At this time, Li Lianying had already called two eunuchs who were tall and thick-waisted. They came directly to Qi Xiang who collapsed on the ground and said with a sneer:

"Your Majesty, please save some dignity of your heavenly family. I will help you to have a rest."

At this time, Qi Xiang was restrained by two eunuchs. Some anecdotes in the palace, such as the gift of wine and the gift of white silk, were instantly thought of by him, and he was so frightened that he started to cry and scream:

"I won't go, I don't want to go, dear dad! Dear dad, I know I'm wrong, it's Weng Tong and these bastards who are causing trouble! I've known for a long time that these Han dogs are not good people, they all have ulterior motives!

Dear father, I was wronged. Whatever you say is what you say. Isn’t it an edict to sin against oneself? I will write it right away!

"

His desire to survive arose and he struggled wildly. The two eunuchs could not hold him down for a while. Not only that, everyone actually smelled a stench in their noses, and the emperor was so frightened that he became incontinent.

After witnessing such a bizarre scene and hearing the same words in their ears, both Tan Sitong and Weng Tonghe looked ashen, and then looked at each other, feeling disheartened and unable to utter a single word.

Only Tan Sitong let out a long sigh, looked up at the sky, and burst into tears, and said sadly:

"Fifth Brother, Brother Hu, I have tried my best, but the situation is like this, I can't help you!

Brothers, I will take a step first, and then I will come back to apologize to you!"

Hearing the desolation in Tan Sitong's words, Fang Linyan knew that he could not wait any longer. He coughed slightly, directly controlled Li Gongzhang's body and stood up and said:

"Li Lianying, what is the third article on the ancestral injunction monument outside the west side of Qianqing Palace?"

Usually Li Gongzhang is quite polite to Li Lianying, especially when he has committed a big taboo recently. When the two met head-on, Li Gongzhang gave in first and called himself Eunuch Li.

This is true for powerful ministers like Li Gongzhang. You can imagine the attitude of other ministers towards Li Lianying. This is a typical dog-fighting! And Li Lianying hasn't been called by her first name in an unknown amount of time. (Cixi is usually called Xiao. Plum)

Hearing Li Gongzhang's sudden rude words, Li Lianying immediately looked over and said with a smile:

"Who still remembers the bullshit on a monument! What, is Li Zhongtang going to fail in the exam?"

At this time, Li Gongzhang smiled faintly, reached into his arms, and then suddenly took out a French revolver, pointed it directly at Li Lianying, and pulled the trigger!

There was a loud "bang", and the distance between the two was already within ten meters. Li Lianying was shot in the right chest and immediately stayed on the spot, showing an expression of fear, confusion, and disbelief.

He took half a step back, and then slowly lowered his head to look at his chest in a daze. Blood was already pouring out from the gun, quickly turning his purple mandarin red!

It was obvious that the pain had not passed through yet, but Li Lianying was already stunned. He opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something, but his voice was too low to come out. He raised his hand to cover his chest, and then showed a sad smile, It slipped softly along the pillar behind it!

At this time, I heard Li Gongzhang's old voice echoing in the Yangxin Hall of the Summer Palace:

"The ancestral precepts stele outside the west side of Qianqing Palace was erected by Emperor Kangxi, the Holy Lord of the Qing Dynasty. There are four holy precepts on it, which should be kept in mind by all descendants and ministers."

"First, anyone who loses an inch of land will not be allowed to enter the spiritual throne of the ancestors."

"Second, the harem must not interfere with politics."

"Third, eunuchs who interfere with politics will be killed without mercy."

"Fourth, never add gifts."

When he said these words, Li Gongzhang's eyes were staring at Cixi. After he finished speaking, he looked at Li Lianying:

"Eunuch Li, now you know what the third article on the ancestral inscription tablet is, right?"

Li Lianying gasped for air and smiled sadly...but she couldn't say a word, and couldn't say a word!

However, Cixi immediately stood up and shouted in a sharp and sad voice:

"Guard!

He Wenkun!

!”

There was such a loud noise inside. As long as the guards outside were not dead, they would definitely hear it. So before Cixi could finish her words, more than a dozen people rushed in. The leader was Cixi's confidant, who was on duty today. He Wenkun, the head guard!

This guy rushed in with his men, drew his knife without saying a word, and said loudly:

"What is the Queen Mother's order?

"

Cixi was so angry that she stood up, her face turned livid, then she pointed at Li Gongzhang and said:

"Get this old, crazy wild dog from the Aijia!"

He Wenkun immediately said loudly:

"Scum!"

However, after he agreed, the two guards next to him took action and stabbed a dagger directly into his waist. The other person covered his mouth and wiped He Wenkun's throat with a dagger!

Slit the throat at the top and stab the liver at the bottom. This is a direct attack.

The other guards were also stunned, but before they could react, they were chopped into pieces by the people around them. For a moment, they were still alive, rolling around on the ground, screaming incessantly.

It turns out that Li Gongzhang has already deployed people in this Hall of Cultivation of the Heart!

Among the guards responsible for guarding the Yangxin Palace, more than half are his people.

In fact, this was not because Li Gongzhang was too powerful, but because the Qing court at that time was too useless.

