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Chapter 566: Xianfeng: That’s right, I came down from heaven! (Please subscribe, please vote)

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty. Yuting, look, is that the Emperor?" Linshu, the "Minister of Run" who traveled all the way to the United States, was extremely loyal to Emperor Xianfeng!

Even if he went to the French Concession in Tianjin with Sushun, he could not forget the "ascended" Emperor Xianfeng - how could he forget? He had been a talented person for most of his life, but was later confiscated by the Taiping Rebellion, and his family was destroyed. He thought that his life was over. But he did not expect that because he entered Beijing as Zeng Guofan's "fake father" and met Emperor Xianfeng, he actually got a favor of recognition. In the past few years, he has really been a successful official, rising from a commoner to the Minister of the Imperial Guards, and was also awarded the first-class duke.

In the end, even if it was just a dream, he still had hundreds of thousands of stolen silver coins, a small building in the concession, and a dignified and beautiful lady from the Confucius family who was more than 40 years younger than him as his wife. This favor was really great.

So over the past year or so, whenever Linshu dreamed of the days when he fought with Xianfeng, he couldn't stop crying!
However, he came to San Francisco not because he missed Emperor Xianfeng, but because the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was negotiating with France to take back the jurisdiction of the French Concession in Tianjin. In principle, there was no problem with this matter, and the French were still counting on the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom to help them fight the Russians! It was just that the two sides were still arguing about how to realize the French infrastructure investment in the Tianjin Concession.

Lin Shu was a "remnant" of the Qing dynasty. Although he no longer had a braid on the back of his head, the braid in his heart would always remain! He could not and did not dare to stay in the territory of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

Just at this time, Sushun found him mysteriously and showed him the letter from De Ling sent from the United States. It turned out that De Ling was doing well in the United States. After working hard for less than a year, he had already bought a manor and became a rich man again. He also met many old friends in the city in the United States. He also invited Sushun and Linshu to go to the United States to develop together. He also said that there would be surprises when they went there.

At that time, Sushun and Linshu were worried about being caught and beheaded by the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's police, so they discussed it and sold their house, packed up their valuables, and followed the method taught by De Ling. They chartered a merchant ship owned by the Wujia Yihehang Company in Tianjin. In addition to the supplies for Sushun and Linshu's families, they loaded the ship with thick linen. It didn't have to look good, the stronger the better. They would ship it to the United States and sell it to gold diggers as work clothes. After deducting various costs, the profit could easily be multiplied several times!
Since Sushun and Linshu saw that they could no longer survive in the French Concession in Tianjin, they gritted their teeth and made up their minds to become Runren together.

Originally, they hadn't thought much of the "surprise", but they didn't expect to see a real Xianfeng as soon as they arrived in the United States. This was a real surprise!"

"The emperor is still alive! And he's a Taiping?" Sushun was shocked when he saw the "living Xianfeng" handing out eggs, and it took him a while to react, "What is the emperor doing?"

Lin Shu rubbed his eyes and looked again: "It seems like they are distributing eggs?"

Send eggs?
But why do we need to distribute eggs to people? Who are the people who receive the eggs?
While Sushun was thinking about it, Linshu had already walked towards Xianfeng with big strides, which scared Sushun - the west coast now looked like a nest of longhaired people. If the identity of Emperor Xianfeng was exposed, wouldn't he be captured and sent back to Tianjing and then to heaven?
Thinking of this, he hurriedly followed, trying to grab Lin Shu, but he was a step too slow, and Lin Shu had already yelled: "Fourth brother? Is it Fourth Brother Zhao?"

Fortunately, Sushun breathed a sigh of relief. Linshu was smart enough not to call him the emperor.

Xianfeng was handing out eggs when he suddenly heard Linshu's voice. He was a little confused. That was his Minister of the Imperial Guards! Back then, he had six Ministers of the Imperial Guards under him! Six.
"Zhao Si, it's really you!" Seeing Xianfeng's dazed look, Lin Shu was now completely sure that the man was Xianfeng - during the two years he followed Xianfeng, the emperor often looked dazed. "Zheng Liu, he is really Zhao Si!" Lin Shu quickly turned around to greet Su Shun, and then said to Xianfeng, "Fourth brother, look who's here?"

Xianfeng followed Linshu's finger and saw Sushun preparing to kneel down. This was unacceptable! Xianfeng quickly stuffed the egg in his hand to a Sakura girl who came to help, and then rushed over to support Sushun: "Zheng Liu, are you seasick? Zeng Da, come and help him!"

When Linshu was called by Emperor Xianfeng, he hurried over to support Sushun.

Xianfeng looked around and saw that everyone was busy with the election and no one noticed him. "This is not the place to talk," Xianfeng pulled Sushun and Linshu, "Come on, follow me!"

As he was talking, Xianfeng took Linshu and Sushun to a nearby "Sakura House" owned by a Japanese. All the Sakura girls in this "Sakura House" had gone out to help with the election, and only two Shinyo ronin were standing at the door to watch the fun. Seeing Xianfeng leading two well-dressed Chinese people, he quickly nodded and said, "Mr. Zhao, Miss Hua is not here."

Xianfeng waved his hand and said, "Just stand guard at the door!"

