1908 1 14 10, Emperor Guangxu died in Zhongnanhai, Beijing. 165438+1October 15, Empress Dowager Cixi died in the Forbidden City in Beijing. The emperor and the queen mother passed away one after another, less than 20 hours apart.

After a lapse of 100 years, in June, 2008, the Forensic Medicine Inspection and Appraisal Center of Beijing Public Security Bureau and the Cultural Relics Management Office of Qingxiling jointly announced that Emperor Guangxu died of arsenic poisoning through repeated inspection and careful study of his hair, remains, clothes and environmental samples inside and outside the tomb.

A mystery of Guangxu's death that has been entangled for 100 years has been solved.

My name is Essien Giro? Zai Tian.

Amar once told me that peace and indifference are called "Qin".

My life began at the age of four.

That night, I lay down early, and I slept peacefully with a room full of quiet incense and a gentle pat from my nurse. Woke up, it was already dawn, the soft sunshine shone through the window, and the fine dust was tossing and turning. I opened my eyes in a daze and saw that the original light blue cotton bedding had turned into bright yellow silk embroidered with colorful dragons and blue auspicious clouds. I laughed to myself, how could I have such a strange dream. I closed my eyes and opened them again, realizing that this was not a dream.

Looking around, my wet nurse is gone and my mother is not there. On the ground, I knelt in a room full of strange men and women. When they saw me awake, they shouted in unison, "I salute the emperor!" "

"Your Majesty?" I suddenly panicked, lifted the quilt and wanted to go underground, but I couldn't find my shoes. I was so scared that I sat on the kang and cried, "I want to go home, I want my mother, I want my wet nurse, and I don't want to be here ..."

Among the slaves who have been kneeling for a long time, there is a man who is useless, with pink cheeks and a flustered look. He came up to me with his knees and gently pressed his right index finger on his lips to signal silence. But I won't listen to him.

"Who is making noise here!" Just as I was crying, there was a cry outside the door, and the deterrent force of volley made me scared to death. I saw my aunt wearing a yellow embroidered wisteria shroud and a "big-winged" comb, surrounded by four minions, and she came in with solemn majesty.

I looked at my aunt's slightly turbid and fierce eyes and asked timidly, "Aunt, where is this?" Take me home, take me back to my mother, okay? Please. "

She glanced at me out of the corner of her eye and replied coldly, "This is the Forbidden City. Starting today, this is your home. Ai Jia is no longer your menstruation, but your menstruation. You have to call Ai Jia dear dad. "

Later, she stared at me with eagle-like sharp eyes and said coldly and solemnly, "From today on, you are the eleventh emperor of the Qing Dynasty, with the year number Guangxu."

I looked at her in panic, and then looked up at the green world covered by winter sunshine outside the window lattice. Everything is calm. And all this will be dominated by me. I faltered in surprise: "I ... I ..."

"Don't say' I', say' I' later."

Since then, my life has changed.

On the solstice of that winter, a sunny day, the goose feather-like snow came without warning, covering the noisy Forbidden City. Under the irradiation of winter sunshine, the whole Forbidden City exudes bright and soft white light.

Soon, the heavy snow melted quietly, and the snow water dripped from the golden glazed tiles, smashing the thick ice on the ground into small pits. I put my forefinger into the pit, but my fingertips itched slightly in the clear water, and I couldn't help giggling.

"Nonsense!" Not far away, there was a severe reprimand, and dear dad came again. I dare not look up at that familiar and stern face, so I can only kneel in the snow and kowtow to her.

Dear dad looked at me and ignored me. He explained to the eunuch beside him: "Cui Yugui, you are a woman, so I entrusted the emperor to your care!" "

"Why, galeries lafayette. I will do my best to take care of the emperor. " Cui Yugui gave me a look. I recognized him as the eunuch with pink cheeks and motioned for me to be quiet.

Dear dad snorted, gave me a contemptuous look and sighed. "This child is unruly. It seems that he needs to train well. Please ask Master Weng to give him a class two years later! " With that, she left with a large group of people.

I'm still kneeling, listening to the north wind whistling in my ear, which seems to be mocking and scolding. Hot tears fell into the snow like broken beads, and the flat ground was smashed into small pits, one or two. ...

My knee is cold and painful.

