Jin Yi Kill

The child is the same every day. In the blink of an eye, two years have passed, and Lu Xuan can already run all over the place. All the palaces are very concerned about Lu Xun. If Lu Xun can be a companion, it basically means that they have Lu Heng's support. This is simply a decisive bargaining chip for the throne.

Before, Lu Heng had always used Lu Xun as a small shirk, but now that Lu Xun has grown up, his companion reading can't be delayed.

On the Dragon Boat Festival, a banquet was held in the palace. On the Dragon Boat Festival, all the five poisons appeared, and the emperor set up a dojo in the palace, and asked Tao Zhongwen to cure diseases and evils for the princes and daughters. In order to show the kindness of the king, the emperor asked the close officials to also carry the child and receive the gift with the princes.

The emperor specially mentioned Lu Heng. On the Dragon Boat Festival, Wang Yanqing could only carry Lu Xuan into the palace.

The Taoist altar has been set up long ago, and the Taoists have been burning incense and doing things, and they have been talking and tossing for a long time. Fortunately, the Taoist priests did not bother the children, and Wang Yanqing and the concubines waited in the West Palace with the children in their arms. After a while, the **** came to send a message, saying that the matter was done, and asked the queen and the ladies to move to the Qin'an Hall.

Numerous female relatives drove with their entourage, slowly drifting towards Qin'an Hall like a cloud of colorful clouds. In the Qin'an Hall, the Taoist priests were separated on both sides, the emperor was sitting on the upper seat, and Lu Heng stood beside him with a sword.

Since the emperor went through the Renyin Palace change, he was very sensitive to security, and Lu Heng was probably the only one who could wear a sword in front of the emperor. Empress Fang brought her internal and external wives, the prince and the princess to the emperor, and Shi Shiran saluted: "See the emperor. Long live the emperor, long live."

Although the prince and princess are still young, they have already been ordered by their biological mother Er, and now they are saluting to the emperor, and they are all stable and decent. Only Lu Xun, who is only three years old this year, is the youngest among the children present, and his two small hands seem to be out of reach, and his body is swaying when he bows.

Lu Heng said with a sullen face, "Lu Xuan, be presumptuous."

"It's okay." The emperor was very easy-going, and waved to everyone to get up. "In everyday situations, there is no need to be too strict with children. Let's all get up, Bingyi Zhenren, let's get started."

Tao Zhongwen saluted, he took out a yellow talisman, pinched a few magic tricks, lit the talisman, and hung it on the golden basin. The golden basin was filled with water, and the yellow talisman was quickly wrapped by the tongue of fire, turning into a bright light, and gradually fine ash fell into the water.

After the talisman was burned out, Tao Zhongwen recited a few more formulas, turned around and saluted the emperor: "Your Majesty, the talisman water is ready, please let the prince and daughter wash their hands in this basin in turn, and then add the evil talisman painted by Pindao. , we can guarantee that there will be no disease or disaster for a year, and no poisons will invade.”

Wang Yanqing was really relieved to hear that he was just washing his hands in the sink. As soon as Wang Guifei heard it, without waiting for Queen Fang to speak, she immediately motioned the second prince to come forward and lead the younger brothers and sisters to wash their hands.

No, accept the baptism of God Xiao Baoguo Bingyi.

The second prince is five years old this year, and he is still a child among the people, but in the palace, he has already shown the appearance of a little adult. The second prince took the initiative to step forward, and after greeting the emperor and Tao Zhongwen, he generously walked to the basin to wash his hands, showing the demeanor of the eldest brother.

With the beginning of the second prince, the third prince and the fourth prince stepped forward one after another. In the sixteenth year of Jiajing, three princes were successively born in the palace, but none of them were raised. This year, another concubine was pregnant, and she has not yet given birth, so only these three princes were baptized in the palace.

Including Prince Aichong, the emperor has already died of four sons, all of whom died shortly after birth. It is no wonder that the emperor attached great importance to the Dragon Boat Festival and specially treated the children.

