Since Ci'an officially launched his killer move on the North Sea, after the secret order of the First Emperor, the political atmosphere in the Forbidden City suddenly changed. Cixi's arrogance was suppressed to the bottom of the valley. Just look at An Dehai's low expression during this period, you will know that the Empress Dowager Xigong was really scared.

In fact, Cixi was not unaware of the shadow of secret orders. In the complex struggles of force within the imperial palace, many secrets cannot be hidden. As long as she is careful, anyone can find out something.

But the secret is hidden like a gust of cold wind, but it is not scary, it only makes people feel mysterious. However, once the secret is made public, everyone can feel the irresistible powerful pressure. Although Cixi is extremely arrogant, she dare not even let go of her sword under the secret order of the former emperor.

Although Emperor Xianfeng was already lying in the coffin, the secret decree in his hand was a great name, and the righteousness of the king and his ministers.

Zeng Guofan was a minister promoted by Xianfeng, Li Hongzhang, Zuo Zongtang, Weng Tong and other people, even Prince Gong Yi, are all the younger brothers of Xianfeng.

In the minds of these people, Emperor Xianfeng was the first loyal person in their minds. This is the principle of the ruler, ruler, subject, father, son and son instilled in thousands of years of Confucianism.

During the Xinyou coup, Cixi, Ci'an and Prince Gong all stood together to become a faction to fight against the Eight Ministers of Guru. At that time, these three people represented the truth because they were closest to the imperial power, and were closer to the Eight Ministers of Guru.

It is precisely because of this that the local governors and Han officials chose to be neutral and even directly helped Ci'an and Cixi carry out the palace reform. In fact, it was not the ministers who were loyal to Cixi at that time. To be honest, Cixi could not give much benefit at that time.

The ministers were actually loyal to the imperial power, especially the Han officials. They were very good at judging the situation. Whoever was closest to the imperial power would naturally choose who.

Five years have passed since Xinyou coup today. Cixi seems to have a higher power, but compared with Ci'an, it is still not enough to see it. Let alone the status gap between the East and West Palaces, just by rushing to Xianfeng's secret decree, Cixi will be doomed.

With this secret decree, Ci'an could justify mobilizing the power of important officials of Manchu and Han dynasties to strangle Cixi. To be a joke, if Ci'an ordered Zeng Guofan to lead troops to the Qing dynasty, as long as the secret decree was in hand, the civil and military officials in the court could not say anything.

This is what Cixi fears the most. This little woman has never received the imperial power, unless... unless... she can kill Ci'an and use her son to command the princes.

Today, on this evening of lightning and thunder, Cixi once again felt the shame on the North Sea. That day, Ci'an saved Ermao in front of ten thousand people, and even exposed the killer weapon of secret orders.

A terrible woman, a hateful woman, aren’t you just a great reputation? In terms of beauty, talent, and wit, I am weaker than you. Even my belly is more powerful than you, you are a castrated chicken that can’t lay eggs.

Cixi smiled on her face, but there was no place to vent the viciousness in her belly. Only when she saw her son's back could his eyes flow out a hint of tenderness.

The little emperor Tongzhi looked at the rain outside the hall childishly, and his small back was Cixi's back.

"Your son, come in the palace quickly. The summer heat has been exposed for a day, and the heavy rain suddenly pours it out. It's time for the yin and yang to be inconsistent. Be careful of the heat..."

Emperor Tongzhi was too lazy to listen to Cixi's words, and she ignored her mother without looking back. She even sat on the threshold. Ci'an behind her sighed and smiled and shook her head. She knew that Cixi was using her own flesh and blood to demonstrate again. She had seen too many such scenes.

At this moment, a light flashed above his head, and a lightning flashed across the sky. This was the brightest lightning flash in the entire rainstorm. The little emperor stood up excitedly when he saw it.

"What a bright lightning, is this the power of the mother of the electric power? Or is the hidden dragon appearing?" Before the little emperor finished speaking, a small figure suddenly came from the emperor's side, and it seemed that it was only half a head taller than the emperor.

The figure quickly reached out and covered the emperor's ears and whispered, "Be careful, your Majesty, it's going to thunder."

"Ermao, you are so brave..." Cixi recognized her at a glance. This was the Ermao she hated the most. More than a month ago, she had to catch him and Ci'an and had a quarrel. Her face was stolen on him.

This dog slave actually dared to lean against the emperor. Don’t these serving people want to live? But before Cixi could get angry and call people, just as she was halfway through her words, a thunder suddenly sounded in the sky.

Rumble... The thunder sounded so loud, all the doors and windows were buzzing and trembling, and the hall was full of echoes. Cixi and Ci'an were caught off guard and almost fell off the soft couch.

Several palace maids and eunuchs fainted in front of them. The yin energy of the Forbidden City was too heavy, and everyone was not brave enough.

Cixi's hands that stretched out to point Ermao's instructions froze. She had a pale face and no blood on her face. She forgot the second half of the words she wanted to scold Ermao.