Two years is too long, I can't remember how many times I woke up hungry from my sleep.

One night, I was really hungry, so I sneaked into the imperial dining room and looked for something to eat in the dark.

I finally touched a cold and hard steamed bread on the stage. I was ecstatic and picked it up and stuffed it in my mouth. Just chewed it twice, and it was discovered by the eunuch in charge. He chased me and grabbed the steamed bread and shouted, "Oh, little ancestor, this is what minions eat. Not clean. Be careful to get sick! "

I was afraid that he would complain to my dear father, so I threw away the steamed bread and ran back to Gan Qing Palace. Although I was not full, I was finally not so hungry.

I know that those slaves bullied me because I didn't go to school and didn't know anything. I have to take care of everything in Dear Dad, so I am not a real son of heaven at all. In the future, I can read and write, and I can be an upright emperor. No one dares to bully me anymore. At that time, I will never be hungry again, and I will eat as many steamed buns as I want.

Counting the days and waiting patiently, I finally got to school.

The first time I saw Mr. Weng, I vaguely felt that his kind eyes and amiable appearance resembled a human being.

On the first day of class, Mr. Weng held my hand and taught me to write the word "world".

I asked the teacher what the world was.

The teacher said, "The world is a society. Remember: the people are the most important, the country is the second, and the monarch is the light. "

I continued to ask, "Teacher, does my mother belong to this world?"

Teacher Weng replied awkwardly, "Yes ... Yes."

When I saw no one around, I snuggled up to him and whispered, "Teacher, I must study hard and govern the world well. Please ask my mother to come and see me! " I really miss her. "

Teacher Weng's eyes changed from kindness to pity. He stroked my shoulder and was silent for a long time. ...

Once, I was late for the imperial study. Teacher Weng gently reprimanded me and began to teach me to write. After a while, the teacher saw the blisters on my right thumb. He looked at my hand with concern and asked, "What happened to the emperor's hand?" As soon as the voice fell, he saw my bloody shoes again and hurriedly asked, "How did the emperor's feet bleed?"

In those days, because my dear father was ill, all eunuchs and maids around me were transferred to Palace of Gathered Elegance, so I had to take care of myself. I didn't expect to burn my hand when pouring water, and cut my foot when making the bed.

After I told my teacher everything, he patted Angie, angrily called Cui Yugui, who waited on me, and scolded me. When I saw Cui Yugui kneeling on the ground with her head held high, I didn't even dare to look up. Then I looked at her expressionless teacher sitting up straight, and a warm current suddenly welled up in my heart.

The warm current swelled up and stimulated my eyes.

He denounced the way slaves stood up for me, just like my Amar.

In a blink of an eye, I 18 years old.

That day, as usual, I went to Leshou Hall to pay tribute to my dear father.

After the usual salute and greetings, my dear father changed his usual cold majesty and said to me gently and slightly lonely, "Your Majesty, you are old enough to get married."

At the moment, I can't cater to her face, but I kowtow and give thanks with joy. Because I know that once I get married, I will lead this country, and my dear father will have to delegate.

Like the usual royal wedding, there will be a nationwide draft next.

Three months later, the final election was held in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, leaving only five female practitioners.

I sat in the emperor's chair and looked at these five women who might become queens. The first one that caught my attention was my cousin Ye He Na Laplasse. She is my uncle's daughter and my dear father's niece, but she is three years older than me. 2 1 year-old girls are not eligible to participate in the draft. I sneer gently in my heart. Dear dad's intentions are obvious. She wants her girl to be the official queen.

At that time, my dear father was chosen as a princess and was carried into the Forbidden City from a side door on the wedding day. Although she is now in power in the ruling and opposition parties and in charge of the harem, her failure to do so has always been a hidden resentment in her heart. Now, she wants her own woman to sit in the phoenix and be carried into the palace by the Qing Gate in an open manner to make up for her regret.

She just wanted it, so I had to obey.

I said to her respectfully and meekly, "Please dear father decide my son's marriage."

Unexpectedly, my dear father smiled kindly: "Your Majesty, your marriage is still your decision!" " ! Whichever you choose, it's up to you to mourn for your family. "Then she handed me the jade ruyi.

This is the first time my dear father has been so obedient to me. After some temptation, I gradually settled down and went to find the girl I like.