After the princes came the queens. Now there are two princesses in the palace, one is the eldest princess Zhu Shouyu, and the other is the second princess Zhu Fuyuan. Zhu Shouyu was a month older than the second prince, but she didn't have the confidence and generosity of the second prince at all, she looked timid when she stepped forward, and she didn't dare to look at the emperor after washing her hands, so she hurriedly bowed and left.

The prince and the princess are the children of the minister's family after that, the team is a bit subtle, the children are not arranged in order, but according to the father's official position. Lu Xuan was the youngest present, but he was in the front, leading a group of older children, which was very funny. Fortunately, Lu Xuan was not afraid of life. He was as bold and adventurous as his father, and even turned around to remind everyone, "Follow me and don't move around."

Lu Heng narrowed his eyes and wanted to scold him again, but the emperor smiled and said, "Lu Xuan has the style of a general at a young age, and he is a man of talent."

Lu Heng said: "The emperor has lifted him up. Lu Xuan, come over and salute soon."

Lu Xuan tried to straighten his small arms, and said to the emperor in a milky voice, "Thank you, the emperor."

The concubines and concubines saw this scene from behind, exchanged glances with each other, and remained silent. The emperor and his emperor couldn't say a few words, but they praised Lu Xun very much. Even Lu Xun's name was taken by the emperor. Lu Heng is often accompanied by the car, and even Lu Heng's son is given a high look. The Lu family is so popular, who can't be jealous when they see it?

After pulling and pulling for a group of children to wash their hands, the Dragon Boat Festival finally came to an end. Whether it was the concubines or the palace maids and eunuchs present, they breathed a sigh of relief. The children were the most uncontrollable. They were afraid that they would collide with the holy car in front of the emperor. Fortunately, everything ended smoothly.

Qin'an Hall is a place dedicated to rituals. There is a small garden in front of the three-story high-rise building, which is connected to the Imperial Garden. Now in May, the vegetation is luxuriant, the flowers are blooming, the children are gathered again, and soon there will be trouble.

I don't know which prince started chasing butterflies, and other children were also attracted to it. A bunch of eunuchs followed behind, calling for their father and mother, and the scene was chaotic for a while. Seeing that the second prince was also in the team, Concubine Wang grimaced and scolded: "Hei'er, you are the eldest brother, how can you bring your younger brothers and sisters to make a fool of yourself? Come back soon."

It was rare for the emperor to see such a lively scene, and he said: "It is natural for children to love to play, and they don't have to be restrained all the time. Let them run around and exercise more."

When Wang Guifei heard this, she quickly bowed her head and said, "Yes, my concubine is taught."

Wang Yanqing also looked at the garden with a little sadness, and Lu Xuan also ran to chase the butterflies. He was the youngest and had to be the commander of a group of people, instructing people to help him block this and that. This was in the palace, and a group of people followed closely. Wang Yanqing was not worried about Lu Xuan's safety, but he was too ostentatious.

He was able to run and dance in the palace, and of course he liked being a parent, but in the palace, she wished her son would be quieter and timid.

But not all the children were out chasing butterflies, and many more snuggled up to their mothers and stared at the playful people.

At this time, you can clearly see who is favored and who is not favored. There seems to be an invisible boundary in the garden. On the other side are favored children, lively and confident, running and laughing, and always surrounded by a group of people; On one side is the unfavored child, standing alone, with a cowardly demeanor.

The emperor sat at the top and could see the scene below at a glance, and this gap was especially obvious. When the emperor noticed that the eldest princess was obedient, Concubine Shen Chen bent over to persuade her and encouraged her to play with her younger brothers. She couldn't stop shaking her head.

The emperor saw cowardice in the eldest princess' round and charming eyes that looked like her mother, and carefully observed the faces of the adults around when no one was there, as if something had stabbed her heart.

Shen Xibi was favored for raising the eldest princess, and now she has been promoted to Concubine Chen, which is quite favored. After she was favored, she did not think about having her own child quickly, but she always did her best to take care of the eldest princess. However, there were no secrets in the harem.

