"Awaken, prince, little prince is awake!"

With a happy female voice, a little boy with pink and jade on the brocade couch opened his eyes with difficulty.

The head hurts so much, those bizarre scenes are circling in my mind, making people just want to vomit. Fortunately, as the eyes adapt to the light, the scenery in front of me gradually becomes clearer, and those bizarre things finally begin to fade gradually.

First, the silver-white curtain came into view, and then several strange faces appeared one after another. The first one was a charming smile. The girl was about fourteen or five years old, with a duck-shaped face, two dimples, and a pair of big watery eyes with tears. I don’t know if she was crying or laughing. Then an old man, wrinkles on his face and a goatee, touched our forehead as if he was decent, nodded and said in a slightly Shanxi accent: "It's okay, just take two more medicines."

Then I squeezed over a handsome young woman's face. It seemed that she was in her 30s, but her face was thicker and she couldn't see it clearly. The young woman's face obviously had a "pink groove" hit by tears. I guess she had just shed a lot of tears. Now, she hugged our body as soon as she came up, screaming "heart and soul baby".

The things in my mind finally disappeared, and the young woman's call made her thoughts gradually become clearer.

"Um." The little boy moved his throat and shouted softly.

Although the tender voice was just two words, it made the young woman burst into tears again.

"Oh, my mother is here."

Yehenara Wanzhen once had a son, but unfortunately died at the age of 2, so she naturally became even more precious to her second son. However, she didn't expect that she just fell in the back garden, and the baby son was in a coma for two hours. She was so scared that the three souls of the Nara family left their bodies, fearing that they would lose their second son again. Now the child has finally woken up and looks like he has not suffered any injuries. Only then can he let go of his heart.

Yi Huan is also happy.

Yi Huan, the father, also loved his second son. After hearing that his beloved son had an accident, the angry Prince Chun wanted to kill all the four palace maids who were with his son at that time. Seeing that his son woke up, he immediately came up.

"Ama." Seeing the middle-aged man with two beards in front of him, Zai Tian, ​​who had already woken up, immediately recognized his father.

"Yeah." As a father, Yihuan could not lose his composure like the concubine, but his inner love would never be less.

Yihuan patted his beloved son's small body and leaned over to speak when a little eunuch suddenly ran out of the door. However, the eunuch naturally would not directly talk to the prince who was above him. Moreover, seeing the situation inside the house, a little eunuch would not dare to disturb him even if he had eaten the courage of the bear heart and leopard.

The eunuch in charge of the prince's mansion standing beside him looked at the prince and concubine around the little master, took a two-step back, walked out of the house, and waved to the eunuch who reported the news, "What's the matter? I'm so panicked, how can it be."

The little eunuch immediately took the blame: "I deserve to die, so I ask my ancestors to punish me. Someone from the palace sent an order and asked the prince to enter the palace immediately."

The boss frowned when he heard this. He knew that this was a big deal and could not delay it. He would never blame the little eunuch again. He lifted his clothes and quickly walked to his master.

"Prince, someone has come from the palace. I want the prince to enter the palace immediately!"

Yihuan, who was caring for his son, immediately became gloomy when he heard this.

The emperor has been in poor health now. After December, his illness became more and more severe. At this time, the palace was in a hurry to deal with it. Could something big happened?

Thinking of this, Yihuan immediately stood up and said, "Where are the people?"

"I'm waiting in the outer hall." Main pipe.

"Let's go, change your clothes and prepare sedan chairs. I'm going to enter the palace." The first sentence was to instruct the servants, but the second sentence was said to the concubine.

Nara nodded, showing that she understood, but she did not get up to see her off. Now her son is the first, so she naturally didn't want to leave for a moment, even if she walked to the door a little distance.

Looking at his father who had left in a hurry, Zai Tian blinked his eyes and suddenly said, "Mom, Tian'er is thirsty."

Yihuan, who had changed his clothes, quickly walked towards the front hall and saw a small eunuch standing at the door from afar. Yihuan knew this person, who was next to the Empress Dowager of the Holy Mother, but his surname was An or Li, could not remember it very clearly.

When the eunuch saw Yihuan coming, he didn't wait for Yihuan to enter the door, but instead ran over quickly. He first greeted Yihuan, and then immediately attached it to Yihuan's ear and said something: "The emperor is dead, the empress dowager asks the prince to discuss matters." After that, he took a few steps back and lowered his head and stood down.