The eldest daughter of Jiangxi Governor Dexin, dignified and beautiful, beautiful and refined, stands out among several girls. I walked slowly towards her when I suddenly heard a loud voice behind me: "Your Majesty!" "

It turns out that my dear father's obedience just now is just a gesture.

I, Laplace, walked up to Ye helplessly and inside story, and gave her Jade Ruyi. This cousin who has known me for a long time has become the queen of Yulong. Her sallow face suddenly smiled. Because of reserve, she covered her open lips with her hand, but through her fingers, I still saw a mouthful of cavities.

Later, my dear father sent two pairs of purses to the two daughters of Chang Xu, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of Ritual, and both daughters of Dexin lost the election.

The draft is over.

In the next few days, I was depressed. Wedding and personal rule should add joy to happiness. As a result, I married such an ugly cousin, and my dear father refused to delegate, which added worries.

The beautiful sunshine in early summer always makes me frown.

"pa!" Suddenly, I felt my eyes shine. I panicked and looked for clues, but I saw the baby princess snickering.

"What are you doing? What the hell is this? How can there be sudden lightning? "

"Your majesty, this is not lightning. It is a thing in the west called a camera, which can freeze all people and things in one photo. " ZhenFei fiddling with the big box, and said.

I looked at the girl carefully, with crescent eyebrows and stars eyes, wearing two dragonflies and hosta on her head, shaking with the hawksbill tassels. The bright blue satin crane wore a peony robe to set off her complexion.

When she smiles, she shows her teeth like a rhinoceros, which makes her lips look bright and clear.

Beauty is like jade, and there is an undercurrent in her heart, so she can see God.

In the final election that day, I only cared about Dexin's daughter and Ye Hena Rush, but actually ignored this beautiful and lovely Jane.

In the later days, we often practiced calligraphy together.

She wrote: We hope to fly in heaven, two birds grow together on the earth with one wing, two branches of a tree. ..

I wrote on the same piece of paper: there is only one heart, one mind, and only you. If there are other intentions, I hope not.

"The emperor so partial to male and female servants, not afraid of others envy? "Jane often asks me this question on sweet days.

I looked around and whispered, "I am the emperor." What can others do with me? "

Jane smiled shyly, and then said, "Your Majesty, the male and female servants understand your pains. Please rest assured the emperor that the male and female servants will spare no effort to protect you. "

I looked down and saw Jane's bright eyes, bright and firm like twinkling stars.

Jane didn't know that all the obstacles were insignificant in front of her dear father who ruled the world, and all the resistance was just a foil.

However, although she is naive, the protection she gave me is all hers and mine.

1894- 1895 Sino-Japanese War, a naval battle with Japan, changed the whole of China and my life.

The navy of the Great Qing Dynasty with world-class equipment was beaten out of the water by the Japanese. This experience of losing to a small country that pays tribute to itself is a greater shame than losing to western powers.

A few days after the treaty of shimonoseki was signed, the imperial court issued a Zhu Yu to the people all over the world, asking them to forgive me, but my gentleman was well-meaning and miserable.

Three years later, the Reform Movement of 1898, Kang Youwei wrote a letter asking for reform.

I looked at my dear father's face and began to move from weakness to autonomy.

On April 23rd (Lunar New Year), the imperial edict of "Defining the country as a State" was promulgated, and the political reform was announced.

However, at first, things went wrong On the fourth day of the political reform, the teacher was dismissed from office and returned to China.

"Weng Tonghe, the co-organizer of the university, didn't let the association come in to do things, which made many people refuse to accept it and people repeatedly hit it. Moreover, every time I make a phone call, the consultation events are random, and I can see the emotions in my words, gradually showing the arrogance. It is difficult to win the appointment of a cardinal. "

The teacher who received the imperial edict has empty eyes and a sad and helpless look, and there is no room for change. In the face of the upcoming departure, a past suddenly surfaced in my heart.

I was seven years old that year, and my teacher took a month off because of something at home.

On the first day of his holiday, I went to the imperial study early and studied hard to practice calligraphy. I don't think the teacher will leave as long as I am good. Who knows, that day I kept the pen and ink left by the teacher from early morning to dusk, and he still didn't show up.

