The Imperial Guard’s Revenge

After the emperor is determined to abolish, who will the courtiers confront the emperor for a powerless and powerless successor? After the abolition of the imperial edict, the process was quickly completed. On September 16, Zhang was abolished and moved to another palace.

A country cannot live without a ruler for a day, nor can a harem be without queens. Empress Zhang was deposed, so naturally a new empress should be established. At this time, it was a well-known secret that Yan Libi was pregnant. I heard that the due date was in October. Everyone was wondering whether the emperor would appoint Yan Libi as the queen, but in the end, the emperor named Debi Fang as the third empress.

Fang entered the palace in the same year as Yan Liconcubine, Cao Duanconcubine and others. Because of her dignified and upright conduct, she was registered as a virtuous concubine and the head of the nine concubines. Wang Yanqing was a little surprised when she first heard the news, but she was expected to think about it.

The court is about checks and balances, as was the case in the previous court, and the same is true in the harem. If Yan Liconcubine was registered as a queen, and a prince was born later, there would be absolutely no restrictions. Therefore, the emperor did not canonize the concubine Li who had heirs, nor the concubine Duan who was the most favored, but chose the concubine who was well-behaved and had the most seniority.

You can see the emperor's mind.

The harem has probably never been so lively. Not long after Fang's conferring ceremony ended, Yan Libi gave birth prematurely and gave birth to a prince at the end of September. Twelve years after the emperor ascended the throne, he finally had his first son. Both the emperor and his courtiers breathed a sigh of relief, and the court and inside rejoiced.

Immediately afterwards, good news came from the harem. Concubine Cao Duan was diagnosed with a two-month pregnancy, and Concubine Wang was also diagnosed with Huamai, but because the month is still shallow, it is uncertain for the time being.

The emperor was pleased, and immediately promoted Yan Li to be Concubine Li and Concubine Cao Duan to Concubine Duan. Because the pulse condition is still unstable, Zhao Concubine did not have the right to be promoted, but he received a large reward. When she gives birth to a child, there should be a reward.

In the sound of congratulations, no one still remembered Empress Fang who had just been canonized.

In the morning, it was obvious that the emperor was very interested. At this time, Lu Heng handed over a letter, and someone - Nanjing Jinyiwei to be precise, denounced the Zhang brothers Zuo Dao Zhucu. The emperor was waiting for this sentence, and immediately ordered people to go to Nanjing to arrest Zhang Heling's brothers and send them to prison.

The emperor is a man who pays for money. He is willing to take action on his wife, not to mention the Queen Mother Zhang? Lu Heng was also ready, the emperor spoke in the morning, and Jin Yiwei rushed out of the city in the afternoon.

When Lu Heng came back in the evening, Wang Yanqing asked, "Brother, is it true that Brother Zhang Heling's private Wu Zhu is true?"

Lu Heng didn't care: "Is it true or not, no matter what evidence is presented, the emperor will believe it."

Wang Yanqing frowned: "But I heard that Empress Dowager Zhang was begging for mercy, and she couldn't bear the illness. The minister was very critical of this matter and did not agree with the Zhang brothers. You handed the book, if you can't find out the exact details in the end. Will the evidence implicate you?"

Lu Heng smiled, and as soon as he stretched out his hand, he pulled the person into his arms, and pinched her face lovingly: "Qingqing is worried about me?"

Wang Yanqing was pulled down by him, and the hairpin rings on his head collided with each other, making a clanging sound. Wang Yanqing opened his fingers and glared at him angrily: "Don't do anything."

But he didn't deny what he just said.

Lu Heng was very worried. He was used to walking on the tip of a knife, and it was usually more dangerous than this situation, but no one ever worried that he would miss. It turns out that someone cares, that's the feeling.

Wang Yanqing didn't want to pinch her face, so Lu Heng played with the hairpin that was adorned in her hair and said, "If you can't find it, just leave it there. There is a place in the prison, and if you keep them locked up for ten or twenty years, you can always find evidence. ."

Wang Yanqing was stunned, but Lu Heng lowered his eyes to see her expression, and asked with a smile, "Why, are you scared? Do you think your brother is not acting like a good person?"

Wang Yanqing shook his head, then nodded: "It's really not a good person."

Lu Heng couldn't help laughing, the more he looked at him, the more he thought Qingqing was cute, and even the appearance of calling him not a good person was very cute. Lu Heng said: "If they dare to do something, they should be prepared to be liquidated. The emperor had already forgotten about them, but they wanted to jump on their own, and they dared to bribe the people in the palace. This is because a prince was born in the harem, and the emperor was in a good mood. Otherwise, the Zhang family would not only be imprisoned."

Speaking of this, Wang Yanqing asked, "Has the first prince's name been decided?"

"It's settled." Lu Heng glanced at Wang Yanqing, and said with an unclear meaning, "The cabinet presented several names, and in the end the emperor hesitated between Ji and Yan. The emperor also asked me which of these two words should I choose, and I said that I don't even have a wife, so I don't know how to name the child. The emperor had to decide the foundation himself."

Lu Heng's words were full of hints, and Wang Yanqing should not understand them, and said solemnly: "Zhu Zaiji, great virtue, the foundation of the state, and a good name. Other concubines in the harem also reported that they were pregnant. This is a good omen."

Lu Heng felt that it was too difficult for him. His own life-long affairs had not been resolved, but he was worried about other people's concubines getting pregnant and giving birth to children. Lu Heng sighed and said, "Yeah, I don't know if I can get this joy."

Wang Yanqing was a little embarrassed and said, avoiding his gaze and saying, "There has been no movement for more than ten years before, why are the concubines and concubines in the harem suddenly pregnant collectively these few days?"

Chaotang was also secretly curious about this question. However, the harem is strictly supervised, and the emperor is a very careful person. If it weren't for his children, the children and their biological mothers would definitely not live to dawn. The emperor did not respond, which means that it is indeed the emperor's heir.