After Lu Heng finished speaking, a needle falling in the palace could be heard. The emperor leaned on the bed, only listening, not speaking. Empress Fang was a little panicked, so she stood up and said, "Your Majesty, your concubine doesn't know anything about her. How dare you lie and fool this palace?"
Empress Fang turned her head and scolded Xu Xiyue as she spoke. Xu Xiyue was stunned and stunned for a while before she woke up like a dream. Empress Fang immediately waved at the eunuch, and said with a sullen face: "How dare this lowly maid deceive this palace, come and escort her down."
Empress Fang's voice was urgent and sharp, and she could hardly wait to cover Xu Xiyue's mouth with her hands. The palace is full of people. Usually, eunuchs have come forward to serve the queen in this situation, but this time, Queen Fang shouted twice, and no one in the hall moved.
Lu Heng didn't make a statement, and Jin Yiwei naturally wouldn't listen to the queen's orders. Zhang Zuo, the eunuch in front of the royal family, hung his head and didn't speak. Which eunuch inside or outside dared to move.
Empress Fang's expression changed subtly, she clenched her hands and looked at the emperor: "Your Majesty..."
The emperor didn't speak for a while, but now he finally opened his mouth and said indifferently, "This woman framed her concubine and concubine, deceived the king and betrayed her master, drag her down and stick to death."
Only then did the eunuch move, and Zhang Zuo agreed, signaling his servants to drag the maid away quickly. Xu Xiyue realized what fate she was about to face, her knees slumped to the ground, she was about to open her mouth, but the eunuch tightly covered her mouth. She whimpered and tried desperately to say something, but the eunuch didn't give her a chance at all and threw her out like a sack.
Xu Xiyue's whimper quickly disappeared outside, and the Yikun Palace returned to silence again. Empress Fang clasped her delicate armor, took a deep breath, and looked at the emperor dignifiedly and earnestly: "Your Majesty, my concubine does not know that this maid dares to deceive the superior and the inferior, and trap Concubine Duan and sister Ning Concubine. The thief let go, and was impatient for a while, and this made people look at Concubine Duan and Concubine Ning. But the concubine just ordered them to interrogate them, and did not want to hurt Concubine Duan and Concubine Ning. "
People inside and outside the palace could see that Empress Fang was throwing the blame. She first dumped the concubine Zhulian to Xu Xiyue, and then cast the blame to the eunuch using lynching. Anyway, the empress would not make mistakes, and the mistakes must be misled by her subordinates.
Everyone bowed their heads silently, even breathing deliberately lightly. The emperor leaned on the bed, and after a while of silence, he opened his mouth and said, "I committed a disorder and set up the concubine, and now I dare to deceive the queen. It seems that the harem will not be cleaned up. Lu Heng."
Lu Heng cupped his hands: "The minister is here."
"Thoroughly investigate the harem and remove all rebellion against the party."
Lu Heng's brows remained unchanged, and he calmly responded. Zhang Zuohou was a little frightened on the side, Jin Yiwei and the East and West factories were fighting incessantly, but there was always a default limit, that is, the affairs of the harem belonged to the East and West factories, and Jin Yiwei never intervened. Now, even the emperor has asked Lu Heng to investigate matters in the harem.
Jin Yiwei has always been stronger than the East and West factories because of Lu Heng as a commander, and the eunuchs had to laugh when they saw Jin Yiwei. Now the emperor's order is tantamount to tearing the last face of the East and West factories to shreds. The eunuchs can't even guard the land of the old line. above the factory.
The emperor's voice was hoarse, but it fell into everyone's ears, but it was like a thousand minutes. Empress Fang's heart is still pounding, and the emperor has not investigated Duan Fei and Ning Concubine. It's a pity that this is a great opportunity for her to rectify the harem, but now Lu Heng and the couple have intervened.
If the emperor handed it over to the eunuch, and Queen Fang could still move around and hand it over to Jin Yiwei, then she would be completely speechless.
The matter of the palace should be handled by her, the queen. The emperor bypassed her and handed it over directly to the foreign ministers. Isn't this slapping Queen Fang in the face? Queen Fang was dissatisfied, but she never dared to question her again.
It is said that Lu Heng has never failed to investigate the case. If he offends Lu Heng, and he later grabs the Queen to investigate, then it will be Queen Fang's turn to fall asleep. Moreover, his wife is also a bit evil.
Queen Fang didn't believe that someone could really read their inner thoughts just by looking at their faces. However, Wang Yanqing's words were still in her ears, and Queen Fang was a little worried and didn't dare to try again.