During the teacher's absence for a month, I studied hard every night, hoping that he would understand my intention and come back as soon as possible.

A month later, goodbye to the teacher, I took his hand and told him in tears: "I have missed you for a long time."

The teacher was in tears.

Over the years, it was the longest time we were apart.

The past fades out and the reality fades in. Seeing the teacher turn around sadly, I can't bear to say goodbye.

The bloody sunset faded too fast. That night came unexpectedly.

After that day, I suddenly had a bad feeling about the political reform. Laws were quickly promulgated one after another, and the old rules were completely overthrown. The more determined I am, the more confused I am.

In the early morning of the 103rd day of the political reform, my dear father returned to the Forbidden City from the Summer Palace, issued an edict on political training, and came to North Korea again to "conduct political training".

Six gentlemen in the Reform Movement of 1898, wyndell dichinson food market. Jane got the cold shoulder. I was imprisoned in Zhongnanhai and Yingtai.

Sure enough, my hunch is always accurate.

Two years later, Eight-Nation Alliance arrived at the gates of Beijing.

I was dragged by the old woman and ran away like a lost dog. The country is broken and the capital is boiling. Escape, depression and collapse all the way.

While stopping for a rest, I secretly asked Li about Jane.

Li hesitated: "I heard that Master Zhen was thrown into a well and died for his country because he didn't obey orders."

What? I can't believe my ears. Absurd, cold sweat.

Li looked at me and comforted me regretfully: "Master Zhen is heroic, and he will take good care of the two palaces in the dark."

I tried my best to suppress my inner pain and asked him calmly with red eyes, "Do you know what she said before she died?"

"Listening to the eunuch around Master Zhen, the master shouted: Your Majesty, I will definitely repay you in the afterlife."

Tears are hard to suppress, and my heart ached.

My precious son is a person who is not afraid of softness and hardness. With her personality, she will never throw herself into the well. What's more, she was imprisoned in a dark cold palace for two years and was scolded and humiliated every day, just for the hope of our reunion. How could she jump into the well without seeing me?

She must have been killed.

At that time, she said she would protect me, but I should protect her. It's a pity that I'm useless as a king who mourns the world. I want to take you, but I can't talk. I want to be ungrateful to you, so why can't Mao Yu destroy it? How can you protect your beloved woman if you don't think for yourself?

In front of Ningshou Palace, there was a grievance, and I was infatuated with Ai Zhen.

The son of heaven is affectionate, and the beauty is unlucky. Luo's sorrow and hate, go up in smoke.

Friends were beheaded, teachers were dismissed, and concubines were killed. And I, after coming back from the funeral, continued to be trapped in Yingtai. Every step, every sentence, was recorded by the eunuch.

The scenery of Yingtai near the water is really beautiful and bleak. This kind of scenery really touched my heart.

Idle clouds enter the window, and the phoenix tree falls. The four seasons are the same, but I turned white at 38.

Spring came very early this year, and I saw plum blossoms again. I still remember that once upon a time, Jane and I admired plum blossoms and praised her appearance and temperament as plum blossoms. Spring is always so foggy, dazzling and tearful.

It's spring in Yingtai, Nanhai, but there are no plum blossoms in the air. Jade bone has been under the spring for a long time, and the ink mark is still locked in the wall.

The cloud is in Wan Li, and the sunset snow is in Qian Shan. Who are you looking at? Unconsciously, I have been alone in the world for eight years.

I can only wait for death for the rest of my life. In the days when I'm waiting to die, all I can do is read.

Holding a copy of "University" in my hand, I remember that when I first entered school, my teacher taught me that "the way to a university lies in virtue, in being close to the people and ending in perfection". But now, I have been on the throne for 34 years, but I have never done anything beneficial to the country and the people. Seeing that people's livelihood is getting more and more difficult and the country's situation is getting more and more decadent, I let that naughty woman do whatever she wants for her own self-interest and regardless of the future of the country. However, I am a seven-foot man, but I can't compare with an old woman in her seventies. I really feel sorry for my ancestors.

The reflection on the past is as vivid as the tide. Practice running script with Zhener, discuss the country with the teacher, and discuss the reform with Kang Liang ... It seems that just yesterday, I was in a trance.