Although he had thought about this for a long time, once it was confirmed, Yi Huan was still shocked.

"Quick! Enter the palace!"

After reacting, Yihuan quickly greeted the eunuch who was passing the message, and almost ran out of the palace. There were sedan chairs waiting outside the door. After getting on the sedan chair, Yihuan urged him and the four sedan chairmen ran away as if they were not touching the ground.

West Warm Pavilion.

Yihuan and Cixi met with each other. Eunuch had already moved to Jindun. Yihuan had just sat down when Cixi suddenly asked, "Is Zai Tian good?"

Yihuan was stunned.

On the way here, Yihuan thought a lot about what Cixi would say to him, but she didn't expect Cixi would ask Zai Tian without talking about Tongzhi. At this time, she subconsciously replied: "I dare not work on the empress dowager. Tian'er is still good, but she just played today, fell down and slept for a while, and now she is nothing."

After hearing this, Cixi nodded and stopped talking.

Yihuan was a little confused by this question. Seeing that Cixi didn't speak, she couldn't ask again, so she sat in a quiet voice.

The room suddenly became quiet and the atmosphere suddenly became very depressing.

After a few minutes of pause, Cixi seemed to finally make up her mind and finally spoke again: "I want to adopt Zai Tian to the late emperor Xian and succeed the Grand Priest. What do you want?"

In one sentence, Yi Huan immediately burst into tears!

All the things today seem to be in a dream. First, my son fell down and fell asleep for no reason. When he woke up, he was shocked and heard that he had died now. He rushed over and was not calm yet, but he heard an even more amazing news - his son wanted to be the emperor.

In ancient times, great rituals, monarch and ministers, father and son. That was to discuss monarch and ministers first, and then father and son. Now his son wants to be the emperor, but he is afraid that he will no longer have father and son affection from then on. When he sees goodbye, he still has to kneel down to salute his son. Thinking of his beloved son, Yihuan felt a lot of reluctance, but how could he make the decision?

The thoughts were heard, and these thoughts were only in a moment. Yihuan knew that the two palaces must have agreed on this matter. At this time, the kings and ministers and military operations were not there. It must have been not yet. He just informed him in advance because he was Zai Tian's biological father.

Thinking of this, Yihuan had already turned over and bowed, and kowtowed, "The Empress Dowager is the only one who decides the great rule. I dare not think about it myself, and I only rely on the Empress Dowager to make the decision."

Cixi nodded and said, "Get up, and go with me to see my sister."

The "sister" mentioned by Cixi refers to Empress Dowager Ci'an, the Empress Dowager of the Eastern Palace. Yihuan kowtowed again when she heard this, then stood up, bent down and stood aside. Eunuchs and palace maids had already served Cixi to take over. Yihuan followed her around and came all the way to the East Warm Pavilion.

In the East Nuan Pavilion, Ci'an saw Cixi and Yi Huan and his party, and knew it in his heart and asked softly: "Have you told him?"

Cixi first met Ci'an and said 'sister', then said: "I have said that the prince is wise."

Ci'an nodded and said to Yihuan: "You are relieved, and you are relatives on your own, so you may not be alienated. I know that you love the eldest prince and just leave it to our sisters. You should also relax. In the future, the emperor will be with you. It is just a way for the king and the minister, but you need to be careful."

When Emperor Tongzhi was not in charge of power, Yihuan walked in Hongde Hall, inspected courses, and supervised the emperor's study and knowledge. After Emperor Tongzhi was diligent, he was dismissed from this position. At this time, Empress Dowager Ci'an said that even if Zai Tian made a promise to study in the future, he still allowed himself to walk in Hongde Hall and study with the emperor, in order to give himself a chance to get close to his son.

Yi Huan naturally kowtowed and thanked him at this time.

The curtain was lifted, and a eunuch came in and reported, "Return to the two masters, Prince Gong and the others have arrived. Should they come in now?"

Cixi glanced at Ci'an, saw that Ci'an had nothing to say, and waved her hand: "Please come in, princes, ministers."

