C569 Ci Xis secret meeting (1/2)
Just as Ci An was falling for the new sect, in the of the Forbidden City, Ci Xi, together with two conservative officials, Prince Kung Yi and Prince alcohol were sitting there sulking.
”Good, good, good. You've done well. In half a month, you haven't even managed to attack a single Jingshan. What use do I have for you all? Prince of Alcohol, you are Beijing's gate god, minister of nine city gates, how exactly did you manage to bring such a soldier along? ”
”And you, the great Prince Kung, the great Prime Minister Minister Wang, how did you boost your morale, and how did you negotiate with the foreigners? Apart from the French who secretly supported us, there was not a single other person who supported us? Americans actually jumped out in deep concern? ”
”Are all of you trash …” Ci Xi's roar echoed in the East Warm Pavilion.
The two men in front of her were both direct descendants of the Xiluo's family. They should both have very high statuses, but one of them was her brother-in-law while the other one had a relationship with her.
Ci Xi shouted for a long time, until his mouth was a little dry. Prince of Alcohol by the side quickly picked up a pot of ginseng soup from Grandma Tang's bowl and poured a cup for the empress dowager.
”The weather has turned cold on an autumn night. Drink a bowl of ginseng soup to warm your heart …”
Ci Xi was so angered by the Prince of Alcohol that he started laughing, ”Hehe, do I need warmth? I'm full of anger right now, and you still want me to drink the ginseng soup … An Dehai! Give I a bowl of ice, I want to quell my anger! ”
”Aiya, you can't. Even when it's autumn, you still need to use ice. Be careful not to hold the cold in your body, or else the winter will be hard on you. The empress dowager has to take good care of her body …”
”I …” Ci Xi looked at Prince alcohol's honest face. He was so angry that she wanted to pinch him.
The Prince Kung by his side couldn't help but laugh. ”Forget it, the empress dowager should spare my seventh brother. The shrewdness in his heart isn't something that you can break with just a few words …”
I think that this round of palace changes should be enough right now, since it should be a negotiation, let s just go through all the records of history and never heard of palace changes being allowed to last for half a month. If this continues, aren't you afraid of the Chinese Officer being suspicious?
”I know, you have already contacted Li Hongzhang, but Shui Da cannot hide it from the Bodhisattva. As long as Ceng Guofan is here, Li Hongzhang will not be able to jump that high …”
”Now that the peace talks, you will not suffer any losses, and the late emperor's secret order will be burnt, you no longer have any remaining worries, so you have to properly negotiate with the Empress Dowager of the East, the two sisters will divide the authority points, why do you have to go so far?”
”Pah …” F * ck, which servant served him? Why is the tea stem still inside!? An Dehai... ”How do you serve the tea brewer by pulling him out and whipping him ten times …”
Prince Kung was far more open than Prince of Alcohol, and his personality was also more outgoing. Once he took out his actions, Ci Xi's nose became crooked.
”Peace talks? What to talk about... ”What's there to talk about now that we've already lost all decorum? We have to forcefully attack now, so we have to attack fiercely, and we have to watch her die …”
Ci Xi's face turned sinister, the temperature in the hall plummeted, but Ci Xi could not scare him anymore today, he could only see him chuckling, ”Alright, my good empress dowager, you have to eat your fill, and walk the entire way, why do you have to care about your dignity?”
”There's only so much power in the imperial court. You should seize this opportunity to grab a few more, then grab a dozen or so eunuchs and guards and lie about your military affairs. The friendship between the empress dowager and the empress dowager will naturally be covered in torn skin. What are you afraid of?”
As he spoke, he suddenly put away his sloppy appearance from before and sat down upright, saying, ”Esteemed Empress Dowager, Jiu Shuai sent me a secret letter last night. The words inside are extremely strong …”
”The Zeng Family brothers have already given their ultimatum, which means that your Manchu can ignore the internal affairs of the household, but we cannot mess around with the nation's constitution … To put it bluntly, we should not let our enemies get the upper hand. Right now, we are not truly Tongzhi in the middle of the competition! ”
”One month, the Zeng Family brothers have already made it clear that one month is the limit of the time our Manchu can close our doors and solve the problem. In a month, the Xiang Army will probably interfere! ”
The words in his mouth were incomparably cold, and caused the palms of Ci Xi's hands to go cold continuously when he heard them, ”Good, good, good … This was a good subject of the Great Qing! So loyal! ”
Yi Yu took another sip of the fragrant tea: ”Don't talk back, this matter was done inappropriately by you, Xinjiang's Yaqub is almost a king, we can't even send a single soldier over, Central Plains's Twisted Army still hasn't completely calmed down, if not, another Huai Army will appear.”
”There's also the pars dorsalis of Gan Shan. They are also ready to fight against the officials, who knows when they will start talking back. There's also the foreigners, and Xiao Letian …” The Great Qing is blowing everywhere now, and you still dare to mess with them? Do you think so? ”
Pa! Ci Xi slapped the table and shouted. What can I do? What can we do with orphans and widows? Wu wu wu … ”Ah, late emperor, why are you so biased? If I didn't have that secret decree, how could I have done anything else?”