Chapter Thirty-Eight
That was natural. Chen Bijun refused to kneel when she saw the queen. Longyu had a heavy responsibility on his shoulders. Xiao Dezhang originally wanted to say a few words, but she glared at him fiercely.
"Move a seat and let Miss Chen sit." There is no need to "reward" to avoid irritating others.
The guest and the host settled down and looked at each other. In Longyu's eyes, Chen Bijun was clearly a childish little girl. Although her expression was generous and calm, her body and face were still obviously tender, with a dark face and unpainted makeup. Her skin looked a little rough. She had heard that the sun in the South China Sea was too poisonous. If a girl was exposed to the sun frequently, she would become a black fox spirit in less than 30. In Chen Bijun's eyes, Longyu was a well-dressed middle-aged woman. Although the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes had already appeared, her body was well maintained and she looked much younger. The eagerness in her eyes didn't seem to be pretending, but she couldn't see through the other's intentions.
After looking at each other for a long time, the scene was a little awkward, and Chen Bijun couldn't find a suitable title to talk to the other party - she was called the queen master, she was not happy; she called Ms. XX, she felt a little weird again, "Ms. Yehenara" sounded more like a description of Cixi...
After a while, Longyu burst out laughing: "Sister, you are young, but you have done a great thing? Our fifth master was scared very much..."
Chen Bijun cannot call the word "sister" no matter what, but it is not too much for others to call her sister. She recognized her and said, "What a pity, the big thing for the fourth brother was not done."
"Let's talk about Mr. Wang later. I won't talk about state affairs now. I will only talk about family affairs."
"If we don't talk about state affairs, then we have no personal grudges with the Regent." Chen Bijun was generous, "Although the Regent is of high power, I have never heard of any bad deeds. The Revolutionary Party and him are public hatred, not private hatred."
"So, do our emperor have any bad deeds?"
"This..." Chen Bijun was stunned for a long time, thinking about it, and even scorching his stomach, he could not find any bad deeds in Guangxu - whether it was Yangzhou, the three slaughter of Jiading, or even "leaving his head but not his hair", or even "preferring to a friendly country rather than having family slaves" deeds were not done by him, not what he said.
Hatred is repulsive, but Chen Bijun is unwilling to fabricate facts.
"Let's be honest, the Emperor has been reborn in the Guangxu reign for 34 years. Among them, there is no one who really takes the lead... He is not even the queen who makes it." Longyu said tears, "In the past 34 years, the emperor has never enjoyed a day of happiness? He has never had a day of joy? Even if he has no achievements and has a bad record, it's better, but sister, our emperor is so pitiful. He doesn't even have the power to do something bad, it depends on his expression."
Chen Bijun was a little uneasy when Longyu cried like this.
"My sister hasn't studied for a few years, but she has always learned the sect. I know a little bit. Which of the emperors in the former Ming Dynasty was not romantic and happy? Some can refine elixirs, some can seek the truth, some can play with women every night, some can beat carpenters, and some can ignore the government for decades... But our emperor, who is fed and fed every day and tried his best to make the country better. After thinking about it, only Emperor Chongzhen of the former Ming Dynasty was similar, but he lost his country and the emperor couldn't sleep every night when he thought of this."
Chen Bijun originally wanted to say that the Qing Dynasty had exhausted its energy and the country was destroyed before his eyes, but he didn't say anything at the edge of his mouth and just nodded.
"Sister, you are a woman. You come and go with a man in the wind and rain, and accompany him to do something with him. Even if you die, you will be a great hero. A strange woman is also a woman. But what kind of thing I chose? I did not voluntarily enter this palace, and I did not choose to marry the emperor as a queen... You said that if you marry such a cowardly emperor, you can't even keep your own woman. If you weren't the title of a queen, you would have to rebel and become a revolutionary party!"
The part that cannot protect women naturally refers to the issue of Zhenfei. Longyu said it very emotionally. He remembered the 20 years of suffering after getting married to Guangxu. Every word was bloody and tears. But when he said this, his heart, feelings were always a pain for women. Listening to the other party’s complaints and thinking about his own difficulties, her vision was also a bit blurred.
"Until the end of last year, the empress dowager left and the emperor finally took power, so he was considered to have taken power. What did the emperor do after he took power? The first thing was to be self-reliant. The Empress Dowager Lao Fu used to cost 4 taels of silver a day, and there were hundreds of dishes for a meal. The emperor's cost less than a fraction of the day now. There are up to 9 dishes for imperial meals, and he is not allowed to do it in big deals. You can see the robe he wore.
