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Chapter Twenty-One

I want to kill her! My face turned red and my whole body trembled slightly due to anger or nervousness. Yihuan struggled to get up and supported on my shoulders. I turned my head and saw him looking at me with tears in his eyes, but he was full of fighting spirit. Yihuan smiled hard and said, "Emperor, help me to welcome the Queen Mother."

He helped him walk into the hall, but saw Li Lianying running in and proclaiming the imperial edict: "The Empress Dowager is here, and all the princes and ministers are coming out to greet him." I looked at him fiercely. Li Lianying trembled and squeezed out a smile and ran over and said: "Emperor, the Empress Dowager said that the Emperor and Prince Chun are very filial, and it is also appropriate to proclaim it to the world, demonstrating my intention of filial piety and kindness in the Qing Dynasty."

I said coldly: "Can you not see Prince Chun's appearance?"

Li Lianying stuttered, Hao Ran said, "Back to the emperor, slave... slaves are just passing on the words of Lord Lafayette."

"Emperor..." Yihuan let go of his hand and called me, "The Empress Dowager wants us father and son to be filial to the world. Let us go out. Let everyone also see the way of filial piety and kindness of my old seventh family! Emperor, go!" Before he finished speaking, he turned cold, raised his chest, stretched out his left hand and put it on my hand, and went out together.

"Seventh Master!", the legitimate wife Nara cried behind her. Yihuan and I turned around and saw her crying in tears. Yihuan smiled and said, "Furong'er, don't cry, let's go, our family, welcome your sister." After saying that, he stretched out his hand. Nara cried for a while, and finally reached out, holding her hands tightly together, and walked forward. (Furong, the name of Prince Chun's legitimate wife.)

There were many guards in front of the Prince Chun's mansion, and the dark people in the distance were watching another favor encounter from the first-class family of grace in the Qing Dynasty. The emperor and the empress dowager came to visit the prince's mansion in person. Is there anyone who is more honorable than this? I believe someone is envious of this not far away, but who knows, is this really a favor?

Cixi's imperial carriage stopped in the center. There was no wind at the noon in early summer, and the bright yellow curtains did not move. Yihuan and his wife, I, Zaifeng brothers, and a group of princes and princes, Bellebezi, sang a greeting with Li Lianying's duck voice: "Welcome to the Queen Mother and the Empress Dowager!", and knelt down in black. I and Princess Chun protected Yihuan to prevent him from being too uncomfortable.

The curtain of Cixi's imperial carriage moved, and Li Lianying quickly ran over and lifted the curtain. Cixi, wearing gorgeous clothes, walked out of the car with a smile and reached out, and Li Lianying quickly reached out to help.

Cixi took Li Lianying's hand and said calmly: "Get up. Lianying, help me up quickly. They are all family members, why should I have so many false gifts? Qi Gong is in bad health, go in quickly." As he spoke, he had already come to me and leaned over to help Yihuan up. Yihuan shook his body and stood up, saying to Cixi: "Thank you for the grace of Lord Lady, Lord Lady will be kind to my servant's house. This is Yihuan's blessing, Lord Lady, please!"

Yi Huan said this very smoothly. Although the qi is a little weak, it is not easy for a seriously ill person. Cixi looked at him with a desolate expression and sighed, "Old Master Qi..."

"Go in and talk." Prince Chun Fujin said softly. Cixi took my place and walked into the mansion with Prince Chun. The princes behind flashed to the sides and made a way out. When they walked to everyone, Cixi called their names affectionately and greeted them one by one.

When we arrived at the inner hall, Cixi sat down in the hall, and Prince Chun and I were with us. After everyone greeted each other, Cixi exchanged greetings and asked about her condition, cleared her throat and stood up and said, "Everyone is my relatives of the royal family of Xin Jueluo. Today I am the fourth aunt who came to see my family's seventh uncle, so there is no need for such a big gift. Emperor!"

Originally, her tone was slow and slow, and the last two words suddenly increased the volume and became stern. I was stunned and didn't realize what she meant. You deliberately waited outside for someone to take you before coming in. Why did you say so generously? I was disdainful in my heart. What if you really look at my uncle, why are you still armed? I can't just come alone, it's so grand, and you still say you don't have to be a polite gift...

