Seventh Master, Madam didn't go back to the mansion today.

Recently, there have been many wars in the Daning Kingdom, and the border wars have been retreating steadily. The imperial court has levied more and more miscellaneous taxes, and the people's lives are miserable.

I don't know when, the voices of the people about the reform are getting louder and louder. People are yearning for the life of a stronger country after the political reform in Izumo in recent years.These things soon reached the ears of the Queen Mother.

In the Cuihua Garden, the Empress Dowager was reading the memorial wearing presbyopic glasses, muttering: "Recently, the emperor seems to be quite concerned about the reforms among the people. It has shaken the foundation of Aijia! This time it will be fine, I don’t know what kind of constitutional monarchy has been passed on, which has fascinated the emperor!” The queen mother gouged out the eyes of the eunuch beside her.

"Remember to ask the emperor to listen less and less to read these crazy remarks!"

Dechun felt a little embarrassed, and said with a troubled expression on his face: "I'm afraid I can't stop it... The emperor summoned the reformer surnamed Kang to the palace today, and the dignified emperor actually listened to an ordinary man. He was preaching there, and he also said that he would summon the Izumo country envoy in two days to ask for his advice!"

"It's outrageous!! The battle at Quanqiuguan is almost at the gate of the house. Don't pay attention to it. It's useless to study it all day long. It really shouldn't be returned to him!"

"Empress Dowager, calm down! Are you not afraid that the barbarians will come to the palace when you retreated to the Cuihua Garden during this period of time, so as to save yourself a way out? You have worked hard all your life, so let the emperor deal with it! Anyway, this power is still in your hands, and he can't make a fuss! You can come out and take charge at any time!"

The queen mother thought about the reason, smiled contemptuously, put down the booklet and went to rest.

During this period, the emperor was in charge, and the young master Qi was away leading the army.There are very few people that the emperor can rely on. The emperor is not close to the other two younger brothers, but he has endless conversations with the fifth younger brother, so the emperor assigns him to do everything.

Today, Fifth Master was ordered to enter the palace to report on political affairs.When he stepped into the emperor's study room, a person came out of it. This person was not wearing an official uniform, and he seemed to be a commoner.

"Chen Qi Yufeng pays respects to the emperor, and the emperor is blessed and safe."

"Yufeng, you're here, get up and sit down." Qi Yuxiao said very peacefully without any airs of the emperor.

"Your Majesty, the person who just left is..." Qi Yufeng asked.

"Oh, I was just about to tell you, come here." The emperor pulled him into a side hall and spoke carefully, "That Mr. Kang came back from studying in Izumo, and he has a lot of insights on the reform. The local reputation is quite high, so I called him into the palace to listen to him."

"Is your majesty interested in a constitutional monarchy? Your majesty, because of this incident recently, the ministers of the court and the central government are divided into courts, and the conflict between the imperial party and the rear party is sharp. If this continues, there may be accidents." Qi Yufeng advised.

"I have waited so long for the day when I will be in charge! The Daning Kingdom has been weak for a long time, and now it is even more at war. If I don't do anything else, how can I be worthy of the people of the world?"

Qi Yuxiao turned around and said in her heart: what's more, my time is running out.

He remembered that when he was imprisoned, the girl told him that he had two years left to live. He was very scared, afraid that he would not be able to live a few more years and do more things for the people of Daning Kingdom.

"The queen mother will not agree with you to do this. The constitutional monarchy is to weaken your imperial power!" Qi Yufeng said worriedly.

"As long as it can make the country prosperous and strong, it doesn't matter if I don't become the emperor... To tell you the truth, Mr. Kang told me that it is a good opportunity for the Queen Mother to retreat to Cuihua Garden. A lot of troops have been dispatched, the timing is very good, I can..."

"Your Majesty! What are you going to say?! Are you going to tell the Queen Mother..." Fifth Master was shocked, and immediately turned to look outside the door vigilantly, fearing that the Queen Mother's eyeliner would overhear.

Emperor Qizhen turned around and stared into his eyes coldly: "He said, if the Empress Dowager has any objections, let me wait for an opportunity to surround Cuihua Garden and hunt down the Empress Dowager."

