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Volume 1 Fierce Battle in Changsha Chapter 418 Without Losing the National Style

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    At the same time, thousands of miles away in the Chuxiu Palace in the Forbidden City, Xingzhen changed her clothes and couldn't help but sneeze inexplicably, thinking to herself that someone was talking about her behind her back?  Then he thought about how many people were talking behind his back in the palace that he was now in charge of, and he laughed it off.

    Instructed Kang Qi and other palace maids to come in and prepare to visit Zai Chun at his elder brother's place.  She was busy all morning and only ate a bowl of millet porridge at noon. Then she asked An Dehai and Li Lianying to bring the building blocks made by Lei Tingchang from the style house and went to her brother's place.

    This Lei Tingchang is the ninth generation descendant of Shi Lei. The Lei family has been the royal craftsmen of the palace since the early Qing Dynasty. The palace courtyards and garden scenery in the palace are all designed by their Lei family. Even the famous Old Summer Palace has many ingenious works.  Most of the designs are also from his hands.

    It was easy for Lei Tingchang, a skilled craftsman, to make a set of building blocks. In just one day, the building blocks were ready and delivered.  , it would definitely not hurt the child, which made Xingzhen very satisfied. She never thought that the sharp edges should be rounded off, otherwise the child would be hurt.

    Walking out of Chuxiu Palace, the scorching sun broke through the clouds. Under the strong sunlight, Xing Zhen felt a little dazzled. There were a lot of trivial matters these days, so she was a little tired.  Seeing her swaying, Kang Qi quickly stepped forward to support her and said anxiously: "Master, what's wrong with you?"

    Xingzhen smiled slightly, cheered up, and said, "It's okay, I just didn't sleep well last night."

    Kang Qi hurriedly asked, "How about I call the imperial doctor over to show my master?" Xingzhen broke away from Kang Qi's hand and said, "I'm not that delicate yet, let's go." After that, she continued walking forward.

    Kang Qi quickly followed and said as he walked: "Master, if you really can't sleep well, it's better to let the imperial doctor take a look. This woman can't sleep well and she will age quickly after giving birth to a child."

    Xingzhen glared at her and cursed with a smile: "You are cursing my old age." Kang Qi said hurriedly: "Master, please forgive me, this slave is talking nonsense."

    Xingzhen smiled and said, "That's all. How can people not grow old? Just let nature take its course. If you try to force your appearance to last forever or stay young forever, you are asking for trouble and will age faster."

    Kang Qi also laughed and said: "Master can see clearly. The concubines in other palaces are trying their best to find some beauty prescriptions for themselves to take to become more beautiful. Our master is the exception.  She never needs to apply any rouge or gouache, she still looks stunning."

    Xingzhen looked at Kang Qi's delicate face, pursed her lips and smiled: "Your mouth is getting sweeter and sweeter, Aunt Kang, I guess you are almost twenty-eight years old. Do you want to get married? If so,  If so, tell me and I will ask for a favor from the emperor to let you leave the palace and get married."

    When Kang Qi heard this, she knelt down and said urgently: "Master, Kang Qi wants to serve the master forever and does not want to leave the palace to marry." As she spoke, she kowtowed.  Xingzhen quickly helped her up, but she saw Kang Qi glance at Ande Hai who was following behind them. Xingzhen felt bright, pulled her up and whispered: "Is it because of Xiao Anzi that you don't want to leave the palace?" Kang  Qi's face turned red and she nodded slightly.  Xingzhen was a little surprised. She pulled her away and whispered: "Xiao Anzi is a eunuch. You and him"

    Kang Qi said in a weak voice: "Although Xiao Anzi is a eunuch, he is a very kind person. He is also very kind to the slave. I am satisfied to be able to see him day and night. I am willing to stay with him until the end of my life. I will not have any descendants."  Not afraid."

    Xingzhen was shocked, could this be the rumored platonic love?  But Kang Qi's eyes were full of love, without any regret.  He sighed secretly, thinking to himself that there really is such pure love without lust between people. While sighing, he couldn't help but think of the already very vague shadow in his heart.  At this moment, she tried hard to recall the voice, face, and smile of that shadow, but it was so vague and out of reach.

    "Xiao Yungui, have I almost forgotten you?" Xingzhen thought hard and smiled bitterly. On the contrary, Xianfeng's thin face seemed to be clearer.  Xingzhen let out a long breath, put away her random thoughts, and quickly got on the sedan chair and headed to her elder brother's place.

    When we arrived at my brother¡¯s place, the child just woke up. When Zai Chun saw Xing Zhen, he smiled and reached out to Xing Zhen for a hug.

    Xingzhen hugged Zai Chun and teased him for a while, then put him on the bed and took out the building blocks for him to play with. Zai Chun was very excited when he saw the building blocks of different shapes and started playing with them.  Xingzhen looked at Zai Chun, who was playing with building blocks with his head lowered, and touched his little pink face, her heart filled with love.

    After staying at the elder brother's place for a long time, until the child was tired from playing, Zai Chun had been weaned, and after eating some gruel, he fell asleep, and Xingzhen left with everyone.  When I walked out of my brother's house, I looked at the sun and saw that it was already Shen Shi. After returning to Chuxiu Palace and having some refreshments, the weather was sultry and Xingzhen took a nap.

      After waking up, Xingzhen got up and felt much better. She hurriedly freshened up and took Kang Qi to Xu Jia's residence. She planned to visit Xu Jia's residence.  Ande Hai and Li Lianying went directly to the Rites Yamen in the afternoon to wait for news about the negotiations between their aunt and Britain and France.

