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It is still daytime in European countries at this time, and countries have begun to discuss countermeasures, but how can it be possible to discuss it in a short while?The matter was then shelved.

The last person to know about this matter was Emperor Guangxu of the Qing court. The telegram was sent at about three in the morning. The Qing court received the telegram as soon as the telegram was sent. The official in charge of receiving the telegram was Weng Tonghe. Weng Tonghe was old. He couldn't stay up late, so he never was on duty in person, so he found his subordinates to be on duty.

However, after receiving the telegram, his subordinates were afraid of disturbing Weng Tonghe's rest, so they hesitated for half an hour before sending the telegram to Weng Tonghe. The telegram was sent to the palace at 04:30 in the morning, but such important information was not sent directly to Emperor Guangxu, because the eunuch on duty felt that the Holy Majesty would wake up and go to court early, so there was no need to wake him up.

In this way, this extremely important telegram was not delivered to Emperor Guangxu until six o'clock in the morning, three hours after it was sent, and Lin Yuan replied within an hour after the telegram was sent. Later historians mentioned this The historical details are always embarrassing.

Emperor Guangxu didn't panic when he saw the telegram, but laughed and said, "Weng Aiqing, this must be a fake, it's Lin Nifa's trickery, you have been deceived."

Weng Tonghe said: "Your Majesty, this is not a fake, it is indeed true, you see, it was sent by the British Times, and there is no need for Lin Ni to send such a thing!"

Only then did Emperor Guangxu feel that something was wrong, so he asked someone to ask Mizuki Nagata, the Japanese commander who stayed in Nanjing, and Mizuki Nagata said: "The front-line radio station has not responded, and something has happened to General Kodama. Yuan Shikai's troops took control."

Only then did Emperor Guangxu believe that this matter was true, and he was astonished like a thunderclap. He didn't speak for a while, and then became furious. He stretched out his hand and pushed the pen, ink, paper, inkstone, and paperweight memorial on the Longshu table to the ground, and those exquisite and precious things were smashed to pieces. , Emperor Guangxu roared: "Okay! Okay! Yuan Shikai has turned his back too! Like Lin Yuan, he is an ungrateful and ungrateful thing!"

Weng Tonghe said in a low voice: "My minister said long ago that Yuan Shikai is used to meeting with wind and wind, and he can only share wealth and honor, not adversity. Now that he sees Lin Ni's trend is strong, he turns around and joins Lin Ni."

Emperor Guangxu sighed and said: "It's useless to say these things now. Yuan Shikai voted for Lin Yuan. The large area from the Huaihe River to the Yangtze River has already belonged to Lin Ni. From Huai'an to Nanjing, there is the Beijing-Shanghai Railway on the road, and there is a river on the water." The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, the forests are advancing side by side with the water, and we are advancing towards Nanjing overnight. Is the century-old foundation of the Qing Dynasty really going to be destroyed?"

Weng Tonghe said loudly: "Your Majesty, don't lament like this! Now that Nanjing is in danger, we can only go up the Yangtze River to the area under the jurisdiction of Zhang Zhidong in Wuhan. The soldiers from the two lakes have enough food and supplies to defend it."

Emperor Guangxu shook his head again and again, and sighed: "From Beijing to Nanjing, and now to Wuhan, fleeing again and again, losing again and again, when will it be the end!"

Weng Tonghe fell silent, at this time Prince Gong stood up and said: "Your Majesty, you must not go to Wuhan. Lin Ni's bandits have already captured Xiangyang, and Zhang Zhidong is bound to hold Xianshan with elite soldiers. It will not last long. The only plan now is to Effective imitation of Tang Minghuang's entry into Shu."

Emperor Guangxu slapped the table hard, and said angrily: "Entering Shu? Partially An Shu land is a sign of subjugation, absolutely not!"

Prince Gong hurriedly said: "Although the land of Shu is remote, it is fertile and wild for thousands of miles, which is the continuation of the good state of the country!"