Empress Fang was angrily, unwilling to face Lu Heng and Wang Yanqing again, and said, "It's getting dark, and the concubine dare not disturb the emperor's recuperation, so the concubine will retire first."
The emperor nodded lightly in agreement, and suddenly said: "Today the palace is messy, how is the princess?"
Empress Fang was startled, and quickly raised her head to look at the emperor: "Go back to the emperor, the eldest princess is asleep in Kunning Palace. The eldest princess is young, and her biological mother is involved in these matters. The concubine is afraid of shocking the child, so she has been beside her. Mammy take care of it."
"The queen has a heart," the emperor said. "She may not be able to sleep soundly in another place, so bring her here."
Empress Fang frowned. The emperor did not pursue Concubine Duan, but wanted to return the eldest princess. What does the emperor mean? Empress Fang was very reluctant. She was the first wife and first-mother. She had taken the daughter of the concubine by her side. If she carried her out again, what would everyone in the harem think of her? Empress Fang was unwilling, but when it touched the emperor's face, she didn't dare to rush in, so she bit her lip bitterly: "Yes."
After Empress Fang left, Zhang Zuo went to Kunning Palace to pick up the eldest princess. After the others left, the emperor said to Lu Heng: "There must be an explanation for these messy things. To the outside world, you can say that Yang Jinying and other 16 people were executed by Jin Yiwei. , Wang and Concubine Cao took the blame and committed suicide."
Lu Heng responded calmly. This is the role of Jinyiwei, to do things for those in power that cannot be announced to the world, and to take the blame for the emperor and queen when necessary. After all, people are already dead. Do you want to tell the world and later people that the queen brutally murdered the palace concubine because of jealousy
Sometimes, the truth is so ugly that even those in power do not want to admit it.
Lu Heng took the order, went down to clean up the traces, took care of the aftermath for Queen Fang, and forged relevant documents and materials to completely rewrite the incident from history. Wang Yanqing and Lu Heng left, and when they walked out of the door, the emperor suddenly asked, "Can you see who is lying?"
Wang Yanqing stopped and saw that everyone was looking at her, and realized that the emperor was really talking to her. Wang Yanqing turned to salute the emperor, and replied conservatively: "Not necessarily, I can see if there are flaws. If some people have foresight and perfection, I can't see it in two years."
Lu Heng silently felt a chill down his spine.
The emperor seemed to ask casually, ignoring Wang Yanqing, instead showing a tired look. Seeing this, the eunuch hurried forward to serve, and Lu Heng resigned again and left with Wang Yanqing.
After walking out of the Yikun Palace, Wang Yanqing was finally able to breathe a sigh of relief. Lu Heng walked beside her, blocking the gloomy wind in the palace alley for her, and said, "I'll take you home first."
Wang Yanqing understood that Lu Heng had a lot of things to do next. She knew that there were ears in the palace, so she didn't say anything along the way. After leaving the palace gate, she boarded the carriage and turned around to find that Lu Heng was following.
Wang Yanqing was startled and asked, "Why did you come in?"
Lu Heng got into the carriage and said calmly, "I have a shoulder injury, so it's not convenient for me to ride a horse."
Wang Yanqing choked on this excuse for a while, and was speechless. The carriage started and passed through the silent capital, the wheels screeching loudly. Wang Yanqing lowered his head and stared at his fingers, unconscious.
She thought that Lu Heng was shot by an arrow on the wedding day, and he broke his tail feather very roughly, and she didn't know how deep the arrow was. He hardly recuperates after being injured. Previously, the whole city had captured assassins, and now he has to deal with the mess in the palace...
After all, if it wasn't for her, Lu Heng wouldn't have been hit by an arrow.
After Lu Heng mentioned that there was a shoulder injury, Wang Yanqing waited for him to use the wound to speak. But Lu Heng didn't mention the shoulder injury at first, but he didn't mention the shoulder injury again. If you offend Queen Fang, maybe she will make things difficult for you in the future. I will arrange a special guard for you, but just in case, you must not leave alone with others, especially don't go to the very remote palace north of Yu Garden. ."
Wang Yanqing heard that his tone was wrong and asked, "What's wrong?"
She has been in the palace before, and of course she understands the truth of being cautious in her words and deeds. Why did Lu Heng explain it specially? Lu Heng sighed and said, "I was suspicious. I was afraid that you might make a mistake, so I couldn't help but ask a few more words. It shouldn't be, so you shouldn't have heard it."
When he said this, Wang Yanqing couldn't pretend that he didn't hear it. She thought about it and tried to ask, "How did Concubine Cao Duan and Concubine Wang Ning die?"
