third chance

In the Ming Dynasty, let's not think about it, how can we live tonight?

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Get up, stand, stare.

In the eyes of the eunuchs who were waiting on the sidelines, the seriously ill emperor had obviously recovered, not only his complexion and temperament were far stronger than before, but even his movements and steps appeared crisp and agile.Little did they realize that they were not dealing with the same emperor, even though the man looked almost identical in appearance.

Lin Guangyu stood in front of the window, but his eyes were fixed on the water outside the window.He didn't try to leave this environment. Under the background of Guangxu being imprisoned in Yingtai, any attempt to leave was futile.

After the initial astonishment, disbelief and pain, he had no choice but to accept the fact that he possessed Guangxu, otherwise, he would die in an unprecedented earthquake.He is not afraid of death, but he also does not want to be reduced to the dust of history in the ambiguity. After a short period of confusion, he gradually straightened out his thinking and took over the existing knowledge possessed by this body.

He was also surprised to find that he did not lose his original knowledge and wisdom, let alone his independent judgment and values.For example, he knew exactly what Guangxu did to Longyu, but his first impression of Longyu was not bad, at least she was a gentle and considerate woman—a woman who was far more gentle and considerate than girls born in the 80s.He didn't feel guilty at all when he had this kind of affection, because Longyu's tenderness was aimed at this body, but apart from his own heart, Guangxu who had passed away couldn't feel this...

What should we do in the future?This is a realistic proposition.Living hard is a direction, but how to live better is a proposition.Although Guangxu passed away in 1908 in history, he is currently in good physical condition and feels good in all aspects. It does not seem to be a sign that the end of life is approaching, but is full of vitality.

From the perspective of political life, once Cixi passed away, his legitimate status and power as an emperor could get rid of this situation.At present, whether or not to leave Yingtai is just a short term, but leaving Yingtai in the future will be the general trend.

The general trend is so, why bother to stick to the small details!

The purpose of sending Longyu away is to accept the reality, understand the reality, and deal with the needs of the reality. In the blink of an eye, countless thoughts have passed by in a flash, and decisions about the future have slowly taken shape.

——Cixi's deadline is approaching, so don't act rashly, you should be more submissive and cautious;

——The unofficial rumors that Cixi, Li Lianying or Yuan Shikai poisoned Guangxu, although unconfirmed, must be guarded against, so be extra careful;

——Longyu has an outstanding status, and it is also a favor for Guangxu, which can be of great use;

——What will happen in the future is still unknown, and the current goal should be to restore freedom and regain power.

Overcoming the initial uneasiness, he came up with a complete strategy system when faced with a situation full of thorns. He is worthy of being a high-achieving student in a prestigious university. He laughed at himself: "Isn't this a problem-solving material problem?" ?!"

Longyu came again, and she was surprised to find that the emperor's attitude towards her had improved a lot after the lightning strike, and she was no longer the same as before. , the emperor will be able to understand it, and he will be more reasonable and not as extreme and stubborn as before.When the wind and thunder move and the real dragon rises, the emperor is naturally a real dragon. Maybe after such a thunder and lightning, the real dragon wakes up!She was very happy.

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At dusk, although Cixi's bedroom was brightly lit, it was full of oppression, making people breathless with depression.After thunder and lightning struck in the direction of Yingtai, Cixi was also frightened and fell into a coma.

"Lord Du, the Empress Dowager's condition..." Since Du Zhongjun was not an imperial physician, and he was not on duty at night, when he arrived in a hurry, there was already a circle full of kneeling heads, discussing the condition anxiously.As soon as he saw him walk in, he immediately asked questions as if he had a backbone.

In fact, almost every imperial doctor present could make a judgment on Cixi's condition. The reason why he hesitated to come to a conclusion is nothing more than not wanting to tell the well-known facts himself, and Du Zhongjun is known for his outspokenness. Wouldn't it be better for him to say it?

What Yingtai saw and heard was too shocking, Du Zhongjun hadn't recovered until now, under the anxious eyes of everyone, he caught Cixi's pulse, while diagnosing, he asked the eunuchs and maids beside him ——They didn't dare to hide it, and they talked about the moment when Cixi fell ill, and he couldn't help but fell into contemplation when he was connected with everything about the Hanyuan Hall—the sky in the Qing Dynasty might be about to change...

"Master Du..." Seeing that he had taken his pulse for a long time but still had no answer, everyone felt a little anxious.

"Come here, cook longevity soup for the Empress Dowager..."