Xianfeng is the legal advisor of Lord Lei, the Bishop of San Francisco County, and is also a prominent figure!
The two Japanese quickly opened the door curtain and invited Linshu and Sushun in. Xianfeng was very familiar with this "Sakura House". After entering, he took Linshu and Sushun directly to the second floor, found the most secluded small room, opened the sliding door and let Linshu and Sushun in. Then he looked around the corridor, it was quiet, and then he also entered the small room and pulled the door.

This small room has a window that overlooks the San Francisco seascape, and the sunlight from outside can shine in, so the lighting is pretty good. So when Xianfeng turned around, he saw two old men kneeling on the tatami. "Your Majesty, didn't you go to heaven with Hong Xiuquan? Why..."

Before Xianfeng and the two of them could cry, Linshu had already started asking questions, and then Sushun asked the same question: "Your Majesty, did you really go to heaven with Hong Xiuquan that day?"

This question made Xianfeng laugh and cry. But his thinking had changed, and he became a little "divine". So his pockmarked face immediately showed a profoundness, and he looked out the window at the San Francisco Bay: "Yes, I did go to heaven with Hong Xiuquan." He suddenly sneered: "But I came down from heaven again!" When he said this, he raised his head and said with a look of dissatisfaction, "Heaven is nothing but this!"

Linshu and Sushun were both shocked!

This emperor, it turns out, has come down from heaven! How is this similar to the story of the demon in Journey to the West? I wonder if the emperor is a human or a demon now?
In the newly completed hall of the Wu Wang Palace in Tianjin, Nan Ben Inako's wooden clogs made crisp sounds on the marble floor. She was wearing a white linen holy robe specially made for the East Hall, with the three characters "New Heavenly Kingdom" embroidered in gold thread on the cuffs. Under the illumination of the twelve whale oil lamps, it was particularly eye-catching, and it made Wei Changhui, who had returned to Tianjing a few months ago to serve as the acting leader of the True Covenant Sect, squint his eyes.

"Since King Luo Wu has the Mirror of Heaven," Daozi, who stood in the hall without kneeling, held up Yang Xiuqing's East King's Decree with both hands, "why not ask Heavenly Father, Heavenly Brother, Heavenly King to send rain? Could it be that Heavenly Father is punishing Jiangnan to punish the hypocrites?"

Luo Yaoguo sat in the main seat of the hall, looking at Daozi standing below, with a smug smile on his face: "Daozi, is this your question or the question of the King of the East?"

"I dare not question the angel," said Daozi, "but the King of the East is the fourth son of the Heavenly Father, the elder brother of the Heavenly Father and the younger brother of the Heavenly Father. He once obeyed the order of the Heavenly Father to control the other kings. Now that the Heavenly Father has ascended to heaven, the King of the East should have..."

Hong Xuanjiao slammed the parliamentary staff to the ground: "How dare you! The king is only returning to heaven to report on his duties!"

"Since the Heavenly King has returned to heaven!" Daozi stared at Hong Xuanjiao, "Why not appoint the Young Heavenly King as regent?"

"The Young Heavenly King is still a child, what qualifications does he have to be the regent?" Hong Xuanjiao looked at Daozi and said word by word, "Besides, we are all sons of Heavenly Father, and the Young Heavenly King, the brother-in-law of Heavenly Brother, is only the flesh and blood son of Heavenly Father. How can he be above us? Just confer him a title of king and let him enjoy the glory!" He turned his head and glanced at Wei Changhui, "Sixth brother, what do you think?"

"Seventh sister is right!" Wei Changhui said, "We are not incarnated in the flesh, and our children are all mortals. At most, we can be regarded as descendants of saints, and we can be given titles of king or marquis. Whether we can hold power depends on whether we have the ability."

Luo Yaoguo was quite satisfied with the statements made by Hong Xuanjiao and Wei Changhui. The trickery should be stopped as soon as possible!
Yang Xiuqing wanted to use Hong Tiangui's status to challenge the Heavenly Kingdom, but he obviously made a wrong calculation - no one wanted to let this difficult-to-serve Eastern King come back. Moreover, Xiao Chaogui, Wei Changhui, and Hong Xuanjiao were all young, and it was far from the time to arrange a successor. There was no need to support Hong Tiangui for the sake of their children's "godhood" and let Yang Xiuqing come back to be the actual boss.
"Give it to me." Luo Yaoguo pointed to the Eastern King's edict in Daozi's hand. Immediately, an attendant in the palace took the "evidence" of Yang Xiuqing's crime from Daozi's hand and handed it to Luo Yaoguo.

Luo Yaoguo opened it and saw that although it was not written by Yang Xiuqing himself, it had the seal of the Eastern King, so he could not deny it! With it, the next thing would be easy.

After handing over the East King's order, Daozi didn't dare to stand any longer. He immediately knelt down with his forehead touching the ground, showing great respect.

"Rice," Luo Yaoguo said in a cold tone, "The letter from the Eastern King also said that if I can't answer the questions he asked, I must hand over the interests of the True Covenant Sect headquarters on the west coast. Otherwise, he will block the grain export channels in Northeast China and North Korea?"

"Yes!" Although Daozi prostrated himself on the ground, his tone was quite firm. "The King of the East said that if you can't ask the sky to rain, and can't explain why the drought is not a punishment from heaven, and you are not willing to appoint the Young Heavenly King as regent to appease the wrath of heaven, then please hand over the gold on the west coast, and the King of the East will use this gold to worship the Heavenly King on your behalf and support the Young Heavenly King!"

(End of this chapter)