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The Old Summer Palace, the East Warm Pavilion of the Hall of Peace.

Several young palace maids brought tea and water, and were gently stolen by the palm-leaf fan, serving a beautiful woman who looked only sixteen or seventeen years old.

The woman's name is Yehenara Xingzhen, nicknamed Lan'er. She entered the palace at the age of fourteen. Because she was beautiful and smart, she was even favored by Emperor Xianfeng, so she was named Concubine Lan. Because she was good at writing calligraphy, Xianfeng often dictated the edicts and wrote and reviewed the memorials.

At this time, a little eunuch came in and saluted Guiren Lan and said, "Report to Master, Master Li Weiguo, the Taoist Master of Su Song Taijian, has sent someone to personally send you a gift to Master!"

When Lan Guiren heard this, he opened his beautiful eyes, chuckled, and said, "This Li Weiguo gave me gifts every few days, and he was really interested!"

As he said that, Concubine Lan sat up lazily, and a palace maid hurriedly stepped forward to tidy up her clothes so that she could be upright.

"What is Li Weiguo giving me a gift this time?"

Hearing the question from Concubine Lan, the eunuch hurriedly said, "I don't know what my master said! It's just that the person who came was a teenage girl. She said she was here to send a birthday gift to her master on the order of Lord Li, and wish her a happy birthday!"

When she heard it was a birthday gift, Lan Guiren's face changed drastically. She stood up and shouted: "How did Li Weiguo know that today is my birthday?"

The eunuchs and palace maids were shocked. At this time, Xiaoyu, the personal palace maid next to Concubine Lan, also changed her expression. She followed Concubine Lan to the palace and said very cleverly, "The master must be too tired to help the emperor to approve memorials. He actually remembered the day wrongly. Today is not the master's birthday. It will take several months to arrive!"

After hearing Xiaoyu say this, Concubine Lan realized that she had said the wrong thing and immediately smiled: "From my memory, I actually made the day wrong. This Li Weiguo is really here to send a birthday gift so early! Let someone come in, I want to see what birthday gift he gives me. If it is not suitable, see how I deal with this Li Weiguo!"

The eunuch also breathed a sigh of relief. He hurriedly withdrew and quickly brought in a 14 or 15-year-old girl.

"I pick the lotus and take the order of my elders to bring a birthday gift to Concubine Lan. I wish Concubine Lan a happy birthday and good luck and good health!"

Concubine Lan looked at Cailian and asked lightly: "Your lord is so capable, can you even know my birthday?"

Seeing that Concubine Lan's tone was cold, Cai Lian thought she was unhappy and hurriedly explained: "My master said that today is the day when the fairy descended to earth. Concubine Lan's national beauty must be the reincarnation of the fairy, so she dared to let the maid send gifts to Concubine Lan under this name."

"So that's how it is?" When Lan Guiren heard Cailian's explanation, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief and turned angry and said: "Li Weiguo is really good at making a fortune. In order to give me gifts, he racked his brains to come up with such a way to give gifts. It really scared me!"

Xiaoyu next to him immediately smiled and said, "Mr. Li gave gifts to his master every few days, so he naturally had to come up with many names, which was really difficult for him!"

Concubine Lan nodded slightly, and suddenly felt relaxed all over, showing an impatient expression, and asked Xiang Cailian, "I wonder what gift your lord will give me this time?"

Cailian smiled slightly, hurriedly took out the gift, handed it to the palace maid next to her and handed it to Guiren Lan, and said, "My adults specially presented a beauty mask to Guiren Lan. This object is made of hundreds of precious materials such as Tianshan Snow Lotus, which are precious and beautiful. Legend has it that ordinary women will have delicate skin after using this object, whitening better than snow, and be as beautiful as a fairy. Guiren Lan is the reincarnation of a fairy, and after using this object, they will be a hundred times more beautiful than a fairy."

Women are so beautiful. For women in the palace, they racked their brains to beautify the emperor in order to attract the attention of the emperor. When Lan Guiren heard this, she was very happy and couldn't wait to take out the mask to watch it, and asked how to use Cailian.

The mask was carefully designed and ordered by Li Weiguo to make it, and personally taught Cailian how to use it. She ordered her to come to see Concubine Lan with ten masks and please Concubine Lan.

Of course, Li Weiguo spent so much effort to please Concubine Lan, naturally had his intentions. He knew very well that in five or six years, Concubine Lan would become Empress Dowager Cixi and reach the peak of the Qing court's power.

Li Weiguo didn't know whether he had enough strength to directly compete with the Qing court at that time, so for the sake of peace, he used various excuses to send gifts to Concubine Lan every few days to please Concubine Lan in case of future needs.

In recent times, Li Weiguo sent troops across the river to enter the Anhui territory. Although Wu Yong also sent memorials to the court in advance and obtained approval in the name of pursuing the Taiping Army, the ministers in the court were not fools. Li Weiguo sent troops first and then asked for an order to request an order soon. What's more, Li Weiguo actually went to Buyang, Anhui to grab his wife under the banner of pursuing the Taiping Army. Moreover, they offended Hui merchant giant Hu Xueyan and Anhui governor Pang Jingsong. Hu Xueyan had connections in the three realms of political and commercial military affairs, and Pang Jingsong was even a person from Sushun.

