chonghou to protect Tianjin..."
"The rebel Ronglu Division secretly attacked Tianjin Guard... and actually teamed up with the remnants of the White Lotus Sect in Tianjin Guard's Green Camp to open the city gate..."
"The guilty minister was outnumbered and captured by Rong Lu! I should have died to serve the country, but I knew that I must leave a useful person to report to the capital..."
"At this moment, I pretended to surrender to the rebels in exchange for Ronglu's trust... I took advantage of the opportunity when he led his troops to the train station to attack the Far East King's forces, and risked his life to send a report..."
In the telegram, Chonghou described himself as a loyal minister who risked his life for the sake of the overall situation. He pretended to surrender in order to send the latest telegram to the court.
He talked about the entire Tianjin Wei situation from beginning to end. In the end, he even told Emperor Tongzhi some bad news: "The situation in Tianjin is turbulent. The war has begun. The king of the Far East's martial heroes will be defeated by the rebels." Attack...but the Chinese railway soldiers were indifferent!"
"I really don't know what's going on in the industrial zone, but I know that if the Chinese don't send troops to rescue now, it will be difficult to save the city of Tianjin!"
"Haha...hahaha...hahahaha..." Zai Chun laughed angrily. After laughing for a few times without saying anything, his eyes went dark and he fell into a coma on the bed.
"Long live my lord... call the imperial doctor quickly..." The Taihe Sect was completely in chaos.
The third master rushed forward and pinched the person with all his strength. He knew very well what the little emperor was afraid of. Zai Chun was actually not afraid of the civil war in the Qing Dynasty. The deepest fear in Zai Chun's heart was Xiao Letian.
What he fears most is that Xiao Letian abandons him. The last line of the telegram just now said that the Chinese railway soldiers actually watched the Jingwu Heroes being attacked without sending reinforcements. This last line of defense was suddenly breached.
"Long live... Long live wake up... The head of state is ready to come back. The head of state has set out and is no longer in the Indian Ocean... Even if the world abandons you, the head of state will not ignore you..."
The voice was very low, and the third master almost whispered in Zai Chun's ear. Er Mao also leaned over and whispered, "Long live Lord, don't do this... I have my secret rights, I can give it directly to Fu Hui Madam, Mrs. Tiger and even Fu Yin'er sent a telegram!"
"I'll call for reinforcements for you! Don't worry, the sky won't fall!"
Just as people were panicking, a hurried voice sounded from outside the palace, "The Ai family said that this battle is not going to work, that the Japanese six are not easy to deal with, but you just don't listen..."
"You know how powerful it is now, right? The entire capital is in chaos, this is so great..."
At the critical moment, Cixi, the troublemaker, came again, followed by Emperor Tongzhi's wives, empresses and concubines.
When Cixi entered the main hall, she didn't ask about her son's condition. Instead, she just complained and cursed!