Always watching hope turn into despair again and again, watching life turn into death again and again. Thinking of my sad past, I couldn't help feeling sad and muttering to myself, "I did my best for the Qing Dynasty and the people of China. Now the mountains and rivers are dying and the foundation is ruined. It won't be long before our Qing dynasty will perish. At that time, this eternal name should not be recited. "

Cui Yugui, who is only a few steps away from me, thought she heard clearly. Her face was flushed with anxiety, her eyebrows were upside down and her face was wrinkled. He dissuaded me in a low voice: "Your Majesty, what are you talking about? Emperor, how can we die in the Qing Dynasty? "

"Write it down, write down what I just said." I pointed to the little eunuch with a pen ready to record at any time: "Dog slave, write it down. Write it down. We are going to die in the Qing Dynasty. This historical shame should not be borne by me. This infamous shame should not be recited by me. This should not be ... "

"You eunuchs, as slaves in this life, are destined to continue to be slaves in the next life. Qian Qiu is a slave, and all generations are slaves. You can never turn over. " I feel my heart pounding and my face is red. I patted my chest hard and took advantage of this anger. Today is really the best day for me in 34 years.

I pointed to Cui Yugui, who was stunned, and shouted with all my strength: "Write it down, write it down, write it down ... you must tell your Lafayette every word."

"Your Majesty, you, you ... why bother?" Cui Yugui, who had experienced the world, quickly recovered his calm face and said sharply to the little eunuch with pen and ink beside him, "Quick, quick, tell Lafayette."

The little slave ran out in an instant. Cui Yugui looked at the messenger who had walked in the dust, then turned to look at me and sighed: "Hey ... Your Majesty, why bother?"

I smiled with relief, but I felt bitter in my heart. I have suffered for 34 years, and now I feel extremely relaxed.

There's nothing left anyway. What is there to lose? What is there to be afraid of? Now, life is He Huan, and death is nothing to be afraid of.

If you don't speak your mind, you can't print your eyes after all.

Being a prince is really unparalleled, and being a poor king is unfortunate.

Suddenly, winter came again. It's just dry and cold, and there is no snow.

I'm sitting in the Fangqing Hall of Yingtai, and I'm terminally ill.

"Your Majesty, it's time to take your medicine." I knew from the sound that Cui Yugui, the dog slave, had sent medicine again.

My mind slowly turned from the window to the room. "Take medicine? Hum! If the doctor is ill, he is hopeless. "

Cui Yugui said shyly, "Your Majesty, Lafayette told me that I must watch you drink it with my own eyes. Emperor, please don't embarrass the old slave! "

"Well, I drink. I'm afraid you won't be poisoned. " I glanced at Cui Yugui, who looked uneasy, and smiled needlessly: "If I am really poisoned, it will be a relief. She gave me the throne and I gave her my life back. Since then, we have never owed each other and lived in peace. "

I took a delicate bright yellow porcelain bowl, took out a spoon and drank it in one gulp.

After drinking it, I tasted the taste different from the previous medicine and thought, "Today's medicine is a little different from usual, it seems a little garlic."

"This slave is not clear. However, the emperor's medicine has always been tortured by doctors themselves, and there will be no mistakes. " Cui Yugui took back the medicine bowl and left quickly, even forgetting to kneel.

After a while, I felt abdominal cramps, and they became more and more severe. I shouted for help, but no one came. I was in unbearable pain, so I had to lie in bed and roll like hell.

The pain lasted for two hours, and my cotton-padded jacket was soaked with sweat.

Perhaps the pain turned numb to the extreme, and gradually I didn't feel so painful, but I was tired of tossing just now. I closed my eyes, pulled up the bedding and covered myself.

I am tired. I want to have a good rest. I should have a good rest.

Lying alone. In a trance, there is no longer the coldness of silk on the bed, but the gentleness of cotton cloth.

I know all the pain is just a dream. Now, the dream should wake up, and I want to go where I should go.

The bright yellow in the dream faded one by one and became clear light blue, just like the light blue in heaven.

This time, I returned to before I was four years old. At that time, I was naive, happy and self-sufficient. At that time, I had Amar, a mother, a wet nurse and a family. ...

I smiled, quietly and indifferently. Amar said, quiet and indifferent, called "Qin".

However, why do I still have tears when I laugh?