After Sheng Xuanhuai left like this, Qingxian and Yu Ping came to serve Chen Congyun. Seeing that Chen Congyun's face was so pale, the slightly larger Yu Ping couldn't help but take a towel and wipe Chen Congyun's face with a heartache, and then whispered: "Master, I don't know about the major affairs of the country, but it's useless for the master to be anxious. It's his own that he hurts his body."

"Sister is talking about it, Master. My sister has been with the eldest master's house for a lot of time. I know that the eldest master has always been generous to others and I guess he will not harm the master. Besides, the eldest master has saved the master's life, so you just listen to Mr. Sheng?" Qingxian stepped forward to help, Chen Congyun frowned and his face turned pale. The two girls were so scared that their faces changed. They hurriedly knelt down and said, "Master, don't be angry, I won't say anything again."

The two looked panicked on their faces, and the tears on their faces had not yet dissipated. Chen Congyun couldn't help but feel soft when he looked at them. He remembered that these two had been cold for more than a year. Many normal girls, such old children were held in their arms and fed them.

"All up, military and national affairs, how can women and children speak nonsense? You are for my own good, but I can't watch this nation go on like this. It's been behind and beaten for 40 years. Now the opportunity is rare. I say I have to fight for a chance for myself for this nation." Chen Congyun didn't mention the Qing Dynasty in his words, and he didn't bother to mention it. The Qing Dynasty has been a thing that cannot be supported by mud.

Seeing Chen Congyun's tone ease, the two sisters responded with excitement and said, "Yes, we know, and we will never say much in the future."

Chen Congyun then smiled and said, "Why are you here?"

Qingxian stepped forward and sat down with Chen Congyun, added a pillow as a cushion, and said softly: "The master came to Beijing to meet the saint. When the master saw that there was no one to serve him, he asked someone to take us sisters to Tianjin to wait for the master to come back. The master also asked to sell the house in Shanghai and get 30,000 taels of silver. I brought it back and handed it over to the master."

The two sisters also had a tacit understanding. When Qingxian was serving Chen Congyun well, Yu Ping turned around and came out, brought a basin of water in, dragged a chair and placed the basin on the chair, sat in front of the bed and picked up Chen Congyun's feet, and washed Chen Congyun's feet. Qingxian leaned against the wall and sat behind Chen Congyun, let Chen Congyun put his head on his chest, and rubbed Chen Congyun's hands on his head.

The two girls did all this, both skillful and natural, and obviously they had already regarded themselves as Chen Congyun. Chen Congyun then remembered the promise they made when they left, and then looked at how mature they had become year by year, and the astringent and tender aura on their faces gradually faded.

"Let me go back and ask Brother Shan to help him handle it. When the peace talks are over, we will get things done. You two will follow me and don't leave in the future." Chen Congyun said with a smile, and the meaning in his heart was that these two girls would be taken to Vietnam together. Qingxian and Yu Ping were both happy when they heard this. When they thought they were about to be a wife, two red clouds floated on their faces. No matter how about these two people who have not yet experienced anything, how can they not be shy?

"It depends on the master's order." The two of them responded in unison again, their hands were constantly moving, but they became gentler. At this moment, the atmosphere became so charming. Chen Congyun was not a saint, and his heart was naturally moved, but he was so moved that he fainted. He wanted to do something but was powerless. In addition, for a while, he had been in an unpredictable environment and his mental strength was consumed a lot. After two girls, Chen Congyun gradually became tired and cold, and his eyelids began to fight, and he fell asleep in a short while.

The next day, several Chinese and English newspapers with foreign investment backgrounds in Shanghai and Hong Kong published such a message on the front page almost at the same time, revealing the Qing government's entrustment to Heder and Jindenggan to secretly negotiate with the French government in Paris. The newspaper was in an uproar across the country. "Shen Bao" even bolded the title with large characters, and finally attached a comment that "the treacherous charity in the country was blocked by the treacherous charity, and the soldiers in the front fought bloody battles and lost their way."

"Shanghai Xinbao" is a British newspaper. A comment was added to the news, "Although China won a small victory in the Sino-French battle, the gap between the two countries is too big. China should rationally use this victory to lay a solid foundation for peace talks." The result of this comment was that the night newspaper was attacked by "gangsters" that night. Not only was the glass window smashed clean, but there was also a manure that fell to the ground at the door.

The effect of this news is conceivable. On that day, Zhang Zhidong and Zuo Zongtang's urgent telegram arrived at the Military Affairs Office. They shouted in unison that the slander ministers in the court were in trouble and looked at the bloody battle of the soldiers in front of them, which was heartbreaking. As Zhenru said in the news, the Qing Dynasty would leave a laughing stock for eternity. The spearheads of these two people were naturally directed at Li Hongzhang. Only after taking the courage of the leopard, dared to say that Cixi was not?