Lu Heng looked at her, hesitant to speak, and finally sighed: "One is Lingchi, and the other hangs."
When Wang Yanqing heard this, he couldn't help but gasp: "Ling Chi?"
Lu Heng covered her hand and held it tightly: "Don't think about it, these things have nothing to do with you. You have helped them a lot by exposing the lie of the palace maid and making them innocent."
Wang Yanqing had only heard of Ling Chi from historical books, and with only a few strokes in the book, she seemed to be able to smell the bloody smell of the sky. Unexpectedly, this kind of torture actually happened around her, and it fell on a woman she knew.
Wang Yanqing thought of the bright and smiling favorite concubine, her heart was extremely heavy: "They are obviously still so young."
Lu Heng did not speak, but silently clenched Wang Yanqing's hand. Today Lu Heng pushed open the door and went in. Seeing the blood all over the place, his first reaction was not only surprise, but more fear. Empress Fang never had the courage to attack Wang Yanqing, but Lu Heng couldn't help but think, if one day he made a mistake and lost the fight, what would he do if someone treated Wang Yanqing like this
He felt mad just thinking about it.
Guo Tao was so disgusted that he didn't want to eat meat anymore. Lu Heng didn't respond physically, but his heart trembled deeply. For the first time, he seriously reflected on whether the position he was engaged in and the path he was on were too dangerous
The more Wang Yanqing thought about it, the more unbelievable: "Why does Empress Fang do this?"
Is she crazy
Lu Heng had no interest in the affairs of the harem, and said lightly: "Ten gold is enough for a brave man to kill, and the palace breeds the supreme power in the world, what else can't be done in that place?"
Wang Yanqing frowned deeply and asked, "You mean she is for the eldest princess? However, there are clearly three princes in the harem..."
Lu Heng shook his head, and there was a very light laugh in his chest: "There are three princes, but we can't start. We can't connect the biological mothers of the three princes to be a traitor, right? This is too obvious. Who are the three princes? Maxima is still unknown, but the eldest princess is the most favored. It is also because of the eldest princess that the emperor frequently goes to the Duanfei Palace. If you can take the eldest princess away, why can't you give birth to your own prince?"
Wang Yanqing understood, but could not accept it for a long time. Empress Fang is an empress but has no children. She is the first batch of people to enter the palace. Over the years, she has seen people around her become pregnant one after another, but she is the only one who has no movement, how can she not be twisted in her heart? The first two queens were abolished because they had no children. Queen Fang had neither the favor of the emperor nor the support of her family. If she had no children, she would not be far away from being abolished.
The emperor now has three sons and one daughter. The three princes seem to be noble, but it is too early to place a bet. Even if Empress Fang knocks down the biological mother of one of the princes and holds the child under her lap, she may be marrying someone else's son. Clothes. On the contrary, the eldest princess is the most useful. The emperor loves the eldest princess very much. If the eldest princess is by his side and the emperor often comes to Kunning Palace, will Empress Fang worry about having no children
Therefore, Empress Fang was impatient and killed Concubine Cao Duan, the biological mother of the eldest princess. In addition to a favorite concubine, she also had a child, killing two birds with one stone. As for Concubine Wang Ning, she should have had a festival with Empress Fang before, and she was angry with Empress Fang.
Wang Yanqing's heart was heavy, and Lu Heng patted the back of her hand and said, "Don't worry, since I brought you into the palace, I will definitely take you out unscathed."
Lu Heng unknowingly squeezed into Wang Yanqing's side again, Wang Yanqing noticed it, but the promise in his words was too solemn, and Wang Yanqing couldn't bear to push it away. Although Lu Heng always said that he was not a good person, when it came to men, he was beyond reproach.
This is a responsible bad guy.
Wang Yanqing only doubted Lu Heng's intentions, but never doubted her own safety. She believed that Lu Heng would not abandon her. Looking back on the past two years, except for deceiving her from beginning to end, he has never treated her badly in other places.
However, if he can be nice to her, he can be nice to other women. He wouldn't even tell her the truth, how could she dare to give her life? Wang Yanqing believes that there is nothing special about her. In the future, there will be women who are younger and more beautiful than her. If he has two hearts and raises people outside, can he hide her from her
Wang Yanqing felt that she was still in a state of boiling a frog in warm water, struggling and numb. Wang Yanqing asked, "Why are you targeting Queen Fang today?"
"I'm not targeting." Lu Heng said, "I'm asking questions for the emperor. Carrion will cause sores, and sooner or later the emperor will have a grudge in his heart. It's better to pierce it early and pick me out first."
