The Qing Dynasty is about to end

Chapter 260 I must report to the emperor that Luo Xueyan is a demon in disguise! (Please subscribe and vote)

The Bund, Shanghai.

On the day when Emperor Xianfeng took advantage of the opportunity of holding court to confer titles of military governor, Minister of Commerce and Loyal and Brave Baturu on Luo Xueyan, the brothers Shengbao and Yuanbao were whispering on a large sand ship docked at the Jardine Matheson Wharf.

"Brother, there is something very confidential, and I don't know if I should tell you."

Shengbao, the assistant minister of military affairs of Jiangsu, originally came to Shanghai to help Yiliang buy foreign guns and cannons. However, before the guns and cannons were purchased, the transportation line between Shanghai and Suzhou was cut off because Kunshan and Qingpu both fell.

Now Shengbao not only couldn't purchase foreign guns and cannons from Shanghai - he couldn't transport the silver from Suzhou to Shanghai, nor could he transport the foreign guns and cannons back to Suzhou. Even he himself couldn't go back.

So after signing a purchase contract with Jardine Matheson and Company and Buckthorn & Co. for 10,000 brown basses, 300,000 rounds of fixed ammunition, and 10,000 barrels of gunpowder, he prepared to take the water route back to Beijing to report his work to Emperor Xianfeng and ask for money.

Today was the day he was leaving. Except for Luo Xueyan who claimed to be ill, all the Qing officials in Shanghai, including Sushun, Wu Jianzhang, Wang Kuiyi, Cheng Fupei, Li Hongzhang and Bai Siwen, came to the dock to see him off.

As Yuan Bao was Sheng Bao's younger brother, he was sent directly onto the ship. Now that the sails were raised, he had no intention of getting off.

"Yuan Bao, after sending you a thousand miles away, we will have to say goodbye. We are about to set sail."

Shengbao had a pretty good relationship with this brother, but they were not that close, so when he saw his brother refusing to get off the boat, he couldn't help but urge him to get off.

Yuan Bao looked around, then stepped forward, grabbed Sheng Bao's hands, and said in a low voice: "Brother, I have an incredible secret to tell you!"

"Secret? What secret?" Shengbao was stunned.

"The secrets related to the demons that fell from the sky!"

Shengbao looked at his brother in a daze.

Yuan Bao said with a guilty look on his face: "The demon that descended that day did not have the appearance of a bull demon at all!"

"Oh," Shengbao was not too surprised. He just looked at his brother and asked in a low voice, "Yuanbao, do you mean there is no demon falling from the sky?"

"Yes!" Yuan Bao nodded, "There is indeed a demon riding a flying car and riding on purple lightning, descending from the sky. I saw it with my own eyes!" He gritted his teeth, "I would recognize him even if he turned into ash!"

"So what does he look like?" Shengbao asked with a frown.

"He is exactly like Luo Xueyan!" Yuan Bao said word by word.

"What?" Shengbao's eyes widened. "What did you say?"

"He looks exactly like Luo Xueyan!" Yuan Bao said, "Luo Xueyan is a demon in disguise!"

"You, what did you say?" Shengbao was completely shocked.

Yuan Bao looked at his elder brother and said in a trembling voice: "Brother, this demon is not only exactly like Luo Xueyan, but also exactly like Luo Yaoguo, the false angel of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. Luo Xueyan might be Luo Yaoguo's clone!"

"Luo Yaoguo and Luo Xueyan are exactly the same? Are you sure?"

Shengbao suddenly felt as if he was falling into an icy cave.

"Of course I am sure!" Yuan Bao gritted his teeth and said, "I saw Luo Yaoguo in Changsha last time. At that time, I recognized him as the demon from heaven! This time I saw the demon again in Kunshan. Brother, when you get to Beijing, you must tell the emperor that Luo Xueyan is a demon in disguise!"

After that, he took out a memorial and stuffed it into Shengbao's hand: "Brother, this is the secret memorial I wrote to the emperor. The whole story is in it."

"Okay." Shengbao nodded gently, feeling bitter in his heart, but still said to his brother, "Yuanbao, you can't tell anyone else about this in Shanghai. Don't worry, I will definitely find a way to eliminate this thief for the Qing Dynasty!"

"Welcome to the Holy Angel, His Royal Highness King Wu!" Outside Kunshan County, at the foot of Yufeng Mountain, outside a small and unique garden, trenches had been dug, wooden walls had been built, and a tall gate had been built at some point.

When Luo Yaoguo got off a western-style four-wheeled carriage parked outside the camp, Su Sanniang, who had been waiting there, immediately led the officials from the Angels' Palace, the Upper Army and the God Worshipping Society's lecturers' group to kneel down and pay homage to him.

Luo Yaoguo, who was wearing a blue-gray military jacket of the Shanghai New Army and had a bare head without a hat or a headscarf, saw a large group of people kneeling in front of him to greet him, and hurriedly called out, "Get up, everyone, get up, why are you kneeling again? We don't have this rule in the Angel Palace, the Upper Army, the Lecturer Group, and the Dark Hall!"

As he said this, he strode forward and helped Su Sanniang, who had not seen him for several months, up with a smile. Su Sanniang smiled and said to Luo Yaoguo, "Your Highness, you are now the five thousand year old King Wu of my Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. You did not order me not to kneel before the King Wu."