The eldest princess learned early from the mouth of the palace staff that her biological mother was Concubine Cao Duan, who was executed by Ling Chi for allegedly murdering the monarch. If she did not behave well, Concubine Shen Chen would throw her away. Therefore, the eldest princess learned to look at people at a young age, and she would not run and jump in the sun like the second prince and Lu Xuan did.

The emperor suddenly thought of Concubine Cao Duan. Concubine Cao Duan has a very lively and laughing personality. According to her, she was more naughty than boys when she was young, and even dared to climb trees behind her back. If Concubine Cao Duan had no accident, and if the eldest princess grew up with her biological mother, she would definitely grow into the most lively and dazzling pearl of Ming Dynasty.

But now, the eldest princess has become cautious, and even smiles are restrained and flattering. The emperor sat on the high platform from afar. He looked at the eyes of the eldest princess and Concubine Cao Duan, and he could almost imagine Concubine Cao Duan's smile.

The sun was shining and the garden was full of children's laughter and laughter. Concubine Shen Chen personally took the eldest princess to find the butterfly. The eldest princess, accompanied by her adoptive mother and palace maid, finally became courageous and ran after the butterfly among the flowers.

She didn't see the road clearly, and accidentally bumped into Queen Fang. Queen Fang was staggered, and the maid next to her quickly supported Queen Fang. The eldest princess looked up and saw that it was Empress Fang, the smile on her face immediately retracted, and she retracted behind Concubine Shen Chen.

Concubine Shen Chen hurriedly brought the eldest princess to apologize to Empress Fang, and kept begging for guilt. Queen Fang's face was unhappy, but in front of the emperor, she would not do anything like treating concubines and concubine daughters harshly.

It was just a small episode in the garden, which did not attract attention, and soon subsided. Lu Heng glanced at every move in the garden. He saw that Lu Xuan grabbed a butterfly and ran to show it to Wang Yanqing. He was a little relieved, turned his eyes silently, and looked at the emperor in front of him.

The emperor also looked at the garden, wondering what he was thinking.

As the sun went west, the palace banquet was over, and the officials and family members took their children to leave one after another. Lu Xuan was tired from running in the palace, and fell asleep in Wang Yanqing's arms on the way home. The carriage stopped at the second gate of Lu Mansion. Lu Heng dismounted and came to pick up Wang Yanqing before the carriage, only to see her come out with Lu Xian in his arms. Lu Heng said in disgust, "How old is he, and he is still being held? Call him up and let him go by himself."

Wang Yanqing glared at him angrily: "He just fell asleep, how can you be a father like this? Get out of the way, you are blocking my way."

Lu Heng was speechless, but afraid that Wang Yanqing would bump into him, he quickly took Lu Xuan from her hand and asked the maid to help Wang Yanqing get out of the car.

Lu Xuan left his mother's soft embrace. He was not used to it. After muttering a few words, he fell asleep on Lu Heng's shoulder. Lu Heng looked down at Lu Xuan in his arm, thinking to himself, how old can he be to coax his wife to be eccentric.

Although Lu Heng said to let Lu Xuan go by himself, he was reluctant to wake him up, and held Lu Xuan safely all the way back to the backyard. Lu Heng put Lu Xuan back on the bed, took off his shoes, and pulled on the quilt. Wang Yanqing looked anxious from the side, wishing she could come by herself: "Be gentle, and be careful to wake him up."

Lu Heng sighed in his heart as he looked at his hands that had clearly been relaxed.

After Lu Xun was settled, the couple went back to the room. They changed into light home clothes and sat by the window talking. Wang Yanqing asked: "Many people have come to ask Xian'er today, and the imperial concubine is especially eager. What does the emperor mean?"

Lu Heng said: "Someone in the court mentioned the establishment of the crown prince. I think the emperor should have moved the prince's mind. According to the current situation, the emperor should like the second prince."

Wang Yanqing frowned: "Could it be that Xun'er should be the second prince's companion?"

However, Lu Heng immediately shook his head: "No. The emperor ordered Xia Wenjin to teach the second prince. The second prince already has a first assistant teacher, and he must not have another Lu family's companion. Jin Yiwei's allegiance is to the emperor, if he gets too close to the prince , I'm afraid it will arouse the emperor's suspicion."