This muffled thunder was really rare in several years, and even the Imperial Heaven Supervision recorded a lot of money.

Thanks to Emperor Tongzhi's ears being covered by Ermao in advance, the little emperor was not scared to pee, but Emperor Tongzhi's little face turned a little white.

"Ermao, Ermao, you are so amazing. How do you know that there will be thunder right away? How do you know that the thunder is so loud? Wait... Your face is normal, why are you not afraid?"

Emperor Tongzhi asked well, Ermao was really not as scared as other eunuchs, and his face was pale and almost fainted. Ermao let go of his hands and smiled slightly, "I am a rootless person. I can't even enter the ancestral grave if I die without a human or a ghost... I have nothing to be afraid of, what's more, the power of the world can be broken into pieces. In fact, it's no different from the bed of old age, so I'm not afraid of me."

Emperor Tongzhi blinked his eyes and looked thoughtful, "Then why do you know that it's going to thunder soon?"

"Your Majesty, this is the study of things, which is what the Europa people call physics... In fact, when thunder in the sky, sound and lightning appear at the same time, but because the sound and light run away at different speeds, after thousands of miles of distance, there will be front and back..."

"The lightning is a scythe, just like the Shenxing Taibao. He was the first to run to the world and let our eyes see it first... and the sound is much slower than before he comes to the world and drills into our ears..."

"So we usually see lightning first and then hear thunder sounds. Just like just now, the big lightning must be accompanied by a huge thunder sound. I was afraid that I would scare Your Majesty, so I covered Your Majesty's ears in advance..."

Now the people around me understand why the little emperor likes Ermao so much. This is simply a compulsory science promoter. Modern European scientific knowledge has become a simple and easy-to-understand story in Ermao's mouth. The palace maids around him were shocked.

If Ermao hadn't been young, there would have been a large number of beautiful palace maids who would have to go to him.

The biggest thunder passed, and the cumulonimbus cloud seemed to have released its violent power, and the thunder behind it was much less, and only the heavy rain was still pouring down.

It was not until this time that Cixi and Ci'an calmed down from the shock. Cixi jumped off the soft couch and pointed at Ermao's nose and started scolding, "Bold dog slave, don't you tell me, go to your doghouse and wait for death. She dares to appear here to deceive the emperor, and get out of here with those lies with the devils..."

Cixi was really a little out of control. She was a little bit shrewd and scolded the streets. She didn't have the same spirit as a mother-in-law. Ci'an shook his head slightly when he heard it.

Ermao stood in front of the empress dowager and kowtowed respectfully, "Empress dowager, how dare I deceive the Holy Emperor? Everything I said is just the Western technique of investigating things. As for the true or false, the slave is really too lazy to distinguish what... It's like the sun rising and setting in the west. Whether people believe it or not, he is just repeating it day by day, and no one can change it. What about you, the empress dowager..."

Ermao's first half of the sentence was quite respectful, but the second half was too annoying. The soft nails made Cixi almost vomit blood. If Ermao hadn't had some use, he would have issued an order to silence.

Ci'an was a little overwhelmed at this time, "Ermao, although you are not old, you are also a sensible person. What do you rely on to live until now? Don't say anything about the monarchy of the emperor. Do you still have the emperor's kindness in your heart? Keeping you is nothing more than the court doesn't want to turn against Xiao Letian. You have to keep this last bit of face for your master."

Ermao knocked on the ground with a bang, and said in a humble and arrogant manner, "Empress Dowager, what I am going to say today is Xiao Letian's affairs. Since there are no outsiders in this hall, then I will speak out straightforwardly..."

"I think the Queen Mother has obtained the latest information from Ryukyu today... Don't be angry, this Sijiu City cannot keep the secret. How fast the Eight Banners' men are? I think you understand better than me..."

"Now the French fleet has begun to bomb Ryukyu, and Xiao Letian is still alive and dead. It seems that many people in the court are already tempted. Of course, it is a pleasure to beat the dogs in the water..."

"But I have a saying to me before. The foreigner's words are the best for the court. Not only is it because of the difficulty of communication between thousands of miles of seas, but more importantly, European countries have different minds. If you ask the enemy wrongly, the results you get will be in the opposite direction..."

When Ci'an and Cixi heard that Ermao had something to say, they both sat upright, "Okay, in this heavy rain, there is nothing to do to relieve their boredom in the Ai family, so let's listen to your fantasy."

Ermao smiled and said something, which made the entire Yangxin Palace feel silent.

"If there was no big error in time, I think Xiao Letian should have participated in the war in Europe now. How could Xiao Letian not go to the battle of life and death between Prussia and Austria? To be honest, tell Your Majesty and Empress Dowager Empress Dowager, Xiao Letian is not a fun trip to Europe..."

"He went to Europe with only one purpose, which was to kill people and kill more foreign devils."
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