The eunuchs were ordered to go out to pass the message. After a while, Prince Gong Yi, Prince Dun Yiqiu, Prince Fu Yixian, Prince Hui Yixiang, Prince Hui Yixiang, Duke Zhenguo Yimo and other ministers, as well as ministers from various military affairs, ministers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and ministers of the imperial court came in one after another. After saluting the empress dowagers of the two palaces, they were all surprised when they saw Yixian arrive first, but everyone was puzzled in their hearts and would not reveal it.

When Cixi saw that all the ministers had arrived, she stood up and saluted Ci'an for a while, and then said, "The late emperor was in trouble for a long time, and once a great journey, all the ministers and workers knew about it. However, the country should not be without a king for a day, but the late emperor had no descendants. I discussed with the Queen Mother of the Holy Mother that one should adopt one person from the descendants of Emperor Xuanzong to the descendants of Emperor Xian. I wonder if all the ministers and workers thought, who could inherit the great throne?"

The ministers of Daxing Emperor Bintian were also known to him when they came. In fact, everyone only arrived a little bit later than Yixing, but they were waiting at the military office in front of the hall without being summoned. Although the ministers met, they were all sad about Emperor Daxing on the surface, but they all had the same little in their hearts - that is, the emperor had no heirs, so who would succeed?

The great affairs of the country are the most important. Throughout history, the support of the country has been as great as the sky. If you stand in the matter of support, then your life will be smooth sailing and even benefit your descendants. If you are wrong, you will lose your official position and dismiss your posts and only go day and night.

Everyone knows that Emperor Bintian of Tongzhi, according to the law of his ancestors, had his son succeeded to the throne. Now the only one who can inherit the throne is the son of Emperor Tongzhi. But Emperor Tongzhi died too early and had not had time to live. So according to common sense, one should find a descendant of the legitimate clan to adopt him in the younger generation, namely the "Pu generation", and then inherit the throne. But the embarrassing thing is that the descendant of the legitimate clan of the royal family, the "Pu generation", has not been born yet.

what to do?

Then, choosing one person from the descendants of the Daoguang clan to adopt the former emperor Xianhuang - the descendants of Emperor Xianfeng, is the only choice.

Emperor Xian’s brothers include Yi Qiong, Yi, Yi Huan and Yi Huan, but Yi Huan has been adopted by former Prince Dunke Miankai, so he can no longer be born from his group. Yi Huan has no descendants. In this way, only Yi and Yi Huan are left.

Yi's son Zai Cheng was eighteen years old; Yi's son Zai Tian was five years old. Who would these two people adopt to inherit the throne? This question is not just today. When Emperor Tongzhi's health was getting worse and worse, the civil and military officials of the court had already begun to speculate.

Of course, the ministers hoped that Zai Cheng would be.

Emperor Xianfeng died and entrusted his orphans to the eight ministers, but he gave orders to the two palaces to restrain him. He wanted to check and balance inside and outside, but he used the means by the two palaces and seized the power. The two palaces were covered with curtains, and the sixth prince was in charge of military affairs. Although the sixth prince was wise and the two palaces were attentive, after all, the Qing Dynasty was controlled by two women. How could everyone have a thorn in their hearts? If Zai Tian, ​​who was only five years old, wouldn’t the two palaces have to be kept behind the curtains again?

The Qing Empire has been both good inside and outside these years. The so-called "A country is about to perish, and the female chicken scolds the Chen and the female temple interferes in politics is definitely not a blessing for the court!

Zai Cheng was the same age as Emperor Tongzhi. Zai Cheng was talented and had a reputation for being a wise man. He was known as "can recite it by one's own memory. He liked to be a poem and made by crossing his hands." And he was "extensive in materials and skillful in riding and shooting," and he thought that he would revitalize the Qing Dynasty.

However, the Empress of Emperor Tongzhi's Palace Aderu is twenty-one years old this year, but she wants to adopt an 18-year-old son. Moreover, Zai Cheng and Emperor Tongzhi are all from the same generation, but now they want to be their son for their deceased cousin. This makes me feel awkward no matter how I think about it.

The most important thing is that once Zai Cheng can ascend to the great treasure, then the sixth prince will definitely stand out in the court. Are these two empress dowagers willing?

No matter how speculation is, as soon as I entered the Donghun Pavilion and saw Yi Huan already present, the ministers instantly understood in their hearts - no one is too awkward, this must be chosen Zai Tian.

Several ministers who were close friends with Yi heard the Queen Mother Cixi ask questions at this time, and they all secretly glanced at Yi. They probably were unwilling to give up and were eager to try, so they wanted to speak.