Cooking longevity soup means that the person is already dying. When Du Zhongjun uttered the most taboo words of everyone, he was relieved, but his face was full of sadness.

Cixi was rushing towards the end, and everyone was in a hurry...

The night was as deep as water, and Lin Guangyu, who had been reborn, was still sleepless, looking at the starry sky from the window: Which one is the Ziwei star, which symbolizes the emperor star?While he was in deep thought, the little eunuch stumbled in and knelt down on the ground after entering the door: "I... my majesty, queen mother... old... Lafayette, she... she... queen... empress, please let the slaves please... ...Please, Your Majesty, move..."

Move?Maybe the little eunuch didn't dare to say it, maybe he couldn't say it clearly. His words didn't reveal much substantive news.Lin Guangyu was at a loss at first, but then he realized: "The Queen Mother is an old man?..."

The little eunuch nodded desperately—the Empress Dowager Cixi is almost ready!Lin Guangyu was overjoyed, but his face was sad, "Come here, show me..." In fact, Yingtai was already alarmed without him calling.The emperor left Yingtai in a sedan chair carried by 32 people. The emperor had no power, but the treatment and specifications did not lower the standard. It is a special favor for an ordinary important minister to get a "reward for the Forbidden City Chengyu"-that is also true. It's just a small sedan chair, only the emperor can enjoy such a big pomp.

Under the maintenance of longevity soup, Cixi slowly came to her senses, struggling to confess her last words with her last breath.During the day, she has appointed the emperor's younger brother Zaifeng as the regent, and Zaifeng's son Puyi as the elder brother and studying in the upper study room. It was originally arranged for the heir after Guangxu's death, but she didn't expect to be almost as good as herself now.After saying a few words, I couldn't bear it any longer, and passed out again.

Zaifeng, Longyu, and Li Lianying were kneeling in front of the sickbed, and outside were surrounded by a group of imperial physicians and close relatives of the royal family.Suddenly everyone heard Xiao Dezhang shouting: "The emperor is here!"

No one except Longyu expected that the arrival would be the emperor.The confusion in everyone's mind is the same: isn't it said that the emperor is about to die?Why does she look ruddy now, and doesn't look like she is seriously ill?Even though the emperor had no power, everyone could not be negligent on the surface because of the courtesy of the emperor and his ministers. Everyone quickly prostrated themselves on the ground and said respectfully: "Your servant (slave) welcomes the emperor, long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

Longyu's expression was the most normal, while Li Lianying was the most abnormal.Lin Guangyu didn't care about their surprise, and said when he entered the door: "Let's go down without courtesy!" After hearing about the flattening, Li Lianying dared to secretly raise his head to look at the emperor. The "emperor's arrival" almost scared his heart out of his throat—the emperor had already eaten "tala" with "additional ingredients", and he was about to die. Why is his body getting healthier? Couldn't God open his eyes?No, absolutely not, it must be Yuan Shikai, a bastard who didn't choose the right medicine, and made a big mistake!Just when he raised his head, he met the emperor's eyes. As soon as his eyes met, he felt his whole body tremble, as if he had fallen into an ice cellar, and began to tremble all over.

Lin Guangyu didn't see any abnormality, he just glanced at it and strode forward.Li Lianying was lucky, even though the weather was already cold, there were still beads of sweat on his forehead, and he was so flustered that he quickly wiped it off with his sleeve.

"How is the Empress Dowager?" After carefully observing Cixi's complexion, Lin Guangyu judged that Cixi's death was not long, but he still wanted to verify whether his judgment was correct.

"My Majesty," Long Yu whispered, "The Empress Dowager suffers from dysentery and her anger is high, and she just used longevity soup..." Great!The big stone in Lin Guangyu's heart fell to the ground, he turned around and said to the crowd: "I still have something to say to the queen mother, you go to the side hall and wait first." When he spoke, his eyes fixed on Longyu, and he smiled slightly , thanked her for notifying her to come in time.Although it was only a twitch of the corner of his mouth because of the occasion, Longyu had already felt it, which was rare in the past 20 years.She raised her crescent eyebrows slightly, feeling extremely satisfied with the softening of the emperor's attitude towards her - at this moment, she had already forgotten how cold the emperor had been to her for 20 years.

Everyone retreated to the side hall, wondering but lingering in their hearts: When did the emperor recover from his illness?Several imperial physicians were asking Du Zhongjun with their eyes, but the latter shook his head repeatedly.Since Zaifeng was present, it was inconvenient for everyone to ask questions.

