The Imperial Guard’s Revenge

Hong Wanqing was stunned when she saw it, and Mrs. Yongping Hou turned back, only to see the billowing crowd and the shadows of lights. She turned her eyes and asked her daughter curiously, "What are you looking at?"

Hong Wanqing came back to her senses and quickly shook her head to say it was all right. Seeing that Mrs. Yongping couldn't ask anything, she didn't care anymore, and even forgot the topic just now.

After her mother left, Hong Wanqing was half a step behind, and she couldn't help but look back in the direction where Fu Tingzhou was leaving. I don't know if this is good luck or not. Fu Tingzhou was in a hurry to find people. He didn't have the patience to listen to them and went back the same way. However, whenever he stayed a little longer, whenever he changed directions, he would meet the adopted sister he was thinking of.

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Lu Heng also accepted it. Tonight, he seemed to have an indissoluble bond with Fu Tingzhou. First, he accidentally bumped into it while wandering, and then he changed places urgently, and he almost bumped into it again. Fortunately, Fu Tingzhou took the first step, and they just missed it.

Lu Heng seemed to go out alone, but in fact, he was always accompanied by his attendants. The spy kept reporting the surrounding situation to Lu Heng, Lu Heng planned the route, quietly prevented Wang Yanqing and Fu Tingzhou from meeting, and returned to the house without any disturbances.

After walking outside in the middle of the night, Wang Yanqing was also tired. After returning to the mansion, she breathed a sigh of relief, and with the help of the maid, she removed the heater, sheath and other items, revealing the light clothes inside. Wang Yanqing cleaned his hands, walked towards Lu Heng, who also changed into casual clothes, and asked, "Second brother, who is that person you met today?"

Lu Heng was wearing a light gray round-neck robe and sat under the lamp. Lu Heng took a sip of tea, put down the tea cup, pulled Wang Yanqing to sit opposite, and said nonchalantly, "Chang Guogong Zhang Heling, a fool."

"Second brother." Wang Yanqing stared at him and said truthfully, "Everyone is stupid."

"To say he's stupid is to flatter him." Lu Heng snorted lightly and added, "He's Empress Dowager Zhang's younger brother."

When Wang Yanqing heard this, he blinked and understood. Seeing her understanding, Lu Heng continued: "As a woman, the Empress Dowager Zhang has been extremely favored in her life, unprecedented in her life. Her father was originally just a scholar, and relying on her cousin's official position, her daughter was able to participate in the draft. It happened that the Zhang family's My daughter was selected and entered the palace to become a crown princess. In the same year, she became a queen smoothly. The Zhang family followed the dog to heaven. Emperor Hongzhi..."

Lu Heng paused as he spoke, with a somewhat intriguing expression on his face. Seeing this, Wang Yanqing asked, "What happened to Emperor Hongzhi?"

Lu Heng lowered his eyes and smiled, picked up the tea cup, leaned on the back of the chair and slowly swiped the tea foam: "His Majesty Hongzhi is a very filial emperor. He is gentle, submissive, diligent and kind. Not a single day was absent, and he had only one wife, no concubine, no concubines, and he was very fond of the Queen Zhang family. After Queen Zhang gave birth to the prince, Zhang Luan, the father of Queen Zhang, asked for the title of Empress Zhang in the name of the empress’s merit. Hou. Even if the ministers objected, saying that there was no such precedent before, Emperor Hongzhi still agreed. Later Zhang Luan died, Zhang Heling, the younger brother of Empress Zhang, attacked the Houning Hou, and the other brother Zhang Yanling was named the Marquis of Jianchang, the Zhang family. His clansmen, disciples, and even adopted sons were all awarded high-ranking officials and honors.

Wang Yanqing couldn't help frowning when he heard this. How an ordinary husband treats his wife preferentially is his own family business, no one else can control it, but the emperor can't. Because what the emperor gives out is often the fat of the people and the rights of the state.

Wang Yanqing couldn't help but ask: "Is there no one objecting?"

"Of course there is." Lu Heng said, "Someone was dismissed by Emperor Hongzhi just because he refused to write articles for the Zhang brothers. At a banquet, Emperor Hongzhi changed his clothes. Brother Zhang Heling borrowed the emperor's crown to wear it, and Emperor Hongzhi came back. , didn't say anything. A few days later, Zhang Heling and the two wanted to wear the emperor's crown again, but one eunuch couldn't see it, so he scolded and was blocked by Empress Zhang."

Wang Yanqing frowned as she listened, and she couldn't believe that this was really happening in the palace: "Openly peeping at the imperial curtain at the banquet... If it spreads out, wouldn't it be a big disaster?"

Lu Heng laughed lightly, playing with his taste: "What kind of trouble could there be? On the contrary, it was the eunuch who scolded Brother Zhang Heling for his bad luck. Empress Zhang was offended and was very angry, and sued Emperor Hongzhi. Emperor Hongzhi did not hold Brother Zhang Heling accountable. , but ordered Jin Yiwei to imprison the troubled eunuch, and within two days, the eunuch was instructed by Queen Zhang and was caned to death in prison."

It happened in the prison of Jinyiwei, no wonder Lu Heng knew so well. Wang Yanqing probably understood why Lu Heng's attitude was subtle when he mentioned Emperor Hongzhi. The crown was a ritual vessel and could not be worn casually. The two Zhang Heling brothers wore the emperor's crown. Regardless of his parents' family, how did Emperor Hongzhi do nothing in the face of the domineering descendants. Zhang Heling and his brothers did this in front of the emperor. Will they be restrained when they treat ordinary officials and common people?

For Empress Zhang, Emperor Hongzhi only married her in this life, and he did not dote on other women all his life, so he was of course a good husband. But for others, it may or may not be whether Emperor Hongzhi is a good monarch.

Wang Yanqing understood why Zhang Heling was so unruly when she saw her today. With such an empress and sister condoning her, what else could not come out. After the death of Emperor Hongzhi, Empress Zhang's biological son ascended the throne. It is completely predictable how lawless the Zhang family will be.

If it weren't for the sudden death of Emperor Zhengde, they would have been ruled out.