Shunzhi received an urgent report of Xi'an's fall on the canal. Compared with the situation in Jianghuai, Shaanxi is in danger.

Prince Luo Keduo of Ping County reported that King Xin Duoni was seriously ill. He had escorted the king back to Beijing to treat the disease. Now he was refusing to defend himself with Li Guoying, the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi. Since the fall of Xi'an, almost all prefectures and counties in Shaanxi and Gansu fell into the hands of Wu Sangui. It can be said that the Qing Dynasty had lost the northwest. But the good news is that Wu Sangui had withdrawn the troops to Tongguan for some reason, which gave the Qing army in Tongguan a chance to breathe.

Li Guoying's memorial came one by one from Luo Keduo, but what he said was not different from Luo Keduo. The two of them were vague about why Xi'an fell so quickly, saying that the rebels were in power and they were very anxious to attack the city. Sony could see at a glance that something was wrong. No matter how many troops the Wu army surrounded Xi'an, Xi'an was a big city. In the city, not only were there 5,000 horses from Xi'an General Subai, but also more than 20,000 Manchu and Mongolian soldiers led by Doni and Luo Keduo. When Li Guoying retreated from Hanzhong to Xi'an, there was not a single soldier, so the Xi'an defenders were still sufficient, and it was impossible to lose so quickly. What must be the reason for this.

Shunzhi also felt that this was wrong, but he could not join Tongguan and ask Luo Keduo and Li Guoying what happened in Xi'an City. He had to temporarily suppress his anger and could not issue an order to reprimand Luo Keduo and Li Guoying. After all, they are still in Tongguan at the moment.

"The Empress Dowager has ordered Ebilong to rush to Tongguan, so the emperor does not have to worry too much."

Seeing that the emperor looked angry, Jieshu was worried that the emperor would be angry and unfavorable, so he quickly comforted him. Ebilong was busy scouting the royal merchant property in Shanxi and enriching the treasury that could already run. This contribution was no less than leading the army to conquer the city. Shunzhi also knew that Ebilong was an experienced man, much more capable than Doni and Luo Keduo. With him to guard Tongguan, he thought he could block Wu Sangui for a while.

Shunzhi was not unhappy about the mother's empress asking Ebilong to Tongguan, but Obai frowned slightly.

"Call Luo Keduo back and let Li Guoying be demoted to the third level of the army before listening to it. We must curb Bilong's governors of the five provinces of Sichuan, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan and Gansu, and add the title of junior tutor."

After instructing Bahana to draft an order, Shunzhi was a little tired and ordered the car to set off for the capital. When he arrived in the capital, he was more than ten miles away from Xizhimen, Shunzhi suddenly ordered the car to go to the west mountain and did not rush to return to the palace.

Jieshu, Suksaha, Sony and others were all confused. They didn't know why the emperor refused to return to the palace, but they didn't dare to persuade him. They could only let the empress dowager go back to the palace and report it to the empress dowager. In addition, there were a group of princes and ministers outside Xizhimen who were returning to the capital with the sage, so they had to inform them so that they could not wait.

The reason why Shunzhi refused to return to the palace was that he felt embarrassed, and he had no face to meet his mother, nor did he have the face to meet his beloved concubine Dong E. On that day, he was so proud in the palace that he wanted to go south to slap the bandits, and even cut the dragon throne with a long sword to show his determination. However, the fact was that he was back in a mess, which made his already very fragile heart more and more unbearable to failure. Or that self-esteem prompted Shunzhi not to return to the palace now, and he did not want to be embarrassed in front of his mother and the woman he loved deeply. He wanted to stay in the west for a few days. Even though he wanted to see his beloved concubine now, he forced himself to go to the west with a hard heart.

After the emperor who was looking forward to his son's return in the palace, he ran to the West Mountain, he was stunned for a moment, and then smiled bitterly at Su Ma: "Fulin has been so strong since he was a child. This was the case when Dorgon was there. Now he has taken power by himself and is also a mama. It's still the same. Oh, since he doesn't want to come back, he will stay in West Mountain for a while and let him relax his boredom."

Su Ma said with some concern: "Empress Dowager, if the emperor does not return to the palace, what should I do about this court?"

"What can I do? I will take care of him first, as my mother."

The Empress Dowager sighed and slowly placed Fan Wencheng's note in her hand on the table.

The seriously ill Concubine Dong E was very lonely after hearing that the emperor had gone to Xishan, but she always bit her thin lips tightly and did not say a word. The palace maids on both sides could clearly see the imperial concubine's tears wet the pillowcase. When Wu Liangfu heard that the master had not returned to the palace, he quickly packed up a few clothes and went straight to Xishan.

The Empress Dowager did not blame her son for ignoring military and national affairs to go to the West Mountain, and no one dared to blame the ministers, but the affairs of the court cannot be ignored just because the emperor went to the West Mountain. On the second day after Shunzhi went to the West Mountain, the Empress Dowager Bumubutai came forward to convene Prince Xian Fusui, Prince Kang Jieshu, Prince Min Ledu, Dorobele Manshan, Ye Bushu, Grand Secretary Ning Wanwo, Fan Wencheng and others held a meeting of Princes and Ministers in Beijing, Manchuria, Mongolian and Han, and 136 officials from all over the six ministries, aiming to discuss how to deal with the current dilemma of the Qing Dynasty.

Sony, Oboi, Suksaha and other two yellow banner ministers also attended the meeting. After hearing Fei Yanggu's mother's mother convened a political meeting in Xishan, Shunzhi sighed slightly and said nothing.

The officials who received the imperial edict from the Empress Dowager were just as they did before. They never thought that the political meeting was full of gunpowder from the beginning. First, the fourth son of Emperor Taizong Ye Bushu suddenly attacked and accused the emperor of why he was defeated so badly in Yangzhou. Many soldiers from the two yellow flags came back, but the other flags suffered heavy losses. Is it because the emperor did not treat the Eight Banners equally?

The sixth son of Emperor Taizong, Gao Sai, the tenth son Tao Sai and others followed suit and asked the Empress Dowager and the ministers of the Two Yellow Banners to explain why the Two White Banners collectively rebelled and surrendered to the Ming Dynasty.

Taosai, who spoke the most intensely, was the youngest son of Emperor Taizong, who was only one year younger than Shunzhi. However, his brother was the emperor, but he was just a third-class general who was not even as good as a red belt. Therefore, he had long been resentful to the Queen Mother Bumubutai and Shunzhi. This time, under the instigation of the fourth brother Ye Bushu and others, he could not bear it. His words not only pointed the finger at the ninth brother's incompetence, but also pointed the finger at Bumubutai, saying that she failed to stop Shunzhi from suppressing the two white flags in time a few years ago, which led to the tragic defeat of tens of thousands of soldiers.

Ning Wan, Fan Wencheng and other Han officials were shocked by the words of Emperor Taizong's sons. Sony, Suksaha and others did not prevent Ye Bushu and they would suddenly attack, and they did not react for a while. The Queen Mother Bumubutai was also shocked. Unexpectedly, Ye Bushu, who had always been low-key and tactful, had the courage to jump out and question the emperor and her.

What are they going to do? Will they go against the will?
Chapter completed!