The Imperial Guard’s Revenge

The emperor was three years older than Lu Heng, but he was already a long way ahead of Lu Heng in terms of marriage. Lu Heng has not married yet, and there are many concubines and concubines in the emperor's harem, even the queen has changed two.

Lu Heng raised his eyebrows quietly, feeling very helpless. Every time he entered the palace, he must be urged to marry. The emperor's heirs are related to the stability of the society, so he doesn't need to worry about inheriting the lineage, so what's the hurry?

When Empress Dowager Jiang said, Lu Heng smiled and listened, nodding from time to time. The attitude of admitting mistakes is very good, but it is determined not to change.

After talking for a long time, Empress Dowager Jiang saw Lu Heng listening attentively, and asked, "You are already twenty-three this year, how are you, do you like it? If there is a suitable one, let's settle it, while the Aijia is still there, Immediately marry you."

Hearing that, Lu Heng didn't dare to pretend to be dead anymore, and said quickly, "I still have to be filial to my father, so I don't have the heart to think about these things."

Empress Dowager Jiang looked angry and said earnestly: "Although filial piety has to be guarded, you can also pay attention to the candidates. Did you see that Miss Hong who just went out?"

Lu Heng nodded, and Empress Dowager Jiang said, "This is how their family is. Although the husband-in-law is still observing filial piety, the two houses have looked at each other early on. Once the husband-in-law shows filial piety, they can make an immediate decision. I think their method is very good. Well, while they're not engaged, the two young couples can still cultivate their relationship. They mentioned it just now, her husband's family seems to be called..."

Empress Dowager Jiang couldn't remember her name, and her face was confused, Lu Heng added with a smile: "Zhenyuan Hou Fu Tingzhou."

Empress Dowager Jiang clapped her hands: "That's it. What, do you know?"

Lu Heng smiled meaningfully, and his fingers slowly rubbed his joints: "It's a little bit related."

Empress Dowager Jiang looked at Lu Heng's expression, and intuitively there was something tricky in it. She sighed slightly and said, "I've been in the palace for a long time, and I can't keep up with you and the emperor. You both have ideas, so I don't need to worry about it, but as someone who has come here, I still have to remind you not to patronize the courtroom. , give more attention to the family. In the end, fame and fortune are empty, only family members can accompany you all your life."

Lu Heng responded with a teachable face, and Empress Dowager Jiang looked at his expression and knew that he didn't take it to heart. He and the emperor are both ambitious and powerful at their age, how can they hear this?

If you don't experience this kind of thing yourself, others won't persuade it. Empress Dowager Jiang couldn't help lowering her head and coughing. Seeing Empress Dowager Jiang's tired face, Lu Heng said, "Thank you for the teaching of Empress Dowager. If I have a woman I like, I will bring it to you. You can recuperate in peace, and I will retire first."

Empress Dowager Jiang knew that Lu Heng was still busy and nodded to let him go. Empress Dowager Jiang lives in Cining Palace in the west, Empress Dowager Zhang lives in Ciqing Palace in the east, separated by Qianqing Palace, Fengtian Palace and other central halls in the middle, and the distance is half the Forbidden City. It is precisely because of this that the haunting of the Ciqing Palace did not spread to the Cining Palace.

Lu Heng went out from the Cining Palace and followed the Sili Jian to the Youshun Gate. Guo Tao and others were already waiting at Zuo Shun's door. When they saw Lu Heng, they hurriedly saluted, "Commander."

Lu Heng responded lightly and asked, "Have you brought everyone?"

"My subordinates have brought the best staff in Nanzhen Fusi."

"Okay." Lu Heng said, "Let's go to Ciqing Palace."

Lu Heng thought to himself that he was really busy this day. After receiving the order, he immediately rushed to Qianqing Palace, then went to Cining Palace to greet Empress Dowager Jiang. It's all gone around. However, the people in the East Palace did not understand him at all.

Lu Heng went to see Empress Dowager Zhang, and just as she mentioned the haunting, Empress Dowager Zhang got excited and scolded them for their ineffectiveness. Lu Heng quietly waited for the Empress Dowager Zhang to finish scolding, and then asked: "The Empress Dowager Xingguo, there have been rumors of strange powers and chaos in the palace recently, and this minister is also very worried. The minister was ordered to come to investigate the rumors in Ciqing Palace, and dare to ask the Empress Dowager, the first month What did you see that night on the twenty-ninth?"

The twenty-ninth day of the first lunar month was the night when Empress Dowager Zhang encountered a ghost and fell into a coma. Afraid of irritating the Queen Mother Zhang, Lu Heng deliberately avoided the words such as ghosts, but the Queen Mother Zhang became annoyed when she heard it, shouting that she was not feeling well, and did not want to recall the events of the night at all. Lu Heng had no choice but to step aside and ask the imperial physician to come in and take a pulse.

Lu Heng thought that it might be difficult to question the Empress Dowager Zhang, however, he still underestimated the difficulty of the matter.

The first person to hit the ghost was the Queen Mother Zhang, and she was the only one who saw the female ghost up close. Her testimony was crucial. However, looking at the state of the Empress Dowager Zhang, it would be more difficult for her to truthfully describe what she saw and heard that day.

Lu Heng had no choice but to look for other clues. The Queen Mother Zhang met a ghost in the bedroom, but Lu Heng went to the window and the floor to check, and found that the gāngān had been cleaned as far as the eye could see. Lu Heng turned back and saw all the palace maids hiding in the distance. When he noticed that Lu Heng looked over, their bodies were shaking more and more, and they couldn't even speak.

The maids of Ciqing Palace were exhausted from being tortured by the hauntings one after another, so how dare they approach the haunted place. Lu Heng swept over them coldly and asked, "Who among you is in charge?"

Palace maids, you push me and I push you, and no one dares to come forward and answer. Finally, a well-dressed woman in her thirties stepped forward and gave Lu Heng a salutation: "Return to Lu Commander, this is a slave."

Lu Heng swept over the person and asked, "Who are you?"

"Under Qin Xiang'er, he is a member of the Shangyi Bureau."

Lu Heng pointed to the traces on the ground and asked, "Why remove the traces?"