Therefore, when Wang Yanqing asked the palace maid's place of origin, Lu Heng deliberately said that this was also a cliché, disturbing the mood of Empress Fang and Xu Xiyue. Once they are nervous, they will make mistakes, and once they make mistakes, they will be captured by Wang Yanqing.
Wang Yanqing lowered his head and quietly thought about the words "carrion sores". Lu Heng felt that Wang Yanqing's mind was floating, and was a little unsure whether to say it, but he finally decided to follow his intuition and said, "I know you have a grudge against me too. Between us, is it just born rotten flesh or has festered into sore?"
"Is there any difference?"
"There is no difference, no matter how big or small, I will completely dig out the rotten place." Lu Heng simply stopped pretending, and hugged Wang Yanqing with his arms outstretched, his chin resting on her hair, "I can understand Fang Yuan sometimes. The Queen's mood. Jealousy is a terrible force that can drive people to do many unimaginable things. I really want to respect your thoughts, but I'm still not willing to let you go. It's my fault to lie to you, no matter what There are many reasons to do it. But I want to try it again."
Wang Yanqing raised his slender neck and sat up straight, not avoiding but not answering. Lu Heng tightened his arms and said, "Can you give me another chance to ask me to marry you again? This time, you have the memory and know exactly who I am, and then consider whether you are willing to marry me."
Wang Yanqing actually felt that there must be a break between them. She can bless Fu Tingzhou very calmly, but she has always been conflicted with Lu Heng, she can't forgive his deception, and she can't cut it off. Perhaps this opportunity is both for him and herself.
Wang Yanqing asked: "If I still don't want to this time, then you really let me go?"
Lu Heng tightened his fingers, he wanted to bet on her soft heart, but he didn't want to bet so much. In the end, Lu Heng thought that he couldn't give up the child and couldn't catch the wolf, so he gritted his teeth and said, "Okay."
"Okay." Wang Yanqing nodded happily and asked, "What about the time limit?"
Lu Heng raised his eyebrows, feeling very outrageous: "Is there a time limit?"
"If you pursue ten or eight years, could it be that I will spend your whole life with you?" Wang Yanqing tore apart Lu Heng's hidden trap and said mercilessly, "Since it is your request, then you can set the time."
The person who seeks the sum will reveal the conditions first, which is the rule of the game. Lu Heng's soft underbelly was pinched by others, so he could only reluctantly make a big step backward, and said, "One year?"
When Wang Yanqing heard this, he immediately broke his hand, and Lu Heng hurriedly hugged the Wenxiang Nephrite in his arms and said, "Half a year."
"No, at most a month."
Lu Heng hugged the person and didn't let go: "Three months, it can't be less. If it's less, it's like I didn't say what I said before, and I won't let you go."
Wang Yanqing was furious, dare to feel that he is doing unfunded business? But people are shameless and invincible, Wang Yanqing can't break his hand, but he sticks tighter and tighter by struggling. Wang Yanqing could only reluctantly agree: "Okay, it's a deal, and it will last for three months. After that, it will be decided by itself, and no one can go back on it."
It was the first time that Lu Heng had received such a severe task. The time was limited, and he was not allowed to fail or make amends. But who let this be the evil fruit he sowed, Lu Heng could only admit it reluctantly: "Okay."
After their bargaining was over, Wang Yanqing realized that the carriage had stopped and the house had arrived. Wang Yanqing bumped Lu Heng angrily: "Let go, I'm going to get out of the car."
Lu Heng sighed, they almost made the last step before, but now everything is cleared up, even a hug is an extravagant hope. Lu Heng felt a little bit regretful, but he knew how to be embarrassed, so he finally let go of Wang Yanqing slowly, and said, "Tomorrow, I'm going to check the people around Yang Jinying, and I'll pick you up at this hour."
Xu Xiyue's lying can only prove that Concubine Wang Ning and Concubine Cao Duan have suffered unwarranted disasters, and Yang Jinying's sixteen people are still blank. Queen Fang destroyed the evidence, and if they wanted to know the truth, they had to piece it together on their own.
Wang Yanqing nodded, lifted his cloak and walked out. Lu Heng escorted her to the side door and stopped outside the door knowingly. The guard carried the lamp and escorted Wang Yanqing into the mansion. She took a few steps, stopped and looked back, seeing Lu Heng still standing there.
Lu Heng smiled at her and said, "Go back quickly and go to bed earlier."
Wang Yanqing made an "en", but didn't move. She hesitated for a moment, then said in a low voice, "Remember to take the medicine."