Of course, there is a more important point, that is, Cixi and Li Gongzhang, who hold power both internally and externally, are actually interdependent and have a close relationship.

Cixi believed that she was irreplaceable to Li Gongzhang, so she took no precautions at all. Li Gongzhang's intention of deploying people was just to protect himself. After all, his brother caused a lot of trouble.

As the saying goes, it is not unusual for emperors to react in any extreme way to people who threaten their position. In history, there are not too many examples of emperors killing their wives, brothers, fathers, and sons in order to use their full strength.

An old fox like Li Gongzhang asked himself how strong his relationship with Cixi could be. It could be compared to the relationship between husband and wife, brother, or father and son, so it was only natural to be on the defensive.

The smell of blood instantly spread throughout the palace. Cixi had been in power for more than 40 years. Although she had launched the Xinyou coup, and countless people had fallen to the ground with just one order, such a bloody face-to-face fight was still unbearable. I really had never experienced it personally, so my face suddenly turned pale, and I pointed at Li Gongzhang and said with a trembling voice:

“Okay, okay, okay!

"

Li Gongzhang said calmly:

"The Queen Mother is very thoughtful. When she was still Concubine Yi, she teamed up with Prince Gong to do great things. Prince Yi Zaiyuan and Prince Zheng Duanhua hanged themselves, and they refused to die in peace. When the great scholar Sushun was beheaded, , and even wrote five and a half words of regret in his own blood."

"Zhuge has always been cautious in his life. I have offended too many people in my life, and there are many people who want my life, so of course I will be more cautious when doing things."

Cixi stared at Li Gongzhang, gritted her teeth and said:

"Li Jianpu, I understand you now. It turns out that you really want to be Song Taizu! A second minister like you deserves my trust and the Qing Dynasty! You will be punished by God in the future!

"

Li Gongzhang looked up to the sky and smiled:

"Hahaha, what a joke!

I was promoted to Jinshi by the late Emperor (Daoguang) and fought for decades for the sake of the Qing Dynasty. Where can I start from saying sorry for the Qing Dynasty? You, Queen Mother, have been in power for these decades and have been extremely obsessed with power.

The situation has become worse, and even the emperor is so bullied, even treating state affairs as a child's play, I don't know who will be punished by God!"

"Besides, I am acting according to the ancestral precepts set by Emperor Kangxi today. Women have been in politics for decades, and the Qing Dynasty is about to be subjugated by the Yehela family. Now in this situation

Under such a good situation, the Queen Mother still betrays the country! Who can blame me at all!?"

After hearing Li Gongzhang's words, Cixi turned pale with anger. She had been in power for decades, and she had always been rebellious. When had she ever been pointed at her nose and scolded like this?

More importantly, at this time, not only was the situation stronger than the others, Li Gongzhang made sense in every word, and also presented the holy teachings of Emperor Kangxi, making it difficult for Cixi to reply. She was already in her seventies.

He pointed at Li Gongzhang and said, "You, you, you." After a long time, he fainted without even catching a breath.

At this time, the situation in the palace suddenly changed. Neither Emperor Qixiang nor Weng Tonghe and others expected that Li Gongzhang would directly betray him at this critical moment!

You must know that Li Gongzhang and Cixi, both external and internal, have controlled the government for decades. The entanglement of interests between the two has long been entangled. Not only are they inseparable, but they are also dependent on each other. Today, without any warning, they directly

Falling out.

At this time, Li Gongzhang looked at Weng Tonghe and said:

"Master Weng, please take a step to speak."

Although Weng Tonghe didn't understand what kind of medicine Li Gongzhang was selling in his gourd, he thought that it couldn't get any worse than it was now, so he followed Li Gongzhang out. The two old foxes had been fighting for their whole lives, and there were many things that didn't need to be said clearly.

Just keep it tacit.

So Didi reached a compromise after a few words, and Old Man Weng finally came back with a livid face.

The two old men first came to the Empress Dowager Cixi to check. There was a row of bead curtains in front of Cixi's seat, which made it difficult to see clearly. However, Weng Tonghe was tall and burly. When he leaned down to check, he directly blocked the eyes of the others.

His eyes were completely blocked, and Li Gongzhang was blocking the remaining space.

Although the old man was an imperial teacher, he was really not a weak scholar. When he was taking the exam, he heard on the road that there were bandits who were robbing and hurting people and doing many evil things, so he rode his horse and went there, one by one.

The horse will annihilate it with one bow.

Although these bandits only had about a dozen people, they were still very capable in martial arts.

When he was in charge of academic affairs in Shanxi, he also took the initiative to exterminate a group of horse thieves next to him. He killed them first and then pacified them. When the horse thieves surrendered, he immediately turned against them and killed them all. Therefore, he was no less ruthless than others.

So at this time, Weng Tonghe looked at the pale Ci Xi in front of him, then looked at Li Gongzhang next to him, and then thought about how Qixiang had cried bitterly and was so embarrassed that he even urinated and excreted, so he became heartbroken. He shouted deliberately:

"Queen Mother? Queen Mother?"

As he said this, he covered Cixi's mouth and nose with force! Li Gongzhang was responsible for holding down his hands.
Chapter completed!