The Gong Prince's residence, the Hall of Pleasure, was the residence of the Gong Prince. In the entire palace, only the Gong Prince and the Fujin, Guaerjia, had the right to enter.
The night was quiet.
Li Qing and Guaerjia were having a bed talk after a night of sex.
"Wangfei, this king has never heard you mention your maiden name.”Li Qing said proudly as he hugged the beauty in his arms.
Guartya blushed. She gently nudged Li Qing and said shyly,"Stupid blockhead, where did you learn to be so indecent? You weren't like this in the past.”
"What was I like in the past?" Li Qing's spirits were inexplicably lifted when he talked about the Gong Prince's past.
Guarjia pushed the smiling Li Qing." Look at you. Didn't I say that you were a blockhead in the past?”
Li Qing was confused by Guaerjia's words.
He could only go along with her words and say,"How stupid is that!" Was it a dull elm or a golden nanmu?”
"You are just a blockhead. It has been twelve years since we got married in the twenty-eighth year of Daoguang. This is the first time you asked me my maiden name!”Guartya said with a bitter look.
Li Qing was stunned after hearing this. The history books had more than once commented that the Gong Prince was good on the outside but not on the inside. It seemed that what he said was true. In addition, Wen Xiang had told him some secret things today, which could also show that he was a person with high IQ and low EQ.
Looking at the aggrieved wangfei, Li Qing kissed her forehead. "Then why didn't you tell me?”
"Annoying! You're a man and you don't ask, but you want me, a little girl, to take the initiative to stick to you! How embarrassing would that be?" After saying that, the red-faced Guarjia sat on Li Qing's body.
Li Qing couldn't stand Guaerjia's actions and immediately surrendered." Good princess, come down quickly. This king is asking you, so tell this king!"”
"Alright then! I'll let you off this time!"
"Then what is your maiden name?”
Guaerjia, who was already used to the Gong Prince calling her Princess Consort and Fujin, stuttered,"Bell!"
"Is it the bell that jingles?”Li Qing sat up and looked at Guarjia.
"Jingle Bells! It's really nice." Guartya said with a blissful expression.
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Under the same full moon, the two places had different scenes.
In a large courtyard with nine entrances and nine exits in Chengde, Rehe, a young woman put down the red brush in her hand. After placing the last memorial, she didn't immediately move her wrist that had been holding the brush for six hours. Instead, she resentfully glanced at the cold and empty room.
If she remembered correctly, it had been half a year since the emperor had flipped her card.
An Dehai helped her to her seat and handed her a hot towel.
"Master Yi, since the emperor came to Chengde, he hasn't left the house for a few days!”
Imperial Consort Yi gritted her teeth and said,""Damned Sushun, one day bengong will definitely make his head fall to the ground to resolve bengong's hatred!”
"As for the emperor, his body…" An Dehai said carefully.
After Noble Consort Yi heard this, although she was angry, she was still a little reluctant. "Go and tell the empress now. In the entire harem, only she can make the emperor listen!”
Speaking of the Empress, although Noble Consort Yi was a little envious, she did not hold a grudge. Perhaps in the entire harem, the Empress was the only person Noble Consort Yi respected. It was not only the inherent superiority and inferiority in etiquette, but also the Empress's care and concern for her during these days when she was out of favor. It was no different from the past. These made her especially grateful.
"Eunuch An, why didn't you serve Master Yi well? Why did you come here?”
"Replying to the empress, the emperor has not left the east pavilion for several days. Noble Consort Yi is very worried about the emperor's news, but she is also afraid that the emperor will not listen.”That's why I asked this servant to ask the Empress to come out and persuade the Emperor.
The smile on the empress's face disappeared.”
"Absolutely true! These few days, the Emperor didn't even read the memorials.”An Dehai added fuel to the fire.
The Empress was so anxious that she cried and didn't know what to do. Ever since Xianfeng arrived at Rehe, he was overwhelmed by the difficulties of state affairs. Under his disheartened state, he actually had a little sign of indulging in lust and killing himself. He was clearly sick, but he still loved the concubines internally and hunted the people outside. He did not stop for a day.
An Dehai didn't know what to say as he looked at the crying and anxious Empress. Anyway, in his memory, the Empress had always been a good person.
It was only after a few minutes that the Empress said," Zaiyuan and Duanhua are too outrageous."
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In the next few days, Li Qing fell into a new round of busyness.
What made Li Qing even more distressed was that he, who was already powerless, was pushed to the forefront again.
The 27-year-old Gong Prince suddenly became the talk of the world overnight.
Now, in the capital and Tianjin, not only were there ministers who needed to be summoned by Li Qing to deal with the files that had been piled up for a long time;
There was also the French envoy who hoped that the Zhangjiawan Coalition Army's living supplies could be personally dispatched by Li Qing. The reason was also something that Li Qing could not refuse. This was because Meng Toban had reported that he had found small stones in their food.
The Russian envoy also came three times in succession, hoping to be summoned by Prince Gong to let the great tsarist Russia be responsible for the mediation between the Qing Kingdom and Eagle Hair. If possible, they could also discuss the remuneration. It seemed that the land in the Outer Xing 'an Mountains was not bad.
In addition, he personally led the Beijing Aftermath Patrol General Administration, and a bunch of matters added to his body, making Li Qing very anxious.
If the battle at Baliqiao was mentally tiring, then he had been physically and mentally exhausted these past few days. It was only now that Li Qing truly understood the difference between theory and practice. He knew that the direction of history was theory, and how to implement it was practice.
If it wasn't for the good news that the Eagle Kingdom's envoy, Erjin, had sent his representative and main translator, Basharli, to inform the Qing Kingdom that the negotiation had been postponed due to urgent matters on their side. As for the time, it would have been at least ten days to half a month. Li Qing, who had been worried that the Xianfeng Emperor might return to the south if the agreement was signed too early, was completely relieved. If not for this cardiac stimulant, Li Qing would probably have been driven crazy.
This situation lasted for half a month until October 16th, 1860. Li Qing, who was mentally and physically exhausted, saw that the Beijing Aftermath Patrol Bureau finally had initial results with the help of Wen Xiang, Bao Yun, and his father-in-law, Gui Liang. At the same time, the memorial that had been prepared long ago also embarked on the journey to Rehe.
The next day, the Eagle side sent another representative, saying that Earl Elkin planned to hold negotiations in Tianjin on October 19th.
When he saw that everything had been resolved, Li Qing sighed heavily. It turned out that governing the capital was so tiring!
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