Qi Yufeng took two steps back in shock: "No...no! Your Majesty, it's too dangerous for you to do this!"

The emperor broke out in a cold sweat, propped his hands on the table, and looked stern: "Fifth brother... I want to give it a go! Although I am in charge now, the queen mother can still take part in politics in the name of political training. I want to implement The reform has a strong intention, and it has to be done right away..."

Qi Yufeng was a little anxious, he hesitated for a moment and said tentatively: "Your Majesty! Even if you want to change the law and make it stronger, it will not happen overnight. Haste makes waste. What's more, the reform of the Izumo Kingdom may not be suitable for our country. If you continue to Take the lead to publicize this matter, and a little carelessness can easily cause chaos!"

The emperor did not speak, and did not even lift his head.He waved his hand, motioning for him to back down.

Qi Yufeng sighed and had no choice but to back off.

Among the brothers, Fifth Master is the one who speaks few words. In fact, he has a lot of plans in his heart, and he is a person who can accomplish great things.But the only shortcoming is that he is too cautious. He knows what his brother thinks, but he dare not work with him, so he can only persuade him.

The fifth master returned to the palace, and several servants from Qianyin Pavilion used to work in the Siqian hall of the fifth master.

Before Qi Yufeng could sit down, He Yu hurriedly came to report: "Fifth Lord and Fifth Lord, something serious has happened! A riot broke out in Qiqian Town on the outskirts of Beijing!"

Wu Ye recruited government soldiers and hurried to the place where burning, killing and looting occurred among the people to suppress the chaos.

I saw that this mechanical silk reeling factory just approved by the emperor was burned by several troublemakers. Because the machine caught fire, there was a big explosion, and many nearby residents were implicated, houses were burned, and many workers were killed. Master Shi, the general manager of the factory, also died in the line of duty.

"What are you all doing!! I order you all to stand down!" Qi Yufeng climbed up two steps and shouted angrily at the rioting crowd.

But this group of pedantic and blind people can't listen to it at all. They are not convinced by the machine factory imported from foreigners, so that the handicraftsmen will lose their jobs, so they make troubles one after another. They burn down the silk reeling factory and feel dissatisfied. They broke in and beat officers and soldiers, gathered crowds to make trouble, and hurt many innocent people.

"Stop beating!! You are an attacker!! I can arrest you all!!" Qi Yufeng's voice was almost hoarse.

Just at this moment when he heard that he was about to be arrested, the worker in the lead picked up a stick on the ground like a mad dog and threw it at Fifth Master, directly hitting him on the forehead!Fifth Master was badly injured by this blow, with blood gushing from his forehead like a fountain.His vision went dark and he passed out.

When the imperial court learned of the people gathering to make trouble, they sent soldiers to directly arrest these troublemakers.

The Ministry of Punishment found out that these people were organized. Once the emperor opened a school or a new factory, they would smash it and burn it.And spread rumors that the new machines in the factory can eat people, and the Western teachers in the new school are monsters...

When the emperor learned about it, he became angry: "Hmph!! Check it out! Who ordered these people! Make sure they tell the people behind it!! I will punish them severely!"

The emperor got angry, picked up the cup on the table and smashed it, just right at the foot of Concubine Zhen who came to pay her respects at this time.

Concubine Zhen hurried over to comfort the emperor: "Your Majesty, don't you understand? Someone wants to fight against you, so your reform cannot go on."

"Who is so bold!!" Emperor Qizhen patted the table and said.

"Except for the queen mother, who else dares to influence the decision of the emperor."

Emperor Qizhen stared at the memorial on the case, and sighed after holding back for a long time: "Oh. The conflict between the emperor and queen parties in the court is sharp, I know. It must be the group of people from the queen party who took the lead..."

"Okay, fight against me, and I will fight them to the end!!"

Qi Yuxiao sat down at the desk and raised a pen: "I want to promote my cronies so that the imperial party has the strength to speak in the court. The fifth brother was seriously injured in this incident, so I will make him the king of Wenxuan County." Add comfort!"