Lin Guangyu took a step forward, knelt down, and respectfully said to the 74-year-old dying old woman on the sickbed: "My son, please greet my father!" When he landed on the ground, Lin Guangyu didn't show any resistance at all—when a person is about to die, naturally he doesn't care about politics, but only asks about filial piety.After the movement just now, Cixi struggled to wake up again: "Is that you, the emperor?"

When the two eyes met, Lin Guangyu could see Cixi's aging and wrinkled face more clearly. For the first time, he matched the memory in his mind with the real person, "It's Erchen."

Cixi closed her eyes, her expression was not very peaceful, but she looked annoyed - Cixi was not used to Lin Guangyu's angry and neither humble nor overbearing answer. "Kneel straight!" She said angrily, "Tell Aijia, do you really think you are the emperor?"

Cixi's angry appearance was terrifying, but Lin Guangyu couldn't be frightened. He straightened up and replied generously: "My son is the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, Aixinjueluo Zaitan!"

"Okay... okay..." Cixi suddenly restrained her anger, and a smile appeared on her face, "The Ai family finally saw you right...34 years...The Ai family finally saw you right..."

What is "You read that right..."?Lin Guangyu was confused, did you really see clearly?

Cixi said intermittently: "You have hatred in your heart, the Ai family is not unaware... For the past ten years, the Ai family has been thinking about the events of the [-] Years, until the end, fighting back and forth, fighting to the death, the Ai family has seen enough. The things you thought about ten years ago, Aijia has already done them..."

"I understand." Indeed, after the Gengzi year, Cixi vigorously promoted the New Deal, and many of the ideas put forward during the reform period were implemented or put on the agenda one by one. At least in the situation already have.

"The ancients said that when a bird is about to die, its song is sad, and when a person is about to die, its words are kind... The Ai family took you into the palace from a young age, raised you, taught you how to read and write, and made you an emperor." ... For you, the Ai family fell out with his own sister, and for you... let his own niece live as a widow for half her life, and she has not even been able to hold a doll. You probably don't know this account Be clear."

"I dare not have any complaints."

"Your brother Zaifeng has become the regent, and your nephew has become the elder brother... Aijia... Aijia is worthy of you... Aijia wants you to be a good emperor, and he doesn't want to ruin Lie." The country of the ancestors..." At this point, Cixi's expression became very excited, as if thousands of words and all kinds of helplessness could not be expressed in one word.

Lin Guangyu listened silently—even if there are posterity to comment on merits and demerits, the people in front of him always have something to worry about!

"Emperor, there is one last sentence that Aijia has to tell you."

"Please give my father a lesson!"

"Kang Youwei is a rebellious person and a scholar's opinion, you can't use it too much; Yuan Shikai is ambitious and cruel, so you have to guard against..."

"Don't worry, dear father, I understand."

"That's good, good..." Cixi suddenly grabbed Lin Guangyu's hand tightly, but her head fell to one side involuntarily.

"Doctor, hurry up! Quickly!" Seeing that the situation was not going well, Lin Guangyu called out hastily.Everyone rushed forward, sniffing for breath, taking pulse, pinching... After working for a long time, a painful voice sounded: "The Empress Dowager Fengyu Bintian!" The eunuch Xiao Dezhang pried it open The old queen's tooth, put a big pearl into her mouth, and the hall was full of crying...

An old era has ended, and another new era has begun, "哐, 哐, 哐..." Amidst the cymbals of the shamans, Emperor Guangxu, who regained power, promulgated his first edict: "Tighten Close the gates of the palace, anyone who dares to enter or leave without edict, beheaded!"

Guangxu has no experience in this kind of situation, but Lin Guangyu has a good understanding of upper-level coups, and knows that blocking news is the most important thing. In this era, just closing the palace gates is enough to block the transmission of news, which can be regarded as benefiting from informatization The characteristics of the era of underdevelopment.

"Minister of Xuan Military Aircraft, Minister of Foreign Affairs Yuan Shikai, Minister of Military Aircraft Zhang Zhidong, Minister of Military Aircraft Shi Xu, Minister of Military Aircraft Lu Chuanlin, University scholar Na Tong, etc. enter the palace immediately!" Naturally, he had to be there as soon as possible. Originally during the day, the Compassionate Palace was staffed by this group of people on duty in turn. However, although there were still people on duty after nightfall, the military ministers had already gone home to rest, so they had to be summoned urgently.