"Emperor, look at your father, do you want to do these false rituals when he is seriously ill? He keeps saying that he wants to declare the royal favor to the Seventh Master, and even wants me to have a full guard of ceremonies. Emperor, look at the Seventh Master, what have you been tortured?" What? It's all my fault? Why did I do this? I looked at Cixi, then at Yihuan and his wife, and tried hard to explain to them with my eyes that this was not what I mean...

"Kneel down! You are disobedient and unfilial!" Cixi turned around and shouted at me. I was stunned again. What is this? Do you want to cut off my face in front of so many royal families? The dilemma is at the moment. If you kneel down, you will admit that she accused me of the crime. If you don't kneel down, it will be a disobedient fact. This...

I looked at Li Lianying fiercely. It was his imperial decree that he had issued last night. Isn't it? I scolded me like this in Prince Chun's mansion today. Do you want to destroy me here? It doesn't make sense. Wouldn't it be better to take action in the palace? After all, this is King Chun's mansion...

No, no, she doesn't need to depose the emperor now. She just wants to send a signal to the royal family to pave the way for Pu Jun. I quickly turned these thoughts in my mind, raised my head, and looked at Yihuan innocently. At this time, I must not be able to help myself and endure it!

Yihuan nodded, as if to show that he knew I was wronged, and as if to make me bear this breath. I sighed, knelt down, with a look of pleading on my face, but I secretly gritted my teeth in my heart, Old Witch, you can't jump around for a few days!

With a plop, Yihuan also knelt down, followed by the two concubines, Zaifeng brothers, then Prince Li and Prince Yu. I noticed that Yizhun, Yiyi, Yizhi and Yimo had trembling legs a few times, but finally did not kneel down.

"What are you doing? Master Qi, get up quickly. You are sick and your body is important. Don't accompany this disobedient and unfilial thing, you can't do it." Cixi acted to support Yihuan. Seeing that he refused to get up, she smiled awkwardly: "I have already said just now. Today, I only talk about family affairs. There are all family members here, and there are no outsiders here. Emperor, don't blame me for not giving you face. It's really... it's really you hurt my heart too much..."

I was expressionless and didn't say anything. Yihuan knelt straight and said, "Empress Dowager, although you are talking about family affairs at this moment, the royal family affairs are state affairs. Since Zai Tian is not worthy, please return him to me, Lao Qi. My child, I, Yihuan, can still be disciplined." Yihuan said this without being yin and yang. I knew he was a gambler, but with his cautious personality, since he dared to gamble, there must be a subsequent move, right? Is it because he retreated to advance? I was confused. Seeing that his spirit is much better now than when he talked to us just now, is it... a reflection of the future?

"Lao Qi, what are you saying? How can you speak lightly?" Cixi said anxiously: "Forget it, let's get up. Your family will kneel together, making me say it's not right, and it's not right if I don't say it. Others also said that my fourth sister-in-law will be unkind as the empress dowager. When I came to visit the hospital, I asked people to kneel down. Let's get up. Lianying, hold on to Master Dianqi. Emperor, you can get up too?"

"Hey——", Li Lianying agreed and helped Yihuan up. I got up, pushed Li Lianying away, and helped Yihuan sit down by myself.

"Master Qi, I'm here today, one for family affairs, and two for some state affairs. Pu Jun, come here." Cixi waved her hand, and Pu Jun walked over nervously, avoiding my eyes and not daring to look at me.

"Seventh Master, you are the Iron Hat King of the Qing Dynasty. You should discuss the matter of the crown prince with you. Sixth Master, you should ask him what he means when he turns back. I think that the emperor has no children, the queen is anxious, and it is also a matter of no crown prince in the country. So I wonder if I should find a child from the Pu generation to adopt the emperor first. Why don't Yi Li and the others say Pu Jie is good, I can see it. Today I specially called Pu Jun over here, first to see you, second to let you pass by, look at this child. Qi Master, what do you think?" Cixi patted Pu Jun's shoulder kindly and asked him to salute Yi Xuan.

Yihuan always had a dark face and said nothing. Until Pu Jun kowtowed to him, he said blankly: "What does the Lord Lady say, I will say whatever I am. Yihuan is a dog for Lao Lady all my life, and when I grow old, of course I will be a loyal dog."

When Cixi listened to him, her face, which was originally kind, began to solidify, and the atmosphere gradually became tense. After a long time, she spoke: "Okay, okay, Master Qi, just say ok. When you ask Master Six, Pu Jun will call him Big Brother." After pausing for a while, she raised her tone and said: "Do you all know?"
Chapter completed!
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