Chapter 156
The strength on Lu Heng's fingers seemed to have something to do with it. Wang Yanqing immediately realized that the Empress Dowager Jiang didn't know about her amnesia. Wang Yanqing nodded and said, "I understand, I try to speak as little as possible, so as not to cause the Queen Mother to worry."
Lu Heng hesitated to speak, and finally sighed silently in his heart. It is him who should be worried now. Lu Heng can confess the truth to the emperor, but Empress Dowager Jiang is full of elders, and her body is exhausted. Lu Heng really dare not tell Empress Dowager Jiang the truth. In Wang Yanqing's mind, she was an orphan adopted by the Lu family, and she had benefited Empress Dowager Jiang, but in Empress Dowager Jiang's heart, Wang Yanqing was Lu Heng's woman, who was brought to the Lu family's golden house to hide her beauty. Lu Heng didn't even know how he was going to lie between these two women when he entered the palace for a while.
Only one step at a time.
This time, Wang Yanqing and Lu Heng entered the palace, and every step was very smooth. The guards at the entrance of the palace saw Lu Heng hurriedly salute and let them pass without checking. The last time Wang Yanqing entered the palace was the east gate, but this time, they entered the palace from the right shun gate, and walked all the way north along the narrow road.
Wang Yanqing quietly looked at the buildings on both sides. There were many eunuchs coming and going here. Unlike the servile and arrogant eunuchs in Wang Yanqing's imagination, the people here were all gentle and polite. The eunuchs who came and went saw them, and bowed and saluted from a distance. Seeing Wang Yanqing looking to the side, Lu Heng pointed out in a low voice, "This is the supervisor of li."
Wang Yanqing suddenly realized that it turned out to be the famous Supervisor of Literacy. Since Emperor Yongle, the court began to reuse eunuchs. The original intention of the emperor to set up the East and West factories was to contain Jinyiwei. Although they were collectively called Changwei, the East and West factories and Jinyiwei never dealt with each other. But now it seems that, at least in front of Lu Heng, the East Factory and the West Factory are still very respectful.
On this point, Wang Yanqing admired Lu Heng in particular. Since Lu Heng joined Jinyiwei, he has not done any errands that cannot be done. This record is enough to laugh at the heroes, but his real ability is to get everyone around him to cooperate with him on errands without leaving any words.
It is not difficult to understand things, but it is the most difficult problem in the world to understand people.
After walking on the corridor for a long time, the Cining Palace finally arrived. Wang Yanqing had been to Ciqing Palace. Ciqing Palace was very close to the outer court, and its regulations and layout were more like the prince's residence than the palace. However, Cining Palace is the opposite. It is the residence of the empress dowagers of all dynasties. After the emperor ascended the throne, it was renovated and it is very graceful and expensive.
As soon as Lu Heng entered the palace gate, someone came inside to report. The palace maid respectfully opened the door to Lu Heng, Wang Yanqing followed behind Lu Heng, and as soon as she entered the door, she was dazzled by the battle inside.
The emperor is here today, and Empress Zhang brought all the concubines to the Cining Palace to serve the sick. The young and beautiful concubine Yishui served in front of the couch, and behind them were the palace maids who served them, Yingying Yanyan and Huan Feiyan thin. , standing together is simply spectacular.
Wang Yanqing thought she was just here to greet the Empress Dowager Jiang alone, but she could not have expected this kind of battle, she just glanced at it and couldn't see who was who, so she bravely saluted a bunch of shadows: "The people's daughter sees the emperor, The Empress Dowager Xingguo, the Empress and all your empresses."
The emperor was sitting in front of Empress Dowager Jiang's couch, Zhang Jihou was sitting beside the emperor, and a few beauties who looked like female officials stood behind them. Empress Dowager Jiang was leaning on the couch, her expression was sullen, and her face was waxy. When she heard Lu Heng coming, her eyes lit up, and she quickly said, "No gift."
Said to be sick, in fact, these concubines are just standing here with a pestle. They can't see Empress Dowager Jiang a few times, and Empress Dowager Jiang may not know them. To Empress Dowager Jiang, her nominal daughter-in-law was far less familiar than Lu Heng. After the Empress Dowager Jiang spoke, the concubines consciously stepped aside and branched out from the middle.
Lu Heng was used to seeing this kind of scene, so he walked smoothly through the crowd and walked to the Empress Dowager Jiang. Wang Yanqing hurriedly followed with his head down.
Lu Heng greeted the Emperor, Empress Dowager Jiang and Zhang Jihou familiarly. When Empress Dowager Jiang saw Lu Heng, she was very relieved. She glanced behind Lu Heng with a clear look: "You are here."
The smile on Lu Heng's face was as usual, he pulled Wang Yanqing sideways, his expression was very natural, and he didn't seem nervous at all: "The Queen Mother, this is Qingqing."
Wang Yanqing didn't dare to look up, and hurriedly squatted down and said, "The Queen Mother of Xingguo is safe."
Empress Dowager Jiang swept over Wang Yanqing's body, and saw that this woman had a beautiful appearance, but there was no sullenness between her eyebrows. Empress Dowager Jiang became more and more satisfied, and said with a smile: "Get up. It's rare for you to come to the palace to see Aijia, don't be restrained, and give you a seat."
The palace maid moved to the embroidered pier. Even if Wang Yanqing didn't remember what happened in the past, she knew that she couldn't sit down in front of the emperor and the empress dowager, and she only sat half empty. Lu Heng handled this kind of situation with ease, and said warmly, "I have long wanted to come to greet you, but I have been unable to do so. Today, I will borrow your majesty's light to bring her to meet you."
Empress Dowager Jiang smiled gratified: "You are all good children, you are satisfied with this sad family."
Lu Heng took advantage of the situation to ask about the Queen Mother's condition. What he asked was not empty words like "How are you doing recently?", but real details, interspersed with one or two nice words from time to time, which coaxed the Queen Mother Jiang into a smile. This kind of topic is not Wang Yanqing's turn. Like many concubines, she quietly lowered her head and stood aside as a wallflower.
The emperor sat in front of the couch, swept over Wang Yanqing silently, and then looked at Lu Heng, his eyes showing the color of watching a play.