But everyone didn't know that Yi had already known that Zai Tian would be promoted, even earlier than Yi Huan. The eunuch who summoned him into the palace was originally a person around the East Palace. In addition to saying the same words as other eunuchs who were eunuchs, he also said two more words "Zai Tian".

With the wisdom of the Sixth Prince, he naturally understood immediately.

The news released by the East Palace shows that the East Palace has already recognized it. The two palaces agree at the same time, which means they are clearly afraid of their own monopoly. If they fight again, it will definitely be a fateful ending.

Zai Cheng is already an adult. Once he ascended the throne, he will inevitably take power. The two palaces will naturally stand aside. He is a military minister, and the emperor is his son. Isn't that even Dorgon more than Dorgon? The more he fights, the more he will be jealous. The so-called big tree attracts wind. At that time, it may not be just the two palaces that jointly oppose each other, but other princes and ministers may also unite to oppose themselves. Instead of setting up enemies in a vain, it is better not to fight.

Yi had already figured out this truth on the way to come, but some people didn't understand it. Or some people understood it, but they still wanted to take Li from the fire. Yi Xin was worried that if he didn't come out to make it clear at this time and let him come out and set off fireworks, he would instead have some troubles. Thinking about this, he took the lead and said: "Since we are the first to show the emperor's stepson and the private affairs of the Tianjia family, the queen mother chose the son, so naturally they acted according to the intentions of the two queen mothers. The ministers and others dared not make arbitrarily, but they didn't know that it was the mother, the empress dowager, the empress dowager, or the empress dowager, the empress dowager, the stepmother?"

Yi was out of the line. Everyone was waiting for his "head-up gun", so naturally someone below "jumped the horse", and then everyone "general" finished the work together. However, they didn't expect that the Sixth Prince would suddenly say such a sentence!

What is "for the stepson of Emperor Xian"? Is this a simple matter of adopting a son? Is this a choice of king for the country? It's also a "personal matter of heaven's family"? Oh! The emperor is the court, and the heaven's family is the world! Every move of the royal family is related to the Qing Dynasty. What's the matter of private matter! If you take another step back, even if it's just a matter of adopting a son, it's still necessary for the Office of the Internal Affairs and the Ministers of the Kings and Ministers to discuss it, and it's not that the two women are "decisive"! Moreover, this is the throne, so you, the sixth Japanese devils, don't want to argue?

Of course, there are also those clever people. I understand that they must have discussed it here. This is a performance in front of everyone. Let’s wait and see. But most people are still completely thundered.

After hearing Yi's words, Cixi felt very happy and knew that this was the East saying hello in advance, otherwise it would have been absolutely not so easy. After all, if there were any major issues in establishing the crown prince and inheriting the throne, even if there were any problems with laying the groundwork for himself, it would not be possible to cover it.

He glanced at Ci'an in frivolous eyes, and Ci'an still sat upright with his eyebrows down and pleasing to the eyes, as usual. Cixi thought for a moment, of course she had to cut the mess quickly at this time, and immediately said: "I and the Empress Dowager and I have a plan to discuss this matter, thinking that Prince Chun is young and smart, and is the candidate, and want to be taken as a child." At this time, she paused a little and thoughts changed. The so-called repatriation of her kindness was also the heart of An Liuwang, and she said: "The adopted son is naturally taken under the central palace."

Empress Dowager Ci'an was the main palace empress of Emperor Xianfeng, which is the central palace. Cixi meant that Empress Dowager Ci'an was the legitimate mother of Zai Tian.

Even if the Six Kings reluctantly accept the adoption of Zai Tian, ​​they must be angry. However, because Ci'an agreed, he gritted his teeth and accepted it. If he regarded himself as his legitimate mother, I'm afraid Yi would object at that time. Moreover, Ci'an had no son, but he had a Tongzhi. At this time, he adopted the prince and used the official palace as his legitimate mother. If Yi was forced to do so, he would have nothing to refute. Instead of letting others propose it, it would be better to be a good person yourself.

What's more, Zai Tian is his nephew, and he has a blood relationship. If he has a sister in hand, he will never be distant at that time.

After hearing this, Yi understood that this was the final result, so he naturally kowtowed and said, "I will discuss it!"

