Where to find Cixi‘s 1865 decree dismissing Prince Gong?

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This is the handwritten decree that it was referring to (relevant content boxed in red):

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Text (with corrections; courtesy of https://kknews.cc/history/epbl22y.html)

「恭親王從議政以來,妄自尊大,諸多驕敖(傲),以(依)仗爵高權重,目無君上,看朕沖齡,諸多挾致(制),往往諳始(暗使)離間,不可細問。每日召見,趾高氣揚,言語之間,許多取巧,滿是胡談亂道。嗣(似)此情形,以後何以能辦國事?若不即早宣示,朕歸政之時,何以能用人行正(政)?」宣布「恭親王著毋庸在軍機處議政,革去一切差使,不准干預公事」!

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