Lu Xuan's name was drawn up by the emperor, and the word "Xuan" is very interesting. What did the emperor mean by naming Lu Heng's son such a name?

Lu Heng's words were similar to Wang Yanqing's thoughts. She said, "I also don't think I should get too close to the second prince. Queen Fang has no son, no direct descendant, and the second prince has the advantage of etiquette. I don't know how many people are busy. To please Concubine Wang. Concubine Wang is wearing flowers and cooking oil with fire, and her attitude is getting more and more arrogant. When she came to talk to me today, her words were very sincere, but I carefully observed her expression, but I could not see much sincerity. I guessed it right, she wanted to win over the Lu family, but she felt that it was a favor, and we would definitely not reject the Crown Prince's solicitation. Even if we turn to her, I'm afraid she won't appreciate us. "

Lu Heng thought that Wang Yanqing's ability was really cheating. Others analyzed a lot of factors based on various factors, but Wang Yanqing got the answer directly by looking at the other party's face. Lu Heng took the back of Wang Yanqing's hand and said sincerely, "Madam, I have a good wife like Qingqing by my side. I don't know how many disasters I have avoided. It is my life's blessing to be able to marry you."

"Don't come." Wang Yanqing gave Lu Heng a smile. Her eyes were bright, looking forward to her appearance, but she blushed as easily as before, and her demeanor was like a girl.

Lu Heng smiled and let her blame, but in his heart he thought he was telling the truth. Today, Lu Heng still collects information according to his own logic and judges good luck, but before making the final decision, he is accustomed to taking Wang Yanqing to see the key people and asking her to take the last step for him.

In the end, everything in the world depends on people. Even if all logic points to a possibility, once the people behind them change their minds, the final result will be completely different. Let Wang Yanqing judge the expression. If the situation changes, he can also prepare in advance.

Wang Yanqing said that Concubine Wang was arrogant, and the second prince was completely blocked. Wang Guifei felt that it was right for Lu Heng to help them, so how could the second prince she raised treat the Lu family well in the future?

Without any hesitation, Lu Heng said, "Then I will tell the emperor tomorrow that the age difference between Lu Xun and the second prince is too big, which may drag down the second prince's studies. Lu Xun and the third prince are still playing together today, so I will let Lu Xun and the third prince play together. Let’s read it to the Third Prince as a companion.”

Wang Yanqing expected that Lu Heng would reject the prince, but he chose the third prince. Wang Yanqing was surprised and asked, "Why the third prince? Concubine Du Kang is scheming and scheming, and she is also a bit mean. Attitude, among the three sons, he alone has the least concern for the third prince. Even if he wants to avoid suspicion with the East Palace, the third prince is not very special, why choose him?"

"Because Concubine Du Kang's mother and son are not favored, that's why this is even more necessary." Lu Heng said, "The emperor doesn't like Concubine Du Kang's character, and even the third prince is not favored. I asked Lu Xuan to be the third prince's companion. The emperor will believe that the Lu family really has no intention of mixing with Li Chu."

Wang Yanqing made sense when he heard it. The emperor was weak in the early years, but recently he has become more and more stable, and he rarely gets sick all year round. It is less said that the prince's enthronement will be twenty years later. Before that, everyone had to rely on the emperor.

The Lu family started out with great rituals, and Lu Heng's most important power today is still Jinyiwei, and their foundation is the emperor after all.

Wang Yanqing was relieved that the companion reading matter was finalized. In the past two years, because of Lu Xuan's incident, she has been pressing a stone in her heart, and she can't relax completely no matter what she does. In the future, she can give up and have no regrets. They can only go to the dark on the road of the third prince.

Seeing that the shadow between Wang Yanqing's brows finally dissipated, Lu Heng felt guilty, hugged her and said, "It's my fault that you have been worried for the past two years."

Wang Yanqing leaned on his broad and firm shoulders and patted his arm with a smile: "I'm worried about my own family, right?"