Soon Pang Jingsong's impeachment memorial was handed over by Sushun to Xianfeng. Hu Xueyan's large amount of money was used to deal with officials from the capital, and helped Sushun speak bad things about Li Weiguo on the court, which made Xianfeng very angry.

If Prince Gong Yixin had not fully protected Li Weiguo, if Li Weiguo's Shanghai army had not played an important role in the front line of encirclement and suppression of the Taiping Army, Xianfeng might have issued an order to severely punish Li Weiguo as soon as possible.

Although Xianfeng had not finally decided how to deal with the matter of Li Weiguo leading troops across the border to rob the bride, Li Weiguo still decided to ask Guiren Lan to help him say good things, so he specially made a beauty mask and sent someone to deliver it to him in person.

However, Li Weiguo also had a hidden purpose this time, which was to test the details of Concubine Lan.

The true life experience of Empress Dowager Cixi in history has always been a mystery. After many researches in later generations, people from all walks of life said that Cixi was indeed a bannerman, and that Cixi was a Han woman. The evidence from both sides was very sufficient, and they have been arguing that they cannot decide the outcome until now.

Li Weiguo also had some gossip. He also wanted to know the true life experience of Concubine Lan, so he sent people to inquire. After all, Concubine Lan was only sixteen or seventeen years old at this time. Most of the people who knew the details were still alive, which was much easier than re-investing one or two hundred years later.

Li Weiguo's people accidentally found out from the Yehenara mansion that when he was a child, Concubine Lan had celebrated her birthday twice in a row, which attracted the attention of Li Weiguo. So he deliberately sent someone to pick lotus to meet Concubine Lan in the name of her birthday, just to test Concubine Lan's reaction.

For Li Weiguo, he hoped that Concubine Lan was a woman of the Han family, because in this way, she would have a handle to Li Weiguo. Once Concubine Lan became Empress Dowager Cixi in the future, it would benefit Li Weiguo's future strength development. It was a talisman and a death-free token.

Of course, this kind of thing takes time to slowly verify, and Li Weiguo is not in a hurry. The first important task he gave Cailian was to find a way to stay with Lan Guiren, as a nail in the palace, and collect intelligence for Li Weiguo.

Therefore, Li Weiguo came up with a method to give Lan Guiren's facial mask. This thing is so attractive to women that Lan Guiren could never refuse. Only Cailian knew how to make and use it.

Sure enough, after using it once, her skin became significantly whiter. So she was very happy and left Cailian by her side and asked Cailian to make a mask for her every day to help her beautify her.

"Which palace maid did Li Weiguo give this mask to?" Lan Guiren suddenly asked.

"When you say it to your master, Lord Li will only give it to Concubine Lan!" Cailian answered truthfully.

Guiren Lan glanced at Xiaoyu, and the latter nodded, obviously having investigated.

Concubine Lan suddenly smiled and said, "I am just a little nobleman and have nowhere to be seen. I can't compare with the queen and other concubines. Why did Li Weiguo only give me one? You should know that if this mask is given to the queen or other concubines, they can give Li Weiguo more benefits."

Cailian smiled slightly and replied, "My master doesn't know anything. My master said that he only recognizes Concubine Lan, saying that only Concubine Lan can lead the harem in the future."

When Lan Guiren heard this, he was very satisfied and said, "Li Weiguo actually put the treasure on me alone. The bet is not small!"

After a pause, Concubine Lan continued: "I recently helped the emperor review memorials, but I saw many civil and military officials impeach Lord Li!"

Cailian immediately said, "I would like to ask my master to say more good words to my master in front of the emperor. My master will not dare to forget his master's great kindness!"

Guiren Lan smiled and said, "It turns out that he is short-speaking and short-selling! Forget Li Weiguo's sake, I will help him!"

When Concubine Lan said he would help, he helped. That afternoon, Xianfeng asked Concubine Lan to help him write and review memorials. Concubine Lan then spoke cleverly and deliberately avoided the political topic of Li Weiguo's privately leading troops across the border to steal the bride, only saying that Li Weiguo has feelings and righteousness. As long as such a person is kind and kind, he will work for the court wholeheartedly.

Sure enough, it was the person next to the pillow that could make Xianfeng listen. Xianfeng thought about it. Li Weiguo just robbed a woman. This kind of thing was very common for officials. No powerful person had ever robbed a woman. So he asked Guiren Lan to write a pen and gave Li Weiguo an edict, which was severely scolded and scared, and then praised the merits of the Taiping Army. He won't be investigated if he was punished.

Concubine Lan was meticulous and knew that Li Weiguo was from Prince Gong Yixin, so she immediately ordered the eunuch to hand over the imperial edict directly to Yixin and sent it out quickly through Yixin's hand to prevent Sushun and others from stopping it in the middle and preventing another incident.

Soon after Sushun and others learned about it, it was too late to stop them. They came to see Xianfeng impeach Li Weiguo. As a result, Yixin found a way out for Xianfeng on the grounds that the emperor could not change his orders every day, and the matter was left unresolved. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!