    Xingzhen was actually very worried about Sushun going to do this errand, and although there was nothing legally wrong with her refusal of Ying and France's request to go to Beijing, she was afraid that Ying and France would treat her with the same tough attitude. She was betting that Ying and France would not dare to launch a campaign now.  A full-scale war, or a war launched by Britain and France, would take time to prepare.

    Xingzhen and Kang Qi's retinue passed by Xian'an Palace and saw a newly built palace courtyard next to Xian'an Palace. The courtyard here occupies a large area and is divided into three courtyards, one for the east and one for the east.  Across the hospital.  The main entrance has three glazed doors along the wall. The middle door has four wooden screen doors and a screen wall, covered with a yellow glazed tile roof.  The first entrance to the courtyard is the main hall. This hall faces south and is five rooms wide. It has a single eaves with yellow glazed tiles resting on the top of the mountain. The open door is open in the bright room, and the rest are sill windows.  The main hall is three rooms deep, with yellow glazed tiles resting on the top of the mountain. The bright room retreats into a room with four step-by-step brocade doors, and sill windows are set between the secondary rooms and the top rooms.  The third entrance is the third courtyard. The courtyard is stacked with stones to form a mountain, and there are three small halls in the east and west.

    Standing outside the courtyard, I saw craftsmen everywhere busy cleaning. It was obvious that they were doing the final cleaning after finishing the work.  Not far away, an official dressed in the uniform of a fifth-grade civil servant came quickly, stepped forward and saluted, and said: "Lei Tingchang, the style room of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, is here to see Concubine Yi."

    Xingzhen was slightly surprised. The Lei Tingchang in front of her was only about twenty years old. Although she ordered Lei Tingchang to make building blocks, she had not been able to see him in person. He was far from the middle-aged image he had imagined, and said  : "Master Lei, no courtesy, I didn't expect Master Lei to be so young. I also thought that the person in charge of Style Lei should be a little older."

    Lei Tingchang stood up, bowed slightly and said, "Your Majesty, you are so complimentary. Now my father, Lei Taosi, is still in charge of Shallei Lei, and Wei Chen is just assisting his father."

    Xingzhen exclaimed, looking at the newly completed palace in front of her, and said, "Master Lei obtained the true biography of the Lei family at a young age. I think it was you who completed this Xian'an Palace Academy on your own."

    Lei Tingchang lowered his head and said, "My father corrected a few mistakes, but fortunately the completion deadline was not delayed."

    Xingzhen was curious about this newly built palace. She walked into the courtyard to take a look, but saw that the plaques on every palace door were blank. Xingzhen asked, "You haven't given a name yet, have you?"

    Lei Tingchang nodded and said: "If you want to return to your empress, according to the rules, the emperor should bestow your name."

    Xingzhen smiled slightly and said: "Then let's wait until the emperor returns to the palace before naming him. Mr. Lei is indeed from a family background, and it is indeed an ingenious workmanship. But look at the bricks are still made of wheat straw sandwiched with glutinous rice.  Is it?"

    Lei Tingchang was a little surprised as to why Xingzhen suddenly mentioned this, and said, "To tell you the truth, this is how the bricks of the houses in the palace are treated. The best glutinous rice is used here."

    Xingzhen hummed and said: "A few days ago, I heard that the Yi people came from a thing called cement, which can be used to build a cement factory to specialize in the production of this thing. It is said that this thing is the best material for building houses.  It¡¯s much better than the glutinous rice we use now, and it doesn¡¯t waste food. Mr. Lei can learn from it.¡±

    Lei Tingchang uttered an ooh, his eyes lit up, and he said: "I am a well-educated lady. If there is such a material that is better than glutinous rice, I should give it a try."

    Xingzhen smiled slightly and said: "Prince Gong is planning to go to Dagu to meet with the Yi people. If you want to know the details, Lord Lei can go with Prince Gong to Dagukou for advice. And I heard that Western architectural techniques are closely related to our Chinese culture.  It's quite different. There are a lot of foreigners in Guangzhou. Master Lei can go to Guangzhou and travel around, maybe you can gain something."

    Lei Tingchang is a studious person who is obsessed with architectural techniques. In his early years, he heard his father talk about Western architecture. In the Old Summer Palace, there are also houses built by previous generations of the Lei family that imitated Western architecture, but the details are still inseparable from Chinese techniques.  , after hearing this, I made up my mind to go to Shanghai to have a look, and immediately thanked him.

    Xingzhen was very happy when she looked at the newly built Xian'an Palace Academy. Xianfeng followed her suggestion and built a new academy in the palace. She thought that soon she would be able to start teaching the noble descendants. But how?  It took some thinking to persuade Xianfeng to learn Western learning.

    While he was watching, he saw Li Lianying running in panting heavily, prostrated on the ground, panting heavily, and said urgently: "Master, Mr. Dagukou Su's eight hundred-mile urgent report has arrived at the Ministry of Rites. This morning the foreigners  Reply, I am willing to discuss and meet with Prince Gong at Dagukou."

    Xingzhen let out a sigh of relief, and finally her bet was right. Britain and France were indeed not ready for a full-scale war. At least until it seemed that diplomacy could resolve the dispute, Britain and France would not mobilize a huge expeditionary force to launch a war.

    Xingzhen immediately ordered Li LianYing went to summon Prince Gong. Once Ying and France agreed to negotiate, Prince Gong would be ready to leave for Dagokou. She also needed to make some explanations to Yi?  But then Xingzhen remembered the explanation in Xianfeng's letter. Regarding the negotiations between Britain and France, Xianfeng demanded that the country should not lose its national integrity while appeasing Britain and France.  The explanation of Xianfeng's letter was a paradox in itself. He could not personally negotiate with the envoys of the two countries, but it was a bit embarrassing for Prince Gong. If he did not explain something, I am afraid things would still go wrong.
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