Hearing this, Lu Heng smiled, and willingly lowered his head to admit his mistake: "I said something wrong, Madam doesn't remember the villain."

With his wife leaning on his arms and his son sleeping not far away, Lu Heng only felt calm and satisfied. He somehow remembered the look in the eyes of the emperor looking at the eldest princess today, and said, "I found it. If there is a problem, I will talk about it on the spot. No matter how ugly it is, it is better than covering it all the time."

"What's wrong?"

Lu Heng shook his head and didn't want to say more about the harem: "I feel it."

If Concubine Cao Duan was still alive, she might not be able to continue to be favored, but she died at the most beautiful and favored age. This became a needle in the emperor's heart. The deeper it was drilled, the more painful it became.

There are only dead people in the world, and they are perfect.

Lu Heng was very fortunate that when Wang Yanqing found out that he was cheating on her, the two of them had a big fight, and the marriage was completed after the knot was completely resolved. If she just avoided the problem and the wound festered and pus in the shadows, even if she gave birth to his child, the two would have a rift.

Lu Heng hugged Wang Yanqing tightly and kissed her on the top of her hair: "Sometimes I think I'm really lucky."

Thinking of his life history, Wang Yanqing had to remind him: "To be precise, you have always been lucky."

Lu Heng burst into laughter, stroked her back from her shoulders, and finally stopped on her waist, asking suggestively, "What about now?"

Wang Yanqing glanced out, but did not respond, but her flushed cheeks had already told the answer. Lu Heng moved his hand to the crook of her leg, and she also naturally and proactively wrapped his neck around his neck, and said in a pressing voice, "Go inside."

Lu Heng's throat moved, and a gentleman said yes.

He doesn't.

In May, the sky is getting longer and the days are sinking, but the sky hasn't darkened yet, and you can still see things clearly on the road. There were still maids and servants walking outside. Lu Xun's nanny came over and asked Lu Xun what time to feed today.

Now it was time for Lu Xuan to eat normally, but the young master was still asleep, so the nurse couldn't decide, so she came to the main courtyard to find an idea. The maid asked the nanny to prepare some well-kept meals, which were kept warm on the stove at all times, until the young master woke up. The nanny could only do this when she heard it. She glanced at the main room. The door was half open, revealing the bright and splendid reception hall behind it. It was quiet inside, as if no one was there.

The nurse thought to herself, maybe the Governor and his wife were not in the main room. She took the order and went back to guard Lu Xian.

In the center of the hall is a precious red sandalwood seat, surrounded by paintings, paintings and flower pots, which is atmospheric and elegant. To the east of the main hall is a floor-to-ceiling cover with exquisite carvings and simple patterns, which separates the main hall and the living area. A dark red velvet cloth hangs behind the floor cover, which is used to block light. It is gorgeous and heavy. It is usually stored in the corner. When the master sleeps in the bedroom, he will open the curtain to block the light. At this moment, there seems to be a strange sound in the pile of curtains that are hanging straight down.

Wang Yanqing leaned back on the floor covering, his body was wrapped in dark red curtains, and the main hall door was even open. The nurse came to ask how to take care of her son, but her mother was pressed behind the main hall, her clothes fell under her feet, and she was naked. She clearly heard the nurse's words, but she didn't dare to make a sound or make a big move, for fear that she would accidentally make an abnormal noise and bring people in.

Outsiders only need to enter the door and take two steps to find the strangeness behind the floor covering.

Wang Yanqing's lips were bleeding, but Lu Heng still didn't let her go, and tried his best. One of her legs was lifted to Lu Heng's shoulder, only the other toe touched the ground, her legs were almost straight, and she was surprisingly slender and straight. Lu Heng looked at the slender and tight lines on the side of her legs, and said with sincere admiration, "I always thought that it is not a human thing to be able to bend the legs beyond the knees. You can lift your legs so high, the tendons are really soft. "

Wang Yanqing leaned her head up on the floor hood, her neck was attached to her collarbone, like a dying swan, she said in a hoarse voice, "Hurry up."