Qingliu in the court responded the strongest. The memorial of the Censorate flew to the desks of the two palaces like snowflakes. He spoke in a word, scolding the treacherous slander and traitor, and demanding the two palaces to thoroughly investigate the treacherous officials who organized the secret peace talks in Paris. Hundreds of scholars in Beijing gathered in front of Xihuamen and heard the drums. He handed over a bloody letter, calling the Paris peace talks a strange injustice for all time and demanding severe punishment for the treacherous officials who mistressed the country.

In just one week, the news spread to various provinces, and scholars from all over the country were making trouble again. Some were heartbroken, some were beaten by their chests and stamping their feet and crying, and some were running around in various yamen. Later, some people wrote books saying, "The 11-year-old incident has been violently reacted between Confucians, which has never happened since the state."

In Tianjin, Li Hongzhang said he was sick and was very serious. Shen Congyun, the deputy envoy of the imperial envoy, was also sick. It is said that he would have to recuperate for several days before he could attend the negotiations. The two people's illnesses were true and false, which directly led to the temporary standoff of the negotiations. The two palaces were terrified by scholars across the country, and they had no intention of urging the negotiation process for a while.

Within a week, memorials from officials from various provinces have piled up in the Military Affairs Office. Some are memorials from officials, and more are memorials from the sounds of scholars in the local area.

When the news reached the West, Western countries were surprised, especially Germany's reaction was the strongest, and some newspapers joked, "If it's true, the French could wake up with laughter in their dreams."

In such a big environment, a week after the incident, the court finally gave a holy metaphor and urgently transferred Li Fengbao, the Minister to France, back to China. Li Hongzhang turned to Count Ito Hiromoto to negotiate on North Korea affairs. Shen Congyun's imperial envoy was promoted to the chief executive and presided over the Sino-French negotiations. As for the secret peace talks in Paris, the Military Affairs Office said, "It is something that has never happened. How can a country's fortune be handed over to the hands of a foreigner? This is Li Fengbao's special behavior beyond his authority."

Before Li Fengbao returned to his country, his fate was destined to work as a scapegoat.

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Beijing, Qianqing Palace!

Shi Duo, Prince Chun Yihuan, Prince Qing Yili, Emperor Weng Tonghe knelt on the ground tremblingly, while the little emperor Guangxu sat with his neck shrank. Cixi was in the middle with a gloomy face, and a thick pile of newspapers were placed on the table in front of her.

"Have you found out? How did the news leak?" Cixi's gloomy voice was like the biting cold wind blowing from the cold winter of 19th. Everyone present knew very well that the terrifying woman in front of her was absolutely ruthless to anyone when she really wanted to kill someone.

Yi Li, who is responsible for the external affairs of the Zongli Yamen, has always been favored by Cixi. This time, he happened to be responsible for the matter, so he naturally has to come out to explain it clearly.

"Qi Zuo Xu! I carefully investigated it. The news seems to be leaked from China, but it seems to be leaked from France. The first one to send the news was the "Shanghai Xinbao" run by foreigners and some newspapers in Hong Kong. Foreigners do not need to be free from the press in China. The so-called freedom of the press, and their newspapers sent messages to make more money. Therefore, the slaves and others thought that this matter must be Nahud and Jin Denggan. Seeing that the secret agreement was signed, they were proud and lost their composure and accidentally leaked their words. The foreign reporters found out that this matter was learned by Nahud and Jin Denggan.

Then, I made a big fuss." Yi Li's words were made privately with Shi Duo and Yi Li. At this time, the matter could only be pushed to foreigners. The only suspect in the country who had the ability to do this was Li Hongzhang, but Li Hongzhang had a lot of money to Yi Li, and Yi Li led the Navy yamen. The matter was pushed to Li Hongzhang, and the Military Affairs Office and the Zongli yamen were inseparable from each other. It was said that one would damage it. It would be better to directly push it to foreigners. No one had any major problems.

Cixi's face was still gloomy and said coldly: "It has nothing to do with Li Hongzhang?"

Yi Li shivered in fear and hurriedly replied: "It's true that it has nothing to do with Li Hongzhang. Paris is thousands of miles away, and we have been in secret contact with Hurd. Even if Li Hongzhang hears some wind, he will not know the specific content."

Cixi's expression improved slightly and she said angrily: "Foreigners are frivolous. What kind of cocktail party do they like to attend? I guess it was Hurd. Jin Denggan's secret agreement was completed, so she thought the big thing had been done, and accidentally showed her voice at a cocktail party. Therefore, foreigners are the most unreliable. Everyone will have a better memory in the future."

"Zhe!" The few people agreed very neatly this time.
Chapter completed!