I have been wearing it for more than 10 years, and some people advised him to do it. What do you think the emperor would say? Some common people can’t even eat enough, so why do I have the nerve to make more clothes?’ Tell me, even ordinary wealthy families may live better than the emperor, right?”
Chen Bijun was born in a Nanyang businessman and had a good family background. She nodded, which was considered an agreement.
"The second thing is constitutionalism. The emperor issued a memorial and demanded that the Congress be held in two years and the constitutionalism be completed in nine years. I know that the revolutionary party does not agree with it. You want a republic... Whether it is a republic or a constitutionalist, my sister can't figure it out, but it's the same truth - I want this country to be better and I can avoid being bullied by foreigners in the future! I will pay 20,000 taels of silver to Japan in the Sino-Japanese War of 1895 and 50,000 taels of silver to each country in the Sino-Japanese War of 1995. The emperor did not forget it, but remembered it. When I mentioned it, I just gritted my teeth and didn't want to take revenge for a day."
"The third thing is to kill corrupt officials. You are a knowledgeable person, so naturally you know that you have investigated many cases and killed many people recently. Your revolutionary party hates corrupt officials, and the emperor hates them too! He wishes to kill all the corrupt officials in the world and give the common people a bright world... Do you think this is also wrong?"
"Everything is right, but as long as the emperor is tyrannical and the Manchus oppress the Han people, the world will never be better."
"No matter whether it is possible or not, I always want to make the country better..." Longyu said while wiping his tears, "Who can know the emperor's painstaking efforts? Who can understand his difficulties? Such a big country needs to be taken care of in all aspects, and it will be a whole body with one blow. It is not easy to be a family."
Chen Bijun disagreed with this view and raised a few words to argue, which was nothing more than a type of people's sovereignty and republican democracy. Longyu remained calm and said, "Sister, I know that the revolutionary party has different views from us, so that it doesn't matter. The emperor said that the revolutionary party also made foreign devils hurt, and it was also for the sake of this country to be better - after all, the revolutionary party is always better than corrupt officials."
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Chen Bijun was speechless. He could not count this as wrong, but he still expressed his opinion: "No matter what, we are not afraid of death and will not change our ideals."
"This emperor knew that he knew that Mr. Wang was the leader of the revolutionary party and a rare talent. He wished he had met too late... He also knew that Mr. Wang was a real revolutionary party and a practical worker. He did not hold revolutionary signs all day long like some people. He was a 'short revolutionary'. Today I asked my sister to say that I didn't want to be a lobbyist, but just wanted to tell you that the emperor admired Mr. Wang very much and would never kill him. Please rest assured."
After hearing this, somehow, Chen Bijun's hanging heart slightly returned to his position.
"Today there is a major event with my sister. The emperor knew that my sister had always been in love with Mr. Wang and was willing to follow him to walk on a dangerous place. She was a friend in distress and wanted to organize a marriage for you and help you finish your wish. The announcement was not what Mr. Wang said himself, but the emperor's opinion."
Chen Bijun could guess this news without Longyu's words - she knew that due to Wang Jingwei's temper, even if she thought about herself, she would like to want her to fly away, and the notice must be fabricated. But she was still shocked and beyond the shock - how did the emperor know this news? The feelings buried in her little daughter did not know except for the closest comrades - is there anyone who betrayed?
"Sister, my sister only advises you that no matter how fashionable it is, you still have to be married. You have to worship the church. Even if the couple dies together, Mr. Wang will give you a title, right?..."
One word hit Chen Bijun’s biggest thought! She thought for a long time and didn’t know how to answer.
Longyu smiled slightly: "Sister, go back and think about it first. You have arranged a residence for you at the Six Kingdoms Hotel. You can live with confidence. My sister will protect you. Your Mr. Wang will never be in trouble."
After Chen Bijun left, Longyu asked Xiao Dezhang proudly: "How?"
"Master, you're so good. This female revolutionary party was seeking death at the beginning, but later she was about to be convinced..." Xiao Dezhang smiled flatteringly, "See me, it's all the time to persuade the old Empress Xiaozhuang to surrender to the Ming Dynasty when the founding of the Qing Dynasty."
Everyone loves to listen to flattery, Longyu smiled from ear to ear: "You little bastard can speak, and the emperor said so too."
"I'm afraid the emperor will be unhappy when he hears it..."
Chapter completed!