A close minister who had arranged in advance by Cixi on the side had already been followed and immediately followed: "I'm going to discuss it!"

The Six Kings and One Party were unclear, so when they saw Yi had nothing to say, they followed the trend and agreed. When the other ministers saw this situation, what else would they say? Let's discuss it.

Looking at the ministers crawling down, Cixi was satisfied. However, she accidentally glanced at the corner of Ci'an's smiling mouth and was shocked for no reason - could it be her who won in the end?

Many years later, during an accidental secret conversation, Sheng Xuanhuai asked Li Hongzhang: "Why did he choose today?" Li Hongzhang said with deep meaning: "The East Palace Shang Xiao Xigong was two years old. The West Palace wants to take charge of the government. Is the East Palace willing to wait for death alone?"

Speaking of this, Li Hongzhang smiled and said, "I agree to the current emperor to continue the throne to avoid the six kings being the only one. I satisfy my desires and do not offend the West Palace. At the same time, I immediately made friends with the Seventh Prince to earn another reinforcement for myself. Knowing that the Six Kings will definitely not be willing to do so, I must give the West Palace eye medicine. Borrowing the Six Kings, I raise the King of Kings by my side and my life. Who is close to one adoptive mother or an aunt? I am afraid that the King of Kings will not choose. After taking power in the current emperor, I will naturally not be forgotten and sent to the cold palace. The Queen Mother and Queen Mother did not say a word, but scored one by one. Humph, it is said that the West Palace is "smart and skilled in scheming". In fact, to be honest, the Eastern Palace is truly unfathomable!"

As for why no one mentioned the true Empress Adru, Emperor Tongzhi? Is this obvious? The West Palace proposed to establish an heir as the "Emperor Xian", but the East Palace did not speak, and the Six Kings cooperated. Isn't this obvious to treat Adru as none? I'm afraid that no one in the dynasty except Adru's father would still think of this short-lived queen at this time.

On January 12, 1875, on the fifth day of the twelfth lunar month of the thirteenth year of Tongzhi, the tenth emperor of the Qing Empire, Aisin Jueluo, Zaichun, died of illness at the age of nineteen. That night, the two empress dowagers convened all ministers to discuss and adopted Zai Tian, ​​son of Prince Chun Yihuan, as the heir of Emperor Wenzong, and took the mother of the East Palace as the legitimate mother to inherit the throne.

The next day, Wang Qingqi, a lecturer at the Hanlin Academy, submitted a letter, questioning why there was a "virtuous king" who established a young king without establishing a position, and vigorously recommended the enthronement of Zaicheng. The two palaces and the military affairs department rejected the letter, "Young king is not yet an adult and is just in time to train, so why did he predict that he was not virtuous?"

On the seventh day of the lunar month, the kings and ministers welcomed Zai Tian to the Prince Chun's mansion with their will. Since then, Yehenara Wanzhen lost her second son.

On the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month of the 13th year of Tongzhi, the traditional Laba Festival among the people. On this day, under the "extreme expectations" of the kings and ministers, the two empress dowagers of Ci'an and Cixi finally gloriously ruled behind the curtain for the second time, and once again continued their political life.

On the 14th day of the 12th lunar month, the two empress dowagers issued an imperial edict, and Prince Chun Yihuan was hereditary to be replaced by the prince. At the same time, Wang Qingqi, the attendant of Dinghanlin Academy, was guilty and dismissed from his post. He was appointed to the tutelage and was dismissed for a hundred days, and was still in 27 months. He was also in Boyanne and Nemohu, and Jingshou both managed the Shenji camp.

The next day, he issued another edict, "Prince Dun, Prince Gong, and Prince Fu's decree and order not to write the title of the book, and to summon the banquet to avoid bowing." In other words, these people do not need to sign their names when they write anything for the emperor in the future, and they do not need to kowtow when they meet or eat. On the one hand, this is to thank the people for not singing opposite to themselves when they were appointed, but at the same time, it is also to save Yihuan from embarrassment.

On December 16, 1875, on January 23, 1875, Emperor Wenzong Xian's successor, Aisin Jueluo, Zai Tian, ​​officially proclaimed himself emperor, with the year name "Guangxu". He issued an edict to the first year of Guangxu the following year, which was February 7, 1875. On the 29th, he worshipped Taimiao.
Chapter completed!