Luo Yaoguo nodded: "That's right. When I was conferred the title of King Wu, I was still pretending to be Luo Xueyan in Shanghai, and I didn't give such an order. Then I will make up for it now. From now on, the Angel Palace is the King Wu Palace. All members of the King Wu Palace, the Upper Army, the Lecturer Group, and the Dark Hall do not have to kneel down and kowtow to me on our own territory. They only need to bow."

"Thank you, Your Highness King Wu."

Su Sanniang also led a group of senior officials from the Wu Palace, the Upper Army, the Lecturers' Group, and the Dark Hall to bow and thank Luo Yaoguo.

After Su Sanniang finished her greetings, Luo Yaoguo pulled her aside again, then smiled and pointed at the carriage, whispering, "Sanniang, I found a girl for you in Shanghai without consulting you this time. You won't be angry with me, will you?"

Su Sanniang was stunned, a trace of surprise flashed across her beautiful eyes, and then she laughed: "Your Highness, you... asked for me? Have you finally figured it out?"

Luo Yaoguo was completely relieved when he saw that Su Sanniang didn't seem angry.

In fact, before Su Sanniang officially married him, she had already advised him to marry more women, and even wanted to choose three young and beautiful women from the female camp to marry Luo Yaoguo together.

It's not that Su Sanniang was particularly virtuous, but that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom had this kind of "culture". Luo Yaoguo was a "god" like Hong Xiuquan, Yang Xiuqing, Feng Yunshan, Xiao Chaogui, Wei Changhui, and Shi Dakai, so it was natural for him to marry more wives.

Hong Xiuquan had married thirty-six wives before entering Tianjing, and he wanted to expand the number after arriving in Tianjing!

Yang Xiuqing and Xiao Chaogui both had eleven wives - among them, Xiao Chaogui's "Chief Queen of the West" was the Sixth Lady from God's family!
Even Hong Xuanjiao cannot become the only Queen Mother of the West, so what qualifications does Su Sanniang have to become the only Queen Mother of Wu?

Therefore, Luo Yaoguo's behavior of marrying only Su Sanniang made Su Sanniang feel "under great pressure", because no one dared to say anything bad about Luo Yaoguo - he was a "god" sent from heaven in public, the son of God, and no one could say anything. So Su Sanniang had to bear the notoriety of being a "jealous woman". Although Su Sanniang was the first female general of the Heavenly Kingdom and was considered a "new woman" in those days, she never thought of trying monogamy in her family.

She was actually quite concerned about Luo Yaoguo's second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth wives, and had been helping him find one. Unexpectedly, after Luo Yaoguo arrived in Shanghai, he "got his way" and found a second wife.

Su Sanniang was quite happy when she thought of this, and asked with a smile: "Who is that girl?"

Luo Yaoguo smiled and introduced: "Her name is Zhou Xiuying, the daughter of Zhou Lichun, the leader of the Qingpu Luohan Party. Because of a misunderstanding, she sneaked into the Yuyuan Governor's Mansion and was caught by Xu Yuegui and I. I thought she was pretty good, so I took her in."

"Oh," Su Sanniang nodded and said with a smile, "She is Zhou Lichun's daughter. That's a good thing. Your Highness, let me see her."

Luo Yaoguo waved to Zhou Xiuying in the carriage and said, "Xiuying, get off the carriage and come to see the Grand Princess."

At this time, Zhou Xiuying in the carriage was both happy and nervous. She was happy that Luo Xueyan was indeed the real Luo Yaoguo! Now Songjiang Prefecture and Taicang Prefecture, except for Chongming Island, should be able to be taken. This also means that her father Zhou Lichun can firmly sit on the throne of the Lord of Qingpu. Then she will be the "Little Lord" of Qingpu, and this identity is worthy of the second concubine of King Wu!
What made people nervous was that the Queen Mother of King Wu turned out to be the famous female general Su Sanniang!

She intended to assassinate the Prince of Wu, and this matter could not be hidden from Su Sanniang. She already owed four hundred lashes. If Su Sanniang knew her crime, she might have to add another two hundred lashes. Just thinking about it makes my back cold!
But no matter what, I have to see "Big Sister"!

So Zhou Xiuying had no choice but to get off the carriage, walked up to Su Sanniang and knelt down: "I, Zhou Xiuying, pay my respects to the Queen Mother of Wu."

Su Sanniang quickly helped her up, and looked at her carefully, nodded with satisfaction, and said with a smile: "You are so pretty, no wonder His Royal Highness the Prince of Wu wants to take you as his concubine. Sister Xiuying, you must not kneel down and kowtow to me in the future. The queens of our Taiping Heavenly Kingdom are all the eldest, and I, the eldest queen, am no older than your second queen. We are both the eldest wives, and we should serve His Royal Highness the Prince of Wu together without distinction of rank."

As she said this, she threw a seductive look at Luo Yaoguo.

When Luo Yaoguo heard what Su Sanniang said, he was overjoyed and wanted to serve together. It seemed like it was something worth looking forward to!
Thinking of this, he pulled Su Sanniang with one hand and Zhou Xiuying with the other, and said to the two girls with a smile: "Sanniang, Xiuying, let's go into the mansion!"

(End of this chapter)