Lu Heng raised his eyebrows and looked down at her, his smile deepening: "Qingqing, where can you hurry up?"

Being urged to end quickly in a place like this is not a pleasant word for a man. Wang Yanqing is going crazy. It is better to ask for others than to ask for herself. She secretly raised her anger and folded her stomach, wanting to let him end quickly.

Wang Yanqing straightened her legs. This position was already very tight, and she secretly made small movements. Lu Heng also took a deep breath, looked at her and nodded, and said with a smile, "Okay."

He suddenly lifted her waist and picked her up. Wang Yanqing lifted his toes off the ground and hugged him in panic: "No, I will be seen..."

She thought he was going to carry her out, but soon Wang Yanqing's back hit the floor cover again, and his legs were caught in his arms. The two were pressed together closely, and Lu Heng leaned over her ear and said in a low voice, "You have become more and more capable recently. Dare to make trouble for me?"

Wang Yanqing's eyes were red, and her eyes were moist with water. She hugged him tightly, helpless and innocent, and begged, "Husband..."

She had snow-white skin, leaning against the dark red flannel, looking at him with this kind of eyes, the stimulation was too strong. Lu Heng couldn't control his strength, the wooden pavilion next to the floor cover shook, and with a bang, a vase fell.

Wang Yanqing froze for a moment, and Lu Heng was also stimulated to squeeze the flesh on her waist. Fortunately, no one came in, Wang Yanqing breathed a sigh of relief and slammed Lu Heng in the chest. Lu Heng stopped embarrassing her, pulled down a layer of velvet curtain to wrap her, and carried her to the inner room.

Lu Heng took off all her clothes, but he was well-dressed. After getting to the bed, Wang Yanqing became angry when he saw him like this, and kicked him hatefully.

Lu Heng held her slender ankles and raised her legs: "Good, I'll talk about it later."

He continued this for a while until it was dark. After Wang Yanqing took a bath and changed into his middle clothes, it was midnight again.

After she went to bed, she turned her back, ignored him with a cold face, and even had to sleep on two quilts. Lu Heng was very cheeky at this time, hugged her with the quilt from behind, coaxed her in a low voice, and took off the quilt bit by bit while she was not prepared.

When Wang Yanqing realized, she and Lu Heng were closely dependent again.

Wang Yanqing fell asleep in a huff, scolding this beast in his dreams. I don't know if she was angry and slept uneasy. In the middle of the night, she woke up suddenly and found that there was no one behind her.

Wang Yanqing was startled, and subconsciously touched the bedding next to her, and felt relieved when she felt the warmth. Wang Yanqing put on some clothes and got out of bed, and as soon as he walked out of the bedroom, he came back.

Lu Heng didn't light the lamp, and walked back in the thin moonlight. Seeing that it was her, he hurried over to catch it, and asked in a low voice, "Wake you up?"

"No, I suddenly want to drink water."

Lu Heng lit the lamp next to him and poured her a glass of water. Wang Yanqing's drinking was just an excuse. She took a sip and looked at him quietly by holding the cup.

Wang Yanqing asked, "What's wrong?"

Lu Heng sighed, and suddenly leaned over to hug her: "The news came from the palace just now that there was a fire in the West Palace."

"The emperor..."

"Sinedo Lake, the emperor is fine."

Wang Yanqing was relieved and said, "That's a false alarm."

Lu Heng was silent for a long time, leaning against her neck and said, "No. After the fire in the West Palace, it just spread to Empress Fang's bedroom. Empress Fang was trapped in the sea of ​​fire, but the passage to the West Palace was locked, and the Empress could not be rescued."

Wang Yanqing's eyes widened, the palace was locked every night, and no one was waiting to leave the Forbidden City. However, the night **** will have a spare key on him.

The queen's bedroom was on fire, why was it too late to unlock it?

Wang Yanqing was silent for a long time, and asked in a low voice, "Does the emperor know about this?"

"I know." Lu Heng also said in a voice that only two people could hear clearly, "He ordered people to close the gate of the West Palace, but he didn't put out the fire."

Wang Yanqing was completely speechless.