The original list also included chief military officer Yikuang and regent Zaifeng, but the former was on his way to deliver the Buddha statue to Dongling, and the latter was already in Da Nei, so their names were not listed in the imperial edict.After the decree is drawn up, it is said that a seal is required, but the emperor's jade seal will not be available for a while, and the empress dowager's seal of Cixi cannot be used. Only the regent king's seal is still placed in the palace because it has just been engraved. Originally, Cixi wanted to personally reward it. It was for Zaifeng, but it was convenient for Lin Guangyu unexpectedly.

"Just use the Regent's Seal!" He never imagined that it was the divine will that made this edict play a very confusing role.

In the middle of the night, Zhang Zhidong, Shixu and Natong were already resting on the bed. They heard that there was a decree, and it was neither the imperial decree of the empress dowager, nor the imperial decree of the emperor, but the special decree of the regent king. Surprised—"Could it be that the two palaces died at the same time?" Without thinking too much, she immediately crawled out of the warm bed, put on court clothes and hurried to the Forbidden City.

Lu Chuanlin is Zhang Zhidong's brother-in-law. Like Zhang Zhidong, he is an old man in his 70s, but he is still a little hard of hearing. The eunuch who delivered the decree talked with him for a long time before he could understand what the decree meant, old man Sit in the official sedan chair and go tremblingly.

Yuan Shikai was different from others, he was fighting on Aunt Hong's bed at this time, and he never felt tired.Suddenly there was a commotion outside the door, followed by a burst of chaotic footsteps.As soon as his heart tightened, most of his energy was vented, he lost all thoughts, fell down from Aunt Hong's belly and began to dress.When he was fully dressed, he pushed open the door, and a eunuch had strode in, his face extremely anxious, and before he could ask any questions, he opened his throat and said, "There is a decree, Yuan Shikai kneels and listens!"

"My minister Yuan Shikai respectfully listened to the oracle!"

"According to the order of the Regent, Yuan Shikai, Minister of Military Aircraft and Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, hurried to Fuchang Hall." "Observe the order!"What happened in the palace, do you need to panic?

Looking up, it was an old acquaintance, Gao Haichang, an old eunuch from the Palace of Compassionate Ning, who announced the decree.Yuan Shikai was very familiar with him, and he was never short of money, so he immediately grabbed the other party's clothes and said, "Old Haichang, what happened in the palace? Look at you, how panicked you are. !"

Gao Haichang didn't care about friendship, so he tore it away in a hurry, and said, "Hurry up and enter the palace! Hurry up..." Before he finished speaking, the shadow of the man had already started running, and suddenly he stepped on the ground, and Gu Lu fell straight on the ground. in front of the hall.Yuan Shikai was horrified when he saw this, and was about to go down the steps to help him. Gao Haichang, who was fifty years old, got up from the ground in a jerk, and rode away with a whip and whip, regardless of the pain.

Seeing that the other party was so anxious, Yuan Shikai was thinking in his mind: Lao Haichang was in such a hurry, there must have been drastic changes in the palace, and the decree made it clear that it was Zaifeng's intention, so he speculated that the two palaces died.When he thought that Guangxu had taken his "new medicine" and died of poison, he felt indescribably happy, and immediately asked his servants to prepare a sedan chair, and happily entered the palace.

Several important ministers had just passed the Meridian Gate, when they heard crying inside, and secretly speculated in their hearts, whether it was the emperor or the queen mother, or both of them died together.Yuan Shikai, who was walking behind the crowd, was secretly happy, but his face was filled with pain.

Little Sula took out a few bunches of white silk and asked them to cover up the red tassels on their tops before leading the crowd into the Fuchang Hall.As soon as the door was closed, there was a quarrel outside. Yuan Shikai listened intently for a while, and then he realized that Xiaogong Wang Puwei wanted to enter the palace, but was rejected by the imperial guards on the grounds that he was "not included".Lu Chuanlin, who was deaf, kept asking what was going on outside, and the clever Shixu had already climbed onto his back and helped him go.

Zaifeng was already standing in front of the hall, and everyone was waiting to go forward to salute, another person came out from the inner room.Taking a closer look, Yuan Shikai almost fell to the ground—it was none other than Lin Guangyu, who was all in plain clothes and had a dignified expression.Several ministers reacted quickly, and hurriedly bowed to the ground: "The minister (slave) kowtows to the emperor."

"Everyone loves you, give me your seat!" After everyone thanked them, they sat on it. Yuan Shikai, who had a ghost in his heart, seemed to feel that there was a stove under his buttocks, which was very hot...