Emperor Guangxu snorted coldly and said with a disdainful smile: "Needless to say, I'm not going anywhere, I'm in Nanjing. If Lin Yuan is powerful, he will go to Nanjing to arrest me, otherwise I will send my troops northward and conquer the Central Plains." If it doesn't work, I will go to battle in person, I don't believe it anymore, Lin Yuan is a rebellious minister, a generation of evil spirits, can the evil win the battle?"

Everyone heard Emperor Guangxu's resolute tone and stopped talking. At this moment, Xiao Dezhang stumbled and ran in from the door. A bold slave, flustered and unseemly, take it down for me, and beat him a hundred times."

Xiao Dezhang hurriedly shouted: "My lord, there is something urgent!"

Emperor Guangxu asked angrily, "What's causing the panic?"

Xiao Dezhang hesitated for a moment, looked at the ministers around, Emperor Guangxu said to all the ministers: "Everyone loves to step down first." Everyone just wanted to leave, so they took this opportunity to leave, Xiao Dezhang just Said: "My lord, Lafayette is dead."

Upon hearing this, Emperor Guangxu stood up, walked up to Xiao De Zhang and asked, "What's going on?"

Xiao Dezhang said: "Lafayette knew about Yuan Shikai, and he was so angry that he couldn't do it. Now he is unconscious."

Emperor Guangxu said angrily: "Didn't I tell the empress not to know the situation of the battle?" But he changed his mind and thought: "Is there anything else that can be hidden from her?" So he stopped worrying about this matter, but asked: "What about the imperial doctors? How did you say it?"

Xiao Dezhang said: "The imperial physicians said that it is no longer possible."

Emperor Guangxu hurriedly said: "Let's go and have a look." So he followed Xiao Dezhang to the back house. Along the way, all the court ladies and eunuchs were tear-stained. When they came to the room where Cixi lived, they saw a group of imperial doctors talking outside , all with sad faces, at this time a little eunuch shouted: "The Holy Majesty is here!"

All the imperial physicians hurriedly knelt down on the ground, and Emperor Guangxu immediately said: "Get up quickly, what happened to the queen mother?"

An imperial doctor hurriedly said: "The queen mother is in a hurry, the blood does not return to the meridians..."

Emperor Guangxu said angrily: "Do I want to listen to you recite medical books? You should hurry up and talk about the cure!"

When the imperial doctor heard this, he knelt down on the ground, kowtowed and said, "I have little talent and little knowledge, I deserve death!"

Emperor Guangxu frowned, and stepped into the room. There were also several imperial physicians in the room, all of whom were standing outside the curtain. Emperor Guangxu lifted the curtain and walked inside. He saw the Empress Dowager Cixi lying on the bed with her eyes closed, her face like wax paper. Empress Longyu and Concubine Zhen Jin led several court ladies to kneel aside, weeping silently. Emperor Guangxu came to Cixi in a few steps and called softly, "Mother's queen? Mother's queen?"

But the Empress Dowager Cixi didn't even open her eyes. At this moment, Empress Longyu walked up to Guangxu and said softly, "The Empress Dowager can't hear you anymore."

Emperor Guangxu let out a long sigh. At this moment, he suddenly saw Empress Dowager Cixi's hand on her chest slipped and fell limply on the bed. Emperor Guangxu rushed outside and shouted: "Prince doctor, doctor!"

Several imperial physicians rushed in, and one of them reached out to grasp the pulse of Empress Dowager Cixi. After feeling it for a while, his face changed drastically, and he knelt down on the ground with a "plop", crying, "My lord, the Empress Dowager has passed away!"

As soon as the words came out, Empress Longyu cried out first, and the concubines behind her also burst into tears. Emperor Guangxu sighed softly, and said calmly: "Don't let anyone know about this, and keep it secret for now. " After finishing speaking, he walked out of the room, feeling a little relieved in his heart.

Emperor Guangxu went back to his bedroom while thinking about the next thing in his heart, thinking: "The Empress Dowager Cixi is dead, this matter may be a turning point." Emperor Guangxu then called an eunuch and said: "Xuan Prime Minister Li Jingfang, Minister of International Affairs, came to see him."