Lu Heng knew that it was many coincidences. It was just today on the Dragon Boat Festival that the emperor saw the eldest princess and saw Nvsiren; it happened that the eldest princess bumped into Empress Fang, and Empress Fang’s subconscious disgust stimulated the emperor; it just happened that a fire broke out tonight, trapping Empress Fang’s bedroom; just because the emperor was angry, he ordered Eunuchs are not allowed to save people...

Perhaps after a period of time, the emperor's temper dissipates, and he will regret not saving Empress Fang. After all, Empress Fang has a real life-saving grace for him. But fate is so ridiculous. Coincidences that rarely happen in ordinary times, but they collide in series today.

Wang Yanqing and Lu Heng stopped talking, Wang Yanqing put down the water glass, and the two went back to bed in silence. After lying down, Lu Heng took Wang Yanqing into his arms, but Wang Yanqing did not push him away.

The two embraced each other and slept through the night until dawn.

The next day, news of Empress Fang's death came out. It was only said that the candles of the Dragon Boat Festival lit the palace, and it was too late to put out the fire, resulting in Empress Fang's death. The queen of a country was actually burned to death, which is simply appalling. However, the harem, which had just experienced the fire last night, was very secretive about it, and no one was willing to mention the fire.

Three days later, an edict came out from Xi Nei, and the edict said: "The empress is more dangerous than saving me, and she will be buried in the Yuan Dynasty."

The emperor pursued the posthumous Empress Fang as Empress Xiaolie, issued a decree to the world, made the posthumous ceremony in person, and wanted to present Empress Fang's tablet to the Taimiao Temple.

The officials of the Ministry of Rites said that this was not in line with the rules. Empress Fang was the successor, and the Emperor Tai Temple was treated only by the Queen of the Yuan Dynasty. Her tablet should be placed in the east room of Fengxian Hall. But the emperor insisted, and the cabinet and the Ministry of Rites repeatedly advised the emperor to change his mind, so he had to put it on hold for the time being.

The death of Empress Fang seemed to have made the emperor make up his mind. After Empress Fang's mourning period ended, the emperor gave all concubines and concubines who had given birth to children in the harem. Concubine Du Kang and Concubine Lu Jing were still concubines, but their monthly salaries rose to the status of imperial concubine.

Most of the women in the harem were beaming, except for Wang Guifei. Concubine Wang originally thought that it was her turn to be the queen of the book this time, but she did not expect that she had to be concubine Huang in the end, and was greatly disappointed in her heart.

The courtiers all thought that the emperor was hurt after burying Empress Fang, so he treated the concubines and concubines of the harem leniently. But Lu Heng knew that it wasn't, the change in the status of the concubines was just a hot spot, and the next thing was the emperor's real purpose.

Moreover, Lu Heng also knew that in the future, there would be no more queens.

The emperor buried three empresses one after another. The Yuan empress Chen died due to a miscarriage, and the Zhang family died of depression. The third empress, Fang, was dignified and respectful. Did nothing wrong, but was burned to death.

The queen seemed to be a curse, and the emperor realized that perhaps leaving the queen's seat vacant was the best way.

Sure enough, after conferring the concubine, the emperor conferred all three princes in one breath. The emperor issued an edict to establish the second prince as the crown prince, the third prince as the king of Yu, and the fourth prince as the king of Jing. The three books were sent to the harem together, and the courtiers speculated on the candidate of the prince for several years, and it was settled.

After the news came out, most people were not surprised that the emperor treated the second prince preferentially and sent Xia Wenjin to teach him. It can be seen that the emperor has long been interested in the second prince. They mocked Lu Heng secretly. Lu Heng actually declined the beautiful job of letting his son be the second prince's companion. Now that he has just chosen the third prince, the second prince will be established as the crown prince.

While everyone was ridiculing, their hearts were also relieved. It turned out that Lu Heng was not a god, and he also misunderstood.

When there was a lot of discussion in Beijing for the establishment of the prince, a battle report suddenly came from the front line, the Mongols harassed the border, and the battle situation in the northwest was tight.