The Imperial Guard’s Revenge

Wang Yanqing quietly swept over these young and bright women in the warm pavilion, thinking about marrying into the emperor's family, especially a clever and suspicious emperor like the emperor, I'm afraid it may not be a good thing.

She prefers to live outside the palace, even if she doesn't have clothes and food, at least she is free.

Soon, the medicine will be ready. Zhang Jihou returned to the main hall of Cining Palace with the medicine in her own hands. The Empress Dowager Jiang did not know what she was talking to the emperor, but when she saw them nodding lightly, her previous words stopped immediately. After Empress Dowager Jiang drank the medicine, her face showed fatigue. The emperor had to go back to the Qianqing Palace. Seeing this, Lu Heng left and took Wang Yanqing back.

Lu Heng was going to the Qianqing Palace, so he could only send someone to take Wang Yanqing home. This time, he crossed the Ming Road in front of the Emperor and Empress Dowager Jiang. Lu Heng was not afraid that someone would embarrass Wang Yanqing on the road, so he sent Wang Yanqing away after a few words.

This kind of thing is familiar again and again, Wang Yanqing sat on the carriage leaving the palace, and his expression was very calm. She guessed that when they went out, the Empress Dowager Jiang should have said something to the emperor and Lu Heng. The emperor now asked Lu Heng to go to the Qianqing Palace, mostly to discuss the matter.

Wang Yanqing put it aside after thinking about it, and didn't take it to heart. After returning to the mansion, her life was still peaceful and leisurely, but Lu Heng was busy. When he was busy, he disappeared. Wang Yanqing tried to talk to him about Fu Tingzhou several times, but couldn't find a chance.

A few days later, bad news suddenly came from the palace that Empress Dowager Jiang passed away. Wang Yanqing's meeting with the Empress Dowager Jiang really became the last. After the emperor's grief, he followed the order of the Empress Dowager Jiang, and followed the moon with the sun, and observed filial piety for twenty-seven days. At the same time, the emperor also mentioned the funeral ceremony of Empress Dowager Jiang in the morning.

Empress Dowager Jiang died in Beijing, and the emperor's father, King Xingxian, was buried in Anlu. How should this be arranged? Some courtiers suggested a joint burial, while others suggested separate burials in the north and south, each with their own clothes.

Separate burial is the most convenient, but Empress Dowager Jiang's only wish is to be buried with King Xingxian. As a son of man, how can the emperor go against his mother's last wish? In the end, regardless of the courtiers' quarrel, the emperor spoke and was buried together. The joint burial involved moving the coffin. While choosing the site of the mausoleum on Tianshou Mountain, the emperor sent Jinyiwei back to Anlu to check the mausoleum where King Xingxian lived.

This kind of thing naturally fell on Lu Heng. It seems that the emperor asked the courtiers' opinions on the tomb in the early court. In fact, long before the death of the Empress Dowager Jiang, the emperor and Lu Heng discussed the matter of co-burial and relocation of the king's coffin. He only notified the courtiers in the early court. .

The burial is a major event, and there is no room for error. Lu Heng sent his confidants to Chengtian Mansion to check the situation of Xianling Mausoleum, and also to investigate the site of the mausoleum of Empress Dowager Jiang, so busy all day long that no one was seen. When Wang Yanqing saw this, it was even more difficult for him to disturb him. She thought, when Lu Heng is free, she can talk about Fu Tingzhou.

As a result, Jin Yiwei, who came back from Xianling, reported that the Xuanguan Xuanguan had water. The emperor was very sad when he heard that water had entered his father's tomb. They stayed in the capital for fourteen years, and their father stayed in Anlu alone, and no one even knew that the cemetery had flooded. After the emperor's heartache, he made up his mind to tour the south and personally return to his home in Anlu to check whether the tomb should be moved and how to be buried together.

Wang Yanqing thought it would be fine for Lu Heng to be busy for a while, but after a while, he became even busier. The emperor's southern tour only needs to talk a lot, but the guards, guards, inspections, and security checks are all in charge of Jinyiwei.

Lu Heng was too busy, and Wang Yanqing became increasingly reluctant to disturb him with trivial matters. In the middle of the night, Lu Heng was busy again until the moon and the sky came back. Wang Yanqing had already changed into his summer clothes. She poured him a cup of hot tea and said, "Second brother, the food is warm on the stove, you can wait."

Lu Heng took the tea cup and said, "It's so late, you can go to bed by yourself, you don't have to wait for me."

Wang Yanqing shook his head: "You didn't come back, and I would have nightmares even if I fell asleep. Why don't I wait for you here. Second brother, do you want to accompany you on the Southern Tour?"

Lu Heng replied, "Naturally."

For such an important matter as the emperor went out, if he did not go to occupy the pit, all the credit would be taken away by others. Wang Yanqing was not surprised by this, she asked, "Second brother, why is the Southern Tour delayed for two months, how do you pack your carry-on luggage?"

The southern tour was a major event for the imperial court, and the various palaces were arranged by the Ministry of Rites, so Lu Heng was not worried about it. However, Wang Yanqing's words reminded him.

If he leaves and Wang Yanqing is at home alone, will Fu Tingzhou stay honest?

Holding the tea cup, Lu Heng thought and thought, and finally felt that he could not give Fu Tingzhou any chance. He quickly made up his mind and said, "Qingqing, you should go too."

Chapter 54 Southern Tour

"Me?" Wang Yanqing was quite surprised when he heard it. "The Southern Tour is a major event in the entire dynasty. I have no official position, and I am not a woman of command. I'm afraid it is not appropriate to follow the past."

It is indeed inappropriate. The emperor's southern tour, and national affairs cannot be ignored. The cabinet ministers, guards and generals must accompany him, and the concubines, palace maids, and eunuchs who serve the emperor are counted. The number of people currently counted is more than ten thousand. It is not a trivial matter for more than 10,000 people to travel. A slight error can lead to a major disaster. The safety pressure on the southern tour is very huge. Long with him, but no one took his wife and family with him. Lu Heng brought a woman at this time, no matter what he said, it was too sharp.

But it's a matter of human effort, and this kind of thing can be solved. If Wang Yanqing stayed in the capital but was robbed by Fu Tingzhou, it would be irreversible. In contrast, Lu Heng would rather take Wang Yanqing by his side at the risk of being shot.